My nerdiest blog EVER!

What happens when you mix heavy metal music + video games? You get a band named DragonForce. Seriously, DragonForce? Ugh. The lead singer looks like Weird Al Yankovic, but without the glasses and longer hair. All of the band members have ridiculously long hair. I thought big hair bands died off in the early 90's when Grunge music hit. Anyways, these guys sing about stuff that you might find on the iPod of the hero from the Legend of Zelda. The lyrics are stupid, but harmless. But here's the cool part about these guys, I don't know that I've ever seen two guys play the guitar faster! I wouldn't recommend watching the whole video unless you're a glutton for nerdyness, but let it load for a sec and fast forward to about the 3:20 mark. You'll see the two guitarists jam out for about a minute with the fastest fingerwork I've seen. That part is cool. It makes me want to play Guitar Hero 3 where that song on expert level is over 7 minutes and nearly 4000 notes long. So sit back, enjoy some heavy metal mario rock and eat some turkey!

The Assault

The assault usually happens during the hours of 1am to 5am. Being as quiet as ghost and moving like lightning, a small shadowy form comes closer and closer to us. Then it begins. First the dog. Then a monkey. Next a wolf. Finally a hippo. Then with some effort the largest piece of ammo hits us, the animal blanket. Ultimately the ascension begins with some sounds of effort. Once the small being has scaled the impressively large height that is our bed, he carefully gathers his belongings and settles in between us. While some assaults result in the expulsion of the attacker back to whence he came, more often than not it isn't until when the sun comes up that anything happens.

And for all you parents out there you know exactly what I'm talking about. You're enjoying a nice restful sleep when all of a sudden the sound of your little one is right next to you expecting you to take them up and have them lay by you. In general I'm of the mindset that unless they are sick or scared they should go back to their bed. But there is that other side of me that says that if I want him to go back to bed that means that I have to get up and do it.

Super Awesome Birthday Card

Last week I celebrated my 33rd birthday with my family. I got some extremely cool items that I had been wanting for some time, but I think this was one of the best things EVER! Jesse made this picture in his Kindergarten class and was so excited to give it to me. The picture is of Darth Vader, but he had to draw the head blue so that I could see his eyes. He also pointed out that in between his legs was his cape, and he's holding a red lightsaber. Under the H and A of Happy Birthday he drew a party hat, because Vader likes to party too. After we opened the presents we went to Bountiful and had dinner at Robintino's. All in all it was a great day!

Electoral Map by County

I heard about his map from one of the talking heads on the radio and wanted to see it for myself. We obviously know who the next president will be, but this give a better picture of who voted for him. I think Oklahoma was 100% for McCain, making it the most Republican state in the union.

Thoughts on voting

Within the next 36 hours the United States of America will have a new President. The day after we'll begin hearing who will be running for the 2012 election. After the longest presidential campaign in history I'd like to see some changes for the next one.

• If you are a governor, senator or congressman and would like to run for president, please quit your day job. It is not right that you get to leave your job and show up every now and then for a vote when the rest of us have to show up everyday for our jobs and have to put in extra hours or effort if we want to be considered for a promotion.
• I think candidates should have 2 months for their exploratory committee to determine their viability. That would take place between September and October of the year before the election. Candidates can then announce that they are officially running for the Office of President 1 year before the election will be held.
• There should be 100% full disclosure of the candidate's background, that includes birth record, military record, driving record, health records, thesis papers, tax records, employment history, criminal record and any other record that they may have. I don't want any surprises or unknowns with the person that I will give my vote for.
• When it is all said and done, respect and support the new President. I am disgusted with how so many people absolutely hate and revile our current President. I think the new guy, whoever it is and whatever party he represents, should be given a blank sheet. If he screws up in the first four years, then kick him out and get someone else in there.
• And lastly, when it comes time to actually place your vote, you absolutely have to be a US citizen, you have to show positive ID, and I think there needs to be a voter registration database that is constantly updated so that people that have no business voting, can't, and that those that can vote can know that their vote is counted, is accurate, and is safe from tampering.

I'm not sure how much of that will ever happen, but I think there needs to be some good positive change on how we elect our officials. But until then I will just vote, wait, and gear up for the next election...