Well, really its not like the drive from Tucson to Phoenix is particularly long or hard, its like 99 miles, though the drive back takes 3 hours. It does not matter how fast you drive, for the record I have driven a government vehicle with lights and sirens (not turned on, but y'know, attached), at close to 85 miles average speed coming back from Phoenix (its a 75 MPH road, and the general rule of thumb is never drive more than 9 over speed limit in a non-critical-emergency situation, IE running code). It still takes 3 hours to get back. Its a geographical oddity that Tucson is 3 hours from Phoenix at any speed... if you don't believe me, ask an aircraft pilot.

That's not why I'm writing this journal, I'm writing this journal because of the Brazilian Bull, which I will be attending in Phoenix. Here is their menu: http://www.brazilianbullsteakhouse......Bull/Menu.html

That's right, you put your little chip green side up, and they begin bringing you delicious meats on a frigging SWORD until you tell them to stop, and you can then later tell them to start again!

If you tell them you can't eat anymore, they bring you CAKE!


If you never see me again, if I never post here again, if my face appears on milk cartons, be not afraid, I am probably still at a table at the Brazilian Bull... and I may never leave.

Stole this from  fluffball


So, simple rules - bold what applies to you.

I am a boy
I am a girl
I am shorter than 5'4.
I have many scars
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different color.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I want a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my body.
I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.
I have a piercing in a place other than my ears.
I have freckles.
I've sworn at my parents.
I've run away from home.
I've been kicked out of the house.
I have a sibling less than one year old.
I want to have kids someday.
I'm in school.
I've lost a child.
I have a job.
I've fallen asleep at work/school.
I almost always do/did my homework.
I've missed a week or more of school.
I failed more than 1 class last year.
I've stolen something from my job.
I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
Disney movies still make me cry.
I've peed from laughing.
I've snorted while laughing.
I've cried from laughing so hard. (I blame my coworkers!)
I've glued my hand to something.
I've had my pants rip in public.
I was born with a disease/impairment.
I've broken a bone. (Several)
I've gotten stitches/staples. (Split my lip, had a fingertip reattached)
I've had my tonsils removed.
I've sat in a doctor's office/emergency room with a friend.
I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
I had a serious surgery.
I've had chicken pox.
I've had measles.
I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
I've been on a plane.
I've been to Canada.
I've been to Mexico.
I've been to Niagra Falls.
I've been to Japan.
I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
I've been to Europe
I've been to Africa.
I've been to Hawaii.
I've gotten lost in my city.
I've seen a shooting star.
I've wished on a shooting star.
I've seen a meteor shower.
I've gone out in public in my pajamas.(It was a work thing at my old job)
I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
I've been to a casino.
I've been skydiving.
I've gone skinny dipping.
I've played spin the bottle.
I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
I've crashed a car.
I've been skiing.
I've been in a play.
I've met someone in person from Facebook.
I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
I've seen the Northern lights.
I've sat on a roof top at night.
I've played chicken.
I've played a prank on someone
I've ridden in a taxi.
I've seen Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I've eaten sushi.
I've been snowboarding.
I'm single.
I'm in a relationship.
I'm engaged.
I'm married.
I've gone on a blind date.
I've been the dumped more than the dumper.
I miss someone right now. Tremendously
I have a fear of abandonment.
I've gotten divorced.
I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
I've kept something from a past relationship.
I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.
I've had a crush on a teacher.
I've been kissed in the rain.
I've hugged a stranger.
I have kissed a stranger.
I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't.
I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
I've snuck out of my house.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.
I am keeping a secret from the world.
I've cheated while playing a game.
I've run a red light.
I've been suspended from school.
I've witnessed a crime.(Many, many crimes, comes with the badge)
I've been in a fist fight.(also badge related)
I've been arrested. (when I was a kid)
I've passed out from drinking.(there is little else to do in Artesia)
I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
I've smoked.
I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.(I'm counting Ibuprofen, i'll pop a couple before a hike)
I've eaten mushrooms.
I've popped E.
I've inhaled Nitrous.
I've done hard drugs.
I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
I have 3 pills at a time no problem.
I have been diagnosed with depression.
I have been diagnosed with one or more anxiety disorder.
I've taken an anti-depressant.
I've slept an entire day without needing to go pee.
I've hurt myself on purpose.(I kept running at the academy until shin splints turned into a stress fracture, screw quitting)
I've woken up crying.
I'm afraid of dying.
I hate funerals.
Someone close to me has committed suicide.
I've planned my own suicide.
I've attempted suicide.
I've written a eulogy for myself.
I own over 5 rap CDs.
I own an IPod or an MP3 player.
I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
I own something from Hot Topic.
I own something from Pac Sun.
I collect comic books.

I now have a taser X26 electronic control device of my very own, technically yes, DHS owns it, but it lives with me.

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy and unhealthy(because lets face it, you aren't eating a mixed green for dinner tonight!), Thanksgiving.

I traditionally, when I host Thanksgiving at my house, which I won't be doing this year due to a conflict of interest (the Nation is interested in a fully staffed and monitored border which is diametrically opposed to my interest in gluttony), I like to go around the table and have everyone say some things they're thankful for.

Myself, I'm thankful for my job, my friends, my family, and for the Apple corporation and its continued flood of high quality mobile phone products.

How about y'all?

Recently, a proposal has been put forth by certain members of congress and the department of Customs and Border Protection, under which is the OBP(Office of Border Protection, AKA: The United States Border Patrol), over which is DHS. The proposal would convert the USBP from Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUO) to Law Enforcement Availability Pay(LEAP). LEAP was designed for offices like the FBI, DEA and BATFE where 90% of work is done 9-5 in an office and field work is specifically authorized on a case by case basis and paid for in 45 Act (DHS overtime), whenever not on specifically designated 45 act time ,you are paid for 2 additional hours of work and everything after that is unpaid work time. The USBP has never used LEAP because the nature of the job, tracking drug smuggling backpackers over rugged terrain takes however long it takes, frequently I work 18 hour days, 11-14 hour days being the norm for myself and my coworkers.

I'm not complaining, I've worked 28 straight hours once, its worth it to wrap up a smuggling group or apprehend a group of El Salvadorean MS-13 members who were coming to the United States to commit crimes and send money back to fund death squads. However this new proposal suggests that I and my approximately 22 thousand brothers and sisters should do this work for free on average about 12 hours a week. It will result in a pay cut of something like Eight thousand dollars annually for me, increasing substantially as I go up in time and grade.

I'll be honest, I'll work just as hard without that Eight thousand dollars, but not everyone will, it will open gaps in coverage as people leave at the Eight hour mark because they'll get paid for ten hours if they work them or not, and won't get paid for that 11th hour. It sucks but that's life, qualified effective Agents will leave the USBP for jobs that pay more, which will create additional gaps in coverage.

Why do you care? One example is the fact that currently there are large numbers of aggravated felons trying to sneak into the United States, an historically unprecedented number in fact, Child Molesters, Rapists, Armed Robbers, Narcotics traffickers, Child Pornographers, and Gang members. Another example; NATO attempted but apparently failed to destroy the Libyan cache of ManPADS, Man Portable Air Defense Systems, or hand held Anti-Aircraft rockets, heat seeking, and some capable of downing a commercial airliner over 2 miles in the air, there are 20 thousand of these systems missing(as reported by CNN and Fox news), and some have been recently found for sale in Egypt on the black market for as little as Four thousand dollars US.

We guard your Borders, day or night, rain or shine, in blistering 115f degree heat and bone chilling -40f Cold, we work as hard and as long as we have to, because we are the first and only line of defense against the smuggling of human slaves, narcotics, and terrorist weapons, on the ground.

I ask you please, to take a few minutes, and click on the link under "ACTION ALERTS" at the top right of the screen in this link, and fill out the information to let Congress and the President know that you care about YOUR USBP. The first paragraph will need to be altered as the form letter was originally created by and for Agents of the USBP.

http://www.nbpc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=364&Itemid=1

The National Border Patrol Council will not use your information for any marketing purpose whatsoever. It will simply generate letters in your name(at your request) and send them on to your representatives.

Thank you for your time.

HONOR FIRST!

~Bryant


TL:DR VERSION:

THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CUT THE PAY AND THUS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL. THEY WANT THE AGENTS WHO PROTECT YOUR BORDERS TO WORK FOR FREE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT IN AMERICA NOBODY IS FORCED TO WORK FOR FREE. CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO "ACTION ALERTS" ON THE TOP RIGHT, CHANGE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TO REFLECT THAT YOU ARE NOT AN AGENT, BUT A CITIZEN OF THE U.S. AND FILL OUT THE INFO TO THE RIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

http://www.nbpc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=364&Itemid=1

The National Border Patrol Council will not use your information for any marketing purpose whatsoever. It will simply generate letters in your name(at your request) and send them on to your representatives.

HONOR FIRST!
~Bryant

I'll probably angrily expand on this tomorrow, but seriously, don't EVER think the rules don't apply to you!!! "wahhhh I came to America on a temporary work visa and now my time is up and I have to go home!!! Your countries laws suck!!"

First and fuckmost, those were the rules you agreed to when you came in, the invitation to the party said "5pm to 9pm, formal dress" well it's 9:30, you overstayed your welcome, get out.

You are not special, you are not better than everyone else, we won't change the rules for you. You don't have some special right to live here, and oh btw, in 90% of countries they'd jail your ass.

Tldr version: stop whining about having to abide the same fucking rules as everyone else.

 DripRat and his Wife Katie were recently interviewed by the News Tribune in Washington. It was a remarkably positive article and a good example of furries positively portrayed in the news (IE, the article isn't OMG FURRY SATANISTS ARE EATING OUR BABIES!!!!!!).

Article can be found here, check it out, please don't flood or bash comments:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/.....#disqus_thread

 Xanderdawg took this test, seemed neat, I took it, results below:

Conscientious

You feel it's important to work according to a plan and finish every task, to do things correctly and thoroughly.

You are not the kind of person who abandons a project before finishing it, or slacks off when you've lost interest.

Organized

You like to think a task through before you embark on it. If it's the slightest bit complicated, you make a list (even if it's only in your mind) and methodically work your way through it. When you have a goal in mind, you're not satisfied until you reach it.

You are not one of those people who ignore the details, and you don't understand how anyone can get anything accomplished without thoughtful planning ahead of time.

Centered

You often feel balanced and on top of things, even when those around you are freaking out. You're in a pretty good state all the time, and not subject to drastic mood swings.

You don't usually react before you think; you're not ruled by your emotions.

Introspective

You like your own company; you're a very interesting person. Tracking your own mental processes, knowing what you're thinking and why you do what you do, is important to you. Often, what's going on in your mind is more compelling than what's going on outside. For the most part, those with a high score on the "introspective" trait enjoy reading, taking long walks, learning new things, and other solitary activities.

You are not someone who is constantly looking to be among a group of friends; you never feel bored when you are by yourself.

Competent

You strive to master everything you undertake. You tend to learn quickly and do not shy away from challenges.

You are not a "que sera sera" type of person, nor do you go easy on yourself when attempting to master a new skill or get a job done.

Astute

You are a quick study. You generally don't need to have things explained to you more than once. When presented with a problem, you will often have an instant understanding of where to look for the solution.

You do not take your sweet time when presented with a new task to complete or problem to solve. You don't avoid assignments that require you to learn new skills.

Intellectual

You are thoughtful, rational, and comfortable in the world of ideas. People find you interesting to talk to. You're the living embodiment of the saying "You learn something new every day." In general, those with a high score on the "intellectual" trait are employed in such fields as teaching and research, and are enthusiastic about reading, foreign films, and classical music.

You do not avoid abstract conversation, experimenting with new ideas, or studying new things. It bores you to stick to the straight and narrow of what you already know.

Pragmatic

You have found that people with sad stories are usually looking for attention or have brought their problems upon themselves. Therefore, you don't obsess about what others are thinking or feeling; if they have something important to tell you, you figure, they'll just come out and say it.

You do not feel the need to always know what people around you are thinking and feeling, and you don't encourage them to turn to you when they have problems.

Rational

You see the world clearly and objectively. You know there's a logical explanation for everything, and a logical solution to every problem; which is why you're such a good problem-solver.

You do not take your sweet time when presented with a new task to complete or problem to solve. You don't avoid assignments that require you to learn new skills.

Realistic

You get done what you need to get done without pondering "hidden meanings" or feeling compelled to figure out how everything works; you're happy taking things as they are, dealing with them, and moving on.

You're not obsessed with getting to the bottom of everything. For instance, as long as you know what someone did you don't necessarily need to know why they did it.

So, now huffington post has picked up the story and waddled with it...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/.....n_1010184.html

I find it interesting, because here they go a step further, they do not refer to them as "Undocumented" "Illegal" or any other term except immigrants.

This represents a paradigm shift on the part of the left leaning media which to me suggests they're about to go on the "attack" against "abuses" of the "rights" of "Immigrants" IE attack legitimate attempts to enforce federal law against illegal immigrants.

BTW, for those of you who are not immigrants, or not American, United States Federal Immigration law has required that Immigrants, temporary or permanent, IE all non citizens of the united states over the age of 14 to carry their identification(papers) with them any time they leave their house since 1952. This is not new, you can be fined for not doing it, I believe the fine is 100$(which was a lot in 1952). If you are over 18 you can be fined if you are over 14 your parents are fined. This isn't new, its not turning the US into a Nazi like "Papers please" state, we have always been this way, they are guest in our country (many of them unwelcome and uninvited guests) and they need to abide the law. An illegal immigrant needs only to have their Identification card from their country of legal residency (IE: mexico, guatemala, honduras) and they are still within THAT law, though obviously violating some more important ones.

Saw this in an article about Alabama's "harsh"(IE: Mirrors Federal Immigration statutes), new Immigration law:

Jose, a 16-year-old undocumented student in Pelham, remains in school but worries about what might happen to him.

"Alabama makes me live in fear. If mom drives me to school, a policeman could arrest me just because of the color of my skin," the Mexican-born Jose said on Wednesday. "I have to be afraid of my teachers, the people I look up to."

First, you are living in fear not because you, and your mother(who is likely also Illegal in an instance like that), are hispanic, they aren't arresting you because of the color of your skin, they are arresting you because you are an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, not an undocumented whatever the word of the day is. You have broken the law, they would equally arrest an illegal Romanian, or Russian, or Irishman(we get those from time to time), or even an Illegal Canadian(they exist, I have seen one). This has nothing to do with the color of your skin, much like AZ Senate bill 1070, the Alabama law prohibits the detention of any person based solely on skin color.

Additionally, I understand that the school is recording the legal residency status of students, however this is for statistical purposes only, as has been explained to students(as I understand it Alabama is going to file suit against the Federal Government once they have an accurate accounting of how many illegal aliens they are paying to educate), the Supreme court ruled in the 1970's that immigration enforcement cannot be done at schools, as even illegal aliens are entitled to an education.

This is laughable, this is just like a car thief complaining to the media that they are afraid to drive down the street in their stolen cars because they might be arrested.


Oh, article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011.....79B7GO20111012

You have been warned.

People always say "they're just looking for a better life"

these are a pair of Narcos getting the "better life" apparently. One of them was from Phoenix Arizona, this isn't JUST a border problem.

Again, this video(located at the bottom of the article), is extremely graphic and make sicken or offend some viewers or even cops (for my part, I took away that if you wanna cut someones head off with a chainsaw, you should tie them to a pole or something first).

http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2011/09.....antes-del.html

on WHAT planet is Marijuana $31.25 an ounce?!

1992 lb dope seizure and the press reports its worth 998 thousand dollars... thats bs.

Antheria is over, had an amazing time, cleanup as usual for a con(or so I'm told), was a little chaotic, but it's handled.

Definitely all coming back next year, and I really recommend it to anyone who wants to attend a west coast con.

http://Www.livestream.com/onaboat-Antheria

For at least the next hour... Or until we sink(furries are driving the boat).




....believe me when I say, I FUCKED A MERMAID!!!'

Me and some compatriots have traveled to california for Antheria, there are a LOT of strange taxes here!!!

1.) How old were you? 26

2.) Where did you go to school? University of Arizona

3) Where did you work? Cross Country Automotive services

4.) Where did you live? Tucson, AZ

5.) Where did you hang out? My Apartment.

6.) Did you wear glasses? yes

7.) Who was your best friend? Bill Hudson

8.) How many tattoos did you have? None

9.) How many piercing did you have? None

10.) What car did you drive? 2004 Kia Optima

11.) Had you been to a real party? Yes, but only work parties

12.) Had You had your heart broken? Yes, very recently at that time

13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single

Things have really improved in 6 years.

No I'm not asking for money, actually I'm calling all cop haters, all police bashers, everyone who thinks the DHS and their state and local PD are a bunch of Jack booted thugs chomping at the bit to put on a deaths head and start loading random passersby onto boxcars.

Someone made a comment in a thread I was reading recently, and speaking as a Law Enforcement Officer I found it very interesting, I will quote it for you here "Well Im terribly anti-cop I think most of them are thugs with guns...."

First off its the badge which actually distinguishes us, lots of people have guns. But more importantly, I'm kind of curious about this attitude, I mean, lets replace the word cop with "Black" or "Mexican" or "Democrat", "Republican", "Christian", "Muslim", "Trade Unionist", "Pig Farmer", "US Army Infantryman", etc etc. a HUGE amount of people would be offended by that, and of course, some people would agree, however, in the assessment of police, I find that furries overWHELMINGLY dislike the police even when they're friendly to us.

A good example is peoples reactions to this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKhvLLEP7tI , at Anthrocon 2011, this officer, BTW is there so far as I can tell, every year. He is a very nice guy(I really enjoy talking to him), and his Daughter recently came out as a furry. When he informed his wife, apparently her response was, according to Kage "And you're not?!". People are actually cheering someone for "Trolling" this man for simply doing his job, in an EXTREMELY courteous manner, and trust me on that last bit he was being nice.

So please, I know i've got like 50 watchers, hopefully a few of you will read this and post links to it so it gets around a little. I legitimately want to hear from people who have some huge beef with Law Enforcement. Keep in mind I can _ONLY_ speak for US law Enforcement, I know NOTHING of most other countries.

I want to know what the issue is, and why you think the particular cop or cops you might have dealt with must represent the norm for all police everywhere, seriously, I will not attack you, I'm very curious how this attitude has come to be when it would be considered OBSCENE to make a blanket statement like that about ANY other group.

Yeah, umm.. getting hit by lightning is really freaking loud.

Don't worry, I'm completely unharmed, sadly my sensor truck is quite probably as dead as it is possible to be. Sweet dreams Sauron, may a flight of digital Angels sing thee to thy electronic rest.

I am so very tired of so many things, people in general, the overall downward spiral of the world. I feel like every day I view everything in a kind of crystal ball, the world around me is hazy and smoky and confusing and I'm not really a part of it except at work, where at least I fit.

Little if any semblance of a personal life, I mean, I can enjoy myself when I do certain things, going camping was fun, I will be making a post about the first official Norther Arizona Camping Meet, or whatever we're going to call the darn thing, on Friday, there will be a lot of pictures. We had a good time, BBQing, swimming, hiking, we took a trip up to the Grand Canyon. It was nice.

But realistically its like a waking dream. I seriously don't know if I care anymore, would it really matter if I just went to work, and home, and stopped interacting with people? It would mean I didn't have to worry about who was offended and who wasn't, it would mean I wouldn't get hurt anymore because people were worried about hurting or offending me.

I'd sure as hell have a lot more money.

That's right, its my Birthday, I am 32 years young, and the first person to make a silver fox joke gets 155 grains of free lead to the brain pan heheheh.

Seriously, I sit here all excited because my classmates each let me spend a little of their uniform allowance (all of them had the usual 5-12$ left over for the year, and the allowance expires on August 15th, my birthday), so I was able to cobble together enough to get myself an extra radio holster and some moisture wicking tee shirts.


I want to thank everyone who's already sent me birthday well wishes, I have my phone set up to alert me every time someone posts to me on facebook... I still work nights, and you've kept me up all morning with your incessant good tidings!

But thats okay because I have training today and will be sitting in the office all night, except for when I get sprayed in the face with painful noxious chemicals, because every weapon the government issues has to be USED ON ME before I can carry it except my pistol and the rifle.

BTW if anyone read this journal and thought I was complaining, I'm really not, I'm just very sarcastic and self mocking and my legs are covered in Chiggers at the moment from chasing a bunch of dope smugglers through tall grass.

Glad tidings to you all on this, my day of Nativity, and for those of you who are coming camping this weekend, there will be cake and ice cream to celebrate the fact that I made it another year without goading anyone into sucessfully killing me :)

Copied word for word from  chiaroscuro 's journal, also in another picture the sign is clearly in German, meaning its probably a picture from EF


" First, thanks to FizzOtter, Duncan Da Husky, and Silverautomatic, for information.

So, we got this: http://furrybeach.weebly.com/ It is a scam. scam scam. scammity scam. How do I know?

#1 All the pictures on the website are from other conventions, including Furfright and Anthrocon.
#2 Apparently the con happened in 2009 and 2010, but no one's heard of it. Including fursuiters featured in the photgraphs.
#3 On the page, it says "If you don't have a fursuit, we'll lend you one from our donated fursuits." Wht?a
#4 Their registration prices are $15, with Sponsor at $20. Double-what?
#5 Their listed 'people who have registered' page seems auto-generated, with every last person listed having a fursuit
#6 Their listed con location simply does not exist.
#7 Numerous spelling and typographical errors suggesting shoddy efforts.
#8 Absolutely no listed names in association with the convention.
#9 The 'con hotel' is a timeshare and has never heard of Furry Beach. And the link isn't even live HTML. "

This is either a scam, or worse, its something to take advantage of furries or set up to lampoon them.

 Kattywampus posted a cool Journal





http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2552207/

Since its been 10 years, can we stop pretending to like New Yorkers now?

Well, It has been 10 years, or will be very soon, and I am from New York, actually for a while me and my friend Pete used to go to the WTC at least every other week, on Wednesday when we had the day off, we'd go in THE city to screw around, inevitably we'd have breakfast at the cafe on top of the Towers, it was a neat thing, and a fond memory of a time when I made okay money and had zero responsibilities.

Growing up in New York from 1985 to August of 2001 when I moved to Tucson, the Twin towers were pretty much part of the Iconic skyline of "THE City", that is to say Manhattan Island, they were just one of those things which always were, despite being relative newcomers compared to the more venerable buildings like Empire State and Chrysler, and of course, Lady Liberty (though she's only part of the skyline if you are looking from Jersey, which would require actually traveling TO New Jersey, something all sane individuals avoid doing). I will always remember 9/11 as the day without music, I really don't know what Don McLean was singing about in American Pie, but for me its become 9/11, because that morning, I didn't yet have a television, I had only just moved to Arizona, and rented my first apartment, I had an Alarm clock, and I was sleeping on an air mattress. I remember that the clock did not go off on the hard rock station I programmed it to since I like to be shocked awake, it was apparently on some talk station. Indeed in my groggy morning state I noticed all I could tune in was talk, so I shut it off and brushed my teeth, showered, shaved, not in that order necessarily, and got dressed and headed to school.

I had a new radio in my old Buick, I'd had it installed just before I left NY, now they're common but in 2001 it was pretty snazzy in that it had 3 tiered presets, or basically 21 station memory, you hit the buttons in a row, then hit a next button, I had preset all 21 stations specifically because I thought this was a very cool feature. I went through 21 stations of talk on my way to school before I realized perhaps something was up, or I just got tired of shifting stations, I don't know which, and just left one on. I honestly don't remember what time it was, but it doesn't matter, Arizona is 3 hours behind NY in September. At first I realized they were talking about the Twin towers, and I just figured "Oh, it must be the anniversary of the bombing", then someone said something I'll never forget, I can't recall who it was, or what station I was listening too, but I will never forget the words "The south tower is completely gone", it was said more than once, and it was said by someone who had clearly been recorded saying it when it happened, because they were completely astonished. I remember next yelling at my radio, "What do you mean GONE?! it CAN'T BE GONE.. ", punching my dashboard angrily with my right hand. Almost swerving onto the "bone yard" at Davis Monthan airforce base, which, on 09/11/01 would have been a very, very, very bad life choice.

I can go on and on, about a friend of mine who couldn't find his mother, who was listed on the rolls of the missing or dead, or another friend of a friend who was obliterated while re-paneling an office on one of the upper floors, they found most of his head. But that's not important. I could have posted this Journal on 09/11/11, but I didn't, because I read an article today which literally brought tears to my eyes, and that is hard to do.

The article is here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/19/110-stories-project_n_900231.html?icid=maing-grid7|aim|dl3|sec1_lnk3|78792 , and while I myself am NOT a fan of the Huffington post, I really recommend this reading. I also don't like to every suggest anyone donate to anything, because I don't believe in charity, or any kind of X-fare. In this case, I do believe that this is a cause worth making exceptions for, I think its important to remember that America is not a terrible evil that the world has been cursed to bear, and that we brought forth once a shining symbol of engineering and economic might, and placed it on the forefront of our nation, literally defying nature in its sky soaring construction, and that ignorance and hatred brought it crashing to earth, along with nearly 3000 souls, over 300 of which lost their lives trying to save others. They were there, they were beautiful, and I can still see them as a part of my home whenever I imagine the skyline of New York. I think its important to remember NY, and in a way, America, that way. As it was before that little bit of innocence got stripped away, they way things were Sept 10th 2001.

Maybe this journal is sappy, maybe its stupid, maybe we New Yorkers are twice the assholes we're made out to be, but I needed to write it.

Thanks to anyone who read this.

~B

It's thebryantfox . Dont judge me.

So I mailed out one of our spare, but pretty good video cards to a friend, and to be funny I wrote "the briefcase"'and "top secret" on the sides in sharpie, the lady at the post office looked at it, laughed and said "my son plays team fortress 2!".

Game on!!

Okay so yesterday me,  pedrolerenard  pyrofoks and  rikmach went up to Sedona az, we also brought Pyro's awesome sprog Jayden(still no sure if im spelling that right), to scout out campsites, I'm going to post some pics of them walking up the spiral trail to the Church in Sedona. It was fun, we went to a wine tasting, ate good food, watched the worst demonstration of how to back in a trailer EVER!! But we are planning a camping meet. IMHO, for a 5 year old, Jayden was really well behaved, but I'm kind of a dick to kids in general. I guess I'm officially an adult though, because at one point he decided to act finicky about eating his ravioli, and instinctively, we all just ignored the show he put on of "choking it down". We didn't discuss it at all, it just happened. I feel so old.