This stuff makes me SOOO angry!!!!

Many people (my wonderful sister included) do not like guns. I do not blame them. I understand, I really do. And the reason for that is irresponsible firearm owners. You hear too many stories about people accidentally being shot and/or killed. This is because people are NOT practicing proper gun safety. Firearms (and animals for that matter) cannot, and should not, be held responsible for irrisponsible owners. If you are going to own a weapon you better learn the rules that go along with it. Let me go ahead and share some with you.

1. ALWAYS TREAT A FIREARM AS IF IT WERE LOADED
Meaning: DO NOT POINT IT AT ANYONE OR ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO SHOOT
2. YOU are the safety when handeling a weapon
Meaning: When pointing it, if not intending to fire keep your finger OUT of the trigger well
3. ALWAYS CLEAR YOUR WEAPON PRIOR TO CLEANING IT
Meaning: Remove the magazine of ammunition and rack the firearm back to ensure a round is not chambered.
4. DO NOT HAVE AMMUNITION ANYWHERE NEARBY WHILE CLEANING YOUR FIREARM
Meaning: DO NOT HAVE AMMUNITION ANYWHERE NEARBY WHILE CLEANING YOUR FIREARM
5. When not in use keep firearm in a safe place, with the safety on. If there are additional concerns about others in the home (i.e. children) keep the firearm in a lock box or gun safe completely unloaded, (clip out, racked back) and to be even safer store ammunition in a seperate yet equally safe place.

These are the basics to make sure you don't shoot yourself or anyone else. They are not that difficult. They do not take up much time. Please, if you are a firearm owner be a responsible one. Oh also, only go to appropriate places for shooting, like a shooting range. I will not just go out to the forest or desert for target practice, that too, could get someone accidentally shot. Yes, shooting ranges cost more than the desert but you're less likely to accidentally kill someone and end up in jail. The rules above are numbered but not in order of importance... because you see, in order of importance they are tied. Please, be a responsible firearm owner or please get rid of your firearm.

Mmmmkay... moving on

I'm going to see the academic advisor again and make sure I have "all my ducks in a row." I was going to take the placement tests for English and Math but I'm still feeling kind of crappy so I guess I'll play that by ear. If I don't take them today I'll probably take them next week. That's really all though right now.

"Obviously you're not a golfer."
The Dude AKA Jeffery Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) The Big Lebowski