When I get overwhelmed at work I clean my desk. That way everything looks more in order than it really is. Then I blog...
I woke up late today. Led to a very frantic morning. Luckily Archer found me waiting for the bus and hooked it up with a ride. Thank the maker for small miracles...
I think that I am going to try to get my work to use this picture of me for the website...
Many years ago there was a prophecy. At some point in my life I will be betrayed by a close friend. And not just any friend, its a very specific individual whose name I won't mention, but he knows who he is. As it's been told I will be betrayed. Blood will be drawn on my wrists in malice. At this point I will be faced with one of two choices. Accept that my time has come and allow him to kill me or fight back knowing that one of us will not survive. I hope that it never comes to this, but I fear it might. He can be fairly aggressive...
All day long I've been having earthquake premonition. I'll just be sitting at my desk and all of the sudden it will seem as though everything starts shaking. A subtle shaking, but the kind that could easy continue for a long time and grow in strength. It's a very strange sensation. Hopefully I'm wrong and we're not standing on the brink of a major catastrophe. If we are I wish you all the best of luck and want you to remember to watch out for each other. Sometimes all we have is each other and it's that bond that prevents society from completely destroying itself...
FML. Work is horrid. We lost one of the sales people and they aren't replacing him. My boss said that it would be fine because he's going to pick up the slack. So far he's done nothing but make my job harder because he doesn't seem to know what he's doing (when he's actually here). Bah...
It's my sisters birthday today!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! She's such an awesome person. I don't know what I'd do without her...
I've been listening to a lot of Tool lately. Maybe it's because I'm frustrated with life. Maybe it's because they are amazing musicians who have redefined themselves many times over with each attempt suggesting that what once appeared perfect can still be improved upon. Maybe it's both...
I'm playing Risk on Friday. So far the trash talking has been extreme. I'm really looking forward to it. A side note to any of you guys that will be there: You're going down. My armies are ready. We will not fail in our ambitions. You will all submit. The rivers of the world will run red with your blood. See ya on Friday...
So I'm getting that some of you are a little confused by this post originally. Yesterday I spent the whole day just outside of Poulsbo in a little house that over looks the canal. Sarah was over from Kennewick and since it's been almost a year I felt I needed to drop in over there. The ferry was interesting. As we were waiting to leave the dock in Seattle there was an announcement over the intercom, "We're sorry for the delay. We seem to be taking on a fair amount of water. We will leave as soon as possible." We left 2 minutes later. I love ferries. Well maybe it's more that I love the water. Once I got to Bainbridge Sarah met me at the terminal. The reason that she's over from the Tri Cities is because her mother, one of my favorite people, is getting married this coming Saturday! When we arrived at the house John (fiance) and her mom (Kathy) were just getting back from church. It was great to see them. I also finally got to meet Duane (Sarah's man) which was good. I've talked with him on the phone for year (he's a customer) but had never met him. We sat around on the back porch all day drinking beers and rambling about politics, fireworks, and living on a farm. Every time Duane started to say something it began, "You know I was raised on a farm". Kathy kept making fun of him. We all made fun of him. After about 11 hours I left to go back to the ferry. I must have had a couple more beers that I thought because I realized as I was boarding the boat that I was drunk. I stumbled into the walls a couple times. Coming back into Seattle was amazing. It was just after sunset and light still clung to the horizon just enough to illuminate the buildings as we approached. The hills of West Seattle and Magnolia seemed as if they were giant arms of the city reaching out to embrace us as we entered the bay. I got home a little later that I expected, but in the end I think it was worth it.
Oh yeah. John told me I'm supposed to watch this movie from the 60s called "The Presidents Analyst". I've got it in my netflix now.
There was also a short point in the morning that I had a Mohawk. I might have to grow one out. I kinda liked it, it was just hard to do the rest of my head and leave it when I was solo.
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
Lately when I search for things on Google I've been getting the response "no search results found". Mind you this will only occur if you place something in quotes during the search. It's most common when searching for quoted items in google images. Maybe Google is slipping...or maybe Google really is God. Lately they both treat me the same.
Life's funny sometimes. Like how anger can shift to concern in a matter of moments. I guess it just goes to show that anger is only skin deep while the personal bonds we form over time are always with us. I just hope everything is okay.
