America: 223 years

I hope all of you out there take a moment today to think about what it means to you to be an American. Here are some quotes that I've put together for just this occasion.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be. ~ John Wayne

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose. ~Ulysses S. Grant

The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ~William J. Clinton

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote! ~Benjamin Franklin

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty ~ John F. Kennedy

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves ~ Abraham Lincoln

I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine. ~ John Adams

Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS… ~ Thomas Paine

You think it's easy but you're wrong.

I started off this morning by listening to Pink Floyd. It began with Dark Side, moved on to Wish You Were Here and it ended with Animals. It was the perfect beginning to today...

Seems like a lot of notable people are dying. There are a lot more people dying that aren't notable. I want to know more about them...

I got the first 10 gallon batch of beer done up for the festival. Hopefully it turns out well. I'm really hoping that its done fermenting by Friday. I'd like to use the 3 hours I get off for Independence Day (fuck my boss) to get that done. But we'll see...

It went from Pink Floyd to Pavement...

Speaking of the Fourth of July, I still don't know what I'm going to do. I'm very tempted to go to Alki, but I have a sour taste in my mouth after the horror that was transportation last year. Maybe it won't be so bad since there's no fireworks on the bay. If only I had a boat. Then I'd do it for sure...

The MP is a strange character. He was at my house everyday this weekend. I'm not sure that I'm going to allow him access to my kitchen in the future, but I appreciate his company...

I want to be back on a river...

Walking around like a walker

I got rid of the damn crutches!!! I can't possible express how happy I am about this. I can walk without having to prop myself up! They also told me that in the next 2-3 weeks I'll be able to wear my own shoes again and ditch the boot all together. I can't wait...

Handsome Furs (Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and his wife) is playing Neumos a week from friday. Anyone who is interested in going should hit me up...

I'm a little torn about the 4th of July. For the last couple years I've gone to a friends house down on Alki which is always a blast. The only problem is getting back. It was much easier when I lived in W Seattle. So I'm thinking about just doing something at my place. Beer, bbq and blowing stuff up, you know, 4th of July...

I guess that I'll leave you with another preview of the project I'm working on. I'm going to post it all as a complete work once I have it to the point I like it. But I figure this way you'll get to see some variations:

Shrouded by hoods Abraham and Hagar discuss the finer intricacies of deism and it's place in modern society. Lady Madonna sits open legged reading a guide to Dungeons and Dragons. Her socks extend to the depths beneath her dress, striped in colors with no particular pattern. Suddenly Urban II proclaims, "Ain't no one better than Jesus! Ain't no one do you like Jesus!" He then spills a tall can of malt liquor trying to pull out a world map. Madonna's children are crying but she can't hear them. Abe has had enough and pulls the cord.




By the way, whatever happened with swine flu? Are we still all going to die?