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I'm not the biggest Disturbed fan, but this video is definitely worth watching. The animation was done by Todd Macfarlane (creator of Spawn) and the message it conveys is very powerful and blunt. It makes you think about how our country looks from another perspective, and encourages you to not only think, but to take action against the corrupt powers that be. Enough is enough. Feel free to leave comments with your thoughts.

The song is "Land of Confusion" off their new album Ten Thousand Fists.

For some reason lately, my son has been obsessed with Hollywood. Last week he told me he wanted to go there for our next vacation. When I asked him why, he said because that's where all the cool people hang out. Oooookaaaaay!

A few days ago he came out of his room with his sunglasses on and he was dressed like he was going to take pictures (at least!). He had on tan slacks and white tee with a plaid button up shirt over it. He EVEN put gel in his hair.

When I had told him to get dressed that morning, he walked into his room wearing his Batman PJs looking like a 6 year old should. He came out looking like he was puked out of GAP commerical. What the hell?!?!?!

When one is depressed or unsure of themselves, they tend to reflect on life. They think about where they've been, where they are, and where they're going. At least that has always been the case for me. But what good does it do? Does a clear understanding of yourself really give you clairvoyance on who you really are? Does the constant soul searching really get you in touch with you? I always bought into that perception but now I'm not so sure. I've spent countless hours staring off into space trying to make sense of life. Not just my life but life in general. Now I'm not going to sit here and spill my guts.

The WTC is an incident that nearly everyone in America who is over 8 years old remembers watching live, or on the news shortly after. It is one event that has been jammed down our throats by the media and government ever since. Now some assholes decided that it would be a good idea to profit off of the tragedy and simultaneously shove it in our faces again. Is this even legal? It really shouldn't be.

I'm sure by now most people have seen a trailer or two for the World Trade Center Movie. If memory serves me, there have already been 2 movies about the "flight that fought back" and now they think we need to re-live something that happened only 5 years ago?

I'm not against historical movies or even the idea of this movie. I'm just irritated that they didn't wait until there was at least one or two people who don't remember it like it was yesterday. They haven't even done anything with the crater yet for fuck's sake.

The government has been (and still is) using the 9/11 tragedy to push forward their agendas, rob us of our freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism, and start a conflict in the middle east based off of false assumptions and lies. The media has used 9/11 as a tool for increasing ratings by keeping us in fear of repeat terrorist attacks. Now the movie industry wants a piece of the "fear of terror" pie. And why would we not buy into it? It would be unpatriotic not to, right? That is exactly the kind of bullshit they are preying on.

I'm sure these bastards are starting to film a movie based on the Israel/Hezbollah conflict for next summer already. It will be a gripping tale of two bullheaded overly religious groups fighting over a worthless piece of land, and it will be spun into an epic tale from the viewpoint of our righteous allies who are no more right than their enemies. This way we don't have to remember, we can pay $20 to watch what happened last year in semi-fictional movie form.

I strongly urge everyone to avoid the WTC movie, if for no other reason than they are profiting off of tragedy. People die, and they win by making millions selling a story that isn't their own. You are not unpatriotic if you don't see this movie! You were there, you do not need to remember it anymore than you already do. If you need another reason not to see it, Nicholas Cage is in it. That should be more than enough to keep anyone away.

I probaly shouldn't complain. My daughter has decided she is ready to do the toilet thing. She doesn't want anyone's help. She wants to just get in there and do her thing. Good news, right? {insert manical laughing here}

She hasn't yet grasped the concept of how much toilet paper is too much. I just changed the DOUBLE roll of Cottenelle with Aloe Vera today. About an hour ago, I spent a good twenty minutes in the bathroom (which I just cleaned this morning) fishing out toilet paper with a plunger and my hands (rubber gloved, of course). My daughter tried to flush the whole roll down the toilet. Let me rephrase that. She unrolled the whole thing and tried to flush it all down the john.

While checking my emails this morning I opened an email from my mom. I was disappointed in what I read. Here is what she sent me:

This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of Migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military action against Iraq continues, Taliban will cut off America's supply of conveinience store managers. And if this action does not yield sufficent results, cab drivers will be next, followed by Dell customer service reps.

In order for you to understand why this was so disappointing for me (besides the obvious of it being a racist jab at the arabic nation) you would first have to understand my mother.

I have been impeached!

Just kidding...

All this time I've been vice mayor of the community only to find out a few days ago from the mayor herself that I'm not (and never was) her vice mayor. I'm only a volunteer. She has asked someone else to be her vice mayor.

What?!?!?!? You may be asking yourself. I sure as hell have asked myself just that quite a few times.

Here's the dealy-o:

1. The mayor needs someone she can push around...that ain't me!

2. The mayor and the community mananger do not click and lately I've been the go-between. The mayor is not happy about me helping out the community manager.

Nobody laugh...

Did you know that there is actually a website dedicated solely to the (enevitable) divorce of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline?

How did I discover this tidbit of useless information you might ask?

Well, I was reading one of those celebrity magazines that I seem to have a fixation for. It was probably Star or US. Anyway, there was an article about Mr. and Mrs. Spears (big surprise!). Towards the end it said there was actually a online petition you can sign for Britney to divorce K-Fed.

For anyone who knows my nosey ass, you KNOW I went to check it out. The site has a contest going on where you can guess the divorce date. You can win all kinds of trailer trash prizes like a Buick hubcap and even a wife beater complete with sweat stains. There is even a section where merchandise is sold promoting a divorce.

Okay. Awhile back I said I had more to say about my trip to Louisiana. Well here goes...

When we go to visit, we have long since limited our trips to no more than a week and a half. Even then that is pushing it. Our families complain that our vivits are never long enough.

At first everything is hunky-dory. Towards the end we remember why we wanted to move away so bad in the first place.

Nick was always very adement that he didn't want to raise our children too close to his grandparents...his grandma in particular. Don't jump to conclusions. Nick adores his "Maw-Maw".

The problem is Maw-Maw takes the spoiling of the grandchildren to a whole other level.

We just got back from NOLA yesterday evening. While we were gone we let the mother-in-law stay at our house so she could check our mail and feed Duece. When we originally told her we were leaving she got all worked up because the majority of her mail comes to our house. She was worried that she wouldn't get some check she was waiting on. Nick suggested she just stay at our house so she could get the mail everyday AND in the meantime feed the dog.

Before we left, we took her to Wal-Mart so she could get herself some groceries for the week and half we would be gone. I distinctly remember unpacking and putting away her groceries for her thinking, "I guess she only plans on eating pork chops and sandwiches while we are gone." all because her only meats were a pack of pork chops and a pack of liver cheese lunch meat.