Is it cool?: Calling on the phone

Ever since smartphones came out, everyone has been really insecure with their phones. Mostly because things have gotten very personal on smartphones because there's so much to do on them.

But I still enjoy talking on the phone, because I think I look cool doing it. But when other people see me talking on the phone, they think I'm talking to someone who's telling me something really important.

"My son, huh?"

You know, that kind of situation where your mom is calling you to tell you to come to the front office or something like that. But it's usually me just talking to a friend. And I feel really cool doing it too. Like I'm talking to the president, laughing and everything. It definitely looks cooler than me making weird smiles at the screen and trying not to laugh. But then I think about me being that one obnoxious guy on the bus who laughs and screams through the phone. I don't want to be that guy. Or the guy who touches and plays with everything when on the phone. This includes the wall, people's desk toys, and people, while walking around.
I think older people have no problem doing this, just people my age, younger who have a hard time trying to talk on the phone. The next step is trying to find someone who will actually have a conversation with you on the phone, besides grandma.

So, is it cool? Yeah, it's cool.

Going off topic: Doing different things

It struck me the other day as I was sipping my morning tea and reading the paper. What am I doing with my life? And then I thought, "Oh yeah, I'm doing this." The usual boring things that every person my age is doing. Preparing for college and trying to get volunteer hours at house parties (never happens)  is what most people are doing. But me? Well I'm kind of doing the same thing, except the house party volunteering . I like to volunteer at places where I get cool stuff out of it. No not ACL or SXSW, that's for scrubs and freshman. And no, sorry soup kitchen and homeless shelter, my grandma has got that covered already (you get free lunch out of that I think). I'm talking about skills. Places where I can get skills, "mad skillz". But anyway, this high school thing is getting a little boring. There should really only be three years. Because really, what do you even do senior year? To me, it looks like a whole lot of nothing. Nothing and off campus lunch, big deal. AND junior year is the hardest year right? So, what's up with senior year. Not that I'm looking toward paying rent and stuff, but hey, that makes gap year a legitimate thing. That would give me some opportunities to actually do something. Like get some professional training or just go to college. But then where would I go? Then the whole college application thing would be different since everyone gets out junior year. But that's just going off topic.

I need a kickstarter for my kickstarter.

Kid who knows how to party. (Note the ankle socks)

In eighth grade (a forever ago), I competed in the regional science fair, and lost. I would have won if it wasn't for that same kid who wins every year with his dad. But anyway, my project was on memory, vocals, brain function, and sleep. Now if you put all of these things together, you'll end up in your shower. I wondered if it wasn't just me who could sing  really well in the shower. Like you know, when you sing in the shower and you think, "Wow, I sound really good" then realize it's been half an hour and you haven't even shampooed. Or when you remember something in the shower, but forget once you get out. My project didn't make too much sense because I was an eighth grader who did a Coke and Mentos project the year before (Diet Dr. Pepper works better), but it pointed out something we all share.

Today, I am going to revive this science project and will need about $50,000 to fund it. I'm not asking for money, but I know where I can get money from people on the internet, Kickstarter. If you didn't already know, Kickstarter is a platform where people show off their adult size science project or lame childrens' book and receive money from people who think it would be cool.
This is no lame childrens' book, this is real life. I haven't actually started it yet because a pitch on blogger is easier. But here's what I'm going to do.

I will put 150 people in showers and test their vocal skills, brain function, memory, and sleepiness before, during, and after their shower. Then I'll throw some graphs on it and win the Nobel Prize.

It might not actually go like that, or as soon, so for right now it's going back in my box of "Ways to be famous on the internet".

Look out for the shower singing guy in a few years.