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Sunday, August 13th, 2006
6:11 pm	Blessed Eye The priest at mass today was sprinkling holy water on everyone. He got me in the eye! Current Mood: amused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
10:48 pm	I'm a dad! I'm now a proud father. John David (named after my father) was born at 13:10 today. Everything went very well and the baby is very healthy. 5 and a half hours of official labor roughly. Tori did extremely well. And the baby has ears. I'll post more later, right now I need sleep. Current Mood: ecstatic (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
10:07 pm	An atheist argument I've been pondering a bit about God lately. I heard a compelling atheist argument. Some people say there has to be a God because of the simple fact that we exist. Something uncreated had to have created us right? Because if something created the Universe, you'd have to ask, "well what created that?" and eventually you have to have something that is eternal and uncreated. But why must there be an eternal God? If one can believe in an uncreated eternal God, why can't one simply believe in an uncreated eternal universe? Perhaps God is moving that thing which has to be eternal a step further than it has to be. Energy (matter is made up of energy) can neither be created or destroyed. Maybe that shows us something? That perhaps the universe and matter and energy are eternal and there is nothing else. Maybe life is just a 1 in a trillion accident of chance. So the simple fact that we are here and there is existence does not prove the existence of God. This seemed like a logical argument, except for one thing. The existence of life. People talk of Evolution as something random that just happened. The chances of it happening are astronomical, almost impossible, yet the fact that life exists shows it is not impossible, because it happened. Atheists look to Evolution as the driving force behind life, without the need for a God to create anything; just a lucky accident. But I think they overlooked something. Evolution only works because it too has a driving force, that species' have a certain need to survive. But where does this need come from? Why does just about every living thing feel this inherent need to survive? I don't think the atheist position of everything just simply existing by chance explains that very well. I'm curious if anyone has thought to address that. That need to survive must have come from somewhere. I think it has to be God. An interesting bit of news. The priest (Fr Berg) that performed the wedding ceremony for me and Tori, and started Tori's catechesis, is now the worldwide head of his order (superior general), the FSSP. That's really cool. He's probably going to meet the Pope, since the Pope is the only guy his order answers to (they're not under Bishops from what I've heard). http://www.fssp.org/en/index.htm Current Music: Apocalyptica: Path (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 8th, 2006
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
8:32 pm	Atheist without balls It's not everyday you get to see Stephen Colbert call your wife's uncle an "atheist without balls" on TV :) http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=70912 Current Mood: amused (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 8th, 2006
7:53 pm	You Are an Old Soul You are an experienced soul who appreciates tradition. Mellow and wise, you like to be with others but also to be alone. Down to earth, you are sensible and impatient. A creature of habit, it takes you a while to warm up to new people. You hate injustice, and you're very protective of family and friends A bit demanding, you expect proper behavior from others. Extremely independent you don't mind living or being alone. But when you find love, you tend to want marriage right away. Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul and Visionary Soul What Kind of Soul Are You? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
9:55 am	I haven't updated this in forever. I normally post stuff on my myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/justinweller I've finally finished my arabic training and moved to the great state of Texas for more training. Damn I love this state. I can buy guns over the counter. Land and cost of living is dirt cheap. And they love soldiers. Doesn't get much better than that. Only two months til I'm a dad. That's pretty cool, I'm looking forward to it. I still don't know where I'm going after my training's done here. Makes me a little nervous, cause I don't know if I'm going somewhere tactical (translate: Iraq) or somewhere strategic (translate: stay in US). We'll just see I guess. Current Music: Tommy Makem: In the town of Ballybay (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
10:14 pm	It's so BEAUTIFUL Isn't this beautiful? Can anyone tell me why? Current Mood: amused Current Music: Lacuna Coil (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
4:59 pm	First Sonogram This is our first baby picture. Only 11 weeks into the pregnancy, and it has a heartbeat, and arms and legs. That's really cool. I guess it's 4 CM long too. (Btw, the reason the photo looks funny around the edges is cause I did a crappy job at doctoring up the photo a bit to erase things like names, medical info, etc. Current Mood: excited Current Music: The Exit: Don't Push (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
2:24 pm	More evidence pointing to the fact that I'm a dumbass. I felt like a TOTAL dumbass. I figured while I was up in Shingletown visiting my grandparents the day after Christmas, I could take the time to bring back childhood memories and mercilessly slaughter furry woodland creatures (namely squirrels) in the forest. My grandpa took me and my wife really far out in the forest through the logging trails with his truck. It was raining pretty good and it was cold, but my poly-pro's kept me warm. When we went out there it was DEAD silent. There was nothing out there. Usually the rain makes hunting easy, because the animals can't distinguish your footsteps with the raindrops. But there was nothing. That's when I remembered after dragging my wife (who's pregnant) and my grandfather (who just got over lung cancer) into the forest in the cold fucking mud and rain that squirrels hibernate in the wintertime..... OOPS. Sorry guys. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
7:25 am	After seeing the graphic STD info brief today, with pictures of gonorrhea, syphillis, herpes and all that, I don't think there's any doubt in my mind that God holds a SERIOUS grudge against promiscuous people... Me and my buddy McBrayer were pretty much like, "oooh... eewww... AAH?! WTF?! glad I'm monogomous...WHOA WHAT'S THAT?!" Afterwards we got a speech from one of our platoon sergeants: "This isn't about morals, this is about combat readiness, I don't care what religion you are, or what... sexual... things you believe in. If your genitals are about to fall off you are combat inneffective! After looking at those pictures, you might want to think twice about some of your behaviors. DON'T GAMBLE YOUR PENIS AWAY!" Response from us: *standing ovation* Current Mood: uncomfortable Current Music: My Chemical Romance: Ghost of you (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
9:07 pm	Wow, I got an A- on the Arabic Dialect test! I'm one of 3 in my class of 17 to get a grade that high. Not bad for not paying the least bit of attention during dialect hours (I played on the computer). I think it's the fact that I've been studying arabic about a year longer than the other people in my class. I got a B+ in speaking on the end of semester test. Only one guy got a higher grade (A-) but he's the super sponge of the class. I didn't know I could speak that well. And the best part is that the teacher that graded me wasn't my teacher (I never talk to her) so she's not biased and she also has a reputation for being very strict to the grading guidelines. So I have to say I'm very pleased with that grade. I had CQ last night. Wasn't too bad. I haven't had a non-24 hour or weekday CQ shift in around a year, so it went by super fast. Watched a lot of Reno 911 and Dodgeball. Played video games, cleaned up and it was over! I got stuck watching the news a little bit, and all that was on is the execution of that Tookey guy. I heard the most retarded emotionalist arguments for hours. Since when was the death penalty murder? And I couldn't stand that one retarded chick that yelled out loud after he died, "They put to death and innocent man!" WHOA?!!??? How the hell would she know?!! People let their emotions get the best of them too often nowadays. I think it's also become a tradition to listen to Jesse Jackson put in his 2 cents whenever there's an execution. I don't think anyone seriously gives a shit what he has to say. I think we all just figure it's a tradition now, sort of like the State of the Union speech (not like anyone gives a shit about that speech neither) or having Officers speak at military events. "Someone's going to get executed soon, let's see what Jesse Jackson has to say about it." "Well... uh... I have to say that umm... I think it's just...." "thank you reverend, that's all the time we have for tonight." I thought it was sorta funny when the President of the NAACP got on there and (of course) made it into a racial issue. "I think there's some sort of discrimination when Tookie, a black man, is getting the death penalty, but Charles Manson, a white man, is sitting safe in the same prison." Larry King: "Well, Manson never actually killed anyone..." NAACP Pres: "Yes he did! You mean to tell me he never murdered anyone?! You must be crazy... you...you need to check the facts...you..." Larry King: "umm... no... he had other people do it." NAACP Pres: "oh... well... I didn't know that..." No, YOU need to check the facts! HOLY CRAP! You're gonna get on NATIONAL TV to present an argument and you're too STUPID to even bother with the facts before presenting YOU'RE OPENING ARGUMENT?!! C'MON!! Rather typical of the NAACP. Current Mood: cynical Current Music: Marilyn Manson: The Beautiful People. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, November 21st, 2005
10:22 pm	My Wife's Pregnant!! Glad to know I didn't drink TOO much Mountain Dew in High School... Current Mood: accomplished (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 18th, 2005
7:34 pm	You scored as Marius. You are the quiet cool. You are so mellow people are lulled into a false sense of security. When you are pissed god help anyone who crosses you? </td> Marius 92% Blade 83% Armand 75% Lestat 75% Spike 67% Angel 50% Deacon Frost 50% Dracula 50% Akasha 42% Louis 8% Whose your Vampire personality? (images) created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Assault Rifle. You are soldier. Or you want to be a soldier. Or you just love military-type firearms. You need assault rifle. M16 or AK-47 will do good. </td> Assault Rifle 100% Shotgun 81% Sniper Rifle 81% Machinegun 75% Revolver 63% SMG 63% Pistol 63% What Firearm Fits You Best? created with QuizFarm.com Your beauty lies in your darkness. You're a complete mystery to everyone. No one knows who you really are or why you're so distant. Maybe a past that will be unknown to us all... Your motive: Only you know, if even that. Your quote: It'd be best if you forget that you met me. Your colors: Black and deep purple. Your song: Demon by London After Midnight "Burning flesh, pale as the stars. No one knows just who you are. Drive the knife in deeper to my soul." Please rate and message. Where do You Find Your Beauty? (Gorgeous Pictures and Touching Results) brought to you by Quizilla (Comment on this)
Monday, November 14th, 2005
9:05 pm	For the 4 day weekend, me and my wife went to the bay area to visit my sister-in-law Chrys and my grandmother. Visiting Chrys was cool, but I suppose uneventful, we just ate, played Stratego, but nothing truly memorable. Though, there was a cool thing outside her apartment. Some semi truck ran into a fire-hydrant! Those things got a ton of pressure... man, the water shot like 75 feet in the air, you could see it blocks away. My grandmother is old and senile and in bad health, as usual. We went out to search for and buy her a coat, cause I guess the ten or twelve she has just aren't good enough for some reason :). We went around Alameda looking at big homes, listening to my grandmother and father going "hey mom, don't you remember when we stole that dog from that house?!" "Yeah, they treated that dog so bad." "Hey mom, remember that friend of Don's that electrocuted himself?! He lived there." "Remember that guy that killed himself, that was his house." "That house has secret rooms and passageways, so does that one." We went to her place later and talked about Army stuff. My grandma sent me a ton of letters from her brother in the Korean war. Her Brother Don died there, some sort of mortar attack I think. It's sorta surreal reading letters of a dead relative during a war, especially since I'll probably participate in one myself rather soon. Some things never change. He complains a lot about officers and his superiors. Anyway, my grandma wanted a Catholic bible, so she could compare it to a protestant one. She seems rather interesting in the Maccabees, so I gave her an old Duoay Rheims (don't ask me to spell) bible. Whenever me and my grandma talk on the phone, Catholicism comes up. Her husband was a baptist minister with very anti-Catholic beliefs, but then left her for the church secretary. So I think my Grandma doesn't put a lot of stock anymore into the anti-Catholic stuff he preached. My grandma is very sick, after smoking from the age of 6 well into her 60's. She has an oxygen tank she breathes out of all around her house, and without it, she can hardly walk 5 feet without stopping for a rest. It's kinda sad. This is the woman that used to beat up 6 foot something men just because they said something that offended her. I don't know how many stories I have of this 4' 9" Jewish woman beating up people twice her size, and now she can hardly walk. Growing old is a sad thing. There are few people I would say this about, since I look at death as just another part of life, but I think I might be sad when my grandma dies, I'll miss her. We'll see I guess. Current Mood: apathetic Current Music: Interpol: Slow Hands (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
10:17 pm	This Is My Life, Rated Life: 7.4 Mind: 7.7 Body: 8.4 Spirit: 7.2 Friends/Family: 6.6 Love: 7.5 Finance: 7.7 Take the Rate My Life Quiz (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
12:24 pm	WOOHOO, I'm Hercules! Hercules ?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ?? brought to you by Quizilla (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
9:08 pm	BUGS I went home for Charlie's 21st birthday, just a few beers, some cards, nothing major. Saw the Steinman's new place, way out in the boonies, large, with horses, next to some old rodeo grounds. I gave Charlie a Cuban Cigar I got in Mexico, a Romeo y Julieta. It's a good cigar, and he enjoyed it. When we got back from the weekend trip, my wife found something in the bathroom. She was like "don't go in the bathroom...*shudder*." So of course I had to see what it was (the whole time thinking "DAMN it... what now...") I open the door and hear "flutter* flutter* flap* flap*" I was thinking "what the hell..????" I turned on the light and it was like a HORROR MOVIE in my bathroom! THOUSANDS of WINGED insects flying towards the light. I went "WHOA!" and quickly shut the door, taking note that the window was closed. So how the hell did all these insects get into my bathroom with the window closed??!!! I notified the apartment manager who came to our apartment at once. He opened the door and went "oh... termites... great..." TERMITES?? I had no idea until now that termites had wings and/or could fly. So the manager went back to his apartment to get a small vacuum then came back. "Hold on folks, it's gonna be like Ghostbusters in there." He goes inside the bathroom and closes the door, with the sound of the vacuum running and a few expletives. He vacuumed em all up and sealed the hole they were coming out of, so we are able to take showers and use the bathroom now (though we threw away our toothbrushes). He now has to contact an exterminator. I'm wondering if we're gonna have to live in a hotel a few days or something so they can gas the apartment. Should be interesting. Current Mood: amused Current Music: The Exit: Let's go to Haiti (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
2:28 am	You scored as Seraph. You are Seraph, you can take me to her. But 1st you must appologize. </td> Seraph 100% Morpheus 88% Trinity 63% Oracle 63% Neo 56% The Merovingian 50% Agent Smith 44% Niobe 44% What The Matrix character are YOU? created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Hermione Granger. Yup, you are an insufferable know it all! However, you do manage to get people out of tight places every time. ps. watch out for mysterious purple hexes! </td> Hermione Granger 94% Luna Lovegood 81% Draco Malfoy 69% Ginny Weasley 63% Harry Potter 63% Fred/George Weasley 50% Neville Longbottom 44% Ron Weasley 25% Who is your Harry Potter Soulmate? created with QuizFarm.com (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 6th, 2005
3:30 pm	Finally a 4 day weekend! Thank you Christopher Columbus for travelling 3000 miles only to find something on accident! That took guts. This weekend I'm going camping somewhere in the mountains between santa cruz and los gatos with the Brightman family. I wish I could instead be in Shingletown hunting with my dad, but he's not going to be there on the only weekend possible for me to hunt with him... My Grandpa is selling the house that he built in the mountains for $450,000. He built everything on this house himself. It was supposed to be my dad's inheritance, that he was going to pass down to me, but unfortunately my Grandpa (a baptist minister) ran off with the Church secretary, divorced his wife (my grandma) of over 50 years, stole the churches money, and claims it was God's will. So then, instead of going to my father, my Grandfather's flesh and blood son, the house was going to go the secretary's son. Now my grandfather is selling the house so he can move next door to the secretary's son's house. I'm guessing the 450 grand is going to her son as well... so much for "blood is thicker..." I spent every October of my childhood hunting on this property. There is a pond, a large creek, 200 somewhat akres of forest and manzanita. My great-grandfather and great-grandmother Weller are buried less than a mile away. Next-door is a small village looking place where every house is occupied by someone related to me (remotely) with the last name of Weller. It was to be my inheritence... but ah... such is life. I had a giant test today. I'm not so sure I did that well, but neither are the other people that have high grades in my class, so maybe the curve will be nice. 4 hours of testing can be exhausting though. Right now, I have to go to CTT training before the 4-day. Today is land-nav. This training is pretty much BS, but the Army says we have to do it so we do it. My platoon sergeant gave us a challenge that if we can beat his time on the intermediate land-nav course we can get a week off of PT. :-) I hope I hope. Current Mood: tired (13 Comments |Comment on this)