Well me and some friends, namely Zack decided to make a movie that illustrates how much fun we have at Applebees. Well, sort of. Apparently there are commercials on TV where people send in videos about how much fun they have whilst dining at Applebees and we decided to make our own. So, in short, we did. It was tricky at first but we got a good waitress who cooperated with us. How nice of her! Food was good too as a matter of a fact. Well here’s the finished product for your viewing pleasure.

OK… OKOKOKOK…..

Hi guys. This is Alberto.

I wish i was Asian. AZn people are hella cool. I’m just plain white and i steal puppies.

Sometimes in the morning I wake up and I just go straight to class. Theres no need to wash my face or change or even look in the mirror. I look like this all the time in fact. It’s the cool werewolf look I’m going for. You know that awesome movie Twilight? I want to be the werewolf like Jacob Black. He was my inspiration.

I also think that i need cialis. You can look it up if you are curious enough. I just watched a commercial about it just now. It looks good, I think I’ll talk to my doctor about getting some.

I want a husky. they are so cute. I like furry animals. they are soft. i could rub my face all over their fur. i want to name my dog killa. i think it is a funny name. i also like spagetti. my favorite day in the DC is when they have spaghetti and meatballs. also, mashed potates and chicken pot pie. they are so delicious. it makes me drool thinking about food. i think i will eat soon.

my roommate armando is a funny fella. he is sleeping. i think i should pull a prank on him. maybe i will fart on his pillow. then he will have red eye, like from that pregnant movie.

Spinoza

Pantheism- everything is God.

1 substance = God; God is everywhere so God is experienced everywhere. Spinoza was not taken seriously and was quickly forgotten

Immanuel Kant 1724-1806

Idealist- Thought that any philosophy after his could only talk about our experiences

Everything happens in our mind. Something we see is experienced in our mind. No two experiences are the same and this is why we can argue about things; our experiences are different

Our eyes are like video cameras and our ears like microphones. Everything we see and hear is experienced in our brain but it seems like it’s outside. The world is a sensation.

Hegel

The world is “MIND”

Wanted to look at how minds struggle at understanding

The world evolves through something. Triads: Thesis and Antithesis become Synthesis (Thesis)

Knowledge

Epistemology- a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.

When does a belief become knowledge? When it is TRUE

Belief- something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.

Knowledge- acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.

For a belief to be knowledge, it must be justifiable. There needs to be evidence to back it up.

Phill will be late for the meeting. (Because his car is broken down)

That statement has evidence to back it up.

23-6=17 (Get 23 things, remove 6, and you have 17 left. Therefore it is justified and proven)

A necessary truth cannot be false unless it’s a contradiction. An Empirical truth can exist as being false.

2 kinds of truth

-          Necessary Truths

23-6=17 (NO experience necessary)

Necessary truths need no experience and are universally accepted                                                        

All Bachelors are married (false because a bachelor is not married, if they get married they are no longer a bachelor)

-          Empirical Truths

From Experiences

Can be false and not contradict itself.

Rationalism- Through reason (mind)

è Possibility of certain knowledge

Empiricism- Through experience

è At best high probability (mind is born blank and we must live off of experiences)

Skepticism- Beliefs are mostly unjustifiable. No certenty

Descartes (1596-1650)

Denied all of his experiences to see what he could find out was true.

Came up with the statement “I think therefore I am”

2 world hypothesis: A world mind, and a shadowy world of experience

The lazy night watchman watches the rooms on his watch route with cameras from his room. He lives in the room and that is his world but so are the rooms that he see’s on the cameras. They show that there can be a real world and a world of senses.

Hume (1711-1776)

If there is such a thing as knowledge, he will collect what he can from his senses.

If something is not a truth of reason (2+2=4) or a Matter of Fact (Experience) then it is not knowledge at all! Just forget about it!

Causality (every cause has an effect) is neither a matter of Truth of Reason or a Matter of Fact

It is 100% possible that what we perceive to be reality is actually different.

Kant

Denies the two world hypothesis

All we have is our senses and we create the world outside of our minds. There is no other world out there

We are born with a knowledge of Causation, Time, Space…

What is time other than the linking of one image to the next? Since our eyes take in images and we simply catalogue them in our minds.

You probably know what a LOL Cat is. It’s when you get a picture of a cat and put a caption next to it to make it funny. Potentially to make you “lol” or “Laugh Out Loud”. There is in fact a website, lolcats, that has a very large supply of these images. You can check it out if you want.

I heard of the site by watching Arby ‘n the Chief series on YouTube. Well anyways, I was searcing YouTube a few years ago looking for  a video that would prove to my friend that cat’s do always land on their feet. What I found was very funny and also disproved my point but I was lawling so much that I didn’t even care. I have shown almost all my friends this video and I finally go the idea to just steal it and edit it to make it even more funny! I added in the “Holy Shit!” sounds and the “PWNED” at the end. You can find the origional video by searching “cat’s can’t land on their feet” if you really want. Mines way better though. Click on the picture above to go to the video.

On a side note, I bought a Domain name and am currently trying to set it up and host my stuff somewhere but it’s taking a bit. So we’ll see what happens. In the meantime you can check out my site here. Ignore the stuff about a banner. That was when I was on a different host.  And that’s not my doain name (URL), that’s what SFSU gave me. I’m using it in place of www.iamalbert.com till I can get that up and running. Tell me what you think so far.

So I know I didn’t give you guys a link to Katie’s blog and it’s partly because I forgot and now can’t edit that post >:( and also for personal reasons. If she want’s you guys to find out about it then she’ll let you know about it. If she doesn’t then you won’t! Well you might actually if you stalk her but then I’d have to beat you up XD

Anyways I figure while I’m at it I might as well just let you know that if you want to sign up for a blog of your own where you do get paid… haha sounds like I’m advertising. Well I am actually. You get paid but click on this link here…. Get paid to BLOG at Today.com  and you’ll be saying that I referred you and I’ll get a little bonus! And I would really appreciate that!

Oh and I think I tweaked my shoulder… I slapped one of those metal poles that they put at the end of fire lanes and street’s they don’t want you driving down. When I slapped it I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder and now it hurts when I pick stuff up and hold it out in front of me. It’s going to be an interesting day at Cross Country to be sure :p

Well Katie kept me up on the phone till 2 and I have class at 8:10 am but hey, I can’t complain.  I liked it and I got the feeling that she did too

So far nobody has asked me any questions. I didn’t really expect anybody to this early on but I am thinking about making a new category. “The Beginning” is getting a little old and I need someplace new to put my posts. Suggestions anybody?

So when my roommate discovered this I realized that it was a good idea and an easy way to make money. Not much money mind you but if people find this interesting then it should take off. Who knows though! Anyways, I noticed that a lot of people that I know now have blogs on here. I’m not going to start posting links to everybody’s blogs and all that jazz but I just wanted to talk about it a bit. I don’t blame them to be honest it doesn’t take much time to do and the money adds up. Hey even my girlfriend has a blog now! You can check it out here! Your welcome Katie :D.

Anyways I logged in today to find something disturbing! Under the “Closed Post’s” section I saw all of my posts with a message saying that I wasn’t getting paid for any of them. I just check right this second and it’s gone now… Frankly I don’t think those stat’s are incredibly reliable. Since I know for a fact that people have referred me and it says that I have no referrals… However if you would say that I referred you when your signing up please do. You have to use my username as a referral and mine is nucklearknight. I do find many blogs interesting and since they are by people my age some are fun to read. Others on the other hand seem like a waste of time. I guess you just have to find the right ones :p

I think I was a little vague on my day yesterday so I think I’ll talk a little bit about it here. I woke up at 7 in the morning to walk 5.5 miles across San Francisco to go to the Banana Chase road race. It was a fast course and I had to run it for Cross Country. However I neglected to eat prior to running and the walk over kinda drained me. Needless to say I didn’t perform to my best However I did get some free food and drink at the race even though I didn’t sign up. The reason I didn’t sign up to race was because I didn’t want to pay the $35 fee. As I as finishing a old guy screamed at me telling me not to cross the finish line since I didn’t sign up for the race. So I had to step off but I didn’t mind to much.  Anyways after that I got a ride back and then had my dad pick me up so I went back to Petaluma. Then when I got there I got in touch with Katie and decided to go to Jamba Juice. We sat inside Jamba Juice for the longest time trying to decide what we wanted to get. Then Katie brought up the possibility of going to Juice Shack instead and we couldn’t make up our mind. We ended up getting drinks and sharing them.

Fast forward to chilling at Katies house while I help her set up a blog while I lay on her comfortable but squeaky bed. Fast forward, saw The Dark Knight and had to depart from Katie

Yeah I hadn’t seen The Dark Knight until tonight. I don’t really know why… maybe it was because I had nobody to go with. Or because every time somebody wanted me to go I just didn’t feel like it or just didn’t have the energy. However I was back in my hometown from college for the day to visit Katie and I decided to go see it with her since she was shocked I hadn’t seen it yet.

To be honest the movie was fantastic and I can finally relate to the quotes that people use from that movie. Sure it was long (2:32) but it was such a good movie that it really didn’t matter the length. Plus I like long movies. I hate leaving a movie theater feeling like I should have seen more. I left the theater tonight feeling like I didn’t see enough. Although I didn’t wish that it was longer… I just wish I could have the next movie in front of me. Oh and by the way, here’s a little preview of the next Batman movie courtesy of my roommate:

 The Riddler???

To be honest I never really think about it that much, but I’m adopted. Now some people think that it’s a sensitive subject, and I’m sure for some it is, but for me I couldn’t be more open about it. Here’s the basics:

• I don’t know who my real parent’s are
• I was adopted at birth aka my parent’s snatched me up and ran :p
• I can’t remember exactly when I was told I was adopted although I know it was when I was young
• I don’t have a very strong desire to know who my real parent’s are but I would like to know what nationality I am
• I was born in Phoenix Arizona

Now most people don’t that I was adopted but hey, let’s be honest, I don’t go around introducing myself: “Hey I’m Albert. I’m adopted.” To be honest it rarely ever crosses my mind. Mostly when other people tell me their adopted I mention that I am too and we bond for a moment. However after that it rarely comes up again. The number one question I get after telling somebody that I’m adopted is “Do you know your real parent’s?” Well my answer is “No” and they almost always reply with “Are you going to find out who they are?” Now I’ve given this some thought. As I stated above I don’t have a great desire to seek my biological parent’s out. This is for several reasons.

1. I don’t know them so it might be awkward
2. They obviously didn’t want me for one reason or another so…
3. I hate awkward situations
4. What if their totally strange people and I end up feeling glad that they gave me away
5. I don’t want to get to know them that well. To be honest I’m done with parent’s right now and like being on my own

It’s kinda funny but when I go to the doctor and he asks me questions like “Is there any history of Heart Disease in your family?” I’m forced to respond with “I don’t know… I’m adopted.” So I could be at major risk of Heart Disease and not even know it! I mean shouldn’t my parent’s have records of this kind of stuff that they can give to my doctor? I think I’m fine, medically, but you know… just to be sure?

I dunno what else to say. Is there anything else you guys want to know about the subject? I could always do a followup or two if I get some good questions. Remember I’m completely comfortable with the subject so don’t feel like your crossing any boundaries you shouldn’t be.

I was trying to think of what to blog about. Not because I don’t have any ideas but because I have so many that I have to choose something. So I decided to tell the story about the Popsicle that I got in Gilroy. Enjoy

About 3 or 4 years ago I was in Gilroy visiting relatives and after sitting in God knows who’s house for an hour and a half I’m hot, tired, and thirsty. So when were leaving and moving on to the next house an ice cream guy just happens to be pushing his little cart down the sidewalk right next to our car. Upon seeing it my Grandpa turns to me and asks me if I want a Popsicle. Since it was 100+ degrees I couldn’t say no. So the guy opens up his cart thing and I grab a Popsicle that looks good. It was red and yellow so I thought it would be Cherry and Pineapple… Boy was I wrong.

I then get into the car and quickly open up the Popsicle and licked it. Almost immediately my mouth starts to burn. I couldn’t really taste anything so I kept licking it and my mouth kept getting hotter. The Popsicle was one of the nastiest things I had ever tasted. It was spicy! I looked at the wrapper and in almost invisible ink I saw the flavor: Cucumber and Chili… So I gagged a little bit and then proceeded to put the Popsicle back into the wrapper. When we got to the next house I stepped out of the car onto a dirt driveway and threw the Popsicle onto the ground. The family’s dog ran up, sniffed the Popsicle and took a lick, then ran away with it’s tail between it’s legs. No joke. It was by far the nastiest Popsicle I’ve ever heard of. I didn’t even know you could make a Popsicle out of cucumbers or chili! I mean who thinks “Wow it’s hot out… I wish I had something spicy yet cool to refresh myself. And what the hell why not add some greens to make it nutritious!I got it! Cucumber and Chili Popsicles!”

Anyways that’s my story about the Gilroy Popsicle. If you know me you may already have heard that but since most of you probably don’t I though I should share it.

So as you might have guessed I’m a college student. What you probably didn’t know was that I go to San Francisco State University. I’m a Freshman and am quite poor so I decided to start blogging as a profession! I now introduce myself “Hey I’m Albert… Professional Blogger”, and sure I may feel like a nerd but since I’m already a computer science major I feel as though it’s my duty to sound like a nerd. Although I didn’t think up the idea of blogging. My roommate is really random and said to me earlier today “I’m becoming a professional blogger!” At first I was like “… what?” but now I’m also blogging to make a living while at college.

While I was setting up my account I was thinking “What am I going to blog about?” So I sent a quick text to my lovely girlfriend Katie, explained the situation, and said “I’m not sure what I’m going to blog about…” Without missing a beat she said “Well me of course!” Without missing a beat I replied “Well besides that… That was a given”

So as I said before I’m a computer science major so if anybody has any questions about computers or anything electronic like that I’ll be happy to answer them for you and help you out the best I can! I really like helping people so don’t be shy about asking questions. I’m also run cross country at SF State so if you have running questions I’ll field them as best I can.

I’m really looking forward to blogging about Katie, my life, my adventures, and anything else I feel like blogging about. Be sure to check back often and leave me a comment or something! I like feedback!