Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Nicole, Lynette, and I went to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which will further be called TSO, yesterday. William also was going to come but at last minute he couldn't make it. They were amazing! We were going to go swimming bust then the hotel had an outdoor pool, not in indoor one. Oh well, you can't always get what you want. The hotel was next to this place called Chateau Thomas Winery. I mean't to get a pic but didn't. I wanted to take of tour or something but we didn't have time.
We decided we wanted Chinese to eat so we looked up two chinese places we though were near the concert. When we got on the street and started reading the numbers, I quickly figured out we had made a bad mistake. They were about 80+ blocks away. Luckily Lynette spotted a B-Dubs that was great =] So we go to a parking garage and I wanted to go to the top! Nicole parked on the 3rd floor in the spot with our number on it. I figured this garage was like 5 stories high so I was like I wanna go to the top and take a pic or two. So I can up the stairs. IT WAS LIKE TEN STORIES HIGH. I get to the top with well below freezing air flooding my lungs over and over and I run over to the highest side to snap a few pics. Then I walk back and the girls met me at the elevator. Also I found a plastic pitcher of frozen bud light up there. We then walked to the B-Dubs and got warm and full. Then Nicole realized we left the tickets in the car. I said I would go get them while the girls stayed warm. So I walked all the way back up there, and then all the way back down to B-Dubs. Then we went to the concert. We played Eye Spy while we waited on it to start. Which is realy fun in a room the size of 3 or 4 of my church. The concert it self was practically indescribable. I'll just hit on some of the highlights. Lets see, amazing light effects unlice any I'd ever seen, excellent singers, guitarists, violinists, and a bunch of other guys, lots of fog, on cue "snowing", duelling instruments, jets and balls of flame, anything else? OH YEAH, the jet powered stage. It was pretty wicked. Then we went back to the hotel watched TV and slept. The drive home was icy and I'm being a bit lazy and I'll let you read about it on Nicole's blog, I'm sure she will write about it :) Have fun guys and try my new Wacky search!

Note the date above for the title

Today was kind of a good day. Definatly not bad. First off I got up between 10-11. Me and Nicole played Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and life was good. Then i needed something. Food. So Nicole's mom called over to the restuarant in Westphalia (admit it, some of you are like, "there's a restuarant in Westphalia?" Well there is and it is delisch) and orders us food. So I went to go get it, but she gave me a twenty to pay 4 it :)
I got a bacon cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato and I added mustard when I got back. I also got mozz stix. I can't help but thinking of my Grandma every other time I talk about mozz sticks. Nicole got some chicken sandwich and mozz sticks also. and we ate and watched part of a Numbers. Life was good. Then I was messaging Wills on the XBox to see if it was cool If i came over. I felt I needed some man time. But he was setting up the tree with his parents and its some sort of tradition, cool for him, not for me :( But i get to see him tommorow which is kinda like seeing him today but postdated. Also i logged enough man hours playing with gears of war/ playing fire. Also I think I will now be of better benifiet to the youth and childrens ministries because I am now the proud owner of a goatee! Nicole supports my descion too! ;) she is such a cutie sometimes. I don't know what I would do without my good woman by my side. and I mean that.
Anywho, Nicole went away for work and then played videos games all day. oh yeah, when I got hungry again I ate leftover B-Dubs and pistachios! EAT THAT! have fun guys! *waves*

Sorry guys.

I feel I should apolagize for the notable melodrama that these papers may contain. Maybe not apolagize, but at least warn you. Enjoy!

My Hero

My hero is Nicole. She is kind, helps others, and provides to people in need.
Nicole doesn’t readily insult someone even if she ha every right to do so. She would rather help someone out then leave them in a situation where they have no clue what they are doing.
On days when I miss the lecture in Algebra 2 she is there to teach me everything I missed even if I was sleeping. She often will take a friend home if he has missed their ride or cannot drive for some reason.
Nicole provides to people in need. When I quit my job I had no money to pay for anything. She would take me out to dinner or buy me a drink from Starbucks. When I had almost no gas in my car she would drive me or buy me gas.
All these things make Nicole my hero.

Photographer Joe Galloway

Photographer Joe Galloway was in the first conflict between American troops and Vietnamese soldiers. It was the culmination of many men’s deaths and the unexpected use of a rifle rather than a camera that burned this story deep into Joe Galloway. Colonel Hal Moore told Joe that he had to write this story. It was of the utmost importance that the men who died at the battle in the Ia Drang Valley were not forgotten by the American people.
Joe Galloway and Hal Moore wrote “We Were Soldiers Once…and Young.” It was about the bloody conflict in the Ia Drang Valley. In the Ia Drang Valley 234 of our soldiers died and 242 were wounded. However an estimated 837 dead and 1,365 wounded. It was very clear that Lt. Hal Moore inspired and guided his troops to do better than they ever thought they could. They were up against a force of Vietnamese regular soldiers, not just some gooks from a village. Even though the Vietnamese had over four times our troops, local knowledge of the ground, and some of them had over 20 years of battle experience we came out victorious.
Joe Galloway did not just write about others fighting in the valley, he actually fought the to repel the Vietnamese from our lines. Furthermore this was not uncommon for Joe to participate in combat and to report on it. Galloway's overseas postings include tours in India, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and three years as the United Press International bureau chief in Moscow in the former Soviet Union. Galloway covered the 1971 India-Pakistan War served four tours as a war correspondent in Vietnam and also covered half a dozen other combat operations. Galloway covered Desert Shield/Desert Storm, riding with the 24th Infantry Division in the assault into Iraq. On May 1, 1998, Galloway was decorated with a Bronze Star Medal with V for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire in the Ia Drang Valley. Galloway was awarded the National Magazine Award in 1991 for a U.S. News cover article on the 25th anniversary of the Ia Drang battle.
Barry Pepper played Joe Galloway in the movie version, of the book “We Were Soldiers Once…and Young”, called “We Were Soldiers.” In this movie Lt. Col. Hal Moore, played by star Mel Gibson, lead his troops, along with the help Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley, played by Sam Elliott, into the Ia Drang Valley. The landing zone, also known as the LZ, was called X-Ray. After a couple landings this landing zone was declared too hot and was closed. Lt. Col. Hal Moore needed more troops and he also needed to get the wounded out of the valley. He ordered the making of a new landing zone and his men blew a hole in the forest. This allowed reinforcements to enter the valley and fight off these North Vietnamese regulars. After a long intense battle Hal Moore decided to push up the mountain and take the Vietnamese base. After the battle was won a helicopter dropped in and let off the regular reporters. They immediately rushed Joe Galloway who was awestruck about this bloody battle in a land far away from home. Hal Moore told Joe that he had to tell the story of these men. The men that fought and died not for America, but for each other are the men composed in this real life story.
The book that Joe Galloway wrote about the Ia Drang Valley was the hardest story in his life to tell. This battle forged him for a lifetime of reporting on who the American soldier really was. He would further his reputation as a great reporter and friend to all American fighting men.

Hola Captin

Hola Captin,
Cómo está usted hoy. Ahora usted se está sentando al lado de Tony. Usted está trabajando en muestras del camino. Me pregunto si comemos buenas fritadas hoy en el almuerzo. Me aburren. Kent está mirando una muestra para los ganados. Kent tiene una muestra que diga Topes. Le veré en el almuerzo Morgan.

Mon autobiographie

Mon autobiographie
Je ne regarde pas beaucoup de télévision. Je regarde
des sitcoms. Je ne regarde pas trop de télévision. Notre club
de drame à l'école est très fort. Ils montent des pièces
diverses et tous les acteurs travaillent bien. J'aime voir
les films d'action.