It's sort of surreal. Because of the Triangle Complex fires, which aren't that far away, I don't have to work today.
It's a combination of the awful air quality and the fact that Walnut High School is being used as an evacuation center I think. Technically, it's a student free day and by taking the day off I'm using a personal day. But it's not like I don't have something like 40+ sub days anyway.
It's just a bit odd. Mentally I was set to work today. And now I'm not really sure what to do. I guess just enjoy it!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Barack Doomed to Failure
We now know who will be our 44th President. And I think he's doomed to failure.
Quite simply, he's become the Black Messiah, the Great Left Hope, the man charged with changing the entire world. He's supposed to give us Universal Healthcare, lower taxes, get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan by summer, kill the coal industry, save the environment and oh yeah, rescue our economy.
He just can't do it. It's not that he's a bad guy or incapable or anything. I didn't vote for him, but he deserves a chance now that he's elected. But the expectations and hopes surrounding him are just way too high. No one could do everything Obama is supposed to do. There's just no way he can do it all. And he's being expected to do it all.
But he's become the Messiah of the Left and of African-Americans. I saw a t-shirt the other day at the mall for sale. It had his head, his bust, on the foreground. In the background was the presidential seal. Okay. But the way it was put together had it looking like he had a freakin' halo! The presidential seal had been turned into (accidentally or not) a halo for our president-elect!
I almost feel bad for the guy. I just honestly believe he's doomed to failure.
Quite simply, he's become the Black Messiah, the Great Left Hope, the man charged with changing the entire world. He's supposed to give us Universal Healthcare, lower taxes, get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan by summer, kill the coal industry, save the environment and oh yeah, rescue our economy.
He just can't do it. It's not that he's a bad guy or incapable or anything. I didn't vote for him, but he deserves a chance now that he's elected. But the expectations and hopes surrounding him are just way too high. No one could do everything Obama is supposed to do. There's just no way he can do it all. And he's being expected to do it all.
But he's become the Messiah of the Left and of African-Americans. I saw a t-shirt the other day at the mall for sale. It had his head, his bust, on the foreground. In the background was the presidential seal. Okay. But the way it was put together had it looking like he had a freakin' halo! The presidential seal had been turned into (accidentally or not) a halo for our president-elect!
I almost feel bad for the guy. I just honestly believe he's doomed to failure.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Decoration update
Sorry, still no pictures.
The money hasn't been there to buy anything else new. I really want a fogger and some bluckys and more tombstones and secondary accessories like lighting and moss and so on. But no dice.
I was able to pick up the parts for a few things though. Some PVC pipe to make my one current blucky stand up and hold out his right arm and more PVC pipe to make a scarecrow, plus a 'costume' for it and a black funkin painted green inside. I still need to assemble the scarecrow; I've cut the PVC and so on, I just need to put it all together and spray it black.
All told though, I think I'm pretty happy with what I've been able to put together. It does look pretty cool outside and I do get a lot of strange looks from people as they are driving or walking by. And that's awesome.
The money hasn't been there to buy anything else new. I really want a fogger and some bluckys and more tombstones and secondary accessories like lighting and moss and so on. But no dice.
I was able to pick up the parts for a few things though. Some PVC pipe to make my one current blucky stand up and hold out his right arm and more PVC pipe to make a scarecrow, plus a 'costume' for it and a black funkin painted green inside. I still need to assemble the scarecrow; I've cut the PVC and so on, I just need to put it all together and spray it black.
All told though, I think I'm pretty happy with what I've been able to put together. It does look pretty cool outside and I do get a lot of strange looks from people as they are driving or walking by. And that's awesome.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
It's the Haunting season!
Okay. So I've gotten all my Halloween stuff out of storage and catalogued it so I know what I have.
I've scouted Spirit of Halloween, Target, the Dollar Tree, Big Lots, the 99 cent store, Michael's and Lowes.
I've mapped my little apartment backyard and taken photos for the obligatory "before" picture.
I've managed to pick up a few new items, like a new tombstone and a raven.
I've designed the scarecrow I'm going to build and I've priced out the primary parts for it.
I've registered on a yard haunter forum to connect with other yard haunters and pick their brains.
And I've already driven the wife crazy with all my Halloween talk. And it's not yet October by my watch.
I've scouted Spirit of Halloween, Target, the Dollar Tree, Big Lots, the 99 cent store, Michael's and Lowes.
I've mapped my little apartment backyard and taken photos for the obligatory "before" picture.
I've managed to pick up a few new items, like a new tombstone and a raven.
I've designed the scarecrow I'm going to build and I've priced out the primary parts for it.
I've registered on a yard haunter forum to connect with other yard haunters and pick their brains.
And I've already driven the wife crazy with all my Halloween talk. And it's not yet October by my watch.
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