How I Determine Favorites...

So, I have a weird process to determine what my favorite things are. I make a highly unlikely scenario that goes a little something like this:

You are trapped in a room and a mysterious force will give you whatever you want but it only lets you have one item from every category.

Whatever I happen to pick must be my favorite because it was my first preference and it's something I would enjoy for a long time even in repetitious circumstances. I'll use my previous posts as an example:

What color do you want the room to be? Emerald Green.

What is your room number? 136.

What do you want to eat? Fruit Salad.

Now you are all probably thinking that since this scenario's conditions are infinite that I may alter my answers because while some things are considered favorites there are other items that perhaps I could tolerate for a longer period of time, but that's not the case. Even if I do become annoyed with something it will still be my favorite; that's why I picked it.

Favorite Color...

I also went through a phase of color favorites. Originally it was blue. Then it was red-orange because that was my favorite crayon-color to use. Then it became green around second grade due to a Sonic & Knuckles book I bought from the Scholastic Book Fair. The chaos emerald portrayed on the cover has always stuck out in my mind and I actually found a picture of the book!

So, I guess it's hard to pick out the exact shade of green I like from the picture, but to make it easy for everyone to understand it's the average color of the green lights found on Christmas lights, or that deep, rich, green ornament nearby.

I always say that my favorite color is Emerald Green because I like to be specific... and well, now you know my reference. Chaos Emerald Green!

Favorite Numbers...

So I have a favorite number... and I also have favorite numbers. When it comes to the guessing game of "pick a number between __ and __" I have a set of numbers I always use.

Between 1 and 10: 1. 1 is the common number in my four favorite numbers (including this one of course). Additionally, I like 1 because of a character named Taichi and his partner Zeromaru (making 100% [as they never lost, they always won, you can see that on the cover near the bottom-right corner]), the star of a Digimon manga. They were an awesome team.

Sorry, no Agumon here.

Between 1 and 20: 12. It used to be 15 but that was Kevin's favorite number too (this is back in the Junior Jazz days). So, I changed it to 12. That's really all there is to it. This was also my earliest favorite number. No picture here.

Between 1 and 100: 91. My favorite Gundam from the whole Mobile Suit Gundam universe is by far Gundam F91. I love everything about his design (even though I'm not a fan of his "human face" mode, but he's the only one who has something like that so that makes him even more unique... and he was trans-am-ing before it was cool). He has awesome equipment and features so enjoy the picture as much as I do.

I own three of him: Model, FIX, and Robot Spirits.

 Between 1 and anything above 100: 136. This is my favorite number above all the rest. And the reason for this is a simple one: Flareon. Flareon is just awesome! If I can I will always have him on my team. He was my fire type champ in Platinum, Soul Silver and will be on my team in Black once I get to the point where I can transfer previous generations.

You will always be my favorite!!

Is Santa Real?..

Ah yes, the famous question responsible for shattered dreams and for crushing the once firmly established knowledge based on a strong belief. Yes, I know that Santa, the one that lives at the North Pole and makes toys for all the children in the world and manages to deliver them all in one night, is indeed not real. Though no one would disagree that if such a person did exist life would be that much more awesome.

But as for the rest of us, I personally transitioned my belief in Santa as a real individual to a belief in the "spirit of Santa." The spirit of Santa is the remarkable power that makes parents buy all those wonderful gifts for their children. That same spirit helps our hearts grow two sizes each year as we donate our food, clothing, money, time or other goods to those in need. The spirit of Santa is one that establishes faith and goodwill to all the people we pass by on the street. That same spirit which makes us do incredibly kind things to people we don't even know. I'm sure you've noticed something interesting about the spirit of Santa. Yes, it is very similar to charity which is the pure love of Christ. Deep down it is another offspring of the true meaning of Christmas.

Will I teach my kids about Santa? Of course I will! If you ask me if I believe in Santa I will tell you "Of course!" You may be thinking that I have just contradicted myself but let me finish here (you have no choice, it's my blog and you can't stop me). When we were talking about this many years ago my dad said "well, if you don't believe in Santa how will you get any presents from him?" In our family our tradition is that we have our "under the tree presents" and then we leave out our stockings on the couch so that Santa can deliver his presents there. I want to see presents there so of course I believe in Santa! If you don't you might want to. After all, "how can you get presents from someone you believe doesn't exist?"

Merry Christmas!

My Favorite Season Is...

My favorite season is Winter when there is snow. Snow transforms our world into a white wonderland and somehow it always feels warmer when there is snow on the ground. It's like the snow traps in all the cold and leaves the outside air only slightly chilly (or maybe when we see snow outside we just dress warmer and bundle up). When there is no snow on the ground it's like a dog named Frostbite is running around and we all know what that's like.

Right?

Otherwise my favorite season is Fall.

"Creeper" Should Be Erased From Our Vocabulary...

So I'm not exactly sure when the word "creeper" was coined into becoming a key term that girls started using to describe "boys (that they don't know) who suddenly ask them on a date or ask them personal questions out of the blue during the first initial conversation" or something like that. I imagine when this word was first used it described stalker-type individuals who were shady to begin with or (to be blunt) boys who were literally "creepy" because they aren't exactly attractive. Thanks to Hollywood and other stories we can't even trust the handsome man with the sparkling smile at the Christmas party without labeling him as a "creeper" too. So what does this mean and what does it have to do with the post title? I'll tell ya what it means (of course, this is all in my opinion based on observation and personal experience and does not apply to every girl).

1. Even normal nice guys who want a date can't just go and talk to a girl they are interested in because they fear they will be labeled or seen as a creeper.
2. It has almost annihilated the concept of "love at first sight."
3. Girls are always on the defense of "creepers" during a first conversation and it makes the whole question and response process very awkward (and quite needlessly too).
4. Asking out a brand new girl that doesn't know you is nigh improbable regardless of the situation.
5. Stake/School Dances require guts and nerves of steel in order to dance with several new girls.
6. Girls can't tell if a nice guy is really just nice or pretending to be nice all "creeper-like."
7. For those who were not born with the most attractive qualities dating is an impossible nightmare.

Therefore I would wish that we could either erase "creeper" from our vocabulary or just use it appropriately for those that really send out threatening vibes when we talk to them instead of finding it a suitable label for "that one new kid in my class that suddenly asked me out." Amazing how the use of one word can change the dating game into a overly complicated mess.

Christopher Logic's Scale of...

As mentioned in the previous post, I just thought that I should clear things up by displaying the complete scale of "Best Words to Describe Something That Makes Me Laugh" or whatever I called it before. You see, I use certain words for particular reasons (as do we all) but the specific word I choose is not synonymous in my vocabulary as you will see. Well, here goes.

1. Hilarious - This means that I was laughing a lot
2. Really Funny - If I put an adverb (very, so, etc.) or adjective (very, incredibly) before the word "funny" I mean it. It was almost hilarious. (the previous sentence was relatively humorous to me as is this one)
3. Funny - When the word is all by itself it means I laughed or it made me chuckle and smile.
4. Humorous - That 50-50 kind of funny where it is really hit or miss.
5. LOL - I should probably make a post about this... but LOL means it was trying to be funny but no one's laughing. Usually gets a courtesy laugh out of me.
6. "I guess it was funny" or "I can see how it was supposed to be funny." - Longer terms, I know, but if I'm trying to tell the joke but I know I am/could/did slaughter it and I have to explain it again it means the joke landed flat on its face. Other people do this often too. When it was supposed to be funny and it wasn't, in other words.
7. Not funny. - This is literally what I'm saying.
8. Lame. - All the jokes were barely worth a courtesy laugh.
9. Not funny at all. - Usually means that it might have been funny if I wasn't offended in the process. Usually from dirty, vulgar or jokes that have swear words in them.
10. _________ - If I say nothing I really have no comment and would rather talk about something else.

And there you have it!