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Post by oddhatter on Jan 5, 2003 0:52:16 GMT -5
I apologise for the completely irrelevant post, but all other cruddy events of the day has been beaten out by this one...
I just recieved an email from my ex boyfriend and friend, James, sent to me, my friend Caity and his mom. He is a Marine stationed in North Carolina.
"Well, the time has come and we are going. I won't send mail probably for quite a while till we get on the ground where we are going. Take care everyone, thank you all for your prayers and keep praying for us as i will keep you in mine."
And I am so, so, unbearably worried. I'm guessing he couldn't say where he actually was going - but I can take a very good guess. The fact that I was scared of seeing him last time he came home because of silly reasons related to our previous relationship(I moved on much more than he did) and consequently didn't is nagging at me so badly.
I am so insanely worried about him - I've vented in my journal, but I'm still so worried and scared. He was one of my best friends in high school, we figured out we were crazy over each other during senior retreat, we spent the summer being positively crazy over each other, we decided being friends was better after I had been in college for a while, and he was heading off to boot camp...
It does put everything that has happened in the past few days into perspective. Things that bothered me just two hours ago don't faze me anymore. But I am so worried.
I'm not sure where this rant is going - but if you pray at all to anything to anyone, please pray for him and everyone else in his squadron. I don't care about the war, I don't give a crap about politics - I just want James to be safe.
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Post by peachifruit on Jan 5, 2003 1:10:04 GMT -5
Aww.  I hope you feel better soon, and I'll hope for the best for James and his squadron. |
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Post by sara on Jan 5, 2003 1:12:03 GMT -5
I can't say I have been in your situiation, Oddhatter, so the sincerity of this may not be up to par, but I will try my best to offer sympathies
*offers sympathies*
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Post by Patjade on Jan 5, 2003 1:17:00 GMT -5
I, too, offer my prayers and sympathies, Shing. I know what the feeling is like, having been on the other end of that stick.
With the way things are developing here in Korea, there is a chance I might be recalled into service should the "balloon go up" as the saying goes.
But that is the deal I signed for when I first enlisted, and I shall do what I am called upon to do.
I just hope that PEOPLE come to their senses before all the madness gets out of hand.
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Post by oddhatter on Jan 5, 2003 2:21:28 GMT -5
Thanks. My mind is a bit clearer now.
I called his mom, and we talked for a while. It was odd because the last time we talked was over a year ago and I had to tell her that James and I had broken up because he had neglected to pass that crucial fact on.=)
Basically, his mother had a pretty good attitude about it all. And hey, if she can accept it, so can I - after all, this is his mother.
And yes, I wish that people would just stop squabbling.
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Post by Patjade on Jan 5, 2003 2:25:05 GMT -5
The world is like a big sandbox and there are kids all over fighting over their little corners of it. I just wish that ONE DAY the parents show up and set everyone straight.
If you can't play nicely, please get out of the sandbox, OK?
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Post by Linnen Malfoy on Jan 5, 2003 2:26:48 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear that, Oddhatter. I do hope he is safe...
It's sad when people really can't agree on things, but hopefuly it will end before it blows up too much. Can only hope, I suppose...
I hope everything is okay on your end to, Patjade. ^_^
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Post by oddhatter on Jan 5, 2003 2:31:10 GMT -5
The world is like a big sandbox and there are kids all over fighting over their little corners of it. I just wish that ONE DAY the parents show up and set everyone straight. If you can't play nicely, please get out of the sandbox, OK? YES. I do hope that everything will be okay for you Patjade. The problem, is that some kids see themselves as "parents" - and in trying to set everything straight, end up starting something all over again. |
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Post by Patjade on Jan 5, 2003 2:43:59 GMT -5
I hope everything is okay on your end to, Patjade. ^_^ Thank you for your concern, but don't worry about me. I knew what I was getting into when I enlisted in 1975, and decided to make a career out of it. Although I've been retired for over 7 years, I am still on the hook until I'm 62. That's what the retirement pay's for. I'll be fine. Most of the stuff you see on TV about North Korea is way overrated. The streets are NOT overrun by protestors (the shopkeepers here would literally kick their butts if they tried), and they aren't shooting at each other across the DMZ any more than they have in the LAST 50-some-odd years (daily occurence, no biggie). North Korea would be stupid to pull anything. The traffic here is so bad, the tanks would never make it to Seoul. Between the bus, truck, and taxi drivers, what remaining forces that didn't get into car wrecks would take days of being stuck in traffic. I also think they would lose their will to fight when they see the price of fuel at the gas stations. Tanks don't run cheap, and the owners of the station don't cut ANY breaks. $5 a gallon is what you will pay, or do without. They will also spend a lot of time in the first supermarket they come across. Coming from a country where starvation is the #1 pasttime and making weapons the #1 industry, sighting a store with tons of Pocky sticks and snack foods is sure to be a distraction, giving the defenders enough time to counter-attack by changing the markers on the highways (again), thus confusing them. In the end, the invading army will walk home (having run out of fuel), arms laden with snack cakes and inflated plastic clappers, wondering when the Korean baseball league will open a franchise in PyongYang. Democracy and Capitalism win again. I am not worried.  |
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Post by Patjade on Jan 5, 2003 2:53:16 GMT -5
The problem, is that some kids see themselves as "parents" - and in trying to set everything straight, end up starting something all over again. Ain't no parents on this planet. if there are, they went into hiding and refuse to come out until the kids stop having tantrums. The earth must be the galactic time-out box for a particularly bad "intelligent" species. Either that or a galactic insane asylum (I already wrote stories on THAT theory, but they STILL refuse to release me). I guess I'll have to deal with it. I wonder how long it'll take until I am "cured"? I won't hold my breath, this species is bent on self-destruction for no good reason. Thank goodness there are a FEW good people left on this planet, and I have stumbled upon most of them in this forum. I'm done now. Meep! |
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Post by oddhatter on Jan 5, 2003 3:04:00 GMT -5
Ain't no parents on this planet. if there are, they went into hiding and refuse to come out until the kids stop having tantrums. The earth must be the galactic time-out box for a particularly bad "intelligent" species. Either that or a galactic insane asylum (I already wrote stories on THAT theory, but they STILL refuse to release me). I guess I'll have to deal with it. I wonder how long it'll take until I am "cured"? I won't hold my breath, this species is bent on self-destruction for no good reason. Thank goodness there are a FEW good people left on this planet, and I have stumbled upon most of them in this forum. I'm done now. Meep! I love your description of South Korea. I was there a few Christmases ago(my father spent over half a year there starting up a branch of the company he used to work for). Everyone wore black. It was odd. As for the universe, that, Patjade, is the theory that makes the most sense to me. We are such a silly species. It is the reason I cling to my belief that there IS extraterrestial life, and rather intelligent ones at that.. The human race can't be the most intelligent species around.... (Thanks of cheering me up. James will be okay. He'll be back in a few months or so. I'll be optimistic.) |
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Post by Patjade on Jan 5, 2003 3:12:39 GMT -5
IM in your direction, Shing.
He'll be fine. I am sure of it (Hug)
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Post by Tdyans on Jan 5, 2003 3:59:06 GMT -5
Glad you're feeling better about it and I hope everything does turn out okay. He'll be in my prayers.  |
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Post by Linnen Malfoy on Jan 5, 2003 4:04:10 GMT -5
We are such a silly species. It is the reason I cling to my belief that there IS extraterrestial life, and rather intelligent ones at that.. The human race can't be the most intelligent species around.... (Thanks of cheering me up. James will be okay. He'll be back in a few months or so. I'll be optimistic.) I'm sure there are aliens out there also. They're just smart and keep far away from us. ^_~ |
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Post by calvinseviltwin on Jan 5, 2003 11:48:36 GMT -5
In the infamous words of Hobbes the tiger,
"The problem with people is they're only human."
So true. We're pretty stupid sometimes, and I mean it in a caring way. People are power hungry. Ever nation thinks they're the best. That's why 9-11 happened.
What it all boils down to is this: We're all going to die. We just want to leave a mark on the world so we're remembered somehow. Even if it IS negativly.
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