i dont think i've ever experienced the true magnitude of Murphy's Law quite like i did friday

i dont think i've ever experienced the true magnitude of Murphy's Law quite like i did friday. it was astonishing. it crossed the line between angering and hilarious too many times. i went to get my tire changed (which busted as i caught a piece of curb sticking out during a parallel parking session) at sam's where i was supposed to have a warranty on it. i couldnt find the paper work from it, but my dad figured it'd be okay because they'd probably have it in their computer. well of course none of their computers are connected with any other sam's(') computers. cool. well i gotta have a tire so i'll go ahead and get one with my credit card. "what's that? you dont take visa?" well, that's... normal. fine. i'll go to an ATM and get some cash out. "that's weird. it's not taking my card." oh right, my ATM card became inactive once i got my debit card (which i messed up on and am currently waiting for my 2nd one). so at this point i realize i have no way of getting any money. sweet. so i call jesse and ask her if she could maybe bring me some money up to sam's. she does and it finally gets to my turn in line (again or the 3rd or 4th time)(and at this point i have already done all the paperwork and my tire is sitting there waiting to be put on). i go to give them the money and my tire is gone. one of the other guys says he just put it on someone else's car less than 10 min ago. oh, and that was the last one they had. amazing. so i wait a few more minutes for them to confirm that the East Towne Sam's (i was at west towne) had that tire. they did. so i drove over there going about 5 mph down half of 640 because it was reduced to 2 lanes. anywho, they had the right size tire, but it was $36 more than at the other sam's. somehow i had enough money for it. and i got my tire. a sequence of events like that really makes you appreciate a lot of things (which i wont go into). while i was getting the tire fixed jon called and asked if i wanted to see Hellboy and i said "definitely". it was pretty cool. and that was friday.

i was thinking that i'm really glad i'm not God. too many extremes in that job me thinks. first off, i'd hate to know everything because lets face it, learning is fun. secondly, can you imagine how incredibly sad and happy you'd get during that job (speaking about scenario of a human doing God's job)? you'd see so many wonderful things. i've always been jealous of the fact that God gets to see all of the beauties of the earth and surrounding universe anytime He wants. what a perk that would be. but on the other hand, you'd witness all of the atrocities commited day in and day out. i have absolutely no concept of how horrible life can be for some people. none whatsoever. but you'd see it all. i'm glad God is God and not me.

we watched The Believer tonight. that is a good movie. it's about a jewish neo-nazi and his struggle with what he is. it sound bizarre, but i highly recommend it. it's like i was telling jesse tonight, that i think the worst (and most unimagineable) (to me) part about the Holocaust is that no horrific story is too farfetched. nothing. because the worst things that ever could have happened to people did so there. unbelievable.

i'll have the "picture of the week" tomorrow (today).