Last Night I had the Strangest Dream

In the dream, I learned that a flood was coming and I had no time to escape the path of destruction. I didn't even have time to write a farewell epitaph. All I could do was try to secure myself to a stone table (I have no idea why the table was stone) and pray for the best.

I could see the water getting closer and closer, and hear the roar of it's waves getting louder and louder and time seemed to go into slow motion.

Finally, the rushing water of the flood was right upon me, so I put my head down and held on tight, but then the strange part happened. Nothing happened. For some reason, the water and all it's flotsam and jetsam passed over me and didn't so much as scratch me.

After the water stopped rushing, I thought at first that I would have to dig myself out of the mud and other debris, but with the exception of plodding though the mud which came up to my mid shins, the mud wasn't that deep.

I wish I knew what the dream meant, if it had any meaning at all.

Rude People & the 6:00 a.m. Cutoff

I've noticed lately that when I get to the gym before 6:00 a.m., it's not only less crowded, but the people seem so much nicer.

Today, I got to the gym at about 8:00 a.m., and the people were NOT nice.

I do a circuit training system I've been developing and tinkering with for a while now, based on the book "Spartan Warrior Workout" by Dave Randolf. When I say tinkering, I mean that I've adapted it to my somewhat hurried schedule, so that I get the maximum amount of training in the minimum amount of time.

The only monkey wrench in the gears comes when someone decides to use the same piece of equipment that I need to use.

I honestly don't mind sharing the facilities, for although I think I'm the most important person in my world, I believe in being considerate of others. I just wish certain others felt the same way.

At one of the chest press machines, I asked the person who had just finished using it if I could work in on the same machine. His response; "I've just got one more set". Well, he just sat there for two minutes (Yes, I timed him) doing nothing. If he was taking a break, why couldn't I use the machine in the meantime, because really, it doesn't take me two minutes to pump out 10 reps at the current weight I press.

Then, at the pull-up machine, a different person draped her towel over the handlebar and just walked away. I asked her if I could use the machine while she was gone, but she just said "I'm coming right back". Well folks, I noticed that she did come back after about 5 minutes. Where was she in the meantime? Talking to her husband/boyfriend or whatever he was to her. I wanted to scream "THIS IS NOT A SINGLES BAR, LADY!" but sadly, couldn't bring myself to do it.

Things like this always happen when I get to the gym after 6:00 a.m.

And the World Kept Spinning

The end of the world was predicted for today, and while I'm not 100% sure, I think we are all still here.

People have been predicting the end of the world since they could first conceive of the world having a beginning, and I have a theory why certain Doomsday cults actually want it to happen so badly. These irresponsible people, who spread fear through ignorance, want it to happen so they can wag their collective fingers at the sinners left behind and gloat how they were right all along as they make their triumphant Ascension into Heaven.

Well people, and yes, I know none of the 'righteous' are likely to be reading my personal blog, I don't think you'll EVER get into heaven. Why? Because when you are filled with so much hate, you're to heavy for God's angels to lift you Up, so, with no other option, you will be sinking Down.

Mastered By None

"Beware of those who would deny you access to information, for in their hearts they dream themselves your master."

Brenden Shucart

Envy

Envy lurks in every body, and oppression hides in every heart; power reveals it, and weakness conceals it.

Scheherazade

from "The Tale of the Wazir & the Sage Duban"

found in "The Arabian Nights"

My Tribute to My Grandma

TO MY BELOVED GRANDMA GENTRY

Oh, God - our heavenly Father.

Oh, God - and my grandmother

Who is Also in Heaven,

May the light of this flickering candle,

Illuminate the night the way,

Your spirit illuminates my soul.

Grandma, can you hear me?

Grandma, can you see me?

Grandma, can you find me in the night?

Grandma, are you near me?

Grandma, can you hear me?

Grandma, can you help me not be frightened?

Looking at the skies, I seem to see a Million eyes,

Which ones are yours?

Where are you now that yesterday has waved goodbye

And closed it's doors?

The night is so much darker;

The wind is so much colder;

The world is so much bigger,

Now that I'm alone.

Grandma, please forgive me.

Try to understand me;

Grandma, don't you know I had no choice?

Can you hear me praying?

Anything I'm saying;

Even though the night is filled with voices?

I remember everything you taught me,

Every book I've ever read.

Can all the words in all the books

Help me to face what lies ahead?

The trees are so much taller,

And I feel so much smaller;

The moon is twice as lonely,

And the stars are half as bright.

Grandma, how I love you.

Grandma, how I need you.

Grandma, how I miss you kissing me good night.

The Ultimate Choice

The world is an inferno, full of darkness and evil, and there are only two ways of dealing with it.

The first is easy, but wrong; you accept it, and become a part of it.

The second way is hard, but right; you fight it.