Are you honestly still reading this?

If I ever repeat myself I am sorry ahead of time, I try really hard not to. Did I type that already? Moving on. I as a human being want to make it clear, that at all times I have the right to change my mind regardless of what I've wrote in the past. If I offend you, I'm sorry my intentions were not to do so. I was probably being sarcastic or playing devils advocate. I have a tendency to do that.

How many fans, readers, critiques did I scare away? I read the other day 1 out of 7 adults in America can't read. You illiterate bastards, good thing they can't read that. Except my blog will be so popular, they will have an interpreter read it to them. I wonder how they figured that out? How many people did they poll? Everyone I know can read. That's a rather alarming figure, don't you think? Does this include immigrants fresh from crossing the border? Did they walk up to random homeless people? They have to be able to read they write signs at least. "Will work for food." Meanwhile, on the other side of the street there is a gas station with a now hiring sign. But the homeless vet would rather collect loose change from strangers walking by, for a bottle of the bottom of the shelf vodka and maybe if he's lucky a couple items from the McDonald's dollar menu.

I can picture the pollster walking around asking people to read a pamphlet in some big convention center. The person being questioned just looks up all confused and tells the pollster they can't read. The pollster who really has no heart, fires back "What are you blind?" The poor almost ashamed individual then replies, "Why, yes, yes I am actually. This is a conference for blind people, didn't you read the sign out front?" The pollster is then dumbfounded and simply answers, "My bad. I'm still going to count that though because that's what I want my results to show and I'm the one conducting this here survey." Sociology at it's best folks. Makes you wonder about all those election polls, just a little? No? Okay fine. Makes me wonder at least.

I guess I need to put more pictures on my blog to bring in that extra one out of seven people into my blogworld and make them more comfortable. I am all about posting an equal opportunity blog, I don't want to single anyone out especially someone who can't read.

If ever in the future I receive ten votes, I will write about one of these two topics:
1. Ban cell phone use while driving nationwide.
2. Up the age to obtain a drivers license to 17.
I just need ten votes all together. I'm guessing I might be able to debate about this sometime next year. I could just write about both over the next couple of days, but where is the fun and drama in that? I need to get my readers involved somehow, I highly value your input.

I promised myself I would try not to write about sports, so when I do I will give you a spoiler alert so you can skip over that section.

I want to have a topic of the day. So without further ado...

Today's topic: Your dream job.
I read an article last night about a dream job. It involved soaking in the sun on an island for 6 months. It paid oh somewhere around 108,000 dollars or something close to that. Which means about 600 dollars a day. All you have to do is take pictures, write a blog, and talk about what you discovered on the island that day. You might have to talk to the media once in awhile. You get to snorkel. How sublime would that be? It would be like you're king for a day and getting paid for it. You work on your tan and eat exotic food.

I wonder if you still have internet access and if you're able to still use your cell phone, obviously if part of the job requirement is blogging, duh. I answered my own question, just had to think about it for a second. You need your cell phone in case you're being attacked by a wild boar. You have to be able to whip out your cell phone and call for help. Right after you climb a tree and take pictures of course, to post on your blog.

What an experience. Just watch out for the lotus plants. Or else you might not ever be coming off the island, which wouldn't really be a bad thing. I'm not eligible to do this dream job because it requests you be an excellent swimmer and I'm merely a mediocre one. I wonder if I have time to take some hardcore lessons.

So, obviously the topic of the day means you have to now comment on this and tell me what your dream job is. Mine would be similar to this lounging around and getting paid for it. My dream job would be to be a billionaire from curing cancer or inventing some revolutionary object out of pure chance. Usually I would have come up with something more creative, but I'm going to leave it at that. Your turn. Isn't my blog so inviting?

What a blog is supposed to be? My day? Get real. Skip, skip, skip this.
I ate Chinese food today. Sweet and sour chicken of course. At first my mom didn't want to eat with me inside, she wanted me to get it to go. However, I was on the phone with my sister and my mom asked if she was coming, because if she came then she would have ate inside with me. Hurt my feelings. My mom would be more than happy to eat lunch with my sister, but if it was just me she wanted to bail out. Even after I helped her go grocery shopping and took back items she thought were on sale, but actually weren't and grabbed the cheese bags for her that were on sale. I am such a thoughtful and caring son. Yoder's vs Crystal Lake Cheese. For those of you who cared.

Went to the library today and bought a Dean Koontz book for 50 cents to add to my collection. It is a well known fact to anyone who truly knows me that my dream is to one day have a library like that in Beauty and the Beast. A room wall to wall with books and one of those sliding ladder things. I also picked up a movie I requested called The Motorcycle Diaries. I'm in a big Che Guevera kick right now. I can't wait to see the movie titled Che.





I entered a raffle for a Valentines day gift basket for two. There were all sorts of items in it including two bottles of wine. I hope I win it, but chances are I won't. Oh well, two dollars I would have spent on more books. I will give you an update Feb. 12th when the drawing takes place. Cross your fingers. Still taking applications for the the second person since it is a basket for two.

I almost purchased a picture frame, but didn't know what size to get. I will have to look at the picture when I get home. To tell you the truth, I also wondered if I could find a better deal somewhere else unless Drug Mart has cornered the market on picture frames. I was thinking maybe I would even splurge and buy a really expensive one instead. I'm not cheap, I just shop around looking for the best deal. It's not like I need a picture frame this instant or else my family is going to disappear for not properly displaying the magical moment. I admit maybe I'm a little frugal. You caught me.

I'm going to talk a little bit more about the concept of my reading revival magazine here instead of going back and editing the previous entry about it because I informed you on how I don't edit. True to my word. Much like stubborn men who are driving. They refuse to back track, instead they try to find an alternate route and of course never stop to ask for directions. They would rather go a half hour out of their way than turn around a minute after figuring out they turned the wrong way. I on the other hand just let someone else drive whenever possible. So, women out there one quality I am sure looking for is that you love to drive, because I hate it. Anyways that was an attempt to make a connection between editing and back tracking, in case you missed it or it went over your head.

Alright so Reading Revival
Not sure if it will be weekly, monthly, or what.
So far I want it to consist of:
Poetry
An art section including photography
Dozens of short story submissions
Even novels by chapter like they use do quite regularly even in newspapers back in the day. I'm sure some magazines still do this.
I tried to talk my sister into letting me do this in the newspaper she edits but she turned me down.
Other articles on topics such as Why no one eats at the table anymore? Good heartfelt, meaningful ones not fluff stuff.
Of course it will have to contain advertisements
The resurrection of the art of short stories is a possible catchy saying to also put on the front cover.
If you have any other ideas or suggests be my guest to post them.
I want it to be a splash of everything with a heavy focus on short stories and making reading popular again.

Has anyone, besides myself, ever wondered that back in the 1700's to 1960's all you had to do was actually write a book and it became a classic? Because every single writer from that time period is famous it seems like and every book they write, in a lot of people's opinion, is amazing. I think sometimes critiques look way too much into what the author was trying to write back then and give writers now a days no credit at all for the complexity of their work. Just my rant for the day.

Quote of the day:
"The pen is mightier than the sword" Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy
I think it is rather fitting to start off with this one. It's one of my personal favorite, being a lover of words and all.

Well that is all for now stay tuned.