Christmas without a safety blanket of family

My Christmas alone to me was an experience that, at first was sorrowful, but in the end appreciative. I did not need to be with my loved ones on Christmas day to make it special for myself. After realizing that I would not be able to be with the family that I planned on being with, I made the most of the day. I lent a Christmas spirit hand and helped others in the neighborhood, that I wouldn't otherwise, dig out. I tried to make the short journey to Des Moines to spend the Christmas night with pops and step-mom, but I soon realized that the risk wasn't worth the reward. That saddened me at the prospect of my first Christmas alone. I damn near cried until I realized, I and many others weren't alone. Wrigley gave me comfort, and soon I had snow to move that got my mind off of being alone. I am thankful for how Christmas worked out. I found that when your away from family on Christmas, sometimes you have to find others in the same situation to enjoy it with. Even if it is a cat or a working situation.

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What I don't know about Christmas.

When I was a kid things were simple. Traveling to Arkansas may have been difficult but I did not know that reality. I knew one reality that I and my brother would gain a lot in our Lego cache. Life was simple. Ride to Arkansas in the van while sleeping on a couch. Pops would drive the Cadilacc with his brights on and not know it. It's these stories that I adore. It is why I love history. Everyone has a history that defines themselves. Know One thing that history is us and everyone. Not just politicians that influence the world. The stories of Americana shape the world.

Ho Ho Ho BBQ

Are you fucking kidding me. Mourning is a word that has meaning to me. Mourning a life should be straightforward and direct. Don't bottle up anger or angst. I hang my shirts in my office in honor of the fallen victims not in misery of the future. A shrine does not exist to torment the realism of the reality. A shrine exists to celebrate the reality of the wanting of a better something in life. I celebrate a potential of a better reality of a certain team, yet I understand that a better team may not exist. A better human being may not exist, but that person still exists in our own minds.

Chinese made shit

I cannot not buy chinese made products anymore. As much as I want to it becomes inevitable. But I hate how cheap they make their shit. It is remarkable to me the level of cheap poorly made goods that we now accept. We used to joke, not so many years ago, about Japanese and Taiwanese products being cheap. Now we don't care. Spent 6 dollars on long johns. Already torn in one day of usage. Spent 80 dollars on hand held vaccuum. Done after one year. Spent 1000 dollars on TV almost done after two years. Where is the trade off of the throw-away society. Does anyone beside me get frustrated at this constant replacement of cheap goods we now have. You can't even buy a kitchen broom without the head falling off in the first 6 months. It used to be a bragging right of how long you owned a needed household item. "I've had my washer for 18 years and she finally gave out". Hell I had a dvd player from 1998 to 2008, and then it took a crap. I replaced it, and have replaced that with another. Think about that though. I probably spent 200 to 250 on the first, and have now spent 40 and 30, respectively, on the next two. We don't gain anything by going with chinese made shit.

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I also recall a battery change once with the original dvd player, so add 4 or 5 dollars.

The uninformed American Public

Change is good, and butterflies control the world. I ask this, who killed Lincoln? Why of course John Wilkes Booth. Who killed Kennedy? Why of course Lee Harvey Oswald. Tell me why I misspelled both Wilkes and Oswald and Word corrected me? Because that has a become the historical truth. Now name the assassin of Garfield. The assassin of Wilson. Of Taft, of Roosevelt, of Truman, of Eisenhower, of Kennedy, of Nixon, of ford, of Reagan, of bush, of Clinton, of bush, of Obama. There will always be political separation from the the other half.

A step back with a perspective

I read all of my blogs tonight, and am proud of most, if not all of them. FYI, I have probably deleted less than five total out of 68 or so posted. I'll probably get to 100 eventually, as my only goal is to satisfy myself and see my opinions in writing of a diary form. One constant theme that I read was my honesty in opinion, and I think that we all need to think and act that way. Anyone who has read this, besides myself, should realize that. I've even discussed my bought with depression briefly. Most of my blogs involved history, and have now given myself a viewpoint of my own history. I had forgotten some of my own historical perspectives. But, I do realize everything that I have written since 2006 has truly come from my heart. I look at this blog as a personal diary that anyone can view and leave a comment. I also look at it as a way to vent as a true american without the need to worry about I say. It is my venting site, allowing me to write an online diary. Sometimes I question my sincerity about topics including my personal life, but in the end I believe that has been beneficial to myself and hopefully to the small public that knows about me.

Have we all been duped

We all believed in something new and exciting even if we didn't vote that way. Who is Obama we all thought and what can be so bad about him. A blow job in the oval office is nothing compared to this man. He has the worst and most socialist advisors dating back to FDR. Think FDR got us out of a depression, reread history. He is worse than Wilson, in his radical view points. Wilson was a racist and a political appeaser. Obama combines those two attributes and is praised for having them. Anyone who thinks that the federal government spending practices brings us out of a recession has never read a history book, or never has understood history. The oil price isn't indicative of supply only indicative of a weak dollar. Even World War II did not bring us out of a depression. It took a good ten years to see that progress. Why, we quit devaluing the dollar and saw that the dollar rose against other currencies. Read history. Hitler came to political power barely. The value of the Deuchmark was undervalued and led to a collapse of the German economy. We have the same parallels yet we have a choice now. Do we want a socialist government that controls industry or do we as a people stand up and say no to Obama, Pelosi, and Reed. We must demand that we mean something. History is overlooked. I hate that fact because I pore over it so much. Open your eyes, and see the glaring parallels of history and don't shrug it off so easily. The old terminology that history repeats itself is only half way true. If you don't learn from history you will fail! Failure to me is not an option. We as a country showed that socialism did not work, and now we want to show that it does work. Sounds weird to me and any other sensible person.