| September 11, 2003 | This is the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on our great nation. I have thought long and hard about what this day means to me. How the events of the last two years have changed us all. I think about why we are at war, where it will lead, what has to change to make it better. I remember most the tears of the days after 9/11, the heartache of families looking for the missing, the stories of the last phone calls, the unbelief that rocked a nation to the core of it’s faith. I remember the networks didn’t want to show the attacks anymore out of fear of inciting anger. For me it was not the attacks that summoned my emotions, it was seeing a young lady about 15 looking for her father. Watching her holding his picture, pleading for help finding him, and braking down in tears, that is the image I carry from that time. That is the moment I turn to, that is where the true pain of that day lies for me. Today we are fighting a war that is essential to our survival. There is no choice, we must win. I fear we do not have the perseverance to see it through. It has been my experience that people of good will often find a way to compromise with those of ill will only to find themselves betrayed. The war we now fight will not end with the fall of any nation, it will not end with the fall of any person, it can only end with the fall of an ideal. It is now upon us to change the minds of those who wish us harm. Part of that is to raise the price of attacking us, part is to find the ones who wish us harm and stop them, and part is to stop the spread of the hate they teach. There are those who say we feed the hate, we choose sides, we are the one who must change what we do to appease those who would do us harm. I say they could not be more wrong… We have, as a nation, been more benevolent than most nations, we have, has a people, given more of ourselves than any other. We care, we seek fairness, we wish no ill on anyone. As a people and a nation we are a beacon to the world. Not perfect to be sure, but it is for perfection that we strive. It comes to us to change the ideal that we are the ones who are to blame for the harm to people who’s leaders have not the foresight to see to the needs their people. We are not! We are a nation who’s heart weeps for the suffering of strangers. Those who encourage the hate of 9/11 don’t even weep for their children…(a bit harsh I know) We are most vulnerable because of our compassion. We seek out those in need and seek out ways to help we do this as individuals and as a nation. We as a nation have changed little. We still have the same compassion, the same fears, the same goals. Only our focus has changed. The debates you see on TV every night proves the fight we wage to keep our soul has a nation. The need to balance the fight against terrorist and the preservation of freedom. The terrorist have no such soul searching to hold them back, they fight with no regard for the aftereffects, other than maximum death and destruction.
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| August 18, 2003 |
In a little over a month I will be 41, officially middle aged. I have to ask... How did this happen? I started looking back at some of the things I have done and it's like that happened 10 years ago, this happened 20 years ago. I talk to people about things that happened before they were born... I can remember when we had black and white TV no such thing as cable not even a home computer. Even the internet was just a few school and government computers linked only by lines of text. I always thought I would see lots of things in my life, I just thought it would take longer. Another anniversary coming up is my 11th year of sobriety. To think that I have not had a drink in 11 years or that I have done anything for 11 years... only 1/4 of my life so far... Some of the things that I liked best over the years.
Some of the things I dislike the most
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| May 24, 2003 |
So It seems like only yesterday I was saying I would be making a new Mouse Drawn for you guys but I just never got around to it. Actually I was holding back for a better Ideal. Now I have it! Instead of doing animated Gif files, I'll just do little animated movies!!! Now that is much more fun anyway. I'm not quite ready to go full out with it just yet, but I did make a short test film and thought I would go ahead and post it to see what you guys think of it. I just took a test film of my guy walking and one of him interacting with a prop to see how it would look then I used Windows Music Producer to make a simple sound track. (that's the best you can do with Music Producer) put them all together with some titles thrown in for effect and there it is all ready to go. I have a few ideals but I need more $$$ to buy more props and more guys and paint and stuff for my sets. I am however liking all the possibilities that just come to mind. Keep coming back to see what else I have done. |
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| May 7, 2003 |
Yesterday (5/6/03) I went to watch the Homecoming of the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72. In the last 9 months The Lincoln has fought in two wars, launched and recovered her planes thousands of time. handed millions of gallons of jet fuel thousands of bombs and missiles. All of these are very dangerous and all of these done with no losses of crew or planes. The families were able to get on base the rest of us were able to wait on pier 1 (City owned dock) across the harbor from the Navy's pier A. The crowd was estimated at 12 to 15 thousand, not bad for a town of 90,000 or so. It was billed, along with the upcoming tickertape parade on Saturday, as the biggest event in Everett's History. Even bigger than the City centennial just a few years ago. Everyone is very excited!!! I took pictures and posted them here for all to enjoy. so please have a look
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| April 12, 2003 | Hey today I decided to go to a anti-war protest just to
see what they were like, I myself am very much in support of our troops
and President but I had heard that there were lots of communist and
socialist at these protest, so I wanted to see for myself . I do believe
in free speech even if your dead wrong you have the right to say so. I had
planed to be just an observer and I did very well in keeping my temper
until when the march started down the street and I heard someone on a bull
horn start up with "Hey Hey USA, how many kids did you kill today" As the
mob began to join in I just lost it!!!! I moved to just behind the guy
with the bull(sh__)horn and when he ask again how many kids did you kill
today I jumped in and at the top of my voice yelled "NONE". That started a
shouting match that lasted for about 2 minuets till the police stepped in
and led me out of the crowd. The police were very supportive but of course
I was asked to stay out of the group. My next step was to go back to my
car and make a sign that said "Do Not Call My Uncle A Baby Killer" in
honor of my Uncle Carl and my Great Uncle Andy Both of whom served with
honor. Both have left us now but are not forgotten. I got ahead of the
march and found a corner held my sign high and yelled at everybody who
yelled at me. OK enough about me I took pictures
take a look :) |
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I can not believe the MTV generation! I do watch music videos from time to time and one time I saw System Of A Down's video for they're song "Boom" this anti-war video produced by Michel Moore (Clinton's Hit Man) remember the puritans who went to Ken Stars house? Well I have joined the message board run by Sony music for the band and what I learned there was enlightening. Here are a few of the links they gave me to "prove" they're points in opposing the war. You decide who are the people guided by Propaganda? Note: I can not say that theses sites are free of offensive material, some sites I know are not.
There are so many lies and half truths that I just lost my cool and gave up trying to talk to these little people If you had any doubt that the anti-war protesters are not thinking about the best interest of the USA just read the above links. Here are a few excerpts from my conversations under the topic "Protester = Communists"
TheSovietSicle : I hate those
red neck hicks that don't know anything about the world, that call
protesters communists. I mean first of all HOW ARE THEY COMMUNIST,
BECAUSE THEY OPPOSE THEIR GOVERNMENT??? News flash in communist
countries people don't oppose it. Second of all, if you ask ANY of those
people to explain communism and why they think protesters are communist
they'll just shit themselves and not know what to say. This is to
whoever thinks the way those morons do, IF YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED
LIVING IN A PLACE OR YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SOMETHING DON'T JUDGE
IT!!!! (in communist countries people don't
oppose it)
Here a more Leftwing lies
ME: I had a good laugh reading
you propaganda.
lets start with this little tidbit bit ANTIWAR: "They all are (Oil companies) American and 5 out of seven belong to the US gov!!!" ME: Our government doesn't own any oil companies if you can prove me wrong then give me facts there are none ANTIWAR: "If the Red army wouldn't have crunch down the Japanese in the north east China..."(after call us the only nation to use the bomb {true as it may be} dropping the bomb on Japan) ME: It is often said that this was why we dropped the bomb, but ether way an Invasion of Main land Japan would of cost millions of lives and those bombs saved those lives. Even after we dropped them the Jap army wanted to fight it was only after intervention of the emperor the war ended I do not think that intervention would of come had it not been for the bomb ANTIWAR: "If Germany didn't try to conquest Russia, you would've had your butt kicked hard from the Nazis in Normandy. That is because over 70% of the Germans deployed in Russia frozen to death on their way to Moscow" ME: Yes Thank God Hitler was stupid but although it would have prolonged the war there was no doubt We would have prevailed It was Dec 7th that truly Marked the end of the axis powers. ANTIWAR: "Romsfeld said already that after the war, a temporary US led government would be in charged of any operation to rebuild Iraq and openly denied any UN intervention.
Do you really think
that a bunch of generals will be up to this task?"
ME: Yes... It worked very well in Japan ANTIWAR: "It is a country (Iraq) that cannot defend itself (no navy, no air force) and 12 years of sanctions made this country very weak." ME: We could take anyone of those countries in the middle east I think Saudi Ariba would not put up much of a fight... And frankly I am insulted that you think so little of our great nation as to make the above statement ANTIWAR: "As I said before...everything is documented and no one here is talking out of his (BAD WORD REMOVED) (apart from people like you!)" ME: When you read left wing propaganda then you can find documentation for all your left wing garbage B.S. You guys (Lefties) like to claim to be open-minded but then you look only at one side and say it is truth. If someone present another views you call them uninformed I can't count the time I've seen the word "ignorance" on this board. If you dismiss all other views as "ignorance" then that by definition is close-minded. Lastly in all that long tirade you never once offered a solution to ridding the Iraqi people from the tyrant ruling by murder and fear... Give me one good alternative and I'll join a antiwar protest this weekend.
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| Sept 2,2002 | Well I could not have asked
for a better time. I just got back from watching Jewel doing a solo
set at this years bumbershoot. Three words "She Was Awesome". I
managed to get to the front row by waiting forever :) I was 4th in
line not that that mattered much when the gates were opened because it
was a mad rush and every man for himself. But I did it. So I only had
an hour and 15mins more to wait :)... She did some new stuff so I had
to yell if she was doing a new CD and she said she was getting ready
to. Well hope it happens real soon :) Other great things that I Did, I
meet Emm Gryner She was signing CDs after her show, just a brief
encounter but well worth the time. I saw Jonatha Brooke and she also
was awesome. pictures can be found at
Totalobscurity.com I lost my Glasses in the mosh pit for Everclear.
They were Battle Damaged so I thru them at the stage, don't know if
they made it but it was fun anyway and it was my first official mosh
pit action. What fun and boy was it hot. I saw Sonic Youth too but not
much there to talk about but that the sound was awful. Lastly I saw
Otis Taylor play some good old blues what a weekend. Hope you had just
has much fun as I. Happy labor day, now go back to school. |
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| July 6,2002 | At Last I have done it. At last I got me a
video capture device. and so guess what I spent all last night doing...
Give up? ok I'll tell you. I spent all last night recording to my computer
then uploading to this site a little something I did a few years ago at
the Historic Everett Theatre.
I got involved in the Theatre a few years ago while it was still closed
and in really bad shape from years of neglect. I was walking by with my
camera when I noticed the stage door open, I poked my head inside and
asked if I could take a few pictures. Well one thing lead to another and
one day they were doing a few midnight showings of "The Rocky Horror
Picture Show". As part of the pre show entertainment (after the virgin
sacrifices) was a fake orgasm contest, well to make a long story short, I
won! I was later given a copy of my performance on tape and now at last I
can share it here with you. Please enjoy. |
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June 27,2002 |
I think I almost got
this new web page thing down. I have done a lot to get it going over the
last month and looks to me I only have one thing left to work out. Try has
I might I cannot get my Sarah Media Page to work. I think I got the thing
worked out but being that it includes an 100+ meg file (for all you guys
with high bandwidth) I have to wait till I can get to a DSL line before I
know for sure. Not much has been going on in my life as is the case most
of the time I just never seem to have the money to do more than pay my
bills but then that is better than some I guess. I learned some very sad
new concerning Tara MacLean. Tara's Sister Died in a car accident. Tara
gives a touching tribute to her Little Sister on her web page. I know it's
sad but I think it is one of those thing that could really touch your
heart. Tara has a magic with words and it shows
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