Sunday, January 20, 2008

Snowed in....

So.... we got snowed in this weekend! Atlanta just doesn't know what to do with snow.... 2" and they just shut down!

They canceled all four services at Perimeter this weekend (and then added an evening service at the last minute)

So... um... snow is nice... when you don't have to live in it. I only had to "interact" with it for about 10 mins today... i.e., getting it off my windshield. I can easily see that living in places where snow is a normal thing IS NOT FUN!
It's really cold (duh) and everyone who knows me, knows how much I hate cold. Then, when it warms up to 33°, it turns into wet. Which.... when combined with the still very cold air... makes things feel even more cold.

The 7|22 Set




Saturday, January 12, 2008

heartofEsther's CD Album Art


For those of you who are particular about their music libraries and the album art.... here's the album art for hoE's CD! I scanned it in, straighted, cropped and did some other edits to make it look a little better. Enjoy!
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

New Years

I saw something I have never seen before...  New Years in Atlanta, GA.  I didn't really expect it to be different, but in a way it was.  There are a LOT more people in Atlanta than in Mobile!  So... the time came where everone shoots fireworks in celebration of the new year...  As I was walking in my apartment, this is the picture I got...  on the horizon, I could see a fairly long way...  with fireworks all over the city going up in the air and exploding, the sounds in the distance, the smell... it was everywhere... all around me!  it was really cool!

Well... I stood there watching (and freezing my butt off) and had this thought process...  This is a hint of what war nowdays must sound like... explosions, the sounds (all around) the smell, the cold.  (I was also kinda hungry too) I could see in the distance... at various distances, "the rockets burting in air" and at various times and volumes, the sounds of explosions...  I could imagine, being a soldier in WWI or II or any other war, how scary it was.  Never knowing which explosion would be right next to you...  never knowing exactly where it was coming from or going to... and being around friends fighting for their very lives.  What it must be like to see friends die right next to you or even from a distance (knowing where they should be and seeing a large explosion and not knowing if they made it)

I have made comments over the years stating that I would love to do special ops stuff or air force stuff...  but... all the "fun" would be taken away by the things I mentioned above.