November 2011
2 posts
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Going to Iowa (part 2)
We rolled up to the gas station somewhere near Shelbyville, Illinois. He was staring into space. I offered to get out and pay for this tank and began pumping. He said nothing-I wasn’t sure that he even knew where we were.
I stood there, back pressed against the car and watched the cars make it across the overpass. I took in the summer air. I met him, the first time, early in high school....
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Going to Iowa (part 1)
“When do you think we’re going to get over ourselves?” He asked.
“What do you mean?”
“Just all this bullshit. Our music. What we do on the internet. Everything.”
I mumbled something so he wouldn’t think I was ignoring him. I just kept staring into the distance, keeping the car in the straight line that led beyond the horizon. The last time he...
April 2011
1 post
good link
http://writinginlaw.wordpress.com/journal-links/
December 2010
2 posts
Test
Hey hey hey
July 2010
1 post
So...
Ten things that have proven to be disastrous in the Age of Obama:
1) That big government is the answer. The stimulus in the face of the near-10% unemployment rate is a testament to that.
2) Our relationships with our traditional allies will be restored. (See: “Europe to Obama: This relationship is not working” also, the ongoing US-UK problems, G20 rebuffing Obama’s pleading...
April 2010
2 posts
interesting question
Should the US just assume that Islamicist organizations like Hezbollah and the Islamic Courts Union are by definition an extension of the threat posed by Al Qaida (and/or will help AQ accomplish its strategic objectives, either by accident or on purpose), or can we co-opt these organizations in our fight against AQ? If we do the latter, are we working against our own strategic objectives? What the...
Ideas on remaking Gundam Wing
I’ve been thinking today about how cool it would be to remake old shows that didn’t quite hold up when I saw them the first time around. (sort of like The Rock) The candidate is a show I saw (and watched religiously) about ten years ago. Remembering it now, its hard I could get through some of the terrible writing.
1. Four seasons
2. Graphics like Rebuild of Evangelion
3. Kill off...
February 2010
2 posts
Winning the Peace Reflective Journal #1
“So what have you heard about this class? Why are you here at West Point and why are you in this class?”
That was the first question posed at the beginning of the semester. Honestly, I’m glad Sam McKiernan just skipped over the first question and answered why she was enrolled in the class. Nobody really wants to admit why they’re here. Usually, they just give the Reader’s Digest version (“I just...
Something that has bothered me
Over break, I met up with a guy with whom I have (and may always) picker politically. Like most people though, he and I have sort of calmed down in how we think about political issues and things are a lot better. Anywho, I was in a bar and talking to this guy and we were talking about life and he asked me what I was up to. I told him that I have a good idea that I’ll be leaving for...
January 2010
1 post
“Now, we’ve gotten pretty far down the road, but I have to admit,...”
– CNN. See, this is his problem. He needs to start acknowledging that the other side of a political argument or issue has legitimate points and concerns. His inability to do this plus his incredibly incompetent and unserious security team is going to cost him his office in three years if he...
December 2009
6 posts
Oh yeah, games I want
Muramasa the Demon Blade
Boy and His Blob
New SMB Wii
Mario Kart Wii
Super Paper Mario
Maybe a Resident Evil game or remake from the Gamecube (0, 1 or 4, though I should probably play them all someday)
Mega Man X Collection
ICO
Donkey Kong 94
Wario Land GB (and VB…someday)
Mole Mania
There’s a lot of PS2 games that are good that I don’t own and I should probably fix...
Life
I agree with what Sarah said here, a lot. There is much in my life I wish to improve. Here are some of the big things that come to mind after reading her post:
1. Physically, I need to get in shape. I think, I know I was passed over for BN CDR in part becaues I suck physically. I want that to be the last thing I miss out on because of lack of physical prowess. In a year or so, I will be with my...
Gaming in the oughts
Top Ten Games
1. Shadow of the Colossus. (HM: Ico)
2. Mother 3.
3. Metal Gear Solid 2. (HM: MGS3.)
4. Majora’s Mask. (HM: OoT: Master Quest, Wind Waker)
5. Final Fantasy XII.
6. Mega Man 9. (HM: Mega Man no Constancy)
7. Grand Theft Auto.
8. Metroid Prime.
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
10. Portal
Other honorable mentions: Cave Story, Braid, Pac Man Championship Edition,...
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Part five
Kat was uneasy, to say the least. Here she was, a girl, with two guys-one she didn’t even know-in the dead of night, breaking into a multi-million dollar home. The path to the back of the mansion was shaded from the moonlight by trees. As the three made their way down the path, the unlit mansion was becoming more defined. Without a cloud in the sky, the full moon illuminated everything.
...
Mega Man hacks I wanna play
Rockman 2 DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcOfXb1gzo&feature=related
Rockman ABNormality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MarmYmfNErY&feature=related
Rockman Forever: http://megaman4unnamed.livejournal.com/
Classic Rockman NCFC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r6dJuHgJbc&feature=related
Rockman Mind Roar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVqX38d_aR8&feature=related
Rockman 4...
Note to liberals
You got what you deserve. You supported a man who said Afghanistan was the “war of necessity” without ever questioning his policies and your dominance of the media ensured that hard-hitting questions necessary for the functioning of a Presidential democracy to function properly were never articulated. Now here we are, with the left infuriated that this man is going through with what he...
Ten things of which I agree with President Obama
On the eve of the President coming here tomorrow, I figured I’d write out ten things I agree with him on. Since, as you know, I don’t agree with him on most things.
10. The rhetorical benefits of appearing to “engage” the world. Helps America out temporarily in the realm of soft power. Talking about reconciliation with the Muslim world while raining down death and...
November 2009
6 posts
This Tuesday
Totally pumped for the President coming to speak on Tuesday.
Top Five Mashups (off the top of my head)
“Pieces of a Scientist” Coldplay/Sum 41
“crushcrushfaint” Linkin Park/Paramore
“Wonderwall Boulevard” Green Day/Oasis/Travis/Aerosmith/Eminem
“What More Can I Say?” Jay-Z/The Beatles (Gray Album)
“Numb/Encore” Jay-Z/Linkin Park (yeah I know it was intentional, whatever)
Work work work
Just spent three days in DC and learned all sorts of good stuff about AfPak. Right now I’m trying to focus on milart but it isn’t happening. Just like last time I had a big milart thing due, I’ve been working on lastsummer. I’m committing to launching the site on the 17th…we’ll see if I can make it.
Fear and Loathing
God, branch night.
Whatever that meant.
The trembling, the Iwantattentionrightnow mumbling. The Class of 1960 Representative, a man who twice served in Vietnam, was the first man to jump into Panama and led the 82nd Airborne to victory in the First Persian Gulf War.*
The alcohol, the depravity. AMERICA’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST. On wonderful display. Getting the kicks out. Getting adjusted....
October 2009
20 posts
Where we've gone wrong
So, the Obama Administration is about to get a “black eye” by GOP takeovers of the Virginia and possibly the New Jersey governorships. With the official Republican candidate dropping out of NY-23, the Conservative Party candidate looks like he’s going to win and thus retain the seat for the right-of-center.
2003 was the first State of the Union Address I had watched that I...
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Part four
Every time two people of one gender and one person of the other gets ready to enter a booth, a period of awkwardness takes over. Who do I sit next to? What message will this send? Why do I care so much? This is also magnified if every one is single, because nobody wants to give the impression that they are interested in the other person, even if they are. Especially if they are.
Mike was the...
End of an era...
Being on the internet is a lot like being in the Wild West, or at least, the romanticized version of it. The first time I went online was (I believe), 1994. I built my first website by the time I was 9 years old. Back in that age, websites weren’t freakishly complex and images took forever to load. 28.8k was considered lightening fast. I know its nostalgia kicking in big time, but the first...
““With fakery everywhere-some of it amusing, some of it not...”
– Daniel Henninger, commenting as a Patriot on the unreality of today caused by the car wreck on the information highway
Got CPRC!
Coming home 11/20, probably with lift-off at 10 AM, assuming that I can write my milart paper beforehand. That means I’ll probably be home around 8 PM or so…awesome.
So instead of studying...
…I’ve worked on this all morning. Worth it, but man…fml tonight.
Jon Stewart vs. CNN →
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Part three
The moon has a habit of making things look monochrome. The leaves looked a pale white as they ran through the trees. Every footstep sounded like banging pots and pans to their ears, each step acting as a step closer to committing to the plan. I can’t believe I’m doing this. Dave thought.
He really couldn’t. This wasn’t him. Sure, he had done a shady thing here or there,...
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Part two
He awoke six hours later. The summer sun was already high in the sky and he could hear the dog scratching at his door.
He stumbled out of bed, feeling the full extent of the shoulder injury sustained the night before. He slowly walked to the door and turned the knob. The dog bolted in and moved around the room. Going down the stairs, he realized he couldn’t have slept more than five hours,...
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Part one
…the midwest has that quality, that quality of eerie and utter silence in every direction. A silence only broken by the sound of cars breaking the speed limit on the country roads miles away.
The moon was down, with only the bottom illuminating the plains. He kept running. The road was uneven, the occasional small pothole screwed with his rhythm. Every six steps (minus the potholes) the...
“Hell, if Mark Twain were around today, he’d probably be making games that make...”
– Tim Rogers, Dreaming In An Empty Room (Metal Gear Solid 2)
“It is on foreign policy, and the “war on terror” in particular, that...”
– Mehdi Hasan of the New Statesman, “Change we can’t believe in,” confirming all my hopes of the Obama presidency…
“…let’s not flatter ourselves with Vietnam comparisons. In Vietnam, we lost...”
– Peter Beinart’s great piece on the ridiculousness of the Afghanistan-Vietnam comparisons.
Progress on the C&H site...
See for yourself, here.
September 2009
5 posts
Quick thoughts
1. Sarah has a good post on life today ;)
2. Fontalicious fonts are back! Awesome! I’ve always loved this guy’s work.
3. Probably going to give enker.kaavie.com a facelift soon.
4. Relaunch solidadvent soon. Since putting it on hiatus last winter I’ve found a number of sites that are very similar to mine. I can help make sa look cool again by putting some stuff I’ve...
9/11
http://hereisnewyork.org/
For the record, I still miss the pre-9/11 world. I’m not a coward though-false security is worse than confronting our problems head on. That’s why I miss GWB. :(
Idea on remaking "The Rock"
Ever since I saw “The Rock” last fall, I’ve thought of how it could be remade, and frankly, be made a helluva lot better.
My current idea: set it in modern times (or twenty minutes in the future), have Quentin Tarantino direct and write the script, have Hideo Kojima on as an advisor/screenwriter, still set it on Alcatraz but have a nuke replace the chemical weapons. Have it...
August 2009
5 posts
Musings on the way back
The concert was amazing. That being said, I’m not a fan of smelling pot and hyperactive 15 year olds that can be louder and more obnoxious than me. I’m def not letting my kids go to a concert.
Oh, and the Democratic Party of Japan won a landslide today. Despite all the hand-wrangling by American pundits about the DPJ’s (vague) foreign policy, there is a huge pro-DPJ bias in the...
Musings on the road
I was talking to Sarah about this before I left, but upon hearing news and seeing parts of the new Boy Scout Handbook, I started thinking about how I’ll be involved in Scouting again with my kids. It also sort of reminds me that despite my success in Boy Scouts, there’s a whole part of the organization that I don’t see at all. (The adults running the national and regional...