Today's my birthday.  This year I'm kinda more bummed out avout it than excited though.

After reading about it online, I just remembered that it's been 10 years since the Columbine massacre.  10 years since and people are still pointing fingers as to who was to blame.  The truth, I believe, is there's a number of factors that contributed that deserve blame, but on different levels.

( Some of my thoughts on what happened and who's to blame. )

So, it's been 10 years since and America still doesn't have any answers as to why it happened.

So yeah, the title pretty much sums it up. Not too bitter about it, though what does piss me off about it all was the fact that the place doesn't need to be as dead as it currently is, but that's another rant for another time. I went on unemployment was week and got the debit card yesterday, which should help, but things will be much harder now, especially when you make an effort to actually CHANGE your life this year around. Wish me luck.

Man I can't believe it's 2009 already. For some reason my mind is still stuck in 2006/2007 mode. Hopefully I can bring myself to stop bullshitting myself and those I care about and get things done this year. It's late but still. Happy 2009 everybody. Now if you excuse me, I gotta get ready for work again. I wonder if working New Year's day is time and a half.

As anyone who pays attention to the news knows, especially in Illinois, Governer Rod Blagoevich got arrested earlier in the week on charges of trying to accept a bribe for Obama's vacant senate seat.  My thought?  Simple.

This has to be the most embarassing thing to happen to Chicgo AND Illinois in years.  Good job making, not only Democrats, but all Illinoisians in general, look bad Roddie.  But what surprises me about all this is how shocked everyone is about it.  Come on, this is Illinois after all.  You people knew about the bullshit for years and NOW you're shocked?  Give me a fucking break. 

It's official, anyone who has voted or will vote for Rod (I didn't) ever, or Shitcago "mayor" Richard Daley (again I didn't), knowing full well about the corruption and scandals is a fucking idiot and deserves every shortcoming handed to them.

I don't know about all of Illinois so I can't say much about it, but Shitcago if full of idiots, retards and nobodies.  It has to be, as only a city full of reject dick mouthed gimpy speds could be dumb enough to possibly elect AND reelect someone that has proven to, not only act like he doesn't know what he's doing, but just outright doesn't give a shit about them (Look at how many years Daley's been in office, enough said).

Further rant to come probably tomorrow.

Manoh man.  Sunday night.  It was snowing earlier, which means Winter has come to the uber shitty midwes (NOOOOOOOOO).  In case you don't know I hate winter, especially growing in a cold ass pisshole like Chicago where it routinely gets 10 below in the winter. 

I might be going back to Denver (yay) in January for a week.  I can't wait.

Anywhoo, I thought I'd update this dusty ol' thing just to let people know I'm still around.

Man I cannot believe how quickly time has gone by.  In just three weeks now my friend Greg's gonna graduate from Broadcasting school.  He's already accomplished so much in just one year since he started.  He's gotten numerous interviews with a lot of the players on the Chicago Bandits Fastpitch softball team, did a rock & roll radio show and is currently interning at 100.7FM

And there's a very good chance we'll eventually be living together in the near future, as I am certain his opportunity will come.  We had a talk about that, and what's stopping me from getting off my ass and acheiving life (Mainly mental roadblocks that I'll eventually need to tear down, but alas, I 'll need his help).

It's almost October too, baseball season's over, and I still remember going to that Colorado Rockies game way back in May like it was yesterday, yet it also feels like it was years ago.  Strange isn't it?

Today is my not so sweet 26th birthday today.  I gotta work, AGAIN, but that's cool.  Dad said he'd take me somewhere for dinner to celebrate, which is kinda cool.

Oh yeah, I still wanna go to Lucky Strike Lanes in the next week or so. 

Okay, so it's been a while since I used this thing.  Just gonna post something to let people know I'm still around and all that, so umm, hello.

Okay.  A few days late but it's time for an update, mainly concerning my road trip to Colorado.

We had a blast.  The drive itself has long as hell, especially through Nebraska which was roughly a 7 hour trip to the Colorado state line and 9 hours to the Iowa state line.  Both Iowa and Nebraska were messed up in that the gas price for mid grade fuel was actually, and considerably, cheaper than regular (About 15 cents cheaper).

We stayed in Denver for the night and man, I am impressed by the way the city looked and ran.  Very little graffiti, no hoodlums moping around downtown looking to rob or stab someone, no garbage in the streets, hospitable people.  It was great.  Oh yeah did I mention they had the hottest girls EVER!!  Especially that one at the bowling alley I went to.  Hot damn she was a piece.  Everything right in all the right places, gorgeous smile, AND a winning personality.  They sure's hell don't make 'em like that in Chicago, but then again this IS Chicago we're talking about, as if anything good came out of Chicago (If you dare say Oprah and Jerry Springer then you are a hopelessly lost and troubled soul).

And the best part?  No bums on the street jangling change cups smelling like a bad mixture of piss and alchohol  bothering people for change.  In fact the only guy who asked for money was a supposed homeless Korean guy.  He seemed like a sharp guy who was down on his luck, said he had bipolar disorder which is why he couldn't keep a job, but otherwise totally sober.  Pretty cool guy too.  We bullshitted with him and gave him a dollar for breakfast then went over to Coors Field to see the Rockies game.

I wandered around town taking random pics of cool shit I saw while my friend saw the game.  After I get bored of wandering around aimlessly taking pictures I head on back to the ballpark where one of the people working there gave me an extra ticket free of charge (score).  So I go into the stadium and check out the game from the stairs while chatting with some of the staff on hand.  Didn't stick around too long because we had to hit the road but I did see some guy hit a homer for the Rockies while I was there (don't know who it was but it was in the 6th inning).

Yeah BTW that was my first time ever setting foot into a major league ballpark.  Now I know what you're going to ask next, "Well, if you're from Chicago how come you went to a ballpark the first time in Denver"?  My answer to that is simple.  Me being seen at Wrigley or U.S. Cellular?  Yeah, like THAT will ever happen *sarcasm* 

You'd probably see me at a Hockey game before I ever get seen at some aging decaying haunt desperately clinging onto it's past because it knows it has no future, or some semi nice ballpark surrounded by the projects (Shit if I wanted to hang around in the ghetto I could always go back to my old neighborhood and chill at the Black Hole for a few hours).

Yeah I also got bad sunburn in Denver WHICH MEANS I'M NOW A CERTIFIED COLORADO REDNECK.  YEEHAW 10-4 THAT YOU CRAZY SUMBITCH PILE OF MONKEY NUTS!!!!

As of, roughly, midnight tonight, myself and a friend of mine are going to be on the road for roughly 12-14 hours on our way to good ol' DENVER COLORADO.  We'll try and be gone for only four days (hopefully).  This promises to be fun and I know we'll have some badass stories to tell. 

Wish us luck, and a safe trip there and back.

Ladies and gentlemen.  It has taken me damn nearly 8 years but I have finally done it.  Monday I took my very last final exam and have finally finished college.  I have become the first person in my entire whitebread P.W.T. family to have finished college and I feel great about it.

On one hand I finally have an education, thus having a chance to nab some opportunities life has to offer.  On the other hand I'm gonna miss that whole learning environment, where knowledge is treasured and the people actually want to have a future. 

Unfortunately the area where I live is surrounded by broke ass white trash who fucked around in high school, never graduated and still, to this day, wonder why they have to work shitty jobs and their lives are so miserable.  And the worst part is these rednecks have kids and they pass their ignorance and stupidity onto the next generation   And sure's shit, what do I see everyday?  The local kids fucking around not doing shit with their lives, not going to school, not learning shit.  What the fuck are they thinking, that they can mooch off of mommy and daddy forever? 

Get fucking real, I know none of them have jobs because no one with even half a brain in this piece of shit town (even BP) would hire them.  Why?  Because these kids can't be trusted to work in those situations, especially when it comes to working with and handling money.  If I was running one of these places I sure's fuck wouldn't waste my time hiring them.  I saw it happen all the time during the holiday season when they were hiring and firing the same people left and right, worthless juvenile garbage thinking the place is fucking Pee Wee's Playhouse,  not doing the work asked of them and they're surprised when they find out they're out of a job. 

And don't even get me started on the whole factory / warehouse line of work.  Those are working jobs where the boss would REALLY have to trust your sorry ass to do the job right as soon as possible.  They will not waste time on you if you're fucking up or slacking off and they sure's fuck will not hesitate to get rid of your ass if you fuck up too much.  You can't just waltz in there, act like your all special and important to the world and shit and expect a big starting salary with sweet benefits (The only way that's EVER going to happen is if A: you're really good friends with the boss and he's willing to pull some strings to make it happen, or B: you worked there before, busted your ass off, put in the time required and then some, earned the respect of the boss and your co workers, and had to leave because of serious injury or something similar).  And besides, those jobs are few and far in between, and quickly going away bafore anyone realizes it, and the ones that haven't gone are going to the Mexicans because they're trying to get G.E.D.'s, they're trying to get some shit together, and they're the ones that are willing to bust their ass for shitty pay.

Same thing about the Hindus.  They also bitch all the time about how 'the goddamn Hindus own everything', well who's fucking fault is that?  Who's fault is it that they busted their asses in school and the hillbillies didn't?  Nobody told these rednecks to fuck around in school when they were supposed to be getting an education to try and improve their lives.  Nobody told them to be skirt chasers and tap the hottest pussy in school when they were supposed to be learning shit.  And nobody twisted their arm to be the big fucking jock on the football team trying to bang the most cheerleaders their Senior year (Usually when they turn 20 - 21, because it's cool when you're old enough to buy booze for your friends *note the sarcasm in this statement*). 

The Hindus, meanwhile, crack down on their children every fucking day when it comes to school and education up until they're out of high school, sometimes even when they're in college, which is why you don't see their kids playing around in the streets, getting involved in gangs, getting into trouble etc etc, and it's also the same reason why their kids ALWAYS get accepted into the elite and exclusive universities, thus getting the best education this country has to offer, which leads to great jobs (And I'm talking about jobs which can bring in six figures, insurance benefits, paid vacation, fringe benefits, the whole shebangabang) giving them extra money to invest and buy property, paving the way to starting their own businesses and taking their share of the American pie, with room for seconds, while the broke ass ignorant hillbillies have to work like slaves to get what miserly pittance their owners feel like giving them.  Think about this, how many Hindus you know or have heard of have been rejected or denied by the schools they wish to attend?  NONE!  You don't see their kids sweating the application process when trying to attend a major university, and why should they?  They did the work required, paid attention when it mattered, put every effort into it and have the smarts to show for it.  That's why the universities have no problem accepting them into the student body over white people.  How many Hindus do you see on welfare, or collecting Social Security?  NOT A SINGLE GODDAMN ONE!!

you can say education's not important all you want but try telling that to the Hindus, who are slowly buying what's left of this country that the Arabs, Mexicans, the Chinese and the Koreans haven't taken over and they'll agree with you, but only to humor you though.  Then they'll tell you to get your lazy ass back to work pushing a broom or whatever mundane shit they'll have you do while they're sitting around in the office cracking jokes behind your back about how much of a  pathetic, white trash loser you are and how the rest of your life's gonne be spent behind that broom, knowing you can't do a fucking thing about it because it's the only job anyone would hire you for because you didn't want to pay attention in high school, because you were too busy trying to fuck the hottest girl in school (that wasn't pregnant at the time).  Why do you think that EVERY gas station you go to or every convenience store you go to or every liquor store now is either owned by Hindus, Arabs, or Chinese?  Because they want to make money the easy way, by profiting off of the broke ass ignorant rednecks who would rather bitch about the high gas prices and how fucked up their lives are as opposed to actually doing something about it.

Got a problem with that?  Well I have a solution for you.  Work like the Mexicans, study hard like the Hindus and the Chinese in school, no, work HARDER, study HARDER, and instill a hard work and study ethic into your children and grandchildren, make them want to learn, because when they get to the point in life to where they want to learn and discover things then the battle is half won, teach them that school is all about getting an education to better yourself and not trying to the fuck the cutest girls in school and eventually you, and your kids, and your grandkids, will have the opportunity to go to the same elite universities the Hindus and Chinese send their kids to, and have the same opportunity to get a good job doing what they want in life, and become able to set up businesses where they can tell the uneducated to push the broom and do the mundane shit.

That's what America's all about and that's what it's always been about.  The country hasn't changed itself, just the people who run the show.

Hey everyone, I started up a brand new community, ayone wanna join?  :)

Well, today was my midterm exam and I'm not gonna pull any punches.  I fuckin' aced the shit out of that thing, that's how confident I am.  But seriously that was an easy ass test.  I'll be shocked if I fail it.

And now with that in mind, next week is fucking SPRING BREAK YEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!

I have great news.  I spoke with the advisor yesterday at school and, pending successful completion of Social Science 102, I can finally graduate after all these long ass years.  I'll be the first person in my family to finish college finally.  

Goddammit, some dipshit on Youtube took down some of my comments about how much the Chicago Bears suck dick and how their 'fight song' is nothing but shitty circus music.  Oh well, I ain't banned yet, time to talk some more shit.

Oh yeah, BTW, I was wondering.  Parusing through youtube for random shit I just got a crazy but potentially awesome idea.  I was thinking of combining a drumline with a mariachi band.  I tell you it could work.  Get the horns blowing and the percussion blended in perfectly and it could be the hottest shit out there since Chocolate Rain.  I even have a couple of songs partially written for it, but I'll need to learn Spanish to make this shit really sizzle.

ATTN EVERYONE:

HAPPY NEW YEAR.  LET'S MAKE IT A GOOD ONE THIS TIME AROUND.