So, something I hadn't previously known. My grandfather, my mothers father, used to be the fire commissioner for the city of Ithaca. His father was the fire commissioner, as well as a captain, in his hometown. We've got four generations of firefighters in this family. I've got a lot to live up to.

And I said "baby,
don't be afraid
It's only in the future"

So she said "Maybe,
But if you're wrong
Who will find our future?"

"why can't it just be me"

For anyone who reads the recent article in the Ithaca Journal about the local fire departments, there is an entire portion talking about how the Ithaca fire department has almost no volunteers, and it's making the rest of the people have to do all the work, and how the reason for that is the training is more intense and people are less civic minded ( Read more... )

From my Hazmat course ( Read more... )

Today was a wonderful day.

This saturday I might run for a position as a company officer in the fire department. Specifically, the secretary. It'll be good experience, a good jumping point to other positions, and they will probably just plain need one because our old one moved away, and the replacement is running unopposed for company VP, and no one else wanted to fill the

My maternal grandfather is a brilliant and fascinating man.

The question we invariably come back to, again and again, is whether one is capable of changing themselves through sheer force of will. Then, is it really change if it's only a concentrated selection of what actions one undertakes? That road is dangerous though, because one could argue that really everyone who does not react immediately and swiftly ( Read more... )

Some dumb fucker that I know keeps bitching because, get this, the (beautiful, intelligent, and of course, horny) chick that he's with doesn't want a serious committed relationship, and only wants to keep it open and fool around.

What a tool.