Have a good time this reunion, and drink some wine like Communion

Sorry it's taken me so long to post up some pictures and stuff from last weekend's trip to the family reunion in Havasu. While driving for three and a half hours I saw several fun sites, and I'd like to share them with you. Enjoy.

First I'd like to prove to Marcella that I am a rebel and occasionally do break the speed limit (mind you the limit was 75).

This was the majority of my view.

This is the Solar Field out towards Ludlow. This has actually been out there for quite a few years but I forgot all about it.

This is my crossing the Colorado River like in the movie Easy Rider.

Typical sunset photo

The third Deathstar. I'd like to know what Sith Lord is trying to do this.

Here is a short video of me pulling up to my Cousin Jimmy's fort of a home.

These are some pictures of his awesome new house that he built. Sorry if some of the pictures are blurry, it's still a gorgeous house none the less.

Someone should be caught and held responsible for this bloody mess

Today as I was walking to my car to get lunch I passed by this girl who was wearing a shirt that said "I'm not Irish, but Kiss me anyways" (click the link for all your promiscuous non-Irish apparel needs) and I finally realized why sub-consciously I have loathed type/text tee's. These shirts often contain one-liners that I have heard so many times that they now annoy me or they are instructions to do something that I would never be allowed to do because of social norms (the girl from earlier is a perfect example).
First I'd like to look at text/type tees. These can usually be purchased off-line or at your local Anchor Blue. These are usually a plain colored shirt with sayings such as "That's what she said" or "I Love Lamp". Yes these sayings are funny when coming from the mouth of Steve Carell, but not when I read it from your shirt. Your chest does not exude comical inflection nor does it usually pertain to anything that's going on at the moment it's read.
Like I said earlier, these shirts are usually cliches sayings or quotes from movies and such. A lot of times there are shirts out there that try to make fun of the text/type shirt with some "ironic" saying like "Keep staring I might do a trick" or "Stop reading my shirt". If you think these are as stupid as I do, why do you purchase them? There are also shirt that have sayings that make absolutely no sense, for example my dad has a shirt that says "It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack". Now granted this may pose a threat to Fiero but I think I'm pretty much in the clear.
The Second problem I have with this fashion faux pas is that when ever I have called someone out on their shirts instructions they get upset! I'm sorry but if you ask me if I have a problem because I'm staring at your shirt, when it says you'll do a trick, I better see some David Blaine kind of magic. If not I should have the right to scream out "Bait and Switch" or sue for false advertising because you wasted my valuable time with an illusion that you would entertain me. I know I'm being to literal with these shirts, but what if I was to actually walk up and kiss (not that I would) this non-Irish female who is advertising free kisses? Well, if she thought I was cute enough to over-look the creepiness factor of what I just did, I would probably get away without a problem. More realistically she would scream rape, blow her whistle and I would be sued and kicked out of school for sexual harassment. Honestly, what am I to do?
Text/Type tees will more than likely never go away. I will just have to wait it out and fight all urges to call these passersby. However I still blame Wham!

Until next time, good luck exploring the Infinite Abyss.

Carlton= Progress+Change... YES HE CAN!

Okay, so I had a lot of free time between adding songs to the play list. With that extra time I decided to do a lot of crappy quality Photoshop stuff. Enjoy.Then all the Carlton stuff got me thinking. Doesn't Suge Knight look exactly like Uncle Phil?

Watch me as I gas that, fo' dot six Range

Alright I'm driving out to Havasu Saturday after work. It's a four hour drive so I'm taking recommendations for a playlist I'm making to help the drive go by quicker. Give me as many suggestions of artist or songs to add to the list. I'm open to all styles of music and when I say all, i'm not one of those people who are like "I like all kinds of music except for country and classical...". Here's what I've got so far:

I look forward to your help, until next time good luck exploring the Infinite Abyss

Is the 'Good Life' better than the life I live when I thought that I was gonna go crazy?

For some reason, there's been a few events that I've been thinking a lot about lately to hold on to hope.

1. "I'm back to Vegas cause I always had a passion for flashin'"
   > When I was young, it seemed like our family had this tradition of going to Las Vegas for a weekend when ever one of us kids turned twenty-one. When I turned twenty-one, we did not do that. Don't get me wrong, I had an amazing twenty-first birthday and I am extremely grateful. However my cousin Lo-Lo's older brothers both had there's in Vegas and now it's her turn. I have been wanting so badly to go for the past year, and I have no clue why, but I am a bit afraid i'm getting my hopes up for nothing.
2. "Now my grandmama ain't the only girl calling 'BABY!'"
   > Though working at the church was great for so many reasons, they have this obsession with Jesus' supposed "birthday" (sarcasm for you who didn't catch that). This is completely understandable, however, this often resulted in me working the weekend before and the weekend of Christmas. My family also has this crazy tradition where the whole family spends the weekend at my Grandma's in Big Bear the weekend before Christmas. I have missed out on this tradition for the last five years. This seems like it'll be the first year in a long time I'll get to re-experience the drunken UNO games, the wild LCR games where winning $30 is better than Vegas, and the possibility that it will snow and on the way home my cousin will once again rearend my uncle.
3. "Having money isn't everything... not having it is."
   > This one is kind of weird. For one reason, I'm starting to realize that money is becoming the most important thing in my life. With the growing desire for material things, money is starting to become my mammon. As I continue to look for a better paying main job or a possible second/night job, my dad keeps trying to get me to become an entrepreneur and start a cleaning/childcare business. Don't get me wrong they're good ideas, but I don't have the time or energy to put into that kind of a job right now. Money just seems to be a big issue right now. I think for the first time it's actually taken an effect in my life. All I know is that by the time I get a new truck/x-terra, I will have paid off the balance on my credit card, and have a steady enough job to pay for car payments and school.
   

Apparently the weights of this world have started to show through. My parents and Mar continue to ask me why I seem down or distant and to be honest I don't mean to let it show, It's just a very odd time in my life. I've never been in a situation like this. Immediately after high school I had a job and i've kept steady well-paying jobs since then, while always keeping $1,000+ in my savings. Now that that cushin has been deflated, I am forced to depend on GOD for my provisions. While He does miraculously continue to provide for me it's something I'm not used to.
Well that's it for this update of life in the Infinite Abyss, until next time, good luck.