The Balanced News

So end up in a conversation about private equity firms purchasing companies flipping image and selling in ipo, burger king comes up which leads to a conversation about McDonalds image change in the open market.

This is how i was in conversation earlier today, about meat.  This Vegetarian talked about the lack of awareness that is experienced by the average person.

So i explain this experience i had the other day at the grocery store, i was purchasing meat, beef.  And there are all these different chops and hacks and strips.  And i’m thinking if they put up a picture of a cow and let me know what part of the cow each piece of meat came from i could picture the cows movements and muscles under its skin and make a better pick of the loin.

So i say to the guy, Beef and Cow its marketing.   In china they call in nio ro, or nio ni for cow meat or cow milk.  Guo ro for dog meat.  Its straight up.
But they except and see death as a part of life, its not questioned.

Then we talk about Halal Kill and the blessing of the animals in thanking them for their live stock.  Awareness is becoming an option.

Then seriously mention an article in the economist two weeks ago that proved that plants dont want to be eaten and their genetic makeup is showing increases in bitterness.

We get back to the McDonalds question and the Veg is contemplating the question as to whether his belief system is seriously questioned by a purchase in McDonalds which most likely will be a strong buy as the image of the company is planned to be rejuvenated and brought into the 21st century by year end 2007.

The point of all this is that my Vegetarian friend is now going to invest in McDonalds.
Why?  Well its easy its a question of marketing/pr and the truth.

McDonalds image is changing to be more of a cafe, its becoming healthier, they have wi-fi areas, bar areas for the quick eaters with tvs to watch, they have the family room section and the clown colors are being toned down to a more contemporary color and style.  This will compete with the five dollar coffees and hang out style over priced shops with a gas station coffee cost, but they will have better food then two week old hot dogs.

So how did we overcome his initial pause.  First we look at Columbia’s major exports, coffee and Cocaine, both strong stimulants.  The coffee people dont sell this as come by, buy and get high.  We got the strongest stimulated coffee.  Thats a known.  They sell environment.

So by the same philosophy McDonalds doesnt have to say hey we have the best Cows people know what it is and they love the corn feed ones.  So McDonalds is changing the environment to a hangout, we are already eating there why not write a paper there….or some meaningless BS on myspace, and save the four dollar difference on the cost of the coffee.

I was driving on the highway a couple or more years back.  A guy wanted to get over into my lane, using blinkers and all.  So i slow down and the bastard doesnt get over and i slow down a little more never gets over.  So i speed up and as i pass him i look over to see no eye contact only a middle finger raised in its place.

Now this pisses me off to this day, if i saw that kid i would give him a rather good talking to.
First of all the middle finger is ment to be used as an offensive defensive stance. You cant waive it at someone as a starting offensive position thats just not polite.
That is what the whole hand waive is for, hello stranger as you waive with your hand, then stranger ignores you, then at this point you say well take that. shooting the middle finger.

But for blood sake none of this is suppose to happen before or without the event of eye contact.

Just raise your hand and say hello.

Today, this morning i get a call and this guy is like aaahhh james.
Are you home?
I’m thinking who the hell is this…  Then the guy says i have some flowers for you.
So i’m thinking wow, thats weird, so i say leave them on the back porch i’ll be home in a couple min.
Guy, “they are Orchids so i dont want to leave them out.”
So i’m like seriously, will be there in two min…

Now i have some flowers.  Its not ever day a Lady sends a Man Flowers
Shit and to think most men dont ever get flowers, well that is until their funerals.

There was a time in College where i had an amazing crush on this girl.  She was older and incredibly intelligent, beautiful and together.  We went swimming in the night summer of 2000 at her home in southern ohio.  She told me that she liked that i went night swimming with her, saying that no one ever before would go night swimming with her.  I felt the same way.

In the fall of 2001, i was suppose to go back to Oak brook, that is the name of her home.  However i ditched her to hang out with a girl who was cute, intelligent and tangeled.   Someone that wasnt out of my league.

I got entagled in her web.  I drank 10-12 beers a day for six weeks, throwing up blood every morning toward the end.  Trying to get out of it.  She made me cry.

I didnt have to be there, i could have been with the night swimmer that loved bunnys, babies and spent her studies in the swamp looking at insects.  I could adapt.  She once told me in the summer of 2002 that i had made her cry before, that crushed me.

Cups

I decided the other day that i didnt get anything out of this f-ing space.
I was going to delete all my information and pictures
and just leave comments from friend and links to friends

Then i decided shit this is my space, i dont really care about any ones elses space,  and i began typing my thoughts on my space. in the form of this blog

I have a friend that wants me to be stupid
I am
I have a friend that wants me to be offensive
I am
I have a friend that wants me to be honest
I am

I was hanging out with such said friend the other day and i was showing him this movie and he told me that he didnt want to see the part where they cut the guys finger off.

He stood their unable to take his eyes off the screen.  He didnt walk away.
He stood their fixed on the screen.  Didnt even look at me.

Well until he saw the finger laying cut on the ground.  Then he looked at me and said i told you i didnt want to see that.

If you are sharing dip with others and you ask them if they are going to be offended by you double dipping.  And rather than them saying no, they make the suggestion that you use another chip and scope up extra dip after each bite.Then you reply no, i’m just going to double dip.1. you use excess dip.2. your an asshole3. your an asshole not because you double dip or use excess dip4 your an asshole because your aware that double dipping is rude, you acknowledged that in the question, however you still decided to double dip.Although, it seems that there was a communication breakdown on my side as well.  I should have said go fuck yourself as an answer to the question is it ok that i double dip, rather than suggesting an alternative.