I watched that movie Frost Nixon and I've been asking people what exactly happened during Watergate and what was it all about but have gotten a couple different answers. Can one of my smarty pants LJ friends tell me what happened in a nutshell?
You know it's strange, I am reading some of my old journal entries from my other journals. I've made so many, lol. I don't think that I am that different. I like the same stuff, I think the same way, I even seem to have the same reacurring problems. It's kinda weird. Like haven't I evolved at all? I think I don't put up with so much crap and let people walk all over me like I used to. This is the biggest difference in me, but it's weird to see something you wrote 5 years ago and you could be writing the same entry today. Do you guys see a difference in yourselves when you look back on old entries? I always want to be the same person I truely am in a sense but am I to "the same" after all these years?
Crater Lake was amazing! Beautiful, beautiful, and awesome!!! Thanks for giving me the final push to go there Geordie! Here are some pics. 
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE
>>>> OF LIFE'
>>>>
>>>> My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster
>>>> Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI),
>>>> the world's most experienced rescue team. The
>>>> information in this article will save lives in an
>>>> earthquake.
>>>>
>>>> I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with
>>>> rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in
>>>> several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams
>>>> from many countries.
>>>>
>>>> I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for
>>>> two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the
>>>> world since 1985, except for
>>>> simultaneous disasters.
>>>>
>>>> The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in
>>>> Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was
>>>> under its desk. Every child
>>>> was crushed to the thickness of their bones.
>>>> They could have survived by lying down next to their desks
>>>> in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered
>>>> why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the
>>>> time
>>>> know that the children were told to hide under something.
>>>>
>>>> Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the
>>>> weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or
>>>> furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a
>>>> space or void next to them. This space is what I call the
>>>> 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the
>>>> stronger, the less it will compact. The less the
>>>> object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the
>>>> probability that the person who is using this void for
>>>> safety will not be injured. The next
>>>> time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count
>>>> the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere.
>>>> It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed
>>>> building.
>>>>
>>>> TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
>>>>
>>>> 1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' WHEN
>>>> BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get
>>>> under objects, like desks or cars, arecrushed.
>>>>
>>>> 2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the
>>>> fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a
>>>> natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a
>>>> smaller void. Get next to an object, next to asofa, next to
>>>> a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave
>>>> avoid next to it.
>>>>
>>>> 3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to
>>>> be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with
>>>> the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does
>>>> collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden
>>>> building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick
>>>> buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will
>>>> cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete
>>>> slabs.
>>>>
>>>> 4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake
>>>> occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist
>>>> around the bed. Hotels can achieve a
>>>> much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by
>>>> posting asign on The back of the door of every room telling
>>>> occupants to liedown on the floor, next to the bottom of the
>>>> bed during an earthquake.
>>>>
>>>> 5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by
>>>> getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in
>>>> the fetal position next to
>>>> a sofa, or large chair.
>>>>
>>>> 6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings
>>>> collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and
>>>> the doorjamb falls forward or
>>>> backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the
>>>> door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the
>>>> doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
>>>>
>>>> 7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different
>>>> 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from
>>>> the main part of the building).
>>>> The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump
>>>> into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes
>>>> place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are
>>>> chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if
>>>> the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the
>>>> stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be
>>>> damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the
>>>> earthquake, they may collapse later when
>>>> overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked
>>>> for safety, even when the rest of the building is not
>>>> damaged.
>>>>
>>>> 8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them
>>>> If Possible - It is much better to be near the outside of
>>>> the building rather than
>>>> the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside
>>>> perimeter of the building the greater the probability that
>>>> your escape route will be
>>>> blocked.
>>>>
>>>> 9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the
>>>> road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their
>>>> vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs
>>>> between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the
>>>> San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their
>>>> vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily
>>>> survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their
>>>> vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had
>>>> been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to
>>>> them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to
>>>> them, except for the cars that had
>>>> columns fall directly across them.
>>>>
>>>> 10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed
>>>> newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper,
>>>> that paper does not compact. Large voids are found
>>>> surrounding stacks of paper.
>>>>
>>>> Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire
>>>> world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!
>>>>
>>>> 'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to
>>>> fly'
>>>> In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival
>>>> methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government,
>>>> City of Istanbul , University of
>>>> IstanbulCase Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this
>>>> practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home
>>>> with 20 mannequins inside. Ten
>>>> mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins
>>>> I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method.
>>>> After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through
>>>> the rubble and entered the building to film and document the
>>>> results. The film, in which I practiced my survival
>>>> techniques under
>>>> directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to
>>>> building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent
>>>> survival for those doing duck
>>>> and cover.
>>>>
>>>> There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for
>>>> people using my method of the 'triangle of life.'
>>>> This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television
>>>> in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA
>>>> , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Meniane
>>>>
>>>> A&H Management
>>>>
>>>> 210 E. Olympic Blvd. Suite 202
>>>>
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90015
>>>>
>>>> david@ahmgmt.com
>>>>
>>>> Office (213) 746-6776
>>>>
>>>> Fax (213) 748-6659
I stumbled upon my livejournal again and felt quite nostalgic. I remember how much fun I had on here and how all of you really felt like dear friends to me and would always offer advice or suggestions to me during rough times. So are any of my LJ friends still around? If so please tell me what you have been up to!
Oh hey and I usually don't advertise it but you can download the first isssue of my books on http://www.wowio.com. I get 25 cents each time someone reads my books so please go download it and check out my issues!! It's Earthsons and The Dark Labyrinth.
I haven't updated in forever and one of my friends said they missed my posts so I'll let you guys know what's been going on.
Well I don't live in San Jose anymore. I moved to Aptos, which is 10 minutes from Santa Cruz! I've lived there for a month now. I've also started surfing! I think after the first week I got there I took a lesson. I also got a trainer to help me build up my strength for surfing. I'm so much happier living down by the beach I can't tell you.
I've been working on my comics to! I finished my second issue of Earthsons. I'm always doing something with my comics so this is a big reason I haven't been on livejournal. We also have been doing wallpapers for T-mobile sidekicks! We even have 2 that made it on the top 25. There is even one about my comic The Dark Labyrinth. I've had crazy stuff going on with the company, not to be sexist but I've had a lot of problems with the guys I work with except for maybe 2. One was hitting on me, one didn't respect me being their boss, I've been blackmailed, dealt with big ego's from them, ect, So that kinda sucks, it takes a while to get the right team together.
I've also been saving money to go on a trip to New York and the carribbean. I'm pretty close to achieving my goal! So things have been pretty good lately.
Hey gang,
I'm going to have a booth at Wondercon this year. http://www.comic-con.org/wc/
So it would really be awesome if you guys could go! I will give you a free comic if you do. Since you guys always have supported my comics and given me great advice. If you can't go we finally have The Dark Labyrinth issue#1 available for sale. It's a little more exspensive but it costs a lot to print at print-on-demand.
http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/produ
I also took a trip not that long ago. Inspired by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
geordie! Since he told me his favorite city in Oregon is Portland. I flew down there. I also went to Mt. St. Helens and even drove into seattle! I'll see if I can get some pics of my trip. It was so exhausting but very cool.
Issue#1 of Earthsons is finally on sale!!! I'd appreciate it if you could buy a copy. <3 If not I can mail you one for free since I promised you all one. I am going to the post office this week. If you'd like to help a starving artist though, you can buy it here ;):
http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/produ
We also have a poster for sale:
http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/produ
Read the review here:
http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.p
Yes I have been gone forever. I am lame. For those that don't know I was staying at my moms for a bit and my sister got kicked out and I begged her to let my sister stay with us. Well I was gone for 2 weeks working and when I came back my mom was screaming and yelling at me about my sister. She was leaving the heater on, using her sheets, ect, ect, I said I would talk to her but she was just on a rampage and then she ended up kicking both of us out. We stayed at the lighthouse for a week and then found a cheap studio in downtown San Jose. We have to share the bathroom and kitchen with the studio next to us and they're freaking gross. We've been here a few weeks and things have been alright. This last week we decided to go on a trip to Oregon. It was pretty cool. I have never seen so much snow everywhere in my life. It was beautiful. I love this town Ashland it's so cute! We wanted to go to Klamath Falls and stupid google told us to go on this road that took 2 hours to go through and the road was pure white and I started getting freaked out. I've never driven through snow. As we went on the snow started getting deeper to where I had to follow the tracks left by the other cars that came before me. Some parts of the snow were so high it would hit the underneath of my car. The scenery and trees and mountains were gorgeous, white, white, white. It look like out of a fairy book. From what I could see anyway since I was so focused on the road. Anyway as the snow got worse and worse we ended up skidding and hitting the side of this hill of snow. We were stuck. It was freezing and we kept trying to get the car out. Thankfully, this fireman came by and pulled us out. We drove very very slowly and finally made it out. I have some pics of the trip below!!
( Oregon )
Check out this great review I got of my comic!!!
http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.p
I know I'm not on here as much and hardly ever read your journals since I've been doing so much comic stuff but I love all you guys. Your kind words when I've been down and out mean so much and also your encouragement, insight, and the things you've shared and the things I've learned are invaluable to me. So thank you all so much!!! <3
Yes, I'm being very cheesy today. :p
Well I went out for a bit today to Half Moon Bay and went to the pumpkin patch. I have pictures of it. I rode a train through this cute little minature town they had with skeletons and such.
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Hey guys I haven't been around since I've been working so much on my comics. I only need 7 pages lettered and I'm done. Please check out my website and join the forums and post something to help support the book. Thanks you guys!
http://www.darkoceanstudios.com
I found this at the beach and I've never seen it before. Anyone know
what it is?
And no, I'm not talking about my sandy shoes that I didn't know were in the pics I took until just now.
Wow, this is really interesting. It warns Canadian travelers against traveling to certain countries. I believe it applies to us as well.
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/sos/warnin
Look at this page from the second issue of Earthsons. Isn't it just the coolest thing you've ever seen? ;)
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Darryl Zanuk claimed he could edit raw film footage into any genre he choose? Skeptical? You may change your mind after viewing a trailer for Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpeice,The Shining, brilliantly recut as a family masterpeice. Also see brokeback mountain and the fast and furious.
http://www.ps260.com/molly
I know I haven't updated in like forever. I've been working on my comic almost everyday. I also went to Yosemite and then Big Sur just a couple days ago. It was snowing in Yosemite a couple of weeks ago. It was awesome. I've seen snow on the ground but have never actually seen it snowing. We got out of the car and it was just so neat like your in another world or looked like tons of little fairies falling. When we went in the car and it hit your windshield and looked like those space screen savers, was weird! We hiked up to Vernal Falls but the altitude got to me and I had a hard time breathing. I'm not sure why it affected me on this trip.
Big Sur was also great we told ghost stories around the campfire where one person would start and then we'd go around. We laughed so many times. My sisters a vegetarian and wouldn't eat the marshmellows because it has gelatin. So we went around and we were throwing marshmellows in the fire and so one person said in the story this marshmellow started to get bigger and bigger and became a marshmellow monster still flaming from the fire and then it started to eat the campers. My sister was a character in the story and when the marshmellow guy ate her someone said she screamed, "Nooo! It has gelatin." We all started busting up. Instead of, "Oh no, I'm gonna die!" Or something she said that. It was hella funny. We all were making the scary stories funny. I had a great time.
We also went down the river on the intertubes, and went to a couple of beaches. I actually like Big Sur more than Yosemite. I like Big Sur more than anywhere though. It's so beautiful.
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