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Over 80% Of California Is Now In Extreme Drought
Just how dry is California? Here is The LA Times showing every map of California released by the U.S. Drought Monitor since 2011 (the last time there was any drought conditions). More than 80% of California is in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and the state's condition isn't expected to improve in the near future; and 100% of California remains at least in drought for at least the 4th month in a row... and it's spreading to the rest of the nation.
In 10 seconds, the devastation of the last 3 years...
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As 100% of California has been in drought for at least 4 months...
And it's spreading...
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It's bad people!!
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EAtchur broccoli.
I had a nasty skin infection on one of my netherparts that went something like that once...
Besides your infection also eatchur asparagus, lettuce, avocados, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, beef, pork, chicken, turkey, dairy products, corn, beans and whatever else it is that you like, for as long as they're affordable or available.
The state whichever water whatever it is (we gots a whole buncha overlapping water thugs fucking things up, royally) just announced day before yesterday as a matter of fact, that while the northern and central parts of the state have decreased water use buy 5% to 10%, LA and San Diego have increased by some 10%.... Hah!
Them fuckers only use water down there for car washes, pools, yards and wet teeshirt contests because they steal it from the northern and central parts of the state.
Rationing and price controls, deluxe.
BTW, they grow most of the state's infections in LA and SD. Huh....
It's the old commie curse. We warned 'em!!! (shakes fist)
Watch out, they're under every rock.
Computer graphics uber alles?
No need to worry too much about Fuki radiation in their rainfall or water, eh.
[‘cause they ain’t got no water!]
Just dump a cold bucket of ice water on your head for ALS and it will cure all your ailments, while no less than doubling your Social Media Equity value.
Looks like it;s time to upgrade my video card.
Krugman would be proud
They'll have to invent a new level of dryness: color it black.
Drought in California = not enough water to keep all the lawns green and the swimming pools filled and the peaks covered in artificial snow during the ski season (which should properly run from late November through end of May).
I am Chumbawamba.
As I've said before... I wish the "national scab" of Kalifornica would just hurry up and dry up and fall off the rest of the country... And especially before it defaults and Obozo makes the rest of us have to bail it out.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away:
"The water level of Lake Superior is up 1" in the last month (at a time when the lake often loses water) and is now up 8" in the past year. Superior is now 7" higher than the long-term average water level. The water level of Lake Michigan/Huron (one lake for lake level purposes) is up another inch in the last week and (drum roll) the water level is now one inch ABOVE the average September lake level! Get this…Lake Michigan/Huron is now 19 inches higher than it was one year ago, an unprecedented 12-month increase! That’s a gain of 7.41 trillion gallons of water in just 12 months. Lake Huron has gained 7.6 trillion gallons of water in the past year, Lake Superior 4.4 trillion gallons and Lake Erie 1.02 trillion gallons. That’s a total gain of 20.4 TRILLION gallons of water to the Great Lakes in just 12 months! Lake Erie is 6" higher than it was one year ago and 6" above the average water level. Lake Ontario is unchanged in the last year and 3" above the average water level. Lake St Clair is up 11" year-to-year and is 7" above the September average level. Quite the opposite from this article (press release) that came out only 2 1/2 months ago."
http://blogs.woodtv.com/2014/09/11/lakes-michiganhuron-now-above-average...
Apparently some of the water acquired by said lakes would have once fallen on CA.
What can congress due to address such inequity?
CA should demand reparations!
/tic
WAIT WAIT WAIT JUST A FUCKING MINUTE....I thought we didn't believe what the media says here...
Obviously this means Cali is good and set on rain. So you fuckers need to get straight and stop believing everything you see on the MAINSTREAM media. Pussy ass flip-flopping bitches.
I don't believe that there's a drought. There seems to be enough water for everybody. I'm not into all that global warming bullshit.
There was a time about 80 years ago that the United States would put millions to work building aqueducts to alleviate droughts. A canal from the Missiissippi to Arizona would prevent flooding in Louisiana and supply water all of New Mexico, Arizona, West Texas, and Southern California. Water from the Columbia could be run South to California. Giant wind power plants could desalinate water along the coasts.
Instead we give trillions to the banks and wage wars overseas. Sad.
and now china builds high speed rail, dams, aqeducts, highways, and more
A pipeline from the Columbia is indeed the solution. Alternately, a pipe from the lower Mississippi to Lake Powell would work.
Never happen though, since the environmentalists will block it.
Damn Straight! Because water is a right and those who have must supply those that need.
Miffed;-)
Come and get it, I'll treat you to a Lehto's pastie.
What a kind gesture. Why do I feel like I've been cast in the role of King Xerxes at the onset of the Battle of Thermopylae? I must do something about this cynicism! ;-)
Miffed;-)
Talk about cynicism! When I first saw your reply I thought it read "What kind of a gesture..." : )
Cynicism can only be replaced by trust and I wouldn't expect that.
Unlike you I don't offer much to this forum, let me say that not only are your posts informative, timely and well thought out but they sparkle with the gleam of a kindred spirit.
Thanks.
Offer is still good.
: )
I take you up on the offer. My response was meant to be playful to your reference as I'm sure you surmised. A Molon Labe of a gentle sort. ;-)
Trust is something that must be earned. It is only given out flippantly by the foolish to their own detriment. I am honored by your characterization of who I am. I assure you I strive to represent myself here honestly and not hide behind a facade as some do. I accept this may be offensive to some. Que sera.
I have found those who don't profess to have value often have more than those who endlessly proclaim their worthiness. Most are distracted by the sound and fury but their ramblings often signify nothing. I like to seek out the man hiding in the shadows observing the spectacle and knowing his mind. There is where the sparkle is found.
A bientot,
Miffed;-)
"A Molon Labe of a gentle sort. ;-)"
The story is one for the ages. I'm glad you approve.
I'll have to add a keen sense of perception to that characterization as well as I am playing that role now, the man behind the scenes, at least in my female ascendant, corporate career.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYV-nEE300
Perception is an attribute we both share. I hope trust will ensue.
Thank you for the fun interaction. I am always surprised I find such unique colorful people here. Such a contrast to my grey corporate world whose strictures can be so stifling. However, I must admit a freethinking, push the boundaries type of personality may not be such a great thing to have running around unfettered in my job. So it is only allowed off the leash on ZH for the safety of others.
Miffed;-)
The tunnels I enter my workplace with completely flooded in seconds last month.
Thousands of volts of electricity then surged through them before shorting out.
Considering the hour, I think it miraculous there wasn't even the slightest of injuries.
On a normal day I only need to fear repetitive strain injury of the Digitus Secundus Manus.
Be safe Miffed.
Atmospheric water generation will eventually open up areas drier than California is now.
http://www.aquasciences.com/products_eng.shtml
(Disgruntled AGW hysteric) Proof of global warming! The ice caps are melting and backfilling Lake Superior through the Erie Canal, its the only thing keeping Albany & NYC from flooding!!!
Everything is proof of AGW global warming; including the first snows of northern BC, Canada; which are occuring as we speak;in September !! (If you interested in reality, this is actually evidence for a pre-mini-ice-age).
Maybe Musk can figure out a way to make water flow uphill and over the continental divide.
.............Is this supposed to be sarcasm? Of course that could be done, given enough energy/money.
Water is for toilets. Drink Brawndo! It's what plants crave!
Here are some "It's so dry in California" jokes.....
It's so dry in California my girlfriend is thinking about leaving me for a wetback.
It's so dry in California we're limited to topping-off our Olympic-size swimming pools to just 3 times a day.
It's so dry in California they're rationing wet vaginas.
It's so dry in California we have to pee at least 1.5 gal in the toilet tank before we flush.
It's so dry in California when you go to a restaurant the waiter expects a bottle of water for a tip.
It's so dry in California the cartons of wine are filled with pearlite.
It's so dry in California when your house catches fire they throw water baloons at it.
It's so dry in California the fruits and nuts are dehydrated to the point of not even being able to carry an abnormal conversation.
It's so dry in California when you go to the barber they lick the comb before running it through your hair.
It's so dry in California when people spit on the sidewalk they get fined for wasting water.
It's so dry in California The Governor just declared a state of triple sec.
It's so dry in California all the pot farmers are required to water using reclaimed meth lab chemicals.
It's so dry in California Alcatraz Island is now accessible via freeway.
It's so dry in California when people jump off the Oakland Bay Bridge they really leave a lasting impression.
It's so dry in California car radiators are required to recycle their escaping steam.
The Big C could go on here but I'm afraid too many down votes could overwhelm the servers.
If you posit the theory that every commie emits more deadly CO2 than the average citizen, and there is "one under every rock", then can anyone deny that the far left is responsible for the (imaginary) global warming?
Yaaawwwwnnnnn....
Not such a yawn if you live in an "extreme drought" location, as I do. It is tinder dry and we probably won't have any rain until November. The reduced use of water is inconvenient, but tolerable. Very scary on the fire front.
Don't worry. Giving $5 billion to support a coup in Ukraine and spending another few billion a week bombing Iraq, Syria, Libya, Detroit, Scotland, wherever, should fix things in no time.
probably won't have any rain until November
But you forgot to mention that no rain from now to November is totally normal?
Corrct. I expect significant precip. to begin in the last week of Oct.
It ain't that bad...I've got plenty of beer to drink and we still need a few good burns to clear out the dead trees.
I'm hoping we get an ArkStorm that relieves us from Sacramento. Would love to see Moonbeam under 20' of water.
Clear out the brush; the fuel load. You can't expect the sky to keep overgrown brush and dead falls wet 24-365. Well, I suppose you can if you're stupid enough.
If I lived in California, I'd still be yelling at the kids to get off my lawn.
Lush, green grass in the middle of a desert until the sprinkler heads stop popping up and spraying water around. That's the first sign most Californian's will have that there is a drought.
Flying into SFO recently, the surrounding hills and valleys have never looked so brown. But my friends in the Bay Area tell me the sprinklers are still going off in the middle of the night.
Drive up I-5 and see vast farmlands lain fallow, parched trees in orchards.
But Knuks, we now have " please conserve water, extreme drought" on our freeway conditions signage. Surely that will make a difference.
Why do I think there is not a plan B if this fails. Or maybe that's more knashing of teeth and hand wringing. This state is so pathetic. Well, I think this calls for a scotch.
Miffed;-)
If Plan B involves popular incenvenience, you can rest assured there is no Plan B. Except those in power getting the hell outta Dodge (or The Valley, as the case may be).
And we're back to 'If it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown flush it down'.
Seriously. There are actual ads with this.
A few million more illegal aliens will fix Claifornia's woes. Just please stay there and do not leave that hell hole. You lot voted for this so seriously F off.
It'll snow in the Sierras at the end of October, and rain in Coastal Northern Californa; significant refilling of storage capacity will take place.
All media; including Zero Hedge, has to be interpreted in terms of "click bait"/ or emtional blackmail, nowadays. What happens after a drought? It rains. What happens after that? you never hear about it again.
...I'm prayin' for rain in California,
So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine....
Severe,extreme,exceptional????
It doesn't look like this problem is going away anytime soon.
The paleoclimatological record of the region should scare the crap out of anyone savvy enough to comprehend a simple graph. Drier La Nina events are overtaking the wet fading El Ninos and the drier conditions have pretty much always been the historic norm.
You're going to hear a giant sucking sound at the grocery store checkout pretty soon..
I don't understand how those old redwood trees lived through that if it's true.
Good question. If I remember correctly they have a somewhat shallow root system but one that spreads a pretty fair bit.
Such giants they are, very impressive.
They can collect water from condensation via the fogs that often cover the areas they are in. Second, they only reproduce (seeds sprout) after a fire. Might be part of their lifecycle out there.
Forest fires scorch but don't always kill the big tree.
It's not true. It's nonsense.
each illegal should bring a vegetable with them..... we would have 30 million
each illegal is a vegetable...
mmmmmmmm... long charcoal.
Or a 5 gallon bucket of water. Don't drink it though....
It's our Ebola.
Oh come on, man! That shit's being imported for free right over the open unprotected border manned by fuck all nobody 24/7/365 costing us billions!
And God said, "We'll see who's in charge."
For the 3 down votes, how about
And the sun said, "About time for another Grand Minimum."
That reminds me I need to go out in my northern california exceptional drought and water all my blueberries.
Californicators will be alright. They have unicorn piss they can drink...
Californicators drink Evian, Perrier and San Pellegrino. Or wine.
...and most of 'em are limber dick cock suckers.
Right on the ocean and no water. Ain't that ironic.
Still, I somehow don't buy this bullshit crisis. I mean, of all the places, California? Is it like the electricity shortage under Enron? Got to be.
A drought means it has not rained. I doubt politicians or even corporations have that much control over the weather.
what comes after exceptional? going to need a bigger adjetive.
biblical
(standing and doing high fives at you)
When they're still trying to find ever more extreme words to describe the situation, you're still fine. It's when they stop you need to worry.
Troof, my bruffer
Obamaical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf85LWrmsj4
Ummm, bullshit, flooding in the panhandle of Florida.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014/04/30/florida-floods-panhandle-weather-storms/8501961/
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To my idiot junker(s), look at the .gov sponsored graph again, focusing on Fla/Alabama.
You're stupid ;-)
Went back to visit wife's family in the redneck riviera. (first we spent some time in Orlando.)
Drove from Orlando to Overstreet on what is still basically a two lane road through various shithole towns through mile after mile of planted pines. (like cornrows...monotonous after a couple hours.) Made the split in Perry and took 98 up. Slong stretch crossing the Suanney River we encountered a rainstorm that dropped five inches per hour (and a tornado). The rain lasted for two hours, and the van was physically pushed down from the flow. It was so heavy there was no visibility and the best speed I could make was 5 mph...for two hours.
Always hated Florida. I'm a desert kid, rain is supposed to be a rare treat where you run outside to stand in it.
Seems like house will be cheap in the future in California. Who would want a house without water?
People who live in New Mexico.
Mitt Romney?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zillow/2012/09/06/homes-of-presidential-cand...
As 100% of California has been in drought for at least 4 months...
Interesting comment given that California typically has zero rainfall between Mid April - Mid October every year.
Oh shit! Does this mean moar obnoxious Cali problem people will move here?!
This should pop the S&P back over 2000 and take gold under $1200... why not?
My channeler said once that the End of Days meant the world would come to an end when La Jola, Berverley Hills, and Malibu deuchebag yuppies couldn't wash their cars.
I didnt' understand then I do now.
Can't get any dryer than Pelosi snatch. Hahahah
Nancy's got a wicked big caulk!
The Mongols would ride through the desert by drinking the blood of their horses. We could always try watering our lawns with blood.
Blame it on mexican kids and ISIS
Now that is an idea.
Hells bells, since most Californians be atheists, can't blame it on God now, can we?
Ewwwwww! A hard dichotomy for the unbelievers to grapple tonight!
Blame it on the delayed iPhone 7. iGadgets are the new religion for most of these shitheads and their Lord Obama.
dat a free fone fun 'bama?
Bush
Isn't there a drought tax that will address this problem?
They're laready trying that shit... for real, dude.
Taxes are the only way to solve this.
That and bullet trains east ;-)
Bullet trains east? Would be better.
What we're getting are bullet trains north/south...that stop every mile.
I can't wait for the "Buy Gold before it's too late!" buttons to appear on the left side
Actually I see the chain of articles moving the drones closer to the pump and dump to buying water stocks and underground aquifer stocks.
and 80% of ND and SD are extremely wet...
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/drought/recovery/current/curr-pmd...
Wet here in my corner of IA, talking record wet. Never in my lifetime have I had to mow my lawn twice a week this late in the year. Usually they start to get stressed mid July. Shit all be green here. Record crops again this year I would guess. It's like a friggin paradise here in the Midwest compared to many other regions.
Hell bells the Black Hills in SD had snow last night. Was there only six weeks ago in record heat. This is a goofy ass year for the climate here.
They had snow in Clagary for 2 days this week.......
I guess Canada is the new lush 90210
The real story is the current "crisis capitalism" water grab by the state - hereby taking control of all underground water pumping.
This is the biggest revision of water rights since 1913.
It is a huge deal in that the state will effectively make it too expensive for mom and pop farmers to dig more wells or even go deeper.
The corporate farms however will be able to kill their competition, deflate the prices of land without restricted water and then come back with a larger control of the market in better years.
People like to joke about Democrat controlled Kalifornia and they are right to do so, but in these matters the state and national party is acting more like Italian Fascists and Chinese Maoists - all for the benefit of The Corporate.
You won't be laughing when you will be required to prepay for monthly metered water and a salty watermelon costs $50.
Water rights, blah, blah fucking blah. IT'S THE FUCKING DESERT. The WHOLE FUCKING STATE IS AN ARID CLIMATE. How fucking stupid are these people?
Raging forest fires EVERY FUCKING YEAR. How many forest fires have you seen in the rest of the country in the last century? Un-fucking-believable.
Newsflash. Very few in thier right fucking mind will be paying $50 for a watermelon. If corp farms think otherwise they will shrivle up like the rest of the mom and pops. We quit eating apples from the grocery store because I refuse to pay close to 50 cents for a fucking apple. Will just stick to the less tasty versions that grow in season here.
Just part of The Plan . . . destroy the small farmer so Big Ag can move in.
http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
Cali is on its way to a population of 50 million or more.
3rd world people are NOT into conservation, ecology, so enjoy the future.
Overpopulation in the United States will become THE single greatest issue facing Americans in the 21st century. We either solve it proactively or nature will solve it brutally for us via water shortages, energy crisis, air pollution, gridlock, species extinction and worse.
U.S. population will double from 300 million to 600 million on its way to 1 billion in the lifetime of a child born today if we fail to change course.(2000)
- Frosty Wooldridge
How Many More Millions Of Immigrants Can America Take?
By Frosty Wooldridge February 2010
In the 60's when I was living in London, I loved to go to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park on Sundays to listen to the oratiory. Was often brilliant, never not entertaining. One of the groups, always there was ZPG "Zero Populaiton Growth" They forecast the shit storm into which we are floating. Nobody listened.
"3rd world people are NOT into conservation, ecology, so enjoy the future."
...and turd world people crap where they drink...
Looking at those graphs, one thing in particular really stands out. Yes, Southern California is basically a desert, but the south eastern part of So. Cal. is usually "tumbleweed rockfarm" dry.
Based on those graphs, the coastal and southeastern regions have completely reversed rainfall patterns. That's a scary scenario, especially if the trend continues for a few more years.
as much as we like to see Cali going down, the rain will return...so Cali can continue to endure miserably...
BTFD!!
Drought Bubble
Should we put it out? No, let the mother fucker burn. Burn mother fucker, burn.
Stupid people living on top of a desert.
it's SAND, it's F'ING SAND...you CAN'T LIVE where NOTHING LIVES...
Sure you can. You drop a 10" well 1300 feet and hit water. You pump it up into a tank and let air pressure feed the house or gravity feed the irrigation.
Used to be a lot of windmills our here pumping water. Over time it went electric. Now we're seeing more electric power windmills and solar panels near wells. Water is still there, you just had to go deep enough and be at the right place for good water.
Just checked a couple weeks ago at a former mine near my dad's place. It's still flooded. There's still water available in the desert...a lot of water. You just need to be near mountains so the underground flow is to your area.
Shhh. They want to slap controls on our wells already, so let's keep this a secret, shall we? My wood fired stove is getting nailed, too, next they will work on my windmill.
"Yup, it's a drought, everyone's gonna shrivel up and die, better move out now while the getting is good!"
Damn snail darter
wut...da snail darta' drunk up all da wata'...
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/27/6074221/california-drought-lake-oroville-be...
I gets all da wata' I needs wid my EBT...jes aks 'bama...he won' say no...
The drought can be fixed with a Mega Project.
it takes a bullet train...
100 to 200 years left for the drought to end.
this is y i laugh when ppl say how awesome a place california is to live.
ppl will always bring up how they never get rain and its always sunny, yet those jackasses dont fucking realize that u need fucking rain to grow shit.
california fucking sucks
Even if the people conserve, the businesses like hotels and food service, movie studios, theme parks will use up the rest of the water...
Actually, it's all the golf courses, they are everywhere.
And BO is coming to Palm Springs in a couple of years. The golf courses might be gone by then, but it will still probably be one big gay party.
Most of those water hazards on golf courses are actually resevoirs. They pump the water out to water the greens and the water seeps back to the hazards. Works until less and less seeps back.
I would rather live in a rainy and lush area over areas that are prone to droughts. lack of water is by far the worst thing geologically/geographically.
But, but, but isn't there an iWater or ObamaH2O to save the day?
Just the result of too much Kali-fornication. Things totally dry up in such an environment. Hare Krishna.
Hold the fucking phone, the desert states are suffering from a drought. My god what are they going to make sand castles with? Piss?
Maybe Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Western Texas, and California were never meant to support the millions of people living there. Or at least not support them with running tap water, swimming pools, gardens, and lush green lawns.
When I see shows that feature the suburban sprawl of Las Vegas I laugh hysterically. They made it look like you are driving around south Florida. In Vegas you are a tool unless you have at least ten palm trees on your lawn.
Shut off the water to the fools that thought it would be a good idea to move to a desert and shower every morning.
Here's the live cam of Shasta Lake looking down on the I-5 bridge.
Oh boy; more "exceptionalism"...
That haircut in search of a brain, John Kerry, would live in a house without water; he only drinks Heinz Catsup!
There's been a couple of times in the last 10,000 years when the droughts in California have lasted over a century. I guess we're gonna have to move the Texas National Guard from our southern border to our western border.
An interesting correlation appears in the graphic featuring one drought map per week.
The first red area appears in mid August 2013. This is about the same time that the attempt to frame the Syrian government with a false flag chemical weapons attack was prepared and executed.
The red area stays about the same size until late November 2013, when it blobs up in size. This is about the same time Ukrainian president Yanukovich declined to sign the European Union association agreement, leading to protests in Kiev which were co-opted by Nuland's Cookie Monsters.
The first dark red area appears at the end of January 2014, just as the Kiev protest becomes violent and people start dying.
The dark red area then blobs up in late February 2014, as the US-sponsored Yatzi junta violently overthrows the elected Ukrainian government.
The dark red area slowly continues to grow until late July 2014, when a sudden major blobbing up occurs. As you recall, the second half of July brought both the MH17 incident and a major offensive by the Kiev punitive forces in the Donbass. If I'm not mistaken, this is also around the same time that ISIS was trotted out as the menacing casus belli du jour.
Of course, we all know that correlation is not causation. I just thought it was an interesting coincidence.
California can solve the drought the way BLS solves inflation. They'll just make this the base year, for rainfall and then all the other years look not so bad. Oh, I have an idea about setting the base year for the CPI to the year 2025. Its going to be awesome looking back at all the deflation we had this year and how average the rainfall was.
Everybody needs to buy gold. It will protect you against water shortages.
food prices must be going through the roof.
are they importing apples from poland yet.
Next Door Arizona is doing much better after recent lake and resovoir filling rains.
Lake Pleasant in Phoenix just rose 6 feet.
And the Colorado lakes filled up too
That helps California who use some of that water
and another storm is following
after that one which dumped 5 INCHES of rain on Phoenix in one day
I've been hearing that the drout extends beyond to California to the middle of the country too. Oddly, the 2 places in the USA that produces the most food seem to be under drout. I wonder if all the chem trails they sprayed had anything to do with it. Chem trails have tapered off over the last 6 months (at least in my area). I know it sounds all conspiracyesque, but if they're using geoengineering to manipulate the weather, they can ensure it doesn't rain, ensure food isn't gonna grow, ensure water is in short supply and well, what kind of profits can people like T. Boone Pickens make selling us their water? Selling farmers water that need it? Then they can force food prices up. I know it might sound crazy, but I think this drout has been engineered, I think it's been set in motion by using chem trails. Barium, Strontium and Aluminium Oxide. Only a small handful of people on the planet actually know what large amounts of that stuff in the atmosphere will do.I think this drout has been engineered on purpose, but hey, some people think I'm weird.