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My Trip Pics
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I'm without an internet connection for the next few days, but I've already posted an album of my travel pics (the best of) on Facebook. There's only about forty-some pictures, and I haven't uploaded the ones from Yosemite yet. I'll get around to it eventually. Here's the linkage...
hs.facebook.com/album.php?aid=…
Just because I haven't posted them on here yet doesn't mean they're not good. They're (if I do say so myself) brilliant. Please, give them a little look-see and I'll be very much abliged.
hs.facebook.com/album.php?aid=…
Just because I haven't posted them on here yet doesn't mean they're not good. They're (if I do say so myself) brilliant. Please, give them a little look-see and I'll be very much abliged.
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A Generation Failed
2 min read
Two years. Two years, and we can finally set things right. But how many won't live to see then? How many sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters will fail to see that day, dying needlessly for a hopeless war?
So ignorant of the real world, we remain in this war for one reason: to attempt to save a failed legacy. How? How? How can any one person do this? Tomorrow, another soldier'll be killed. Killed for a lie. Killed for a loss. Killed for absolutely nothing. Nothing.
Iraq's "democracy" will be overthrown in the coming year, if not before. We can't win this one. For once, we're the ones that need to call it quits. America's been in this war longer than WWII. Now there was a war. There were equal weapons, enemy lines, and most importantly, an enemy. An enemy we could definitively label as "evil". A villain to make us the hero.
That doesn't exist now. We're both villains. "To us, they're the opposers of truth and justice. To them, we're the enemy, the evil empire. There is no good or evil, only hate." - LIFE as Seen By Cynical
Is it not our job to make the world a better place? To take it and improve it for the generations to come, while honoring the generations past. If that is indeed our perpose, then I fear we as a people have failed.
Here's to two years from now, and for those who will never see that day.
So ignorant of the real world, we remain in this war for one reason: to attempt to save a failed legacy. How? How? How can any one person do this? Tomorrow, another soldier'll be killed. Killed for a lie. Killed for a loss. Killed for absolutely nothing. Nothing.
Iraq's "democracy" will be overthrown in the coming year, if not before. We can't win this one. For once, we're the ones that need to call it quits. America's been in this war longer than WWII. Now there was a war. There were equal weapons, enemy lines, and most importantly, an enemy. An enemy we could definitively label as "evil". A villain to make us the hero.
That doesn't exist now. We're both villains. "To us, they're the opposers of truth and justice. To them, we're the enemy, the evil empire. There is no good or evil, only hate." - LIFE as Seen By Cynical
Is it not our job to make the world a better place? To take it and improve it for the generations to come, while honoring the generations past. If that is indeed our perpose, then I fear we as a people have failed.
Here's to two years from now, and for those who will never see that day.
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Yeah, it's a Wishlist
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Yeah, it's another wishlist on yet another blog. I'm copying Bre, who copied Spencer.
Electronics 'n' Things:
* Wii!
* Nikon D70s
* Nikon D80
* Nikon D50 (see a patter here?)
* Canon Digital Rebel XTi
DVD's, Video Games, and Books. Well, a book.
* Ghost Hunters Season 1 (DVD)
* Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
* World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (PC Game)
* The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (PC Game)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (DVD)
* Cars (DVD)
* PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (Book)
* The Sims 2 Pets Expansion (PC Game)
* Gears of War (360)
* Guitar Hero II (PS2)
* Okami (PS2)
Sheet Music
* Broadway Favorites - Oboe
* Film Favorites - Oboe
* Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings Instrumental Solos - Alto Sax
That's all I can think of as of now, because I'm loaded up on turkey and stuffing. Oh god, that stuffing....
Electronics 'n' Things:
* Wii!
* Nikon D70s
* Nikon D80
* Nikon D50 (see a patter here?)
* Canon Digital Rebel XTi
DVD's, Video Games, and Books. Well, a book.
* Ghost Hunters Season 1 (DVD)
* Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
* World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (PC Game)
* The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (PC Game)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (DVD)
* Cars (DVD)
* PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (Book)
* The Sims 2 Pets Expansion (PC Game)
* Gears of War (360)
* Guitar Hero II (PS2)
* Okami (PS2)
Sheet Music
* Broadway Favorites - Oboe
* Film Favorites - Oboe
* Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings Instrumental Solos - Alto Sax
That's all I can think of as of now, because I'm loaded up on turkey and stuffing. Oh god, that stuffing....
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Next Summer!!
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Good news for those who like my canyon pictures, or just my pictures in general. There's gonna be a lot more coming your way next summer. I've been fantisizing about an all-canyons-all-the-time road trip for a couple years now, and it's finally happening! We've even begun to make the reservations! Oh god, you have no idea how happy I am.
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Snakes on a Plane!
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The best movie-going experience ever. Period.
It had snakes, Sam Jackson, boobs, and semi-drunk SoaP fanatics. What more could one ask for? Plus, all the free posters and other swag was a nice plus. The poster's currently hanging on my wall. Well, I think it is....You see, the paint we used for my room is sorta sticky, so I just pressed the poster on the wall and hoped for the best. Surprisingly, it hasn't fallen down yet. But that's neither here nor there, so....
For those of you who went to go see the Return of the King with the school back in seventh grade (or the Ring 2, for that matter), imagine that experience, only multiplied by, oh, say, ten. Yeah, it was that good. From the crowd throwing rubber snakes at the first appearance of the slithery devils to playing the Product Placement Drinking Game (with non-alcoholic Icees, I swear! Although I can't say the same about the rest of the crowd....) to screaming out The Line when it came on (if you've been living in a box for the past year, and you don't know what The Line is, just check the title. Idiot....), this experience was awesome.
But no, I'm not planning on seeing it again. Why? Because that would just ruin it for me. Without the crowd, the movie, was, well, meh. Unless seen with a legion of SoaP fanatics, it's really not worth seeing. Ok, that's a bit cruel. It's friggin' Snakes on a Plane! It did have its funny moments, and I don't think I've jumped that many times in one movie. And, of course, there's snakes. On a plane! Let me put it this way: If you weren't excited about it before, your mind isn't gonna be changed afterwards.
Hold on, the Daily Show's doing something about mother fuckin' snakes on a mother fuckin' plane. YES! THEY HAD THE LINE!! But moving on....
Think of Snakes like Napoleon Dynamite. You're either gonna come from it thinking "What the fuck was that?" or "That. Was. AWESOME!" Or, in all likelihood, both, as I did, although "What the fuck was that?" was said with all due love and respect, of course.
Bottom Line -- Snakes on a Plane: yeah, sure, it's ok, I guess. Snakes on a Plane + Fanatics: The greatest thing EVER.
It had snakes, Sam Jackson, boobs, and semi-drunk SoaP fanatics. What more could one ask for? Plus, all the free posters and other swag was a nice plus. The poster's currently hanging on my wall. Well, I think it is....You see, the paint we used for my room is sorta sticky, so I just pressed the poster on the wall and hoped for the best. Surprisingly, it hasn't fallen down yet. But that's neither here nor there, so....
For those of you who went to go see the Return of the King with the school back in seventh grade (or the Ring 2, for that matter), imagine that experience, only multiplied by, oh, say, ten. Yeah, it was that good. From the crowd throwing rubber snakes at the first appearance of the slithery devils to playing the Product Placement Drinking Game (with non-alcoholic Icees, I swear! Although I can't say the same about the rest of the crowd....) to screaming out The Line when it came on (if you've been living in a box for the past year, and you don't know what The Line is, just check the title. Idiot....), this experience was awesome.
But no, I'm not planning on seeing it again. Why? Because that would just ruin it for me. Without the crowd, the movie, was, well, meh. Unless seen with a legion of SoaP fanatics, it's really not worth seeing. Ok, that's a bit cruel. It's friggin' Snakes on a Plane! It did have its funny moments, and I don't think I've jumped that many times in one movie. And, of course, there's snakes. On a plane! Let me put it this way: If you weren't excited about it before, your mind isn't gonna be changed afterwards.
Hold on, the Daily Show's doing something about mother fuckin' snakes on a mother fuckin' plane. YES! THEY HAD THE LINE!! But moving on....
Think of Snakes like Napoleon Dynamite. You're either gonna come from it thinking "What the fuck was that?" or "That. Was. AWESOME!" Or, in all likelihood, both, as I did, although "What the fuck was that?" was said with all due love and respect, of course.
Bottom Line -- Snakes on a Plane: yeah, sure, it's ok, I guess. Snakes on a Plane + Fanatics: The greatest thing EVER.
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