politcal party like its 1999!

After years of being content with not really knowing what is going on in Washington, in Salem, and in Portland I've decided that I want to know more about political issues. I see commercials for different measures from each side of the arguement and politicians giving sales pitches but as we all know you can't trust what you see on television. I'm going to devote some of my free time to researching various issues in my community. I've been an american citizen all my life enjoying the freedoms that other people made happen and I know so little about how my country and community got to where it is. I don't want to spend all my time sifting through campaign garbage but if I can find reliable information I'll be a valuable citizen and voter. It seems like a lot of people have given up on the democratic system and are relying on corporations to make decisions for the country. I won't stand for it any longer. I'm choosing to be a part of the solution... In some capacity.

Just thinking

I now know that there are some who are reading my blog and now I feel an overwhelming desire to please. I have been thinking about the process of writing and have determined that the best thing about each of us is the ability to create art. In any form the concept of art is the very essence of our existance as humans. When God created man in his image one of the things that I believe is that he made us with the ability to discern right and wrong and furthermore to create. One might say that if you give an elephant a paint brush it will make broad strokes on a canvas and it would fetch more money at auction than my 3rd grade crayon drawing of a dinosaur. To that I say the elephant is doing as it was trained where as a person actually feels the desire to communicate an image or story in the very core of their being. Art can take the form of painting, sculpture, music... anything. The best of all creation is man and the infinite possibilities that lie within.

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I successfully completed another day of work, I have a paycheck to show for it and a couple more slivers. Just an average day in the lumber business. To elaborate further on my own alternate universe in wood; I have a book on grading hardwood lumber for work. It contains dimensions for average lumber milling, charts for moisture content, anti-terrorism combat tactics, and stolen recipes from Martha Stewarts kitchen. Well, if you were actually paying attention, I was joking about the last two... But anyway, I like learning new things about my job, but at the same time there are parts that seem to be monotenous. As any job can be, it is the high and low, the exciting and dull, the frustrating and the relaxing; it is one of several things that give my life purpose. I embark on a new journey soon to learn even more about myself. Nervousness, anxiety, excitement... all these things describe my future and my daily psychological profile. I'm not being too specific but that's on purpose. Simply put, I'm not finished becoming.

A lot of nothing

My wife informs me that I have a lot to blog about but I really can't think of anything at the moment. It's been a long time since I blogged last and things have been happening so here is a recap. I got a chance to go to Virginia for a week for work and play. I met new people and learned new things about the lumber business which nearly all of the population does not find as interesting as I do so I won't go into that. The Sunday that I was in Washington D.C. was a great day. I did the rush tour of the capitol mall area and had seen nearly all the museums and monuments by 2 p.m. Without my wife it was difficult to really enjoy it. I now find it selfish to see new things by myself; it sounds wierd but its true. The best thing was seeing the Lincoln Memorial, the building, the statue, the engraved excerpts of famous speeches, all of it was enough to bring an overwhelming sense of national pride through me.
During the week I was in D.C. I got to stay in a beautiful house all by myself; I also got a vehicle of my own to use all week and to drive down to Wilmington, NC to see my cousin for the first time in ten years. A big deal since we were like brothers before he moved away from North Bend. North Carolina is disgustingly humid, who's with me? I've got to go to work now so to all those who will read this... I plan to continue this blog soon.