Damn Gun Control Hippies

Before anything else, let me say I'm not a huge gun fan. I don't own any guns at the moment and don't see myself doing so in the near future. The only guns I really find interesting are those used in WWII (and I mean those actually used, not just the models themselves), and that's more due to the history fan in me than thinking that those guns were really that cool. I do however fully support the right to own guns. People that are going to commit crimes using guns are going to find a way to get their hands on guns, so why punish the people that abide by the law and have them for collection/sport/defense?

Anyways, I just read this article on Yahoo! - http://news.yahoo.com/police-body-found-wash-park-gunman-223526150.html - and towards the end of it some idiot mentions how this tragedy could've been avoided if the federal law banning firearms in national parks hadn't been repealed.

If you really think making it illegal to have guns in national parks would've stopped an Army vet likely suffering from PTSD (or else just being plain crazy) from doing what he did, then you are truly one of the most moronic people on Earth.

Yes, you have a point that gun control can prevent tragedies such as kids playing with daddy's gun thinking it's unloaded. But that's about it. This idea that laws against guns will prevent those with criminal intent from ever getting a hold of them is beyond retarded. So quit acting like we really need those kinds of laws and quit using every tragedy involving guns as a rallying point for your cause.

Lastly, should I ever die in some gun "tragedy" and some idiot out there says it could've been prevented by stricter gun control measures, someone please track down where that bastard (or bitch, you never know these days) and poop in his or her breakfast (I'm going for a non-violent approach). Repeatedly.

2011 in Review

Not an all inclusive list, but it should do the job...

The Good

- Met a lot of awesome new people (and I have to mention Marissa Wiard and Josh Ashton by name since they probably helped keep me from turning into a full blown alcoholic over the Summer).

- Moved into my own place. Unless a roommate is a girl that I can sleep with, I'm no fan of having them. Living alone is much more fun than sharing a bathroom with someone.

- Got to do some great hikes. And even with the less than stellar weather this past Summer, Alaska still proved once again to be the most beautiful place on Earth.

- Surprised myself quite a few times throughout the year, which isn't easy for me.

- Met my future wife.

The Bad

- Didn't get in as much hiking as I was hoping. Even before spraining my ankle, there were too many weekends spent on the couch. There was also a major lack of disc golf.

- My job situation. Recently, I've been getting the feeling of being strung along at work (which will probably end up as a blog of its own one of these days) and that's a pretty annoying feeling.

- My house sucks. It seemed nice at first (minus the no-pet policy), but over the past couple months I've been finding more and more issues with it. And I'm only a third of the way through the lease at this point.

- Injured my ankle playing soccer, which led to an early end to the hiking season for me, the soccer season not even really starting, and what was supposed to be a two month break from jiu-jitsu, but has now been three months as I've gone back to the lazier lifestyle I was living at the beginning of Summer.

- Still haven't gotten the balls to ask my future wife out.

The Ugly

- Too much drinking. Too many days were wasted in bed recovering from the night before when I could've been doing something productive. Or at least not as unproductive.

- School. My grades were horrible this year and my motivation to even care about getting a degree is all but gone.

- Video games. More so than drinking, even more time has been wasted just sitting in front of the TV or computer playing games. I'm not talking about the one hour of playing to unwind at the end of the day, but the five to six hours after that just turning into a mental zombie.

- While I've never been that much of an "in-shape" person, I've managed to get ridiculously out of shape over the year. If I hadn't become so apathetic over recent months, I'd probably be disgusted with myself.

- Made it to church maybe a total of seven times over the whole year; that's just horrible.

For 2012...

I'm not a person for New Year's resolutions, at least not serious ones. And I'm not going to change that this year. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see some major changes in my life this year. Hopefully, they're for the better (I'm not making any promises though).