Rag-o-meter

I knew this would happen eventually. Ryan Lewis hoped it wouldn't. Barack Obama gave speaches about it. What is it? It's a prolonged absence from blogging. It's a very dangerous position to be in. Everyone who regularly checked up on your blog has become tired of being disappointed when they continually see a post from three weeks ago. Now, to get their attention again, you're forced to do something that screams attention-hungry and put something such as "Check out the new blog!" in your facebook status or, god forbid, twitter. Before I make the decision of how to get peoples attentions again and whether its worth my dignity, I think its important to touch on the reasons why my blog-absence occurred. To figure out whether these reasons are legitimate or not, I have come up with a grading system based on how much Ryan would rag on me for each specific excuse - the rag-o-meter. The scale goes from 1-10, with 1 being no ragging whatsoever and with 10 being an all out rag session.

Reason 1 - Midterms. Ryan hates these things more than anyone, but he understands their painful necessity. This gets a 2 on the rag-o-meter. I would say it constituted a solid 25% of the of the reasons I haven't been blogging my little heart out.

Reason 2 - Frat Football. I love these games. Before every match, I listen to rage against the machine and dance in the front of the mirror, displaying my best gridiron face. And anyone who knows me, knows I spend just as much time picking out my field outfit as I do playing the actual game. Ryan does not share my love for the FFL (Frat Football League) so this gets a 7 on the rag-o-meter. And believe me, I've taken my fair share of rags on this topic.

Reason 3 - TV. The good old boob tube would never keep me away from my school work. But at times it has come down to watching TV or posting a blog, and the majority of the time I chose the former. This gets a 5 out of 10 on the Ryan Lewis rag-o-meter, which is basically an average of individual scores for specific shows. For example, I would receive a 10 for watching real world/road rules challenge. I'm a sucker for cheap thrills and saucy drama. On the other hand, I would get a 1 for watching LOST. Hell, I should get a -5 for watching this epic drama. Ryan loves this show so much he even dedicated an entire blog to comparing his friends to LOST characters. And let me just say, I was quite offended I was not in the mix. I think I could make a stellar Charles Witmore or maybe even Benjamin Lionis.

Reason 4 - Work work. In college, I've learned to refer to real life employment as work work. Otherwise, people just assume you are referring to school work and will up their ante when trying to peer pressure you to come out to the bar. Anyway, this gets a 4 on the Ryan Lewis rag-o-meter. I'm too excited to type reason #5 so I won't go into further detail on work work.

Reason 5 - Greek Week. For those "not affiliated", this is a triumphant week of outlandish competitions between greek organizations, at the end of which one fraternity will be crowned victor. If the rag-o-meter extended to infinity, I still don't think that would be enough.

So, those are my reasons for being absent from blogging for such an extended period of time. Now comes my real problem...how do I let the world know the sdyes blog is back up and running?

Lucky for me, I had a stroke of good luck. The rag-o-meter judge himself is coming over as we speak. If anyone can get the word out that a blog is up and running it is ryforry. And I'll be honest, Im pretty sure he's the only one that would read this on the regular anyway.