In 2002 less than a year before he died, Johnny Cash recorded and made a music video of the song Hurt originally by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.
The video became regarded as his epitaph, and is pretty incredible.
Read here what Trent Reznor had to say about the song and video:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7378167/in_other_words_trent_reznor
Then watch the video here:
Yesterday was my birthday. I like birthdays. People give you crap just because you were born.
This year I got Spiderman 3 for the Xbox 360, 3 piano books, an Amazon gift card, a pedal that is just like a real piano pedal for my digital piano, a giant cookie, money, Uncle John’s Fast-Acting Long-Lasting Bathroom Reader, and a gun. Here is a picture of the gun I got.
It’s a Leinad Model DD, 45 Long Colt/.410 3 inch. Kind of a fun little gun. Can’t wait to go take it for a test shoot. Thanks to everyone.
It’s been kind of slow lately at work, so I’ve taken the time to learn Silverlight. This is my first game written entirely in Silverlight. I hope you like it as much as I do. And yes I know it’s too big to fit in here. I didn’t create it with this in mind, I just thought I’d share.
Use either "a" and "d" or the left and right arrow keys to move. The objective is to stay alive.
Well, sort of, it wasn't on Christmas and there may be some debate as to the miraculous nature of the event, but to me it was like a Christmas miracle. Here's the Story:
A few days back, I was coming home from vacation in Panama City, FL. The airport there is pretty small, and we were sitting and waiting for our plane. I started looking for a soda machine as I really wanted a Coke. We found a machine and my brother-in-law was sad because he only had a dollar, and the machine cost was two. So, I opened my wallet and found four one dollar bills. I let him have one, leaving me with three. Plenty for a Coke of my own.
Then I had the thought, "I wonder if my wife would like a drink." So I asked her. I was sad to discover that she did indeed want a Diet Coke. Having only 3 dollars and each soda costing 2 it was looking as though a Coke would be out of my reach.
I purchased my wife her Diet Coke. Then I looked in my wallet, and there were TWO dollars in it. Extremely confused as to where this extra dollar came from, I purchased my Coke and thirsted no more.
Now, maybe I counted wrong. But, that's not what matters. The happiness it brought to me upon discovering that I was indeed going to get the Coke that I so desired was a miracle to me. Kinda lame I know. But it had been a hard few days, and it was just something that made me so happy, I had to share with my 2 blog readers.
I'm going to start putting what I'm currently listening to on the bottom of my entries.
In this world of trepidation
Trapped by my imagination
Fearing the aftermath of
A single piece of news
Do we really understand
The entire implication
The sugarless necessity
Of the one I truly love
Above anyone else
I fear my best friend
What she can do to me
With a simple smile
Or the pain I feel
Knowing she's in pain
The immense hurt
Knowing she is hurting
I cry like a baby
But only on the inside
Outside I am cold
Emotionless and mean
A pathetic attempt to hide
Hide from the thoughts
That betray my every wish
Crushing my every desire
Lord I pray to you for help
I'm lost in my self pity
Hoist me out quickly
As you've done in the past
Protect my love this day
From the ills and woes of life
If not forever
Then at least for a moment
Grant peace and comfort
Deliver happiness and joy
Carry her to where
I am too weak take her myself
I may try
But I'm not enough
Be for her
All I cannot
It's no surprise that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was all for Proposition 8 in California. What is a surprise it the huge amount of backlash they've received for saying the same thing they've said for years. The stupidity of people knows no bounds.
There are somewhere in the area of 750,000 members of the LDS church in California, but as of 2006, there were 36,457,549 people in the state of California. That means the LDS populous make up around 2% of the population. 5,376,424 people voted for Proposition 8. Now if half the people who are LDS in California are eligible to vote and did vote, and did vote for the proposition, that's still only 375,000 votes. It lost by over 500,000 votes. So there were 5 million non LDS people who voted for your Proposition. In other words, it's not all the Mormons' fault. Marching outside Mormon Temples just makes you look ignorant, so knock it off.
The fact is the majority of the country is still against the idea of same sex marriage. Even everyone's hero Obama was quoted as saying the following: "I'm a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition, and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman." This is also the second time in 10 years that this has been voted on in California, and the results were the same. So, find someone else to blame.
My opinion of our next president? There have been few times in my life that I've ever been able to say these words, I hope and pray that I am 100% wrong.
