We spent Sunday going through stuff and getting ready for a yard sale this weekend. I was going through my CD’s to find some to sell and I ran across one of my favorite CD’s from the 1990’s, it’s from a very little known band – PM Dawn. They had a few mainstream hits and chances are, you have heard at least one of their songs.

It’s a very smooth type of rap music…very relaxing and focused on love, life and blissfulness. Almost like hip hop light jazz or something. I have always loved their music, but what really hit me was the name of the CD…I never really understood it until Sunday.

The name of the CD is – “Dearest Christian, I’m So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad”.

The lead singer had a baby before the CD came out and decided to name it this, most places have it listed at just “Dearest Christian…”.

The name really hit me because I have felt like that a million times and I thought it was weird or maybe even meant that I was a bad father.

Having a child is amazing and full of happiness and tears…but then you realize what the situation truly means. Every ounce of pain, suffering and sorrow that your child goes through is 100% because of you.

This morning, I read about the swine flu, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, school shootings, family shootings, the car manufactures filing bankruptcy, the economy getting worse, weather getting worse and I have to ask myself why I would bring a person into this world to face all of this. My life is full of happiness, I have the greatest family in the world, a decent job and I’m extremely lucky yet I still have a very negative outlook on life and the world in general so I can only imagine how someone sees the world that isn’t as fortunate as I am.

Sometimes I look at being a parent as being selfish and the best thing you could have ever done for your child was not have them. I wouldn’t change having Evan for anything in the world, now…but sometimes I wonder why I didn’t realize all that he will have to go through…

Don’t take this little blog the wrong way either…I’m not suicidal or on the forge of doing something stupid that you seem to read about daily. I think suicide is an “easy way out” for weak people, people who can’t face what comes their way. We have been very low in my life but if I had taken the easy way out, I would have never gotten to where I am today.

Life is an unfair struggle that we have to face and overcome and continue to fight until we no longer have any fight left in us. The only answer now is to teach Evan to grow into a strong man and show him that even though life is unfair and full of pain…you do have those amazing moments that make it all worth it.

I still can’t help but feel responsible for all the sorrow and pain he will face…

~~~~ShArky~~~~
www.sharkysworld.com

It’s time for Ol’ Sharky to get in on this Miss California vs. Perez Hilton situation.

I have heard both sides and I struggle a bit because they are both technically right.

Here is the question and answer –

Perez Hilton – Should every state legalize gay marriage in the wake of Vermont becoming the fourth state to do it.

Miss California (Carrie Prejean) – “Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one of the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what? In my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage is should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how think it should be, between a man and a woman. Thanks you very much.”

My “stuggle” is based on my beliefs. Simply by looking at Ms. Prejean, you can tell that she is a few things. She is the “goody good” Christian and the popular girl who wouldn’t give you the time in high school unless you could throw a football 80 yards. You can see it in everything about her.

With that said, Ms. Prejean has every right to speak her mind and give her beliefs and opinions, just as Perez Hilton. It’s really sad, in this day and age, to see someone attacked for speaking their mind. Ms. Prejean is getting attacked left and right (as well as death threats) for expressing her freedom of speech right as an American.

Perez Hilton and I are a lot a like, we are both no bodies with a blog. I would have probably done the same thing in his shoes. Ask a very controversially question in order to get TV time…and it worked. I saw him on every station around.

We all know that Perez Hilton loves the cock and that is his right, however, how can he try to force his beliefs onto someone else? How can he get so angry when someone doesn’t agree with him? It’s a double standard and pure bullshit….actually, pure genius!! The free advertising from this situation is priceless!!

I believe, 100% that gay folks deserve every single right straight folks have…it shouldn’t even be a discussion. The entire argument is based on a fictional character (Jesus) and a fiction book based on his life. When you take religion out of the question, you no longer have any issues with the answer.

I respect both parties for speaking their minds, which they both have the right to do…but what is disrespectful is the way Ms. Prejean is being attacked. It’s a sad day in America when you have to be afraid of the backlash when you speak your mind and state your personal opinion.

~~~~ShArky~~~~
www.sharkysworld.com

PS – one side note, Eminem’s new CD drops in May…just in time to bring back the whole “Fuck Political Correctness” mentality!!!

I have two things today.

First, I’m ashamed that I use to work for Burger King. I use to love Burger King…eating there and, yes, working there. I have actually considered trying to get a part time job there and still work with EPA; I loved it that much there.

Now, I see Burger King pulling commercials because they “offended” some idiots. The two commercials are as follows –

“TEXICAN” – this commercial is for the Texican Whopper which is like a western Whopper with a little bit of Mexican. The commercial has a tall cowboy becoming a room mate with a small Mexican wrestler. What is offense about this…Mexicans LOVE wrestling…

The main problem was that the wrestler had a Mexican flag on as a cape…

I live in the middle of Kentucky and we are surrounded by Mexicans (99% which are illegal and should be sent back to Mexico or put in jail) and I have seen these flags on trucks, tobacco sticks and everything else.

The commercial is funny and the folks at Burger King should have stood behind it instead of pulling it like they did.

I’m tired of these minorities getting everything they want by complaining a little bit and threatening to sue.

The next Burger King commercial is the “Square Butts” which is a commercial where the Burger King is pretending to rap a parody of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “I Love Big Butts”. The commercial is advertising the Sponge Bob Square Pants news in their kids meal, and guess what retards….Bob has a SQUARE BUTT..hench, the SQUARE PANTS!!!!

Both commercials are hilarious and actually work because they made me want to go to Burger King, anyone who puts that much thought into an entertaining commercial should get the few dollars that I have left to blow.

Then they go kissing the ass of the Mexicans, Christians and cry baby parents and pull the ads…now I’m heading to McDonalds, they still have Grimace…he’s black, right?

And now, let’s talk about these morons throwing the TEA PARTIES all over the United States. These idiots claim that they are tired of paying taxes and don’t believe that they should have to pay taxes at all.

I find it funny that this is happening on my payday, a day when my check went up $20.00 thanks to President Obama!!! $20.00 less taxes that I have to pay.
Here are some facts…paying taxes is the way AMERICA runs…stating that you don’t want to pay any taxes is like saying you want America to fail. I don’t like paying so much in taxes either but I would rather pay my taxes and see America succeed than hoard all of my cash and fear for my life because lack of local law enforcement, worry about Evan growing up to become one of these retards because lack of teachers, worry about the water I drink because lack of the EPA!!

We all know that high officials miss-handle our tax money but you can’t just “not” pay taxes. America is a group effort and we all have to pay our share.

While these fucking retards here in Kentucky are standing out in the cold bitching about tea, I’ll be at Wal-Mart spending my extra tax cash and then harassing Grimace. (I was just informed that Grimace is a Purple American…damn it, I hate Purple Americans!!)

~~~~ShArky~~~~
www.sharkysworld.com

I feel like the most forgotten person in the world and I know there are more of guys out there just like me, and honestly, I’m tired of it.

I have written about this before and I’m writing about it again and will write about it again…probably until the day I die because it will NEVER change.

On the way to work this morning, I heard an advertisement for “Mom’s Night Out” which is basically another Mother’s Day. It’s a National thing and it’s stupid.

As a white, male, Atheist, married father….I am the most forgotten person in the world.

I’m tired of the NAACP, The Negro College Fund, The African-American Ball, “black” colleges, “black” beauty pageants, “black” magazines, “black” television channels and anything else that is openly racist, yet socially acceptable.

If I started anything like that with the word WHITE in it, I would be labeled a racist, shunned by society and possibly killed. What would Al Sharpton think of The Honkey College Fund?

I’m tired of Curves, Fit Time for Women, celebrations like Mom’s Night Out, ladies night at bars, MOPS, and anything else that is openly sexiest, yet socially acceptable.

Women can “claim” they need a place to workout that only allows women but that is bullshit. I am just as uncomfortable working out next to the guy that is 200 lbs. less than me, than you are!!! As a Dad, I’m JUST AS IMPORTANT as a mom.

Women fought for years to be EQUAL to men, so why is it now that they want to be UNEQUAL again?

I’m tired of going to Fatherhood.com and not finding a category that I fit in because I’m not a divorced drunk that beats my kids and I’m not spending the next 10 years in prison for being a fucktard!

I’m tired of doing research on how to be a better father and be sure that I raise an outstanding young man and having only two choices – sites for dead beat dads or sites for Christian dads.

I’m tired of spending money that promotes Christianity, I’m pissed that I have to acknowledge GOD or I can’t be a loyal American. I’m tired of Christians making all of the decisions when they are the SMALL minority.

I’m tired of trying to help people and getting that fucked up look when I say I’m an Atheist. The world is so fucking brain washed that they don’t understand that someone who DOESN’T believe in God can actually want to help his community by donating money, time, food and toys.

I do NOT have to be a Christian to be a great father, great husband, generous and all around good person.

I’m slowly realizing that SharkysWorld.com and Sharkfin, Inc. is truly trying to make a place for people like me.

I created SuperDads for dads like me…happily married, in your child’s life and trying to be Super Dads and it’s NOT religion based, we don’t believe you have to worship GOD to be a good dad. Plus, we didn’t leave the moms out because we welcome all SidekickMoms…..I wonder if there is a DOPS????

I am doing the Sharky Claus toy drive so that I can walk up and donate hundreds of dollars worth of toys WITHOUT an alter motivate. I’m not trying to force a religion on you, not trying to promote my religion…just donating! (What a concept!!)

I could be like the rest of the world and only allow white people to visit SharkysWorld.com, only allow guys to join FatSpace.net, only allow Atheist to join SuperDads…but I refuse to be an addition to the problem that is fucking America up.

~~~~ShArky~~~~
Sharkysworld.com

SharkysWorld.com is finally making the big time!!!

I think you measure just how popular you are with the amount of “haters” you have…and my list is growing.

This morning, I had a GREAT message from this 19 year old girl from right here in my hometown of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; it was on my Sharkfin Photography MySpace. She wanted to let me know that I was NOT a photographer, my pictures were terrible and then proceeded to tell me that her sister takes amazing pictures and I should check them out.

I went to her sisters MySpace and I can tell you…I feel better about my photography skills.

Now, I have never claimed to be a professional photographer…I have stated several times (on several sites) that I am VERY amateur…I’m basically just a guy with a camera and love for photography; however, I can tell you that I have more talent in my pinky than this girls sister.

Her pictures were extremely blurry with bad color, dark and just pathetic actually. So, this tells me that this young lady is simply a “hater”.

I never really ran into haters until I started doing The Sharkettes model site and I quickly realized how many of them were actually out there, it amazes me just how nasty girls can get (and not in a good way!!).

I got a few haters through my writing, sharkysworld.com and even on fatspace.net.

When I first started doing a website, an online friend told me this –

“When you first start, your family and friends will act amazed…they will tell you that you are amazing, but don’t let it get to your head. Keep learning and improving and you’ll start getting messages from other web folks who think you have some talent and they’ll offer advice and tips to help you out. Keep learning and improving and you’ll start getting messages from people wanting to work with you. Keep learning and improving and then you’ll start getting message from people telling you how terrible you are at this….then you know….you getting really good!!”

Now…when it comes to photography, I have dealt with three main types of photographers. Here they are –

1. You have the photographers that don’t want to work, talk or be friends with you. Not really sure why, maybe it’s because they think you could get a shoot instead of them…who knows.
2. You have the jealous folks who bad mouth you and tell you how terrible your photography skills are…99% of the time, your work is better than theirs.
3. You have the folks that love photography (Louisville’s own Joshua Burns – www.photographilia.com comes to mind!). These folks are honest with you without being rude and they give you tips and tricks to help make you a better photographer. They are 100% confident in their work and skills and have no issues with trying to help make you better. They love photographer and want to share their love and skill with others; regardless of their skill level. Those are usually the best photographers around.

I have no hopes of making it rich or big time as a photographer; it’s a hobby that I love and hopefully will continue to get better at.

Everyone is welcome to check out my stuff….just click on Sharkfin Photography over to your right and let me know what you think!!

~~~~ShArky~~~~
SharkysWorld.com

I plan on taking tons of pictures of my 2 year old, Evan James, as a way for me to personally celebrate child abuse prevention month…a way to really understand how lucky I am to have such an amazing son.

Check out the newest pictures at – Sharkfin Photography