April 2003
Photography
Just to let everyone know, I have a new link to my Photography and I hope this site proves a lot more accessible than the last. It seems that most people were unaware that there were in fact 9 pages of photographs on the last site, so on this new site, you can just select each different album and look at all the pics in each, it should work out great. Make sure to leave comments at my email or...
March 2003
I am in Love With Jennifer Eccleston...Kind of.
I have a crush on a woman covering the war in Iraq. hahaha. As lame as it may sound, there is this woman who reports for Fox News, and she is gorgeous, smart, funny, and all around she is “one hot little potato.” This Scud Studette’s name is Jennifer Eccleston and I could not find one picture of her online, so I had to embarrass myself by taking photos of the...
Pure Shep Style
My favorite anchor Shep Smith did it again. Tonight, he was speaking to an embedded reporter, Rick, stationed with some division of troops in Iraq, and they were just constantly bantering back and forth. Anyways, near the very end of the conversation with his friend/reporter in Iraq, Shep proceeded to say: “If I didn’t know any better Rick, I’d think you have had some beers,...
Spring Break
I was watching MTV today, after a two week hiadus from it due to the war, and they are currently running their Spring Break 2003 programming. At any rate, watching this, makes me wonder why I ever watched it in the first place, and I find it very odd that a War, and all the coverage of it, was what made me snap to my senses. Today the shows ranged from “Mystery Celeb Date” to...
Imagine This...
Imagine yourself searching for someone who has always been lost to you, in a world that does not make sense without them. A world with misshapen clouds, skies that are always the wrong color, and winds that blow so hard your skin feels loose against your bones. You are alone. Now, Imagine that you’ve been searching for so many years, that time has circled back on itself and clocks twist...
Tyler's Theory of Logical Progression
I have this theory that I have been developing for sometime now, and the more years that roll past the more truth I see in it. In its simplest form, the theory states that a vast majority of people do things based on a logical progression of events, rather than acting and behaving in a manner representative of themselves, and their true desires. I shall elaborate. A person enters high school,...
The Elusive Gray Fabric
Ok, I am going to risk sounding extremely bizarre with this post. As the title of this blog indicates, something has been evading me for quite some time now. For the last year I have been searching for some charcoal gray fabric so my Mom can make a down comforter cover for me. Now, I have visited all the big name department stores, from Target to Wal-Mart and back around to the Big K and yet I...
Three Kings, A Headache & Happy Birthday Natalia
I watched the Gulf Storm 1 movie “Three Kings” tonight, and man I forgot how great that movie is. Dark at times, hilarious at others, and shockingly serious at the end, the movie is one of my all time favorites. The movie makes statements about the first Gulf War that were painfully true to our nation, and at one point a statement is even made that rings eeirly prophetic. Someone...
Dolphin's of War
The war just got a whole lot more interesting in my mind…I just watched Fox News, and they were talking about the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. The Navy has deployed a great deal of “navy dolphins” that have been highly trained to swim in the ocean, up rivers, or down streams and find any and all enemy mines that have been planted underwater. They are trained so...
Random Thoughts
I had random thoughts today, I like these days. Today I thought what an amazing invention the zipper is. I can not imagine what made someone think up those tiny little metal teeth slipping together. For some reason, I just stared at the zipper on my sweatshirt today and couldn’t quite believe its simple ingenuity. Today at the Salvation Army’s new store in Helena I thought that it...
Coolest Anchor Ever
Ok, two things. Thing One: Ari Fleischer is most likely the most unhappy, and smug man I’ve ever watched on television. I watched the White House press briefing, and he was so rude to every single reporter, and every single question asked. Why would you sign up for the job of Press Secretary if you were going to be such a smug, aloof, moron about it? Seriously, the entire time I was...
Fiction Vs. Reality
Ok, does anyone else out there feel really strange when watching the war news? I just got done watching the Centcom briefing, and they were speaking about the “skirmish” that U.S. troops encountered in the town of An N?sirïyah. At any rate, when I say “strange,” I really am trying to express the way that my mind works when battles, or fire-fights such as these are...
P.O.W.
I do not know if the claims are true, I do not know if the video’s are authentic, but I feel sick. I do not understand, if this turns out to be reality, how Human Beings, can have such disregard for life. I understand the contradictions that are inherent in what I say, as I have posted before about the necessity of this War, and some disregard for human life comes with that, but this is...
Music is Life
I was thinking today about albums that have changed my life, or left a huge dent in my memory…albums that stand out as representing to me a certain time in my life, something I’ve gone through, times I’ve laughed, cried, whatever. So, I decided to compile a brief list of some of the albums that will always stick out as most influential in my life. Some of them are as follows(in...
How Weird
On the drive home from Missoula to Helena today, I thought a few weird thoughts, well the thoughts weren’t weird, but what I thought about was. First of all, how weird is driving? It is so amazing that we’re sitting still, in a comfortable chair, sometimes comfortable, mere inches from the pavement, all the while travelling at a ridiculous rate of motion towards some...
"There is a thin red line between the sane and the...
Again I woke today to the pictures of Baghdad being completely decimated, “strategically,” by American tomahawk missiles. I started thinking, how much of a razor’s edge America and the Coalition are marching on currently; the whole concept of having to ask Turkey for permission to use their airspace baffles me right now. The reason I say we’re truly walking on the...
Misnomer of the Day
“Casualty.” I have heard this word with increased frequency on the news tonight, as a helicopter went down and 12 Coalition soldiers lost their lives. How awful a name for the death of a human being. I hate the way it makes death feel like something so routine. “12 Casualties in a helicopter crash outside Kuwait…” it rolls off the tongue with such ease, and that...
"...And the cartoon network turns into the...
That little quote, from U2’s song “If God Would Send His Angels” feels entirely appropriate right now. I could not sleep last night, so I just sat there in bed, switching between CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. That is when I really became aware of the absurdity of this “modern age” that we find ourselves in; I was falling asleep to a War, broadcasted Live and in Real...
Guestbook Added
Alright, I added a guestbook, to make an easier way for people to leave comments about my site, or the content of the site…so Please start leaving some comments, either at the Guestbook link above the Email Me link, above the Walt Whitman quote or send me an email, either way, let me know. Thanks all.
Poetry by I
Well, I posted a link to my Poetry finally. Keep in mind while reading it, that some of them are VERY old, I’m talkin like back to Freshman year of High School Old. At any rate, I hope you enjoy. Please feel free to Email Me with comments and such, I really want to hear what people think. Anyways, the link will permanently reside in the links bar on the right, so check it out at your...
Movie Quotes of the Day
“They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn’t you say the same thing about life? “ —Man With the Long Hair— “The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything. “ —Guy Forsyth— Both quotes taken from the movie Waking Life.
What a Day
Man, what a day today…I had two big exams, one in Abnormal Psychology, and another in Native American Relgions and Philosophies. At any rate, I am very excited to be done with all that. After my test in Native American, I did the coolest thing. I sat outside my class and sat on the bench with my eyes shut, and tried the practice of Zazen Meditation. Pretty much, I just sat there with my...
Buddhist Monk's Meet Western Culture
I was on campus today, and I went in the the University Center, the UC for all those familiar, and immediatley upon going in I heard the loud, familiar sounds of Buddhist Monks chanting. As you may, or may not know, I have been extremely enthralled with Buddhism for a long time, probably dating back to the day my Dad brought back The Teaching of Buddha from his trip to Saudi Arabia. I remember...
War
I was surfing around this amazing little time-robber that is the Internet, when I came across this quote: “We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us.” - George Orwell - At any rate, it really got me thinking about the War that is so seemingly inevitable. I live in a city, the city sits nestled inside a valley...
New Zealand or Bust
I just got off the phone with my friend Kevin Hanson and I am more jacked than ever about our future trip to New Zealand. There has always been a fire lit inside me to get out and really see what this huge world has to offer, but it has been totally accentuated and made a lot stronger this year with the media explosion about the country. I’ve always wanted to visit the country, but seeing...
Did Oranges Used to Have Seeds?
Ok, my friend Natalia and I were eating oranges a few minutes ago, and now I have an important question: Did oranges ever, or do oranges currently, have seeds? We each bought 10 oranges for $1.00 and I swear to you, not one single orange has had a seed. I am thinking that the only explanation is that the same scientists who came up with the brilliant idea of deseeding grapes had their hand in...
2 Miles & Jaik Willis
I started running tonight. There is a track down the hill from my apartment that today was nothing more than soft, wet mud. I decided to start running, so I did, and I started my laps around that soft mud track in the moonlight. 2 miles later, I was done with my first night. When I got back to my apartment, I heard a guy singing in my complex, ordinarily this is no big deal, but he was singing...
Photograph...I Love You
Photography is an amazing hobby. I shoot with both a digital camera and a regular 35mm SLR, and I love the way both capture life standing still. I decided to toss my Photo Album on here so other people can see the way I look at the world through the lens…it is just a sample of my work, but I think it gives a pretty good idea of the things I love.
People Are Strange
How strange are people? Today in my Montana Writers class, I looked around and realized how completely strange people really are. First through the door walks a guy about 5’11, 175lbs and of Native American ethnicity…normal enough right? Oh no, he is dressed in maroon velvet higwater pants, a shiny blue nike exercise tanktop jersey, a ragin’ Tat on each arm, and to top the...
First Post Ever
This is a test, if this were a real post, I’d say something worth something, and not just use some tired expression. Brace Yourself.