Bad cake and ice cream....

Birthday parities are not the usual source of drama. For the most part
they are filled with balloons , cake and ice cream. My sister just does not
get this. She paid for an over the top magic party for her son and took 12
kids from his school. My mom wanted to do something small and for the kids
in the neighborhood. So she bought a small cake, made hot dogs and a few
kid games. To my mom and 90% of the country this is a 6 year old party....
My sister could not complain enough, I don't know this kids, I don't want
to clean up, I paid $500 for this yesterday..... She even called me after I
left to complain to get a sympathetic ear and I went off on her. The party
is not for you. Its for moms grandson whom she loves dearly. Enjoy the fact
that mom wants to do a party for him. Clean up - whats that take 15 minutes
of picking up foam plates and a few cups. 1 cake 6 candles and a few pieces
to take home.... I think she got the message. She could not say anything
and all I hear was silence on the phone....
I called my mom the next day to thank for for the party....part of me
did that just to tick off my sister. If the party runs you $500 or just
under $20 for a cake and hot dogs a child will only remember the smiles,
songs and the love that was shown to make him feel special for a day.......
Peace.

Public Secret......

I sw this on Post Secret and its 100% the same thing that went on in my head after he was elected.....
Peace....

messiah complex......

**Its been a bit over a week since the election of the new messiah. It
almost seems that way with the amount of people crying and praising him
before he's even in the white house. People treat it as the second coming.
People hording newspapers with his section in it. I just want to be sure it
is not about a skin color. In the back of my head I pray thats not all it
is.
I was happy that the candidate I voted for was in, but to see the
celebration in grant park and the faces....I just don't get it. Maybe I'm
too jaded too old to hope for something better. I see every person in off
as a jerk. I voted for whom I thought was a good candidate for gov of
Illinois, but was he any better?? not really.
I watched south park and I hope you all did too. Cries of Change echoed
through south park as obama was elected. I think people want it too change
all at once. The reality of it is that even things were done first day he
is in office it would be years before they are done. Getting the boys out
of the war will take 2 years at best. To pump the economy to levels before
the summer....2 yrs??
Maybe its the weather, maybe its me being a cynic...yea he's a ba$tard,
but he's my ba$tard.... Good or bad I helped put him in there. I guess it
also give me the right to complain if things go more sour...... The old
regime is dead and long live the new flesh....I things went so far left
with this vote that the republican party will be force to really revamp
their thinking in candidates as well as core groups to focus in. 2nd
generation and third Latinos, blacks that are well off, disenfranchised
business owners. People who took a bath in their 401 k's.... women. I think
women will be more of a focus group in the next round. Not just to put a
pretty face infront of the camera , but to really look at problems...

anyways--- peace, drive safe and dress warm.....

Zero Hour.....

Zero hour best describes the first moments after an explosion.   I am using it today to describe the new president. I have such high hopes for him that I really hope that I am not let down. So much is riding on his shoulders that any little thing that does not go his way will seem like a failure.  Today is Zero hour. The one true day he has to rest and recover before the eyes of the world go on him again. How much can he dig us out of? The wars? The economy? The dis pare we have in our hearts? Uncertain future in this country. I feel very sorry for him because anything that is not done leaves him as a punching bag for the GOP. As a step for the republicans to get in there for 2012. My uncle had a loose theory that this country needed republicans in for two term and follow it by a single term as a democrat to steer us back twords the left again.....

   Allot of what I saw last night was grandstanding for the cameras. Jessie Jackson crying along side with Oprah. That just made it seem like we elected a skin color. Whole I will not take that away from him in being the first non-white male president. I voted him as an individual. Skin color had no bias for me. I really do want to know how many people voted on skin color. Whether it was pro or against the color of his skin- I would love to see stats on that. How many inner city people voted for him because on that alone and how many people in rural areas voted the other ways for the same reason. Going through the maps state by state Obama won the citys and surrounding counties, but not the bulk of rural areas.......

    The election is over. That alone takes the monkey off the back of america. One less thing we have to worry about as a nation. Lets see how long until we get better. I wish the presidents term was 6 years. In two years we will be starting to do this all over again. People already forgot that obama has been running for 22 months....

Peace.

 

the long Halloween....

Well its over. The one month build up to the big day. Candy, costumes and fun. The neighborhood was loaded with kids. I would say an easy 150 or more. I took my boys for about a 2 mile walk. Through caul de sacs (sp?)and across many many streets. We would up with close to 5 pounds of candy, but we wound up giving out close to 5 pounds of candy. My kids were complaining that they were tired and tha candy was too heavy. I did have them dump it in to several bags that I carried for them. In the end I was beat. I did have them dresses in dark clothes , but with glow sticks and assorted lights it helped alot. In the end I had quite a blast with my kids. 

Somewhere in the night I felt cheated of my own childhood. My mom had taken me out as a kid a few times and after that I went out with my own friends.  Its funny the older I become the more I wish for my dad in my childhood.  Its in the past and its a good guide to look forward to. To not only see what was wrong , but to see what was done right and grow as a dad......

ahhhhhh

Its early in the night and I feel like I want to throw up. This whole
election is insane. Its only 6:30 pm and I and others at work are wound up
to no end.........