“I’m Just Saying”

I am officially getting old.  Last night was my twenty-second birthday.  It was a glorious night filled with friends, libations and good old-fashioned debauchery.  I actually woke up today with a cue ball in my pocket.  Sorry, to whichever bar it belongs to.  It does fit nicely with the eight ball from my twenty-first birthday.  Maybe I will have a whole set by the time I am done.  Now I can look forward to graduating and becoming a real-life working man, or spending three more years in law school.

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I found out three weeks ago that I have been wrong for months.  I was under the impression that I was graduating next fall.  I had planned everything around this idea.  I haven’t looked for a job or anything.  You could imagine my surprise when I found out the other day that I will be graduating this May.  This was good and bad.  I was happy that I would actually be getting out of here in four years, which will save me a lot of money.  It was bad because I haven’t made any plans.  This leads me to one of the biggest decisions of my life, law school. (more…)

Oklahoma finally has tattoos.  We finally got rid of one of our archaic and pointless laws banning something. This is exciting to me, because I have always wanted to get a tattoo.  I am not sure when I will get it, or if I will get it in Oklahoma, but it is good to know that I can if I want.  The law was stupid in the first place.  My understanding is that it was first enacted for safety purposes to guard against the spread of diseases.  The problem with this law was that people were going to get tattoos in anyway, and by forcing them to do it in underground parlors, the government had no control.  So this was basically a law that could have potentially done more harm than good.  Congratulations to Oklahoma for crawling out of the dark ages and saying hello to modern society and technology.  I would much rather have people getting tattoos in a sterile environment with professionals than getting them in the backroom of a bar with a needle and Indian ink. (more…)

Tom Haggard, you suck, and now everybody knows it.  It seems like there are no shortage of these hypocrites who are willing to preach to the masses about the sins they are committing while at the same time, committing those very sins themselves.  Tom Haggard was a huge proponent against homosexuality and same-sex marriage, and now it has been discovered that he was a participant in the very sins that he was against.  I understand that nobody is perfect, but I don’t understand how somebody can go through their normal day carrying such an inexcusable lie.  The same goes for the numbers of Catholic priests who have been participants in child molestation or any other act that they profess to be against.  It is stories of men and women like this who give organized religion a bad name.  Nobody likes a hypocrite, nobody.

I have never considered my self a fashion expert.  Nor am I normally the one to comment on anybody else’s choice in fashion.  Everybody has their own choice.  But sometimes there is movement that is so irritating that you must vent on it.  This year I have to say something.  What is the deal with girls wearing those crazy furry, Eskimo-looking boots and sweatpants?  Yeah, I said it, and you know exactly what I am talking about.  If you don’t, consider yourself lucky.  First of all, I am not sure what the furry boots are about in the first place.  I am sure they are great for the Arctic. They were probably standard footwear when our ancestors hiked across the frozen bridge from Eastern Asia, but what are girls doing wearing these things in Oklahoma?  I am sure that some dingy blonde in Hollywood started this trend, see Jessica Simpson.  Even through all that, I can stomach the boots.  Everyone makes make mistakes.  (more…)

I would like to thank Eskimo Joe’s and Coors Light for once again making my Mondays a better day. Eskimo Joe’s is now serving $2 All-You-Can-Eat Chili Dogs and $5 All-You-Can-Drink Coors Light during Monday Night Football. Eskimo Joe’s has found a way into my heart. What can be better than beer, chili dogs and football? I can only thing a few things, and we will not discuss those on this site. Now I really can’t wait until Monday comes along, and this is coming from somebody who previously hated them. Unfortunately Joe’s hasn’t found a way to get me out of class or work on Monday, but hey, they aren’t miracle workers. I would be happy if they found a way to get rid of Joe Theisman though.

Enough is enough! Am I the only person on the planet who does not feel just a little overwhelmed by all of the graphics streaming, jumping, popping and doing swirling around the television screen as I try and watch the “news”? It is hard enough to sift through all the political jockeying in cable news these days without trying to sift through a bombardment of graphics. Half the time I am not sure whether I should be listening to the anchor or reading one of them any streaming stories on the bottom of the screen. (more…)