Life's lessons

Life is short and we never know when our sand is going to run out. I’ve been fumbling around this old ball of dirt for 23 whole years, and I know that really isn’t that big of an accomplishment. But the few things I’ve discovered help me wake up with a smile.

First, love family! Family is the greatest gift God could have ever blessed us with, other than his never ending love. This picture was taken back in 2009, at my uncle Squire’s house. I was home on leave from Pendleton. This is a picture of my brother Davey and myself. This little kid is my best friend, he has always been there for me and I’ve always tried to be there for him.

 

Second, don’t be afraid to look ridiculous. I try and do something that makes me look like a bonehead at least once a day. I was at a party and a girl had this purse that looked like that top part of a pare of jeans. So I took it and put it on my head and ran around singing country songs. People were laughing their butts off and I looked ridiculous.

 

Third, stop and look around. Enjoy the world around you, enjoy nature. Breathe in the fresh air, look at a beautiful sunset. I was in the field for 30 days and I took my camera with me. Every night I was up before the sun and I went to bed long after it went down. I was blessed with a beautiful sun set and sun rise.

 

Work

Work. We spend our whole life doing it. We work so we can afford to take time off.  The funny thing is we are so accustomed to working that we even end up working on our vacations because of the cell phone and the ability to get internet connection everywhere. We are forever connected to the office, and the world around us. We are on call to our jobs 24/7, I myself use my phone as an alarm clock. So it is close to my head when I sleep, giving my boss the ability to reach me at all times. This is not intended but it's the way of the world. I've been on trips where I'd look around at the people with me and I'd see them grab their legs thinking the phone rang. We were far out of cell range. It appears to me that people have lost the ability to enjoy themselves without the internet or cell phones. What happened to humanity?

My buddy and I were working on duty. It's a hard life.

 

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I thought this part of the class was hard for me to get into. I never really looked at advertisement and how people could be so paranoid about what and how corporations are selling things to us. Personally, I could care less how they sell stuff. If I see something I want or need, I am going to buy it. As for the people around me, they are the same way. You tend to surround ones self with people like you. My friends and I will go walk around the mall or go to Bass Pro, but we only act like teenage girls when there is an awesome camo on sale. I think that is understandable, and anyone would probably do the same. When it all comes down to it advertisement and ad makers are studying our buying habits and attempting to sell us things we would like, if you don’t want to buy it don’t. It’s simple, but don’t flip out on them for trying to make money.

poem

Roses are red

Violets are blue

I am schizophrenic

and so am I

and now for the real poem...

The sun comes up over the trees.

Gently coming over the trees.

My thoughts float through the wind like a feather.

Bouncing from idea to idea as a stick in the stream.

It's quiet, silent as a thought.

I find solace in the silence of the water.

The over whelming sense of tranquility embraces my soul.

The clean crisp air floods my lungs.

I close my eyes.

Losing myself in the silence.

Peace.

Heaven is here.

5 foto essay

Success takes many forms, from overcoming your laziness and getting out of bed to dominating your friend in a brutal whip cream war. Which I may or may not have started, This is my victory pose after I completely and totally destroyed her in the war. It was hard and messy but she will never come at me with a can of whip cream again. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE HIGHLANDER!

  

Success is a hard thing to accomplish. The very act of succeeding in life cannot be accomplished by yourself. You need people to build you up and support you, the bible says that steel sharpens steel. Surround yourself with good strong people that you can always count on. This picture was taken before I deployed, it contains two of the people that are very influential in my life. My brother Davey and my sister Kristi. I was saying good bye to them getting read to drive back to base. They are the support for the long road ahead.

Just like you need to have a group of strong people behind you, you also have to have the right gear. Things that will aid you in your journey to success. The right tools can make it so you sink or swim. I was on duty in Africa and one of the navy cats left there helmet laying around, so I took it and did duty in one of the village people hats.

 

The road to success is never ending, the path is unknown and a little scary at first. You will find yourself a lot of times alone staring out wondering which way to go and how you are going to get there. This picture was taken on a boat house on a vacation I went on with my family. When you are stuck on a boat house with your family peace and quiet is rare, so you enjoy it when you can.

Don’t be discouraged, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Failure is but a moment in your long life. Don’t ever let your fears and pains stop you, tomorrow is another day and what was so over whelming yesterday may have lost some of its terror today. I took this picture in Africa after a unit run. It was too hot to run during the day so we ended up running in the morning or at night. It was a nice welcome when I got back to my tent.  

Gimme Gimme

VEIL I chose veil because everyone in the community has a veil pulled over their eye. preventing them from seeing the real world. BLIND in the community it is the blind leading the blind. They willingly turn their eyes and choose to live in this matrix if you will. MATRIX Anyone who has seen the movie the matrix will understand the reference. they are living in a world that is completely out of there control and has preset rules and boundaries. NAIVETY They are all blissfully ignorant!!!! They are all so happy with their suppressed way of life. It reminds me of Plato's fable of the men in the cave. If you actually ended up giving them a choice they probably wouldn't accept it. CHILD LIKE The are all essentially children. being told what to do, where to go and what they can do for fun. with aspects of adulthood, I think to keep them from wanting more. Give a person the image of responsibility will satisfy their need for more

Mine!!!

Ok so the piece of literature that surprised me is.....wait for it.........the giver. yeah yeah I know it's going to look like im trying to brown nose but, it ain't. I have never been a big fan of reading, in fact I have said many times; that I would rather run into on coming traffic than read. Drop a sledge hammer on my foot and walk on broken glass for a mile than read. But what is so surprising and throwing me off is the fact I actually enjoy reading this book. of all the books in life I never thought for a second i'd enjoy this book for a minute. I still remember when Mrs. Mott assigned it, the only thought that went threw my mind was, well good bye cruel world!!!! But it has turned out to be rather enjoyable.

DA SIX

DON'T MISTAKE MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS

Everybody Hates Me

Privacy......its a great fantasy! I say fantasy because it isn't realistic to life these days. Having true privacy isn't possible because everything we do is tracked and analyzed and turned into marketing data or tracking our habits followed by the government for terrorist threats. The things I do in my life for the most part doesn't need to remain private, a lot of the stuff I do is actually really stupid and makes my Pa question if im actually his. there are some things I do that I don't want the world to know about but that's why I don't post them online. But that doesn't mean that it is private, more of the information about me and my life is out there than I will ever know, but if I over think it and obsess on it it'll consume my life and It will consume my life. All this talk about privacy and everyone getting involved in our lives has made us a paranoid culture.

First Volley

Well folks heres the deal, I've never been much of a blogger. I love to talk and I love to argue and fight. I'm gunna be saying stuff that is controversial and will probably piss you off, get ready. Let the battle begin!!!