Wants vs. Needs

It is usually around this time of year that I find myself wondering what is important in terms of what I spend my hard-earned money on.

We all want certain things. We all need certain things. Sometimes we try to make wants into needs rather than actually needing them. The more we make our wants into needs, the more wants we have and then we all of a sudden need everything and it just gets childish. I NEED the entire Hannah Montana Bedspread set with matching bathroom rugs…..

“IF I DON”T GET IT I AM GONNA DIE!!” Could you imagine that ever happening to someone? Well in terms of hannah montnan type’s of things…..not necessarily something like…..penicillin.

I NEED to pay my rent. I NEED to buy healthy food. I NEED to go to work and earn money.

I NEED to go to the Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour performance at the world-renowned Palms Casino Pearl Ampitheater?????

No. But I sure want to.

I need to get into grad school. I need to grow up some more. I need to think about starting a family……..

I want to accurately differentiate the two. Am I selfish to want things….and to do things?

I guess it is just a case by case basis and especially varies person to person.

I need to stop writing about this. Thoughts?

VOTE OBAMA

I was driving home tonight and got to the I-80 and 1-15 interchange where I noticed that upon the highest bridge in the famed “spaghetti bowl”, some deliquent person risked their life to hang over the side of the overpass to write in beautiful grafitti letters the phrase “Vote Obama”

Now the first thing i thought was, ‘if that is the kind of idiots that are voting for Obama, then I am certainly not going to vote for him!’ and then i kind of came to my senses and thought that it would be a great idea for a republican supporter to write that on our beautiful freeways so that it appears that an Obama supporter did it to deter undecided people like me from voting for him.

Ralph Nader is sounding more and more ideal these days……But I have seen the people who vote for him and they are one step shy of the looney bin……Probably the parents of the nimrods who hung from an overpass to paint something retarded on the freeway.

In conclusion, I think that the Tampa Bay Rays are going to win the World Series in 6 games.

Sabotage

Is the word of the day.

The Beastie Boys liked it anyway.

Giant Douche or a Turd Sandwhich

So I wrote a post talking about perspective and how it has really helped me decide on how to vote in November.

In terms of local leadership and the race for Governor, I think i have made the decision.

But as for President……..wow…..

And I am not really tied to or prone to vote for any political party, sentiment, morality, or anything like that. Vote for the person, not the party.  It was something i learned from my dad, who while working for an ad agency out of college, headed up the democratic campaign because nobody else in the firm would work on a democratic campaign…….

anyway

I really don’t think that either party put forth the best person for the job. Both of them are a joke. One is a little bit better versed than the other, but lacks the experience that the first claims to have. One is accused of being a terrorist while the other is a Maverick. They both have voting history that is not very pleasing to anyone but the extreme left or right wing.

What about all of us in the middle that don’t really give a crap who William Ayers is? Or don’t care that Sarah Palin fired someone? Or that McCain has a failed Marriage or two? Or that Biden can talk us all to sleep? What we care about is what is GOING TO HAPPEN!?!?!

Either way, I don’t think that the best candidates are running, nor do i necessarily think that the best candidates came forward for this election–even to the primaries. Who would want to clean up the mess that the current President has created?

Long story short: this years election, more than any others, reminds me of the BRILLIANT episode of South Park where the school children had to vote for a new mascot because PETA threatened to sue the school if they had a cow for their mascot. When it came down to it, two new mascots were selected and the students would vote on which one they prefered more than the other.

“A Giant Douche” or a “turd Sandwhich”

I would recommend watching it some time. Also brings up a “beef” that I have with PETA in some recent ads that they have put on billoards around salt lake saying that cows milk has a direct link to autism….but that is for another day. I do admire their nude protests though.

Go nuts, try to suade me to one side or the other.

New Years 5K

Last year I spent New Years Eve in the Tokyo Disney Sea resort in Japan. It was one of the most exciting new years events i have ever attended. (speaking of, I know the subtitle of my blog says something about my adventures while I live in Japan–well i am really not there anymore, I just can’t figure out how to change that sub-title!! Let me know if you know how)

Anyway, the reason that last year was so exciting likely because I am from Utah. And an awesome New Years party around here means triscuits, cheese logs, and a never ending game of Settlers of Katan…or Catan….whatever. Not that I have any problem with that, especially the cheese log that tastes like smoked bacon, but i really need to try something new!

So a co-worker threw out a challenge to me that normally goes against anything that I believe in during the holidays and cold winter months which is all about being lazy, eating as much as possible, and hibernating:

Run a freakin 5k before midnight.

http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1639848&assetId=c168c558-b734-403d-870a-e1fd521cebe3

There reason I tell you this, is that I need some of you to remind me to get my fat but off the couch and get running again. The whole idea is that you finish the race before midnight, giving you exactly 30 minutes to do it. Add in the fact that it will be freezing cold seems to be slowing me already, and since the last time I ran a 5K i did it in 32 min–I worry whether or not I can finish by midnight.

Which is why i am coming out of the closet here and announcing a small goal to rock this race.

Otherwise, I will just have to win the award for coldest costume and we all no how things end up looking when it is cold………………..

the end