This Is What I Think.
Thursday, July 02, 2015
STOP PRETENDING YOU'RE REAL PEOPLE! YOU DO NOT EXIST!
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Friday, September 02, 2005 posted by H.V.O.M at 8:35 PM
Two bicycle riders were approaching from in front and I overheard as clear as a bell one of the persons ask the other, "Is that him?" Can you grasp what that means? People know I am out here. I am living in the mud and grime and people look at me as some kind of trivia. I will never forget that. I have always had a positive view of the world, I know from experience that there is a lot of bad in this world, but I always looked for the good. But here I am, I have become "Truman Burbank" from "The Truman Show" and people are watching me in this agony and it is entertainment for them. What kind of world has it become? Are people themselves in so much agony and misery in their own lives that my misery makes them forget about their problems?For those last twelve hours or so and I shuffled a long, I could barely put one foot fully in front of the other, I am thinking about not only getting some of that food in my Jeep, but I also have this new feeling coming over me. I start to fantasize that there is going to be some kind of party waiting for me to return. There are going to be big white tents and music and brights lights and a whole lot of people I don't know. My mother is going to be there. She has some good news for me and she bought a new RV for me to rest in as she takes me back to Texas where I can get away from all this. For some reason, I think the Secret Service is tracking me while I am shuffling along because they want to protect me from whatever dangers are hiding in the bushes I pass by. I shuffle along, thinking about how nice it is going to be to take a shower and then go to sleep in the bed in the RV. I was thinking about all the food I am going to eat. Finally about 2 am, it is dark and cold and I walk along the last mile of the trail, a section I know very well from all the miles I have run on it in training for Ironman. First I notice there are no lights. I hear no music. There are no clapping and cheering crowds. I see no big RV waiting for me with its relaxing luxury in the parking lot. My mom isn't there. My Jeep Wrangler (which I have since lost) faithfully sits by itself where I left it. I climb inside, open a can with some fruit in it, accidently cut my wrist slightly on its sharp edges, and go to sleep in the driver's seat to wake up in the daylight.
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http://gateworld.net/atlantis/s2/transcripts/209.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE ATLANTIS
AURORA
EPISODE NUMBER - 209
DVD DISC - Season 2, Disc 3
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 09.23.05
TREBAL: You're exhausted, sir.
CAPTAIN: True. I am in need of rest. Even more so than my crew.
TREBAL: Rest is a luxury we cannot afford, sir. The Aurora is a fine ship, but she was never built for speed.
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"Space: Above And Beyond"
"R & R"
12 April 1996
Episode 15 DVD:
00:00:00
US Marine Corps first lieutenant Paul Wang: Got a bogey about 10K klicks out.
US Marine Corps captain Shane Vansen: I.F.F. says... it's the Bacchus.
US Marine Corps first lieutenant Paul Wang: Bacchus. It's like Vegas, New York City and Oz all rolled into one.
US Marine Corps first lieutenant Vanessa Damphousse: Right now, I'd settle for a night in Buffalo.
US Marine Corps captain Shane Vansen: Hold the chatter. We're still on patrol.
http://gateworld.net/atlantis/s2/transcripts/209.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE ATLANTIS
AURORA
EPISODE NUMBER - 209
DVD DISC - Season 2, Disc 3
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 09.23.05
WEIR: Please don't force me to remind you that I do have discretionary power to utilize the Daedalus ...
CALDWELL (interrupting): I'm well aware of the extent of your powers, Doctor Weir.
WEIR: Colonel, do we have to ...
CALDWELL (interrupting again): Relax, Doctor, I happen to agree. The value of an Ancient warship in our hands instead of the Wraiths' is more than enough incentive for me.
http://gateworld.net/atlantis/s2/transcripts/209.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE ATLANTIS
AURORA
EPISODE NUMBER - 209
DVD DISC - Season 2, Disc 3
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 09.23.05
McKAY (looking into one of the pods): This one's uniform is different from the others. Maybe the Captain?
SHEPPARD: Or his maitre d'.
McKAY: Life sign indicators are active. These capsules must have some kind of a shielding -- that's why the Daedalus' sensors were unable to pick them up.
(Teyla looks upwards.)
TEYLA: Look at all of them!
(The others look up. The ranks of pods stretch up the wall as far as they can see from the light of their torches.)
SHEPPARD: That's just on this deck. Who knows how many more there are on the rest of the ship?
"Space: Above And Beyond"
"R & R"
12 April 1996
Episode 15 DVD:
00:00:47
US Marine Corps first lieutenant Cooper Hawkes: Man, it's getting weird. I'm seeing rabbits and squirrels and stuff hopping around my wings.
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"Space: Above And Beyond"
"Stardust"
19 April 1996
Episode 20 DVD video:
00:28:42
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: Colonel.
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: Lieutenant.
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: I was wondering if you could answer a few questions about all this.
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: Telepresence has been around for quite some time. The Russians first used it in 1998 to explore Mars. Telepresence is an interactive computer graphics system which provides the operator with the illusion of being immersed in a simulated environment.
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: My question isn't really about the system. It's about you.
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: You got a problem with me?
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: Yeah.
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: Sit down.
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: You won't be there. I mean, you yourself? You seem okay to me. You seem like you know what you're doing with this stuff. But a machine - all this? It can't feel what we do out there. When we're under enemy attack and it just becomes one big hairy fur ball and you don't know up from down and your heart's pounding because you're taking enemy fire from your 6:00 and 12:00 and you barely have time to think for yourself - somehow we all just know. We feel where each other are. And I'm there for them and they're for me.
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: You're talking about situational awareness.
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: Yeah! And I don't see how you can have it sitting in a closet in the Saratoga. Now, I'm not trying to rag on you but have you ever had your wingman - a good buddy - blown out of the sky then have to drive on while g-forces are tearing you out of your seat?
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: I'm an engineer, Lieutenant.
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: And then puke all over yourself when you came out of the roll?
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: Yes, but not in an airplane.
US Marine Corps 1LT Cooper Hawkes: Have you ever been shot at?
US Marine Corps Colonel Klingman: No. I've never been in a dogfight. But why must I have taken a life in order for you to trust me? This machine - these wires - will save millions of lives. This plan - my idea - is my part to bring everyone home soon. Safe. And I would think you could believe in and trust someone who's working to be able to spend a night with you back home rather than going out to look up your name on some war memorial wall.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 06:06 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 02 July 2015