:: Haphazardly yours, ::

:: Friday, November 21, 2003 ::

Oh, thank god we're cracking down on these horrible criminals.

Such the dangerous white-bread suburb. I know! Let's just give out large fines for scoffing at a needless and pointless new regulation!!! After all, first these kids cross where there's not a crossing and light, next, it's opium dens...dens of vice and corruption. Wearing green whiskers, and voting Democratic. God save the Flower Mound children. At least they're finally seeing how the real winds blow. Ah, hell...maybe it's best this way...they've gotta butt heads with authority sooner or later, I guess.

Still...$200 for jaywalking??


:: primergray 9:57 PM [+] ::
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Thought on gun control...they're going at it all wrong. Regulate and impose waiting times on ammo. Sure, have any kind of gun you want...but if you want bullets...well, that may take a couple days.

Hmm, I'll have to think on that one to see if my libertarian leanings allow that sort of thing. Still, instead of quibbling whether the right to bear arms really means the right to bear arms, it makes more sense to me that there's nothing that says anything about the right to stockpile ammunition.

Why doesn't anyone take this seemingly obvious approach? Hell, even as a "just in case" measure, it's not like there are rabid Bullet Lobbyists frothing in the bullpen, waiting for a chance to suck up and manipulate. What a world, what a world.

Seems so simple, but no...everyone continues to push in the same direction as before. Well, that path leads to nothing but mud and fuckup, my friends...mud and fuckup.
:: primergray 5:47 PM [+] ::
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Ok, swing dance didn't work out so well...turns out it runs from 5:30 to 6:45, and not starting at 6:30 as I'd been led to believe. Worse, we peeked in, and it looked like a jr. high dance, Jenna and I shuddered at the sight of a 20-something couple, awkwardly couple dancing to Stayin' Alive.

We turned and walked away...perhaps another venue for dancing, another time. Of course, I'll still maybe go for some bands at the American Legion Hall, but the Tuesday thing seems to be out. Alas. So, went for a walk around Lake Ella, sat down on a bench for a while, just enjoying the nice cool "about to storm" weather and whatnot...gave some money to a homeless guy "ok, thanks Jenna, I'll get the next one", then the bottom dropped out of the sky.

Florida rainstorms give no foreplay/anticipation like they did in Texas. Back home, they would announce the coming storm the day before, updates throughout the day, building up excitement...then, as the storm approached, you'd feel the wind kick up, the pressure drop and then the storm came in. "East wind bwow! West wind bwow! Wightning stwike!!!".

Florida storms are like being humped by a dog. Just minding your own business, thinking "ugh, why is it so freaking humid?" and then, suddenly, you're all wet.

So, then good Italian food was consumed (still haven't found a fave restaurant here, damn I miss good mexican food...hell, I even miss Taco Cabana), and at least the city had fixed the power when we got to Casa Primer. Turns out that a giant tree had fallen and took out a telephone pole/transformer. Well, that was a half block away, so it explains the crunching sound when the lights went out.
:: primergray 5:42 PM [+] ::
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Well, going to once again attempt to begin the process of learning how to swing dance. Jenna didn't talk me into it, just gave me that little bit of peer pressure I needed to get over the hump. Why am I so lazy that I need other people to talk me into doing things that I actually already want to do?


:: primergray 5:42 PM [+] ::
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Disposable cameras...fairly handy...take your pictures, take the camera in and get your pics on photo paper or CD.

So, since that capabilty already exists in all disposable camers...and all film in general...what's the point of this?

800 speed film...is that the difference? I could maybe accept that...otherwise...WHY?!?!?!
:: primergray 5:36 PM [+] ::
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Yikes...


Went home for lunch...and then there was this loud booming/crunchy sound at the same time everything electric shut down. No power. Soon afterwards, firetruck sirens...so, I went to Taco Bell.

Trouble in Tallahassee...probably only with just one big transformer, though. I've been told I'm on the same grid as the hospital. Ah, these things happen when you're like me and insist on living in older neighborhoods.
:: primergray 5:26 PM [+] ::
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Ok...I need to tell the stories of my trip to Talladega, working on pit lane during the ARCA race, camping in the infield, and a trip to DC for training...work and walking really.
:: primergray 5:19 PM [+] ::
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