Sunny Times

I don't know why, but I checked the weather this morning. Sunny and hot. Like every other day here.
On the bright side (there's an ironic statement) the Cubs are in first place! Did you see last nights epic 13th inning walk off GRAND SLAM by Soriano? Yeah, I think this is the year (aside from the poor execution in the bottom of the 9th. How do you play professional baseball and not touch the ball on a bunt?).

Arizona Summers and True Love

I remember those summers when I could sit in the back porch and watch the sun go down behind the corn (or bean) field while swinging on the porch swing. I remember having to hatch down the doors when a cool breeze would run through all the open windows and doors in the house while we'd eat fresh tomatoes with salt & mayonnaise on a slice of bread. Summers were extremely pleasant.
Now I'm in Arizona where the lows are in the mid-80's and you're hard pressed to find a day that doesn't go over 110 (which happens to be today's high, the coolest day of the week. Tomorrows high is 114).
Sometimes I try to convince myself that I love Indiana for nostalgic reasons, but this summer is making me believe it's true love. I don't hate Arizona, but the summers are about as close as hell gets to earth. I'm not a fan of Indiana winters (snow/cold weather past January is just absurd) so I'd like to believe that both places have their good and bad sides, but you can play in the snow. The only thing I can do in the heat is sweat, hate my life and cry.

Arizona summer
you're such a bummer.
Take notes from Indiana
and be much more funner

Peace.

Marketing

Marketing is directly or indirectly pressuring people into doing something. When someone tells me they're going to school for Marketing I wonder how they arrived at that conclusion. Were you sitting at home watching an infomercial with the Sham-Wow dude and thought, "Man, that looks like a lot of fun." It isn't. Just ask the Sham-Wow dude. Or take Billy Mays for example. Billy is dead. So they're going to school to be a dead bearded man? In hindsight those three things aren't that bad. Everyone dies, beards rock and men are the best (unless you're a woman, then women are the best. Just don't change that part of your body.).
Death is necessary, beards are natural (so stop hiding yours, ladies) and humans are cool. If you want to be like Billy, go for it. If you want to be like the Sham-Wow dude, rock on (just be sure to keep away from the "ladies of the night"). If you've ever thought "Man, selling really absorbent towels or orange scented cleaning supplies looks like a cool job," and seriously pursued that desire: kudos. I just have one thing to request: stop trying to pressure me into buying a bunch of useless junk.