New Things

Alright, I know no one reads this. But I re-read it. And that's fun.

New things, I got accepted to Drexel University and I'm going and I have housing. I actually found blogspot through the Drexel website. I know. Enthralling.

Chargers lost, Irish won, Padres are blowing chunks.

I have to bitch about this a little bit--people who are from cities like Cleveland or Philadelphia or some garbage complaining about how bad their teams are. I'm from San Diego mates, with an infatuation with Notre Dame football. I was born in 1985. I was three when the only championship that would have mattered to me happened--ND's National Champion year. And since then, I've seen a Chargers Super Bowl appearance and a Padres World Series appearance. We got toasted badly both times. And they both make the playoffs only to lose in the first round. San Diego does not have a major championship. Actually, I don't think they even have a minor championship. SDSU is the only college with sports around here and they are god-awful. The Padres have like five playoff appearances in the forty year history--two of them came within the past four years. So, stop complaining Phillies fans, Cubs fans, Dodger fans. I have to watch the San Diego teams throw away the careers of Trevor Hoffman, Jake Peavy, Tony Gwynn, Ladanian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates. I have to watch great careers fumbled and unfulfilled. Talk about painful.

On a related note, Michigan sucks. Go Irish.

Random

I read a Michael Moore book. It was really terrible, Downsize This. I mean, I just don't get what he was trying to prove. All he did was complain about how people got fired and jobs got outsourced. And it was the Republicans to blame. But Republicans and Democrats are just the same. I think he might have been right about that--the candidates are pretty much the same. And here's the thing, someone is going to be elected, right? Of Obama and McCain, someone will. Its going to be Obama, what with everyone hating George Bush and all. I don't really see the problem with Bush, he's just a president. What I think needs to change is the social attitude that we have that the government should take care of everything we need. Which is the problem I have with Moore's story. I mean, why should the government try to keep businesses in this country? If they don't want to stay, let them go. Why should the government try to keep a minimum wage? If people don't want to work for the wages available, let them not work. Why should the government do anything for me? Has the government ever done anything right? Social security anyone? Even Iraq? The Patriot Act? The Department of Homeland Security? The FBI? The Police? Everything the government does is inefficient. I mean, what if we all had toll roads and carried around guns? No need for government maintenence on the highway and no need for police. We could just have judges. And swat teams. And the military. And the school system. I suppose. What about the cell phone laws here in California? Yes, cell phones are distracting in the car. I understand that. But a) I'm a responsible adult. If I get in an accident on the phone, I have to pay for it. Let me have that responsibility. b) So is eating, smoking, talking to a friend, listening to the radio, billboards, traffic. Should we outlaw those? c) like the police need any more power. They abuse everything and all they do is protect property. Which is fine. But protecting property does not entail whether I should be allowed to talk on my phone.

I think the point I'm trying to make, is that America is great because it was founded on the principle of freedom. Let me be free. Let everyone be free. And let them take responsibility for their actions. There. Someone read this.

First Blog Post

So yeah, I found this somehow through someone or something and whatnot. But this is my first blog post. I'm excited. I seriously doubt anyone will read this other than me but if anyone does, I'll not be posting about things that happen in my life as a day to day diary or journal, rather I will be posting about my thoughts on life. And baseball, probably. If I can figure out how to re-log in and garbage.