is it me, or does the US get more than it’s fair share of natural disasters…normally i’d assume that our news outlets just don’t cover international stories, but when it comes to natural disasters–they luvz them over here. so, lets assume that the US’ love of watching other countries in natural trouble is strong enough that the world’s dramatic (we don’t care about drought or slow disasters) so that we see a representation of what’s going on..ok?
so with that in mind, i can’t think of a country that has as much crazy ass shit as we do… maybe it’s because we’re bi-coastal and have all the different climates, or maybe it’s just the cosmic getting back at us for being such assholes…but between the hurricanes in the south east, the floods/tornadoes/droughts/fat people in the mid-west, and the trifecta of doom in southern cali (mudslides, fires, earthquakes), northern cali’s earthquakes and shit, pacific northwest’s volcano’s…it just seems like we get more than our share of mother nature’s PMS. oh sure, it’s not usually as catastrophic as the tsunami or vesuvius or what ever…but just consistent multi billion dollar disasters with death tolls in the hundreds. is the universe getting even with us? or is north america really just un-inhabitable…think about it…i think i’m on to something.
in other news, the captain had an offical weigh in today..and i was more or less right in his butter balledness. he’s tipping the scales at 11 pounds 10 oz. which is close to my 12 pound guess. everyone else said he was more like 10, but i knew better. he’s 75th percentile in weight and 55th or something in height…so he’s gonna be err, stout, it seems. you know the only other time i’ve heard the phrase "percentile" was in grade school with that retarded presidential fitness program. naturally i was always cruising around the mid 70’s, rocking my underachiever hipster stance back then as well. that shit would never fly nowadays. "oh look little johnny, you did 3 sit ups…that’s the 3rd percent–er, that’s great, you know 2 kids down in texas only did 2…so GOOD JOB!". anyway, i wonder if parents are proud when their kids hit the 100th level for weight…cripes can you imagine what that must be? "hey take a look at my 22 pound 6 week old!–oh yeah he’s just eating the breast milk and whooper jr’s, well we thought the jr was a good way to work up to the full sized whopper…."
….anyway…