JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Thursday, October 07, 2010 Posted by H.V.O.M at 8:30 AM
Massive failure beyond the second stage of disparity
http://www.cswap.com/1998/Armageddon/cap/en/25fps/a/01_53
Armageddon
1:53:10
- Armadillo's off the scope.
- I think we've had a blowout.
- No sign of the Armadillo.
1:53:13
[ All Shouting ]
1:53:43
Get ahold of Truman.
1:53:47
Prepare the world for bad news.
1:53:49
[ Air Raid Sirens Wailing ]
1:53:56
[ Male Newscaster #1 ]
We're getting sketchy
information that the mission...
1:53:58
has suffered massive failure.
1:54:01
And what we're
trying to do right now...
1:54:03
is to confirm that and find out
exactly what that means.
1:54:05
Repeat: We're getting leaks
from several NASA officials
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
To: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:51:59 PM
Subject: as of a drama
In regard to his companions his mind wavered between two opinions, according to his mood. Sometimes he inclined to believing them all heroes. In fact, he usually admired in secret the superior development of the higher qualities in others. He could conceive of men going very insignificantly about the world bearing a load of courage unseen, and although he had known many of his comrades through boyhood, he began to fear that his judgment of them had been blind. Then, in other moments, he flouted these theories, and assured him that his fellows were all privately wondering and quaking.
His emotions made him feel strange in the presence of men who talked excitedly of a prospective battle as of a drama they were about to witness, with nothing but eagerness and curiosity apparent in their faces. It was often that he suspected them to be liars.
He did not pass such thoughts without severe condemnation of himself. He dinned reproaches at times. He was convicted by himself of many shameful crimes against the gods of traditions.
In his great anxiety his heart was continually clamoring at what he considered the intolerable slowness of the generals. They seemed content to perch tranquilly on the river bank, and leave him bowed down by the weight of a great problem. He wanted it settled forthwith. He could not long bear such a load, he said. Sometimes his anger at the commanders reached an acute stage, and he grumbled about the camp like a veteran.
http://www.online-literature.com/view.php/redbadge/2
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http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/gunnersdream.html
PINK FLOYD LYRICS
"Gunners Dream"
floating down through the clouds
memories come rushing up to meet me now
in the space between the heavens
and in the corner of some foreign field
i had a dream
i had a dream
goodbye max
goodbye ma
after the service when you're walking slowly to the car
and the silver in her hair shines in the cold november air
you hear the tolling bell
and touch the silk in your lapel
and as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band
you take her frail hand
and hold on to the dream
a place to stay
enough to eat
somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
where you can speak out loud
about your doubts and fears
and what's more no-one ever disappears
you never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
you can relax on both sides of the tracks
and maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
and everyone has recourse to the law
and no-one kills the children anymore
and no-one kills the children anymore
night after night
going round and round my brain
his dream is driving me insane
in the corner of some foreign field
the gunner sleeps tonight
what's done is done
we cannot just write off his final scene
take heed of the dream
take heed
