Turkey For One

I apologize ahead of time for any strange things I may say during this post. I have not slept in over 24 hours and I am under extreme pressure from college. Just a few nights ago, I did the same thing. I have so much school work to do, and here I am playing games and talking to friends. I put the pro in procrastination.
I had big plans for Thanksgiving. For weeks, I have planned to go down to Provo, Utah to visit my... I guess you would call "love interest". It was all going to be a surprise. I had two different places to stay, and several rides to pick from. One by one, they all started to cancel on me. I soon was left with no place to stay, or no ride to my destination. I tried everything I could to get down there. I looked at bus tickets, but I deemed them too expensive (50 bucks each way). Then, just a week ago, I saw an ad on my college website asking for passengers to go to Provo. I became overwhelmed with excitement. The thing was, the car was leaving in just a few hours. Without hesitation, I called the girl who had put up the ad, and I then had a ride. My only problem was, I still didn't have a place to stay. I wasn't going to worry about it then, I was going to figure it out when I got there. All that was important to me was that I got to Provo to see this incredible girl that I've known for years. I quickly packed my bags, took a shower, and then sat down for a breather. My brother and sister in-law came to my room very impressed with my spontaneous actions. A buzz went off in my pocket. I grabbed my phone to look at my new text from the girl who was going to give me a ride in just an hour.
I read, "Hey ethan! I ended up leaving with my friend already last minute. I'm sorry! Have a great break." In desperation, I immediately called her, planning to tell her I was already ready. She wouldn't pick up. I tried again. Same response. I was devastated. There was nothing left, I tried everything. My plans were shot. I was stuck in Rexburg for Thanksgiving.
My brother and his wife already had plans to go to her parents house. They invited me, however, with thanks, I declined. It wasn't my family, I would feel uncomfortable. They left last wednesday morning, before I woke up. The past few days, I have had the house to myself. I decided I was going to make the best of the situation, so I went to the grocery store.
On Thanksgiving day, I made the meal of my life. A small honey bbq chicken (pre-cooked from the store) and a family recipe of mashed potatoes, with corn, rice, and rolls. I sat down in my living room with my golden food and a glass of cranberry apple juice. I lived like a king. I then watched "It's a Wonderful Life" as I always do on Thanksgiving day.
Yes, I wish I was in Provo visiting a very important person to me, but instead of sitting in self pity, I made the best of things. It turned out to be one of the best days I've had in a long time.

Politics

College classes are wonderful. So much better than high school. For some reason, I want to work even harder and learn as much as I can. That's a bit step for me from high school. I just tried out for one of the ultimate frisbee teams this past weekend. Last night I was notified by email that I am now part of the Titans frisbee team. I'm excited about that. Another thing that I might have mentioned already is that I love talking about politics. Let me vent off a little bit.

People need to stop attacking these little things. Since when did health and children have anything to do with the presidency? Lets talk about their policies. That is what is truly important in this race. Though, most of america is stupid lol. Likeability plays too much of a role. Then again, I live in a ideal society.

First, I would like to cover the tax issues on both sides. I don't agree with either side lol. Obama says taxcuts for everyone except for the top 2%. Umm.. For one thing, In my opinion, these people have earned their money. What right do we have to tell them they have to pay more. Just because they are more successful in life doesn't mean they have more responsibility as citizens. Also, that tax increase to the rich will still effect the lives of the middle class. These rich people are the business owners. If they are going to be taxed, they are going to make up for it by increasing their prices. This will either even out the tax cuts for the middle class, or over shadow it. When McCain says Obama is trying to raise our taxes, technically its a lie, but this is the point hes trying to get at. With Obama's policy, it will cause even more inflation than we already have. That will deepen the wounds in our economy further. Another point I want to make is that Obama says that he will find alternative efficient fuel sources. Umm, I don't know how he can make that promise being he isn't doing the research. The scientists are. He is going to put more funds into that research. Ok. sounds good. But let me go on. His universal health care plan is going to be the biggest hit to the economy. The Government is supposed to pay for everyone's health care. Everyone's... Our Economy is nearly broken, banks are going bankrupt (ironic), there's barely in money left in our Government, in fact, we are in a super debt to China. His plan is to spend more Government money?? Where is it coming from? He promises us all these things, and some of them may sound great. But there is no possible way he can do it without destroying our economy further.

McCain wants tax cuts for everyone. Sounds nice too, right? Well.. he is relying on the fact that the people will use their new saved money to go out and buy things. That would help the economy tremendously. But with the economy the way it is now, the people are too scared to spend too much money. The tax cuts would hurt our government if i'm right in the behavior of the people. Therefore, I suggest that not only we increase taxes for the top 2% but for every citizen who shares the responsibility to help our nation. The taxes are going to suck at first, but it will help in the long run. Our congress screwed us over by spending all our tax money. The war in Iraq certainly is not helping. This war is the first war in American history where we did not raise our taxes. The sweet attempt by bush to appease the people back fired. It hurt our government and our economy. We have to raise taxes.

New Home

Hello again. Well, yesterday I made it to my new home. Its nice and cozy. Nothing really interesting to talk about. Though, on the trip, I had plenty of time to think about things. One of those things was faith. (Religion is the center of my life, don't be surprised if I bring up Religious topics often). The definition of faith in the dictionary is, "Complete trust in someone or something." Well, yes, that is true. Faith is more than just trust, its believing, its constant work. You have to practice faith. It just doesn't come to you. I guess the phrase "leap of faith" comes into play. If you don't practice faith, you start to lose it. It is in constant motion; increasing or decreasing.

Climbing the Ladder

I left early this morning off to college. Woohoo! My rank/status in the world has increased lol. Right now im in Missiouri, heading out to Idaho. Still got a long way to go. Sitting in a car full of my belongings, knowing life will never be the same, kinda gets dull. I love road trips, but this one is longer than usual for me. I've driven all the way to southern cali, up california, and all the way back to georgia. I guess im just excited. I apologize for this kinda boring post. Once I get settled in college and stuff, ill make it more interesting.

Its interesting how some things change, and how other things never change. For the longest time now, I have lived in this drama free world. Or at least it has felt like it. It wasn't that long ago when all it was, was drama. I went to visit my old high school this morning, just to say hi before I leave thursday to college. Nothing had really changed. The people I hung out with all the time had never changed. I took a good look in the past and I saw so many things I never have seen before. These friends of mine have lived through over blown problems and continue to do so. Now, being on the outside, I recognize that these situations are not uncontrollable. You can in fact make your life brighter just by even wanting to make it brighter. You have to make the best of things and move on, unlike some of my old friends that just make a big deal out of it. The same things have been happening in my life, yet, I have made the choice to move on. I once heard a wise man say, "Humans are the only organisms in the world that think about thinking". You can choose how you think. Everyone knows you can choose what you do, how you act. But those come from your thoughts. Not everyone trys to control how they think. My old friends, they choose to think negatively. I'd rather be happy.

Welcome to my new Blog

Hello there all those daring and willing to read all about me. Not that its daring, probably boring. My main purpose in this blog is for me to express my views, feelings, and just talk about what ever. Most of my friends have moved and/or busy with college and work among other things. They are too busy to hear me complain and share my ideals lol. Anyways, I'm about to leave for BYU-I on Thursday, which shall be fun. I'll try to keep this as updated as I possible. Right now, I'm just wasting time while I'm using my nebulizer (asthma machine) preparing to go to work. I currently work at Music and Arts center and I totally love it there. The only problem is I get paid awful for what I do. I work about 30-35 hours a week, and I'm one of three key holders. That means I get to open and close the store. You would think for an 18 year old, with these responsibilities, I would get paid at least $8/Hr. Well, I only get paid 7/Hr along with the regular part-time staff. Tomorrow is my last day at work unfortunately, but at least I'm moving on to better things. Wish me luck at work, hopefully I can make another big sell.