Sunday was my Birthday

This birthday weekend didn’t start out that great. Beside of the fact that I had to work all weekend, and Carl was in the path of Rita. On Friday is seemed that my birthday was going to turn out like that classic 80’s movie "16 Candle". But I would not be given my underwear to the geek and the cute boy hunk would not have brought me a cake full of candle. By Saturday thinks were looking up. Boris and Will made my Birthday at work fun. I feel thankful for the small things. Cracker says it all.


Cracker - Happy Birthday To Me

I was having a good sleep in my car
In the parking lot of the Showboat Casino Hotel
I said, "I remember you!
You drive like a PTA mother."
You brought me draft beer, in a plastic cup.
I'm feeling thankful for the small things today
I'm feeling thankful for
the small things today

Happy, happy birthday to me.
Happy birthday
to me, and to you.
Happy, happy birthday to me.
Happy birthday to me,
and to you.

I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.
I'm
feeling thankful for the small things today.

Happy birthday baby, to me.
Happy birthday, to me.
Happy birthday, to me.
Happy birthday, to
me.

Damn Snow

It is snowing, it not sticking around my house, but it is sticking somewhere. As I was driving from class, the car in front of me had snow on it bumper. It is to soon for snow, I don't want winter to come. That means the day of all darkness will be coming too.

Museum

Here are the pictures from Boris and I trip to the Museum. The pictures are very bad, I was sick and have been sick for the pass week. I even throw them into photoshop and it didn’t help much.

The Museum was the same as it was 4 years ago, how instead a small Museum in a small building, now it is the same small Museum with a lot of space around it.

When Boris and I were in the “living room” part of the Museum, looking at the photo books, I felt like I had to whisper. Your voice echoes though out the building. There is a lot of empty space.

I would have very upset it I had to pay to get in, but I’m a student, so I got in free. I would save your $5 and wait tell they get the whole Museum done. The way it is going I think I was have my PHD before they get done with that Museum. I’m still an undergrad

Fantasy Lost

The great thing about fantasy is the possibility that they may come true. With the possibility goes away it takes sometime to use to the loss and it hurts.

I hear that on a TV show once and I think that it fits the way I feel right at this moment. Life never tunes out the way you dream it. Well not for me.

Clarification

The reporter Maurice Possley from the Chicago Tribune was the one that was give the lecture. Possley has received many awards and was nominated for the Pulitzer. I chalk it up to the Nqual that i took, from not remembering his name and the paper he is from.

Museum

I took Boris to the museum for a look around. Took some pictures but they need to go in photoshop, to be cleaned up. I’m chalking up the bad photo on Nqual too. The Photo and the museum review to come latter.

Being sick sucks

I feel like shit, and I have to study for an Econ Quiz. My brain is not working. I am hoping that the quiz will be ease. With my luck I will have to write a shit long easy on the impotents of the macroeconomic on the world business. O’ how fun. Now I’m home studying instead of at a lecture at the public library that I would to see. I can’t remember if it was The Chicago Post or The Chicago Times reporter that was giving the lecture. I do wish that I was there.

Food for thought

This is from an e-mail I received today from my friend Eleanor over at the Native Heath Clinic. The questions will make you think twice about your perspectives and prejudgment of people.

Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.

Question 2:It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.

Here are the facts about the three candidates.

Candidate A. Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist, He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B. He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C. He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first... no peeking, at the answers below.

Then scroll down for the response.



















Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question: If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. Wait till you see the end of this note! Keep reading.

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember: Amateurs...built the ark.
Professionals...built the Titanic

And Finally, can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:

* 29 have been accused of spousal abuse
* 7 have been arrested for fraud
* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks
* 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
* 3 have done time for assault
* 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
* 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
* 8 have been arrested for shoplifting
* 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
* 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year...

Can you guess which organization this is?

Give up yet?

















It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. I don’t know if that is totally factual or not about Congress, but it would be funny if it was.

FRIDAY NIGHT

Had fun Friday night, thanks to my brother Tim. We don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things, but he is always there for me. The only thing that would have made it better is to have Carl there. If Carl was, there he would have been shocked and proud. It takes a lot to skock Carl, but i thinks he would been shocked. Also Carl's cat would have loved to been there too. Carl know what I'm talking about ;)

Well I'll Be

I got an e-mail about my blog today. It was anonymous, but I got one. I really did, I’m not lying. I’m not just talking to myself; someone has read this thing that I started. He or she said, “Your site is very good!” Well I’ll be, slap my ass and tickle me pink. Ok, don’t slap my ass and tickle me pink, we can just say we did. Thanks, Anonymous you put a smile on a very long day

MEN

I think that a man must have invented Calculus and high hills, because they are both a pain in the ass. No woman would come up with a formula that would have 5 steps to find that x + 2 = 4 with x -> 3. It is total BS.

GOT A HOLD OF CARL

I got a hold of Carl late Friday night; well I got a hold of his roommate. He was on the outside of the hurricane, they got wind and rain, but there was not a lot of damage. He has food, water, power, and his place is dry, he is even going to work. The dog and cat are fine too. Friday was the first good night sleep I have had in the passed four days. With that said; all I can say is what the fuck!!

When the country is in crisis we look to the leaders for the way, for hope and inspiration. To have inspiring words, to help us get thru a tough time, I didn’t see that with our President or any leader of the disaster area. The leaders have failed all of us, not just the one in New Orleans, the Gulf area but all U.S citizens. The President and the other leaders know days before the hurricane hit that it was a class 4 hurricane, and very little was done. I hold the President solely responsible; he is the man in charge, the man at the top. The buck stops at him, the other state leaders look to him for guidance. He is the one that can release the funds and call out the military; he is the one that appointed the homeland security director and FEMA director. What is going to happen the next disaster hits? The President said, “It will take time… what need to be fixed will be fixed” well, there isn’t time to fix it how. You are taking your sweet ass time, people are dieing. This disaster was played out a year ago as part of the homeland security. If steps were taken for evacuation sooner and people that didn’t have away out, were given a way out there would not be as many dead. If you treat people like animals they will act like animals. The blood is on the hands of the President.

According to FEMA, people should not to expect help for at least 42 hour after a disaster, but the people of New Orleans had to wait five days. The evacuation of Hanoi and Saigon was more planned out than the evacuation of people of the Gulf areas. As for aid, there were people dieing from the lack of water at the government shelters. Where was the Red Cross? With the food and water. Where was FEMA? With the evacuation plan. Reporter should be the only one in boats that are helping children get to a place were they can get help. Even the UN offered help, why didn’t the President take that help? In 24 hours of the Christmas Tsunami, planes were being loaded with food, water ect.. The Internet was up and running, so love ones could find the missing. These were 12 third countries and almost third world countries, not a super power like the U.S. What went wrong?

I was looking for hope, guidance, or something, I got what I thought I would get. Nothing.