In my opinion, it’s bad. I grew up here in Evansville. It used to not be a bad place to live. It always sounded so cliché to me when someone would say things like “Back in my day, everyone left their front doors unlocked.” but now I know what they meant. Am I just feeling my age? I don’t think so. And it scares me. Now, I’m not talking about the global problems that you see on the evening news. I’m talking about right here on our front doorsteps. People are losing the qualities that make a person “good”. Values like pride. Respect. Courtesy. Humility. Dignity. I’m 34 years old. I shouldn’t have to worry about someone urinating on the side of my car while I’m at work. And yes, that happened just recently. At 4pm on a Friday afternoon I witnessed a man (only in the anatomical sense) relieving himself on the rear driver side door of my car. I park on the street. A busy street. Three blocks away from Evansville’s police headquarters. When I confronted the pisser, he looked at me through eyes that were barely open (he was obviously stoned) but he said nothing. He simply turned 90° to his right and finished his business against the street light post. I’ve heard many people that like to say everything happens for a reason. I’d like to know what the reason was for seeing that happen. Was it to make me thankful for what I have? Maybe it was to make me realize that I was taught by my parents to have respect for people and property. I already knew those things. Instead, I feel disgusted and distrustful. At what point is enough, enough? And what will be done about it? The prisons are overcrowded. Women have baby after baby to get more government assistance money. Men are getting those women pregnant and not taking any responsibility for their children. The children grow up with no morality and the cycle starts again. How long is it going to take before society completely breaks down? And when it does, then what? Do we revert to survival of the fittest? Natural selection does not seem to work in an artificially controlled environment. Some people would say that I just need to have faith in God and that He will take care of everything. Trouble is, it’s not God that I’ve lost faith in. It’s my fellow human-beings.
Good Movies
Just watched Hurt Locker with Emily. Very good movie and I can understand why it did so well with the Academy Awards. No outstanding features on the blu-ray but still a very good story.
Photo Gallery
I finally got a photo gallery setup that I like. The hardest part was integrating into the WordPress theme that I use. I’ll be adding photos to it over the next week or so and any/all comments are welcome. You can get to it either by using the “Photos” button at the top of the page or just click here.
Is it spring yet?
I’m so tired of this snow already. Granted, we haven’t got it near as bad as the northeast but it’s all relative. I’m ready for some good 75 degree days and 60 degree nights. The best thing for a snow day is a good video game. The one I’m currently hooked on is Dante’s Inferno. Being a fan of the horror genre, I’m really getting into the atmosphere of this game. It’s all very dark and organic. Most textures resemble some sort of body tissue. The sound is just as gruesome as the graphics with haunting screams and orchestral rhythms that change with the action. So far the ONLY complaint I have about the game is the difficulty. Some enemies dish out numerous cheap shots that make battles frustrating at times. But overall, the game presents the journey through the rings of hell in a style that’s both unnerving and intriguing.
Bring it on!
Bring it!
This coming week is the annual “all nighter” job at the company I work for. The job isn’t really an all nighter any more though. It’s more of a long couple of days. I work in the data processing / digital printing department so it’s my job to process the data list, setup the letter forms and manage the printing of the letter. We use 8 HP Laserjet 9000 printers and they’ll be running for about 15-20 hours straight. It raises the temperature of the room by about 5 degrees and leaves a rhythmic noise in your head for a couple days. There will be 3 or 4 people in my area at any given time loading, emptying and tubbing up the printed letters. While it’s a hard couple of days, we always have a good time and with all the layoffs and business failures that are going on now, it makes me more thankful then ever to have a job that I enjoy doing with people that are great to work with.
When do we build the Ark?
My wife and I love animals. And our love shows more and more as we keep bringing new animals into our extended family. The latest adoptees are a pair of brother rats named Alphi and Ralphi. They are already twice the size they were when we brought them home and are finally big enough to move into their nice multilevel cage. But not to leave any of the others out, here’s a quick rundown (in no particular order) of what we “currently” have.
2 mini schnauser/jack russel terrier mix male dogs (Squirt and Baxter)
2 jumbo rats (Alphi and Ralphi)
1 veiled chameleon (Ryland)
1 schneiders skink (Konami)
1 albino corn snake (Albi)
1 dumpy tree frog (Avec)
5 firebelly toads
1 pickerel frog
1 american bull frog
1 grays salamander
2 fish tanks with assorted guppies/snails/shrimp
and a yellow canary named Punky.
It’s really not as bad as it looks. We love each of our pets for different reasons.
Another day at home.
Alright, this is getting old. Another day at home with this stupid cold/flu/whatever. It must be on the way out now though because I woke up covered in sweat (fever broke) and I can finally take a full breath in without the need to cough up a kidney. I guess it works out well because my company’s annual “all night’er” job is coming up and we HAVE to be there for it. This year will be especially taxing because we’ll be doing two large jobs back to back so it’s a weeks worth of 12+ hour days. Fun times…
Down but not out
Been sick the last few days with a head cold. But it feels like it’s clearing up and I think I’m on the up swing. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes yesterday! It was a good day even though I wasn’t feeling my best.
Mobile-ized
Thanks to this awesome plugin, my blog will detect if you’re visiting the site with a mobile browser (PDA/iPhone/whatever) and will format itself to a more lite weight layout. The plugin was SUPER simple to install/use and has it’s own template layout so that the mobile version of the site can be customized as needed.
I’m trying
I finally got my blog moved to a REAL hosting service thanks to my mother and father in-law. They gave me the money as a Christmas gift so no more hosting the site on my home PC. Now I just need to get in the habit of posting the day to day details of what I’m up to. I’ve been making small changes to the layout/design of the site so I figured it was time to post SOMETHING and finally have an entry in the year 2010. One thing I have yet to find is a good WordPress plugin that displays Xbox Live information, so I may try and write one soon.