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Doomsday Vault

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I hadn't heard anything about this and then I see this video. Well, its a great idea, maybe its a bit problematic because of the location (IF anything disastrous occurred) it would be difficult for the average person to obtain the seeds and know how to grow them. I wonder... is it locked? Are there instructions on how to grow the varieties? Muy interesante.

And though it is meant to sustain seeds, I wonder if this vault will become storage for frozen animal/human dna and such as well...

racing

With all of the turbulence and goings-on in the world at large... where is the voice? I mean when you look back on history, there's always a revolutionary, a dramatic, singled out someone that sees things more clearly and can articulate him/her self so that others eyes are opened as well. who is that now? And why with all thats going on are so many people just sitting instead of out on the streets calling for a difference? Has it gone so far that people don't think it can change? Are we losing the fight? And where is the front at all- why doesn't everyone see that we're on the same side?

my mailbox

In my mailbox at work today there were a couple of very random things. One was a prayer rug, basically a piece of paper, that had one of those pictures of Jesus where you look at it and his eyes open... When I was younger there was one that hung on our wall and I remember being amazed the first time I looked at it and his eyes opened, today I tried it and I thought they opened, but it wasn't nearly as bold. Then I looked it up and its a scam, they send these out from a PO box in OK and then people are supposed to send back money. Why do people continue to take things that should be so pure and ruin them? The story about it (at least part) is at http://george.loper.org/trends/2003/Apr/815.html

The other thing was a little business card that on one side says :

A Thought for Today

This is the beginning of a new day! God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good, what I do today is important because I'm exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place, something I have traded for it. I want it to be gain not loss, good not evil, success not failure in order that I shall not regret the price I paid for it.

and on the back it says: Most Holy Spirit, soul of my soul, I adore you! and it goes on in that manner.

I thought this was interesting, no matter the religion, I'm always intrigued by it. The inner workings of all that I don't understand.

Besides that, I'm working on projects and enjoying the quiet. What are you doing today?

missiles and moons

Last night was a full lunar eclipse! Yes, and though a lot of people couldn't view it because of cloud cover, I was fortunate. It started around 8.30 really, and was visible until around 11.30 when it got very cloudy here... It is the last one until 2010.

Also want to note that they (the U.S. gov't) hit the satellite.... They aren't sure yet if they hit the fuel tank, which was the purpose of launching the missile, but said that they should know in the next couple of days, and the debris from the satellite should enter in the next 40 days, though it will burn up upon entry. I still question how all of this will work out, it can't be good for out atmosphere/galxing to have missiles and satellites and shit... I always wonder what the consequences are going to be...

NASA

There is a video that talks about the US shooting down a satellite. My favorite part is when the administrator from NASA says "theres almost nothing we can do here to make it worse, technically almost anything will make it better..." You have GOT to be kidding me. NASA. Aren't they supposed to be a bit more articulated than that? I mean. Damn... Here, I am going to try to be positive here and say, they know their jobs better than I do, and so I will trust them to know what they are doing...but I do wish that they could construe a bit more confidence in their own decision than theres nothing we can do to make it worse... Oi.

Next time maybe we shouldn't send spy satellites into orbit. Don't we have enough phone taps and such planted right here? Right? Its crazy to think of all the things going on that I (or you for that matter) have no idea about. Its scary. I wonder how much I would want to know... But I think that if its something that was going to directly effect my life that I could find out. Hmmm.....

Hopefully going to Can tomorrow! Should be a good time. Its always nice to leave the country =)

lets missile down a satellite!

you've got to be kidding me with this. no i don't really have a better idea, because i'm not in the business of shooting down satellites, but does anybody else feel like we're just kinda wingin it here?? i mean, it's a dangerous situation either way, but... is sending a missile- a missile- up into the atmosphere to hit a fuel containing satellite, thus blowing it up- really sound like a good idea?? seriously?? they don't know where it will enter and don't know when they will hit it... when this satellite lost communication, wouldn't they have started working on a plan then, instead of waiting until it was a month from impacting the Earth, and saying "gee guys, anybody got an idea?" i mean, seriously... anybody feel like theres way more there isn't telling us- like that they are more concerned, or at least theres more to be concerned with? maybe not. lets hope not.


and its valentine's day...woohoo? yup. i wore red today. thats what ive got to say.

have a happy day!

sonrio*

a thought

Driving to work this morning I had this thought: there is one difference, in my opinion, between a wise person and a fool, and that is there ability to learn from another person's mistakes...

Evolution?

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So we all get a chance

I remember vividly the first time Bush was "voted" into office. I stood in my living room shaking my head, and turned to the person who was in the room with me and said that it was a mistake and that we were going to war. All of the bad that was about to occur... I knew then... And now, we are at a point of change. We finally have the power to refresh the country. We are at a time that allows us the fortune of choosing our future. I worry that people assume too much and care too little about their future. I feel that by doing little we are doing nothing and in turn receive nothing. I worry that too many are leaving their decisions to be made by someone else, and by doing so permissions are being granted to replay the history that has brought us to where we are today.  I worry that eyes are blinded to the truths, and that the truth- though being sought for, is being passed by because of the misgivings of the liars of the past. My capacity of desire is brimming and I wish that there were words enough to describe what is echoing in my head. I believe this man is genuine in his intentions, and I wish that everyone could see that we are all interconnected, that what is best for you is what is best for me. By living our days with respect and sincerity, by opening ourselves to the possibility that a man going to bed hungry a thousand miles away is our problem and our own hunger, that we are equals as citizens of this country and this world, and because of that it is time to change our way of thinking- from the I to the WE. Open your eyes.

azithromycin

Lets start on this note- I feel like a pile of poo. I have bronchitis, again. I had this in Oct. and this makes me unhappy. The DR put me on an antibiotic that I may be allergic too, but is strong enough to knock this out of me, so I deal... Yesterday I could barely stand up I was so dizzy, and just hopped back and forth between my bed and the bathtub. So please understand that my head is not completely clear right now.
A) So, this was interesting to me -Euros are being accepted in NYC! Quite interesting. The dollar is getting weaker and weaker as we all know and some business owners have clued into this fact. What I question is this- they are accepting EUROS and the article I read said that some are waiting to convert the $$ and some are bringing it into their banks as usual... Aren't the banks not only hitting them up with the correct conversion but also charging them a conversion fee? Because I know my bank does, when I would take EUROS out of my bank in DE I would then have a $5 currency conversion fee. I'm bad with numbers so I am just trying to figure out how this is really working out for the businesses. Somebody help me out on this if you know the answer.
B) Heath Ledger. I really liked him so this is upsetting to me. Not only was he gorgeous, but he really was talented. Now, it was a shocker to find out that he was found dead. Unbelievable almost. But now we find out that it was because of an accidental overdose, that the combination of drugs in his system basically overloaded him... Who the hell was his DR? Half on the US right now I think is on combinations of drugs for whatever reason, some I understand while other I think are full of it, but on the most basic level- a body is not malleable. A person can not load their body with altering drugs and expect their not to be consequences. Honestly, I started seriously questioning the intentions of DR's when my own OFFERED me prescriptions for sleep medication and anti-anxiety. This is a problem. The same way that any child with energy has ADHD and must need medication, ridiculous.
C) Great story, Utah couple goes to photograph wild horses and gets stuck, but gets rescued after 12 days. They'd written wills and letters to their 19 yr old daughter. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/utah.couple/index.html

I think thats going to be it because I am tired... and I think I'll make some eggs.

Sonrio*

voting survey

Who should you vote for?

Barack Obama				37
Mike Gravel				24
Hillary Clinton				6

You expected: Barack Obama
Your recommendation: Barack Obama

Party: Democratic

Born: 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii

Family: wife and two daughters

Career: Business International Corporation; NYPIRG; attorney and constitutional law lecturer

Political career: Member of the Illinois State Senate from the 13th district, 1997-2004. Incumbent Junior Senator from Illinois since 2005

Hot topic: Universal healthcare

Did you know? He is the only African American currently serving in the US Senate

Supported by: Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, George Clooney, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ed Norton, Jennifer Aniston, Zach Braff, John Cleese, Leonard Nimoy and Brooke Shields

my wish list

randomly...i'm watching a movie and contemplating...

here's what's going on in my head- just a tad

what i look forward to/what i love about this crazy life:

lazy sundays with wine and music of the otis redding-van morrison variety

kim's kitchen, because it's always brimming with laughter

watching people pray- whether it be on a mat or a rosary

the way water feels when i first splash in, the sand between my toes

and salt on my skin 

campfires.

chatting with kids, even if they're miserable

the way my dogs look at me with their unconditional love

the smell of a fresh film canister and watching an image develop

the books i don't want to put down

shooting stars

sitting on the steps of the met

hosting dinners 

travel.

diving- it's like being in a different world

knowing that i have become and continue to become the person that i always wanted to be

fresh black berries

dirt on my skin after working in the yard

accents and hearing other languages

people without pretenses

getting together with my family

being read aloud to

the wind in the trees- thunderstorms- lightning bugs- and the smell of home

laying in a hammock

walking barefoot

being the little spoon

the memory of my grandmother's laugh and sigh

my grandfather's lifesavers

breakfast with my mom and dad

and 3am breakfasts with my friends

tea

snowfall in streetlamps

reflections in the rain

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this list could go on, i encourage you to write your own...

moe. show and minor gripe

This was yesterday at New World Record (myspace.com/newworldrecord) a free in-store show for an independent record store- going out of business- The store was small and the show was quaint. The guys came out and played about 8 songs...They changed up their playlist about mid-set, mixing it up between some older stuff and new music from  Sticks and Stones. I really enjoyed All Roads Lead to Home, and wish I knew the all instrumental that they played towards the end...if anyone knows- help me out. I wish I'd been able to see their sold out show at The Town Ballroom, but maybe I'll see them play again another day. At the end of the show they did line up for a meet and greet, so I got to meet them too! Grand Times. If anybody wants to see ALL of the photos I took, go to Buffalo.com/Spotted.

Now onto other things...I have no heat in my apartment. Its currently 50* inside and thats cold. They tried to fix it last night, but I guess it didn't work...I got a fish and named him Timothy. 

Something to look into:

Violence in Kenya- theres  something going on here. There always seems to be. Anytime you get a group of people together who are frustrated and hungry and desperate, they are going to act out. You can say what you want, but until you've been put in the situation to act, then its a load of shit coming out of your mouth. The best thing a person can do is not judge, but ask what can be done, and ask the persons involved, not the academics that claim to know. Go to the source. 

I continue to believe that if each person, instead of saying it can't be done, just went ahead and did what they could, we could turn the negative influences in this world around. If each person actually did all of the things they wish they could, in terms of the dynamic of the greater community, a balance would be reached.