I am an American Conservative

by John Aravosis (DC) on 8/09/2009 07:06:00 PM
Something that's been flying around the Internet - I couldn't figure out who the actual author is.
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water utility.

After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

I watched this while eating my breakfast of U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

At the appropriate time, as regulated by the U.S. Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.

On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the U.S. Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.

After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and Fire Marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.

And then I log on to the internet -- which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration -- and post on Freerepublic.com and Fox News forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right.

via AMERICAblog

I now have a Twitter feed! www.twitter.com/Aaron_Horne

Get excited!

Itemized Update

Oh my God, I haven't posted since October!

Life is crazy I guess. Obama won, the economy is crashing, and my finances are turning around? Perhaps. Things are looking brighter at least. I won a Learn French CD-Rom at work... so... that's pretty cool.

Oh... you should go to this link and buy stuff: www.zazzle.com/jaxcoldsweat*

You will find there some of my t-shirt designs and stuff. Some of them are lame but, I got some gems in there too. I do get royalties if you buy, so my hard work does not go unrewarded.

I've discovered the show Heroes... it's amazing.

I have my old job back at the museum... so I'm once again plugging away at invoice processing all day. It's nice to have my desk back... only this time it's new and improved: I have a plant. It's very tropical looking, I like it.

I'm counting down the months until my car is paid off... 6 to go... I'm thrilled.

OK, that's all for now.

http://www.zazzle.com/jaxcoldsweat*

This is a shirt designed for kids. I love it.

The Mis-Adventures of Aaron in California

Life has a way of being kind and cruel, funny and scary, happy and sad, and exciting and dull all at the same time. It also has a way sometimes, of taking all of your plans, crumpling them up like a ball of tissue paper, and throwing them back into your face. Is it bad? I don't know. It just is.

As many of you now know, I am no longer in California, but and am back in the southern most state of the Lower 48... Florida.

For the sake of the other people involved in this story, I'll spare you the details. But I will let you know, that no one is at fault... it was beyond the control of everyone involved... simply put... it just didn't work out.

I won't lie to you. I'm sad about the whole thing, but like I said... It just is.

California was great while it lasted. I got to experience some things that I wanted to my whole life. I got to catch up with some great friends from college. And I met some fantastic people. I grew a lot as a person, even in the 3 short months that I was there.

My life has been in constant upheaval for the last 12 months. I moved from Michigan to Florida, to California and back to Florida. I have NO CLUE what will happen anymore. My future is a blank canvas. My good friend Mike Ford put it best: "This was your wandering year." He's right. I'm so tired. Not tired of anything in particular... just tired.

There are reasons I'm happy to be back: I have a new nephew or niece on the way, I'm back with my family, I did love living in Florida, and the cost of living here is amazingly lower.

I have some things I want to do. I want to get involved with theatre down here, I want to start writing a book, I want to work on some creative stuff with my brother, and I want to stay put for a while. I definitely want to make this blog something more than it currently is.

Enjoy this PSA:

So, I realize that I haven't blogged in a REALLLY long time. For that I apologize. Holy shit, SO MUCH has happened since I've gotten here. Here's a brief overview:

-I work at The Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood

-I live in North Hollywood

-We had a 5.4 earthquake about a month and a half after I got here. It was bizarre.

-I was almost hit by Justin Long driving his Prius on Hollywood Blvd

-Venice Beach is FANTASTIC

-I parked in the parking structure for Desperate Housewives and saw Marcia Cross getting into her car as I was getting out of mine. I Then got lost on the NBC Universal backlot while trying to just get to work.

-Eating lunch in Beverly Hills/West Hollywood is a weekly occurrence.

And last but not least... I went to THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!!!



I was in the audience but wasn't called down... which is OK. It was incredible just seeing it all happen. I live here now, and I can always go back until I DO get called down. Hehe. It's a lot smaller than it looks on TV.

Hollywood...

I'm here.