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May 29, 2003
May 27, 2003
That Not So Fresh Feeling
I can't help being so envious when I picture my friend wonko living in such a wilderness paradise. Having grown up in a similar climate I find myself missing it terribly after hearing his stories or reading his blog entries about Mammoth, California.
So why not move there you say? Well I wish it were that easy. First off I spent a couple years living in Southern California and after moving back home (to Arizona), my wife said she would not return. Secondly there is not enough industry in Mammoth to support the work my wife and I do.
If I were single and did not have to worry about taking care of another person I would move to the mountains of California in a second. I would give up the life I have, to have a life of everlasting change with nature. A life where I am inspired and enlightened by the sights, sounds, and smells of her.
I miss the smells and sounds of the open wilderness; The coolness of the winds blowing through the trees and then wrapping around you like arms of a comforting parent. A parent who opens your eyes to what is REAL. Opening your eyes to reveal to you the world as it was intended; With infinite beauty and serenity.
Instead, I sit in a cubicle in a city filled with people, smog, dust, and a Not So Fresh Feeling about who and where I am.
May 25, 2003
FIRE: The Aftermath
These are the rest of the pictures that I took last night:
1. Two ladder trucks spraying fire.
2. Another shot of the two ladder trucks.
3. A shot of some bigger flames.
4. Firemen preparing to climb ladder truck.
5. A long shot of fire which is mostly out but spread down the attic.
6. Firemen and fire trucks as fire settles and smokes.
7. Fire truck with lights and gererator.
8. This is Richard Gere preparing for Backdraft 2.
9. The front of the building the next day.
10. The back of the building the next day.
The fire left 25 People were left homeless and $500,000 in damage. No one was injured in the fire, but a fireman was treated on the scene for smoke inhalation.
FIRE!!!!!
At about 12:30 AM I heard an army of fire trucks near my apartment followed by the sound of a helicopter hovering over my complex. My neighbor knocked on my door and alerted me to the fire that was burning down an apartment located on the opposite side of our parking lot. I was able to capture a few pictures of the fire before the smoke became so bad that we were escorted back to our apartments. It appeared that the fire started somewhere near the attic and spread rapidly through the entire building. At this time it is unclear whether or not anyone was hurt. The fire department seemed to have responded quickly and it looks like everyone escaped the fire.
You can see from This picture the seriousness of this fire by the two ladder trucks trying to control the fire from above.
I will post information as it comes.
May 24, 2003
The Writing On The Wall: Part II
The Writing On The Wall is a collection of arguments and ramblings from large paper tablets that hang on the stalls in my work's bathroom. I work for a technical trade school where a majority of men are in attendance. The following are word for word excerpts, stories, and sometimes art from the walls of our bathroom.............
*Words are copied directly from wall and all mis-spellings are exact replication.
{Original Writer} "Hey How come this door is locked. I don't like locked doors they drive me crazy. No grilled cheese. Band the wire, band the wire. No Leroy I'm bilingual there's a difference. So no more locked doors thank you!"
-- A NOTE FROM THE BLOGGER -- What does this mean? I spent 15 minutes trying to find a reference to this on the internet. I hoped, maybe it was lyrics to a song. I can find no reference of this on the internet. Does It come from a book? A magazine? A mad man? What does it mean? Maybe to much CRACK-le in the Oat Bran?
May 22, 2003
Here's Blog In Your Eyes
I would like to encourage all visitors to please visit those blogs I have listed under my Blog Roll which is on the right side bar. I have been finding and reading new blogs over the last couple days and have found some really interesting and talented writers out there. It's awesome to see some really good spins and insights to things going on in their minds and in our world. Check out their blogs and comment as you see fit.
May 21, 2003
Forbes on Blogs
Haven't read all of it yet but it looks like a good read.
A Little Obi Eats World
A small site design for those few that read my blog
May 20, 2003
Knock It Off -- That is if you have no originality
This is sweet. If you haven't checked this site out I suggest you do. Is your site on here?
May 19, 2003
Masonic Hodge Podge For 800 Alex
Saturday I woke up at 4 am to head down to the Shrine Temple to start my initiation into the largest fraternity in the world and become a brother of Free Masonry. As a Christian I had been scared away from Free Masonry because of it's lable as a cult. After extensive research on the internet and from programs on the History Channel and Discovery Channel coupled with prayer, I strongly felt that there was nothing cultish about it. From my research I learned that it was the churche's ignorance and their closed minded views on anything outside the church that formulated their opinion. I was a little nervous about going through the ceremony and becoming a Mason because I feared that maybe something the church said was based in truth.
From the moment the ceremony began I paid careful attention to each word that was said. After 8 hours of ceremoney and becoming a Master Mason there had been nothing said or done which in anyway went against anything I believed in. More than that, any oath in which I had taken was prefaced with it not having any effect negative or positive on my religious belief or my feelings for my country.
I am very thankful that I have had the opportunity to join such a brotherhood of men. And having had first hand testimoney of becoming a Free Mason, I am horribly disappointed that such things are said about the Free Masonry.
The problem is that these people are comparing Free Masonry to a religion. We don't compare and hold accountable the Boy and Girl Scouts of America to religion. Rather we remove all aspects of God from The Boy's and Girls Club and let them keep on teaching children. If we can accpet that Free Masonry is not a religion but rather a group of men who encourage each other to be godly men in each ones own right, then there should be no problem. Our country was founded on religous freedom and everyone has the right to worship their own god. Our public school system has been completely stripped of all religion because of this issue and now has to be tolerant of all religions. Is the public school system a cult? Or how about miltary chaplins? Chaplins must counsel and witness to all of the major religions, not advocating or denying any of them. IS the Untied States Military a cult? They swear an oath to God and Country. Which god?
It's a buch of over dramatic Christian fundamentalist that have nothing better to do than make Free Masonry a religion and then bash it for being one. As Christians we can't live in a Christian bubble. We must go out into the world and socialize with non-believers. It's only through this that they will see our faith.
Just to spite all the fundamenalist I spent another 6 hours at the Shrine to get initiated into the Shriners. Now I wear a Fez and hang around with a bunch of old men 4 tmies my age, helping them to raise money for childrens hostipals around the world.
To sum it up, I think it's as one of my Brother's put it when I received my 3rd Degree and became a Master Mason: "You only get out of it what you put into it". Therefore if I put Christ into it, then Christ is what I'll get out of it.
The Writing On The Wall: Part I
The Writing On The Wall is a collection of arguments and ramblings from large paper tablets that hang on the stalls in my work's bathroom. I work for a technical trade school where a majority of men are in attendance. The following are word for word excerpts, stories, and sometimes art from the walls of our bathroom.............
*Words are copied directly from wall and all mis-spellings are exact replication.
{ORIGINAL WRITER} "When I get stoned I go to sleep, when I sleep, I comit no sin, when I comit no sin I go to heven. So let's get stoned and go to heven."
{WRITER NO. 2} (Underlining the mis-spelling of comit) "Stupid"
{WRITER NO. 3} "Good plan but learn to spell."
{WRITER NO. 4} "Read the bible smokin pot is breaking the law, the bible says to obey the laws of the land. Therefore smoking is a sin dumbass."
{WRITER NO. 5} "So is saying Dumbass or judging someone. All plants are for use. The land is the world and until we unite my land is where I lay my head at!"
{WRITER NO. 6} "I think this guy has the right Idea"
{WRITER NO. 7} "So what if you live where pot is legal"
{WRITER NO. 3} "All seed bearing plants shall be yours for meat. Genesis 1:29."
-- A NOTE FROM THE BLOGGER -- No matter what you do, you just can't separate church and state.
May 16, 2003
w.bloggar
Just downloaded a new blog editor called wbloggar (at least it's new to me, don't know how long it's been around) and it seems pretty nice. It has quite a few nice features and seems pretty user friendly. If anyone is using a PC and is looking for a good editor this is the one. Best of all it's FREE!
May 15, 2003
The Matrix: Retarded
FADE IN:
INT. MOVIE THEATER -- EVENING
10:30 last night I sat in a digital movie theatre in Glendale, Arizona awaiting an experience I thought I'd never forget; The Matrix: Reloaded was opening and I was about to see it.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. MOVIE THEATER -- LATER
One hour later I was fighting to keep my head up and trying to follow the extremely dull and never ending useless story lines. What was going on here? Why was I falling asleep in the MATRIX? What happened?
I'll tell you what happened. I wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life that I could not get back. While some of the technology in the movie was entertaining, most was overused and abused. Ever since Hollywood learned to add actors that do not exist and therefore do not receive a paycheck, they have over-saturated all of their movies with scenes that contain tens, hundreds, and in some case thousands of people that don't exist. The extra people added don't push the storyline anywhere, rather they seem to be more of an annoyance. The first Matrix pushed the limits of what was the norm in the special effects industry. Would it not stand to reason that if they did it once that there intention would be do it again? The only limit they pushed in reloaded was boredom.
FADE OUT:
May 13, 2003
Portable Potty Surfer is Hoax
While it does sound plausible that Microsoft WOULD in fact create a Portable Potty Surfer (PPS); it is simply not true and was a viscous hoax aimed to defame the Microsoft corporation's credibility.
The PPS is an elaborate device would allow the user to surf the net while riding the Rockable Plastic Railroad. The user would relieve himself while surfing the web on such cutting edge equipment as an adjustable plasma screen and wireless user input devices.
Upon first hearing the story I thought to myself that doesn't sound too outlandish for Microsoft. Why shouldn't they diversify their interests and solidify themselves in yet another market. What market more fitting and appropriate than that of the feces and urine collection industry? There are few industries as liquid as that of the Porta-Potty Industry and I myself, acting as Bill Gates himself would attack that venture before the proverbial poopy hits the fan.
Although much to the dismay of construction worker's and concert goers this story was fabricated in order to defame Microsoft's credibility. The person or persons involved in creating such an elaborate hoax knew that by creating so much excitement about this new product, that people around the world would eagerly await the arrival of such a wonderful device. The problem would come when Microsoft does not deliver and the billions of awaiting buyers would have there dreams flushed down the toilet and once again making Microsoft out to be some horrible company who doesn't care about the desires of it's users.
I for one I will continue to stand strong behind Microsoft and am happy to know that the "Evil Doer's" plan has been disrupted.