So last night I slept thru the night. One small problem -- I didnt get a lick of rest. I never knew there was a difference between sleep and rest. Now I know better. And is it good to get up out of bed and get really dizzy right away? Hmm I wonder. Well that is neither here nor there.
Anyway, I gotta tell you this story. Highlight of my week. (Those of you who don't want to know how the newest Harry Potter book ends, you might want to skip this entry.) I was sitting in the middle of church last week, with Brian on one side of me and Corey on the other. There is a girl looking for a seat, since she is late to church, and so she sits down next to Brian. So we are listening to some dude speaking, and he mentions something to do with him deciding to finish his homework, or finish reading the newest Harry Potter book. (For the record, I do not get the whole Harry Potter thing, so I think it's a bit overblown.) So Corey leans over to me, and says "Someone should go up to that kid after, and tell him "hey, dude, at the end Voldemort dies." Now you should know that none of the three of us guys that were sitting there care anything about what happens in the Harry Potter books. But we sorta didn't remember about this girl that happened to be sitting on the end of the row!! And she had heard. Aww crap. I look over, to see her recently heartbroken face. It was bad. I mean, she...was...sad. I am thinking, hey girl, it's not like we just killed your dog or anything. But we might as well have killed her poor dog, because that is how sad/angry she was.
So while Corey was apologizing for seemingly ruining this girls life all at once, for me, it gradually turned from the most awkward moment of recent memory to the funniest moment of recent memory. It was great. I was loving it. I practically had to excuse myself from the meeting actually. I was laughing that hard.
So looking back on it, I don't feel bad one bit. I mean, it's a BOOK. Not the end of the world. But don't tell her that, I guess.
Hmmm, what else do I have for ya. Oh, I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but this whole Michael Vick & dogfighting thing is pretty rediculous. Everything has been said that is to be said about the subject, but I think he is a horrible human being. This isn't just everyone piling on Michael Vick because he's a star athlete, or because he's black, or because he's a man, or because he eats Cheerios in the morning, or because he's left-handed or any other reason people want to pin this on. He is a dogfighter and he likes it. There is a problem with human beings like that. And it's not just Michael Vick. This is a huge problem in society. But if it takes a high profile hot shot like Michael Vick to go down for something like this to help others, who defend this practice and participate in it as well, learn a lesson...then so be it. I read a quote today where Greg Biffle puts it very well.
Here is what Biffle says: "I just wish they'd put him in jail and be done with it...Just put him in prison and tell the general public, just give them all the details of what they do with those dogs," Biffle said. "How they steal people's dogs out of their front yards and use them for bait dogs and let other dogs kill them. There's all the horrifying stories. You look at all the pictures on the Internet of the dogs, just maimed, mangled. It's horrible." Enough said.
Well sorry folks but that is all that I have for now. My buddy Donovan from the mission is in town for a visit, so we should have some good times that I can tell you about next time.
