Hey again~

This would be my fourth or fifth posting on joeuser, and I'm glad to say i've been doing it once a day, as per my new years goals.

A few things have been brought to my attention today.

1. Rock climbing is fun, yet hard. My arms ache. My hands are cut. My feet are even sore. But it was so rewarding, and a wonderful way to exercise. I'm all for doing it again.

2. Obesity is scary. I am terrified by the growing number of obese people in the world, especially the United States. I saw a segment on the news today about the Better Business Bureau and gym/health club memberships. The BBB seems to think that its wrong for gym's to be able to have people sign up for a year or two contract (sometimes even up to three or four years). They said that people are going out, it being right after New Years, and they are buying these memberships which in the long run will be much more than they can handle, because they will be quitting exercising after a few months anyways. The BBB says that memberships should be trimmed down to monthly, because then people wouldnt be forced to pay for , as an example, a two year membership they aren't going to use. People should be allowed to buy a month at a time, so they save money when they feel that they want to stop exercising, according to them.

This is whats wrong with America folks. The reason the gyms charge for years at a time is because then people are thinking "Well, I should use the membership since I'll have it for two years, then I'll get my moneys worth out of it." I'm coming to the conclusion that these BBB people are nothing but lazy slobs also. They're making it seem okay that Americans are giving up on trying to lose weight. This pisses me off. Yeah, so I'm gonna stop before I offend anyone else.

3. My friends tonight decided to annoy one of my friends online. They got her instant Messenger screen name, then proceeded to ask her such questions as "what is your bra size?" I am very irritated by this. She is a wonderful Christian girl. She doesnt date, doesnt do drugs, nothing bad. She is one of the most innocent people I have ever met, and also one of the most enjoyable. Her friendship is worth alot to me, and my friends dumped all over it. She is not mad at me, but is mad at them. I just feel so sorry for her having to put up with it all. Everytime I tried to stop them, they hit me. There were two of them, and only one of me, not to mention that I'm a skinny little puke as it is. It bugs me that they would od such a thing even after knowing my feelings towards her. Oh well. Time heals all.

Yeah, so those are some of the more important conclusions that I came to today.

ANYWAYS... on to other things.

Amanda: No new news.

Ex-girlfriend Annemarie: I am really good friends with Anne, you must understand that. Today I have found out that she is starting to use birth control pills. I, as a Christian young man, am against contraception, and also, sex before marriage. I have had many long talks with her about this, as she is the person whom my ideals came from, but now that shes in college, she has seemed to change. She is no longer the abstinance advocate she once was, and has had sex, numerous times, and is now starting BC. I am frusterated with her also. As she is home from school for the weekend, I'm hoping that I get time to talk to her and hopefully to get her to think about her choices a bit more.

Tonight was, overall, rather uneventful. Don't get me wrong, some pretty shitty things happened, but thats how it goes I guess.

Here's a quote that I'll leave on: "Do not try to understand the world... try to change it." --Karl Marx

I'm out.
--Joe