Patrick the Armorer

Man... I think Jim Henson would be proud... and Brian Henson is sounding more and more like his dad I think...

wow...

a Californian congresswoman wanted to give 14 year olds the right to vote...

So Star Trek comes out on Bru Lay tomorrow... I of course will be buying it.
Sooooooo...

Friday Night I'm having a Star Trek cookout. I'll be firing up the grill and cooking like a romulan from the future/past trying to destroy the past/future. In that order.

Also... I'm thinking of making Romulan Ale. WOOT!

So everyone who wants to come let me know so I know how much food to grill.

Had kind of a crazy 24 hour whirlwind of hockey and charity. Now I know why I get cranky when it's been a while since I've hung out with Ally. We always have shit tons of fun. And yes that is Metric Shit Tons of fun.

Wouldn't want the Shit Ton Observer to go crash into Mars. ALL METRIC!

In fact one of our mantras at DCTV was "let's not SNL that bit" meaning lets not bet the dead horse with a dead hooker kind of thing. Which... actually... could be funny...

But I digress.

This is pretty darn funny and something we would TOTALLY do. I doubt we could get Taylor Swift to play Kristin Stewart playing Bella Cullen thought...

You fought in the greatest most terrible war ever. You served the Army Air Corp in Europe for most of the war. I know you never talked about it because it hurt. I know you blamed yourself the day your crew accidentally rolled an armed 500lb bomb off the back of a truck killing everyone instead of being mounted to the aircraft it was intended for. You were helping in the motor pool with the free Italians that day. You lived, and your brothers died in a stupid accident you felt you could have prevented. No Glory, No Valiant death for country... no honor. You blamed yourself...

Exactly twenty years ago you took your army issued pistol you kept from the war and ended your own life. I was 13. The story of your crew was the only story you ever told me from the war. I think your demons never left you. You felt you deserved the death that fate had dealt them. The only time I ever saw you cry was after telling that story.

But, I don't hate you Pawpaw. See, the thing is., When this country needed it's boys and girls the most, they became men and women. They answered the call. They were there when needed. You answered the call too Pawpaw. In the face of tyranny, oppression, and the threat to end our way of life, you and your brothers and sisters took one bold step forward and said no.

You are still my hero, as are all the men and women continuing to step forward today. I love you and miss you Pawpaw.

Had a good lunch with Melody.

Talked over some stuff.

I think I know why I've been acting/feeling so weird lately.

so i've been keeping an emergency supply of prednisone just incase I have a flare up I'm not expecting... Like last night

But... Why does it have to taste SO bad.

grr...

Bad gout attack last night... making me very cranky and irate towards the world.

I had been doing so well. blah.

Oh man, there was a time where Star Wars moved me in ways I would find indescribable. Maybe the prequels burned me a bit, or maybe I'm just tempered by getting older but I just don't feel that way anymore.

So I found it an absolute joy to take my seven year old nephew to the Star Wars concert last night.



He knows EVERYthing about Star Wars. And I do mean everything. At the concert they had a lot of original costumes, props, and artwork from the Lucasfilm Archives as well lots of folks walking around in character/costume. He put MY knowledge to the test on what was there. I realized he was QUIZZING me on my Star Wars knowledge. He almost stumped me on the name of the planet where Jango Fett died.

Last night felt good.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places
Worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going no where
Going no where
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression
No expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow
No tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
And to feel the way that every child should
Sits and listen
Sits and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me
No one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me
Look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad World
Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world

We accidentally open fired on Poland.


Personally... I think if Nazi Germany could get away with that excuse we shouldn't either.

A very very strange couples costume for Halloween.

I just read a story of a little girl who died of pediatric brain cancer. Her parents had made the decision not to tell her what was happening to her. I don't think she was even past 1st grade.

The part that got me though... was that she must have known what was happening. Even though she lost her ability to speak she could write. After her death her parents started finding notes, written the only way a first grader could "I love you Mommy and Daddy".
They found them everywhere. Tucked in the pages of books, folded into CD cases, in pillow cases. So many notes that they still find them months after she passed.

Her mother and father keep one note each, sealed that they have never read. They do this so they will always have just one more note to find.

:(