Oldie but Goodie

So just prior or during Spring Break, I dropped my Calculus II class because I wasn't able to put much time into it and bombed miserably on my second test (to be fair, it was graded way too difficult. For instance, any other teacher I would've gotten six or seven points for the work, but I got three points. For missing like a negative sign or one integration out of four was off). This is the last semester which I'd be on academic probation, so I couldn't afford to have low grades. After this semester I start the College of Education.

So today I go to meet with my academic adviser and apparently it didn't drop the class. So I had to go to the registrar's and they told me I have to get this slip signed by my professor and then bring it back to them and get a waiver done. My professor is part-time, so I can't just go to his office.

Last week (dead week) was spent doing a fucking program worth the same amount of points as our final, so I couldn't really study as I'm working on this fucking program. Now this week's going to be spent fixing this shit, because I can't register for classes until I get this shit taken care of. This is one of the things Ronald Reagan had right was with bureaucracy. They can't just see that I've been doing well in the other classes and took my state assessment test which is necessary to move on to the College of Education.

Anyway, Ayana does that thing now where she wants you to watch everything she does. I think it's a phase, because the "Simpsons" episode where Homer finally met his mom he was doing that. So she goes for like three minutes straight of, "Daddy, watch this." Then she does something. It'd be annoying because it's while I'm studying and every time I start to read she does that. But it's funny as hell. Like tilting her head and walking like a robot. Smashing her face. Falling on the ground. Walking like a crab.

This kid at HyVee, I think it's his first day. He seems overly enthusiastic and eager to please. He's bugging me, because I just want to finish studying before heading home.

Dick Perry

So I wonder if criminal charges will be filed against people like Rick Perry for the explosion in Texas. I posted something a while back on his aggressive tactics luring corportations to his state with tax breaks and limited government bullshit.

That building in Bangladesh and the fire the other month at another one and myriad other stories of the likes are the reasons why government here works. Government not everywhere, but stuff like that is where you need them. But people are stupid and cannot put together that when politicians and corporations talk about limited government, they're talking about not having to pay money for employee or other people's safety along with not being held accountable when things go wrong.

So that limited government which Texans hold so proud based on stupid ignorant idealism is what led to that explosion and people should be held responsible. 400 lbs of ammonium nitrate which is the amount that you're legally obligated to alert Homealnd Security about it and these assholes had 270 tons and didn't do that.

The creek smelled really bad yesterday because of the recent heat, although the ride last night was great. I'm never ready for the fat and/or stupid people on the trail. This morning, them maintenance crew were walking (about 10 strong) down the path taking the whole path up. I'm riding towards them. No one is paying attention to me approaching. I'm not saying anything because to their right is a tight squeeze but I can make it and probably brush them, but I'm going to make them feel stupid. It was great.

I hope that suspect#2 doesn't get killed or kills himself. Then any type of excuse can be used to push forward an agenda.

"...a Yellow Ribbon, Instead of a Swastika...part deux"

Of course Pamela Gellar and Jonathan Spencer will immediately cite Islamic terrorists for the Boston Marathon Bombing before any information comes forward.

As much as possible, I'm staying away from people's opinions on this deal. It's a horrendous ordeal and I don't need to relive the aftermath of 9-11. The main thing I don't want to deal with (as much as possible) aside from the media (and from just the basic information) is fucking Facebook posts. I already hate them, anyway, but things like this just evoke the inane type of nonsense that useless time-wasting technology like Facebook produces, which are people's worthless comments/opinions on anything.

All they do is say the things they think are the right things to say within their circle of "friends." It's like when they wait to see what the President says. What do they expect him to say? It's not like he'll say anything controversial or blow this shit off for a round of golf.

Watching the live coverage of the FBI briefing yesterday morning was like that. It's forty people onstage each saying, basically, nothing. They had no new information and they each just said they were sad about what happened, and thanks to the first responders, blah, blah, blah. Not dismissing the importance of this tragedy and the selfless bravery of the first responders (and now I'm doing it), but they're wasting all this time saying obvious things and people are comforted by this. I know if they didn't say these things, they'd get a bunch of backlash.

What I hate about the Food Network and other types of shit influencing mainstream "America" is this. This lady came to our place on Sunday and I asked her if she wanted any dipping sauce for her chicken strips.

I give her samples of the Chipotle Ranch and the Lumberjack sauce. We don't make real shit here which I hate so I can't really sell these. She asked about them and I explained what they were and she asked to try them so I let her. She goes in her stupid, wine-tasting mode and, with the Chipotle Ranch (which is ranch with hot sauce) and she does that annoying smacking of her lips deal and goes, "Well there's horseradish in there." THERE'S NOT!!!!!!!

Too much "Hell's Kitchen" for you dumb shit.