I've been out of the states for almost three months now and I knew when I left that this was bound to happen sooner or later. I did everything I could to try and prepare myself for this but now its here and I realize I'm still not ready for it.
IT'S FUCKING COLD!!
Yes, I know. I'm from PA I should be used to the cold. Its not nearly as cold here as it would be if I was back home. I know this, I've internalized it and its still way too cold for my taste right now. I think it has to do with the fact that there really isn't anywhere to go to get really warm. When I'm back in PA I love being out in the woods in six to twelve inches of snow. Its calm, its peaceful, actually its almost spiritual.
Well back to my own little world I suppose. Peace, love, and space kitties y'all.
Monday, December 26, 2005
Thursday, December 22, 2005
What ever happened to the Public Hanging?
For some reason this has been on my mind for a day or so. No I'm not nostalgic to see people dangling from ropes at ever town enterance, its more of the idea that once upon a time you could get enough people in a town to agree that they didn't like someone enough to take the time and effort to drag said person out to a tree an hang them. Seriously, that takes quite a bit of effort. Probably have to get at least 15 - 20 people together for it. When was the last time you saw 6 or more people agree to do anything?
I guess what I'm more looking for is a time when people could agree that they either liked something, or didn't like something. I'm not talking about serious moral gray areas here, not like should abortion be legal or anything like that. I'm talking the no brainers here, murder, rape, theft, Nazi's, Martha Stewart, you know the big evils. I swear if WWII happened tomorrow after it was all said and done and they found out everything that Hitler had done there would be someone, somewhere that would stand up and start talking about how we need to treat him fairly because we might offend the rest of the Germans. (Hitler was Austrian, yes I know, not the point, move on.)
I dunno, I guess I just wish people would actually get angry about something. Not as individuals, Light knows I see enough angry individuals everyday, but collectively. Americans get angry as a group and shit gets done, end o' friggen story. There are alot of people that say Americans are angry about things, the war, high gas prices, the fact that we celebrate Christmas and not every other freakin holiday that takes place on Dec 25. (Has anyone actually met anyone who is actually offended by the words "Merry Christmas" even if they do happen to be Jewish or something else?)
Speaking of Christmas, (here's where I'm probably going to offend someone), I really think its truthfully two different holidays. On one hand we have the Christian holiday celerating the birth of the guy who live 33 years and was then nailed to a tree. I've never understood that, of all the things Christian Denominations can't agree on the all agree that Jesus lived 33 years, hell even the Jews can agree on that. Anyway, moving on. The second Holiday is the American holiday dealing with trees, reindeer, snowmen, a fat man in a red suit, and the Royal Rumble(TM) that is Holiday shopping. On a side note, I love black friday, its one of the only times you can see four or five grown women wrestling over a GI Joe figure, and not need a roll of dollar bills to make sure they keep going. Its my personal belief that these two holidays are two seperate entities, even though they share the same name. One is a religious thing, which is all well and good, and one is an American tradition, which is also fine. If you want to celebrate the two of them together, good for you! If you only want to celebate the religious side, or the American tradition, whatever burns your Yule log. If you want to sit at home grinch style, again, thats your choice.
The next person that tells me I can't display a christmas tree or a nativity scene in my yard because I might offend someone....I wonder if they'ld be offended if i beat them upside the head with a plastic reindeer.
I guess what I'm more looking for is a time when people could agree that they either liked something, or didn't like something. I'm not talking about serious moral gray areas here, not like should abortion be legal or anything like that. I'm talking the no brainers here, murder, rape, theft, Nazi's, Martha Stewart, you know the big evils. I swear if WWII happened tomorrow after it was all said and done and they found out everything that Hitler had done there would be someone, somewhere that would stand up and start talking about how we need to treat him fairly because we might offend the rest of the Germans. (Hitler was Austrian, yes I know, not the point, move on.)
I dunno, I guess I just wish people would actually get angry about something. Not as individuals, Light knows I see enough angry individuals everyday, but collectively. Americans get angry as a group and shit gets done, end o' friggen story. There are alot of people that say Americans are angry about things, the war, high gas prices, the fact that we celebrate Christmas and not every other freakin holiday that takes place on Dec 25. (Has anyone actually met anyone who is actually offended by the words "Merry Christmas" even if they do happen to be Jewish or something else?)
Speaking of Christmas, (here's where I'm probably going to offend someone), I really think its truthfully two different holidays. On one hand we have the Christian holiday celerating the birth of the guy who live 33 years and was then nailed to a tree. I've never understood that, of all the things Christian Denominations can't agree on the all agree that Jesus lived 33 years, hell even the Jews can agree on that. Anyway, moving on. The second Holiday is the American holiday dealing with trees, reindeer, snowmen, a fat man in a red suit, and the Royal Rumble(TM) that is Holiday shopping. On a side note, I love black friday, its one of the only times you can see four or five grown women wrestling over a GI Joe figure, and not need a roll of dollar bills to make sure they keep going. Its my personal belief that these two holidays are two seperate entities, even though they share the same name. One is a religious thing, which is all well and good, and one is an American tradition, which is also fine. If you want to celebrate the two of them together, good for you! If you only want to celebate the religious side, or the American tradition, whatever burns your Yule log. If you want to sit at home grinch style, again, thats your choice.
The next person that tells me I can't display a christmas tree or a nativity scene in my yard because I might offend someone....I wonder if they'ld be offended if i beat them upside the head with a plastic reindeer.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
too funny
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=319
Ok I found this today and laughed my ass off. Definatly my new favorite online comic.
Ok I found this today and laughed my ass off. Definatly my new favorite online comic.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Blessing For a Friend
Power of the raven be yours,
Power of the eagle be yours,
Power of the Fianna.
Power of the storm be yours,
Power of the moon be yours,
Power of the sun.
Power of the sea be yours,
Power of the land be yours,
Power of heaven.
Goodness of sea be yours,
Goodness of earth be yours,
Goodness of heaven.
Each day be a joy to you,
No day be sad to you,
Honour and tenderness.
Durachd, Mary Mackintosh
Power of the raven be yours,
Power of the eagle be yours,
Power of the Fianna.
Power of the storm be yours,
Power of the moon be yours,
Power of the sun.
Power of the sea be yours,
Power of the land be yours,
Power of heaven.
Goodness of sea be yours,
Goodness of earth be yours,
Goodness of heaven.
Each day be a joy to you,
No day be sad to you,
Honour and tenderness.
Durachd, Mary Mackintosh
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Cold Showers and Name Changes to Protect the innocent
And the Iraqi adventure continues. So far things are going well, our new schedule has allowed me some much needed time off. Unfortunatly this also allows my mind to wander into some very interesting places, namely the gutter more often than not. Only with Bush in office would we send people to war with a general order that outlaws, sexual contact, alchohol, and porn. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a democrat by any stretch of the imagination, but with Clinton in office we probably would have the equivalent of the Bunny Ranch set up over here. Right next to the movie theater run by Hugh Hefner.
Maybe thats going to far, but at the very least we'ld probably be able to get Playboy in the PX or something. As it stands now we're at the mercy of anybody who wants to send us stuff in our e-mail, or pics in the actual mail. So I suppose its a good thing that more often than not I have to deal with a cold shower.
The only real upside has been that I've been writing for lack of anything better to do. Although given my state of mind I'm sure you can guess the content. Still writing anything is better than writing nothing.
The last week or so I've been thinking alot about my screen names online and I've come to the decision that I'm going to do a full change over. Alot of the one's I've been using don't really fit anymore so I've decided to consolidate into one that does fit. First step was this blog, which if your reading this you've already figured out. Next is going to be my AIM. I've had my current screen name since i was like 15 or 16 and I don't think it really fits anymore. That being said I've register a new one and I'm most likely going to start using it within the next week or so. If you don't already have it and want it drop me a message and I'll send it too you. Well folks, its time for me to get back to doing something that resembles work.
Maybe thats going to far, but at the very least we'ld probably be able to get Playboy in the PX or something. As it stands now we're at the mercy of anybody who wants to send us stuff in our e-mail, or pics in the actual mail. So I suppose its a good thing that more often than not I have to deal with a cold shower.
The only real upside has been that I've been writing for lack of anything better to do. Although given my state of mind I'm sure you can guess the content. Still writing anything is better than writing nothing.
The last week or so I've been thinking alot about my screen names online and I've come to the decision that I'm going to do a full change over. Alot of the one's I've been using don't really fit anymore so I've decided to consolidate into one that does fit. First step was this blog, which if your reading this you've already figured out. Next is going to be my AIM. I've had my current screen name since i was like 15 or 16 and I don't think it really fits anymore. That being said I've register a new one and I'm most likely going to start using it within the next week or so. If you don't already have it and want it drop me a message and I'll send it too you. Well folks, its time for me to get back to doing something that resembles work.
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