The Meditations of My Heart

This past week, I had the awesome privilege of being able to take pictures for some good friend of ours. Here are a few of the results... (for privacy purposes, please do not mention their names)

So today as I was sitting in the waiting room of National Tire and Battery getting my car's oil changed I was watching the "Fox Business" channel. Minute after minute went by, but it seemed like hours. The mundane news anchors talked about how dumb it is to invest in gold bars, and how the flies in Georgia are beginning to migrate North for the winter. (the thing about flies isnt real, but it shows you how much attention I was paying to the TV). I was just about to bust out my iPod when I heard something that piqued my attention. A famous Japanese fashion designer invented an H1N1 suit. It looks just like a business suit, but the fabric on the outside has high-powered infection repellant so the H1N1 germ is killed instantly upon contact. If you want more details so you can laugh (or maybe you might be considering purchasing one for yourself) you can click here . The other thing I HAD to laugh at is the fact that Barrack Hussien Obama is the winner of this year'...

I was just doing my nightly web-check before I head off to bed, and found this on the Yahoo! home page... "The ASPIRE Act would give each child born in the United States a $500 savings account. Recipients could then use that money once they were older to pay for education, a first home, or retirement. Low-income children would receive additional funding, and all participants could add to their accounts over time." (The full article can be read here .) The "$500" part is what initally caught my eye, so I clicked the article and began reading. At first I was like "oh. thats pretty neat. helping babies get a jump start on their future." But then upon reading further, I began to question the concept. If the government just freely gives that money (OUR TAX DOLLARS that could be spent on our own education or future ventures) to any baby born in the United States, then not only could they take it away at any time, but they would practically own you. They are putt...

Oh my my my. Life has a funny way of taking the drivers seat even when you don't exactly want it to. It shoves you over and causes you to give up total control of everything. Thats pretty much where I am at this point. Just letting life go by and doing what I can when I can. I think it's a pretty bittersweet thing. As much as I enjoy having control, I am SO glad I'm not the one who ultimately decides my future. There is just so much hope and relaxation in knowing that. With that being said, I am starting college applications this week and I am taking the SAT for the first time this Saturday. I am actually not very nervous, I just regret not taking it last year, so could be sending complete applications to colleges. That would certianly be nice. But I just have to deal with the fact that I didn't. Hopefully I will be able to write again this week about something of greater importance, not just photography or my life. I really like doing the op-ed type of thing...