Lord, I hope we aren't stupid enough to listen to Sarah Palin

I recently saw a facebook post from a friend saying that they were attending a Sarah Palin book signing? Really? You seem like an intelligent person, how in the world is the inanity that this woman spews actually penetrating your psyche and making you think that she has something worthwhile to say and a good idea of how to run the country? I mean, hell she ended up catfighting with the former first lady, for heaven's sake. I'm actually kind of hoping she gets the nomination, because she'd be handily defeated by the sitting president. But if she ever did end up as president, it would most definitely be the beginning of the end.

For everyone who hasn't done any research and thinks that Palin could do a better job running the country than President Obama, the stock market has increased 40% since he was elected and jobless numbers are on the decline now. Also, if that's not enough for you, spend some time here: http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

What's wrong with people?

So, lately, and in general, I have a lot of awesome female friends who were married and are now divorced. In most of the cases, it's because the guy was either abusive, neglectful, had an addiction to pornography, or a combination of the three. What in the world is wrong with these idiots? And how are they able to fool some of the smartest and most amazing women that I know into marrying them? Maybe they changed, or maybe the seeds were already planted, I have no way of knowing, but I just wanted to say that everybody plays the fool, and my friends shouldn't feel foolish or like it was their fault for getting into this kind of situation. This kind of thing happens to everyone where you get into an unhealthy relationship, it can happen no matter how smart you are, no matter how wise you are, and no matter how good of a person you are. This goes to my guy friends who had to suffer as well, I'm not just bagging on you guys. Seems like a lot of people are getting married to people who don't appreciate what they are worth. Maybe it's because as a church we try and encourage people to get married young so as to avoid sexual immorality. In my mind, I think that rushing into something that should be thoughtfully planned out and ending up in a bad marriage that causes all kinds of psychological and sometimes physical damage to both parties could be worse than letting it slip once or twice (no pun intended). Just a thought. But remember, just like a pair of vintage jeans is prized by clothing collectors (yeah, I went there) for the fading and fraying, so we are more complete and beautiful people for the challenges we have to go through.

Left with more questions than answers.

I just realized today, that I probably shouldn't look at pictures of my friends and their young families anymore. Its weird looking at people my age, slightly older and younger, holding little bouncing babies on their laps. Maybe it's just part of the religion under which I was raised, but I really feel that parenthood is the ultimate reason that we exist. Biologically, as well, for those of you for whom religion isn't a valid worldview. We exist, solely, to pass on our genetic markers to the next generation. Evolutionarily speaking, anyone who doesn't do this is a failure. That's very cut and dried, and not intended as an insult to those of us who either choose not to or cannot pass on our genes. It's just my way of establishing that there is a deep primal drive within our DNA to have children, as well as the conditioning of belief and religion on top of that. This makes one of the few cases in which belief and biology are not at odds. That's some pretty powerful stuff to try to overcome if you want to stay living the bachelor's life forever, which, if anyone has ever read my blog, they know is not my ultimate goal, just one that I've resigned myself to at this point. I think I need to take a longer break.
I'm really sick of people saying, "We should just be friends." Before they even get a chance to know me. Hey, if there wasn't any interest, just don't give me your number, don't decide that before even really going on a date after you give it to me. I have a pretty thick skin, but if you hear shit like that enough, it definitely hurts. So, this is frustration of the accumulation of pinpricks, not one giant wound. Maybe that's why I'm more crotchety lately, but yeah, if I approach you as wanting to see if things can work, do me a favor and don't be my friend if they don't. I have plenty of friends already.
So, yeah, I'm a little bitter and a little angry, I'm kinda sick of seeing happy photos of smiling one and two year olds. Yeah, I am happy for you, but I'm definitely taking shots from all sides here, wondering what the fuck is so wrong with me that I can't ever have what other people have. It's not for lack of trying, I just can't really seem to find anyone who catches my interest enough that I want to seriously date them, or the shit falls apart before I even get a chance to formulate an opinion. But that's neither here nor there, and being bitter doesn't help anything. I still need to figure out more about myself before I'm ready for any of that. It's funny, i'm closer to 26 than to 25 now, which means I'm closer to 30 than 20, and if anything, life has more questions than answers for me now than it did when I was 20. I graduated almost four years ago, and I'm just barely finding something that I want to do that I can make money at. I laugh when people say you'll understand someday, because the proliferation of confusion definitely means that someday doesn't ever come.

Referees

I just wanna say how much I hate referees. BYU totally had a chance to win that game and the referees just handed it to Utah. Godfuckingdamnit. Oh well. UW won, Oregon won, Auburn won, Boise lost, it's a pretty decent weekend. If UW beats WSU they can go to the first bowl game of Jake Locker's career.

Too Busy

Sorry y'all I'm too busy lately to figure out what's up. So basically, life is the same, working all the time, working out, and unfulfilled. Still don't believe in love, waiting on something that's never coming. Same old. :).

Daylight Savings

So curse you, Daylight Savings Time! Or standard time. Or whatever has me awake at 6:30 in the morning feeling fully rested! Just finished our Turkey Bowl, and I had a great deal of fun, it was good playing with a bunch of guys who hadn't ever played together before and going all the way to the quarterfinals, with losses to the eventual runner up and tournament champions! :). Yeah, I put in a smiley. Deal with it. Bloody and beaten (literally), but not defeated, I had a great week. I'm killing the incentives on the teller line, and I can't wait to either move up or get that incentive check!