Update:

Just so everyone knows, I didn't get the job in the Eagleshop, apparently the hours I could work didn't fit with the hours they needed covered. Oh well, jobs are over rated anyways.

And Life Goes On

I don't know about anyone else, but I know I never seem content with where I am. Last Spring I couldn't wait for school to end so that I could go home and go to work. Of course within a couple of weeks I was ready for work to be over and was ready to go back to school. And now that I am back at school I am ready for it to be over, although I don't really want to go back to work, so I guess I'm just ready to do nothing.

My classes aren't going too poorly yet, although it's only been a week thus far. I think my least favorite class is Microeconomics. The subject is pretty good....at least it would be if we ever moved beyond the very basic stuff we learned in the intro class, but the teacher is rather boring. And what is worse is she tries to crack jokes, with all of them falling flat. Of course the Management Information Systems class isn't much better, it may actually be worse because I don't know if it is possible to make this subject more interesting, but at least I only meet once a week, so that makes it much better. By far the best class I have is Labor Economics. The subject is interesting, and the teacher actually presents it in an interesting way as well, which starts my days off great.

I also may have a job, but it seems like something is going to happen to mess it up. Why you may ask? Well, first off I never even applied for this job, I just got a message out of the blue asking me to call her back about employment. I went to see her today, and she talked as if I already had the job if I was available on the right days and times, which is why I don't know if I have the job yet, since she will have to check. But there was one moment that made me suspect that this was a case of mistaken identity. I was standing that and she asked, "Am I correct in assuming that you're friends with Carissa?" I was a little shocked, shook my head and said, "No." She seemed a little surprised, but she didn't say anything else about it, so I'm not sure what that means. I haven't gotten anyother call saying to forget about the job, and I am supposed to go back there tomorrow and see if my schedule will fit with her needs. So, I guess we'll see if I will be able to fill in with this other Trevor she ment to call.

I will leave you all with a quote that was on my homepage today, made me smile in the truthfulness of it:


"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Priceless?

New brake pads and rotor: $319.58

Four new tires: $268.21

New radiator: $169.73

Thermostat and gasket: $28.52

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Having my own car at college: $783.04

Cigars + Beer + World Domination=

I went down to Ellery's house again this week, left on Wednesday and returned on Friday. Now I have been accused on "gushing" over my nieces and nephew in the past, so I shall not bore anyone with those details. Instead I shall talk on the joy that a nine inch cigar and a game board can bring.

Yes, I did say a nine inch cigar, the biggest cigar I have ever smoked. It was called a "Hemmingway", like the author, and the box that it was sitting in at the store resembled a book. It cost $15. First, allow me to explain why I would pay that kind of money for a cigar. I made a rather foolish bet with my brother and lost, meaning that I had to buy him an expensive cigar, and since I was buying him one, I figure he couldn't smoke one alone, so I of course ended up with one. Now, one sign of a good cigar is getting buzzed before you've even smoked a quarter of it, and this was a good cigar.

Of course a cigar is not enough to make an entire evening(although it could come pretty close) we also had good beer. And, to top it all off we were playing Risk, that old game of world domination. This killer combination created good times for all involved, although the first night was better since the second night we had much cheaper cigars(ones from Rite-Aid), but two out of the three elements ain't bad.

If there is a better way to spend an evening other than beer, Risk, and cigars, I sure don't know about it.

Previous Post....

Okay, so I was a little angry when I wrote that last one...I suppose I still am, and I think I used a few profane words, so I guess I will apologize for anyone who may be offended, but I still stand by what I said. Anyway, I thought I would put the links to a few charaties who are raising money for the hurricane survivors if anyone was interested, after all there are some estimates that the costs will reach 100 billion dollars...

http://www.worldvision.org
http://www.redcross.org
http://www.feedthechildren.org

I'm sure there are others, but these I am fairly confident in their mangement and all, and that the money will be used well... I think that is all, so I hope everyone is having a great night.

America?

I picked up the newspaper this morning and looked at the front page pictures. They were pictures of desolation, of dessperation, of destruction. I thought to myself, "I wonder what poor country this is" I soon discovered that this is our country. These pictures of people huddled in sewage plagued water, starving, without water, are citizens of the most powerful, prosperous nation in the history of the world. I looked at these pictures, read some of the stories, and couldn't believe that these people couldn't get water or food. I realize that perhaps the most devestating natural in our history struck their city....but that was 4 days ago. Why is it that we haven't gotten them food and water yet? I realize that we might not beable to get them all out in such a short period of time, esspecially those scattered throughout the city, but certainly we could supply them. Whenever I saw similar situations in other countries I could always excuse a delay in getting supplies because generally those supplies would have to be shipped from half-way around the world. But certainly there is a Wal-Mart, Safeway, Costco, or someother grocery store within a couple hundred miles of the place. Would it be so difficult for the National Guard, of FEMA, to take helicopters to those stores take all the water and much of the food out, and tell the owners to send the Gov't a bill? I realize this may mean that some people in those cities may have to go without bottled water for a day or two, but certainly that would be better than people dying because all they had to drink was disease ridden water. And if the couldn't find any water in those places, go to someother state. I can't possible understand how it could take 4-5 days to get water to these people in this country. We have planes, they fly very fast, we have helicopters, we have cars, why are people still going hungry? We have a nation of 300,000,000, certainly we could get enough food and water to that region in a few hours without a problem from anywhere in the country.

For this I am actually completely disappointed in our government. I don't think I have ever felt so disappointed. There have been times when I was a little embarassed perhaps at the play at politics of our leaders, but I could always say that at least in emergencies the government worked well. 5 days later I can no longer say that.

Perhaps what disappoints me the most though is not the government but the people. I have been listening to talk radio the last couple of days since I have been working, and the things I am hearing is just heart-breaking. Here we are, in the midst of the greatest national disaster to ever strike our shores, with some estimates that 10,000 people dead, 3-5 hunred thousand without homes, and they are all just talking politics. Those on the left are trashing Bush, saying how he was on vacation, he should have done something, some are even blaming the hurricane on him because he backed out of Kyoto. Some are also saying that the region isn't recieving much help because it is largely poor black people. I heard from people standing in line in front of me that if this had happened in Crawford Bush would have been there in a heart-beat. Those on the right aren't much better. They are of course defending Bush, with some saying that it is the own people's fault since they didn't leave when they were given the warning. They of course are all the time attacking those on the other side for the things they are saying. I sat there listening, wondering how they could even think their pathetic politics could matter right now. Americans, not Republicans, not Democrats, not red staters, not blue staters, not liberals, not conservatives, but Americans, are in need. Shut the hell up about your stupid political squables and do everthing you can to help. Why are you wasting your broadcast time on such things, instead of encouraging your listeners to raise money, to help out these people. There will be an eternity to point fingers and say who messed up where, since suredly things haven't gone as well as they should, but people need help, get off your damn asses and help.

I don't think I have ever been quite so disappointed or disgusted with this country as I am right now.