Contact Your Congressman About H.R. 1

The Senate is discussing and possibly voting tomorrow on H.R. 1, better known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It is your right, no DUTY, as an American to let your voice be heard on this issue. Congress is proposing an astonishing, unheard-of $820 billion dollar (that's 82 followed by 10 zeroes, or $820,000,000,000, so that you can better understand this obscene amount) stimulus plan that will supposedly jumpstart our economy.

If this bill will help you by providing some sort of money to you and your family, let your congresspeople know about that aspect of it. If you are like me and find this stimulus plan to be a load of bullshit wrapped tightly with a bow, then you should let your congressmen know as much in that regard as well. We need to let the government know how we feel about something that will affect us for the next 10, 20, 50 years.

$820,000,000,000 is not something to be taken lightly, and our government should know that 95% of Americans would not make that in four lifetimes combined. Every precaution, every measure has to be taken if this money is going to be distributed by the government.

Let your congressmen know how you feel by contacting them through email, phone, handwritten letter, pigeon mail, whatever way possible. You can find out your congressmen's contact information by going to the following sites:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml

Mistakes I Made Last Night

So as I said before, there's a girl I'm kind of seeing that works at a restaurant I love. Yesterday, after picking my friend up at the airport, I ask if she wants to eat at Sonny's, since I had to go alone on Friday, and she hasn't been for 3 weeks. I called up another friend of ours who also missed on Friday, and we proceeded to head to the one where this girl works.

At the time, I thought nothing of it, but mistake 1 was not calling ahead and telling her I was coming. Apparently she would have rearranged her schedule to serve us if she knew we were eating during her shift.

Even though me and the friend I picked up at the airport are strictly platonic friends, mistake 2 was made by bringing another girl to Sonny's. It doesn't matter that my other friend was there, making it two guys and one girl; I was already in trouble from mistake 1 for that to make a difference.

We parted ways after eating; Sonny's girl was going out to Friendly Confines with her roommate and I had to get back to my place for my fantasy football draft. Oh yeah, that was mistake 3 by the way.

Still, I managed to convince her and said roommate to come over for a bit, where I subsequently committed mistakes 4-7.

When asked why I didn't go to Friendly Confines for drinks and BINGO, I said I had a fantasy draft to worry about (4).

I said "fantasy drafts have priority because they only happen once per year, whereas I can spend time with you any night" (5).

When roommate asked for a massage following Sonny's girl's massage, I was willing to give one (6).

When the girls were leaving the apartment, I didn't get up and walk them to their car, let alone to the door (7).

It's a good thing women aren't complicated, or else I would be in trouble.