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Behind the glass

I figured I would take a minute to share a poem I wrote a few years back and include the notes that went along with it.

From January 10,2009

BEHIND THE GLASS
You mocked me from behind the glass.
You hoped that you wouldn’t be seen,
But I saw you…
You shook as you came closer.
You saw the ground far beneath you.
I was not going to catch you
I was going to let you fall right before my eyes.
And I did
and when you fell from grace I smiled.
I picked you up and devoured you.

Munchos

The other day at work, I really wanted a bag of Munchos from the vending machine, but there was a bag of Ruffles in front of them. I’ve been waiting more than a week for someone to buy these damn Ruffles so I could get to the munchos. I couldn’t take it anymore so I bought the Ruffles to get to the Munchos.
AND THEY WERE FUCKING DELICIOUS

hope you enjoyed poetry written by a bored temporary receptionist.

-Terr

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2012 resolutions - ACCOMPLISHED

Keeping track of my New Years Resolutions

Original Post 7/23/12:

I made 2 of these. The first one isn’t going so well. It was to write more. If include that stuff I’ve written for work, I would be doing fine. But I don’t count that stuff. So yeah….uhhh…

The second New Years Resolution was to read more. Specifically, read at least one book per month. Here’s what I’ve read so far (not including comic books and graphic novels):

The Hungers Games
Catching Fire
Mocking Jay
Princess of Mars
Gods of Mars
Warlord of Mars
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
The Lovely Bones

and I just started reading The Strain

note: i’m not a slow reader or anything. i just have a lot of other things going on. and there’s also the stuff i have to read for work. aaand the comic books that i spend more money on than i should

EDIT 8/26
I finished THE STRAIN (book 1) and enjoyed the shit out of it. I just picked up ALOHA FROM HELL. I hope i like it since i’ve read that other 2 books in this series.

edit 1/2/13:

Books I read

The Hungers Games
Catching Fire
Mocking Jay
Princess of Mars
Gods of Mars
Warlord of Mars
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
The Lovely Bones
The Strain
Aloha From Hell
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Chessmen of Mars
The Art of War

Not a lot of books by any means, but i had a goal and I exceeded it. BOOM.

and I did a whole bunch of writing for the website I run with my friends, TheNGUonline.com

so 2012 resolutions are done. now to work on my 2013 resolutions.

Just to clarify my stance on some things from my previous entry

- I support good parenting and mentorship to establish future generations that know right from wrong, who are caring to their family, friends and neighbors, and can help themselves and those who need help.

- I support establishing a proper healthcare system where people, especially those with mental health issues, can get proper diagnosis and treatment.

- I do support the 2nd Amendment not because I want to kill people, but because it represents what I stand for: The ability to have the tools and skills necessary to protect and serve the innocent and those in harms way, and to protect the freedoms I was born into and that my parents sacrificed and worked hard to obtain by immigrating and becoming American citizens.

- I support responsible gun ownership. There are millions of law abiding gun owners who are unfortunately grouped together with a very small fraction of people who do bad things.

-we hear of occurrences when a child gets his hand on a firearm and kills himself of another sibling, but that comes from parents irresponsibly storing their gun where kids can reach it and also not teaching a kid to not touch guns and things that don’t belong to them. Like I said in my previous entry, there are dozens of things that should’ve happened before an innocent person is killed with a gun.

- Just weeks ago during Hurricane Sandy, thousands were out of power and phone service and so many instances of break-ins and looting. 911 couldn’t save anyone then. How often do you hear of calling 911 and police arriving in a nick of time? Average response time for police to arrive via 911 call is 7-8 minutes. When its life and death, seconds count. If a problem arose, and a 911 call meant that a well trained police officer(s) could instantly appear and save me and my loved ones, i would be all for it.

We have to be our own first line of defense. It would be irresponsible of me to put my safety in someone else’s hands. Like I tried to convey in my previous entry, I don’t believe in relying on an ineffective system when i can get the education, tools, and training to solve my own problems.

-There are definitely people who glorify guns and have illusions of grandeur because of the money they’ve spent on a tool used for killing. I don’t believe that every civilian should be armed. I believe the men that wrote the amendment and the people who defend its modern interpretations mean to include giving people the ability to defend themselves when the need arises.

-Part of the problem is that when someone picks up a gun, they are instantly given the ability to instantly take a life with a gun. They often don’t have the respect for life and problem solving skills to know when using a gun is the only/last option.

Like I said in my previous entry, if we took all the guns away, we’d only be treating symptoms of the disease. Even if we got rid of all the guns in the world, people who want to do bad things will still be able to do bad things. We have to have better, more educated people, who can constructively solve their own problems. We have to be able to help those who need help, especially those with mental health issues who can be a danger to others and themselves.

I think the moment we start sacrificing one freedom, we allow for the sacrifice of other freedoms.

Stepping onto the soap box for just a sec

Today, I spent the minutes that I could spare reading the news and reading everyone’s tweets and Facebook statuses regarding the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I’ve taught in an early learning center and after school program, i have elementary aged students who I train, have family members in elementary school, family members who are teachers, and have helped to raise my older sister’s daughter who is the light of my life. I can only imagine a fraction of what the families of those children are really going through. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

Events like these have become quite frequent and every time it happens I hear a cry for Gun Control and the subsequent response of the Pro-Gun/2nd Amendment groups. I often hear things like, “Well if someone there had a gun they could’ve shot the bad guy!” and “That guy shouldn’t have had a gun. We need GUN CONTROL! Get rid of all the guns!!!!” We need to look at situations like this as calmly and objectively as possible. If we are going to look at this as an epidemic, we need to treat is as such. We can’t just treat symptoms. We need to cure the disease. If we take guns out of the hands of the bad guys and the mentally unstable, then we still have those same people and they can still do bad things in a different way.

In my opinion, too many people are not taught to lead their own lives. They are taught to rely on the government, a deity(deities), or someone else to make things better. This creates people who do not know how to their solve problems. When people who don’t know how to help themselves realize that the system they relied on failed them, they become bitter, resentful, and often times violent. What makes someone do bad things is their inability to deal with situations in a constructive manner. If a person can’t be constructive, they will become destructive.

The people that can’t effectively lead their own lives and are mentally unstable are slipping through the cracks. These people need help and are often misdiagnosed and then mistreated. Often times they are turned away by people and a system that can’t/won’t help them. There has to be a way to fix that.

We can’t expect the politicians or law enforcement officers to swoop in and save the day. We have to save ourselves and each other. We can’t keep settling for the lowest common denominator. We have to get better as a society…as a community.

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BTW

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