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looking back is always interesting, but seldom do i take the time to meditate on the past. i usually think about the past in flashes; specific memories provoked by some familiar event or word. the resulting emotions vary from exuberance to disgust. tonight, however, is the fullness of time for me to reflect upon this past year.
i'm contemplating not going to sleep.
2008 brought questions early on. i can hardly find the words to describe that situation and how it mutated. it almost destroyed so much. it was very hard. although i was most certainly not alone, for a while i felt i was largely the only one visibly standing in opposition.
i have many people to thank for how that situation ended. adam, brad, adam, matt, troxel. thank you. you have each strengthened me in your own way. there are many people in my life worthy of mention, but these guys are top-notch.
moving on. i got to go back to hawaii in 2008. that was quite enjoyable, except the terrible sunburn i got. that was bad.
the best thing about 2008 (yes, i saved the best for last) was meeting fatima. how we met is a good story, but i'll save it for now. we've been together officially almost 9 months now, and i really, really love her. 2008 brought some particularly low lows, but we have found our relationship to be a source of strength. i can only see us getting stronger. how perfect :)
resolutions for 2009:
read 20 books, according to his rules (seen here).
cut back soft drink consumption to 48 ounces (4 cans) per week through june, and 24 ounces (2 cans) per week after that.
push-ups & sit-ups every morning, adding 1 more each week. |
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i'm pretty sick of the way we've decided to take israel's side. all the time. they're a wimpy little nation flexing american muscle. they're too big for their britches. i'm not anti-semitic, i just think they're wrong. i don't know who's land it should be, and i don't really care. my question is, why does our government?
israel broke the peace treaty. hamas fires homemade rockets. and israel starts this shock and awe escalation that's completely uncalled for. and our government has the nerve to say "well hamas shouldn't have fired the rockets.." that's crap and they know it! any other middle eastern nation that acted as israel has would have been immediately condemned, but no not our baby israel.
i would like to see an end to our relationship with that nation.
in other news, be prepared for the next cycle of global cooling. don't expect it to be drastically colder immediately, of course. these things take time to produce the trends that get all the pop culture "scientists" scared. *gags*
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guess who had their best semester so far? me! ha!
3 A's & 1 B. boo yeah! |
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i gotta admit, for all the crap that he takes, and verbal blunders he makes, our president is a really smooth guy. i mean, he just kinda dodges these shoes; no big deal. lol i bet he coulda kicked that reporter's butt too.
america rocks
on a related note, i gotta wonder what could make the iraqis happy. saddam hussein? no, they beat his statue with shoes when they toppled it. their own democratic government? that's what we're giving them and they're mad, so i guess not that either. sectarian violence that would thwart any hope of development in the country? hmm...
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fatima is so good to me! she made some wonderful lamb for lunch today. it was delicioso!
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