The Anti-Herbie...

We have all borne witness to Herbie's swift sweep across our campus, whether as victims or "conscientious" observers. Almost just as swiftly and with about as much efficiency and effectiveness, the Anti-Herbie, a bug doing the exact opposite had grabbed hold on the campus and may have only just recently let go. While Herbie's doing pulled couples together as the breezes stiffened and the cold came down, the Anti-Herbie has demagnetized these individuals allowing them once again to return to their original states. A flood of facebook status changes prompted innumerable comments keeping us busy for days on end; seemed like each day another couple fell prey to the bug.


It took me some time to decide to write this, mostly because I myself fell prey to both Herbie and his counterpart. And it should come as no surprise; I've always been a sickly person and I catch the flu almost every time it goes around. The other reason is although I saw the second bug coming from a ways off, it brought to the surface a certain bitterness and cynicism in me that I had to get rid off before i could objectively scrutinize and analyze these occurrences, thus I have reserved my sole bitter statement for my T.O.T.D...lol.

The Anti-Herbie, didn't do much to quell my earlier allegations that the issue had been mostly thermal. In fact, it all but affirmed my rationale. Maybe it was still winter by the calender, but it had begin to warm up here and as soon as it did the bug reared its head. It sorta seems that both bugs survive best in temperatures that are just a little warmer than winter weather, but not quite summer weather, making the fall and spring ideal for their attacks.

I find it a noteworthy fact that the Anti-Herbie first found the strength to attack the couples who were the more solid and secure in their relationships. But that could have been a ploy by the bug to erode the confidence of the fresher pairings. If it was it seemed to work like a charm.
Also keep in mind that while the reasons may not be quite as important as the fact of what actually happened, there's no denying the similarities; almost makes the conspiracy theorist in me shout, "Hanging Chad"!...LOL*.

These events happened and like Charlie Wilson said,"They were beautiful and they changed the world," well at least the campus! I had fun living it, I had fun watching it unfold and most fun of all thinking and writing about it and laughing my butt off. Life is full of ironies and they serve to preserve our sense of humor; that's one of the lessons I've learned. Hope you learned something too, whether watching, living or reading!...LOL

*Refer to George W. and the 2000 Florida election

Today's T.O.T.D: All bubbles are beautiful, naturally occurring wonders....and then they burst!

Herbie...

I just wanted to post this as a prequel to my next post, The Anti-Herbie....

It has come to my attention that there's been a bug going around, a love bug. Let's call it Herbie. It seems that relationships and pairings are spring up all over the place and it seems like every one has been infected with this "Jonas Brothers-type" ailment... You know, their song:

"Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again."

Now I'm not one to jump to conclusions about things, well I am, but i didn't about this particular thing. However, in the stillness of 2009's first Sabbath morning, I lay awake in bed and considered it all. I noted that there's a very real possibility that the beginning of relationships are seasonal. Stay with me now, I'm not saying that your thing isn't real, I'm just saying there might be a reason you're doing this now and not three months ago!

I think that in the summer, everyone seeks to be free, single and disengaged, and there's a logical explanation. Summer is a time for flings and "summer love", especially if you get to travel to a different country. Because you know that there must be someone you will meet over the summer who you will fancy and although you know that it must conclude when school begins again and the air begins to chill, it's always worth the time and the fond memories last a lifetime.

The summer is also when girls go to the beach to show off their "summer" bodies. And which guy can think of a better way to spend a day than hanging with chicks we've never seen before in skimpy bikinis? No one want's to be the guy or the girl who can't have some fun at a beach day, 'cause they're "happily committed"...lol!!!

Big movies always come out in the summer, providing the perfect opportunity to take-out that girl you just met, or to be taken out. It provides you some perfect make-out opportunities, after which u can take a stroll in the mid-summer night air, having spent all your gas money taking this girl to the movies!

So if summer is the time for flings, winter would be...the time for real loving!?

Winter is cold and who knows, but this epidemic could be a simple thermal issue!? There is a distinct possibility that we finally work up the nerve to go hang with that girl or guy we always liked simply because we feel the cold coming on. I think that's why fall semesters bare the most relationships. It may be a case of seeking to make "body heat, when bodies meet!"

Fall brings Thanksgiving and a few short weeks later, as the real chill takes effect, Christmas. With all those happy feelings floating around, each of us is bound to get some of it on us! So it doesn't surprise me that we run into the arms of the one we'd most like to hug and be with because we're so happy. And if we're already in a relationship, we stay, 'cause honestly the only good reason to break up with a girl at Christmas is that she brought you home to meet her family and they're all a bunch of crazies, and that includes your girl!

Winter also brings with it the prospect of a warmer time approaching, the spring. And spring is when love really starts to bloom. Which each reopening rose bud, a new love is born and hope "springs". But to get to spring love, on must brave the harsh winter's snow and bone-chilling blizzard force winds to plant a seed, a bug, that will one day become a mature infection of LOVE.

Return of the Duppie!!!

I, hereby, return to the blog-osphere. It's been a while since I posted anything and I'm still a bit new to this whole blogging thing, but I'm here all the same! Just yesterday one of my professors suggested that I blog and I remembered that I'd set this up a few months ago. It seems a much better outlet than my university newspaper, which keeps editing my material and anyone who's written anything knows how infuriating that can be!

I hope you'll join me here when I write and feel free to leave any comment. There's no moderation on this blog but I'll ask that the comments not be too graphic.

I will try on each post to leave a Thought Of The Day (TOTD) and I promise to make it interesting and not preachy!

Today's TOTD:

Osama Bin-Laden Is Still World Hide-And-Go-Seek Champion!!!

That's all for now! Any ideas are most welcomed.