There seems to be certain catalysts for major change in my life. Things that always make a difference. And it seems like I always want to write after experiencing them. With my luck, however, I never really am able to till a while afterwards. So a lot of it is lost to my poor recollection. So here goes nothing ( Read more... )

"We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it ( Read more... )

Talk about being proactive.

I could have been all depressed that there was no Vons or Safeway here, so I'll practically never get to have one of their delicious sandwhiches again. Or I could figure out how to make their ranch spread. I'm a master Sandwhich maker now! Now I have my own tub of ranch spread. I'm so good.

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
Mahatma Gandhi

I think the theme of this year, in my life, is willpower.  I've never quite understood just how powerful my mind, or anyone's mind, was. Anything we do is because we tell ourselves to do it. I'm honestly amazed at what someone can do when they set ( Read more... )

Floyd Landis won the tour de france. Coming back from being behind 8 minutes, to winning the entire the race. He's now only the third american to win the race. Its the 8th year in a row an american has won the tour de france(the last 7 being lance armstrong), continuing the american dominance. He had metal pins in his hip too. He has Osteoporosis. ( Read more... )

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2006/columns/story?id=2525361

The  Tour de France was inspirational/epic today. Go Floyd Landis!

I got a brief visit of the homeland this weekend. You see, when we moved, we had too much crap for the three cars plus a pod to take. How sad. So we had to rent a space to hold our stuff untill we could come back down. Well, this weekend was the time. My dad and I left Middleton Idaho at 4 in the morning. After switching back and forth between us, ( Read more... )

Jared's Stash (picture coming soon)

2 strobe lights
10 smoke bombs
3 ground blooms
1 pack of 6 crackling balls
2 bombers
1 ground bloom flier
4 roman candles
3 whistling ricks
5 packs of assorted ariels (each pack has 6)
1 pack of parachute Rockets
1 pack of triple report rocket
1 pack of Glitter light rockets
1 pack of butterfly rockets
1 pack of ( Read more... )

Otacon: Another Chinese proverb: "Those who look to the Heavens prosper, those who defy it are no more." Do you know this one? The meaning here is - hold on a sec - that you can only survive as long as you're a part of the natural order of things. You remember pre-ripped jeans? Manufacturers thought that just because people loved old, broken-in ( Read more... )

Well. I'm at Boise Air right now. The airport is really nice. very clean. I got here a good 40 minutes before my interview hoping they would have a printer in the business section. Nope. Just free wireless. So I jumped on to kill some time, then I realized I left my planner at home. I had an old one in my laptop case, so I opened it up and wrote my ( Read more... )