Even a Jack Ass...

...doesn't step in the same hole twice, right? I beg to differ. Lately I've been kicking myself because I just seem to make the same mistakes over again, in several areas of my life! Exhibit A: my car. My car got broken into recently week. Obviously it's not my fault some idiot smashed my window and ripped out my entire dashboard, but maybe I could have prevented it by taking off my face plate. This has happened to me twice before in my driving career, and after both times I was really good about taking the face plate off my stereo (yes, I have a sweet after-stock stereo with a face plate) everytime I get out of the car. But after a while, I start to forget and fall back into my old ways. I do it all the time - I stay up late, knowing my morning self will hate my night self. I procrastinate, I lose my credit card, I lock my keys in my car, and I spend too much money on something I shouldn't. I do it in my relationships too, fall into the same type of guy, act the same way, but still hope there will somehow be a different outcome.
There is a song I love by Nada Surf, and in it it says:
"They say you learn from your mistakes, that's not always the case. I see them and I understand how I made them again and again."
So, this is what I've decided -- while I may not learn enough from mistakes to quit making them, at least I'm learning. And eventually...we'll get it right ;).

But seriously, the face plate is coming off from now on....