California here we come (no, for real this time)!

For anyone who doesn't know (not many, seeing as how I can't seem to shut up about it), I'm off to Los Angeles for the long weekend. I'm quite excited, although the downside is that this will be the last update for roughly a week. Tragic, I know. Whilst walking the beach and hobnobbing with celebs, it's unlikely I will be thinking of the world's many, many problems or, perhaps more importantly, have a computer with me so I can tell you about them. I'm on vacation, dude. I could care less.

I'm guessing I'll have lots of ideas when I come back, though. Like how in California, they have a store devoted exclusively to cupcakes. Even if Jake Gyllenhaal does shop there, it's still undeniable proof of an overabundance of niches in the marketing sector and probably shouldn't exist.

But today in population complaints, I target...standardized test tutors. Seriously, what the hell? We have so many people taking these stupid things that tons of people get good scores. So many, in fact, that we have created an entire industry to specifically train our children to do well on them. God forbid we rely solely on grades, extracurricular activities, and personal recommendations to accept students into college. I'm still bitter that my school based scholarship awards on the lowest common denominator. In my case, that was my damned ACT score, and I didn't have a tutor. However, I graduated two years ago so maybe I should get over it.

Also, is that population counter on the sidebar freaking you out, yet? I can safely say I've hit the freak-out point. Jesus.