I guess i am too the point where i just cannot stand “news” anymore, i was up this morning making some banging Onigiri and my wife puts on the today show and then goes to shower, the whole time i am hearing people talk about the most nonsensical shit. Really Paula Dean has diabetes? why the hell would i care other than to say i hope she lives through it. Mark Walberg shared an opinion that was more than likely taken out of context and is now forced to apologize for his words, maybe he can do what everyone else does and go to rehab and say some rediculous shit like “i take full responsibility for my actions” yeah no shit, you did it….. This shit is news? which leads me to my next point hot topic issues like medical marijuana, abortions, and gay marriage are sometimes the forefront of campaigns, and news stories. These are individual issues, not political issues, these are issues that can be handles by people and not the population….

While this seems contrived and a bit over dramatic, it still makes me uncomfortable…..

Medical marijuana would be a godsend to a lot of sick people who just would like to experience a normal day for once or eat a meal with their families, but they can’t because of the medications that are slowly destroying their bodies along with the illnesses they have, not getting baked and heading to Walmart to rape and pillage, like reefer madness would suggest. A naturally growing substance is illegal because of….. and thats where the sentence always ends. Its the because we said so parental edict, no science to back it up, but i can fuck my liver up by drinking booze every minute of the day, or get cancer from smoking cigarettes…. both known to cause medical issues, both known to kill people, all perfectly legal in our system.

If gay people get married it will be the end of marriage as we know it?….. no marriage is a civil union pretty much betting another person half your shit you will stay with them forever… nothing more. People think if gay marriage is “legalized” people will be butt-fucking in the streets, or clam lapping at the local bus stop…. no they will experience benefits that all other people who engage in the tradition of personal union, the benefit of choosing how their partners remains will be handled, choices about healthcare, insurance benefits, and the outward statement of union between two people in love, which has nothing to do with god, unless you want to include free will, which is stifled whenever possible.

Abortion is another hot topic that just doesn’t go away, MEN dictating the rights of a female to choose the course of their lives.

If you believe you live in a free country try being sick with no health insurance, or no cure, pregnant with judgement on your choices, gay and in love with someone of the same sex… ask any of those people if they feel free where they are to be who they are. I am sure they will tell you no, but my biggest question is what the fuck does it have to do with the government. These are all personal choices, choices people should be making for themselves not asking another group of people to make it ok for them to do it.

People buy drugs illegally because they want them, there is nothing you can do to stop them, the war on drugs has been a failure since its inception, but that is the idea, a war that never ends…. raiding sick peoples houses because they have a plant. Putting them in jails far far away because that county spent money on a corporate owned jail and they need more state money so they increase their population by importing criminals, otherwise known as cattle.

Pro-lifers murdering doctors….. – bill

Oppression of gays is at an all time high even from groups who have benefited from civil rights change, all in the name of three , THREE passages of text in the bible? to which all other passages are ignored because the population at large practices these sins so readily, adultery, hell the bible says i can kill my wife and her lover if i catch them having relations, but don’t kill its a commandment….

Reality is so skewed for everyone that it boils down to this, the suffering will continue to suffer, the rich will continue to get rich…. once gay people get their right to marriage, they will probably start hating on a group of people fighting for their individual rights.

At any rate from now on my mornings will be starting with sunrise earth….. people will never be free until they are free from themselves, i am guessing its part of the human condition to hate, and oppress, there is very little wonder left in this world, so many absolutes.

The world needs more Sagan

, a photo by sensationsflux on Flickr.

She loves all of my jokes….

So i decided i would give the D90 a run tonight shooting with my 3.5-5.6 lens, until my 35mm 1.8 shows up for the real fun. I live in a pretty light polluted area and am looking forward to an evening on the beach with some hot tea to get a great shot of the milky way.

These shots turned out ok i need to get use to the infinity focus on the nikons canons were always a smidgen back from infinity… however i found that on the maximum ISO setting the D90 performs very well.

This shot was taken at 25″ exposure f3.5 18mm able to catch just small changes in the star patterns i cannot wait to see how the 1.8 performs, in low light areas.

This was a 10″ exposure at f5.6 105mm kinda meh but over all it was a good night to test out the high ISO and i must say i am very pleased, even managed to get a falling star….

Last night i was feeling like complete shit, when i sneeze for some reason i sneeze for about 10 minutes, but they are the most enjoyable, sensational sneezes, “the kind that borderline on mystical”…. So anyway i decided to take some nyquil, i forgot what nyquil fog felt like, its kind of between sleep and stoned.

So as with every other time i’m in public a tad altered this morning i made the trek to McDonalds, on another separate note: Did you know that they no longer server a beverage with the “meal” you get the sandwich and the hashbrown, but in their pitch they ask you “what kind of drink” and to further confuse you when you say no drink, they say “do you just want the sandwich?” at this point it is best to fire back with “what drink comes with the meal?” they will tell you the drinks are separate….. Arby’s includes their drink in the meal but it is a small, to which they upsell you at the point of ordering by asking you a simple question “medium or large?” fucking clever bastards…. Where was i?

Oh yeah so i’m in the drive through and two cars in front of me this lady is between window one and window two, meaning she has paid for her meal, and it waiting to receive her purchase, when all of a sudden she starts to melt the fuck down, screaming at the top of her lungs that the guy in front of her is getting her order….

Quotes from strange woman in line, i will use all caps to convey the mood of the moment:

“THAT’S MY ORDER HE HAS MY ORDER”
“WHY ARE YOU GIVING HIM MY ORANGE JUICE!!!!!???!?!?!!?!!?!?!?!?!!?”
“STOP HER SHE IS GIVING HIM ALL OF MY FOOOOODDDD!!!!!!!”

So this went on for what felt like at least 3 minutes…the lady in front of me, probably late 20′s blonde was doing everything she could to find something in the small space of the drivers side of her car to avoid looking up and having to visual deal with the freak out that was happening less than 10 feet from her, i am pretty sure she found some change and removed at least four loose strings from her shirt.

I had my iPhone out and thought about recording this precious first world problem, but i refrained because once i go paparazzi i think what ever karma i have earned over the years would be cashed in all at once.

This morning when i let the dogs out, there was a considerable amount of frost, but it was between frost and hoarfrost, we still have the seashells we got on the beach sitting outside and they were sparkling with all the ice that covered them… including some green glass we picked up, and it was slowly melting off the tiki torches… very pretty and inspirational to grab the camera for the first time in months.

Nice and simple way to turn the page….

Just a quick shot of some neat light glaze on brick steps….

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” – Thomas Edward Lawrence

I don’t typically link news, as a matter of fact i’ve kind of had a news black out just for less static in my head. Recently though new measures are being put in place to begin the limitation and indirect restriction to the internet.

Picture an internet without blogs, Facebook, google, youtube, opinions, videos, music, porn – nah i’m pretty sure there will always be porn, internet radio, a total information pigeon hole if you will. I know the tendency of the human brain to take things to its most extreme cases can be looked upon as paranoid or delusional, but the ramifications of this bill and others like it are indeed dire, bringing with it more power to those who already have too much, and as many have stated in its infancy could have some serious collateral damage against those who are not its primary concern.

It does seem like a desperate corporate move to increase their courtroom power because of their failed forethought when it comes to delivery of digital content. The internet was and still is the first resource ever to be too big to fail.

Not saying i believe everything i read or buy in to every dire consequence that has been thought up but i do know one single certainty, and that is men with power, abuse it, and do it with great fervor.

The idea of my government controlled by corporations, having the power censor what i can see is a terrifying thought. The television is a controlled media distribution center, the internet is a wild animal that does not need to be tamed.

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