Fantasy Blog Stock Market???

Interesting little bit I discovered while being vain today. I decided to google the word cropreality. Obviously the name of this blog and what I use as my screenname for many things as well as what my 'side business' is called. (Cropreality Imaging). Anyway, I started seeing this website popup called Blog Shares. I was curious as to why my blog would show up on this and I started looking at it. It seems this is a fantasy blog stock market of sorts. The reason mine was on there was because by my linking to Tips From the Top Floor, I had helped it earn B$687.00. That's blog money for those of you unfamiliar. (Not actually real) I was in the top 100 earners for their site. Sitting at number 23. I guess not too big of a deal since there were only 81 links to the site, but hey, don't burst my bubble. I'm not sure how often they update, but I will do some research into. I've decided to start whoring myself by promoting Tips From the Top Floor now and see how much worth I can get them. Let's get these numbers moving people.

And Stephen Thought He Was Bored

See what happens when you're bored and it's midnight.

This is either the result of me playing too much of this roleplaying game I just beat or it's due to me playing 'In the Dark' by The Grateful Dead one too many times. Suffice to say I am bored. I just finished the videogame I've been playing for two weeks, Fable, a very in-depth first person/role playing/medieval/I'm a huge nerd. The good thing is that I admit it, embrace it, and now maybe I can get help. Doubtful. I basically just wanted to play with light. I might try some other stuff tonight but I'm getting tired. I have to work from 1:30-10 again tomorrow.

I must make a small correction before Nora yells at me again. The photo problem with the blogs is not Eric's fault. It's Wills. I stand corrected Nora. I need to add the DEN blogs to my site. I really like Holly's blog. It's probably because I agree with her on many things.

One last thing. I'm working on a project for Stephen. Nothing big. I can't tell you what it is, but I think he'll appreciate it. He seems really down lately about his job. I would be too if I was as good of a photographer stuck in Mattoon.

Shame on you Charleston!

For those of you that think there is no such thing as discrimination apparently you haven't been south of Chicago lately. A news article in the DEN talks about how Charleston will not be celebrating Black History Month. Now I understand what the city says, but this is definitely not good PR for a city in southern Illinois with a dominant black community on the campus. What do you teach the kids at school when you don't celebrate it.

I for one am fully supportive of the month. I know, I know. More hippy liberal crap, but honestly. Black History Month is an important time in our year for us to reflect on the ways blacks were mistreated and to learn from our mistakes. It would be like a history books saying they acknowledge World War II happened and that Nazi concentration camps took place, but we're not going to fill the pages of our book with that because it's not state mandated.

I think the city council and the community as a whole should be utterly ashamed of themselves. It's possible the city just doesn't know how to celebrate it. In that case maybe they need to outreach to the community a little more for help. They almost make it seem like BHM is a burden.

Well, at least Morgan Freeman now has a town that he can finally settle down in I guess.