Superfluous Baloney

I don't know what it is today, but I just kind of feel out of sync...irregular. (Yes, that made me giggle and yes, I have the mental capacity of a 5 year old boy for laughing.) I didn't get a ton of sleep, but it wasn't too crazy short or anything so I don't think that is it. I also assure you it has nothing to do with today's election. I was a good kid and voted two weeks ago. Alright, I'm not that good. It just so happened my gym was set up as an early voting pole place thingies, so it was insanely convenient. I walked out the door of the locker room (dripping with sweat mind you) and walk right up to the little old people that volunteer for that sort of thing. As they were still pondering my inability to utilize public showers, I sauntered over and clicked the little screen until each of my cotes was cast. I even made sure I got a sticker. This is a serious improvement for me. Typically I can't ever locate the polling place and inevitably give up convincing myself my little ole vote doesn't count for anything anyway. I tend to have very moderate political beliefs and standards so I don't get really riled up over elections.

I think it may be the time change that is actually making me all out of whack. I have never understood the true value behind "falling back" each autumn and "springing ahead" each spring. Some people try to give it a positive spin by focusing on the fact that you gain a whole hour of sleep!!! Yes, but I also end up leaving work after the moon has risen and the stars are out. This makes me feel like I wasted my whole day away at work, rather than just the bulk of it. So now instead of it being dark when you wake up in the morning, it is now dark when you get home. How is that beneficial?

I guess the idea originated from Ben Franklin (you can always count on Ben for some wacky ideas...like that whole kite and lightening debacle), but didn't actually see any federal backing until 1918. But people hated it back then because they liked to get up earlier and go to bed earlier than we do now. Weirdos. So then they decided each local jurisdiction could decide if they wanted to practice it or not. As a result we now can change your clock three times as you drive through Arizona, (there is a Native American Indian Reservation in the middle of the state that said they will not utilize daylight savings time), the entire state of Indiana that said fooey, we aren't doing it, and various other areas they have decided to go against the flow. Thus, I never know what time it actually is anywhere because apparently time is not an established law of nature, but rather another area humans can choose to manipulate as they see fit. How spastic have we become that now we even feel the need to control time? Why can't we just agree to leave it alone and the sun can rise and set as it sees fit. As far as I'm concerned, as long as I know what time I get to leave work each day and what time the football game starts, I'm good.

So why do we have to jack with it? And don't give me that hooey that we are trying to limit our use of resources such as electricity. If that's the case, then let's just stay "sprung ahead." What's the big deal? The next candidate for president that adds the controversy known as "Daylight Savings Time" to there platform gets my vote! (As long as that candidate has no affiliations with Alaskan Hockey Moms.)

*For more historical info on the origination of Daylight Savings Time feel free to check out this pretty little website.