You know those annoying ass banners that have things flying around or watermelons sliding by and you have to shoot it with your gun to get your ‘free ipod’ or what not? Well at first I started shooting them just for fun, and so I guess I got a lot of spyware crap in my computer or whatever, then I figured, you know, I’ll practice by missing. So now whenever those ipods slide by for me to shoot, I shoot between the ipods…
Of course, football update as usual. Cal didn’t deserve to win that game. Oregon should have caught that final pass, and they should have won on a field goal. I’m pretty sure we’ll go down in BCS ranking because I personally think we’re overrated right now. 5th, if not 6th, I would say, realistically, is where we should have been this past week, and where I think we will end up. Aaron Rodgers is an awesome quarterback. Should have gotten a couple more completions tonight, but freshmen really screwed up, I believe. I especially liked the heads-up play when his pass was deflected, landed on his foot, and he picked it up and ran for a first down. We seriously need to replace our kicker, and find a better kick returner…
Friday night was the small group night. I especially liked this one because it was just the guys’ night out, and even though only 6 of 9 of us made it (Danny went to SF, James went to the overnight retreat, and the other James was taking midterms), I had a great time. I personally think that’s how we should have started off our first small group night, but this was good. It took us 90 minutes to get to and find the batting cages we were looking for. Now I realized I can’t even hit at 50 mph anymore. I used to at 60 and had a lot of trouble at 70, but now I can barely hit some of the 50s… Then we went to the Sushi House at Alameda. I think it’s one of those things you learn to appreciate about the Bay area, something that places like Cerritos lacks. I’ve never appreciated sushi until yesterday… Then we watched Die Hard 1. Yippikaiyay, motherfucker! Hey, I didn’t know it was based on a novel! I loved it when Bruce Willis said that on my mother’s bday at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. He’s an alright harmonica player, alright singer, but I will never buy his album nor go to any of his concerts again.
I’m glad the election is over. I personally voted for Matthew Bradnarick of the Libertarian party for president, and whoever was running Republican in the state senate election. Voted against the Stem Cell research because we were spending 3 billion on stem cell research (which I would support) but 3 more billion dollars on top of that cuz it’s a loan. And considering our deficit last year was 17 billion, I really didn’t think another 6 billion dollars would do me any good (I figure with that much money going to research, some other areas would see cuts in spending, like college education, for example). I voted for the Indian reservation casino stuff, cuz I thought it would bring in revenue, and I personally like the Indians anyway. I’m all about stabilizing the deficit right now.
Well, I hated the thought of having Teresa Heinz Kerry in the white house, so I’m really glad Kerry lost. But I also hated the fact that Bush sent me overseas for a year, so I didn’t wanna vote for him either. And I figured the economy’s gonna rebound no matter who wins anyway (my personal opinion), so my next biggest issues were taxes, gun control, and legalizing drugs. No on gun control, no taxes, and legalize drugs. We would save so much money by legalizing drugs, gun control puts real power back to the people, and well, no taxes… I didn’t think it would ever pass in the congress, but still, it’s the thought. So the Libertarian party was the way to go on that one for me.
I was talking to Tony about the disbursement of taxing different incomes the other day. And I do think he’s got a point about the rich having to pay a higher percentage of their income than lower class. Now I’m thinking 20 percent of 1 million dollars is 200,000. And if someone’s making only like 30,000, then that’s 6,000. I think a flat percentage rate is sufficient for any economy, but that’s just my feeling. I think everyone should pay an equal percentage to taxes… I mean sure they still have more money with 35 percent of their income going to taxes, but where does it stop? Take an extreme of how it is now, and the lower class would pay nothing, for example, and the upper class would pay 50 percent… I think, as much as I hope the more fortunate would be altruistic, we shouldn’t force the upper class to pay a higher percentage just because they are more privileged. With our deficit growing, though… man… I just wish it’s not my generation that has to pay for it. That’s the only thing I really didn’t agree with Bush. I might think the percentage thing is a pretty decent idea, but it was the wrong time to do that… in a freaken recession? I hope the future will prove me wrong.
Abortion? Make it like a 3 strike rule, that’s what I would say. I was listening to Live 105 one night, and they said, yeah it’s fucked up we’re keeping some people that’s stolen a snicker bar like 3 different times and giving them a harsh sentencing or whatever, but after you steal the first two times, you figure, you shouldn’t steal anymore. I mean, what kind of dumbass would keep stealing after something like that happens? So with the 3 strike rule in place, it lessens the likelihood of more crimes being commited and seperates the dumbasses from the society.
I’m just glad the election is over, so I can stop watching nothing but political crap on TV. Now let’s get on with the real news like the Laci Peterson trial! (yeah right)
Lakers off to a horrible start. Fact or Fiction? They kept the right leader for the Lakers. I say Fact. Kobe is a dominant player. But not a leader like Shaq is or Jordan was. He might be reminiscent of Jordan on the courts individually, but he is to selfish to be a leader. That’s my personal take on it. I’d be amazed and appalled if we make it to the playoffs this year. Oh and we have 4 returners, total? What with Kareem Rush, Luke Walton and Medevenko? Dude…
We won our second softball game this past Monday! I walked twice, single to center once, singled to left (2 for 2), scored twice. I didn’t make any good catcher plays, and there was one that would have gotten us an out if I could have digged a grounder, but we still won! I couldn’t believe it. I got some cranberry apple cider out to celebrate, and I think I got a bit tipsy after a while.
I’m trying to perfect the art of baking chocolate chip cookies. So far, the first batch was the best, the second burned, and this third batch, it’s getting there. Now I need to learn how to make the perfect turkey (this one’s gonna be expensive).
I decided to get this crazy whirwind bagless vacuum cleaner. Our carpet is so freaken old and dirty, and my ionic breeze can’t really keep up. And my face is really feeling the effects of having all this crap in the air. So I hope the additional 12 amps of pure suction power helps with my home improvement.
UC apps are due this month. It’s really weird because it’s the second time I’m doing this now, and I don’t remember it being this tricky. I guess it’s because I’m really trying to figure out which classes I need to take to satisfy UC prerequisites and breadth requirements for Haas and at the same time satisfy IGETC for community college transfers, whereas before I just put down whatever I took in high school. And now instead of 1 essay, they have 3 essays with 1000 words total. So it’s a bit different and harder, but I’m confident it will turn out alright. I think I have a much stronger case for Cal this year, what with my GPA at 3.8 right now (instead of my 3.0, 3.7 weighted in high school), and my army deployment, too. But I dont’ know what I should do if I dont’ get into Haas, especially because all my classes are geared towards that single goal. I hope everything works out, but I won’t really find out till1 Jun 05. So the waiting begins…
I need to go to the next coachella valley music and arts festival.