Is this blog boring? My girlfriend and my sister seem to think so. Well who cares what they think. I'll write about whatever I want and you can't stop me. Just because I write about some stupid bastard who was thrust into the role of president more than I write about myself does not mean that my blog is any less valid.

Let's talk about religious holidays for a minute. Celebrating the important events of my ancestors has never made any sense to me. Why take time out of my busy schedule to carry on some ridiculous traditions? Why waste my life remembering the events of someone else's?

You know what I like? Puppies. Cause they are cute.

This is a short poem made up entirely of actual quotations from George W. Bush. They have been arranged, only for aesthetic purposes, by Washington Post writer, Richard Thompson.

MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
And potential mental losses.

Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the Internet
Become more few?

How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.

I know that the human being
And the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope,
Where our wings take dream.

Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher!

(Pass this on. Help cure mad Cowboy disease in the next election.)

Working a normal job sucks. I've only been out of college and working full time for a few months, but let me tell you, it's no good. The monotonous routine. The lack of free time. Small paychecks. Unrewarding wasted hours spent doing the same boring crap. No good. I need a way out. A change of pace. A new beginning.

I've always felt like I was not meant to work a typical job. Now I know for sure.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind = brilliant, brilliant, and more brilliant.

Emily got us the American Idol PS2 game. I'll have to admit, it's very addictive.

Ever wonder how much the war in Iraq actually cost?

Lets talk about this whole hunt for Ben Laden thing. First of all, Al Queda is not this carefully structured and unquestioningly led group of people with flawless communication, like the media/government wants us to think. It is a bunch of sandy bastards with a common hatred for western culture. Capturing the so called "leader" will not stop the ideology or the attacks. The only thing that will stop the attacks is to find out what they are upset about (western imperialism?) and come to an understanding.

The capture of Ben Laden is more about politics than a genuine interest in what's best for the American people. The war in Iraq has done nothing but waste billions of dollars, alienate our allies, and kill a bunch of people.

On an unrelated note... I saw The Passion of Christ last night and it was pretty good; but I felt like Mel Gibson was telling a story to a group of people who had heard it a thousand times before, and I walked into the room halfway through without ever hearing the story. Maybe I would have liked it better if I had read the new testament more closely.

And it was not anti-semitic.

I know I have been writing about Bush a lot lately. I don't want to turn this blog into a political forum, so here's a link.

Lately I have been rewriting my feature length script called Suggestibility. The first time I wrote it, I had a lot of trouble and the story ended up being only 83 pages long (which is short for a feature length script). This time, instead of trying to write on the computer, I have been using a spiral notebook and it is coming along very nicely. I have already written 50 pages. It will probably end up being around 110 pages and the story will be more cohesive.

In a final note: War = Terrorism
That leads me to my next concern. Why does the government think that guns and bombs are going to solve our problem with terrorists? Ideology and personal beliefs drive people to commit these acts. Last time I checked, you can't destroy an ideology with force. If we really want to solve this issue, we must discover the root of the problem (American Imperialism perhaps?).

Today at work we were dubbing the latest Bush for president ads. One was the typical "George Bush is a strong leader" and the other was an attack ad against Kerry. Just before we started the dubs, we got a call from the campaign headquarters saying that the first ad must be changed. The problem was that it showed an Army tank. The person calling said that she would be fired if the tank was not removed. I didn't understand why it was such a big deal; the ad also showed fighter jets and soldiers. Oh well. We got rid of the stupid tank.

By the way... people at the Bush headquarters are insane, and not just because of who they are working for. They are constantly calling and freaking out about something. Whether it be the content of the commercials they sent us, or the fact that their tapes say urine under the label (I'll tell that story another time).

Speaking of George Bush... Lets talk about this big controversy about him using 9-11 imagery in his ads. I think it's disrespectful, despite the fact that he has based his entire presidency on this one event. Sure, 9-11 was an important day in our history, but come on, get over it already.

It strange how no one mentions the fact that the majority of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, but we decided to attack Iraq. Why not Saudi Arabia? Oh yeah, because Bush is friends with the Saudis and we get most of our oil from them. Sure, Saddam Hussein was bad, and maybe he was financing terrorists, but I bet the terrorist got the majority of their money elsewhere.

That leads me to my next concern. Why does the government think that guns and bombs are going to solve our problem with terrorists? Ideology and personal beliefs drive people to commit these acts. Last time I checked, you can't destroy an ideology with force. If we really want to solve this issue, we must discover the root of the problem (American Imperialism perhaps?).

Tonight I went to see the Triplets of Belleville at the new E st cinema. What a great theater going experience. The movie was wonderful and the theater was luxurious, despite the high ticket prices.

The weather in DC is cold once again. Stupid Canook air. I don't understand why anyone would want to live so far north. It's like living in the freezer for half your life.

So, at Video Labs we have been dubbing the new Bush for President commercials. Most of them are the typical "George Bush should be reelected because he was a strong leader after 9-11" (failing to mention, of course, that 9-11 was the biggest government failure in history). However, one ad really stuck out. It was basically a smear campaign against Kerry, saying he was running a smear campaign against Bush. I guess they realized how bad of a contradiction the commercial was; now we have to redo the dubs without that ad. Ha Ha.


BTW... Turtle has been taking antibiotics and is feeling much better.

I'm so sad. My poor dog is sick. He has been throwing up, refusing to eat and acting ill. Emily took him to the vet today and they said he had an upper respiratory infection. I feel so bad for him. They gave him some antibiotics and some eye drops (for his goopy eyes). I hope he feels better soon. I can't stand to see him this way