More and more and some more and more and annoyance and more...

Sometimes keeping up with this blog is tough - I'm a really friggin' busy person...and I am not trying to sound self-important by saying that - I really AM super busy!!!

For instance...I have been home (and I now consider SAN DIEGO home, as I love it there...WHEN I'm there) a total of 3 full days since July 26.  It's August 18.  I finally go home tomorrow and will actually be there until September 6th I think...that's almost 3 WHOLE WEEKS!

Then again, I will probably do something stupid like go away on a last minute trek for Labor Day weekend...or not...

All that said, things haven't been awful overall.  I know in my last blog I said that I was holding off on photography until I was in a zero debt position.  However, fate dropped some ree-donk-ulous deals in my lap, and I am now up and running again.  Eyealone Photography is back in biz!  Not that I made any money off of it...but I like it.  So whatevs...

That being said, I was able to sell off some music gear that I thought I would be using, but I guess not...  It was awesome stuff, but I have an apartment, not a house, and it's kind of hard to do recording in that environment.  So, I faced up to reality - photography is quieter!

I'm really looking forward to shooting my next show - whenever that will be.  Indeed, I will be asking for favors from people I know to help get this done...and in turn I'll be more than happy to share photos with them if they would like to use them for whatever purposes they need.  Also looking to attach myself to a publication where I can shoot for them as well - pass on my info ;-)

Ok, enough about me...

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So, I have a couple of friends that have been having a really, REALLY rough go of it.  Both are/were in abusive relationships, and are having issues either getting out of it or dealing with life since being out of it.

Let me tell you something - if you are a male (notice I didn't say MAN) and you hit your girlfriend/wife/etc, you are an absolute coward.  End of story.  There are no chapters left to be written, you are a big, gaping, prolapsed asshole.  There is an exception if she is chasing you with a knife, gun, other violent weapon and attempting to take your life.  I can almost understand that.

But really, if your solution to a problem or your aggravation is to hit a woman, I don't want to know you.  Frankly, I don't believe I am friends with any woman-beaters (or at least that I am aware of), so I feel good about this.  I DON'T know the beaters of my friends.  If I did, I'd probably be in a lot of trouble, because I would most likely do something to them that would hurt way worse than how they hurt my friends.  I'm here for you D and S...you know who you are...

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Back to me...

My back is absolutely killing me.  I think I really need to seek medical help soon.  I hurt constantly.  This sucks.  I also need to lose more weight (I've lost about 10 lbs), but more will help, I am sure.  The rub is, I can't do any impactful exercise that may tweak it worse than it already is.  UGH!  Anyone have an extra spine I can use for transplant?

I think it's these sneakers I wore all this week.  Not very cushion-y.  I'm giving it a week with new sneakers and we'll see.  Blah...

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Instead of the ALS ice challenge, why don't you all just donate the money?  I think that awareness has been raised, so stop dumping buckets of ice and water on your head and just donate.  And then call out others to donate...  Your video should be of you writing a check and dumping it in an envelope.

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I don't really get political in my statements here or on FB or any social media, but...  I am tired of BOTH sides going all 'black and white' on every issue - both in color and in concept.  Nothing is black and white in this world.  Guns, the economy, Obamacare, whatever...NOTHING is absolute.

For example, this Michael Brown shooting:  We have video of all this happening (shooting of Brown, and Brown robbing and assaulting a store clerk prior to being shot), but YOU WEREN'T THERE.  So don't claim that you KNOW what happened - no matter WHAT side of the argument you land on.  Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.
The police probably used excessive force on a guy that was probably no good - BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.  Everyone is most likely wrong in this case, yet everyone is looking for someone else to be 100% accountable.  And again, NO ONE CAN SAY WHO because they weren't there. 

The only 'black and white' part of it is this:  all the pundits are morons on both sides.  They are getting paid LOTS of money to choose a side - much like politicians - except they lack the power to actually DO ANYTHING besides cause more trouble.  All of you, shut up and stop feeding the fire.  This includes the media that ALSO wants to fan the flames on everything.  Every news show is turning into TMZ.  Ugh...

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Conspiracy theorists are annoying me with this whole 'don't download Facebook Messenger' because the terms of service state something like FB can use your phone to make phone calls, or turn on your microphone, or whatever. 

GUESS WHAT???  You have a better chance of putting yourself in danger by using your GPS - that is a LOCATOR.  If someone wants to find you, they'd just tap into your GPS, or track your number by seeing what cell towers it's pinging.  This can be done at ANY TIME.  If you are so worried about this crap, get a flip phone and call it a day.  We complain about our cell phones and all this 'crap' that we have to download to use it and be productive, yet tons of people have 32gb of 'angry cat' meme's clogging their phone. 

You have the entire knowledge base of the world in your hand, and you use it to look at ALS ice challenges and pictures of puppies!  I'm not against either one of those things (well, maybe the ice challenge), but if you are going to do that, do NOT complain ONE MINUTE about an app that does what a phone is supposed to do in the first place - CONNECT PEOPLE TO EACH OTHER.

Wow, this took an angry turn...

I need sleep....

L8R!

 - MV