The Ghetto, Ninjas, and a Headache

Today, while working in the wonderful city of Memphis, I saw a variety of peculiar things:

1. An upside pedestrian on a sign
2. A spray can that said unscented but was called OderAway.
3. A ghetto child swing(A lawn chair tied to a piece of string.
4. Several skinny cats and dogs.
5. A crack addict
6. A prostitute finding a way to pay for her taxes.
7. Some many 'gangstas' who can't afford a belt, so they keep their pants up by grabbing their pelvic area.
8. Around 50,000 beer cans, 42,000 soda cans, 89,000 cigarette and cigar cartons, over 100,000 wrappers for numerous fast food restaurants, and 23,000 newspapers.

Litter. I have seen several commercials stating that Tennessee is tired of it. I've seen a chain gang clean up the street. I've even seen a garbage man pick up the abandoned beer can tossed out by a driver.
We cannot escape it. It's unbelievable how much trash as a community we throw into our environment. it disgusts me.
On another note, I saw Ninja Assassin, the Japanese version of Rambo. It was okay. Way too many deaths. Anyway.
I have a headache like no other. I think it's because of the 67,000 gory deaths I've seen today. Or how my nose is full of mucus. Or whenever I cough, my back aches in pain.
Since no one probably reads this, or for those who do, don 't know me, I will share some "fun" facts about myself.

1. I play the piano. Sort of.
2. I am gargantuan Douglas Adams fan.
3. I think 87% of movies made after the late 80's fail.
4. I'm a sci-fi nerd. HHGTTG, Player Piano, Flash Gordon, H.G. Wells, Star Trek. These I things know.
5. The librarians at OB know me by name.
6. I think Buckethead is the best guitarist.
7. I don't care for sports.
8. Coffee doesn't appease to me, but a cup of Earl Grey tea does.
9. The original Disney movies are amazing(Hercules, Aladdin, Robin Hood) Also, Finding Nemo and Cars are freaking amazing.
10. I like to randomly quote things. If you ever hear me do it, don't be scared.

There. While I am typing this, I am on the cult-phenomenon website that is Facebook. Everyone seems to have one, even grandparents. It scares me.
Also, there are many Facebook addicts. They have everyone subscribed to their phone,so when a person updates their status, said person knows it and comments or 'likes' it. It also amazes me how many quizzes and applications there are. And everyone seems to like showing everyone their results. Constantly.
I am guilty to this. I had a Quiz Era once. It was depressing. So many questions, so little time. I still believe there is a super computer that makes all of the cursed things up. I plan to find that computer and destroy it.
I'm also guilty of joining a lot of groups. Some of the stupidest things are groups. Example, there is a group called Amish People. WHY? When people find a group and add that group every day, it irritates me. Actually a lot of things irritate me, but I'm not going into it. So now I'm off to go watch a movie. Either Eeturn of the Jedi or Ferris Buehler's Day Off.


So Long and Thanks For All the Fish,
Elliot

P.S. I plan to put a quote up here every time I post something. Today's fun quote is:

"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
- Kurt Vonnegut