INCEST EVERYWHERE

Ignore the title. It's an in joke.

So, anyone living in Arizona and has any sort of means of listening to the people around them knows about the Override that's being voted on right now. A vote that, if it passes, will stop the AZ government from basically cutting everything that matters out of school. Yeah, I know it's probably a lot more complex than it sounds, but the black-and-white stereotypical view on it is that: It's bad, AZ hates children, apparently band/theater/culinary/CTE don't at all help a child succeed, and being a teacher is probably the single worst career. Ever.

Sorry, sign spinners, maybe next year

So, around the weekend, the override didn't pass, which meant anyone who wasn't graduating this year (:]) would basically have their hobbies torn from their grasp and they'd be left to die. And then graduate. But! Then, out of nowhere, people realized that kids DO have hobbies after all (like they do in Europe) and started to vote the other way around, so now we're about 800 votes ahead and it's looking good, we'll know by the end of the month.

But really, why. I can understand if you've got some budget issues, sure. And I can understand that you've gotta do what's right to keep your state going, sure. But what the HELL. The children?! Now look, I know that sacrifices have to be made constantly in order to maintain a successful career in just about anything, including gubernatorial duties, but seriously. Now, I don't know about you all, but had I not had theater or any of my other hobbies during school, my life would be more boring than Canadians. I'm sure the same story goes for anyone else in my position, whether it's theater, band, or culinary. Whatever, I'm not sure what other kinks there are to it, I just know that it doesn't end well for us in the end.

At least it stays true to Arizona

Anyway, this is all happening because of some budget crisis that we've been dealing with for a bit, like the rest of America, unless you're rich, you know what I'm talking about. So, that's basically what's causing that whole problem I mentioned last time about not being able to pay for my girlfriend (at least partially), as well as a dozen other things I need to pay for. This budget crisis. And the worst part is, I can offer no solution on how to fix it other than "stop spending money". Which is probably about as likely to happen as me beginning to enjoy ketchup and mustard. Disgusting.

So, in the end, we all come together and realize one thing: Arizona, you really, really suck. I've got countless friends that have already said their goodbyes when we haven't hit graduation yet, they're heading off to a different state for the exact reason that Arizona really sucks. Call it blasphemous, whatever, it's not Arizona itself, because if you've lived here for most of your life the hot weather isn't a big deal, but it seems we're more corrupted than M. Night Shyamalan's directing.

Actually...nevermind...

So yeah. AZ sucks. Sure, I'll probably live here most of my life because I've got too much here to leave, but still, you suck. Now, this all can be fixed, but there's some major corruption, I believe, that I don't know the first thing about. I'm one to jump to conclusions, but I'm sure I've got some "amen"s on this one.

Hah.