For those not on the Front Range and do not know what miller moths are. Miller moths are any type of moth on the front range that are seen en masse around houses. Every May/June for 2-3 weeks the miller moths migrate from the eastern plains to the mountains. Millions of moths pass through the front range. They migrate back in the fall too; however, so many of them die during the summer that the fall migration is not nearly as bad. Miller moths also find the tiniest holes and make it into your house. This is when they really get annoying. Miller moths will not eat moth holes in your clothes or do any damage at all to anything in your house.

This year the attack of the miller moths has come really early, and is one of the worst migrations that anybody can remember. I guess 1991 was really bad, but I did not live out here then. For people with cats or dogs their pets take care of the moths that make it inside. All though the running around the house and jumping at windows may keep you awake at night. But I do not have pets.

There are 5 ways to deal with them once they get inside. Smash them which creates a mess. Vacuum them up, but they can get out of the vacuum. Create traps, but they do not always go into the trap. Ignore them. Or catch them, but after catching them you have to release them which is harder than it sounds because you have to open your door without letting more in.

Time to go back to hiding from the miller moths.

One thing I try to do on occasion is find other interesting blogs. But this is surprisingly hard to do. And then when you find a blog that is interesting you realize that the blogger has burnt out and is not longer posting. There are tons of blogs out there that just post one naked picture after another, but what is interesting about reading those blogs. Yes, it gives you jerk off material for the night, but I can get that anywhere. There are also a lot of blogs that just post news excerpt after news excerpt of gay news. You only need one of these to stay on top of what is going on. They all post the exact same stories.

Then I find a blog that I am genuinely interested in and get engaged in reading only to have the blog die a couple months later. You would be surprised by how many blogs die after 2 months. This is part of the reason I keep this blog going. I do it because I do not want to disappoint you, but also because I do not want to disappoint myself. I genuinely enjoy writing this blog and have a venue to say what I cannot in more diplomatic circles. I do want to keep my job after all.

There are a few things that really bring me back from burn out. The first is when some major event in my life happens that I want to write about. Something like coming out to my parents last November. The second is when someone comments on my blog. I know I have people who read this blog, but having someone comment just makes it so much more real. The third is being bored and wanting something to do. Writing posts for this blog takes away that boredom for at least a few minutes.

This post is not to say that I am shutting down this blog, because I am not. Right now I am energized to keep this blog going. I really do not know what point I was trying to make with this post, it was just something that I felt I had to say.

Last night the two ladies I was talking to pushed both of these buttons, and I was already somewhat irritated. This sent me over the top.

My problem with my acquaintances is not that they were bashing Obama. I bash Obama myself quite frequently. My problem is not that they were upset about the tax rate Obama pays. My problem is when I tried to have a rational conversation with them, they had made up their minds and did not care to be rational.

My problem is that they are able to vote, yet did not demonstrate a basic understanding of how the government works. This is evidenced in their comment that “He is the President and he should have done something about it.” And their response when I pointed out to them that he has been trying to but the Republican’s in Congress have been blocking it, “So, he is the President he can do what he wants.”

My problem is that they are able to vote, yet do not have knowledge about what their politicians have been doing. My problem is that they vote on the emotions their Republican candidate wells up in them rather than on a rational debate of the facts. To me that is what the problem is with this country. That is why this country is in the mess it is in. It is because being educated is no longer important. Who is the hottest or who yells the loudest is more important than being rational.

I will admit there are times that I am not rational too. Everyone is irrational some of the time. But from the times I have talked to these ladies before they are very rarely truly rational about politics. If you are someone who I cannot have a rational and intelligent debate with, I am sorry but I will not like, and I will not want to talk to you. So, I still do stand by my comment last night that these ladies were helpless and not worth my time.

I went out to eat tonight with a few what I will now call acquaintances who started complaining that Obama paid a lower tax rate than his secretary who makes $95,000 a year. They were rightfully upset about this. But when I pointed out that Romney was even worse and paid an even lower tax rate although he made were. The response was I don’t care. He is the president he should do something about that.

I responded he has been trying to do something about it. Of course the response was I don’t care he is the president he can do something about it.

I said I am not going to deal with you idiots tonight, paid my bill, and was out of there 2 minutes later. I may never talk to them again.

It is really simple. The President has been trying to raise the tax rate for the really rich for the past several year. The Republican’s in congress are preventing him from doing this. If you do not understand this you are an incompetent asshole and need to go back to elementary school so you can get a basic understanding of how our fucking government works. Until you do so you are helpless and not worth talking to.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

First and foremost, is that the rich have all of the power and live in the capitol. They then enslave the middle class to improve their lives making them work long days for very little pay. The poor are ignored by the system and left to starve to death. This sounds really familiar and is the reason behind the Occupy movement.

Secondly, I consider that if you do not live in the capitol and are therefore middle class or poor you are not allowed to travel beyond the boundaries of your district. Today gas prices are rising making it more expensive to travel putting the dream of going somewhere for vacation beyond the reach of a growing percentage of the population.

Third, the Hunger Games are really put on for the bemusement of the rich. Only the rich can afford to bet on the games or sponsor a tribute to impact the games. The rest are forced to watch the games on TV. Also the winners are lavished with money and gifts. This is similar to how professional athletes today are very handsomely paid and that attending professional sporting events has gotten very expensive to the point that many are not able to afford to attend the events in person.

Next, I thing the Hunger Games reflect on gang culture. The goal of the Hunger Games is for kids to kill each other until there is only one left standing. Gang wars happen all the time where kids try to kill each other until only their gang is left standing.

Finally, the people of the capitol are rich enough that they modify themselves however necessary to meet the latest fad today. Whether it is changing the color of their skin, embedding gems in their skin, boob jobs, plastic surgery to remove scars, or anything else they do it to be hip. Today those who can afford it get plastic surgery so they can look like the ideal image.

There are many other subtler social commentaries too. Some of which I have thought of already but do not know how to say them. Others which I will think of as I reflect on the book. Expect another post in a week or so digging into this further.

I do not necessarily have anything against Easter, but I choose not to celebrate it. I respectfully disagree with what the religious types claim the day is to celebrate, but everyone is different and I am not going to hate them for it. I do believe that what a majority of the population is truly celebrating is candy and nothing religious at all. But then when you look at Christmas people are generally celebrating getting gifts not the religious significance.

If I get invited to dinner by a friend I go to their place to eat. I do not visit my family firstly because my family live a $350 plane trip away and secondly because I do not really celebrate Easter. But I cannot go about my Sunday like I normally would because stores are closed and friends I would normally do something with are busy.

Normally Easter ends up being a day I go skiing, or for a hike, or for a long bike ride. Then do some cleaning around the house, eat dinner, and watch some TV. This year the tentative plan is to hike up to Barr Camp and back in the morning, take a short bike ride late in the afternoon, grill out a steak, and watch some TV. I likely will also use the quiet day to get some personal projects that I have been putting off for the past couple of months done.

What do you do on Easter?

I do not worry about all of the money I just spent, although I did just completely blow my budget. That is what you have rainy day funds for. I instead worry about what am I going to do with all of my stuff when I find a serious boyfriend and we want to move in together. I have a whole house and garage of stuff and it is not like my boyfriend is not going to have anything.

I woke up this morning, looked around my house and decided that I need to start getting rid of stuff. Of course I decide this every couple of months and spend a half hearted hour or two going through my clothes and coming up with a pile to get rid of. My clothes are probably my biggest problem. I have 2 dressers and an entire closet full of clothes that I never seem to be able to whittle down. Probably partially because I have 4 entire sets of clothes for different circumstances. Then I have the clothes I keep around because I want to wear them again when I lose enough weight to fit into them. I also have more coats than someone could possibly need in a lifetime.

I feel like a hoarder at times, but am nowhere as bad as those you see on TV. I also do get rid of my stuff, I just have to get the right motivation first. Once I am motivated the junk starts flying to Goodwill and I take 2-3 carloads of stuff. Of course the problem is I usually get motivated right after I just bought a bunch of stuff to replace it with.

When I walked out of Carrabas after having dinner tonight I was given reason to question the intelligence of the US Navy.

Navy Cadet: what is this? what are these on the ground?

The cadet was walking on a path of pavers. I just shook my head and kept walking.

For those interested I am currently reading The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson and have on my pile to read:

• The Girl Who Kicked Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell
• The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mocking Jay by Collins
• Pentaho Kettle Solutions (A reference book I really do not want to read but should. Just keep reading.)
• Weird Colorado by Ortega Getz (More of a coffee table book, but I guess I should go ahead and skim it at least.)