This quote says it all, really

George, the collective comedians of the US would hereby officially like to beg you to try for a third term. You, sir, are comedy gold.

Jump the Shark!

I'm not a fan of our current president, I'll admit. Still, his current push for a constitutional amendment to define marriage has impressed even me with his willingness to say anything he thinks will keep him going.
A couple points I'd like to make against the arguments I've seen thrown about-
1> The best protection for raising children I've heard of is using a group effort, not a single mother and father- how much time can any two people have? Look to your predecessor's wife- anyone remember " It Takes a Village"?

2>The word "sacred" is inherently religious- there are a couple less religious definitions, but even these grew out of the original religious meanings. This is not a good way to convince me the government should be involved.

3>Oh, by the way....WHY DOES THIS REQUIRE SCREWING AROUND WITH MY CONSTITUTION?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


But in the end, my point is this:
When we look back a few short years from now to dissect the point at which the Bush Presidency finally went beyond redemption.

Happy Shark Jump, Mr. Bush!

Free again!!

I finally cut my hair off!! I've been growing it for the last two and one half years to donate to Locks of Love. Sunday I went in and it was finally long enough, so I'm back to my rakish shorter hair with bangs long enough to get in my eyes. The whole experience was quite educational- I now understand a large part of what takes women so long when getting ready- that much hair just won't be hurried! In addition, there are numerous and unspeakable places that hair gets to when you are not looking.
Sabrina was a little anxious about the haircut- she'd never known me with hiar so short I couldn't ponytail at last part of it, plus there's the whole chicks-cut-their-hair-when-they-are-going-to-break-up-with-you thing, that apparently makes it hard to understand you just want the damned stuff OFF. After a quick trip through the seven stages (I can't believe it!! Make it come back!! Jerk!!etc...) she managed to start making fun of me, and finally has decided she likes it a bit. Good thing, it'll be a while before it is long again. I'll add a picture of the new me (maybe in conacts) in a while.

9/9/2001-6/9/2005

I said goodbye to my beloved first bike a couple weeks ago. I felt stupid about missing it so much, but i really did love that thing...

How do I know?

The truth is, I don't know, if looking back I will have done or had what I want, or what I wanted before. I just know that I have decided I want something, and I won't let doubt keep me from it. If it isn't what I thought it was, who is to say I won't find out as well that I didn't know what I wanted in the first place? I am confused by and pity people who cannot seem to see the value of everything and everyone in front of them, at least some of the time, and know, as well, I can be guilty of what I see so often. Paying attention to what was planned and envisioned, rather than seeing what is . Control over how life goes is at best a shared thing, and often it seems too easy to forget.

Shame

When contemplating, not always idly or by choice, the failures in my life, or the possibility of failure, I am finding more and more the overwhelming feeling I have is shame. What fundamental component am I lacking, what sensitivity to my surroundings am I deaf to, that I find myself again and again at the start, all efforts undone, all accomplishments reduced to events have no lasting meaning? I thirst, burning and dreadful, for some act or moment that will have life beyond its moment, almost anything that leaves a mark indelible enough that, at the least, some scrubbing is required to remove the dye I have laid down. Something more than over-the-top metaphor, I think. And in the midst of this, I am drowning in the tidepools of daily life. Looking back across my life, I cannot find any one moment when I have set my own little fire to the world, and cannot find the fire in myself to light my way. If the only things I truly desire are to be denied me, what aim can I have?

I had one thing right

I knew from the moment I saw her she was dangerous.

Tahoe was a blast!

mmmmm. two days of snowboarding, sun, and a darling girl.. what in life gets better? One of my favorite parts was going back down the lifts and getting to spend a few minutes looking out at the lake in all its glory, cuddled and kissing..