Good afternoon, from the confines of the newly reconfigured Larson living room!
I'm very tired... the entire flight from Seattle to New York I sat next to a couple with a crying baby. The father politely suggested that I move, and I was like, "Um, no... I have an aisle seat and if you want your crying ass baby to lay down he better pull up a piece of lap."
I have pictures from Seattle, my new most favorite place I've travelled to. I'm just too exhausted to resize any of it, so I'll share it with you all later.
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01/20/2006 12:28 #24591
Back Home!Category: travel
01/19/2006 01:14 #24590
Ho sisters, fret notCategory: mixed
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think its time for the return of (e:jason) strictly to post his views, which are less conservative than mine but still has the sting and hatred that has become the scourge of all libs on this site. I still can't believe that the fucking liberals are crying bloody murder over Abramoff and trying to pass this off as a "Republican" scandal, when BOTH sides had their hands in the cookie jar. Jesus Christ, its like the Dems are pretending that lobbyists didn't exist before Abramoff came around. HOLY SHIT! YOU MEAN THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY GIVE MONEY TO OTHER PEOPLE FOR FAVORS IN POLITICS? GEE, WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE AROUND HERE! Yeah, I'm bringing Clinton up again, because its the gift that keeps on giving - there hasn't been a more corrupt politician in the USA since Nixon. You don't like it? Go play in traffic. Can you name me ONE politician outside of Clinton who has had a best friend commit suicide over criminal activity done on his behalf? Yeaaaahhh, didn't think so. How drunk on stupidity and naivity can people be? For the record, I want everybody involved who did wrong penalized. However, every single last one of you hypocrites out there who think that corruption is a one-way street are embarassing yourselves.
The Alito nomination. Once again the idiots on the left failed in trying to paint a decent man as a racist bigot sexist homophobe. Who the hell came up with the idea of Ted *hiccup* Kennedy as the Grand Wizard of Morality for the Democratic Party... do you have any idea about how hilarious that is? Here's a guy who is responsible for the death of a girl a few decades back, who can't keep his lips away from the bottle, who made a Sen. Kennedy/Sen. Dodd sandwich with some girl in a hotel, who belonged to the Owl Club at Harvard - you know... the very club that Grand Wizard Kennedy belonged to that was in reality what GWK was trying to allege the CAP was about? I'm 138% convinced that somebody on the inside is trying to sabotage the liberal cause from the inside out. Personally I'm grateful.
Last - todays Supreme Court ruling re: the Oregon assisted suicide law. Did anyone see the USA Today article on this? I've never seen so many people grinning eagerly from ear to ear about having the right to kill themselves - its pathetic. FREEDOM!!! No Euthanisation without Representation! Euthanasia for all! Give me euthanasia or give me... um.. er... wait. What the fuck, do we really want to be like the Netherlands? Then again, likely these are the same people who believe that theres a Constitutional right to privacy... you know.... somehow somewhere if you cross your eyes, drink a quart of scotch and throw up on the Constitution it surely is in the 4th Amendment somewhere. Doctors that help people kill themselves are breaking the Hippocratic Oath, PERIOD.
Anyhow, that political rant was for the enjoyment of the Ho sisters, because they are the coolest chicks that are both here (Sarah) and not here (Jessica). Happy New Year to you both! Clinkie clinkie! When I hear the call for controversy I can't help but chip in.
Lets change channels to topics non-political. I fly home tomorrow on Ye Olde JetBlue Redeye (or the browneye as I like to call it, since everybody on the overnight flights smell like shit and make strange noises). The problem with being gone for so long is that when you come home you feel like a stranger in your own house... thats one of the hardest things about having the job I have. I'll be getting pictures of Mt. Rainier and Seattle proper tomorrow, so when I come home I'll be sure to post them. Until then, I have a couple from our trip through the mountain pass from Cashmere to Seattle. Enjoy! A special thanks to (e:matt) - thank you for tipping me off on GIMP for Windows - it was EXACTLY what I was looking for, and now hopefully when I travel I'll be able to update my journal with pictures!
The red bins in that one picture are the bins that the apples arrive to the processing plants in. I'm just saying... Washington state is very beautiful. This trip has been long and hard, but I feel glad and fortunate to have been able to go. You'll be seeing my face again soon, neighbors. I'll be around, but I most definitely want to drink this weekend.
The Alito nomination. Once again the idiots on the left failed in trying to paint a decent man as a racist bigot sexist homophobe. Who the hell came up with the idea of Ted *hiccup* Kennedy as the Grand Wizard of Morality for the Democratic Party... do you have any idea about how hilarious that is? Here's a guy who is responsible for the death of a girl a few decades back, who can't keep his lips away from the bottle, who made a Sen. Kennedy/Sen. Dodd sandwich with some girl in a hotel, who belonged to the Owl Club at Harvard - you know... the very club that Grand Wizard Kennedy belonged to that was in reality what GWK was trying to allege the CAP was about? I'm 138% convinced that somebody on the inside is trying to sabotage the liberal cause from the inside out. Personally I'm grateful.
Last - todays Supreme Court ruling re: the Oregon assisted suicide law. Did anyone see the USA Today article on this? I've never seen so many people grinning eagerly from ear to ear about having the right to kill themselves - its pathetic. FREEDOM!!! No Euthanisation without Representation! Euthanasia for all! Give me euthanasia or give me... um.. er... wait. What the fuck, do we really want to be like the Netherlands? Then again, likely these are the same people who believe that theres a Constitutional right to privacy... you know.... somehow somewhere if you cross your eyes, drink a quart of scotch and throw up on the Constitution it surely is in the 4th Amendment somewhere. Doctors that help people kill themselves are breaking the Hippocratic Oath, PERIOD.
Anyhow, that political rant was for the enjoyment of the Ho sisters, because they are the coolest chicks that are both here (Sarah) and not here (Jessica). Happy New Year to you both! Clinkie clinkie! When I hear the call for controversy I can't help but chip in.
Lets change channels to topics non-political. I fly home tomorrow on Ye Olde JetBlue Redeye (or the browneye as I like to call it, since everybody on the overnight flights smell like shit and make strange noises). The problem with being gone for so long is that when you come home you feel like a stranger in your own house... thats one of the hardest things about having the job I have. I'll be getting pictures of Mt. Rainier and Seattle proper tomorrow, so when I come home I'll be sure to post them. Until then, I have a couple from our trip through the mountain pass from Cashmere to Seattle. Enjoy! A special thanks to (e:matt) - thank you for tipping me off on GIMP for Windows - it was EXACTLY what I was looking for, and now hopefully when I travel I'll be able to update my journal with pictures!
The red bins in that one picture are the bins that the apples arrive to the processing plants in. I'm just saying... Washington state is very beautiful. This trip has been long and hard, but I feel glad and fortunate to have been able to go. You'll be seeing my face again soon, neighbors. I'll be around, but I most definitely want to drink this weekend.
jenks - 01/19/06 23:02
i dunno joshua... i tend to agree with you on most fronts, but i'm not sure sure about the physician-assisted suicide. It's definitely an ethical morass and a slippery slope blah blah, but i think there is a place and time. and also- you might get a chuckle out of the original hippocratic oath- it contains stuff like "i will not accept money for my services" "i will teach others for free" "I will not give abortifacent drugs"- we skim over a lot of that stuff and only hear the 'will do no harm' part. I dunno, it's a tricky can of worms...
i dunno joshua... i tend to agree with you on most fronts, but i'm not sure sure about the physician-assisted suicide. It's definitely an ethical morass and a slippery slope blah blah, but i think there is a place and time. and also- you might get a chuckle out of the original hippocratic oath- it contains stuff like "i will not accept money for my services" "i will teach others for free" "I will not give abortifacent drugs"- we skim over a lot of that stuff and only hear the 'will do no harm' part. I dunno, it's a tricky can of worms...
metalpeter - 01/19/06 19:24
The business I work in Salesreps bring us stuff or buy luch. In our business it is a common practice it is a thank you for giving them fright. It isn't a we give you this so you give us that. The problem with the special interest groups is that they buy votes with trips and gifts. This has been going on for a long time both dems and republicans). It is ok to except gifts and trips but it isn't ok to say that a trip for your entire family to a tropical island A new car Hookers who you do lines of coke of their tits is so they vote a certain way. The problem is when looking from the outside you don't know when it is a thank you or a way to try to get some one to come around to your way of thinking. I guess another example is guys who buy girls drinks at bars, it isn't I'm buying you $30 in drinks so you are going to come back to myplace and fuck, its if I buy her drinks maybe she will blow me in the car. Some girls will do you and your four roomates and some will take all the free drinks and leave with her girlfriends. Not sure How I feal on the entire it is ok to kill yourself Idea. I think if the person really wants to then it might be Ok. The problem is most people who do want to kill them selves are not in there right mind when they feal that way.
The business I work in Salesreps bring us stuff or buy luch. In our business it is a common practice it is a thank you for giving them fright. It isn't a we give you this so you give us that. The problem with the special interest groups is that they buy votes with trips and gifts. This has been going on for a long time both dems and republicans). It is ok to except gifts and trips but it isn't ok to say that a trip for your entire family to a tropical island A new car Hookers who you do lines of coke of their tits is so they vote a certain way. The problem is when looking from the outside you don't know when it is a thank you or a way to try to get some one to come around to your way of thinking. I guess another example is guys who buy girls drinks at bars, it isn't I'm buying you $30 in drinks so you are going to come back to myplace and fuck, its if I buy her drinks maybe she will blow me in the car. Some girls will do you and your four roomates and some will take all the free drinks and leave with her girlfriends. Not sure How I feal on the entire it is ok to kill yourself Idea. I think if the person really wants to then it might be Ok. The problem is most people who do want to kill them selves are not in there right mind when they feal that way.
salvatore - 01/19/06 13:21
I appreciate the props and i give YOU props for those very rad landscape pix.
I appreciate the props and i give YOU props for those very rad landscape pix.
sbrugger - 01/19/06 11:22
Try not to confuse "Democrat" with "Liberal"...they're two very different things right now.
Try not to confuse "Democrat" with "Liberal"...they're two very different things right now.
01/15/2006 14:01 #24589
Hotel PicturesCategory: travel
(e:jenks) and (e:ladycroft) - for you. Or whoever else wants to see my extremely girly hotel room I stayed in last night!
theecarey - 01/17/06 23:12
are those stuffed ducks?
bah.. wall paper and border.
Never seen a hotel room decorated like that. Where next on your work adventures?
are those stuffed ducks?
bah.. wall paper and border.
Never seen a hotel room decorated like that. Where next on your work adventures?
jenks - 01/15/06 14:23
what a weird place... on the one hand it looks really swanky (though too many plants), but then the beds have those 70's looking kiddie sheets. Odd. (but still fun. I love hotels.)
what a weird place... on the one hand it looks really swanky (though too many plants), but then the beds have those 70's looking kiddie sheets. Odd. (but still fun. I love hotels.)
ladycroft - 01/15/06 14:11
oh my. that looks like a kids' room! but hey, the jacuzzi tub was worth the flowery wallpaper right? the lobby is cool though!
oh my. that looks like a kids' room! but hey, the jacuzzi tub was worth the flowery wallpaper right? the lobby is cool though!
01/15/2006 12:59 #24588
I-90 Mountain PassCategory: travel
I thought some of you might get a kick out of this.
I've got a wicked cold so I'm going to relax in the hotel today!
I've got a wicked cold so I'm going to relax in the hotel today!
ladycroft - 01/15/06 13:04
So beautiful! 'Wicked cold', spoken like a true New Englander :)
So beautiful! 'Wicked cold', spoken like a true New Englander :)
01/14/2006 14:49 #24587
Washington, Pt. IICategory: travel
Hello from Seattle!
One of the apple producers we visited did something very unique - the place was run by a kid my age (not bad for a multimillion dollar business) and his mother is an artist. She wanted to do something for the workers to make their areas a little brighter and nicer, so she hung some paintings. I thought it was cute.
Here are some random scenic shots.
One of the apple producers we visited did something very unique - the place was run by a kid my age (not bad for a multimillion dollar business) and his mother is an artist. She wanted to do something for the workers to make their areas a little brighter and nicer, so she hung some paintings. I thought it was cute.
Here are some random scenic shots.
ladycroft - 01/14/06 15:37
Glad to see you posting pics of your travels! The paintings are a really nice idea, so bright and happy.
Glad to see you posting pics of your travels! The paintings are a really nice idea, so bright and happy.
Yah, the new living room .... I was shocked and amazed! Welcome back.
welcome home...
lemme know when/if you feel like a cuppa joe.