While you were sleeping last night...

“While you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don’t give a shit. What’s worse is that you’re more upset with the fact that I said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night.” - Tony Campolo

So, here I am, alone in Iowa...

I find myself alone here in Iowa, with a lot of time on my hands, a lot to do, a lot to think about. I also find myself completely unmotivated. I want to be a great writer one day, a few days ago, I was amped to get started, all this free time in Iowa would be perfect to work on my writing, but I'm stuck... I got nothing. I've got quite a few other things to accomplish though...

• Practice all the new stuff I've been learning on guitar
• Finish RE-editing the Gordon's wedding photo's that were once thought to be lost
• Edit Chris and Kristen's engagement photos
• Finish reading numerous books I brought with me, so that I could finish them... (Desiring God, Don't Waste Your Life, Flight, Tommysaurus Rex to name a few)

Luckily I got ArtBeat done so I could check that off my list, but it almost killed me. The traveling and such made me have to rush it last minute, but I think it turned out good and from what I've heard so does everyone else.

Anyways, here I am in Iowa with plenty to do, and no motivation... I think I'm going to finish watching the first season of Burn Notice now...

I leave you with a shot I took down the street from my mom's place where I'm staying... I took it during my last visit, all the photos I have to edit have kept me from wanting to take anymore yet.

Swine Flu

So swine flu is sweeping the nation... and not in a good way.

Not being sure of the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic, I asked my friend, who informed me "an epidemic means a lot of people will die. A pandemic means everyone could die... everyone."
Good to know. Guess we're all bound to die sometime.

I've also heard rumors that the government did this, they are trying to control the population.
Could be. I wouldn't put it past them.

I'm actually surprised something like this has taken so long to happen.

oh and by the way, I think epidemic actually means something spreading rapidly and pandemic means something spreading rapidly across multiple countries.

The True Change

The only real change is in the face. Sure things look different, but they are just as bad behind the curtain.

2012

I've heard a lot, since I was real young actually, about how 2012 is the end of the Mayan calendar and the supposed end of the world.

Always sounded a bit fishy to me. I mean, it had to end somewhere right?

Anyways, this came up in a conversation the other day with a friend of mine. He's really into the government cover-up stuff. I hate to call it conspiracy, because I think there's a lot of truth to it. I mean with that much power, why wouldn't they cover things up?

So my friend tells me that the whole Mayan calendar thing is made up. A lie from the bigwigs who rule the world. He says the real end is a lot sooner. September 2009, if I remember correctly. Apparently there is an asteroid that's been nicknamed planet x, headed straight for our little blue globe, we call home.

He said they made up 2012 to throw us off, so we wouldn't be freaking out, and that they already have plans to take off before then, and have shelters and stuff in preparation. Leaving everyone else to be killed, and solving the population problem I suppose.

Sounds kind of crazy... but not too long ago I watched an episode on Nova that said, an asteroid was heading for earth. I don't remember when they determined it might hit, but surely it wasn't that soon. They said something might knock it off its course and we would probably be safe.

But what if they were told they couldn't say anything about it hitting in 2009? I'm not worried.... just watching and waiting.

I don't know. I say this to say, what people have been saying since the beginning of time... We could all die at any moment... the sky is falling my friends.

Are you ready?

President Bush... Doesn't believe the bible is literal.

President George W. Bush said in an interview with "Nightline" Monday that the Bible is "probably not" literally true and that a belief that God created the world is compatible with the theory of evolution. "I think you can have both."

Man, i bet a lot of people were upset to hear this.
Maybe that's why he chose the last month of his 8 year run to tell everyone.

I'm willing to be he wouldn't have been president these past four years if he had said that 4 years ago.

*I should note, I'm not a "Bush basher" at least not half as much, as most people. I think he's just a person as flawed as everyone else, but this is something I think the people who voted for him should have been aware of, years ago.

Bailout (Part duex)

So it's looking like the Auto-companies are going to get a bailout after all.
Whatever happened to having to make good products and compete to survive.
I could understand the government bailing out small buisness because they can't fight big business.
But this is the opposite of what is happening.

Big business is killing small business, and when small business dies, no one cares. but when big business starts showing signs of terminal illness, we pull out the life support and start shoving tax money that could be better spent on other things down it's feeding tube.