April 2003 Archives

My good friend Dan tells me this story that someone told him... listen up...
There was this guy who was poor and out of work, and of course it was the depression so there was little work to be had. The only place that was doign well in his town was the local whore house. So he goes to the whore house looking for work where he is told by a woman that she needs a book keeper. You know the whore house is making all this money and she needs some help keeping track of it all. Well, he responds that he wishes he could, but he has no education and wouldn't be any good at book keeping. So she hands him 50 cents and tells him good luck. So he goes to the market and buys 50 cents worth of vegetables, then goes door to door selling them. He comes back with 60 cents, so he goes and buys more vegetables. After selling door to door he then has a dollar. Fast forward a few months and he's got a vegetable cart. Fast forward 30 years and he's got a fleet of tractors and he's making millions. So this young reporter comes to interview him about his sucess, and the man tells the reporter he did it all without a formal education. So the reporter is like "wow, that's amazing. Imagine where you would be then if you DID have an education!" "Yeah," says the rich man. "I'd be a book keeper in a whore house."

Just goes to show you you never know where life is taking you, and that you shouldn't look back with regret for what might have been.

So tonight at work was quite interesting. Two pee incidents. One in the store where I didn't have to see it thankfully. However, the other one was right where I was. And this kid peed all over the place! ARG! I mean, left a puddle and then a trail about 20 ft long. Something tells me the parents should have been paying a bit more attention to their child's needs.

Looking at houses - found a really nice one. Gotta make that big decision though. Is this the one? Keep looking? Decisions, decisions...

Trying to avoid listening to war news, but occasionally checking with CNN to make sure no nukes have gone off.

Busy week - working though Wed and then we're off! A week and a half away from work, away from everything. So needed.

Will this crap never end? There's a story today about how the Vatican released a new best seller - I guess it's the glossary of sexual terms. Don't you think they would have something better to do there, like figure out solutions to world hunger or something. Well, no, they decided to once again dehumanize gay people by stating that homosexuality as a condition "without any social value" and that gays are suffering from an "unresolved psychological conflict." Well let me tell you now what that pschological conflict is. It's having to deal with all the uneducated assholes in the world. (sorry, but I'm a bit livid at the moment) No really, there are people in the world who are just uneducated about gay people, but are really wonderful people. But can I just wonder out loud here about the people at the Vatican? I would assume if they work there they would be somewhat educated. And assuming that they are, I'm wondering what is with this concerted effort to demonize and dehumanize gay people? You'd think there's some other motive there.... like money maybe? Or perhaps they simply protest a bit too loudly. I think it's a combination of both. I hope they rot in their own hatred. (again, I apologize for the nastiness, but I'm a bit POed - thanks for baring with me)

So today I did something totally ridiculous yet meaningful at the same time. A while back a friend of mine told me that she registered herself as a Reverend online at this Universal Life Church. I thought that must be a joke. Then I saw something about it on the news, and then just today I was thinking about it for some reason. So I went to the website (www.ulc.org) and read up about it. Sounded interesting and something told me to enter my name and push the button, almost just to see if it would really happen. Then poof! Out came my certificate...

So now I'm thinking about the real reason for doing this. Part of me says it was just ridiculous, but at the same time it has this little meaning for me. It's somewhat symbolic of my view on religion. I don't believe in anyone telling me about my sprituality. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate advice from people or insights from those who are educated, but I can't see myself going to someone to help me clear up doubts or questions about "God". I tend to think that's something within me, that only I can truely figure out for myself. So when I register to become a "reverend," I really am my own reverend. For me it's kinda making a statement. Maybe not to someone else, but I'm not really concerned about that. I don't think I need someone else to divine the "truth" for me or funnel God's wisdom to me. Who is anyone to tell someone else what God wants anyway? So now I can preach to myself, and have a credential. Though it's not the one I registered for online, it's the one I've always had as a human being.