nothing clever to say

For now… From USATODAY:

Vietnam veteran Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., has issued an emotional appeal to his colleagues this morning to challenge President Bush and the administration over plans to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, USA TODAY’s Kathy Kiely reports from Capitol Hill.

At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on a non-binding resolution that opposes Bush’s plan, Hagel said:

• “We owe it to those men and women we continue to send into that grinder.”
• “I think all 100 senators should be on the line on this. … If you want a safe job, go sell shoes.”
• “If we don’t debate this, we’re not worthy of our country.”

A few shots I uploaded to Flickr today:

…and some say I imitate…

I don’t know–I’m just doing the best I can
After all I’m standing in the shadows of a very famous man.

I can feel for Hank Jr.

The man has talent. One of the best honkytonk singers out there, even with the sellout to Monday Night Football. But he is standing in the shadows. Perhaps he wouldn’t have gotten the chance had he not been Hank’s offspring, but whatever. He has proven himself.

I’m not the offspring of anyone important…except to me.

Oh well. I told a cute girl tonight that I have either a high sense of self-preservation, or an intense fear of death. It’s probably the latter, but I don’t want to admit it.

I’ve become fascinated with Marty Robbins traditional cowboy stuff, more than I used to, and I liked it alot before this… but his songs are almost exclusively about death and love and I am fascinated in a sick twisted way, kind of like watching the Hussein hanging. I don’t know what is so great about death (as I have just said that I fear that above all) but there is something about a life cut short for such a high ideal as love, or the other themes - Justice, and just the coincidence of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, it gets me, it drives home to the heart. Maybe its the fact that I AM such a contradiction: intense fear of death, yet reckless behavior. That girl suggested a death wish, but I really don’t think its that. Unless its me subconsciously needing that possibility.

I don’t know. I’m too tired to think about it now.

Excellent. It took forever, but I got my prints from Ritz. They look good, but I forgot to indicate a border on one, so I have one that’s full frame. No big deal, I’ll get new ones later. They are pretty cheap, for prints. Beat the heck outta Walgreens. I know a real purist would use film and develop their own… I hate purists, unless they adhere to MY purity. Ha.

I was looking at Holga cameras on ebay, and I KNOW I should stick to digital… But the lure is there. Maybe when I can afford film and processing, I’ll get one.

I am getting angry that Ritz can’t print my photos faster. NOW, dammit, I want them NOW.

From USATODAY:

“The position of the Catholic Church - against the death penalty - has been reiterated many times…Killing the guilty one is not the way to rebuild justice and reconcile society…On the contrary, there is the risk that the spirit of revenge is fueled and that the seeds of new violence are sown.”

Then again, I DID watch the leaked cell phone video of his hanging in morbid fascination. How anyone can be excited by seeing it is beyond me.