IF ANYONE HAS EVER READ THE SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW THAN THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. THERE IS NOTHING REMOTELY CONSERVATIVE ABOUT THIS PAPER. IRONICALLY, ITS SIMPLY A PG VERSION OF THE PAPERS I USED TO READ IN SANTA CRUZ WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE SO AS A REBULICANISH PERSON I HAVE NO PROBLEM READING IT. ITS SIMPLY A GOOD PUBLICATION. ALL THAT TO SAY, I WAS STUNNED THIS MORNING WHEN I BEGAN READING THE ARTICLE BY R.V. SCHEIDE ENTITLED "ABANDON ALL HOPE." THE WHOLE ARTICLE WAS A RANT BY AN OBVIOUS LIBERAL ABOUT OBAMA AND HIS "HOPE GONE AWRY." HIS OPENING LINE IS "NO POLITICIAN IN MY LIFETIME HAS PROMISED MORE AND DELIVERED LESS THAN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA." WOW, SOMEBODY WOKE UP! I HATE TO BE SO BLUNT, BUT I SAW THIS COMING A MILE AWAY. WHEN I SHOT MY SHORT FILM, "HOME-SCHOOL," IN OAK PARK, CONSIDERED TO BE ME THE MOST DANGEROUS REGION IN SACRAMENTO I GREW WEARY OF EVERYBODY'S PROMISES. "I CAN RAP." "MY COUSIN IS P-DIDDY." THESE ARE ACTUAL QUOTES (MY FILM WAS URBAN IN NATURE). BY THE END OF SHOOTING I WAS SO DONE WITH ANYONE WHO EVEN MENTIONED THEY COULD SING, DANCE, OR RAP. THESE "HUSTLERS" AS I CALLED THEM, WERE DEAD TO ME. SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I CAN NOW SPOT THEM A MILE AWAY. ALL THAT TO SAY, I DON'T THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA NECESSARILY INTENDED TO PROMISE THINGS THAT HE COULDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH, BUT WHEN I WOULD HEAR HIM SPEAK DURING HIS CAMPAIGN I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK IN OAK PARK SHOOTING. PLEASE TELL ME HOW A JUNIOR SENATOR FROM CHICAGO WAS GOING TO CHANGE THIS HUGE MESS WE CALL AMERICA. AND GRANTED, EVERYONE WAS DESPERATE FOR HOPE AND CHANGE! EVEN MYSELF! DID I FEEL MCCAIN COULD CHANGE THE WORLD I LIVE? HELLS NO!! BUT I KNEW HE WOULD AT BEST MAINTAIN. I KNEW OBAMA WAS IN WAY OVER HIS HEAD. LAST NIGHT WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE THOUGH. I WORK IN A RESTAURANT WHERE I AM IN CHARGE OF ALL "BANQUETS/LARGE PARTIES." IT WAS INSANITY LAST NIGHT AS I HAD MY FIRST WEDDING(ACTUAL CEREMONY) PERFORMED ON OUR LOWER PATIO AND THEN HAD ANOTHER LARGE PARTY OF 50 AT THE SAME TIME UPSTAIRS. THE UPSTAIRS PARTY CONSISTED OF ABOUT 10 CONGRESSMAN INCLUDING CALIFORNIA SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLE KAREN BASS WHICH I DIDN'T LEARN UNTIL THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT UPPED THE ANTI AS A BANQUET COORDINATOR. WEDDING DOWNSTAIRS, STATE SENATE UPSTAIRS....HAVE FUN!! WHAT WAS AMAZING WAS THE REVERSE OF ROLLS. IT AMAZED ME HOW THE EASIER PARTY TO DEAL WITH, BY FAR, WAS THE WEDDING PARTY WHO IRONICALLY WERE HAVING ONE OF THE BIGGEST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. THE SENATORS, WHO WERE JUST HAVING ANOTHER $2500 DINNER WERE RATHER AMUSING TO WATCH. AT ONE POINT, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY WAS LITERALLY "SITTING" ON ANOTHER ONE MY GUESTS (WELL PRETTY CLOSE), WINE IN HAND, AS THE GUEST ATTEMPTED TO QUIETLY ENJOY HER MEAL. THEY NEEDED THE MICROPHONE LOUDER, EVEN THOUGH I COULD HEAR THEM SPEAKING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE RESTAURANT. NOT ONE OF THEM EVEN COMMUNICATED WITH ME, WITHOUT ME ENGAGING THEM FIRST. I GUESS I WAS JUST THE HELP. I WAS TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE, BUT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THE TRUTH THAT THE ARISTOCRACY WAS UPSTAIRS ENJOYING THEIR FEAST BEFORE THEY PURGE THEMSELVES OR SMOKE A CIGAR WAS EVIDENT. IT ACTUALLY MADE ME NEARLY PHYSICALLY ILL A COUPLE OF TIMES. AT THE END OF THE DAY...THE PROBLEM IS NOT PRESIDENT BARACK OBABMA, ITS OUR POLITICIANS THEMSELVES. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF MILLIONAIRES MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT ALL OF US WHO MAKE MUCH LESS. TO SAY THEY ARE OUT OF TOUCH, IS A JOKE AND A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT. SO, ALL THAT TO SAY, AS A BARELY REPUBLICAN (I'M MORE OF A MIX) I APPLAUD OBABMA FOR AT LEAST TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING. I THINK WE SHOULD LITERALLY FIRE ALL OF THE STATE CONGRESSMAN AND JUST START FROM SCRATCH. A NON-VIOLENT REVOLUTION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR DOING OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE. THE BUDGET DEFICIT SPEAKS LOUDLY IN A STATE THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WAS THE 5TH RICHEST IN GOVERNMENTAL INCOME, AMONGST NATIONS. WHERE DID IT ALL GO? I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY TO SOME SHORT RIBS AND CAESAR SALADS.

MY FIRST NIGHT IN MIDTOWN

I REMEMBER IT WAS NEARLY THE FIRST NIGHT I HAD MOVED DOWN HERE. TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS, MIDTOWN. I HAD JUST WALKED BY FACES AND SOME OTHER BARS, REALLY JUST CHECKING OUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT. SOME HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE-WATCHING TO BE HONEST. THEN I SAW SOMETHING THAT, TO BE FRANK, MADE ME STOP IN MY TRACKS. UPON THE STEPS OF A CHURCH THEIR WERE MULTIPLE SLEEPING BAGS. IN FRONT OF ME A GROUP OF FRIENDS CARRIED A 24 PACK OF BEER THAT THEY HAD JUST PURCHASED FROM THE LOCAL LIQUOR STORE. ODDLY, THOSE FILLING THE BAGS SLEPT ON OR AT BEST, SIMPLY IGNORED. IT'S AS IF THEY DIDN'T EXIST, BUT THEY DID. THEY TRULY DID. THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE LACKING THE COMMONALITY OF WARMTH, BASIC FOOD, AND OF COURSE, PERHAPS WORST OF ALL, CONNECTION TO THE REGULAR..REAL WORLD. I THINK THAT PERHAPS THAT IS THE WORST ASPECT OF HOMELESSNESS ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW 4 SURE AS I'VE NEVER WALKED A DAY IN THEIR SHOES. ON THE STEPS OF THIS CHURCH IRONY SCREAMED OUT IN ITS LOUDEST MOST SHRILL VOICE. THE IRONY, I DON'T KNOW, TO ONE GROUP...THAT THE CHURCH PERHAPS TURNED A COLD SHOULDER TO THOSE THAT LAID HELPLESSLY ON ITS STEPS. TO ANOTHER, PERHAPS THAT THE CHURCH WAS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE THAT THEY COULD A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT.

I HATE KURT WARNER!!

It has come to this... my blog is henceforth started based on my disdain for one of the most popular sports in America. Take a guess,...ahhhh..I hear you now....Basketball? Baseball? No. NASCAR. No sir, wrong again. The sport I speak of is oh yes FANTASY FOOTBALL. The modern day Dungeons and Dragons. Even the name to a beautiful woman instantly reflects thoughts of awkwardness and nerdfulness (I like that word, just made it up) upon the palate of her mind. It is a secret society. A passoin.. a fight to the bitter end. Last week, I won my playoff game by 1.5 pts and was instantly granted a pass to the FANTASY SUPER BOWL!! Ecstatic, I called my mom, told my dad, and "shared" it on my Facebook. But oh, but yet the Christmas morn' come (or Eve morn' that is) and the good old NFL decides to make a change. To take a once beautiful touchdown away from by beloved quarterback, Kurt Warner. Pain, agony, regret.....!!! This my friend is Fantasy Football, this my friend, at times, is LIFE!! Is it about the money you ask. No. The prestige, the women, no. It's simply about RESPECT. It's about HONOR amongst your peers. And this blog my friend, is about KURT WARNER! RIP!