before anyone beats me to it...

MC Rove is no longer "in da House."
yeah, there, i said it. word to ya moms.

got more rhymes than the Bible's got psalms

walking in the kitchen this morning, it occured to me that there is a generation of iraqi children who have no personal experience with the offenses and repression of the Hussein regime, but are surrounded with violence that exists because of our occupation. these children are in a very crucial point in their development where they will remember and hold onto this period as we all do with our childhoods. they, most likely, will not think that our "liberation" is/was a positive thing. and i fear that this will lead to anti-american/western sentiment that cannot be unlearned, even if democracy and western culture come to permeate the nation. i'm not necessarily concerned with this generation becoming radical islamists, or whatever fox news and the administration are refering to them as lately. What i am concerned about is that once this generation grows up and comes to power in Iraq, the majority will want to form an anti-western government that will influence the surrounding area. Also, with our rebuilding efforts, if we ever get them back to operational, and they make something out of the desert, they can influence global economic politics. especially if iran continues its own anti-west political philosophy, the two countries could form a powerful coalition, reminescent of the influence exerted by the soviet bloc to oppose and confound western policies and governments. this would require the two groups to realize that they have the same enemy in america and put aside their sunni/shiite division. a united islamic front against the corruption of the west could be quite dangerous...
but this leads me to wonder if perhaps the government isn't fueling the islamic division as a way to destabilize the area and play the groups off one another until we have a solitary group to work with that becomes dependent on the US for support against their enemies.

so gavin was back at work on tuesday. so i'm back with rob in production. except now i'm in CP effective today because jr is heading back to lubbock this weekend. jen and i moved into the carvers' last night and will be residing there for 2 weeks. got the money situation just about figured out. it looks like i've lost about 20 pounds since i've started eating right and occasionally exercising. school is gonna be cool this semester...i hope. but right now it's just work and sleep around here. but hey, it pays the bills.

everything will be all right...

on the subject of "working"

well, i'm downtown for the next month it would appear. Gavin quit on friday, so i've taken his area.

it's been a long time since i've had anything i wanted to record for posterity. work is boring the hell out of me. back and forth to cedar park and downtown. whoopie.

tomorrow begins the process of training with ernie. it's gonna be rough at first i would imagine. but after awhile, i'll get into a routine. i really want to get back in shape though.

O Brave New World!

and not just the book either!
the last few weeks have had a mix of feelings about the future of this vessel. where our destination is, how we're getting there, etc. things like the wedding and grad school are quite vexing. but oh well.
coincidentally, i happen to also be reading Huxley's novel. it's quite good. has some interesting ideas about social control that i think might be good for society.
work has been oscilating of late. after school got out, steve sent me to downtown to help with reception and production. but last friday, the manager of Cedar Park up and quit, so i've had to fill in since then, except for today when i was called back to downtown to fill in for Charles while he is on vacation. but then i was recalled back here to CP for the afternoon and most likely until next friday. my old buddy JR Collier is gonna work up here at CP this summer starting next week, so i get to train him.
Got back in touch with mr Brown last night. he's doing well for himself and i'm happy for him. he's doing alot of music lately and has a job, but still living with his folks. it turns out that he is in fact adopted after years of us wondering.
Shrek 3 was good, but i'm really looking forward to Pirates 3 in the next week. johnny depp is so dreamy :P

dance your cares away...worries for another day

of all the women i have known

i've had to deal with some crazy bitches in my life. this last week as been no exception.
i've been reassigned to the Cedar Park store to cover for the manager who just up and quit on Friday. don't really know why he left. but the sales person up here is sally. sarcastically called aunt sally in insincere affection by most of the senior burks employees. this bitch never stops complaining. as Mr. Johnson said yesterday at Ryan's party, " there are those complainers who never have a solution." sally is one of those.
the other bitch i've had the displeasure of encountering this past week is Charlie Knight. she's the mom of Jamie Knight, who had his Eagle Court of Honor with James this past weekend. Everything has to be done her way or she throws a fit. what a bitch.