More plant pictures....

This is the first tomato from my yard. It was pretty tasty.

Marriage rant....

Marriage and the Like,

I am all for people getting married. I think it is wonderful when two people fall in love with one another and decide to spend forever with each other. However I see way to many instances of young people I am talking under 21 getting married and having no idea what they are getting themselves into.

First of our society has changed, it is expensive to live and eke out an existence. I am married and have a son, I have to put a roof over their heads and feed them. It is difficult, I make a decent salary but we almost have to live pay check to pay check. So when you are that young how are you going to do the same?

Second, while I can see wanting to get married what is the motivation when you are that young? Trust me there are more romantic things you can do then asking a girl to engage you. Trust me, but most people don’t think like that. It is like this, hold hands, first kiss, announce date, engage and then wedding (honeymoon). WHAT COMES AFTER THAT? Nothing really, you actually have to live with that person. I love it, however when you are young you may actually start to resent the other person for holding you down.

Divorce is a terrible thing, I believe that what God has put together and let no man rent asunder this that God has put together. However, when the divorce rate among Christians is the same as the rest of society you have to ask yourself,” How serious do Christians take marriage?” So that also means that Christian young people are just as likely to divorce. I have seen too many divorces among young kids to even recommend it.

In the end my recommendation to most young kids that are dating is to focus on the future and get their act together so that you can support your significant other. Also you won’t wonder about your life with out your significant other. While being married is a wonderful thing I would say wait before you jump into things and reevaluate your priorities when considering such a life changing move.

my plants pre having to move everything inside

I have been growing alot of plants on my porch. Here are some of the photos. There will be a number of changes for next year.

Lady Gaga

I just read Camille Paglia's article about lady Gaga and this is what I wanted to say to mrs. Paglia:

I agree to a certain point with this article, however one thing that must be realized is that huge multibillion dollar music corporations push lame non inspired music on the masses. Second we are the product of previous generations, you taught us to think like this, so take some of the responsibility of a lack luster upbringing.

Honestly it isn't entirely my generations fault that we are the way we are. With overprotective parenting (helicopter parents), raised by a healthy dose of tv and lets not forget being forced to focus on getting a career and only a career. This life that we were raised on leads to a lack of imagination and turns us into well trained humans. We consume what ever is given to us with no regard of what the quality is.

While I do hold my generation partially responsible for our lack of imagination I believe that the generations that have passed before us carry just as much responsibility.

September

It really is amazing how fast time flies, only yesterday it was June. I guess that is good though, it means that Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming. My love and I will be making home made gifts this year. We are doing this for a number of reasons but one of the big ones being that the gifts are very well recieved and it is difficult to find gifts for people. I try to stick to the basics of what people would like. I think this year it will be a combo of Knitted stuff and jellies. Not sure though, ohh wait I sure say this cause it is meant to be a surprise lol.

many weeks later

I have been growing tomatoes, peppers and marigolds on my balcony. The problem is that the balcony doesn't get enough sun, there for my peppers and tomatoes are on the small side and have only recently started to bloom. However they are looking nice. I have pruned them and watered them very devoutly. Here are my results so far:

The amazing recession

I am impressed with how long this "recession" keeps on going. It is interesting how people just feel down about everything as though it will never end. I know it will end, one day. By nature I am optimistic and there for hope does spring eternal in me. Although it was interesting what my buddy at work said, roughly 10 percent of the US population is in jail. Could you imagine if these people flooded the market? That 10 percent is out of the market, they would also probably have a heard time finding a job due to their criminal history, the you factor in the 10 percent who are already unemployed, the 15 percent who are either dropping out of the market or are underemployed. Those are staggering numbers!!!

Also the awesome website: http://www.oftwominds.com (01sept2010)pointed out that one of biggest problems right now that is facing young people entering the market is that many of the baby boomers are not retiring. This is largely due to their 401k's taking a massive hit in the last 2 years and their houses aren't worth as much as they were and afcourse they have gigantic mortgages. This means that many of the BB's will work for another 5-10 years so when they would have retired at 65 as the market should dictate they are now getting out at 70 - 75, meaning that the class of 2010 wont have those jobs available to them.

I would like to say there is more positive news, right now there is not.