This Is My Sundown

Thanks everyone for the support but it's time for me to gracefully walk away from this. It's truly been a pleasure writing these profiles and blogs over the years. I think i had a really good run with this thing but i think its time for me to move on. Like any good artists, i will go on, known through my works, to be apreciated afterwards for their true masterpiece. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts and ideas. I thank all my supporters and everyone who came up to me and complimented me on my blog. It really means a lot to me. It would mean a lot to me if you guys posted comments on this one, say whatever you want, tell me your favorite blog of mine, tell me about you, how you heard about this blog, how your life will never be the same now....whatever. I have always been curious as to who reads this thing anyways. Who knows, maybe i'll make a return, its just now i need to focus on other things. I wish you all the best of luck on your future endevors. Goodbye everyone.

Sincerely,

McBride

Thank You All

So I guess this is it….sigh…this has been unreal. College really was the best 5 years of my life. I am so happy I was able to keep this blog going for so long. Its hard to tell people about what college was like for me. It sure was a struggle. I wasn’t blessed with the intellectual abilities as many of the other students, I wasn’t blessed with a rich family that paid for my college education. When I graduate in a week I will owe 33,000 out of my own empty pockets. For the last 2 weeks I have been trying to justify this cost by eating at the dining halls more often, taking long showers, picking flowers from outside my dorm, and racking up a sweet electrical bill for umass to swallow. In the last few days however I have come to realize that my education is priceless. No not that fucking stats class and not the piece of paper that I will be receiving along with other graduating seniors. College taught me about life. I guess it still really hasn’t hit me yet that I’m leaving college. I swear I went to college on purpose and I’m graduating by accident. That is exactly how I feel right now. I guess I just hung in there long enough…..barely….but long enough. Few people really understand all the pieces of the puzzle that college has been for me. I actually hope many of you never have to go through the same shit I had to in college just to attend each semester. I am graduating with 8 dollars left of available credit. No lie. 8 dollars. I’m deciding to tribute this blog to all the people that have helped me achieve all that I have in life. I’m not naming names but if you are reading this (and you know who you are)…thank you. I had decided to make this blog a culmination of everything I have ever learned that I didn’t get out of a textbook.

A good portion of the population is just concerned with themselves. Unconditional love is the only kind worth living for and in turn in the only kind worth dying for. Tell people how you feel about them…..especially if the feeling is love. Don’t wait till it’s to late and someone else tells them. When you are in a relationship always put in a constant effort to show that you care. Girls love flowers for special occasions but they love getting them even more on a rainy Tuesday afternoon because you missed them. Always be greatful for today, even if nothing went your way. Consider how long it takes a handicapped person to do the simplest things that you and I take for granted. I really hope your heart breaks when you see a handicapped person with a cane struggling up stairs while others just gingerly climb past him. Think from other peoples perspectives. Always help those in need, no matter what that need is. I gave up money for books this semester so that needy children would prosper. I did this with my own money so why don’t you just by me dinner with your parents money. What do you care? Why don’t you buy needy children stuff with your parents money. The same money that pays for your books and college education…must be nice. Here is something to keep in mind and live by: "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." -Matthew 19:24 I gave up the luxury of having textbooks because there are people in the world where textbooks are the least of their concerns. I just wanted to show them that they were a great concern to me. I made a difference. You got textbooks. Look at tragedy as an opportunity to show your devotion and love. The days after 9/11 were marked with grieving, fear, anger, suffering, and pain. However they were also marked with love, giving, unity, pride, charity, and faith. How could one tragedy bring such diverse outcomes? Well…isn’t that life? A mix, a blend of emotions and conditions. I remember grabbing my step brother, jumping in my car that day and making the 2 hour drive down to NYC to help out however we could. On our way through southern, ct we saw a man on an overpass waving an American flag as cars and rescue vehicles flew by underneath him. That night I saw the same man on the CT news. The reporter asked him why he did that, why stand on an overpass for hours waving an American flag. He just said that he just didn’t know how else to show his support, he just started waving the flag and didn’t stop till nightfall. Perhaps in his actions he found peace, comfort, …hope. Be there for each other, support them, comfort them in their indecision. Risk your life to save others. Don’t expect them to thank you. Take risks and always be unique. Have confidence in your abilities and yourself. Always share with others even before they ask. Don’t ever say I have no regrets, of course you do you fucking master of the cliché…..you aren’t fooling anyone….if you don’t have regrets, I don’t think you really lived. Or even learned anything the hard way…..ever. Pray every night, pray for your loved ones, pray for your enemies, pray for those less fortunate than you, pray for those who need your prayers and need God whether they admit it or not, and always pray for yourself last….I am a firm believer that unselfish prayers are always a good idea. Find faith, find god, cry because you finally feel whole. Don’t go to bed mad at someone, try to fix it as soon as possible because if you wait, when the time comes to fix it the problem may have grown. Always admit when you are wrong, not after the argument, but right away. Don’t argue for the sake of argueing, you are just wasting good memories you could be having with that person. Don’t look for praise when you do something nice for someone…..I look around and see signs everywhere at umass that say stuff like “ This building was paid for by a generous donation by so and so…..why, why do you need praise, how bout this, how bout just donate the money to have the building erected and don’t put your name on it. How about you actually give back what God has blessed you with. I like this title for a building. “This building was donated by a good soul who wanted nothing in return” I really love hearing about when people make large anonymous donations….seriously, that’s the way to go. Don’t get let down if someone doesn’t like you as a love interest, love is worth fighting for but at the same time it can’t be forced….besides….why want someone that doesn’t want you? If it worked it would just be fake and not what you wanted in the first place anyways. And girls….Don’t be a fuck….I think that there are 2 girls in the world. Girls you would fuck and girls you would marry. I think you can figure out the difference. And girls stop playing games with guys, if you think you can play games and play hard to get…..you will land a player who is willing to play along…..congrats….way to be a fuck.. A real man wouldn’t waste his time on you. He is too busy waiting on the girl that will sweep HIM off his feet. So anti up girls and fucking learn how to cook and clean….seriously, like the stock on women has fallen so much lately that I think im better off dating a guy. Honestly though, I mean that’s great that Destiny’s Child taught you all to be independent women but honestly how independent are you if you don’t even know how to unclog a drain. I mean shit, my mom can basically do anything that any women or man can do and do it better and so can’t your mom so I mean what does that say about the quality of girls lately. Im not being a dick and saying that women’s place is in the kitchen, I’m just saying that what kind of nurturers are they going to be to future kids, what ever happened to a women that was proud to be a housewife. Today it is almost like an unspeakable occupation. A women is looked down on by other professional women. I tell you this, you want to impress me, you want to be independent….arm yourself with a mop and apron and raise the best kids in the neighborhood. Raise kids with manners, raise them with pride, raise them with love….make a fucking effort to see that they eat healthy, clean the house and keep it safe for them. This task isn’t all the ladies. This is also the guys. If my wife makes more money than I do when I have kids, you better believe that I will fucking man up and be a stay at home dad. I don’t care if I get laughed at by all the other dads in the neighborhood. I don’t care how many books on nursing babies I have to read. My family will be my life. I don’t care if I have to quit my job…I’m not missing my daughters school play. No matter what may become of my career goals I have always known that I will succeed at 2 things: Being a loving husband and a loving father…..no matter what. So ladies if you want to be pissed at me for calling you out…..just know that guys need to step up too cause honestly, I can’t blame you for saying “guys suck” yeah…..most do. Be the best friend that you know how to and don’t talk behind peoples back…if you have something to say to someone, just say it to their face. Don’t gossip. Gossiping is for 12 year old girls and girls in college that act like they are 12. Guys don’t really gossip and if they do, they should probably just get a sex change to justify their actions. Stop complaining, if something is wrong, do something about it. Compliment people on unique qualities. Give people credit where credit is due. Honor the dead. Play in the rain. Salute veterans and thank them for their service to our country. Join the peace corps and build a house in a country not recognized by the world yet. Be a Sunday school teacher. Watch more sunsets and sunrises. Learn from your mistakes. Make love….don’t just have sex. Hold the person you love’s hand when you are walking together. Stare deep into their eyes and have a conversation with them without even opening your mouths. Have your heart broken. Contemplate life and death. Cry on a strangers shoulder. Fail at something you worked really hard on and accept it. Look forward to growing old with someone you love. Re-evaluate your life. Open doors for girls and the elderly. Teach a child how to swim or ride a bike. Mentor a child. Kiss someone goodbye at an airport and watch their plane as it takes off and slowly drifts out of sight. Invite a stranger to share a holiday with you if they have no family to go to. Deliver breakfast in bed to someone. Do everything you can in college….if it means you get asked to go to Denny’s at 4 AM and then you are going to drive to canada, go….don’t think about it…just go….my 33,000 was spent on memories, not school. And to all my dearest friends…..don’t forget me, thanks for the memories, and I love you all like family.

2 Corinthians 13:11
"Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."

DON"T FUCK WITH AMERICA

Fight Your Own Revolution

I haven't checked out the paper today but im sure somewhere mixed in on the cover page probably reads something like this "Car bomb explodes outside of Baghdad - 14 killed" It's gotten so bad lately and what efforts are really feasable to prevent suicide bombings anyways?...none. So why are we trying to prevent them? What type of threat does Iraq really present anyways...what are so special about Iraqi's that their lives are worth the lives of our kin who are dying trying to help an ungreatful nation in the first place. The U.S. didn't learn its lesson in Kuwait so i wasn't suprised when we expected anything in return from a Middle-Eastern country.

This is a summary of the happenings of the first Gulf war.

Iraq was engaging in a hostile takover of kuwait
Kuwait started crying because they have a crappy military because they are all rich and pay other countries lavishly to import soldiers and warcrafts.
Kuwait also pays everyone to do everything for them even routine services are all outsouced to other people.
U.S. got involved hoping that Kuwait would cut them a deal on oil if they helped liberate them
A newly liberated kuwait pays someone to tell the U.S. to go fuck itself.


So knowing this, why would Kuwaits unfriendly neighbor to the North ever be greatful for us liberating them. I honestly can say that the efforts that we made in that region of the area have not been worth it. There are more ways to peace then just going to war to achieve it. And that thing called diplomacy? Oh nevermind. I decied to write a blog dealing with the face that countries should be left to fight their own revolutions. If there is a great enough demand for a revolution it will happen. If an unpopular leader is in charge...just overthrow the government. It happens all the time in other countries so why didn't it catch on in Iraq.

The story of the American Revolution

as told by an undereducated college student who grossly misrepresents historical information and hasn't had a history class in 6 years. (dates, names, places, and events are undoubtedly way off)


The year was 1773, Benjamin Franklin probably hadn't discoved electricity yet or maybe he did. Our story takes place in boston. A bunch of drunken minutemen were sitting at a bar being fed up with paying taxes to britain especially if all they did with their money was sip tea, talk like pussies, and wear wigs. So they skipped out of the bar without paying their tabs and met up with some indians in boston harbor and together they dumped out lots of tea into the harbor because tea isn't as good as coffee. The Americans later thanked the indians for their help by seizing their land. After this a guy named nathaniel held a meeting to discuss issues in a place later known as nathaniel hall. Britain was swift to retaliate and later that same year there was a small scale massacre right in the center of boston. British soldier aparently open fire on a crowd of angry Redsox fans. Later on in that year people did stuff in charlotte, nc. No one knows why but for some reason i remember people doing stuff there. To increase moral, brewer and patriot sam adams decided to increase production of his famous ale. Sam's older brother John Adams was like so i can get free beer and become president....where do i sign? Then a young general from Virginia named George Washington was like, hey im going to fake cutting down a cherry tree so parents will have a moral lesson to teach their kids about. He was praised for his idea and was named president. It was then that tension really heated up and between England and the colonies. Thomas Jefferson was like "This is so weak" and he made the constitution to govern the country. He made sure it was as vauge as possible so that it could be grossly misinterpreted centuries later. Later that day, an infuriated Thomas Jefferson, heated for having to pay tax on slaves, was like thats it, i've had it, and created the declaration of independence which was signed on July 4th, 1776. John Handcock was the first to sign and used large script. Onlookers were astonished by his large "cock" They praised him for also having the balls to show it to the British Parliment. A now infuriated Britain was ready to fight. Paul Revere was like "I got the job!" and rode his horse doing laps around the old north church until he saw the british vomiting from dizziness just watching him. Then he yelled to his miinutemen coleagues and they jumped out of the bushes and started sniping them. Then ships in the harbor started blowing each other to shit and Francis Scott Key was like "screw america the beautiful, this kicks ass" Then George Washington took a boat across a river just so someone could paint a picture of him and for bragging rights. Martha Washington was like i want to help so George lovingly put her to work cooking, cleaning, and sewing. Hours later she showed George the new flag that she made however his focus was on why she had not prepared dinner. Without a word the angry general pointed to the kitchen and she returned to her home. In vermont things were quite different. Nathaniel Hale and his green mountain boys loaded off of magic hat and homegrown layed down their weapons and started a peace rally. The confused british soldiers however perrished because Vermont winters are cold like none other. In the south the fighting continued because the southerners couldn't read the peace treaty that the British wrote to them. After the war was over Britain was like oh we weren't really trying that hard. And America was like "I guess we will be friends with you losers" Then America was like hey do you want to like team up and just own the world and britain was like yeah that sounds ok, so that what happened.



a few minor details may be off but this is pretty acurate