Ouch.

I stumbled onto a free rego for the camping/floating trip this weekend.

I agreed to go.

I will be sleeping alone in a tent. For the first time ever.

I am afraid of being outside, alone, in the dark.

I am also afraid of being alone.

Both of those things are the reasons I have to go.

Day 12: Guest Blogger Saves the Day!!

Thanks DS for sending this...I no doubt would have boohoo'd at the sight of this.

Note: If you have ever been to a movie theater on a US military base, the National Anthem is played before the movie.

I recently attended a showing of "Superman 3" here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As is the custom back in the States, we stood and snapped to attention when the National Anthem began before the main feature. All was going as planned until about three-quarters of the way through the National Anthem the music stopped.

"Now, what would happen if this occurred with 1,000 18-22 year-olds back in the States? I imagine there would be hoots, catcalls, laughter, a few rude comments, and everyone would sit down and call for a movie. Of course, that is, if they had stood for the National Anthem in the first place.

"Here, the 1,000 Soldiers continued to stand at attention, eyes fixed forward. The music started again. The Soldiers continued to quietly stand at attention. And again, at the same point, the music stopped. What would you expect to happen? Even here I would imagine laughter as everyone sat down and expected the movie to start.

"Here, you could have heard a pin drop. Every Soldier stood at attention. "Suddenly there was a lone voice, then a dozen, and quickly the room was filled with the voices of a thousand Soldiers. 'And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that star- spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.'

It was the most inspiring moment I have had here in Iraq; I wanted you to know what kind of Soldiers are serving you here."


Secret revealed tomorrow! My big news! No more waiting!

Day 7: I can still feel the lighter burn on my fingers...

I wish I had time today to write this...so it's a teaser. I will make time tomorrow.

I totally stole this idea from the blog I'm pimp'n today.

Badger Meets World

But her video gave me goosebumps. The sound of his voice immediately delivers me back 20 odd years ago. And always with a smile and a sigh. The soundtrack to most of my adult life is set to....





I will not apologize.

And the Raised On Radio concert in 1986 was my first, and therefore, BEST concert ever. I even saw them a few years ago without Steve Perry [collective gasp] and they were STILL awesome.

If for some reason this does not totally (like, fer sure) make you reach for the hairspray and a Bic lighter, I'm sorry, we can no longer be friends.


It's all about the Naked [not the nekkid] here in Dorkville.

What are your guilty pleasures?

Walrus...behave.

Through history the ways of truth and love have always won. -Mahatma Gandi

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it, always. -Mahatma Gandhi

I have always been unapologetically moved and humbled by the men and women who have volunteered to protect and defend our country. I am thankful that I was born here. Even when, collectively, we manage to make some really questionable decisions regarding what is good and just. But for the grace of God, go I.

This VIDEO made me weep. (Make sure your speakers are on) Photographs do that to me sometimes. And emotions are raw.

I found this video on the day that it was announced that 4000 new US troops had landed in Baghdad.

The babies.

Laughter is the rock under my feet.

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. -Madeleine Ll’Engle

Seriously, do not watch this with a full bladder... I almost peed my pants.

This looks suspiciously like my post from 2/1/07 put to annimation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4MgoTFkSdc

Enjoy that...and if you want some more funny check out THIS .