Haven't Written in a While

I doubt that anyone reads this anymore because I haven't written in a while. If there is anyone reading this, I guess you are thinking, "I bet he'll write about how he has been and what he has been doing since he last wrote". I guess you are also thinking, "wow that sucks, I don't want to read about that". Well if that is what you were thinking then you are in luck because I am not going to write about myself.

So, what will I write about?

The truth is, I don't even know. What hasn't already been previously written? What novelty will my words add onto a subject or an idea at this moment. There presently is no inspiration for novelty. Instead there is a profound silence that really is not silent. It whispers to us, giving us knowledge, giving us thoughts, and giving us ideas. It is fashioned from within ourselves, the world around us, and from the previous knowledge we have divulged from it. We can only hear it when we are quiet and listening. That is what I have been doing and for the moment, that is what I will continue to do. There presently is no inspiration for novelty but surly, if I listen long enough it will come.

My Job

Summer has already arrived here in South Carolina with nice weather, long days, short evenings, and an almost never ending commotion of people that have been fully liberated from the lethargic effects of the more colder seasons. I start my new job on Friday. What might it be, you ask? Well I'm working at a small Boy Scout camp in mountains of South Carolina known as camp Old Indian. I'll be there from June to August teaching merit badges, befriending campers, and enjoying the cooler climate that is customary in the mountains. I'll will, however, be teaching some rather uncamplike (boring) merit badges like, Cit in the Nation, Cit in the World, Communications, and Public Speaking. But it will be fun and it will be a good learning experience.

Oh, and another bonus of this job is I get to see my girlfriend every week as opposed to once every three to four weeks and that makes me happy :)

The Phelps Family

This is my retort to the Phelps family and their anti-homosexual ideology:

Check these guys out and you'll understand the frustrastion
http://www.godhatesfags.com

A few things.......

First, a random musing: It seems clear to me that a group of people such as yourselves, with the seemingly low IQ's and backward thoughts could only be a result of generation after generation of inbreeding.

Second, a perplexing thought: Could it be that the reason why your leader, Fred Phelps preaches against homosexuality so much is because he (because of his religious convictions) is ashamed of his own homosexuality. I mean what is a better way to hide something that you are truely ashamed of then to completely deny it and damn it.

Third, a hopefull contemplation: I saw on the news that your younger members don't date. You have no idea how happy that makes me. It makes my heart swell with joy to know that your younger members won't be passing their genes onto the next generation of human beings. It's natural selection at its finest. The strong surpassing the week and the intelligent allowing the ignorant to die out on their own.


Do you really want to know what is destroying America? It is division. It is the segregation of ethnicities, religions, cultures, lifestyles, thoughts, and ideals. What is the driving force that places the wedge between the various groups, cultures, and sub-cultures of the US and pushes them further apart? It is hate. A hatred that is so infectious that it has spread from coast to coast. Does not the bible say "love thy neighbor" and does not Jesus say "let ye who is without sin cast the first stone"? You propagate hatred in the name of your religion but it is that same religion that denounces hate and commands its followers to abstain from hatred and committing acts of hatred. However, I suppose like many poeple you guys only consider the teachings out of the Bible that you really want to hear but I digress.... So it is a lack of unity that is destroying America, a lack of unity that is caused by hate, and hate is preached and propagated by people like yourselves. So in reality the destruction of the US is being caused by.... you.
At what point did you people lose your sanity?

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! It is that magical time of year again where candy is plentiful and the outside of people's houses get redecorated with a variety of perishable and non-perishable items alike. I have always enjoyed this holiday for many reasons but I would have to say what I like most about Halloween is the movies. I enjoy horror films but I very rarely find myself in the position to sit down and watch them. Halloween gives me an excuse to. Here is a list of movies that are my favorites and that I recommend for your viewing pleasure: (please feel free to add your favorites as well)

The Shining (the original)
Psycho
The Birds
The Exorcist
Omen
Frankenstein (the old Boris Karlof original)
Frankenstein (the most recent movie made)
Young Frankenstein
The Children of the Corn
The Children of the Corn II
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
The Poltergeist
All of the Halloween movies
Friday the Thirteenth: part 1
They Nest
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Pet Cemetery ..........

This Is All I Have To Say

"building life lessons for your friends into your d&d games based on knowledge aquired as a sophmore psych student will only cost you friends - d&d should be fun and should not be a platform for you to psychoanalize and counsel from. being the dungeonmaster makes you the god of that world but imparts no godly knowledge or attributes in this one. i only hope that some years from now when you may be a competant phychologist thinking back on the foolish mistakes that you made while still in training that you have not driven away the people that accept you as you are and without judgement"

You are absolutely right. What a horrible mistake I have made by trying to teach someone a "life lesson" through a D&D game and as a result loosing such a rewarding friendship........... Bull Shit.

As far as the D&D game went, I was trying to make an adventure that would be fun for everybody and I did. Now let me be very candid for a moment: the game and the results of the game had nothing to with my decision to no longer sustain my friendship with Eric.

In the grand scheme of things I look back upon the six years that we were friends and determined it was not much of a friendship. The constant head games, the manipulation of facts and events, and the lies were enough for me to make my decision. With me (as well as with the rest of the people whom he has relationships with) Eric places himself and his needs above that of the other person's, constantly maintaining the mantra of "to hell with the consequences". Moreover, if someone happens to be in the way of what he wants he tries to destroy them by any means necessary so that he may achieve his goal. If the goal is unobtainable or if someone else beats him to it he broods in jealousy, continuously trying to discredit those factors that stopped him from getting what he wants. And ultimately when faced with a hard task he runs away so that he won't have to deal with it and then later attempts to go around the problem rather than fix it.

After six years of noticing these patterns it doesn't take a psychology class to tell me (or anybody else for that matter) that he acts just like a child. But not just any age of child, he acts just like a toddler. A toddler who is not mine nor is not my responsibility to teach and care for. Thus, I won't. I am happy with my decision to end my "friendship" with Eric and the only regret I have is I wish I had done it sooner.

By the way whoever wrote the comment that I quoted at the top of the post, you are a horrible speller.

The D&D Game this Past Weekend: An Alternate Ending

"Suddenly, McClarin's eyes grow wide with fear as if he comes to the realization that something is horribly wrong. As he begins to turn around, there is enough to see that just as McClarin turns, a large red skinned creature with enormous white feathered wings is seemingly birthed from the shadows behind McClarin and attacks"

The creature's sword jams through McClarin's back making him fall to his knees and then to the floor. He lies there gasping for breath as the creature levitates over him with its angelic white wings outstretched. The creature stares at party and then flies forward initiating a charge........ Battle Time...........

(the creature is defeated)

"As the last of the haunting light from the creature's eyes burns out, your sighs of relief are cut short, as you see that McClarin in his glinting robe of red is sprawled face down on the floor, glasses askew, with a large pool of blood trailing across the floor"

Try as they might the party attempts every avenue of revival they can think of to save McClarin's life but to no avail. McClarin breathes his last breath, and as he does his keep which was held together by his magic begins to crumble. Malsvir and Vorador teleport the party just outside the collapsing citadel just in time to see the last section fall. The party stares in disbelief at the seemingly endless pile of rubble. Malsvir and Vorador however look at each other with cheerful eyes and then teleport away leaving everyone else to their own devices.