One small step towards the future

Today, (well really tomorrow) I will be signing up to join the US Army.

I'm joining for a multitude of different reasons, the main one being job training.

The job I've selected to preform while in the Army will train me for a career as a journalist.

They will teach me what I need to know to become successful in the future, and they will also give me the tools and opportunity I need to succeed.

I can't thank them enough.

I am excited to be taking some of the first steps needed to have such an interesting career, and I want to do myself proud.

To show people exactly what I can do.

Wish me luck!

People in places as people

I love that title, it just makes sence.

People in modern day society have disguised themselves beyond recognition. They hide their true selves away, and only show glimpses of who they really are.

I simply refuse to be one of those people, I hate lying to myself. I don't hide away my emotions, and for this, people call me weak.

Am I weak? Or am I stronger then you will ever be?

I wonder if people act this way in other countries, or is it this plush American life style we've become used too?

What ever happend to the American dream? Something our great great grandparents left their native home lands for, and all we do now is look for the easy way out.

We have become selfish. Ignoring our fellow man and stepping on their hands. For what? For nothing other then the greed in our hearts.

This monster needs to be put down.

This reminds me of some lyrics from a group called K-Os, "I wanna swing my sword, decapitate, but what is a man if he acts like an ape?"

I don't remember the name of the song, but the MC speaks the trurh. We've become brutish and disturbingly rude.

Its no wonder why we're considered the most abnoxious tourists, or was that the French? I don't remember, but the point is we all need to take a step back and look at ourselves, a serious moral look and see what makes us so pissy and mean all the time.

Oh well, I'm going to attempt to take a shower now.

Life, lemons, and elephants

I have to go to work soon, but that doesn't bother me so much this morning.

My sister hid my mouse for my laptop, but that doesn't bother me so much either.

These annoyances are blocked but the unmistakable feeling of love.

I'm in love.

Now, when I tell you who I'm in love with, you'll think, "You're crazy! You can't love something like that!"

But I do, faithful reader, I do.

At first I thought about it, about a year ago, trying to decide what my favorite animal was, and then it hit me: Elephants.

I love Elephants.

But it's a strange love, I concluded on it last night.

Its hard to explain though, I love them so much, the mere sight of them puts me in a state of awe. They're majestic, if not gigantic, and they are also some of the most intelligent animals on the face of the earth, only rivaled by monkeys and dolphins.

I simply can't explain the feeling, but I can most likely tag it as love, and this goes beyond the simple, "Thats my favorite animal" bit, I never want to see harm come to an elephant, unnatural harm that is. I want to help them in any way I can.

This is part of the reason I want to be a National Geographic photojournalist. To see these amazing animals in the wild along with thousands of other astounding creatures.

I can't wait for senior year to be done, another strange thing to hear, but then again, I'm not you average person.

Oh well, I have to go to work now.