shucks

A while ago, when an MSN Space was the cool, hip median for the average Joe's thoughts, I broke the ice on my new blog by posting a short anecdote. This anecdote detailed a trip to the movies and my quirky, and thoroughly ignorant thoughts about the world of gas and war. Now, with fuel at over 3.20 a gallon, it just doesn't seem at all funny (not that ever was) and I thought that it would be a sorrowful look back if I posted it here.

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"Oil Tycoon"
When looking to detail the discrepencies between American and European cultures, one need not look further than economics; than a simple trip to your friendly neighborhood KB Toys. On a recent escapade with a friend, mainly Dan, to see 'Ocean's Twelve' (which I reccomend by the way), we found ourselves at the Loop with a little bit over an hour of free time before the movie started. So what do you do with that time besides stuffing your face at Wendy's: go to KB Toys of course. Upon entering the store, and searching around in vain for a disk for a few minutes, we found ourselves in the electronics section. What I found perfectly American about this electronics section is, that amidst rumors from history class that Europeans pay about $5.00 a gallon for gas and amidst all the accusations hovering over the head of Halliburton, you can still buy Oil Tycoon for your computer for merely $4.00 and no sales tax. Needless to say we purchased it without hesitation. Later that night when my new oil company (Enron-Haliburton Jr. Co.) was claiming bankruptcy and 'Freddy vs. Jason' was providing a nice backdrop to the disaster, it struck me just how funny the whole situation was. Europeans couldn't drive for a gallon on the money it took to get this game. I love it! Absolutley beautiful! Life may be crazy, but America takes the cake. God continue to bless the USA because I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I'm happy to see that by recording my thoughts every once and a while I have a testament to my growth.