Well, I have been busy as usual. This Friday I went with the guys to see the new Willy Wonka. All I have to say is save your money don't see it. Actually I had a lot more say about my beloved film Wonka being ruined by Tim Burton so if you want you can see my review here:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0367594/usercomments-101

Then on Saturday I had the big premiere of Ultimate Day - my new rock band. It started off innocent enough. I went to the mall and got my hair dyed brown and blond streaks. It looks really cool, like a rock star. The girls in my Sunday School seemed to like it too. Then later that evening I loaded up my car and innocently backed up out of my garage into a parked car in my driveway. It did no damage to the other car at all but my back light and panel next to light is damaged. I guess now I am really a Dallas driver (about 80% of all cars in Dallas have some kind of damage). I was a little disappointed but it was my own fault for not looking back. After that I was ready to play. The show went ok. We didn't promote our first show because we really didn't want people to see us make many mistakes. But nevertheless my guitar playing skills were on the mark. The rhythm was a little off. I guess this is because we have a new drummer who uses the metronome all of the time. Most drummers use the feel of the song to keep time. This band's music is really guitar centric so I had many chances to shine. At the end I did my usual behind the head guitar playing. After the show the band that came on after us shook my hand and said ,"How are we supposed to follow that?" My expert band friend said in 3 months we could be better than Corporate Red ever was. I agreed. On Sunday I did the usual church, Sunday School,feed the homeless, volleyball routine and was worn out by the end of the evening. About the homeless. The city of Dallas is systematically trying to get rid of the homeless and trying to prevent us from feeding them. At first they passed a law regarding panhandling, then they passed a litter law that made it illegal to sleep in boxes. Then they pretended to setup a 2.5 million dollar civic center but it got designed wrong and the money somehow vanished. Then they passed a law that made it illegal to sleep in a public place. Now they are passing a law that makes anyone who gives food to anyone else have to have a food handler's license which effects me directly. And another law in the works will effectively shut down the mission where I work at. Basically the people who have very little hope and help to get better will lose all hope and all help. We also go to another mission where they keep the homeless in a fenced in yard so they won't do drugs. If they leave the yard they won't have a place to sleep for the night. Usually they let them out to get some food from us, but this time they didn't. So we had to slip them sandwiches through a big barbed wire fence. I even cut my hand on the fence while handing a guy a bible. It was like we were feeding the animals at the zoo. Some people say if we give them nothing at all then they will be forced to get a job. For one, 25% of them are mentally retarded and about 70% more of them have drug addictions and need drug therapy before they will even be suited to work. The city of Dallas needs to help them. What they are doing instead is trying to make everything related to being homeless a misdemeanor. Since there is a 3 strikes your out law basically they want the homeless to go to prison thereby removing them from the street and giving the state more money per prisoner. The revolving door is in full motion...

Thought of the Day
"Candy is Dandy, but liquor is quicker."
-The Real Wonka Movie