If you see Jess...
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- Art derived, military, outspoken, outdoor addicted AND I love to fish.
21 September 2010
Navy Seal from NEMO dies in Afghanistan
Navy Seal from NEMO dies in Afghanistan: "Funeral arrangements are on hold until the family finds out when the service member's body will be returned to the U.S."
27 August 2010
24 August 2010
No home
I have a hard time with this one. I see actors and actresses flying to other countries to rescue and help the poor and homeless in other countries...more often than not, adopting them. Sure, great, you're a freakin' humanitarian. But what about the poor and homeless in our country? What about the homeless living under bridges and cardboard shelters in back alley ways. People scoff when you flip a dollar or donate an umbrella.
These are the people who everyone laughs at or overlooks. People that are so desperate that their cries for help are almost non existant. No, I don't believe in the complete innocense, but I do believe that any American individual, wealthy or scraping food out of dumpsters, deserves a fair handshake. I do think there are plenty of things that people in the Human Service profession can do to help.
There are social services for the homeless that help provide housing, some education, work and even healthcare for homeless people that can aid them in picking back up off their feet. These services can help stop the agony of living homeless, and can help re build lives.
These are the people who everyone laughs at or overlooks. People that are so desperate that their cries for help are almost non existant. No, I don't believe in the complete innocense, but I do believe that any American individual, wealthy or scraping food out of dumpsters, deserves a fair handshake. I do think there are plenty of things that people in the Human Service profession can do to help.
There are social services for the homeless that help provide housing, some education, work and even healthcare for homeless people that can aid them in picking back up off their feet. These services can help stop the agony of living homeless, and can help re build lives.
13 August 2010
SONG OF THE DAY: Interstate by Randy Rogers Band
This song has highlighted my year. The new album comes out so soon!!!! I can't wait. I believe it's release August 24, better jump on it!
11 August 2010
Haiti Trip
Well my trip to Haiti was short but thank the lord for that. That country honestly is at no point of return. Mark Twain once said "there are lies, damn lies...and statistics", but I'm gunna have to believe that over 50% of the population has aids and that 98% of the Haitian females have at least one sexually transmitted disease. Whoa. I had a friend announce the other day that a good explanation of Haiti would be the thought of every building in Columbia crumbling to the ground and everyone just sitting down. Literally. These people really need to help themselves...you know that Haiti didn't amount to much even before the quake. It's a sad deal. Wyclef Jean jumps to their defense by saying there are changes in how people are living after the quake. Before the quake there was close to an 80 percent illiteracy rate. The population could not read and write. Before the quake there was also child slavery and high prostitution rate. Before the quake, Cité du Soleil was in an inhumane situation — not even animals would walk in. Before the quake, Haiti got hit with back-to-back hurricanes, the city of Gonaïves was destroyed.
Oh really? Because I'm pretty sure some of our guys witnessed a rape while we were down there and the rotation before us was caught sneaking prostitutes in. I'm sorry, but that place is done for. I totally support Wyclef and his journey to presidency though...and I hope he can flip around their Government...if they even have one? Anyhow, he definitely has the public eye for a win and I hope he gets it. That place is a total mess...so much that you just gotta see it for yourself. Glad we got the opportunity help out down there.
Oh really? Because I'm pretty sure some of our guys witnessed a rape while we were down there and the rotation before us was caught sneaking prostitutes in. I'm sorry, but that place is done for. I totally support Wyclef and his journey to presidency though...and I hope he can flip around their Government...if they even have one? Anyhow, he definitely has the public eye for a win and I hope he gets it. That place is a total mess...so much that you just gotta see it for yourself. Glad we got the opportunity help out down there.
Song of the Day: Eminem/Rih
Wow. Could anything be better than a Rihanna Eminem collaboration...with a video including a hobbit and Megan Fox? This video is sexy; and the song is great. Enjoy!
11 July 2010
Song of the Day: 18 DAYS
I decided to post both videos because they both are pretty amazing.
This on is even better!
Saving Abel - "18 Days" music video from Charles Lewis III on Vimeo.
This on is even better!
Commitmentphobic
After a little web crawling, I came upon a familiar diagnosis. I couldn't help but giggle, but it hit pretty close to home for Rita. It makes me feel pretty bad for her; the rush of total control over other's emotions is like heroin to a junkie. Hahah. Nah, Rita isn't that bad...but can you believe that this is actually a real legit phobia? I can I guess. Commitmentphobia is often most strongly apparent in romantic life. Generally, commitmentphobic people claim that they are eager to find a lasting romantic attachment and get married, yet they fail to find appropriate partners and maintain longlasting connections. Ironically, in these romantic relationships, the commitmentphobic partner craves what she fears most: love and connection. This paradoxical craving for a frightening reality leads to a confusing and destructive pattern of seduction and rejection. The results are emotionally devastating.
The key to understanding commitmentphobia is recognizing that such behavior is rooted in fear—fear of lost options or fear of making poor decisions. The commitmentphobic mind sees decisions as permanent, opening the possibility of being caged or trapped forever with no means of escape. Commitmentphobia is a real disabling fear, that can be manifest in many areas of life, including career, home ownership, or even shoe shopping. This fear can make simple every day decisions into a tremendous burden.
To assuage their anxieties, many commitmentphobics become fantasy-driven, using their active imaginations to fill in for the lack of emotional security and closeness in their lives. Of course, these fantasies pose additional problems because no potential partner, car, or job can ever live up to the fantasy. Commitmentphobics are also prone to self-destructive behavior, such as walking out on partners or jobs without notice, leaving themselves and the people in their lives in untenable situations.
One potentially misleading aspect of commitmentphobic behavior is that the partner who is actively running away from commitment is not the only one with a problem. In fact, commitmentphobic behavior includes "settling" for inappropriate partners, pursuing unattainable partners, and engaging in instant relationship mergers as well as fleeing from what might have appeared to be a stable romance. Any persistent behavior that actively prevents a person from making a commitment or allows a person to make excuses for not having made a commitment can be considered commitmentphobic.
The key to understanding commitmentphobia is recognizing that such behavior is rooted in fear—fear of lost options or fear of making poor decisions. The commitmentphobic mind sees decisions as permanent, opening the possibility of being caged or trapped forever with no means of escape. Commitmentphobia is a real disabling fear, that can be manifest in many areas of life, including career, home ownership, or even shoe shopping. This fear can make simple every day decisions into a tremendous burden.
To assuage their anxieties, many commitmentphobics become fantasy-driven, using their active imaginations to fill in for the lack of emotional security and closeness in their lives. Of course, these fantasies pose additional problems because no potential partner, car, or job can ever live up to the fantasy. Commitmentphobics are also prone to self-destructive behavior, such as walking out on partners or jobs without notice, leaving themselves and the people in their lives in untenable situations.
One potentially misleading aspect of commitmentphobic behavior is that the partner who is actively running away from commitment is not the only one with a problem. In fact, commitmentphobic behavior includes "settling" for inappropriate partners, pursuing unattainable partners, and engaging in instant relationship mergers as well as fleeing from what might have appeared to be a stable romance. Any persistent behavior that actively prevents a person from making a commitment or allows a person to make excuses for not having made a commitment can be considered commitmentphobic.
06 July 2010
01 July 2010
Song of the Day: This f'n Job
I just love this song...and the video rocks. One of the greatest bands ever!
REPUTATION FIRST? Come on BP...
Dear BP
I really feel like you should be focusing more on fixing the issue at hand, and leave your reputation for later. The destruction of our planet, wildlife, and shore economy is just a little bit bigger than you. In order to volunteer cleanup...we have to fill out a form and maybe, just maybe we will be included on the clean up crew. Is it because you're trying to use organizational tactics by not using all the help you can get...or is it because you're afraid that everyone in God's name will see the horror? I completely understand how important a repuation is, but when my country is under distress...I take it a lot more personal. Even BP’s shareholders understand this simple logic. When news is out that the oil company is making progress on the Gulf of Mexico leak, it leads to an increase in share price. Fix the existing problem, and shareholders will fix your stock price yo. This has been dragging on, and on, and on..and as big of corporation as you have, one would think that the issue would have been resolved by now. Take your losses assholes! Get all of your equipment out of there and plug that hole.
I really feel like you should be focusing more on fixing the issue at hand, and leave your reputation for later. The destruction of our planet, wildlife, and shore economy is just a little bit bigger than you. In order to volunteer cleanup...we have to fill out a form and maybe, just maybe we will be included on the clean up crew. Is it because you're trying to use organizational tactics by not using all the help you can get...or is it because you're afraid that everyone in God's name will see the horror? I completely understand how important a repuation is, but when my country is under distress...I take it a lot more personal. Even BP’s shareholders understand this simple logic. When news is out that the oil company is making progress on the Gulf of Mexico leak, it leads to an increase in share price. Fix the existing problem, and shareholders will fix your stock price yo. This has been dragging on, and on, and on..and as big of corporation as you have, one would think that the issue would have been resolved by now. Take your losses assholes! Get all of your equipment out of there and plug that hole.
65 days X 19,000 barrels a day = the worst reputation crisis in recent history
29 June 2010
BUY IT USED
1. DVDs and CDs
2. Books
3. Video Games
4. Special Occasion and Holiday Clothing
5. Jewelry
6. Furniture
7. Games and Toys
8. Maternity and Baby Clothes
9. Musical Instruments
10. Pets
11. Home Accent
12. Craft Supplies
13. Houses
14. Office Furniture
15. Cars
16. Hand Tools
17. Sports Equipment
18. Consumer Electronics
19. Gardening Supplies
20. Timeshares
21. Recreational Items
2. Books
3. Video Games
4. Special Occasion and Holiday Clothing
5. Jewelry
6. Furniture
7. Games and Toys
8. Maternity and Baby Clothes
9. Musical Instruments
10. Pets
11. Home Accent
12. Craft Supplies
13. Houses
14. Office Furniture
15. Cars
16. Hand Tools
17. Sports Equipment
18. Consumer Electronics
19. Gardening Supplies
20. Timeshares
21. Recreational Items
11 June 2010
09 June 2010
The Drive By Truckers'
The Drive By Truckers are literally one of the most amazing bands ever. Why they aren't by far one of the most famous yet is clearly beyond me. Their grungy, southern style really illuminates and captures the listener...almost to where you feel like you're there. Like you're in that moment down that old, dusty dirt road. With the accompaniment of Wes Freed's artwork, the image of the south and music is painted delectably.
The Drive-By Truckers' principal songwriters, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, are like a family, each having their own little niche. The grungy, rough sided Hood is the endlessly vigilant, fiercely protective shot-gun father, while laconic slick-talker Cooley represents the all American, southern, hell-raising bad boy. Shonna Tucker is their gritty, little badass frontwoman. She literally is my hero.
As this rogue band steps out onto the smokey stage, they have their goods. Shonna takes little breaks in between chords to take gulps out of her personal bottle of Jack. Everyone's jaw drops, and all of the guys wish they could date her. Their iconic performance puts me in a corner with any other band to be completely honest. I never thought southern rock could be so amazing. CHECK THEM OUT.
The Drive-By Truckers' principal songwriters, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, are like a family, each having their own little niche. The grungy, rough sided Hood is the endlessly vigilant, fiercely protective shot-gun father, while laconic slick-talker Cooley represents the all American, southern, hell-raising bad boy. Shonna Tucker is their gritty, little badass frontwoman. She literally is my hero.
As this rogue band steps out onto the smokey stage, they have their goods. Shonna takes little breaks in between chords to take gulps out of her personal bottle of Jack. Everyone's jaw drops, and all of the guys wish they could date her. Their iconic performance puts me in a corner with any other band to be completely honest. I never thought southern rock could be so amazing. CHECK THEM OUT.
Rita's Little Life Philosophies
1. Seize the day!
2. Mistakes are the stepping stones to mastery.
3. Go big or go home.
4. If you truly believe in you, you're one-up already
5. If you're afraid to make the jump, you can always get a hang glider.
6. If you kill a cow, you gotta make a hamburger.
7. There is no one else in the world who knows everything that you know.
8. The work will be there tomorrow.
9. The purpose of life is clearly a life of purpose.
10. Life is a foreign language; everyone mispronounces it.
11. The common person should be entirely too selfish to take away their own life.
12. As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose.
13. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
14. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
15. Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
16. Life... is like a box of chocolates - a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for, unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with mostly undefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat while you're watching the game. Sure, once is a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee but it's gone too fast and the taste is fleeting. In the end, you are left with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts, which, if you are desperate enough to eat, leaves nothing but an empty box of useless brown paper.
17. I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.
18. Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another.
19. Life is a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.
20. It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything
21. Living is like licking honey off a thorn.
2. Mistakes are the stepping stones to mastery.
3. Go big or go home.
4. If you truly believe in you, you're one-up already
5. If you're afraid to make the jump, you can always get a hang glider.
6. If you kill a cow, you gotta make a hamburger.
7. There is no one else in the world who knows everything that you know.
8. The work will be there tomorrow.
9. The purpose of life is clearly a life of purpose.
10. Life is a foreign language; everyone mispronounces it.
11. The common person should be entirely too selfish to take away their own life.
12. As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose.
13. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
14. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
15. Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
16. Life... is like a box of chocolates - a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for, unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with mostly undefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat while you're watching the game. Sure, once is a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee but it's gone too fast and the taste is fleeting. In the end, you are left with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts, which, if you are desperate enough to eat, leaves nothing but an empty box of useless brown paper.
17. I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.
18. Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another.
19. Life is a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.
20. It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything
21. Living is like licking honey off a thorn.
08 June 2010
26 May 2010
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