Ryan Seacrest's He..he or Ha...Ha

Driving back from Delano early in the morning, I was getting bored listening to Radiohead's "In Rainbows" & Manny was passed out, asleep. Soon I started fiddling the stereo trying to find NPR. The closest I came was some station playing classical music. Hmmm...not bad. Early in the morning, kinda relaxing and I do enjoy listening to Mozart, Chopin every now & then. Soon Manny slightly raises his head,

"What the hell? Play something else"

Ughhh...I didn't say anything. I kept driving while looking for something else to listen to. That's when I came across Ryan Seacrest's 102.7 KIISFM. I think partly it was all the loud talking of 2 guys & a girl that caught my attention. Ryan Seacrest brought up something about when a guy send a SMS if he should write he...he.. or ha...ha? Which one is more manly & what not? Soon others started getting on the air voicing their opinion. I remember one girl mentioned something like if a guy ever send her a SMS with he...he, that's a big turn off & what not. I couldn't believe myself what I was listening to. With their long ass commercial breaks I could only handle it for 20 minutes or so until I simply turned the radio off.

Do we not have anything better to discuss than worry about if I should send a he...he or ha...ha txt? There's two problem here. One, I think most of us are becoming more & more opinionated. We want to express our opinions on everything, it doesn't matter if the person knows much about the subject or not. What matters, I express myself. Second, we would rather spend time on something mundane than focusing on real issues; address, discuss things that deserves some attention. I think we should have a National Silent Days (yes, I said days instead of day). It should be for at least two consecutive days where all the radio & TV stations will turn off. Similar to Nickeldeon's "Day of Play" with the exception that all of us will also keep quite, think and simply listen to others rather than expressing ourself.

So, why two days? Well, I figure day one probably won't affect us all or we won't realize the whole scope of it. But by day two, we should appreciate the benefit of keeping quite & just listening to others.

Few days later, along the same line I was thinking what can we do better than listen to Ryan Seacrest or worry about if a txt should contain he...he or ha...ha? I put together 10 suggestions in 5 categories & please feel free to make your own suggestions as well. I am listening =)

1. Own Physical Progress:
a. Take a walk around the neighborhood & at least go for a 4 miles or more walk
b. Instead of driving to Taco Bell, cook something at home. Emphasis lots of vegetables & fish

2. Own Emotional Progress:
a. Check out a book from the public library, something like "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker
b. Not so much into reading, worry not. Listen to podcast or audiobooks instead. My personal favorite LibriVox [dot] org. Here's the audiobook of "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.

3. For your neighbor or friend:
a. Really good at making that Banana Cream Pie?! How about give one to your neighbor. Who knows maybe the old lady will keep an eye on your house next time you leave for a vacation
b. Going to watch "American Gangster" with your friend or just going out drinking. Pick up his/her tab

4. For the environment:
a. Watch either An Inconvenient Truth or The 11th Hour
b. Ride your bike or the bus to work instead of driving or simply carpool with other co-workers

5. For the poor:
a. Go through your closet, separate all the clothes you're never going to wear & drop them off at a Planet Aid box
b. Buy some can food & donate them to the Salvation Army. Do this one either with your child or your niece & nephew.

Enough telling everyone what to do. Here's something I thought was funny from Ed Kerbs Photography.