Today’s been a pretty uneventful day. I’ve been reading my book on the Chinese influence on the cold war. I should’ve gone to work out today, however I felt just a bit lazy and decided against it. However tomorrow, it’s going to be a good workout day. It’s going to be my Monday workout. Not much to write about today.
Friday, September 28, 2007
A nice day off
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Back in the groove. Well, almost...
Man, does it feel good to be working out again. I’m getting back into the swing of things pretty well. Still can’t really get into a full stride on the treadmill. The pain is getting to be less and less. I really want to get back into running around Town lake (aka:
Just some pics of me
Needed a pic so that I could like one to my profile.
First going bald!
Blue Steel!!
Pimpin!
First going bald!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
What happens to Potter and crew after Deathly Hallows?
Spoiler alert, the following discuss and reveal important plot lines in the series. Don’t read if you don’t want to know.
I have just concluded reading the Harry Potter books, years 1 thru 7, I do have to say it was an amazing story to read. I will someday reread them. It was a well written and engaging story, of good and evil, loyalty, friendship, and morality. These are some answers to what happens after the story concludes and some questions answered about the last book, Deathly Hallows.
Your ''Hallows'' questions, answered!
Still stumped after finishing ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''? We tackle some nagging queries
RE-CURSED Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort
SPOILER ALERT! The following article contains plot details about book 7. Read at your own risk.
How did Godric Gryffindor's sword get into the Sorting Hat after Griphook the goblin took it? —Amy
The same way it got from Dumbledore's office into Harry's hand in book 2 —because Neville Longbottom is a true (and brave) Gryffindor.
Why was Draco the rightful owner of the Elder Wand? How did that work against Voldemort? —Nick
Deep breath: When Draco disarmed Dumbledore at the end of book 6, the Elder Wand — won by the headmaster when he dueled Grindelwald — passed its allegiance to young Malfoy, not to Snape, whose ''murder'' of Dumbledore was prearranged and therefore not a defeat. Then Harry won Draco's wand at Malfoy Manor. So when Voldemort tried to kill Harry with the Elder Wand and Harry countered using Draco's wand, the two wands effectively canceled each other out. The Elder Wand realized it was attacking Draco's wand, refused to act against its master, and rebounded the Killing Curse back onto Voldemort. The Dark Lord never had a chance.
Who was the ugly baby crying in King's Cross that Dumbledore said couldn't be helped? —Andrea
The dead portion of Voldemort's soul that had been a part of Harry.
Why wasn't Kreacher freed when Harry gave him Regulus' locket? —Jenny
A locket isn't clothing.
Students at the new Hogwarts had to prove their blood status to attend. So how did Muggle-born Colin Creevey manage to stay? —Maddie
He didn't. Colin likely returned for the battle along with other members of Dumbledore's Army (alerted by their enchanted Galleons).
Voldemort's kin, the Gaunts, had kept the Resurrection Stone; Harry's ancestors held the Invisibility Cloak. Since those items' original owners were brothers, are Voldemort and Harry related? —Sara
Perhaps, but there's been so much intermarrying among wizard families that we suspect nearly everyone with magical blood is related to some degree.
Harry and Ginny's kids are all named after figures from their past. So what's the significance of Ron and Hermione's kids' names, Rose and Hugo? —Jen
Beats us. Because they have the same first letters as their parents' monikers? Or Rowling just liked the names? Or she's a serious Lost fan?
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Editor's Note: This Associated Press story contains spoilers. If you'd rather not know what happens in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," stop reading now.
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling thought of the idea on a train trip in 1990.
She told fans Monday what she thinks happened to many of the book's characters after the final installment.
In a 90-minute live Web chat, she fielded some of the approximately 120,000 questions submitted by devotees. It was her first public comment since "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" -- the last book in the series -- debuted on July 21.
Rowling said she was elated to share with fans the secrets she'd been harboring since she conjured up the idea for the boy wizard during a train journey across
"It is great to be able to do this at last," she said. "I've looked forward to it for so long!"
"Deathly Hallows" sold over 10 million copies in its first weekend. All seven books in the blockbuster series have sold a combined 335 million copies worldwide. 
In the novel -- which centers on Harry's journey to kill Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard of all time -- the young wizard learns of three powerful magical objects called the Deathly Hallows that, when combined, will make their owner the Master of Death, meaning he or she accepts mortality without fear.
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Rowling said in the online chat the hallows were in part inspired by "The Pardoner's Tale," one of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" about greed and death.
Rowling shared with fans, many of whom said they'd read the final book several times in the last week, where she imagines their favorite characters went after the series' conclusion.
SPOILER ALERT: Those who do not wish to know what happens to the characters after the book ends should stop reading here.
Rowling said the world was a sunnier, happier place after the seventh book and the death of Voldemort.
Harry Potter, who always voiced a desire to become an Auror, or someone who fights dark wizards, was named head of the Auror Department under the new wizarding government headed by his friend and ally, Kingsley Shacklebolt.
His wife, Ginny Weasley, stuck with her athletic career, playing for the Holyhead Harpies, the all-female Quidditch team. Eventually, Ginny left the team to raise their three children -- James, Albus and Lily -- while writing as the senior Quidditch correspondent for the wizarding newspaper, the Daily Prophet.
Harry's best friend Ron Weasley joined his brother, George, as a partner at their successful joke shop, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Hermione Granger, Ron's wife and the third person of the series' dark wizard fighting trio, furthered the rights of subjugated creatures, such as house elves, in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures before joining the magical law enforcement squad. The couple had two children -- Rose and Hugo.
Luna Lovegood, Harry's airily distracted friend with a love for imaginary animals who joins the fight against Voldemort in the Order of the
And what Muggle, or non-wizard, song would have been played at the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, the most brilliant and talented wizard the world had ever known?
"Surely 'I Did It My Way' by Frank Sinatra," Rowling told her fans, referring to the song "My Way," written by Paul Anka but popularized by Sinatra, among other singers.
As the chat wrapped up, Rowling thanked readers for their loyalty to the series.
"What can I say? Thank you so much for sticking with me, and with Harry, for so long. You have made this an incredible journey for Harry's author."
Friday, September 21, 2007
Neglecting TNT
I feel really bad about neglecting the team in training marathon group that I signed up for. It’s been bugging me, I just hate feeling useless. After all it was because of my knee that I couldn’t do any running. But my confession is that I haven’t given it a second thought since I signed up for it. I feel pretty shitty about this. But I have taken some steps in trying to remedy this situation. So we’ll have to see what happens.
Also I’ve heard from a friend that I haven’t heard from in awhile. Even replied, we had a pretty shitty falling out about a year and half ago, and now I find myself not feeling nearly as bitter and resentful about it as I thought I would. Actually, it was good to hear from him. Well, till next time.
Things turned out good
I got back from lousiana yesterday, after sleeping only about five hours in two days, happy. I deserve what the punishment that I received. I did a horrible thing and made a stupid decision. So I have to say that things have turned out favorably for me. Now it is a matter of getting an opportunity to start over, which sucks on it’s own, but it’s better than spending time in jail.
I am going to have a really challenging couple of months ahead me. On a good note, I finally got my lamp from my sister, WOO-HOO!! I can now read in bed and not have to get out of it to when I’m ready to fall asleep. This is really exciting for me.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Can't Sleep
Man, it’s 1:20 in the morning, and I have to be up at 5. I just can’t sleep. My mind is just being absolutely restless. All kinds of things swirling around inside there. I have thoughts as to if I have been a big asshole to my sister. Not enough income, I’m probably going to have to get a second job. Especially with the holidays coming up here, I should be able to find something part time. I just need to find out what my court obligations will be like. Really most of it is financial, I really do regret greatly what I gave up. It was such a promising opportunity. Now, I feel so lost, and helpless. I would’ve been making well in the sixty range. That would’ve been enough to pay all my debts up and brought me completely current. All within twenty-four months. Now I have to reevaluate my position and really, put my ass in gear. I have student loans. Fuck! Such a big pile. This week I’m going to look at exactly what kind of damage I have done and at least to see what it will take for me to get out of it. We’ll see, this is my chance to start over. I have little else going for me at the moment. For better or worse, I got to make the best of this situation; my future just looks really murky. That really is a disconcerting feeling. It’s going to get harder before it gets easier. I know this. It would just be nice for it to be over with already, and to that next point. Praying seems to help a bit. Still trying to get a grasp on this idea. It’s probably going to be another couple of years before I get the ball rolling for myself in a decent direction. I’m going to run the
I’m not going to lie, I really need to just whine a good bit. This really is a poor me moment, that’s all this is. This is nothing to really be worried about, however, I just need to get a grip. That’s all this is. Anyhow, it’s weird to have two serious entries in one day. If I can’t go to sleep maybe I’ll post again. The time is now 1:52
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Reminiscing about past
While I was down in
I’m a little resentful about all of the lost opportunities, actually a better word is squandered, that I’ve let slip through my fingers. I think that it really comes down to o the resentment that I harbor. However letting go of them is difficult. This whole thing for me is really not a living the past, I have to live day to day. Or else I risk falling back into the cycle that has got me to where I am now. As my father says don’t on those failed opportunities, but learn why they failed. Armed with that knowledge do your best to better prepare yourself for those future opportunities, right? I have to make a list of things that I am going to have to improve in myself. Because I have found that I do really have a desire to be a diver or should I say, work in the offshore industry,
There is a lot of substance abuse in those workers. But I do have complete confidence in myself, in that I won’t do those things again. I understand now that I was using those items as a crutch to hide and not deal with my insecurities. Which through some personal reflection, and a swift kick in the ass, an unforeseen opportunity has been handed to me. A blessing. I have been on a self destructive path. And god has offered me an opportunity to get off this path by also giving me a first hand view of where I will end up, if I don’t open my eye and start to live. Let go the resentment that has been poisoning my mind. Time to be a success. Live day to day. The key here is to do. I’ve also got this thing were I always feel the need to explain myself. And that’s where this feeling of shame comes from. One of the most interesting and reassuring quotes I heard, it was from a psychologist, she had said, “we all have questionable thoughts and urges, but it’s whether we act upon them that defines us as crazy.” That was in some strange way really reassuring. I’ve been for years have thought something was wrong with me.
Yesterday during the official confirmation of my plea and punishment, as the judge was reading the definition of the crime, I felt my heart drop further into my stomach, as he read each sentence, which seemed to have no bottom. That was really the first time that I had heard what damage I had caused. I deserve what I got. I have to pay the piper now. I mean I can’t even begin to understand what I have put the victim through.
Now when it comes to my friend in
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Trip to Franklin
I’d be lying if I said that my trip to
This whole experience has, yet again proven to me that there is a higher power. This is something I cannot deny any longer to myself. There has been a power present around me that has been guiding me through these tribulations for the last couple of months. I’ve found myself keeping a disbelieving attitude about the whole idea, which really is another way of saying, I’ve been in denial. This is something that I feel that I cannot continue to do any longer. I have been praying over the last couple of months, not as consistently as maybe I should, regardless, I’ve found that my prayers have been answered, maybe not in the way that I imagined that they would, but in they’re own way. Which is the way that it works, at least that’s how it’s been described to me and the way I imagine it to work. So it would seem, now the “ball is in my court”. I am going to nurture my spirituality and see what comes of it. I sound and feel like such an adolescent child.
Talking to my friend in
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Ten rules for being Human
Source: http://www.bluinc.com/free/human10.htm
Ten Rules for Being Human
by Cherie Carter-Scott
| 1. | You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period. |
| 2. | You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life." |
| 3. | There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work." |
| 4. | Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson. |
| 5. | Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned. |
| 6. | "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here." |
| 7. | Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself. |
| 8. | What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. |
| 9. | Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust. |
| 10. | You will forget all this. |
Monday, September 3, 2007
Edesapa and Comments
This weekend was pretty awesome. Edesapa decided to come into town. We had a great time, however like all good things, the time that we had was too brief. We had some much needed family time. It was nice to spend time together and be a family again. I really needed it, we all did. Unfortunately he left this morning.
That bitch of a wife that he has, it’s not all her fault. He’s guilty in his own right, he is an enabler. He doesn’t do anything it almost seems that he completely resigns himself to whatever she wants. As long he is happy, I’m happy. It’s just one of those things I would love to try and understand, that I can’t. I tried to insinuate that he take more of a stand against her petty spiteful attitude. The sad part is that the only reason that he came here is now is because she is in
I may have procrastinated a little longer than I would have liked in “recruiting” friends and family to do a letter writing campaign for my legal defense. I asked a few friends and family to write a letter of character to the court, in hopes of avoiding more jail time. For a while my understanding on what the intention of jail is, happened to be a little construed. I understand now that I was being a little ideological, almost utopian. I was doing it, to possibly avoid facing the reality and give myself a little bit of hope. You see I was thinking that jail was somewhere that criminals where sent to learn to become a better person, to avoid falling into that vicious cycle. Because out of resentment and the feeling of abandonment you will be tempted to take the easy path which is to go back to the life of crime, honest work is after all hard. Anyhow, I see now that jail is not to help someone to become a better part of society but rather strictly punishment. I think I was really just diluting myself with these ideal thoughts. Anyhow, my day of reckoning is coming. I hope my peeps come through. It’s now out of my hands and in Gods. This whole spiritual philosophy is really comforting. Now it’s just a matter of finding someone to share it with.
On the positive side my knee is feeling loads better. It’s doing really good. It’s just when I stand on it for extended periods that it really gets angry with me. But the new shoes I bought two weeks ago for it, man are heaven on my feet. I really should’ve spent the money on good shoes a long time ago. And I now own a vacuum cleaner. Thanks to my awesome sis. Which is awesome, cause my carpet was starting to look pretty dirty. A friend that I have in
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