R.I.P. Karl Wingate
1961-1997

Love you Dad, miss you always. ♥

So I was over Mike’s house last night and a special came on after the news, concerning the “innocence of children today”. I only watched a portion of it because I ended up getting myself so fired up and angry that I couldn’t watch it anymore. But to get to the gist of it, they’re blaming, get this one guys, VIDEO GAMES and lack of nurture at home.

I am so FUCKING tired of people looking to blame the ignorance of children on something rather then SOMEONE. It’s not video games fault, it’s not lack of nurture, it’s the fucking parents fault. I’ve played violent video games since I was a child, I was 9 when the first Resident Evil game was released and my brother was 5. But do we go out and kill people? No. And you know why, because our parents taught us right from wrong. They taught us to distinguish the difference between video games and reality. No only that, my brother and I were disciplined when we were children. On a regular basis I was spanked with a leather belt. And you know something, yes it hurt. But you know something else, I knew I had done something really bad when my Dad came out of that bedroom snapping that belt in his hands. And you know something else, I was terrified of my parents. I’m still afraid of my mother to a degree. But I also RESPECTED them and others. And I knew they loved me because they took the time to teach me right from wrong. That’s the problem with parents today, everyone has made such a big shit about beating your children that people are afraid to discipline them. What they fail to realize is that there is a difference between child abuse and discipline. Punching your kid is child abuse, spanking them (sometimes with a paddle or a belt) is not abuse. There are no lasting marks. No psychological damage, just a knowledge that after it happened that you had done something wrong and were in trouble for it.

That’s what’s wrong with society today, we’ve got a bunch of little asshole adolescents running around doing whatever they damn well please because their parents couldn’t take the time to actually discipline their kids. Time outs do not work, yelling does not work. You actually have to hit your kids to get them to listen to you as they get older. Because kids get ballsy and when you don’t show them who is boss, they’ll walk all over you and think they can walk all over everyone else.

Of course, for most children it’s too late. They can’t be saved. The parents have ruined them. And you know something else, I don’t think I want to live in this country when they start to run it. They’re going to fuck it up even more then it already is. Of course, parents could take the time to look at their parenting skills and see where they are going wrong instead of trying to lay the blame elsewhere.

And people wonder why most countries hate the Americans. Look at your asshole children and how you’ve taught them to act and treat people, that’s why.

So I hope everyone had a happy new year and all that fun stuff. My new years was pretty awesome. Mike and I spent it at Dan’s house. Your typical new year, I suppose. People hanging out getting drunk. Actually, we kind of missed new years. Everyone’s phones said that it was 11:59 and we went to turn on the ball drop and yeah, it already dropped. Yeah, that was my eventful new years. w00t.

So the past week or so I’ve had this nasty horrible illness. I still have it. I still feel like shit. It’s going away though. Actually, it’s very similar to the plague Elyse had. Minus the vomiting. I think it’s bronchitis. Wouldn’t surprise me, that seems to be the only illness I ever end up with. You would think that by now I’d have the most awesome immune system ever. You know, being as I work around sick people all the fucking time. But I spent my sick time well, I played lots and lots of video games and got a ton of sleep. Around working that is. But I beat Assassin’s Creed, which I have to say was so fucking bad ass. I absolutely loved it. I’ve got a few new games to play now. I’ve only been playing that one and Halo. Halo mainly to use my new wireless headset that Mike bought me. Oh and he bought me Tetris. Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I fucking love Tetris. And that I am so freaking good at it. Oh yeah modesty.

So Tuesday I leave for Arizona for a week. I’m going to miss my xbox. I’m such a loser. haha. It’s cool though, I’m really excited. I can’t wait to see my family and my sisters. And especially the baby. I am really really excited about seeing the baby.

Oh yeah, new layout. Working on a major revamp of the whole site. I tend to do that every couple months to try and keep things fresh.

Anyway, that’s it. Just wanted to do a quick update so everyone didn’t think I was dead or something.

[EDIT] Ashley has this movie challenge thing going that I’m going to do. You should do it to. Just leave me a message on this entry. 100 Movie Challenge List