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It’s odd to think I was going to write this to tell you that my grandfather was pulling through his sickness. For those who don’t know my grandfather had MRSA. Think of it as the gremlin version of a staff infection.
Two weeks ago I got to see my grandfather. He didn’t look great, but from what I was told he was doing far better than the past couple of weeks. It felt like a cinematic moment, three generations collected in a hospital room the two younger at the side of the elder. The elder man whispers things to the son closest to him. Though it was sad to see my grandfather in that state looking back on it, it was a sacred moment.
As of last night my grandfather passed. I’m not sure that the his passing has fully sunk in, I feel like when I see and talk with family it will. I know most who see this don’t know who he was. If you have seen virtuous things in my life then you at least know what he stood for. I love my grandfather, and feel blessed to share his name, I can only hope to leave it as untarnished as him.
I found these photos from one of our skateboard adventures. Sadly those days seem to be behind us now, but I took them with my film camera which I think I like better than digital.
At work this last Friday we started talking about organic milk. Or actually we started talking about the greatness of Braum’s, but that is for another day. If your a regular Starbuck’s attendee I’m sure you’ve seen their little cartons of it for sale right under the baked goods. Organic milk is pretty tasty. On a scale of humane liquids to drown a fly in it ranks a high 9. While we discussed why pros of organic milk, because of cow overmilking and the blind eye we have turned to hazards of the hardened teet. We stumbled upon a conversation I have had before. What will you feed your kids?
An odd question I agree but it is something to think about. Studies are beginning to show girls are maturing faster, And I’m not talking about their math skills. I’m sure you’ve noticed girls modeling themselves after the latest ho bag walking the glittering pile of crap that is MTV reality, but are they solely to blame? Studies are starting to surface about the excessive amounts of hormones we are putting into our chickens and cows are starting to carry over into our systems. It really isn’t that foreign an idea, we talk about it a lot when we talk about fish (You should watch more Bill Nye). bigger animals eat smaller animals with the bad stuff and slowly that bad stuff builds up in the big animals until everybody has toxic levels of the bad stuff in them. Now these aren’t toxins they are hormones, stuff our body produces naturally. So think of this as unwanted hormone therapy.
We are constantly trying to breed and feed our chickens and cows in a way that produces the most product. What better way to do that than with hormones right? I’m sure this is one of the fastest, easiest ways to do it but most likely not the best. I really have no alternative ways to fix this other than ways similar to pollinating plants, selective breeding, like the Arian race of livestock.
At the risk of being a hippie I’m going to say we should probably try and fix this and to do my part I’m going to try and buy organic milk and chicken from now on. Also if and when I have kids I’m going to try and feed them organic chicken and dairy. Its a bold choice and feel there are some possible repercussions. My daughters not developing as quickly as the other girls could be turned down by boys and become a social outcasts or become extremely sluty to gain the affection of boys. My sons on the other hand might not be as chubby as the other boys and not be forced to develop a personality becoming the universe’s second largest douche bag behind John Edward. All this is assuming I’m a horrible father and leave my children to play with a bucket of paint chips, a copy of high school musical and a Christina Aguilera album.
Well I know these are things I’m sure most don’t think about unless they have children, but why not look to the future. Sure, who knows if I’ll have children, or adopt a super asian, (regular asians should stay where in the mainland) but it never hurts to dream about those super asians.
I thought it would be fun to listen to my ipod on shuffle at work one day. What follows is the uncensored playlist from that day. I’m sure there is a lot of suck in there but I think there is a lot of awesome too. but I’m sure you never disgraced yourself by dancing to an awful piece of suck at your junior high dance only to be separated by the parent chaperon.
If you haven’t heard, the new fried item this year at the arkansas fair will not be fried per say. I know, I know you were really looking forward to the deep fried butterfinger, but it was not to be. This year we have kept the joy of the chocolate fountain with out all that actual work. You can now fork over your money and receive some delicious pre-dipped (don’t worry people, we will do the killing for you) piece of bacon.
So most of the time in church I sketch. Sometimes specific things other times nothing but always never very good. They are mostly something to occupy the wandering half of my brain. I felt like I should start posting them up here now that I have my new scanner. Feel free to interpret them as you like. Most of the time they do have a meaning to me, but I’ld rather hear yours. Also as an added bonus you get 2 drawings this week since I just found one on the floor. I will try and make sure I post all of them no matter how awful or pointless I think they may be.
I got a scanner. I will give you some photos later of it because it is pretty sweet as. Yeah, I’m also going to start using the phrase sweet as. Anyway here is a photo I took of Alyssa about half a year ago.
