A day of thanks.

I just gorged on leftovers. The news told of volunteers spending their time feeding the less fortunate and those in need. What a wonderful and loving thing it was. And it was. In a way.

We spend one day a year giving thanks. That's a horrible track record. We spend one day, out of 365 saying thanks. And that one day isn't even spent with that much reflection on what we are thankful for. It is just another day to look at ourselves and feed our own egos.

And so we begin the season of giving. And people do give and that's a great thing. It burns me to realize that thankfulness and a giving spirit are things we should do every single day of the year. As we spend our time of thanking and giving now, it's nothing more than token penance for a year spent stuffing our belly's with our lusts. I don't hate the holidays, I do hate what they have made of us and what we have made of them. Happy Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanze, and Merry Christmas to all.

Steampunk annoys me.

Steampunk, it started as a literary genre and has branched out into the object arena. Now working something over with Victorian style and Jules Verne attitude is all the rage. I don't care for it. It annoys me. It is not revolutionary. Despite how much some sites and people laud it, it ain't all that great. I don't deny the craftsmanship and attention to detail is astounding, but it just ain't all that. So please, can we move past it.

Art Crawl Houston

The annual Houston Art Crawl is happening in two weeks from 2-9 downtown. I'm looking forward to going.

Ad Walls.

I have moved and haven't gotten jack squat accomplished since I got back to Texas. I'm trying to find the motivation but it just isn't there.

I also just started back to visiting with an old friend, Worth1000. Being so busy for the last months with other things on my mind I hadn't been farting around there, but what kicked it off was my irriation with the stupid ad wall they put on the second click. It doesn't matter where you click, the second page you want to view is behind an ad wall. It irritates me to know end. Worth was always extremely ad heavy and while I recognize a sites right and need to make money that doesn't mean it's any less irritating to wade through ads. Since I've been visiting again I've been reminded of just how irritating that ad wall is. Every time I hit it I want to just go somewhere else. If it weren't for the other users in the forums I think I would. That's the only thing that has brought me back into the worth orbit because the entire site has not only got it's ad thing going on, but it has gotten terribly slow. Very frustrating.