Too much going on...

Dang I have been forced to update with all that has been going on in the world.

First I was notified that Star Jones Reynolds was leaving the View. I was shocked. It has been speculated that since Rosie O'Donell was hired to replace Meredith Viera that Star was leaving but I really didn't think the View would want to lose two of their original co hosts at just about the same time. I guess I was wrong. Well the news kinda makes me upset. I really like Star Jones on the show. Even though she is BOUGIE, she has always come off as the most knowledgeable one of the co hosts on the show. She was always on point with her feelings about current events. Always she was articulate with how she felt and why she felt that way. I am definitely going to miss her on that show....Wait a second I am now a working man so I don't get to see the View anymore...so I guess its good that she is leaving. She can do better. I wish her the best in her future endeavors.

Also in the news, the Senate failed to get enough votes to pass the constitutional amendment for burning the american flag. How do I feel about this? I am happy and so what confused as to why our Senators are spending time debating on whether to make this a constitutional amendment. Do you really care if someone burns the american flag? Isn't it a form of freedom of speech if you do burn it? I just don't understand Congress. Why is the senate wasting time on this. yes I said wasting time! There are plenty of more important things that they should be discussing. How about coming to a consenus on raising the minimum wage or figuring out how the hell we are going to pay for this war in Iraq, and cutting taxes for the wealthy or should I say extending their tax credits that they received when President Bush came into office. AAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Yes this is me screaming in frustration with Congress. Let's hope the rest of the US and eligible voters agree and get these d@#& Republicans out of the majority.

Well I begin my new job this week. Things have been going well. I have just been doing orientation stuff. Nothing really exciting yet. Maybe later on this week. Oh yeah I did get some exciting news on my first day. We get this FRIDAY off!!!!!!!!!! Yes the firm made Friday apart of our 4th of July holiday weekend so we now will be off Friday plus Monday and Tuesday!!!!!!!! LOL I am so happy. Only work 4 days and get five off. The only thing that sucks is that I don't get another day off til Labor day. Oh well I love being on salary and getting paid holidays.

I have one more thing to vent about. How come every other sitcom's DVDs are coming out so fast and the Cosby Show is taking forever. I got season one last year and season two just recently came out a couple of months ago. It seems like they are moving slow. I look at other shows like Friends, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Living Single and it seems like it took no time for all their seasons to come out. I am enjoying Season two of the Cosby Show. From the grandparents anniversary episode to the episode when denise and vanessa get into a fight. I really enjoy the cosby show and I wish another tv show like it would come out. I need some good tv.

Speaking of good tv...Big Brother 7-All Stars premieres next week. Those that know me know I am a fanatic of that show. It has gotten me through the summer the past four years. I am excited. I will update more on that next week when I see if those that I voted for to make it into the house do. Go DANIELLE, MONICA, DIANE, MARCELLUS, JANELLE, KAYSAR, WILL.

okay i have vented enough...I am America's nightmare...

Beginning of my next journey...

Well I know it's been a while since my last post. I took sometime away to graduate and I went home to my hometown for about a week and a half. Now I am back in Columbus about to begin the next journey in my life. I start my job tomorrow. Nervous, excited, and anxious are just a few of the words that describe how I feel about tomorrow. Well I am going to keep this short. I will post again this week after a couple days at the job. I will give details on how I like it. I am sure it will go well. Until then I am America's Nightmare...

Update

Okay so much has been going on in the news and my life.

To begin things with whats most important. I finished my last day at work at the Marketplace. Yes, my awful job that I had while in grad school this past year. It sucked but I think I really made some really good friends due to this job. I enjoyed meeting and working with my co-workers. It was great. It definitely helped this year be more manageable.

Today I finished my last two exams. I am happy to be done with that. I thought I would be more relieved to be done but I really am just feeling indifferent right now. I guess it hasn’t really sunk in that I am done with my Masters degree. Yep you read that right. In a couple days I will be graduating and getting that paper. Kinda unreal but I am ready to get that over with.

I have also been trying to get everything together for my graduation party. Those that know me know that I have never had a graduation party. I am kinda nervous to see who all will show up. The best part is that a couple of my Line brothers are coming to town for it. It will be great. I gotta find a way to entertain them. I have thought of a couple of things. It will all work out in the long run. I am excited about it. It’s all I keep talking about. I know my friends are tired of hearing about it.

Now to some current events. President Bush and the Republican party have sunk to new lows in my book. (I know they are already pretty low in my book but they have managed to be put even lower) In case you have been living under a box for the last week, you might have heard that President Bush was calling for a constitutional amendment that banned gay marriage. Yea you know the issue that President Bush talked about when he was up for reelection, but mysteriously forgot about after being reelected. Why now? Many have speculated that President Bush and Republicans are trying to get their main base of supporters (conservatives) energized. I truly believe this is the reason why this issue was brought up. President Bush approval ratings are at an all time low and Republicans are fearful of losing their majority in Congress. Its sad that they would try and make something out of nothing. The American society have nothing to worry about gay marriage will not ruin our society. I doubt we have to really worry about it becoming illegal considering most of the states have put the issue up to voters and voters have supported not legalizing gay marriage. Why can’t the Republicans and the President just leave well enough alone. Today the US Senators' vote was 49-48 to limit debate and bring the amendment to a yes-or-no decision. That was 11 short of the 60 needed, killing the measure in the Senate for this year. Thanks senators for wasting value time on this issue this week. I just wish the President and the Republican majority was eager to talk about poverty, AIDS, and the skyrocketing price to attend college and the decrease in federal funding. Yeah its sad but I shouldn’t be to upset over it. I mean I am talking about Republicans.

Finally, while watching the View this morning, they began talking about Ann Coulter. Well I am going to insert an article from Yahoo news about the controversy surrounding this crazy lady.

By Claudia Parsons 34 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conservative author Ann Coulter sparked a storm on Wednesday after describing a group of September 11 widows who backed the Democratic Party as millionaire "witches" reveling in their status as celebrities. }

"I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," Coulter writes in her book "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," published on Tuesday, referring to four women who headed a campaign that resulted in the creation of the September 11 Commission that investigated the hijacked plane attacks.
Coulter wrote that the women were millionaires as a result of compensation settlements and were "reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis."
A spokeswoman for publisher Crown Forum said it had set a first print run of 1 million copies of "Godless" and there were 1.5 million copies of Coulter's previous four books in print.
The four women, Kristen Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Mindy Kleinberg and Lorie Van Auken, declined to discuss the book in detail but issued a statement saying they had been slandered.
"There was no joy in watching men that we loved burn alive. There was no happiness in telling our children that their fathers were never coming home again," said the statement signed by the four, along with a fifth woman, Monica Gabrielle.
The four women, who live in or around East Brunswick, New Jersey, became friends after September 11 and formed a group that agitated for the investigation. "Our only motivation ever was to make our nation safer," they said.
Coulter, whose books include the bestseller "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)," argues in the new book the women she dubs "the Witches of East Brunswick" wanted to blame
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John Kerry in 2004, and added: "By the way, how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in Playboy."
PERSONAL ATTACKS
Asked by Reuters why she made such personal comments, Coulter said by e-mail, "I am tired of victims being used as billboards for untenable liberal political beliefs."
"A lot of Americans have been seething over the inanities of these professional victims for some time," she added.
Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg (news, bio, voting record) of New Jersey said Coulter's "shameless attack" on the widows sparked disgust. "Her bookselling antics and accompanying vulgarity deserve our deepest contempt," he said in a statement.
The New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News. Corp., slammed the comments in an article on Wednesday headlined: "Righty writer Coulter hurls nasty gibes at 9/11 gals."
Coulter, a regular television commentator who is hugely popular among some conservatives, was challenged on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday over what host Matt Lauer called "dramatic" remarks, prompting her to say, "You are getting testy with me."
Coulter is known for a combative column after September 11 saying, "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." In one book, she wrote, "Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do."
Her latest comments were quoted on radio stations in New York on Wednesday and the book was the subject of debate on Web sites such as www.salon.com. The Daily News newspaper's front-page headline was "Coulter the Cruel."
The controversy appeared to be doing no harm to sales of Coulter's latest book, which was listed as the second-best seller of the day at online retailer Amazon.com on Wednesday afternoon.

Okay now what people will do to sell a d#mn book. I have seen this woman on many political talk shows and I even though I don’t agree with everything she says I never expected to hear something so heartless and stupid from her. She has sunk to a new low and I hope people don’t read her garbage. She needs to get a grip on life.

Anyways I am America’s Nightmare…

Take responsibility for yourself

Ok look everyone I am 23 years old about to graduate from The Ohio State University with a Master's degree do you all really think I have time to deal with everyone else's trivial problems. It's time that everyone start taking responsibility for their own behavior and quit trying to blame others for their problems. It's funny how people are supposed to be adults, but no one wants to act like one.

Gosh it's funny that those who I don't even have enough contact with want to bring drama into my life. Well this is how it's going to go. I am not going to deal with it. I think it may be time to cut some people out of my life again. I am feeling like its the best thing to do. Everyone knows that I did this a few years ago and I believe it worked perfectly. Those who I felt were giving me too much unnecessary drama I cut off all communication with them. In time all those that I cut off eventually made their way back into my life, but it was time well spent apart.

I honestly feel like some people just need time apart after being friends for so long. If a friendship becomes a burden then you don't need to have that person as a friend. If a friend won't do things for you that you would do for them then you don't need them as a friend. Speaking of friends I don't think I actually have a whole bunch of people that are my REAL friends. I can count on two hands (possibly one) the number of people that I know will have my back regardless of the situation. They are the ones that I can call on if I truly ever need anything. To those wondering who those people are, I am not going to say. Those who are my friends don't need me to say it. They know who they are and if you gotta question yourself then you more than likely aren't a REAL friend.

Ok well I am off my soapbox now. I am America's Nightmare...