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 Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:49 am
"Close the doors", it says.
Easy for you to say.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:18 am
I think I've lost one of the pieces.
I thought it was given in earnest.
How do you get them back?
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:05 pm
My political forefathers did not throw off the chains of one nation to put chains upon their sons.
You may have my guns when you pry them, empty, from my cold dead fingers.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:16 pm
Lance Kisgyr My political forefathers did not throw off the chains of one nation to put chains upon their sons. You may have my guns when you pry them, empty, from my cold dead fingers. They didn't throw enough chains off tho. They kept hold of some chains for themselves. I love the idea of my nation... but unfortunately, I am also a student of history. Freedom cannot be conceived from lies. Freedom must liberate all equally. Freedom means the wicked are just as free as the righteous. Do we truely have government for the people, by the people? Is that what we want or need? Or has it reached the point where the only way to have government for the people is in spite of the people? These questions tear at my soul.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:55 am
Today, I felt rage.
I felt hatred.
It was so comfortable to feel them again.
Then, in less than 3 minutes, it all fell apart and I could not help but laugh at the absurdity of my own irritation.
My recent serene calm was broken for just long enough that I could fall prey to a giggle fit that nearly lasted an hour.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:25 am
"Monster you say? Huh, may I ask why you look so much like me?"
"What a coincidence, I was about to ask you the same."
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:27 am
Yesterday, at PT, I puked. Twice. Every ounce of my body was questioning this decision to be a Sailor.
Petty Officer Wilson was making sure, several times, I was still okay. Each and every time, I responded, "I will be".
I kept going, pushing myself over and over again, jumping back in when I knew I could.
When it was my turn to lead the group, I pushed them to their limits, gaining from the fact that I had already gone beyond mine.
I was able to get Petty Officer to smile and a fellow recruit to call out my name in agony.
I had puked an hour before this.
The human spirit, my family spirit. There is no degree of measurement that will ever be able to quantify what we can do, far beyond when our minds and bodies would have told us we can't.
After quartering to leave, I smiled at Petty Officer Wilson, shook his hand, and said with every fiber of my being, "thank you for today".
Every ounce of my body is reaffirming my decision to be a United States Sailor.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:45 pm
No, I am not your boss, and I do not order you to do your job.
No, I am not your mother, and I will not do your job for you.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:19 pm
I seem to have misplaced my face.
Or maybe it was just another mask.
So hard to be sure these days.
Masculine, feminine, or other...?
The mirror holds no answers.
Who am I today?
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:25 pm
Depends. Why did you misplace your face to begin with and why are you the one to choose?
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:28 pm
TeaDidikai Depends. Why did you misplace your face to begin with and why are you the one to choose? Looked up one day and it was gone. And sometimes I wonder.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:47 pm
Even if only on the TV -
Watching a deaf boy hear his mother say his name for the first time.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:48 pm
Lemon curry makes lazy pagans.
Though my laziness has nothing to do with curry.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:52 pm
AngryRobotsInc. Looked up one day and it was gone. And sometimes I wonder. Perhaps retrace your steps and maybe you'll find it?
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:33 pm
"Rise, Knight of Wands, and Love in My Name."
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