Or Lets Not and Say We Did....

An old excerpt from The Rough Notes Magazine I just found:
 
Growing up in an insurance family, you're likely to take one of two radically different courses when it comes to choosing a career: You follow your parents' footsteps into the family agency, build a successful career, and carry on the proud tradition; or you resolve to become a stunt pilot, an organic farmer, an astrophysicist--in other words, you decide to do virtually anything except selling insurance to earn your living.
 
I hope you do not require me to explain the humor of this.

Attack of the Blind Moose

I am currently suffering from blurred vision.  As part of the many things I had to get done before I went away to school, I went to the eye doctor today to try out more contacts and to get my eyes dialated.  They had been telling me I  need to do this ever since I was in the third grade.  But every time we said we would call and schedule that appointment and we never would.  So here I am, eleven years overdue, I finally did it.  Now I look like a freak.  My eyes remind me of a cross between an alien and a deer.  Whats left of my iris is incredibly green.  I thought of taking a picture, but my eyes are also bloodshot, so I'll spare you that.  So yeah, I'm getting really annoyed with the blurriness and just wanted to complain to my readership.  Thanks for reading.

The Political Human Sacrifice, part II

An update:
Tomorrow Chris Cox at 4:00 and Dana Rohrabacher at 5:00 will be on John and Ken (640) to plead their case.  This is actually more important to Chris Cox, as he had a higher percentage on the poll.  It was quite interesting.  They were talking about how his press guy was giving the station the run around and finally said that he would never come on their show.  So right as they are talking about this, Rep. Cox calls them and says, "heck yeah I'll be on your show" (ok, maybe he didn't say it quite like that, but you get what I mean).  "I'll be on tomorrow in fact, if I can."  So they said, sure.  Apparently something like this has happened before with his press guy saying stuff and him having to go around it an apologize.  Mary Bono is going to be on next week some time I think.  David Dreier, who needs to come on more than anyone, has only offered to come on for a half hour, and they refused to allow any less than an hour.  My guess is that he'll eventually give in.  If he's smart he will.  But maybe that is asking too much.  I actually don't know anything about him myself.

Geek Convention

Heidi: there was this one guy playing ddr in what looked like a toga
Heidi: that was kinda weird

Heidi did and saw things this week that most of us will never even come close to.  Read about it at Random Ramblings.

Books

I kinda got a kick out of this.  I would never have thought some of these books would be banned.

The Political Human Sacrifice, part I

This is one of the reasons I am giving serious thought about going into talk radio part of my life.  Anyway, I'm not going to blab about this right now, just wanted to let everyone know about it.  John and Ken have taken a poll to find out which republican California congressman should be voted out of Congress in this next election because he/she has not made a firm stand against illegal immigration and made bold enough moves to have the Californians compensated by the federal government for the money we have had to pay because of the illegals due to the federal government's lack of attention to the problem.  The idea is to scare the republicans who claim they are actually supporting our interests but obviously are not. 

I should note that my congressman, Elton Gallegly, for whom I am campaigning this summer, was actually given immunity from this poll because of his excellent work on the illegal immigration problem.

Those that can get KFI (640) can listen for themselves but I think I'll keep a general update going on the status.  Here is something off the John and Ken website that explains what on earth I am talking about.

Political Human Sacrifice
Posted by The John and Ken Show
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Here are the poll results from the Political Human Sacrifice Phase 1:
1) David Dreier - District 26 - 52.37%
2) Chris Cox - District 48 - 13.35%
3) Mary Bono - District 45 - 10.69%
4) Darrell Issa - District 49 - 6.05%
5) Dana Rohrabacher - District 46 - 4.65%

In the next few weeks, we will invite each elected official to prove to us why they should not be “Sacrificed". We will be asking them to do various tasks, with your input as well, to prove that they are protecting California taxpayers from the illegal alien takeover. Keep listening to John and Ken on KFI AM 640 from 3-7p, because the blue-blazered, Washington elite are being exposed on the issue.

Blowin in the Wind....

I could not help but share this AIM conversation:

Me: i think it would be really fun if like a bunch of students pitched in to buy a vw bus and like painted it with flowers and butterflies or something
Other Person: are you a hippie?
Other Person: do you have long, straight, brown hair

Martha Stewart

I just had to put my two cents in on this one.  See, Martha is now going to appeal her 5 month sentence.  People seem to be of the mind that she should just give up and accept it.  I don't know why they think this, I am pretty sure that if they themselves had the means to continue such a legal battle that they would.  But this is not what I am here to talk about. 

In my opinion, she should not have any jail time.  Why on earth should a person that is not a danger to society be locked away from it at the expense of tax payers?  From what I have heard, her sentence has already been reduced by turning some of it into community service.  I believe she will have to teach classes to women on how to start small businesses.  That is how I think the system should operate.  (btw, so does my mother; the conversation I recently had with her about this is what inspired me to write this blog)  Martha ought to be fined for committing a financial crime and then be sentenced to a certain amount of community service.  In that way, she pays off her debt to society.  Sentencing such people to jail time actually seems to me to work just the opposite.  We hope that the criminal will "learn their lesson", but at our expense.  Backward.  It is backward. 

So yes, it is my opinion that she should not be in jail at all.  From what I heard they hardly fined her.  She should be fined more, perhaps made to do more community service hours (though maybe not, I don't know how many she has to do already), and she should not go to jail. 

Updates on My Life:

Went to the park and fed the ducks.  Most of the ones I fed were young and new to the game, so they were a bit shy.  Then along came those two Canadian geese I wrote about a while back.  Only they had with them a pair of almost fully grown goslings.  Those were not shy in the least and came right up to eat out of my hand.  As I did all this there were a few young girls and one boy that I allowed to share my bread.  It was interesting - they asked me questions about the birds we saw.  I had answers for most questions with the exception of the identity of one bird that has baffled me for some months now.  Seeing it now in its summer plumage I think it may be a blue heron, but I'll have to do some more research before I will stand by that guess.  The whole experience made me feel somewhat odd but very pleased with my apparent position in park society.  I'm sure the hippie-ish skirt I was wearing helped me attain that image much sooner than I otherwise would have. 
 
A couple days later I went beach camping at Leo Carillo with my family and one of my sister's friends.  This we did from Monday to Thursday.  Each day different friends would come to spend the day with us.  I like beach camping.  I'm glad we are going to be doing some more of it before I leave.  We are going to Carpinteria for a week in a couple weeks.  Still, my family pulled a nasty trick on me.  They scheduled to go to San Onofre right after they take me to school.  I absolutely ADORE San Onofre! 
 
Then Friday I came down ill.  Sore throat.  I diagnosed myself as not having strepp throat.  I was right, of course.  I got some antibiotics yesterday but am still bad off.  Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow. 
 
Today I skipped church.  I started The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe yesterday and finished it today.  No, I had not read it before.  [GASP!]  I decided I ought to get caught up on my C.S. Lewis before I ventured onto the PHC campus.  Then I watched The Fellowship of the Ring, extended.  (notice a pattern?) 
 
I'm tempted tomorrow to watch The Two Towers.  I probably will, especially if I am still sick.  I would also like to move onto the next Chronicle of Narnia book, but instead I really should spend the majority of the day studying for that Latin midterm that promises to arrive in the mail any day now.  I will be glad if I dedicate a good strong day to it.  That's really all I need and it will clear up the remainder of the week for happier things.  The most happy being the day trip to Ventura my mom and I plan to take (haha, listen to me talking like Ventura is far away or something) in order to find things for the dorm room.  I should also try to do all the things I need to get done before I leave.  I have two lunch engagements to arrange, letters to write, people to call, appointments to make, and a computer to get fixed.  It seems impossible when I realize that I need to finish this Latin course and spend a good deal of time with my family before I leave.  Perhaps I should start praying the prayer I always thought a little silly.  "Lord, multiply my time."  Truly, such a prayer has taken on real meaning to me as my life takes on more complications.
 

$ummer

As I sit here in my house I can hear the screams of girls on carnival rides. You see, the St. Rose of Lima church is right near my house. The front of it is just to the side of my neighborhood and if you drive to the very back of the neighborhood where the turn to my private drive is and just inside the culdesac that is right by my street you will find yourself at the back of the church's property. In fact, I believe that a portion of my street is owned by the church. Anyway, each year in July they hold a carnival. It is just a small one, though the Simi Valley Days carnival is getting so small these days that I think the St. Rose of Lima carnival now rivals it. I am not a fan of carnival rides but I do enjoy the games and prizes and food. But just the same, I doubt that I will go. Carnival prices are out of control. Something that ought to be a great activity for all ages and incomes is really far too expensive for (1) an entire family, and (2) a lone poor college student. So who is left to go? That's what I don't get. Why on earth do carnivals charge so much? Their numbers would be significantly higher if they charged less. I really think its a matter of bad business. After all, its not like you have the great business minds of America running carnivals. Most likely they simply have not taken the time to work out the numbers. I wish they would. I'd like to be able to afford to go throw pennies at bottles in hopes of winning something useless. And you know something, every once in a long while, one of those goldfish does live past 36 hours. I'd like to be able to afford to give a goldfish a chance. Wouldn't you?

Summer Days

I'm turning into one of those non-blogging bloggers. I had never intended to be this way, I think its cause I have not really been spending my time how I would like to. Its truly a battle to spend your summer days doing Greek and Latin homework. And really, for the amount of time I supposedly spend on it, very little is getting done. I can't concentrate. I am one of those people that gets a severe case of spring fever and I have never done summer school before. Now I know why. As far as I know I should never have to do it again.

But I thought I would tell what things I have been doing. I started taking golf at Moorpark College. It was almost entirely a career move. My dad told me that if I wanted to be in politics I would need to learn to golf. He is right, in my opinion. So I signed up for that reason, but I guess also just to get me out of the house on a regular basis. Really though, I am enjoying it although it is slightly frustrating.

I have also continued to press flowers. I am acquiring quite a collection now, I should start making things with them soon.

I have met my roommate, on the phone. She sounds really cool. We have agreed on a decorating theme: "Organic, ecclectic jazz cafe in China town".

I went beach camping for one night this past weekend with some friends. That was fun. The guys dug a hole in the sand.

And yesterday I went to Magic Mountain with some other friends. That was lots of fun. Afterward I spent the night at the Fawcetts cause some of the lights on my car weren't working and we watched the Mexican.

So that has been my life, in case you were wondering. Maybe I'll try to do something interesting and write about it or maybe I'll compose some poetry or something. But I don't think that blog readership is as high during the summer so I'm not going to lose much sleep if I don't keep you entertained. I'll be back full force when school starts I am sure.

The Minority Vote

Just wanted to analyze outloud.
Kerry has said that he will try to ennact a mass amnesty. You should already know how I feel about that. If not, comment and tell me you don't and I'll send you a short paper I wrote on the subject. Anyway, my guess is that he is doing this to swing the hispanic vote his direction. Gray Davis did a similar thing in the recall election. From what I heard, Kerry was having a difficult time competing with Bush on the hispanic vote. So back to Gray Davis. Oh yes, back to him. He lost. Not only that, Bustamonte who is in favor of open borders with Mexico, did not win either. Schwartzenegger, not even in favor of drivers licenses for illegals, won the election. It was my opinion that Bush had had a chance to get California since we now have a Republican governor. Not a great chance, but a chance. But that he lost it with his proposed guest worker program *cough*amnesty*cough*(which I think he may have given up on. if he did, i'm glad). But now, Kerry has one upped the President in going out of favor with the Californians. So in my opinion, this is a bad move for Kerry both with the hispanic community and with California. Now I'm not complaining that Kerry is making a bad political move, but I will complain very loudly if he does become president and then goes through with his plan.