Random Inspirations

This Sunday marks the year anniversary of my “VH1 Best Week Ever”. Last Oct 29th, Chris and I found out we were parents, which as most people know, was my life long dream. The excitement of that moment is something I think I will never forget. There was crying and laughing and jumping up and down, and phone calls…you get the idea. Just a few days after that, George was re-elected the President of the United States in what was a very close election and durning a time when I was living in the liberal capital of the midwest. This of course was also very exciting to me at the time as I have deep politiacal passions and a soft spot for ol’ dubya. The day after the election was my 25th birthday and that was fun cause 25 is just a cool number. That night we had a little party with Boulder friends at Bennigans to celebrate baby, Bush, and birthday. I really thought that it would be impossible to hold an ounce more of happiness.

Well, I was wrong. At the same time this year I look back and see that I am even happier this week in 2005 than I was in 2004. A lot has happened in the last year and I find myself in a place of utter contentment. First of all, having a perfect child, who at the moment is preciously sleeping in her swing, is MUCH better than being pregnant (something I found out about the second week of November last year!). She is the most amazing thing I have ever laid eyes upon, and she’s mine!?! The second thing that is more amazing this time around is that I am in Stillwater and not Boulder. Don’t think for a minute that I don’t firmly believe that is where God wanted us last year cause it was. But being there gave me a rich appreciation for my family and friends and I am blessed to know where my home is. I find myself sitting here, in my beautiful home, listening to my kid breathing in the other room, 1 missed call from a great friend on my cell phone, best in-laws in all the world on their way to my house tomorrow, a great job at my church and I think, how does life get better than this? We’ll have to see what 2006 brings!

Still can’t come up with a decent design for this site…

I am very pleased that my wife is accepting me for the pseudo-nerd that I am. The only reason I say “pseudo” is because we’re poor and I can’t afford all the gadgets that would make me a full blown nerd.

Anyway, this is going to be a political entry *gasp*

I know!

I took a road trip yesterday and stopped in a fast-food restaurant (that shall remain McNameless). There were several TVs in the joint. The one I was watching was, of course, showing sports. However, as I was walking out, another TV was showing a prominent, fair and balanced news station. On the TV was our beloved President Dubya. Granted I was just walking by, so I didn’t really hear what he was saying, but I did read the captions. And having watched the station enough, I know that the captions are usually a one-sentence summary of what the speaker has said within the last 2-20 mins (depending on the weight of the topic).

The caption read (something to the effect of): “Bush: I picked Miers partly because of her religious beliefs.” And I quickly strolled past.

Now, I’m no political expert, nor did I hear the comments that he made in context. However, I think I know enough that, even if you have chosen someone on their religious beliefs for a prominent government position, you probably shouldn’t tell the media that.
That said, I turn my attention toward another aspect of the nomination, best quote from Casey from CommentSense:

I’ve delayed commenting on President Bush’s nomination to the Supreme Court because I don’t know what to think. I am shocked at the nomination of Harriet Miers, but I am equally shocked at the media’s low key response. Very few articles have come out criticizing her personally as much as criticizing the conservatives for being critical of the nomination. VERY interesting. VERY untypical of the American-media-hate-flingers. Nominating two Supreme Court Justices to the bench, including the Chief Justice is a rare honor, and my prayer is that President Bush either made the best decision, or would be compelled to withdraw the nomination. I suppose that’s a safe position to take at this point.

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Another beef I have with the media, is, why do we give so much political credibility to people in Hollywood? These people are paid to entertain us, and, somehow, through the years, we’ve put them up on some sort of pedestal where they have all sorts of influence. They control what toothpaste we buy (the Olsen twins), what shampoo we us (Eva and Pantene), etc, etc.
The thing is, they only have this power because we, as a nation of iPod loving, TiVoing, streaming video watching, music downloading, and internet surfing in the bathroom people, give it to them. How do actors and actresses know so much more about politics than we do? They may have more time to look into issues, but do you really think that they take the time to? Maybe on one or two issues (read: Pam Anderson and PETA).

Okay, I’m done ranting. Any questions?

By the way, I hate to admit it, but the celebrity/political beef wasn’t an original SR idea. If I could find where I got the idea, I would link, but I forgot where I read it. And I want an iPod, have a TiVo, watch (and provide on occasion) streaming video, and download music. I just don’t have a computer in the bathroom.