i just got back from a trip designed to conquer a fear.
i have always been afraid to camp by myself in the deep woods, and last week i set out to change that.
next night.
It all sounds like paranoia to me,
Which part? I have been surprised by bears in the daytime...I did not want to be surprised by one at night. And though I am a hunter, I have no desire to shoot a bear or cougar unless I really had to. But I'm not going to let my fear of them, keep me out of the woods.
i just got back from a trip designed to conquer a fear.
i have always been afraid to camp by myself in the deep woods, and last week i set out to change that.
next night.
was it worth all the work?
Work? What work?
for the first time in my life, i was reading things, which had not been approved by the prophet's censors, and the impact on my mind was devastating.
sometimes i would glance over my shoulder to see who was watching me, frightened in spite of myself.
i began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny.
so what can one expect from an author who glorified the military way of life (e.g. Starship Troopers)
I'm not so sure that he glorified the military. But what he did do, was try to show that freedoms are not free.
i just got back from a trip designed to conquer a fear.
i have always been afraid to camp by myself in the deep woods, and last week i set out to change that.
next night.
I just got back from a trip designed to conquer a fear. I have always been afraid to camp by myself in the deep woods, and last week I set out to change that. So I headed WAY out in the mountainess boonies, in the heart of Bigfoot country. (That famous Bigfoot "Patterson footage" shot at Bluff Creek was only about 20 miles away.)
First night was by far the worst. I set up camp, and brought in one crap load of firewood, then set out my perimeter. I put tripwires connected to 7.62 blank firing devices on two main game trails that were very close, and "rattle cans" (coffee cans with .45 slugs in them, connected to tripwires) about 30 feet around the camp at intervals in the brush. All was fine and dandy until the sun began to go down. Then the shadows came out. I sat in my camp chair with my .45 cocked and locked on my hip, and my M14 across my lap. And that is where I was when the sun came up. I did not get in the tent. I figured that it was an expensive 4 season tent, and that if one of my perimeter warnings went off in the middle of the night, I was probably going to rip the hell out of it trying to get out. So I just sat in the chair with the fire in front of me, and the small lantern beside me. I finally fell asleep, and only woke a few times. (And I only jumped up one time when I thought I heard something closeby.) The fire went out, but I let the lantern burn all night. I don't know whether that was good or bad, because of the creepy shadows it caused.
On saturday I scouted the area, and checked out some new areas I had programed into my GPS. It was cool to be able to just set the dang thing, and walk straight to an obscure spot in the mountains.
Next night. - I stayed up late reading. (My Krill 180 really came in handy, as it lights up a whole page.) Then went ahead and got in the tent. It had got pretty dang cold toward morning in that chair, even though I was wrapped in my poncho linner, and I realized I was probably being stupid for not using the tent. So I got in and zipped up, with my .45 on one side, and my rifle on the other. I slept all night with no problems. - Though the one time I got up to take a leak, that dang lantern was still throwing those creepy shadows.
So I survived. I must say that first night was the worst. The moon was only a sliver (God's Fingernail) and it was REAL dark. BTW - due to a forest fire about 75 miles away, there was a lot of smoke in the air. This caused the moon to look orange. It was very pretty. I had a real hard time keeping my imagination in check. But I knew that I had a pretty good perimeter around me, and that helped quite a bit. It also helped to read a quote that I keep in my wallet from the book Death In The A Shau Valley...." A LRRP team was sitting up their NDP (Night Defensive Position) when one of the old timers tries to calm the nerves of one of the FNG's. He whispers in his ear..."Don't worry. We may not be the baddest #@%fers in these woods, but the baddest #@%kers called me this morning - they wanted to make sure we were still friends."
as has been noted here before, the ori of the tv show sg-1 have a lot in common with the jw's.
but last night i really began to wonder if one of the shows writers might be an ex jw.
i just about bit my lip when the "queen" ori said to her mother..."it is just a matter of time before you except "the truth.
As has been noted here before, the Ori of the TV show SG-1 have a LOT in common with the JW's. But last night I really began to wonder if one of the shows writers might be an ex JW. I just about bit my lip when the "queen" Ori said to her mother..."It is just a matter of time before you except "the truth." There is just FAR to much in common with the Ori and the JW's for it to be an accident.
And to think my loyal and as far as I know "true believing" wife sits and watches this show with me. I can only wonder what might be going through her head.
Just thinking about this makes me want to go Elder Hunting!
Sorry, just can't resist.....
what do you associate that name with??
what's the first thing that pops in your head?
The Ori.
i have a friend in my congregation.
he's completely indoctrinated, and genuinely believes everything the organisation teaches, but he's still a good person, and he stands up for things when he knows somethings wrong.
as you can imagine, this often causes problems, and there is an arrogant elder who he has had many run ins with in the past.
You know, I think I have only met one or two Elders my entire time on the inside, that I did not think were complete jerks. The rest makes me think of white hot pokers and a lot of twisting.
i have a friend in my congregation.
he's completely indoctrinated, and genuinely believes everything the organisation teaches, but he's still a good person, and he stands up for things when he knows somethings wrong.
as you can imagine, this often causes problems, and there is an arrogant elder who he has had many run ins with in the past.
Is there anything we can do about the elder?
Probably not. He is a typical gas pumper with a God complex.
I just use "Asspackle" myself.
