30 day challenge in a day

 So I figured I'd try something a bit different for this one. I found a bunch of these challenges like 30 this, 30 day that....and so I thought why not try to do them. But I don't know if I want to write a post every day for 30 days. So I figured I would do this. One of these I will just do a long post, going from day 1 to day 30 in just one post. Then I'll try another one and see if doing one post a day works better. Anyways, this is a 30-day blogging challenge. Fitting.

Day 1- Your Blog's Name. The name of my blog is my random thoughts because I just write whatever is on my mind, from Super Sentai to car troubles and mass transit. It kind of helps because I don't always have things to talk about on any one subject. Though I think if I were to do a dedicated theme it would be a general anime blog, as it is still a broad subject, and I could talk about old anime as well as current ones. I might decide to do that. Something to think about anyway.

Day 2- 20 facts about me. I don't want to list 20 facts about me right now, So here are five that I can think of. I was born in December, I have lived in one state all my life, I became a die-hard anime fan back in the late '90s, I've had a total of three dogs in my life, and while I love them all, my first pup shall always be my best bud, and my first job was a janitor at a hospital.

Day 3- My favorite quote. Boy, there's kind of a lot, depending on if we're talking movie quotes, anime quotes, TV-shows. It's hard to narrow them down, so I'll come up with just a few of my favorites: "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life." Captain Jean-Luc Picard. "My motto is to be stronger than I was yesterday, If I have to, I'll be stronger than half a day ago, even a minute ago! Rock Lee, Naruto. "The difference between the master and the novice is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried." Koro Sensei, Assassination Classroom.

Day 4- My Dream Job. Billionaire. Kidding. (somewhat) I do have one dream job that I have no idea if it even exists. Back in high school, once I became a dedicated anime fan I wanted to go to Japan, So I came up with this job, that I would work for one of the companies out here in the states that got the licenses for anime, ADV, and Pioneer were two of the big companies at the time, now it might be Funimation or Sentai Filmworks. I would be the guy who goes to Japan and gets the license to whatever anime we were trying to get. The problem is, no one back then or today can seem to tell me what that job is. I have reached out to several anime companies, only to be shot down. I think it would have something to do with a legal department as your dealing with license and copy-right stuff, but couldn't tell you for sure.

Day 5- My Proudest moment. I suppose it would be getting my Eagle rank in boy scouts, as that was a hard thing to accomplish, and yet...for all the talk my scoutmasters told me, that the Eagle rank would open doors for me, bosses would know it means something important, most of the bosses in my life have had no idea what it means. It kind of feels like I was sold a lie.

Day 6- What are you afraid of. Oh, lots of things. Heights. That's all I want to go into at this point.

Day 7- My five favorite songs. That's another one that's impossible to pick just 5 songs as my absolute favorite songs, So I'll pick five songs I find myself listening to the most often at least right now, and even that's hard to do. "Bang" by the cog is dead, "Ready to" English cover of opening theme song of BNA (Brand New Animal) performed by Ama Lee, "Heartache Medication" by Jon Pardi, "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks, and "Onegai Muscle" the opening theme song to the anime "How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?"

Day 8- Five Current Goals. Well, since I just took on a 5-year car payment again, my first goal is to get that paid off early. The second goal is to have enough money to get my own place, the Third is to get my own dog for that place, Fourth is to actually publish one of my light novels, and the fifth would be to make it to Japan at least once in my life.

Day 9- What's in your bag/wallet. Nothing is in my bag right now, it usually has my laptop and iPad, and whatever wires I need with that as well. I'm not talking about what's in my wallet.

Day 10- Best Trip of my life. A few different ones come to mind. One, my senior year in High school my family went to Disneyland for I think the combined birthdays of my Uncle Bob and aunt betty. I love Disneyland and would love to go again. Next was the trip I took with my best friend and his then-girlfriend to L.A. They needed me to go, as I was the only one at the time with a driver's license and car, so they ended up booking the trip in an area of Down Town L.A. Known as "Little Tokyo". People always know just what buttons to push to get me to do things. And finally, Any year that we have Phoenix Comicon, or Fan Fusion as we have to call it now (that's a topic for another post) That I can go for the entire time, and get a hotel room is a great trip.

Day 11- Ten favorite foods. Oh man, I don't think I'll list ten here, I think anything I do list will prove my favorite foods are unhealthy. Doughnuts, Pizza, and so on. Truth be told I'm working on controlling my weight better than I did when I was younger, but it's not the easiest thing.

Day 12- My favorite childhood book. My dad says that my favorite book was Dr. Seuss's "Hop on Pop", but I also remember a book called "Little Black Puppy" by Charlotte Zolotow because the little black puppy in the book, looked just like my little black puppy, who was my best friend in the world.

Day 13- What's inside your fridge? Lunch meats, leftovers, Milk, OJ, other random crap.

Day 14- 3 Healthy habits. Well, I wear a fit bit, I try to get as many steps in as I can, I try to go for the smaller burger instead of the larger ones I use to get, and I try to drink more water, especially as we're getting to the warmer months. It might not be where ever you are, but trust me, It's going to heat up quickly out here.

Day 15- Where will you be in five years? How the hell should I know? The world is too volatile to say where I will be. The economy could collapse again, war could break out, Aliens could kill us, or enslave us. I won't make any kinds of predictions.

Day 16- Thoughts on Education. Education is a good thing. We need more of it, and better Here in the "good ol'" USA. Seriously, Education out here SUCKS. We are very quickly becoming a nation of absolute morons.

Day 17- My Favorite Blogs. I don't read a lot of blogs, I don't know where to find good ones, but a couple I enjoy is the one by Peter Payne, CEO of j-list.com. And the blog of my friend who got me into doing this, though I can't think of it right now, because it's almost 3:30 in the morning and I'm writing this while I'm working and my brain is only semi-useful at multi-tasking.

Day 18- a Photograph of myself. Normally I wouldn't horrify you with such a sight, but considering one of the projects I'm going to work on involves a picture of me, I'll dig one up and put it here.

Day 19- My favorite movie. That's another tough one as I can't pick just one, but one that I know is just about my favorite, is The Blues Brother, because my dad showed it to me, and one of my favorite things to do is see a movie with my dad. Any movie I can see with my old man is instantly a better time than if I had gone to see it alone. I'm looking forward to seeing Godzilla VS Kong with him as well.

Day 20- What makes me happy? Getting to do something I wanted, see someone I wanted to, just normal things. Like visiting my aunt or grandma, or having the time to build a model kit, or just sit down and watch something I want to watch.

Day 21- what makes you sad? Well, not getting to do those things. Like If I had planned to do something but suddenly my time got eaten up by something else that I didn't want to do, that would make me sad.

Day 22- My Worst habits. Sleeping all day. My sleep schedule is a little wonky because I work at night, from home, but sometimes I could sleep all damn day and get nothing done. Other times I wake up way too early and then am dragging ass by the end of my shift, only for me to crawl into bed and sleep way too long. Also, while I'm trying to eat better, I do have a bad habit of still eating too much.

Day 23- If I won the lottery. Ah, now this is something I have given extensive thought to, even if I don't think it will ever happen. If the pot was big enough I would split it a certain number of ways so that my parents, brother, and relatives also got a decent share of it. I don't have numbers off the top of my head, unfortunately. Once I have my share, and everyone else has there's, the first thing I would do is hire someone to invest my money so that it continues to grow, I would keep enough that I could get myself a house. I don't need a mansion, just a nice house. Then I would live a quiet life, just every so often traveling to anywhere I want to go and doing things I want to do.

Day 24- What attracts me in love? Someone with a good sense of humor. Laughter is important to me, as I have my dad's sense of humor, and we love to take jabs at each other, but we both know we don't mean anything by it.

Day 25- My biggest regret. Oh, I have so many, it's hard to say what is my "biggest" but I would have to say, not being a better student is one. I wish I could have been a better student in school, gone on to college, and fulfill any number of "dream jobs". Instead, I spend so many damn years in the fast-food industry and other shitty jobs, slowly dying a life of mediocrity

Day 26- My Hidden Talent. I don't think I have one, other than perhaps, tolerating stupid people because I don't want to go to jail. Seriously, that's something I feel deserves a lot of recognition to be honest, because in most of my jobs I have dealt with some grade-A five-star morons, either as customers, co-workers, or managers, and they are to this day, still walking around alive.

Day 27- What's in my closet? Some model kits I haven't built yet because I don't have anywhere to display them, some shirts, and a big mess I need to clean at some point.

Day 28- Most Embarrassing moment. I can't think of one. This isn't to say I've never had an embarrassing moment, everyone has, but for whatever reason, I can't bring one to mind. I could have suppressed them, or gotten over them so I just don't have anything.

Day 29- A confession. I was the second gunman on the grassy knoll. Um...seriously, I can't think of anything I need to confess to.

Day 30- My hopes for this blog. That I get a few more readers. I think I only have one or two right now.