The game didn't quite go as well as I had planned. 

I'm "sick" today.

Also have quite a lot to do.

Joy

Leif Erikson Day, 2002
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

More than 1,000 years ago, Leif Erikson and his crew journeyed across the Atlantic seeking unknown lands. Their pioneering spirit of courage, determination, and discovery helped to open the world to new exploration and unprecedented development. Each October, we join our friends in Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland in honoring this historic voyage and in celebrating the strong transatlantic bonds that exist between those countries and the United States.

Our Nation is committed to promoting prosperity and stability throughout Northern Europe. Through the Northern Europe Initiative, we have partnered with other nations in the region to enhance security and economic growth in the Baltic region. This Initiative addresses concrete needs in six areas: the environment; public health; law enforcement and rule-of-law; civil society; energy; and trade. Our Nation also supports the European Union's "Northern Dimension" strategy, which aims to strengthen the integration of Northwest Russia and the accession countries to the European Union. These important efforts, along with the bilateral programs of all Nordic countries, are helping to build a brighter future for the entire region.

As we defend ourselves against terrorism, we are grateful for the support of our coalition partners around the world, including our Nordic friends and allies. The goodwill demonstrated by the people of this region has reinforced our close ties and strengthened our resolve to overcome the evil that is before us. As we celebrate Leif Erikson Day, we recommit ourselves to a world of innovation, prosperity, and opportunity.

To honor Leif Erikson, the brave son of Iceland and grandson of Norway, and to recognize our Nation's Nordic-American heritage, the Congress, by joint resolution (Public Law 88-566) approved on September 2, 1964, has authorized and requested the President to proclaim October 9 of each year as "Leif Erikson Day."

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 9, 2002, as Leif Erikson Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs to honor our rich Nordic-American heritage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-seventh.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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Tomorrow is Leif Ericson Day. I refuse to celebrate a day in honor of an italian genocidal moron. Instead I will honor a viking who actually did discover America almost 500 years before that bumbling fool from the boot of Europe claimed it for the great Spanish Empire.  Fucking bastard! 

 

It's been a rather good weekend overall I must say.  Greg and Laura came down for a wedding and stopped by for 2 nights here in Providence.  It was great to see them as it has been a year since their wedding and little news since unfortunately.   While not much actually happened this weekend besides their visit its been rather relaxing.  I spent yesterday mostly sitting around the house...watched some movies..the first episodes of BSG Season 3 and picked up a little KoToR on a whim.  Today has been much of the same.  I finished reading "Manta's Gift" by Timothy Zahn and played a little KotoR.  Thinking about making some muffins as i picked up a couple of boxes of muffin mix while at the store this morning.

Okay..so just re-reading all this and realized that its a rather random entry.  Oh well... might as well make it strange while I'm at it....

"Little Monster Elf Gnomes live in the ears of maniacs.  They play cribbage and sing songs of conquest.  Paper dolls of moose eat their souls.  And through out it all a little flower bows to the wind and stings the bee for stealing the pollen."


Now that I've convinced everyone I'm a lunatic...I'll be done.

It's been a strange weekend. 

So it's been a hell of a long time since my last post.  Truthfully, I've just not been in the proper mindset to put anything here.  I've been waiting for something to say and nothing comes to mind.  My day to day life has been rather uneventful for the most part so I didn't want to bore you with the monotony that my existence is.  But talking to blue_tape yesterday made me want to at least update this a bit, so here I am pounding away at the keys, hoping the carpel tunnel doesn't incapacitate me too much.  I guess change is bound to happen now and then and it seems as if things have changed a bit in the world...or at least my world.  People are moving apart which is strangely terrible yet unavoidable.   A couple of weeks ago I realized I hadn't spoken to Greg and Laura in since their wedding last year.  I heard that one friend was moving from Boston and another had moved in with her boyfriend a long time ago...which I knew nothing about until yesterday.  During my conversation with blue_tape yesterday I mentioned that all of my female friends have departed now.  With the exception of Iz in England, Katia, and a new buddy I met through work but has since moved to Virgina, I have very little social interaction with the fairer sex.  This I realized is something that needs to be remedied at some point in the near future.  And other than my slight efforts to get into grad school I haven't done anything to secure a future for myself.  I've been looking to my next adventure and skipping out on the days in between.  This I need to stop doing as time is just flying by and before I know its i'm going to be an old man living alone somewhere...possibly with cats..or at least a few garden gnomes.  So where does this leave me on this Thursday morning?  I'm not entirely sure.  But I needed to write something here so that I can at least come back someday and see that I was at least thinking about it all.

I've been lazy lately if you hadn't noticed.  No updates. No anything really.  Guess I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by things of late.  

Its sunday.  I just made pancakes.  Doing Laundry.  Finished a book.  It's only 11am. 

So it's been forever since my last update and feeling just plain terrible about it I uploaded some pictures that highlight by trip last month.  This morning I'm writing more just to get back into the habit of writing something here rather than saying something that has any meaning whatsoever.  I'm pretty tired right now as I was chatting online for a couple hours last night.  Its rather odd how I've done little Iming the last year or so but suddenly I'm having 2 hour long conversations again.

I'm eating oatmeal.  Instant quaker oatmeal...apples & cinnamon.  I threw in a small hand-full of raisins too.

It's not even 7am yet.

I'm back and getting my ass kicked by the jet lag.  More details once I've gotten to the point where I can type without exausting myself. 

Hey All!

I'm Going to be out of the country for the next 2 weeks.  Out of the Hemisphere really.  If anyone is looking for me, check out Oceania...Somewhere either in Australia or New Zealand. 

Peace Yo!

Ick...100 degrees?  That isn't cool.

But in a week I'll be in the southern hemisphere...where it's going to be winter...

Ha!

Dude...it's july 31st.  How did that happen?

5 days...

Peter Cullin will be the voice of Optimus Prime in the new Transformers Movie.  This proves the existence of a high power.

This morning I was greeted to the sight of Katia and Simon unconscious on the couch.  As I'm heading down to make my lunch for the day, Simon roles over and explains to me how there was a Bat in their room last night.  They were afraid of getting rabies as sleeping in the same room as a Bat, if its rabid, might induce it to bite them.  While I'm not one to argue, nor disagree with them for their reasoning...the first thing that pops into my mind is that I wish I was going to be here today so that I can see how they get it out of the room.  From personal experience, getting a Bat to do anything....let along alow itself to be caught is a most difficult thing. 

Too bad we don't have Sonar too.

Monday....Arg!

It's saturday...its hot and humid...My parents and visiting today.  Not sure where to take them really as they want to do something touristy.  Providence isn't exactly the tourist capitol of New England...but I guess I'll figure something out.  Did I mention it was Humid?  Ick

I worked myself to madness this week...somehow fitting in an entire extra day onto my normal 40 hour week.  I'm still really behind on the backlog of work because they keep releasing new tours as the Sales reps are going nuts with the new orders coming in.  Anf of course everything is a rush for them...so I have to stop what I'm doing and work on the new stuff and the old stuff gets pushed farther back.  Then they come back to me and ask why the old stuff isn't out yet.  They can't see the giant stack of work on my desk so when I tell them that I'm backed up they don't know by how much.   It's a bit frustrating for everyone Ithink.  The only good thing about it is that it's not me, but the entire department.  Which in a way is a good thing as it means we are going tobe making a boat load of money in 2007.

What else is going on..

Laurel moved out.  Rose moved in.  More on this later

I leave for Australia and New Zealand in exactly 2 weeks.  Bought a new suitcase.   Nice one with the muli-directional wheels.  While not Samsonite, I think it will do just as nicely.

I actually have a pile of books here to read...all new ones, but I'm thinking of taking Cryptonomicon with me on my trip as my copy is the small paperback yet its still over 1000 pages so it'll keep me occupied for a few days at least while flying and such....Also a few new movies too...although I've just realized that they all have Keira Knightley in them....subconscious act? Who can tell.  

I've been toying around will Neverwinter NIghts for the last few days.  Simon has been designing levels for the last day or two for Sam and I to explore.  This might turn out interesting as out D&D session with Simon and Ben seems to have floundered in the world of scheduling issues.  This is a game that i really liked 2 years ago back when I was living in Boston, yet never had a computer that could handle it...until now.  When I saw the "Diamond Addition" in the store the other day for less than $20 I just had to take it home with me. 

Simon, Katia and I went to the Beach last weekend...still have the sunburn to show it.  While only Katia went into the water it was a good trip although way too crowded for me I think.  

Thinking that I want to take a trip up to Maine sometime soon to see Greg and Laura.  Its been not quite a year since their wedding and I haven't really talked to them much since then.  One day soon I'll actually have a semi-free weekend...maybe they will too...I'll have to give them a call.

It clings like a small child to it's mother in a room full of clowns with pointy teeth.
Stale, the invisible wretchedness is inescapable in this place. I can't see it, but I know it's there.
Breathing is a challenge..a fight to the death.  Keep breathing...or die.
Not today
I go to a cool place...

The air chokes
Where are the weeping heavens
when we need them most.