Some things have been, as of late (I'd say since about late November to December), happening in my life that I'd call a kind of rennaissance if you will - a rebirth, a dramatic growth. And it has gone (is going) far beyond simply an intellectual or spiritual one, exclusive to one singular aspect of my being and my outlook - its a radical change and growth of what you could call my cosmolgy. The pieces have been "falling together" since the above time last year - coming together in ways that the pieces themselves are entirely seperate and unkown to each other - and my faith in the growth and the discovery is in that connection between the pieces as they fall in my lap and fit themselves together before my very eyes. I'll see what detail I can go into at a future time.
To my friends who might happen upon this: please receive my utmost apologies for my lack of communication for however long it has been now (altogether too long, no doubt) - it is not my intention by any means. If anything it merely signals my ability to let things slide far too long, far too far. I apologize. |
This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. Although at the tine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment.
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Jul. 21st, 2005 @ 07:11 pm
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As I've already said (I believe), I have foot-mouth disease as well as pink eye. On Tuesday morning I slept in and missed my 8:15 rec staff meeting, and in fact missed most of breakfast as well. The good part: as with almost every night I've been at camp, I had some pretty cool dreams. 'Cool' isn't quite the best descriptive word for it; they have been entirely filled to the brim with that ethereal and mystical quality some dreams have. On that Tuesday, during that breakfast hour itself I believe, I had some strange kind of a movie teaser trailer playing over and over again as I drifted in and out of consciousness. The movie, it turns out, is a remake of The Wizard of Oz, in a kind of Moulin Rouge-meets-Big Fish kind of way. It was pretty cool. At one point a narrator chimes in a line to the effect of "And you do this all for the sake of a man you've never even met." and for a while there I (for some reason) assumed it was Aslan the lion ala Lion, Witch, Wardrobe; something in my mind made that part out to be a seperate trailer until fully conscious reflection.
The other part I remember quire clearly is there is a great tubing shaft much like the ones seen in either Death Star, save that this one is a bit smaller. Anyway, there are lights going all along it as it leads almost straight down for quite a distance. The main players, signing some song I've never heard before (the only lyrics I can recall go something like "take a dream and fly, fly [away]") step onto short plates sticking into the technological bottomless pit (assumable to a now-subteranean Emerald City) and elevated slightly. One large on in the center of the side they are on for the main character and smaller ones for the rest; at the tip are lights in, of course, green. As they sing the plates' hinges give way and they are falling, head-first in slow motion down.
As to how they plan on not cracking their heads open I wasn't able to find out. Too bad such a thing would require an entire (outstanding) film writing and directing career to get enough support to make since I think I would like it myself. I shant even attempt an independent version; it wouldn't ever even come close to shaping up to the version I already know as a result of the dream.
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Jul. 20th, 2005 @ 02:02 pm
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So I've been home from college, been home, been home, been home, been home, been to camp, and now I'm back at home. I all too afraid this will turn into a rush-to-get-everything-down-and-the-though-alone-makes-me-tired, so I'll get to what I can when I can. When I got home from college I had high hopes that met the harsh reality of home, as it always does. It always hits me harder than I ever thought it would. Funny how that works.
As a result I did primarily nothing, I'm extremely embarassed to admit. Letting too many things take precedent at once. I was finally pushed to call Camp and see about a job (they hadn't contacted me ahead of time regarding one as in years past, the largest factor in my hesitancy in doing so.) I've been there two weeks when I got a really bad cold - a terribly bad sore throat, etc. Maggie (camp nurse) took a look and determined it wasn't strep and likely just a cold. Regardless I had my mom take me the next day (yesterday) to see a doctor, since spreading anything other than a cold in a camp of campers is never good. The doctor said it was something-something-itus aka hand-foot-viral infection. To be honest I was hoping to get a ticket home to get some things I couldn't instruct others to get (ie off the computer, etc), and when my mom brought it up I was given it. When I got back to camp I was given two days even - then last night here at home I started getting mucous slash goop in my right eye - and this morning, in both. A phone call to the doctor said it was bacterial Pink Eye. Fun stuff.
So now I'm here till about Saturday morning; sick, unable to see anything terrible clearly most of the time (due to goop or the medicine cream I need to apply thrice daily.) I'll get around to writing more, specifically regarding Camp, at a later time. Suffice it to say that, should I fully tackle the situation as I left it when I get back, this ought to prove to be a great summer all around. |
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Through my observations I have determined that Rush Limbaugh is the Art Bell of daytime talk radio, but instead of everything being UFOs and alien abductions, it's hippies, liberals and Democrats. And when he's really mad, Democratic liberal hippies that are communist spies. Well, I've only heard that one once, but you get the idea.
May. 24th, 2005 @ 02:11 pm
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Coming home for the summer was probably the worst thing I ever could have done.
May. 22nd, 2005 @ 07:24 pm
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It turns out that the dark ages never actually existed. [link]
A good read to be sure.
May. 17th, 2005 @ 05:25 am
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To further clarify myself, I am referring to the "REAL ID" act that just passed and made law - is there a single valid point anyone can give for the acceptance of the act as it was passed, in its whole? I really can't think of any myself.
May. 13th, 2005 @ 06:53 pm
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Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Benjamin Franklin
May. 13th, 2005 @ 06:27 pm
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I need to pull from the creative juices anyone reading might have:
For next Tuesday I need to submit a narrative film project. Problem is that "narrative" is one of the most vague terms for a film project imaginable. The video need only be so much as 2-4 minutes long, it's just a question of what to do it on.So far I've only got two ideas so far, neither terribly good as they stand at the moment:
- A student gets enraged at the terrible phonemail system
- A student fails at finding a soda vending machine that will work. Somehow work in an audio clip from Willy Wonka at the end of "YOU LOSE, Good day sir!"
Any ideas anyone might have? I'm all out of anything original at the moment.
Apr. 28th, 2005 @ 04:51 am
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I slept for about 14 hours last night - went to bed early at 10:30pm and got up for class at 12:30pm. Couldn't sleep for about 45mins there, but... Wow. Sleep debt'd, aye?
Apr. 27th, 2005 @ 02:42 pm
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This would indeed be pretty interesting. N'est pas?
Apr. 24th, 2005 @ 07:05 pm
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"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war."
President Abraham Lincoln, November 21, 1864
Apr. 20th, 2005 @ 04:44 pm
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""And English-only laws do nothing constructive to increase English proficiency. They simply discriminate and punish those who have not yet learned English," Schneider said."
I can think of some stupid people, but this is absurd.
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Apr. 13th, 2005 @ 12:45 am
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If you lose a contact lens during a chemical attack, do not stop to look for it.
Apr. 13th, 2005 @ 12:19 am
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Sony and Microsoft schedule PS3 and Xbox 360 unveiling's for the same afternoon, May 16th.
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Apr. 8th, 2005 @ 08:29 pm
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It makes me sad that there are such communities on LJ such as "Pro Anorexia"
The best part is they describe themselves as being "a place for LJ users who are PRO ED."
ED meaning eating disorder(s). Disorder meaning sickness, illness, wrong behavior. They don't even try and make it in a better light whatsoever.
Apr. 2nd, 2005 @ 08:06 pm
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This is a blog where people post an audio recording of their reading from a random LiveJournal post, in various styles - serious, sarcastic, etc. Worth a look for some humor.
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Apr. 2nd, 2005 @ 06:33 pm
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New to digg today: the ability to digg stories to your blog. Choose a story that you wish to blog, then click "blog". digg will instantly post that story to your website. If you don�t like the way a story is worded, you also have the ability to rewrite your blog post. Supported blogs: Typepad, Live Journal, Blogger, Moveable Type, and WordPress. (note: you must be a registered user to see these features)
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Mar. 31st, 2005 @ 05:39 pm
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