Changes in The Air
That is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life.
Paul Tournier
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
Herbert Agar
Where to begin, it has been quite some time since I posted, perhaps because so much has happened. My sister kelly, the sane, rational, and determined part of my siblings, finally got married to her long term boyfriend Chuck. Chuck is a great guy, thiers really no denying it, he has been around and a part of my life for more than 7 years and now that he's my brother in law, it only cememts his place in my life. Thier wedding was a wonderful occassion, and in all honesty, I cried a little. I mean I felt like a pussy because of it, but thats okay because if two people can be that happy well god bless.
The reception was another wonderful occassion. I gathered with my family and my friends to wish kelly and chuck well,and sitting with several friends over cocktails and cigars I came to several powerful revelations over my life.
First off, I caught a glimpse of Candice, a blind date setup from several years ago. She was a sweet wonderful girl, and it pains me to think about possibilites that could have been but weren't. Now I contribute that to my distain for her concerning her prior friendship with Andy Czech, the man I blame for the breakup between Terri and I,that put me in the lowest place in my life.
Now Thorns (ho has in the past year, come off a terrible breakup himself, and kicked his drug problems, has become the most insightful and wise man I can think of)tells me that I have spent to much time tearing myself up about Terri, and I think that I can finally put her aside, she will always be my favorite mistake but the longer I dwell on her the harder it is going to be to get on with my life. I mean I dated her in 8th grade and through my freshman year of high school, to say at that age I know what I want out of life, or to say that I fully at that point in life knew what love was, is just a false notion. I think what led me to dwell so long on the issue is that she was TAKEN not so much that she left me directly.
Because I was young, because I was jelous, and because I was stupid, I ruined my friendship with her, I ruined my friendship with Andy and those who stood with him, and ruined several concrete and several potentially meaningful relationships with women who could have done much good in my life. I think I'm finally ready to get back in the game, and I will be sure to let everyone know what comes from here on in.
Next I'm proud to announce that Art one of my closest friends in life, has been accepted to the USAF. Now this alone deserves credit, they are the most demanding branch of the armed forces, having the highest entry requirements and standards of conduct and behavior. Now I have always admired these men and women, they utilize and design the most advanced weapons and technology ever created by mankind. I will admit that Im a want a be , I only wish that I could be accepted, but Art further proved his ambition by deciding that he wants to go into Para-Rescue, the highly elite combat medic unit. So basically Art will be jumping out of a plane and parachuting into enemy territory to treat wounded soliders and recover downed airmen.
This is a noble ambition, not only do you do it for the best of the best, but you do it for the right reason. Alot of people will knock the "Air Farce" for it's laid back style, it always arranges a bed for it's people, the meals are always hot, and it's employees enjoy the most downtime of any branch of service, but this is for a very important series of reasons. First, they employ the highest number of civilian consultants, analysts and technicians, in the whole of the armed forces. These civilians travel with the airforce maintaining thier high technology needs and facilitate thier training, because of this, you cannot treat a civilian the same way you treat a disciplined trained soldier and they must be provided for. Secondly they are responsibile for trillions of dollars in equipment that has strategic importance to both the armed forces, the private sector, and the world as a whole (they do run NASA) so I say if it is the issue that you hate them because thier "lazy" or "high maintanence" remember that if they crash a 20 million dollar jet fighter, it's their ass not yours!
Hats Off To You Art
But the reason I bring this up, is because Art is working out to prepare hismelf for basic, and is working hard at getting into shape, I think I need to as well. So I need to commit myself to getting my ass into the gym more often, I think the process for him will be easier if he has someone backing him up so to speak.
Regardless of the issues, I will be commiting myself to a major turn around next year, looks like this New Years resolution is to fully bring around Sam ver 2.0
Paul Tournier
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
Herbert Agar
Where to begin, it has been quite some time since I posted, perhaps because so much has happened. My sister kelly, the sane, rational, and determined part of my siblings, finally got married to her long term boyfriend Chuck. Chuck is a great guy, thiers really no denying it, he has been around and a part of my life for more than 7 years and now that he's my brother in law, it only cememts his place in my life. Thier wedding was a wonderful occassion, and in all honesty, I cried a little. I mean I felt like a pussy because of it, but thats okay because if two people can be that happy well god bless.
The reception was another wonderful occassion. I gathered with my family and my friends to wish kelly and chuck well,and sitting with several friends over cocktails and cigars I came to several powerful revelations over my life.
First off, I caught a glimpse of Candice, a blind date setup from several years ago. She was a sweet wonderful girl, and it pains me to think about possibilites that could have been but weren't. Now I contribute that to my distain for her concerning her prior friendship with Andy Czech, the man I blame for the breakup between Terri and I,that put me in the lowest place in my life.
Now Thorns (ho has in the past year, come off a terrible breakup himself, and kicked his drug problems, has become the most insightful and wise man I can think of)tells me that I have spent to much time tearing myself up about Terri, and I think that I can finally put her aside, she will always be my favorite mistake but the longer I dwell on her the harder it is going to be to get on with my life. I mean I dated her in 8th grade and through my freshman year of high school, to say at that age I know what I want out of life, or to say that I fully at that point in life knew what love was, is just a false notion. I think what led me to dwell so long on the issue is that she was TAKEN not so much that she left me directly.
Because I was young, because I was jelous, and because I was stupid, I ruined my friendship with her, I ruined my friendship with Andy and those who stood with him, and ruined several concrete and several potentially meaningful relationships with women who could have done much good in my life. I think I'm finally ready to get back in the game, and I will be sure to let everyone know what comes from here on in.
Next I'm proud to announce that Art one of my closest friends in life, has been accepted to the USAF. Now this alone deserves credit, they are the most demanding branch of the armed forces, having the highest entry requirements and standards of conduct and behavior. Now I have always admired these men and women, they utilize and design the most advanced weapons and technology ever created by mankind. I will admit that Im a want a be , I only wish that I could be accepted, but Art further proved his ambition by deciding that he wants to go into Para-Rescue, the highly elite combat medic unit. So basically Art will be jumping out of a plane and parachuting into enemy territory to treat wounded soliders and recover downed airmen.
This is a noble ambition, not only do you do it for the best of the best, but you do it for the right reason. Alot of people will knock the "Air Farce" for it's laid back style, it always arranges a bed for it's people, the meals are always hot, and it's employees enjoy the most downtime of any branch of service, but this is for a very important series of reasons. First, they employ the highest number of civilian consultants, analysts and technicians, in the whole of the armed forces. These civilians travel with the airforce maintaining thier high technology needs and facilitate thier training, because of this, you cannot treat a civilian the same way you treat a disciplined trained soldier and they must be provided for. Secondly they are responsibile for trillions of dollars in equipment that has strategic importance to both the armed forces, the private sector, and the world as a whole (they do run NASA) so I say if it is the issue that you hate them because thier "lazy" or "high maintanence" remember that if they crash a 20 million dollar jet fighter, it's their ass not yours!
Hats Off To You Art
But the reason I bring this up, is because Art is working out to prepare hismelf for basic, and is working hard at getting into shape, I think I need to as well. So I need to commit myself to getting my ass into the gym more often, I think the process for him will be easier if he has someone backing him up so to speak.
Regardless of the issues, I will be commiting myself to a major turn around next year, looks like this New Years resolution is to fully bring around Sam ver 2.0
