C

Craptastic. Since starting this little meme thing, I've spent a little time each day thinking of topics I might post for each letter. Today, I've had one of those days where everything that could possibly break or take a shit on me has broken or taken said shit. Despite my fighting back with a positive attitude, I'm feelin' a little beat down today. The users have been merciless with their problems today too. Case in point, I spent 20 minutes in a conference room with a vendor trying to get a website to load, only to find out that they were giving me the wrong URL. Someone "back at corporate" didn't know the difference between a "." and a "-". Funtimes.

Canon camera (ooo... a double-C). I've posted before about my trusty little pocket camera, the Canon SD800IS.
This is a great little camera in so many ways, and I've talked it up to my friends so much since I bought it in January that four people I know have bought them. Mine is due for a good cleaning and maybe a tune-up; I've shot almost 2,500 pictures with it since January, and its been a trusty little unit.

Catholicism. I was raised Catholic, attended Catholic school from 1st through 8th grades, and was even an altar boy for a few years. I attended church every Wednesday for school and almost every Sunday with mom, and I hated every minute of it. I volunteered to be an altar boy mainly because it gave me something to do during the service and the time passed more quickly. After I switched over to public school in 9th grade and mom stopped forcing me to go, I pretty much never looked back. I've attended mass less than 10 times since then, mainly for holidays or weddings. I don't miss it one bit. My beliefs toward god or a higher power tend to run very personal, and the idea of hanging out in a big building, singing songs, and reciting prayers with a hundred other people as a means of worship just doesn't fit for me. I'm not much for organized religion at all, save for some Buddhist beliefs like the eightfold path.

California. All of my previous posts in this meme have included places, and I would be very remiss if I didn't post about California. I'm born and bred midwesterner, but California is my home and I love it. The year and a half that I spent back in Minnesota really drove that home for me, and I realized that it would take a very special something to ever lure me away from California again. Yes, this place has plenty of faults and at least as many detractors, but this is where I fit, where I feel at home and comfortable.

Czechoslovakia. I have nothing to say about Czechoslovakia, but since most of my other entries started with "Ca", I wanted to finish up with a Cz.