Why?

I don't think there is a picture out there of Chris and I where we are both making "normal" faces. I guess that's just how we roll.

I Pledge Allegiance

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

When you look at the flag and recite the pledge, what do you feel? I feel pride, honor, duty, respect, and thankfulness. This flag is the symbol of our country, everything that we as people are, and want to be should be felt when we see this flag, and recite this pledge. Yet it seems to me that every year it's becoming less important, and isn't honored as it should be.

The Pledge of Allegiance is a spoken oath of loyalty to our country. We are saying we will do all we can to help improve and maintain this great land. It should mean something when we say it. It's an oath. You are giving your word to help protect and uphold the principles of this land. If you can't trust a man's word, what does he have left? This isn't an oath to the President, it's not an oath to Congress, it's not an oath to any single party. It's an oath to our country, to all the liberties, and freedoms that we have. Why are people trying to destroy this? We should be upholding the principles that our founding fathers set down. We should be teaching our children what it means to Pledge Allegiance, not just to recite some words at the beginning of the day. We should be proud to have it in our schools, and in our daily lives.

This is one nation under god. We don't have to agree on every little thing. But we should agree on doing everything that we must for the good of all. In accordance with that we, and especially public officials, should be doing our duties as if God really were standing over us, watching what we're doing. It's sad to see public officials in the news for committing horrid crimes, or some kind of scandal. It's just not right. They were put in office to help their fellow man, and they just aren't doing that. If they were acting as if God were watching over them, they would be busting their buts to do everything they can as best as they possibly can. Why wouldn't we want God watching over us? If he isn't who would? Man? Man is fallible, God is not. I would much rather have a perfect being watching over me correcting me, then some imperfect man.

Liberty and Justice for All. We should be fair and just in our dealings with everyone. We shouldn't infringe on the rights of others, that don't infringe on the rights of us. I believe this also means that we must protect the safety and life of those around us. We aren't taking someones liberty away by putting them in jail. They chose to give up their liberty by committing a crime. They did it to themselves, it's a consequence of their actions, we have an obligation to protect the liberties of those innocent people that were wronged. We need to have a fair and unbiased system to implement those consequences, but once it's decided upon, that should be the end of that. If they didn't want to be locked away they shouldn't have infringed on the rights of the innocent.

I for one am proud to be an American. I don't agree with everything that goes on, but that doesn't mean that this country is crap. It means that I, and my fellow Americans need to uphold that oath of loyalty that we swore, and constantly strive to make this country a better place for all.

Yes, I Got Plants

I don't know why I had this thought, but the other day I got it into my head that I should get some plants. So I did. I got five of them, and a little growing light. I have them in my room, and since I sleep during the day I keep the room as dark as possible. So I needed the growing light for when I'm away, usually at night, so the plants wouldn't die off.

Goldfish Plant

Fern

Licorice Plant

Fishnet Stockings Plant

Velvet Lime Plant

They're fairly cool looking, especially the goldfish plant. It's got little orange flowers on it that resemble goldfish. They also add a little something to my room, not to mention it gives me a little hobbie to do in my downtime (the little that I have). Hopefully I don't kill them.

Opperation Find Me a Girl

I'm a bum, and I can't seem to find and hold onto a girl. It just seems that lately I either can't find a date or the gals that I'm really interested in, aren't interested in me. It's starting to get to me. So I'm looking for a girlfriend and I'm asking for help. I will go on a date with anyone. I will give anyone a chance. Anyone that you know that is single, I will go on a date with. You never know who I might start dating, so I'm going to try not to judge as harshly as I have in the past. I am going to try to be an open and out going person. Not the stubborn headed mule that I've been.

If you know somebody that's available, lets set up a date!

A Pagent and A Blasphemous Movie

Aubrey's roommate Katie was in a pageant at the conference center on Saturday. It was a pageant for descendants of pilgrims to utah in 1847 or something like that. Anyway it wasn't half bad. Having never been to one I guess I really wouldn't know, but I wasn't completely bored. Aubs made a friend while we were there. Some little old lady sat down next to us and was just chatting up a storm with Aubs. It was pretty funny.

Katie didn't make it to the top ten, so Aubs and I booked it out of there. We were planning on going to the Cheese Cake Factory, but seeing as how neither of us knew how to get there we got lost and then just decided to head back to Provo. It wasn't real late so we met up with some friends and went and saw the movie Knowing. It was actually a pretty good movie up until the end. The ending ruined it for me. Basically the ending to me said that God and angels are aliens. It really pissed me off. They took an interesting spin on the bible but one that I just can't agree with. Oh well, it wasn't a total loss.

What Kind of Person Are You?

Animals I think are great to have around. They really liven things up sometimes. But not everyone is into having the same animal.

Poll Results: Total Votes 8; Dog - 5(62%), Cat - 0, Fish - 1(12%), I Hate Animals - 2(25%).

I'm a dog person. I just love dogs. They're cool, and they have plenty of uses. Not to mention that when I was younger we had the best dog ever. Max. That was an awesome dog, I don't know if I'll ever find one like him. Cats I could do without. I don't know why, I'm just not very fond of them. Fish are cool sometimes to, but they get boring after awhile cause there isn't to much you can do with them.

Then there are those people that just don't like animals. I don't understand this. Animals are great to have around. Why wouldn't you like them? Unless of course you just hate everything.

Snow and Moving Apartments Just Doesn't Mix

I have to move out of my apartment because they're changing it to married housing, and apparently single people aren't allowed to rent married apartments...

Anyway it's ok I guess because I was able to rent a room in the duplex that Chris is living in. Hooray! Unfortunately today was the only day I had off from school and work. Can you guess what happened? It snowed. And not just a light dusting, we got a pretty good amount for it being the middle of April. I really didn't want to try and move a bunch of large heavy furniture in the snow, so I didn't. I'm hoping that the weather will be nice on Saturday so that I can get the big stuff moved.

It's not like the whole day was a total waste. There was a couple of hours where the snow let off, and I was able to get a good amount of my stuff moved. Just not the heavy stuff. And since I didn't have any real responsibilities today I went to the gym with Alex, twice! I know you're not supposed to go twice in one day, but I've been kinda slacking. Who cares, I probably won't go tomorrow anyway. On a side note, what with all the physical training in the academy and going to the gym most nights, I've lost like 8 pounds. I'm back down to about 153, sad day.

The Worst Sickness

I'm usually pretty fortunate in that I don't get sick all that often. But when I do it sure sucks.

With a total of just 4 votes: Common Cold 1(25%), Flu 0, Pneumonia 3(75%), Strep 0.

I couldn't agree more with this. Cold, flu, and strep can be bad, but when it's over it's over. Pneumonia is just bad. I remember one summer, when is seemed everybody got sick with either pneumonia or bronchitis. It sucked so bad. And after by time with pneumonia I've never felt the same. I've always felt that I haven't been to my full potential since then. Like it killed part of my lungs, and I just haven't been able to recover. At least I don't have it now!