One of the Dangers of Being Human...

I find that the more I worry about and plan for the future, the less I am able to enjoy the moment. And then, I often find myself under too much pressure from myself when the time comes to fulfill the plans I made. Of course, if I did the opposite, and didn't plan enough, and lived completely in the moment, the results would be disastrous. I guess it's just one of the hazards of being human. And so I plunge bravely on in this adventure, hoping for the best, planning for the worst, and learning from my mistakes. And trying, trying to live as well as one can. God help me.

May a Moody Baby Doom a Yam

Well, things are very mundane lately, I think the rising temperatures may be stifling my sagey thoughts. Anyways...

Cap'n Kirk is not a jerk
I may change my name to Crumple Dirk
This idea just really doesn't work

Sorry about the tacky poetry folks, but I got a little carried away with the rhyme scheme. So, some lord of the rings commercials we thought up:
1. For Bottled Water- Legolas is walking on top of the snow on the frozen mountain. He then finds in the snow a bottle of water, which he takes and then drinks.

2. For Dr. Pepper- So the Nazgul are all lined up at the ford of Bruinen, with Arawen on the other side. Then one of the Nazguls whips out a can of doctor pepper and says "I'll trade you for the halfling, she elf." Then Arawen says: "Sure. Sweet!"

3. For Sierra Mist- So the leader Uruk Hia is standing there in front of Borromir with the arrows in his chest, and he takes out a can of Sierra Mist. As he's about to open it, Aragorn comes running up, knocks him down, kills him, and then drinks the Sierra Mist.

Ok, you're all probably on weirdness overload now, so this is the one and only Highland Sage, signing out. (again, I apologize for my bad Tolkien spellings.)

2 LOTR Goofs

Sorry I haven't posted very much lately people, but I haven't really had any random thoughts. But anyways, to the post.

So Katie and Rachel and I were watching Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring last night, and we noticed two major goofs. One was when Legolas is explaining lembas bread. He says: "One small bite is enough to fill a growned man." Funny, huh? The other was after Aragorn slays the leader Uruk Hia. (sorry that I'm not brushed up on my Tolkien spellings) So when Aragorn is running past all the dead orcs towards Boromier, as he runs past one of the orcs lifts his head up and looks at Aragorn! It's funny! In other news I beat Alpha Centari and got 137% score. And I dressed up earlier and I had a trench coat on and my hair slicked back. Actually, it's still slicked back, so I'm gonna go wash it now. Until next time, this is the Highland Sage, signing out.

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P.S. some of the spell checking suggesttions on the LOTR words are really funny. (or cs for orcs, legals for Legolas, etc. you get the point.)

I Need to Go to Bed

I should go to bed now. But I'm making a post, so I hope you all read it. I got my hair cut today, and I have to say, as far as cuts go, this is the best I've looked in a long time. I finally branched out from my near buzz cut. Uuuum, we're ordering 4 Modelled Cochin Bantams. (puffy small green chickens) And, that's about it. Except, not. I'm glad the weather is finally getting nice. I can barely stand to be indoors all day. I honestly can't think of anything sagey tonight, so I guess I really should go to bed. O, I've found a theme song for the highland sages, it's "Wherever We Go" by the newsboys. so here it is:

Wherever we go, the bluebirds sing
And the flowers bloom
And the grass gets green
It's a curious thing
But it's just our thing

Wherever we go, the bees behave
In the treetops, squirrels smile and wave
It's a curious thing
And it's humbling

Where we go, little glow-worms glow
Little roadrunners run ahead
Gonna tell their friends
Little mice, little men
Get 'em all excited
All invited

HANDS UP HOLLER BACK HERE
LET'S THROW THIS PARTY IN GEAR
WE BROUGHT THE WELCOME MAT
WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY'S AT
HANDS UP HOLLER BACK NOW
WE DON'T CLAIM ANY KNOW-HOW
WE’RE GIVING GOD ALL THAT
WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY'S AT

Wherever we go, the dumb get wise
And the crime rates drop
And the markets rise
It's a curious thing
But it's just our thing

Bullies make nice, crooks repent
And the ozone layer shows improvement
It's a curious thing
And it's humbling

Wherever we're led
All the Living Dead
Wanna leave their Zombie Mob
It's a touching scene when they all come clean
God help us, we just love our job

HANDS UP HOLLER BACK HERE
LET'S THROW THIS PARTY IN GEAR
WE BROUGHT THE WELCOME MAT
WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY'S AT
HANDS UP HOLLER BACK NOW
WE DON'T CLAIM ANY KNOW-HOW
WE’RE GIVING GOD ALL THAT
WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY'S AT

High, throw your hands up,
throw your hands up high,
high, throw your hands up,
throw your hands up high

this is a message we spread
bringing life to the dead
this is a gospel exposed
follows where ever we go

this is a message we spread
bringing life to the dead
this is a good news exposed
follows where ever we go

HANDS UP HOLLER BACK HERE
LET'S THROW THIS PARTY IN GEAR
WE BROUGHT THE WELCOME MAT
WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY'S AT
HANDS UP HOLLER BACK NOW
WE DON'T CLAIM ANY KNOW-HOW
WE’RE GIVING GOD ALL THAT
WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY'S AT

Yo My Homies!

Well, sorry I haven't posted in so long, but our security on the network main computer is down, and it wasn't until Thursday that someone thought of turning off that computer and letting the Internet through to this one. Oh well. Anyways, um, lessee...

Well today Michael came over and we played a bunch of board games. Age of Mythology, My Spaceship Game, Some Game Cube, and last but not least, LOTR Risk. It was a lot of fun. In other local news...

I've been reading starship troopers the past week or so, and I had a dream where I was a starship trooper, so that was pretty cool. The odd part is that it happened at the same part of the story that I had a dream about it last time I read the book. (if that made any sense at all) Also last night we watched "The Best of Both Worlds: Part II", and we think we've discovered the most classic Worf line. So he and Commander Riker are talking about what they can use against the Borg, and what their advantage, (if any) is. Then Worf says: "The Borg have neither Courage nor Honor. That is our greatest advantage." ROTFL!! This from the guy that can barely restrain the 55 year old captain as a Borg!! Haha. I better be getting to bed now. It's 11:11, and you are loved.

May I Have Your Attention Please! O Wait, Nevermind...

Actually I haven't got anything to say. I went down south this weekend, and it was really hot. And some homeless person asked me for change or a couple dollars outside the mall, so I gave em five bucks. And it was really hot. And for lunch on Saturday I had a really good brisket sandwich. I saw Mike's play on Friday, which was quite good. Um, lessee, nothing much else to say, except I'm really glad you all enjoyed my last post. And also at least 8 people told me over the weekend that I'm too tall. I wish that I had a delicious cup of Earl Grey tea right about now, so I guess I'll go make one. But first, I may as well go off on a sagey digression.

Um, hmmm, lemme think. Mancala is an odd game. Um, no, that ain't gonna work. I listened to "That's Your Horoscope for Today" by Weird Al Yankovic at least 10 times this weekend, and I have to tell you, that is too much for one weekend! Well, I really want that tea. Someone should write a song about that. It could go a little li- oh what's that? I've already done this before? Really? Oh, yeah, I do remember. Could I do a different song? No? Please? Ok, fine, I'll do something else.

Oh yeah, I got to play networked Age of Empires 2 with Alex and Daniel. We got wiped out both times though. gtg
Later

Despicably Desperate Dirge of Dalquain

Okay, So not much happening around here, except I'm convinced our neighborhood has a bubble above it that keeps rain from falling on us. Yeah, anyways...

I haven't really got anything to say, so I'll tell you about the Despicably Desperate Dirge of Dalquain. A long time ago there was a country named Dalquain. All the people there were terrible bored, so they

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And then the Glanglious Garfugs all decided to bounce up and down in a snowstorm, leaving, of course, the desperate Dalquainians to eventually stop complaining when they realized no one was listening to them wine anymore. The End.

I guess that's about it for tonight, so till next time this is the Highland Sage, signing out

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