Top 10

So in honor of Halloween, I decided to create a list of the ten best pieces of candy that you can get. It was hard to rank these because many of them are completely different types of candy and also because I love them all so very much. But I think I have created a sufficient list, so please correct me if you feel that I have it ordered incorrectly or have neglected something you feel should be included. Well here it goes:

10) Blow Pops - This may have been one of the hardest places to decide on, because there were so many that are deserving to be in the top ten, but Blow Pops are fitting I think. Sucker on the outside, gum on the inside. It's like getting two pieces of candy in one. That is what propelled them into the top ten.

9) Gobstoppers - These follow the same concept as jawbreakers where they are supposed to just be gradually disintegrated in your mouth. What make Gobstoppers special though is that they change colors and flavors on your way to a chewy candy middle.

8) Slo Pokes/Bit-O-Honey - These two were hard to separate, because they are so similar in my opinion. They both are extremely chewy, one is caramel and one honey. They are smaller pieces of candy, so you know they're good if they can make the top ten. They have also both been around for more than 80 years; not many things have been around that long, so yet again another evidence of their greatness.

7) Starburst - I had a hard time putting these at number seven because I love them so much, but when I look back at my list, I couldn't put them above any of the ones that were there. The best type of taffy and/or fruity candy in my opinion. There are four different types of Starbursts: Original, Baja California, Tropical and Sour. So you get a little bit of everything with Starburst. Plus it's probably one of the only things in the world you can use to get every guy to say that pink is their favorite color.

6) Sixlets - I hardly ever get to eat these any more, but they are simply amazing. They are chocolate flavored balls covered with a candy shell. I'm sure they still make them, but I haven't even seen them for quite some time. I'm lucky I even remembered these because they are so ridiculously good. If you've never had them, I would highly recommend trying it out sometime.

5) Rolo - I am a pretty big fan of caramel, and that is precisely what these are. Chocolate covered caramel and extremely chewy. They can get you some tooth fairy money if you ever have any loose teeth that are nearly ready to come out. I personally like to not chew them until I can't feel my jaw, but rather let them sit in my mouth until they are gone. They last much longer that way, and I don't get as tired, so it's a good deal.

4) Reese's Pieces - These are much like M&Ms, but much better in my opinion. Peanut butter inside with a crunchy chocolate shell. This is one of those things where if there were an unlimited amount of them available to me, I could probably eat them for the entire day and not get sick of them. I'm not even joking. That's how good they are.

3) Baby Ruth - They are not named after the famous baseball player in case you have been misinformed all your life. They were actually thought to be named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth. It didn't hurt their business much that there also happened to be a pretty good baseball player at the time that they were first being made. These candy bars have a near perfect blend of peanuts, nougat, caramel and chocolate. They are the best combination candy bar in my opinion.

2) Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - No one has ever made peanut butter as good as Reese, even if it's not the most nutritious. The only bad thing about these is that you only get two per package, so they are gone fairly quickly. You won't find a better combination of chocolate and peanut butter as you will with a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Well, maybe you can find one.

1) Butterfinger - Do I really need to say more? To try to describe it would do it injustice. Simply incredible.

So there you have it. The ten best candy bars/pieces you can get from 10 to 1. Have a good Halloween and try not to get sick, no matter how good your candy is.

The death of a pen

So a very sad thing happened to me this morning. In case you don't know, I always have to have a pen with me at all times, so if you are ever with me and need a pen, I've got one. It's one of those things where if I stick my hand in my pocket and there's no pen there, I feel naked or something. It's kind of weird actually. Not only do I like to have a pen at all times, I like to keep the same pen until either its ink runs out or I lose it.

Okay, here's where the sad part comes in. At about 1:05 this morning, my pen died. I've had it for so long, I couldn't help but think of all the places it's been with me. It's been to many a Husker game, most notably the Alamo Bowl of last year, it's been to numerous states, of which I don't know if I could remember all of them. It's even been to South America and been close to the closest you can be to outer space and still be touching the ground. Not very many pens can say that they've done that. So it is kind of sad to think that it is dead. I think I'll be able to pull through though.

This wasn't all that unexpected, I should say. It's one of those pens where you can see how much ink is left until it reaches the part that actually dispenses the ink. So I knew it would run out at some point, I just didn't know exactly when. Plus, now I get to start on a whole new pen, so we'll see where this one gets to go and if I can hold onto it for as long as I did with the last one. You should see how new this one looks, it's pretty awesome. And shiny. But anyways, yea. That is all.

Here's an hour of me trying to think

So it's been a while since I last posted on here, and I sincerely apologize. Part of the reason for the long delay is that I've been busy, or at least I thought I've been busy. Also, I didn't really know what I wanted to write about, so I didn't bother to try. I still don't really know what I am going to write about, but I thought I needed something since it's been so long. Plus, it's the end of the week and I have nothing to do, so I can just sit here and think, so here goes...

(After 15 minutes of thinking and a few games of minesweeper)
I think that minesweeper is quite possibly the best computer game ever made. It is mostly a game of thinking and only partially luck. The only times I don't like it is when it does come down to luck. For instance, I just played a game that had 99 mines. I was down to the last two and there was no possible way to figure out which ones were those last two, so I just had to guess and I got it wrong. I had found 97 out of the 99 mines with just thinking about it and then lost because I had to guess at the final two. I think that's kind of dumb. But other than those few occasions, minesweeper is quite a lot of fun and I would highly recommend it.

In my opinion, the only reason that PCs exist is because of minesweeper. I would be totally fine with getting rid of all windows machines except for the fact that they have minesweeper. If Apple would only make a minesweeper game that comes on their computers, they would dominate the computer world. Oh well, I guess it's good that I find some joy in using Windows operating system. Well I don't want to start arguing over computer right now, I just know that Apple computers are far superior, so I'll just leave it at that.

(After another 15 minutes of thinking and a few games of minesweeper)
I found out the other day that I really like leather jackets. I guess I shouldn't say that. I really like MY leather jacket. It is really thick so I can only wear it when it's pretty cold out. Because of this, I like it when it's really cold out. Some people look at cold days as terrible things, but I've always like them, I don't know why. Maybe it's because I can wear as many clothes as I want, drink as much coffee/hot chocolate as I want, and actually be comfortable under my two comforters (That's right, I have two. One is even a down comforter, so I really like it when I can use both of them and not be extremely hot). Well enough about this topic. I'll try to think of something else to talk about.

(After another 30 minutes of thinking)
Well I can't think of anything else right now, but that's partially because its Friday and I think my brain needs to stop thinking I think. Now I'm just being redundant. I'll stop now, and at least you still know that I haven't forgotten about this blog here. Until next time.

Some quick thoughts

So it's October already, and I don't know about you, but it felt like September flew by. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's October: the semester is half over, college football is in full swing and it's finally cool enough to wear jeans if I so desire. The only thing though is that this last week was insanely crazy for me. I just felt like I was all over the place between tests and work and classes and church stuff; I just felt like I never had any time to just sit back and relax. So you could say that I'm glad that this week is over.

Well now that we're on the topic of time, I was reading The Screwtape Letters (yup, still working on that) and one of the chapters was all about time and how we have come to think that it is somehow ours. Every moment we have is a gift, we have done nothing and can do nothing to earn another minute here on earth. But for some reason we have come to believe that we are entitled to free time and that it is our right to have time to ourselves. One huge evidence of this is the fact that we get angry when we had planned to have time for ourselves and it is unexpectedly filled with something else. I have been guilty of this many times, but there is no need to get angry, because that time is not even ours to begin with.

So what does this mean for me? I guess it changed my thinking about what I do with my time and that being busy isn't a bad thing. As long as I realize that having any time at all is a gift from God and I keep my focus on bringing glory to Him, then there is nothing to complain or get angry about. So even though I am glad that this week is over, I feel like it was a good week and was a very productive one for me. I've found that everything in life is about perspective. If we are focused on God in all things and enjoying the time we have, then the things we have to get done become much more enjoyable. I may still be dead tired when I'm done, but at least I'll find enjoyment in what I have to get done and will be much happier with what I've been able to do with the time that I have been given.