FixedTemplate's blog

Me: "Thank you for stopping, how can I help you tonight?"
Customer: "I'll have... two hardshell tacos, three Taco Bravos, and a medium Pepsi."

Who knew such a simple exchange of words could reignite a long-forgotten passion of mine.  Read More »

Ever since Napster came around, people have discovered that an alternative to record stores exist: You don't have to pay for music anymore!

And artists should be grateful this technology exists. Bands like Metallica have no idea how much good the free mp3 business could potentially help the music industry, if used and taken advantage of correctly.  Read More »

I am going to college at NDSU in Fargo, ND this fall for what I assume will be four years, from 2008 to 2012 when I graduate with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.  Read More »

We are all based on the fixed template that is sheep-like, blind consumerism, and minor changes are made off of that template to give us the illusion that we're all different and unique; really, we are all based on the imaginary figure that the people running the world have created in order to tell us how to behave, and no matter how smart and enlightened you think you are, you are a part of that  Read More »

Yes, gas is expensive. Get over it.

People sit and bitch all the time about the gas prices, but then have no trouble blowing money on designer clothes and makeup. We go to restaurants and buy overpriced food. We go to theaters to watch overpriced movies. We go to Best Buy and buy overpriced video games. We go to record stores and buy overpriced music.  Read More »

We're sell-outs. We'll rebel our whole lives as teenagers, constantly defying the authority telling us not to do... whatever it is that we want to do that parents and teachers don't want us to do.  Read More »

I'm applying for NDSU right now, but I don't know if it's a decision I'll like in 20 years. Going to college is something most people don't... really think about. It's usually a question of where should I go to college, rather than should I go to college.  Read More »

Bands used to focus on quality. Artists would have years in between record releases, and sometimes they were only a half hour long or less. There wasn't any pressure to create albums with 15 tracks on them, supplementing the three or four marketable singles you recorded with twelve other "filler" tracks that everyone skips over with their CD player.  Read More »