So recently I have been thinking about starting a blog topic of Issues. Some of them might be race, homosexuality, the internet, abortion, adoption of kids not like you, gun rights, and maybe a few other things. I don't know what all the topics would be. What the blog will be is (hopefully) just a paragraph or maybe two that gives my view on that topic. Often when someone blogs and you leave a comment you are reacting to what they said and what you believe is reflected in that but it doesn't really say how you feel about a certain Topic. Some of our beliefs come from what we are taught, grow up, and see how things work in the real world. Because of that how we feel or think about something can change. For example you might be all for abortions and think they should be legal and then find out that your best friend when they where born almost got aborted, that could change your view drasticly.

I know the love of star wars isn't really an Issue but it fits into being a fanatic. A lot of people think that there where 6 Star Wars movies but depending on how you count that isn't true. By my count there are 7 because of that all Ewoke movie and I heard there was another spin off some place. Not to mention the original 3 came out in those versions with all the added effects and scenes so you could get the count up to ten. Then you have the clone wars but they so far are only animated cartoons. They make comic books and movies and all kinds of stories that I never got into. But I'm still a fan. I have posters and some merch like figures on my wall and M&Ms and things like that. But It is very easy to go from I'll get this cool thing to I have to spend my entire paycheck on it and go overboard like dressing up as a stromtrooper and having your girlfriend dress up as lia and stuff like that, and putting it on line as a video with ewoks in the background.

I think the reason for being a fanatic though makes sense in this case. There are so many great ideas and themes in the movie like good vs bad, tryreny, abuse of power, fighting for freedom, love, companion ship, being rebelous, the entire Jedi thing. So there really are if you examine it a lot of reasons why Star Wars appeals to people. That doesn't even get into all the characters, action, special effects, cool costumes and great music.

Here is an example of someones dedication to star wars going to far that I saw on Yahoo today. Maybe it is more then just one person going to far. But maybe for the people at the church it isn't maybe the Jedi Beliefs kinda line up some with theirs so they kinda line up some so they aren't that nuts or maybe it is just fun.

'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks

Wed May 14, 7:36 AM ET

HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.
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Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones - aka Master Jonba Hehol - with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court.

He also whacked Jones' 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones - known as Master Mormi Hehol - bruising his thigh in the March 25 incident, prosecutors said.

The two cousins and Barney Jones' brother, Daniel, set up the Church of Jediism, Anglesey order, last year. Jedi is the faith followed by some of the central characters in the "Star Wars" films.

The group, which claims about 30 members, says on its Web site that it uses "insight and knowledge" from the films as "a guide to living a better and more worthwhile life."

"We all love the films and what they stand for. Obviously some people are going to laugh about it," the Wales on Sunday newspaper quoted Barney Jones as saying last month. "But a lot of people do take it seriously."

Unfortunately for Hughes, his March attack was recorded on a video camera that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber battle.

"Darth Vader! Jedis!" Hughes shouted as he approached.

Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the better part of a 2 1/2-gallon (10-liter) box of wine beforehand.

"He knows his behavior was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he has no recollection of it," said Hughes' lawyer, Frances Jones.

District Judge Andrew Shaw sentenced Hughes to two months in jail but suspended the sentence for one year. He also ordered Hughes to pay $195 to each of his victims and $117 in court costs.

In the 2001 United Kingdom census, 390,000 - 0.7 percent of the population - listed Jedi as their religion.

Hey if anyone feels like chiming in go ahead, maybe there are more details I should know that shows these guys just love star wars like me an are not fanatics or maybe I'm one also but not expressing that I am here.

So on Saturday I'm going to see the Bandits playoff game. It should be very good. The winner is the Eastern Champions and will go onto to the championship game. I think that game will be on ESPN2. Maybe if the day is nice I will go down to the marina in the morning but I'm not sure. There is supposed some tall boat with some removing of beer from it in period costumes so we shall see. Hope everyone has a great weekend and nice mothers day.

So for mothers day we went to Old Man rivers then walked around the park. I know some of it is called Niawanda but I don't know if the name changes at other spots. Here are a few photos I took.

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I wish we had a little bit more time and that it was a bit warmer I would have liked to have seen what was at the end of all those houses.

First of all I was going to post bandits pictures from the last game I went to but ran out of time so

That should also take you to a page where you can see all my pictures from the tall ship beer fest thing. I'm really looking forward to the championship game on Saturday. It has been 12 years since they won one. Yes they have been to two championship games in the past few years but they lost one at home that was depressing cause they where the better team I don't care what anyone says but they didn't play like it and they lost away, might have been on TV so I really hope they can win. I decided screw it I'm poor anyways I might as well get David Cooperfield tickets for Thursday. Should be a good time, it has been along time since I've seen him. Hopefully I'll put up some Tonawanda pictures up on Tuesday and then maybe some bonus Bandettes pictures.

So as I updated my last journal I mentioned that On saturday I went down to the Marina to see The tall ship and to try some beer. There are pictures in the Buffalo News and there is some video on the TV news and I have to admit one of the pictures on the picture page is really good. I got there late so there wasn't all the bag pipers at the ship but I still saw it. From my understand Alexander Keith's is beer from Canada and you can only get it in bars. I don't really like beer but I thought it was good or maybe it being free helped with the taste it was a nice day out. That being said there where also a lot of hot ladies out and about that day. Here are the Pictures.



























































































































I wind up going to a different waterfront today down my Niawanda park. It could have been warmer but those photos will get put up soon I just don't have enough time right now to post them. Hope everyone had a great mothers day and a great weekend oh yeah then I have Bandits pictures to post also sounds like I still have more internet stuff to do. Ok here comes the working week again, argh.


So I forgot this one up there Hey you gotta love those outfits. Oh yeah and the Gordon Highlanders where pretty cool also. I just wanted to add that sometimes it is tough to know what pictures to put up and what ones not to hope if anyone is still reading this that they enjoyed them.