January 2010
13 posts
A Little Thing Called Honor
I had to get this off of my chest because it was about to burn a hole through my brain. I never suppress an idea when it comes to me. Its about 5:30 a.m. here on the other side of the world, and despite being tired, I couldn’t shake these thoughts. Lately, a lot of my buds in the unit have talked a lot about the reasoning behind our conflicts on this side of the world. I watched two...
“Bright lights and butterflies
We drink to my demise
I’ve got this...”
– Daniel Young (This Providence)
Lyricists
I’ve been reading a lot of lyrics lately, mainly to incite some inspiration for my writing. I feel that many of these clever lines fail to get recognized, so I’m making it my mission to place some of my favorite lyrics up on the blog. Hope you enjoy!
“It’s strange to be lost, stranger still to be lone
In the strings of a...”
– Chris Carrabba
“We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France,...”
– Sir Winston Churchill
Temporaryism
Let me preempt this blog by saying, I hate forcing things. If I don’t feel like writing about something I won’t write about it. Forced writing is a disservice to the writer and the reader, in that it creates a precarious situation. The writer puts forth a message in which he may or may not be whole-heartedly into, while the reader is subject to this unmotivated passage. That...
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are”
– Kurt Cobain
Top Ten Things I Miss About Home
1. Family
2. Friends
3. School
4. Baseball
5. Being able to go where I want, when I want
6. Concerts
7. My car
8. My pets
9. ESPN
10. No helicopters flying overhead at night, no weapons discharging, no calls for outgoing artillery
Weezer is Weezer is Weezer… The Los...
Solitude
I woke up this morning in the usual groundhog-esque way, feeling like Bill Murray. I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel lonely out here sometimes. Iraq is a testament of solitude for me. But, the thing that struck me the hardest is the need for God internally. We all traverse the path of life in seclusion. Though, at times, we may feel less lonely there is a conscious recognition...
“Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade”
– Brandon Boyd
Remembering who you are...
I guess I’m not your “typical” army guy. I don’t really have a fetish for guns, tobacco, or kicking down doors. I have never really felt welcome in this community but I’ve found some very interesting things about myself throughout this deployment, so far.
Number one: No matter where you are, whether it be home or a million miles away, you control...