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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
6:21 pm	Clinton loses black vote: calls to drop out I wasn't aware until recently that the democratic party now consists of black people. I'm getting geared up to laugh at the people calling for her to drop out. These same people disregard the polls, battleground state results, Obama's failure to attract votes other than the black and well-educated, etc. I can't wait to see their surprise over how tough a road Obama will have thanks to what I have just described and the lack of backbone to provide a revote for Florida and Michigan. Basically, what I'm getting here is that Obama will beat McCain by giving Florida and Michigan condolence prizes, ignoring the polls that Clinton supporters will vote for McCain, etc. Ok, fine. Keep saying it's premature to put Clinton on the ticket as the V.P., keep saying that "Florida and Michigan broke the rules," keep saying that it's ok to do this or that. Go ahead and screw em all. See if they weren't kidding when they said they'd vote for McCain. The risk is all on your end of the table. You're lucky that a few Clinton supporters such as myself have an overwhelming desire to get us out of Iraq and vote for the democrat regardless of who it is. Alienating people who voted over something their state government did isn't a joke. And reaching a "compromise" is equally a joke. We compromised the blacks' votes to 3/5 in 1787, and I recall that being overturned. This isn't Clinton's "last ditch" effort; it's an effort she's been fighting for all along, and I think Obama and his campaign should be ashamed for not bringing it up every free moment. But like I said, I don't expect that the votes will be counted as they should. There will be some retarded compromise that doesn't change anything. Clearly, these two are Clinton favored states, so we can't count them fully or dream of doing a revote. Hell, that might come close to changing the delegate math, and we wouldn't want to "cheat" someone out of the nomination. So let's just get this over with and nominate. Obama's campaign team reward: all of the baggage that goes with it, some of which they brought on themselves, some of which they didn't. Deal with it. Try uniting the country with two highly contested states sitting on the backburner of the election process. You'll need more charisma than two J.F.K'S. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
6:19 am	Poll the audience! I thought I had closed the deal on this band dilemma when my friend Tim told me he's graduating before the fall, who was one of just two real friends I had in my short experience in the MDB. Then, just a couple of days ago I found out that the other guy isn't doing it this go either. You'd think that would have really closed the sale. Then, if that isn't enough, I'm looking at graduating in the fall myself, if I keep up my full hours. This means that something as time-consuming as the UA marching band would really keep my hands full. And yet, I can not shake these thoughts from coming back time and time again. For me, it isn't so much all the attention you get, though it is an exhilirating feeling that I have never felt anywhere else. It is, however, about being a part of something bigger than yourself, performing for countless, wildly enthusiastic fans, and perhaps most importantly, doing what I love to do, play and be around music. I love music. And yes, part of me likes entertaining the thought of doing it for Mr. Greenhaw. I say for him, not because I think that he would want me to do it for him, but because I love doing it. Point in fact, the last thing I ever remember him telling me was just that: do what you love. It was at his house after he had retired. He's probably banging away on his guitar right now for a far more prestigious band. I hope to be worthy enough to join him one day. Anyway, to get back on message with my topic, I wanted to poll you four and see what you think I should do. It has been a dilemma deciding what to do every year for me. And I've tried different things. I know how strenuous, exhausting, and frustratingly long the practices can be, but it's that end of the year feeling I get that makes it all worth it. People are excited to see us, my family gets excited, and I don't mind working hard. I just wonder if it would be more than I can chew. Cast your vote now! Go to cnn.com/kirffertyfile where you can post a comment on my blooog..... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 28th, 2008
3:59 am	Representative Democracy vs. Pure Democracy It has occurred to me on more than one occasion that our type of democracy is very flawed. We use representatives, delegates, superdelegates, and other elected people to go to a fancy gathering place to vote how we just voted. We do this for no other reason that I can think of than that of convenience. So many factors seem to be important in this primary process right now: state contests won, popular vote, pledged delegate count, superdelegate count, overall delegate count, momentum, and others. But which of these factors should actually determine who gets the nomination, presidency, or other sought after position? The answer lies in the very concept our country was founded on: We the People. Not we the momentum. Not we the delegates OF the people. Not we the states. People, people, people. Now, I am certainly not suggesting that states should not have rights or anything to that effect. What I am saying that since the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, that people should always trump everything else. If we use representatives to vote for us, then each one has to represent exactly the same number of people for whom they are voting. It cannot be approximated, rounded up or down, or otherwise partially or wholly disregarded. It must be exact. And that number could look something like 2,983.558439321508408325 or be much longer. If people are misrepresented in any way, then their votes can effectively be lost. Does every vote truly count as many claim, or is it simply a cliche? The answer should be obvious. Both Michigan and Florida are on the verge of being completely discounted because of decisions made by a few elite officials. See how easily votes can be lost under this system? If this was a pure democracy, it would be as simple as us going to the voting booths and then tallying them up on a state by state basis, and then adding them all up. Least chance of lost votes, least chance of disenfranchisement, least chance of controversy. Solution: abolish the electoral college and the delegate system altogether and create something else if we insist on staying as a representative democracy. Let's at least completely bind the representatives to doing the public's will. At the very least, we have to abolish the superdelegates. No one should be free to "vote their conscience" as a REPRESENTATIVE of the people. That is a complete contradiction. If you want to vote your conscience, then you can step down and just become a regular voting citizen like the rest of us, where your vote counts the same as mine. My bottom line: My vote is my own; you don't get to take it and "chew on it" only to vote some other way. You represent accurately, or you don't represent. Period. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
5:41 am	No excuses I feel that it's time I describe in detail why I ended up voting for Clinton over Obama. This, however, isn't the only purpose of this post. I've been wanting to write a series of political analyses for a long time, and I keep forgetting to do something productive like this when I'm bored. Anyway, on to the meat and potatoes of the first of many analyses. :) First thing's first. Experience platform versus change platform. For the highest office in the nation, I really thought the choice in this matter would be apparent to more people than it has been. It's hard to bear in mind that not everyone sees things through your eyes, and it is of paramount importance that we all try to do that whenever we aire our opinions on any issue. Considering the stakes in this election, we need both change AND experience. Unfortunately, as you can see, not one of the three viable remaining candidates run under both platforms. I suppose it might send "mixed messages" or something to that effect. We need to move as far away from Bush's policies which have alienated literally the entire world, with the exception of corporate elites. Both Clinton and Obama offer this. This is the easy part considering Bush has a terrible job approval rating on any aspect of his performance, or lack thereof. The hard part, of course, is making the right policy and agenda decisions. Who has the greater experience between the two to do so? Rhetorical question. Any kind of change from Bush's policies without the experience to make these changes meaningful doesn't help us. Obama has argued that he has the judgment and wisdom to make change because he was right about being against the war in Iraq from the beginning. This is the sole example he has used and still uses. He bases his eligibility off of one decision. He has been accredited by numerous people, including Clinton for making the right call on the Iraqi invasion. He deserves credit for it, and he has certainly received it. What Obama has apparently not received credit for is anything aside what I just described. He has been in the senate for around four years, and has no executive related experience whatsoever. Yet, he makes the case that he is ready to be president during one of our most unstable times. I love his ability to unite people of all demographics and party affiliations. Clearly, this is a gift of his. We need this unity now more than ever. However, I am afraid that this hardly qualifies him to be president. He claims that because of what MLK described as "the fierce urgency of now" that he essentially must be president now because if he waits, then it will be too late. I am obviously paraphrasing that a bit, and someone could certainly scrutinize me here. I agree that today's times are extremely urgent, and that is exactly why the office of the president isn't for him. If elected, he will get in the white house, get ready to turn the lobbyists, interest groups, etc. upside down, and then what will happen? He won't be able to do that during his administration, because he doesn't know how the executive differs in reality than from paper. Clinton does because she essentially lived in it for eight years. Eight years versus zero years. Clinton knows how it actually works, Obama doesn't. Now, it is not this cut and dried for many others. They say that Clinton does not have any real experience over Obama, because she has only been in the senate a few more years, and that she has not actually been an executive of anything. Well, she saw first-hand every single policy Bill ever implemented, which ones were good, and which ones were bad. She can use these and apply those policies' effects toward her own. Obama has no such wisdom because he has no such first-hand experience to make change. Next order of business, the "politics of yesterday" line. So, so very clever. Since Hillary is married to Bill, she must represent the politics of yesterday. Hmm, technically you are correct. But then again, Obama is also the politics of yesterday, since I'm pretty sure today isn't his first day on the job in the U.S. senate. Hillary has not been the president yet, Bill has, so if you wanted this argument to actually make sense from an executive vantage point, Obama would have said that Bill is the politics of yesterday, and Obama isn't running against Bill last I checked. Let it be known, if Obama gets the nomination, it isn't because Hillary is anymore arrogant than Obama for presupposing that she would be the nominee early on. It's because much of the media has already declared him the winner, him having a smaller delegate lead now than Hillary had over him after super Tuesday. "It's over" because he has won 11 contests in a row. It isn't anymore over now than it was in the beginning when Clinton had the momentum, unless the American people who have not yet voted decide it is, and go along with the media. You can see people changing their votes for Obama in the statistics that are given. People are going with the flow, the flow of the past. Are we voting for who we think will win, or are we voting for the candidate with the best qualifications? Even superdelegates who "aren't pledged" toward any particular candidate are changing to Obama, poor victims of a meaningless media. People are unable to think for themselves, and it will be their own undoing if they cannot learn to do just that. If Obama becomes president, then we have no excuse for whatever may ensue. If he cannot handle whatever comes his way, we have ourselves to blame for it. Just like we have ourselves to blame for 2000, 2004, and may others. We chose Bush's "style" over Gore's and Kerry's substance before, and we have a disaster on our hands. Experience or change by themselves will not help us, but the two together will. The former of the two cannot be disputed; the candidate either has it, or he/she does not. The latter can be disputed. We cannot assess which candidate will actually make the effective change we require. But if the former is not given, then there is almost no chance to succeed. We shall then have to "hope." Don't get me wrong, I'm voting for Obama if he gets the nomination, hands down. It's just I think he's going to be in over his head in a hurry, and he's going to need a loooot of help. Clinton wouldn't need as much help. But Obama seems to be a receptive guy, conversely to Bush. If he is receptive to advisors, our chances to succeed will improve. This is my true hope, that he will be very receptive if elected and be able to admit that he is inexperienced, simple and plain. I hope this gave you a better idea of why I voted the way that I did and believe the things that I do. Most importantly, I hope I did not appear to be bashing Obama, because my intent was certainly far from that. Neither candidate has the complete package for me. The only one that I know of that would is Al Gore, and he isn't running. He is the man. Thank you. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
3:35 am	The arrival of Kirk (not Raditz) is today! At least most of my stuff will be. Hopefully someone's home tomorrow. I'll be calling you guys later today to find out. If you see this, call my cell and let me know if I can come. Thanks. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, December 28th, 2007
7:49 pm	Kirk's angry explosion crits you for...a large number I almost hit the ceiling about 20 minutes ago. I had recently looked up my ex from high school, Whitney, on facebook to ask her how things were going and stuff. I thought that, given the right circumstances, we could hang out one day and talk. I swung by American Eagle a couple of weeks ago, where she works, and talked to her there for a good hour. She seemed to be really happy that I came by, so I messaged her on FB to see if she wanted to talk again, when she was off work. She said sure. I waited a good week and got nothing from her. So I sent another message and reminded her. She said that she would message me and let me know a time. To this day I still haven't got an answer. I know full well she hasn't forgotten. I'm pretty sure she hadn't forgotten the first time, but I sent a follow-up to be doubly sure. Today...my worst nightmare, realized. Apparently she is a girl of pure spontaneity. As God as my witness, not a day more than two weeks ago, approximately the day that I went to the mall to talk to her, she was single on facebook. About a WEEK ago, she changed to in a relationship (no specification for the who, just in a relationship.) I was like, ok, that was pretty sudden, but whatever. Looks like this gets put on hold for a while, at best, I thought to myself. We he hellll, guess what? Now she's engaged...and she already changed her last name in advance. Pardon the expression, but who the hell changes her last name the day she becomes engaged? You could have knocked me over with a feather, as my mother would say. I never thought I'd see the day when I would feel anywhere close to as betrayed as I did by Emily. What a miscalculation on my part. The good news? I'm taking this all as a wake-up call for myself. All of you WOWers will remember Elhaym from Dominion guild. We sent each other Christmas cards, and she texts/calls me every single day. So even though she lives on the eastern Kansas border, we may yet get serious one day. A last bit of good news that I will leave you with. I am getting ready to quit Target so that I can have a last bit of fun and then return to my other home, UA!!! And finish school, yay! So, hopefully I can still stay with you guys until May, since my other friend fell through. Thank you guys for being there for me since I've known you. Girls sure as hell haven't been. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
6:12 pm	This is brilliant "I know everyone has grown tired of the constant wipes on stupid things we should kill in our sleep. No one is more frustrated by it than me. And I'm committed to making whatever changes are necessary in order to end it." Including running off long-time members because you don't listen to them anymore. "You may have noticed a change in the guild ranks last night. This has been done in an effort to solidify a core raiding group in order to help us get back on track. This is one of the first steps in what may turn out to be a total guild restructure over the next few weeks." Total guild restructure couldn't be more accurate. Let's see...for the charter members, we have you...you...and hmm, a handful of others. At least the guild title is still genuine. Big congratulations for that. Looks like the theme changed from having fun with friends to do whatever the GM thinks is best to down end-game stuff. Sounds like a GT for me to sidestep. Such is the price of curiosity. =) (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
2:04 am	Gquit complete! Tlmn and I are joining with another one. His sister's boyfriend plays, and he seems cool. GM made the mistake of demoting me based on my raid attendance. IE my taking the last two weeks off because the guild is retarded. The GM's woman is still an officer who hasn't logged on in over 3 weeks. Hahaaaa, my attendance was way better than hers. Just proves my suspicions about him and what he truly has become. King of the double standards. Oh well. No more progression for that guild. And I'm going back to having fun, be it whatever. In other news...DOBBS IS GETTING MARRIED. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! That is all. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 19th, 2007
9:43 am	Status of Kirk I'm LF a roommate for the spring (guy from UA band that I know being the only prospect), going through the Supreme Court to get UA people to email me back concerning my registration, and on the verge of quitting my guild on bloodscalp. GM's turning into a real jerk lately, and it's about to bite him. I'll probably move to my burning blade paladin and my bladefist paladin full time if I do end up dropping guild, which is very likely at this point. Other than that, I'm just sitting my arse at home because Target people in Decatur keep claiming they're doing stuff that they aren't, namely resolving my (their) work eligibility problem. Long story. Conclusion: any key person I run into can't do his/her job, unless that job is to infuriate me. Get your act together, world. I will not be patient forever. (Comment on this)
Friday, August 17th, 2007
1:41 am	Woot! Serious wootage here. I get to stay at bama according to the dean of arts and sciences. Apparently the other guy who sent me the scary email didn't do all of his homework. Also, Magtheridon down! Lawl. So, see you guys in early January for sure, if that's still cool. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
2:52 am	HELLO WORLD! I thought I should give everyone a /wave. I'll kick this off with something funny. One of my roommate's rooms got flooded today. One of the upstairs neighbors somehow hit the water sprinkler with a door and set it off. I checked my room door today, and there's no way I can hit the sprinkler unless i get the door off its hinges. Some of the girls upstairs have serious issues though, and I'm not surprised that they did it. I'm sure they lied about how it happened. One of them is probably crazy because of her boyfriend. Let's just say that I've overheard some phone conversations. :) My actual roommate, dude who lives in MY room and not just my apartment hits it off with most of the ladies with ease, mostly because he has a British accent. We get along great too, so I know most of the people he knows. Another of my roommates plays a bunch of the same stuff I used to play like starcraft, and he's Puerto Rican. He speaks perfect English, though. I'm staying at my uncle's cabin later this month in Tennessee with mom and most of her family, as I requested off for the weekend. I won't be able to make it by bama. :( So I'll have to wait until January to see everyone. That's about all for now. (Comment on this)
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
3:01 pm	He got hops "I think Kirk got a rap side." -Levelle Harris (my negro roommate) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
4:01 am	Something else of note Obama/Edwards '08 or Edwards/Obama '08. Rob and I decided that these two would be the best ticket for the dems. Obama running as VP would give him that political experience that has all the skeptics in a tizzy. Edwards has that kind of JFK goods looks and charisma about him, and he clearly opposes the war and current administration. I like Hillary pretty well, too, but only as a third at the moment. Anyone who is considering Guiliani or McCain might as well say they want Bush for another four years, because they'll keep us in Iraq. If you want to see some positive change for once, then gogo Obama/Edwards or Edwards/Obama '08. There's the A bomb. There's the H bomb. And then there's the O bomb. And you don't even want to go there. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
3:38 am	For informative purposes, only As the subject indicates, this post is for the purpose of informing. That information is that I will, in fact, be working at Disney World for the next nine months. It seems I will be a server, of sorts. It says it's a non-tipped position, but it pays $7.17 per hour, which is more than I've made at either of my previous jobs. This isn't saying much, either. The beefy part is that DW is supposed to look fabulous on resumes, being that they are the #1 ideal workplace among college students. Also, DW apparently owns the world, too. I forget what all the presentation said that they own, but there were quite a few things that I didn't know about. So yeah, I'm excited about all except for being away from friends and family. I sure hope this pays off in the long run as they say. I think that seeing all of the little kids' excitement will make it worth it if nothing else. I am truly made happy when I see others happy, even at my own expense. Well, that about wraps this up. Thanks for reading. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
12:47 am	My tribute to the greatest teacher I have ever known: Mr. Greenhaw I sit here at my computer now humbled more than ever before. I have been deeply saddened this past week, yet I have been humbled by the great words of the things that I have heard or read from my friends concerning Mr. Greenhaw's life. I realize now more than ever how valuable my friends and family are to me. I post now to merely add another perspective on the life of Mr. Greenhaw: my own. When I think of a hero, only a select few individuals come to mind. Mr. Greenhaw is one of them. Per my own criteria, a hero is an individual whose devotion to God and Christlike behavior is self-evident. As a result, this hero has greatly impacted my life as a result. Again, Mr. Greenhaw was one of those people. He exemplified his love for Christ by showing his love for his students, namely band members, on a day-to-day basis. Although he didn't have to tell his students he loved them, as was evident in what he did, he did tell us just that. One of my fondest memories of him was that on many days, at the end of the school day when I would come by the bandroom to get my instrument and chat to my friends, he would eventually say something to the effect of "Love ya...you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." It even got to the point where on one day that he walked out of his office with that look in his face that I knew so well. We looked at each other, and he let me tell everyone in the bandroom what he was about to say. I felt so important on that day. What truly makes Mr. Greenhaw a hero for me is what I have become as a result of my years in band, particularly in marching band. Before my involvement in band, I was a nobody. I was quiet, made good grades, and did not have many friends. I was well-liked, but I was not important among my peers. Then one day, this all began to change. It all began with my sister and Sonya Nave. Mandy sang in chorus in her 6th and 7th grade years because her best friend did. Then in 8th grade, she met Sonya, who was already in the band. She became interested, and she joined up. She spent only a semester playing, and then moved up to the concert band. Her years reading music and playing the piano served her well. She then got involved in the marching band, and started taking flute lessons somewhere in the mix. I remember going to one of the marching competitions with my mother and learning of such stars as Canda Fuqua, Wes Hopper, Scott Harper, Zach the man Greenhaw, and of course, my own sister. I was immediately in love with the music I heard and the whole phenomenon of marching band. By this time, I was nearing my 6th grade year, where I would transition to the junior high and get to pick an elective. I knew that it would be beginning band. I got my instrument of choice, the trumpet. Since my sister was taking lessons, my mom suggested that I do the same. I remember going into the 7th grade that I was going to shoot for 3rd or 4th chair. I knew that I could and should do well since I had the advantage of private lessons. I was utterly shocked when I instead got 1st chair. "How could this be?" I wondered. It was at this point that I had ever received any sort of prestige or real attention. This was the year that I first met Matt Davis and Kevin Drinkard, two of my best friends. However, this year would prove to be only the tip of the iceberg. As I progressed into the 8th grade and marched for the first time, I truly felt like I was on top of the world. Not only was I marching under Mr. Greenhaw, I was doing so with many of the same "stars" I had seen on that day at the competition with my mother. At this point, they were mostly seniors, including my sister. This year would pave the way for some of my finest accomplishments of my life, which I will not name in this post. I went on into my high school years, which were long and difficult, speaking strictly on an academic level. I lived for Friday and the marching competitions, so I could play my trumpet and be with my friends, nearly all of which who were also in band. In fact, I cannot recall a single person who I consistently talked with who was not in the band. I owe much of what I have today to Mr. Greenhaw, Mandy, and Sonya. And of course, I cannot leave out my mother and daddy. Little by little, I became more and more like the "stars" whom I had admired all of those years. Had I become a star myself? In some respects, I think I had. I had achieved more than I ever thought possible, and made friends I never thought I would have. But for most of the band members, Mr. Greenhaw was the true star. Was it because of his profiency at so many different instruments? No. Was it because of his great conducting? No. It was because of his liniency, understanding, leadership, and most importantly, his great and unconditional love for his students. I never would have guessed that a man so full of energy and life as Mr. Greenhaw would die so young and suddenly. And I certainly never could have prepared for his death. He died with the courage of ten men. He was so humble in life and had no wish for people to be depressed and dwell on his death. And I think that that is exactly why his life is a legacy and will be remembered for decades, perhaps generations. I will die a very happy man if I am able to become a tenth of the man Mr. Greenhaw was. Mr. Greenhaw, you went home because you couldn't stay here. I hope you are keeping dad company. You two are my heroes, and I will always love you. As the projector screen said at the memorial service, "see you on the other side." (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
2:37 am	As many of you have probably noticed, I have done anything but retire from LJ. I can't do it. "I tried to quit! I really did!" But then I got tired of settling for my nicotine gum like Colbert. I'll have a nice saga coming up on a later date for my take on relationships, life purpose, and how to go about fulfilling purpose. For now, I'm going to read some more. I find that listening to others and helping solve their problems takes care of my own. Until my next post. (Comment on this)
Friday, January 26th, 2007
3:55 am	America votes 2008 Current standings for presidential candidates in Kirk's Kommanding and Klever Klipboard of Korrectness are as follows: 1. Barack Obama 2. John Edwards 3. Hillary Clinton 4. Everyone else So far, the three named are the only ones I will consider voting for. Fortunately, I like all three very well, and as time passes, the standings are very prone to fluctuation. I like the diversity of the candidates best of all; I think it's high time America shot the traditional white male Christian tradition in the tail. Don't get me wrong, I am a white male Christian myself, and I would be a terrible candidate. Unfortunately for many Christian conservatives, having a brain and being able to think outside the box are two very important aspects of an ideal president. Therefore, I value things of this nature over having a Christian "tag" attached to your name. For the people who say something to the effect of "I don't think America is ready for a woman or a black president," I say this to you. Was America ready for one of the most incompetent and ignorant presidents of all time in 2000? Regardless of whether or not we were ready for Bush, we got him just the same. If you base your voting decision solely on a mind-set similar to the afore-mentioned quote, you're probably one of those ignorant conservatives I was talking about in the previous paragraph. Please do not vote if you really are that shallow and ignorant, and have no idea what the %#!$ is going on. This is in no form directed at anyone reading this if you're on my friends list; I merely posted this to rant a little bit because I felt like it and because I'm not tired. My bottom line is this: if we survive Bush and his administration, we can survive having a black or woman president as surely as death and taxes come for us all. I'll give you the last word. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 1st, 2006
6:09 pm	Setting the story straight once and for all, then I'll retire. At Kevin's request, I did not post a reply to the entry with the unprovoked bash material directed at Kevin. I am, however, using my own journal space to say what I must. As it was rightly pointed out, this is MY journal, and I will speak from experience and not seek anyone's approval on what is said. I will now make it clear that I care neither about who reads this, nor what you personally think about Kevin. You are, of course, more than welcome to post responses here, should you feel it necessary to do so. I have taken into account that the individual to which I am responding is 18, and obviously understands nothing about heartbreak, despite her "profound" love for God and knowledge of the scriptures, therefore, I will try to be lenient and fair in my response to follow. Since you seem to be finished, Kourtney, allow me to retort. One of the first things you will learn in college, is that you do not make gross generalizations, and certainly not without further specifying a statement and offering supporting quotations and evidence. If "the majority of what he says is ridiculous," then do tell just what it is that he says you think is ridiculous. Until you offer a quotation or explain yourself in just a pinch of detail, this is nothing but an empty statement. One thing I will say you should stop doing immediately, is pretending that you have even an incling of an clue as to how he is feeling about Samantha. I would wager that you have, at best, seen Kevin a few times in your life. You must know something the rest of us do not, since I have known him for many years, and you have known him for a considerably lower amount of time. Don't you dare say he's acting like his world has fallen apart and that he believes Samantha is a terrible person without offering support. His world may well have fallen apart at this point, and all you are doing is turning a cold shoulder and mocking everything you claim to believe. By that, I mean that you always seem to find space to thank God and tell us how blessed you are, yet I don't believe I found a word of compassion in your entry, unless of course you can count feeling sorry for someone as having compassion. Maybe you should pull the plank out of your own eye, then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's. Another piece of irony I find in what you have to say is the fact that you think Kevin should be able to accept the fact that Sam and he aren't together and be friends. You then follow up by telling us that you did not want to talk to your ex. What kind of friendship is that? Does anyone else detect a hint of hypocrisy? It's good that you can find all this space to lecture someone a good four years older than you, when you can't come close to dealing with your own set of problems. My best guess is that it's easy for you to lecture him, who is going through an extremely difficult time, when everything is running smooth for you. Maybe we can all come tell you how to feel when you have a breakup with the person you're in love with. Since people break up all the time, it should be nothing for you to be able to drop your man at anytime, right? Because you are young and immature yourself, I will pardon these insults. I have known Kevin ever since you were in the 3rd grade. I believe I know just a little bit more about him than you. And even at that, I cannot pretend for a moment that I know what either he or Sam are feeling. You can drop the act at anytime, because you aren't fooling anyone but yourself. You need to do a number of things before telling someone to grow up, young lady. Kevin will get through this just fine, but rest assured not because of anything you have said. If he is to stop feeling sorry for himself, it will be because he has made the conscious decision to do so, not because some 18 year-old girl who understands nothing about others' feelings deemed that he should do so. No one needs a lecture from you, I assure you. Save them for people that know what they're talking about. For the record, Kevin is 22, does in fact live with his mother, does in fact work at wal-mart, and as a result, does not play warcraft all day, seeing as how he is at wal-mart working on many days. Since you found it convenient to take a jab at him there, you can also take one at Jesus, since he was nothing but a carpenter. Kevin has an outstanding ACT and GPA from high school, and can succeed through college at any moment. He is unsure of what he wants to do, which is why he still isn't at that point. But since you took so much time to rationalize all these things before taking jabs at him, I'm fully confident you already knew these things as well. Don't kid yourself into thinking you or Sam either one are a bit better than he, and that he cannot move on. He can, and he will. The fact that you feel it necessary to take jabs at someone you barely know proves just how immature and insecure you are. Good to see you show your true colors finally. With all due respect, I'm pretty sure the "woe" is all on your end of the table. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
5:58 am	Retired/retiring from LJ Officially I'm retiring, but you could well consider me already retired since I rarely update on here. I have direct contact with everyone that even reads my few updates, and plus people use myspace and facebook anyway, not livejournal. That was obviously a generalization. Anyway, I will still keep my account on here, but will only login to occasionally read other journals. (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 26th, 2006
4:47 am	Is Kirk psychic? I can't believe I forgot to post this. On Monday, at Kevin's, we were watching a game show called "Deal or no deal," which I had never seen before. Much like "Who wants to be a Millionaire," you have a player that's chosen for the current round, although there is no hot seat or Regis Philbin. They have 26 different box looking things with assorted amounts of money in them, ranging from I think 5 cents to $1,000,000. All 26 values are the same each game, but which box holds which amount is random. Well, at the start of the game I was trying to guess which box might have the $1,000,000 in it. Keep in mind there are 26 of them. The contestant actually starts the game with one of them in front of him or her, and as the game progresses, he or she tries to deduce what might be in the box in front of him/her. The contestant tells the host which boxes to open, and after a set amount are opened, a banker of sorts does some number crunching and offers the contestant an amount of money to try and "buy them off." The contestant then has to decide if it's a "deal, or no deal." If it's a deal, the contestant leaves with the money amount offered. If not, the game continues. If the amounts revealed are generally low, the money offered by the banker will increase; if the amounts revealed are generally high, the money offered by the banker will generally decrease. Blah blah blah, you get the idea. So as I was trying to figure out what box the million is in, I told Kevin about what I was thinking about. He said it must be the one with all the pickles in it. I said, well, if it's the one with all the pickles in it, then it must be number 26 since that's the highest number box, which has to have the most pickles in it of all the boxes, at 26 pickles. This of course has no relevance to the game whatsoever, but nevertheless, it's my guess. The woman went through a lot of the boxes before calling it quits and leaving with $180,000. She went through about 20 of them I'd say. I kept telling her to stay away from 26, because it's got the one million dollars in it, and she should save it for the end, when she gets to choose whether or not to swap her box with the one remaining box. She did not listen. When she picked 26, and they opened it, what did it contain? The one million dollars. Unbelievable? Ask Kevin. I called it at the START of the game, before it even started. I could be rich right now. But I am not. (4 Comments |Comment on this)