Never Forget

It is hard to imagine it has been 8 years since 9/11, the biggest terror attack on American soil ever. I still remember that morning very well. I was 7 and it seemed impossible to me that someone would want to kill Americans; but as I've gotten older I have realized that there is evil out there. That there is people who are consumed by their hate for America that they would kill thousands of innocent people every day if they could. I am writing this to remind us to never to forget, but also to never let it happen again. There are still people out there bent on killing us.

The terrorist would kill millions if they get the chance, we cannot let them get that chance. That is why we shouldn't allow N. Korea to get away with testing nuclear weapons. That is why we must remain strong in the face of Iran and all other hate filled radical groups who hate liberty and freedom.

The fight for freedom is one that will always be fought, from generation to generation. So, as a generation, let us rise up and continue the fight. The fight that our fathers started during the Revolutionary War, and that our brothers continue in Afghanistan. With one voice let us say, "We will not fade away into the darkness, we will not be defeated, we are Americans so let liberty ring!" Despite what comes against us, we will stand.

Air and Aviation Museum

On Sunday we went to the Air and Aviation Museum. I was surprised when we entered and realized this was going to have a LOT of stuff to do!

I love the Japanese, and their little cars!

As you can see the grass is well kept up! lol

Inside they had all sorts of things to do. This was a pulley system. Alex lifted him and Stacia with no problem using the pulleys.

This is a mimic helicopter.

Flight simulators. Arielle and I did good, we nearly crashed landed, but we straightened it out. And I accidental turned off the throttle while in mid air, but other than that it was a good flight!

You know those little needle things that you put your face in? They had a full body sized one of those. Yay Longhorns! I wasn't sure if the horns meant something bad here, so I etched it out very quickly!

This would shoot you 26 feet in the air

This would spin around...not fast though.

This globe was rotating. There were little lasers that resembled guns (ironic) and you would "shoot" the country you wanted to know about and information on that country would pop up on the screen.

No Gravity! I'm FREE!

There was a music festival outside. We bought meat on a stick...I can pronunce it, but I can't spell it right now, maybe later! This made their day! They even gave us one free one after we had returned a few times for more. They laughed and smiled and were very friendly!


There was so much to do in there! We barely scratched the surface, and I don't have time to write more about it right now. A lot of the rides and stuff was stuff that astronaut trainees would do. I had a lot of fun!

Saturday

On Saturday we went on a road trip to Shiriyia light house. It is about 50 miles North of us, but it took us 2-3 hours to get there. Why? Well the speed limit is slow. Also we were driving on very twisty and narrow roads! It was funny, we got to the light house and was just starting to take pictures when a man pulled up on a motorcycle and started to wave frantically that we needed to leave. Bummer!

The Light House

The Setting Sun

The Moon over the ocean

Here is one of those roads!

Wild Horses. That's right, Wild Horses!



A Texan must have helped with the translations on that one!


The drive home was fun, but it was dark. The roads were narrow and the only light s you really had were the vending machines along the the road! We were originally looking for a shipwreck, but didn't find it.

Templates

Here's a new template. I chose it because it is almost the 8th years since the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. What do you think? Does everything mesh, or does it clash?

Hachinohe Botanical Gardens & Children's Land

On Friday we took off for Hachinohe for the Botanical gardens. It took about an hour to get there, and as wlays, the ride was amazing!

The gardens themself was very well kept up. The idea being that it is a place of tranquility. It was. You can almost feel a bit of peace as you enter the place! I was surpirsed when they had a play land on the other end of the garden. The Japanese like to make things very family freindly and there wasn't any admitance fee.

This car reminds me of someone I know....


Some of these pictures will not coorperate and be like the rest, so sorry it doesn't all match!

Sis and I

They had a ferris wheel...a very slow moving ferris wheel!

As always there is something that just isn't the right size! But really, that sink is for children.

There was a little water ride

Did I mention monkeys??? These monkeys looked like they had some har loss problems. It's fun watching monkeys and their mannerisms!

Ice-Cream in the vending machine is a big deal here! The flavors were good. They actually have an ice-cream here that isn't cold. I don't know what it is made of, but it's not cold, but it tastes like ice-cream.

I thought Mom was taking a picture with me and the sign in Kanji that I had just read, instead she got one of me and that rather scary looking statue!

I saw the rock slide and the first thing that went through my head was, "let's slide down it!" not realizing that is what you actually do. Pretty cool

The Japanese branch of of the G Family

Most of the rides were hard on Dad and I's knees. The go-cart racing, roller-coaster, and pedal ride was no excpetion!

You get an excerise while you play! You just peddle the peddles like you would a bike and around the track you go!

Alex sort of reminds me of Jamin when he first started to learn to drive!

Stacia on the ferris wheel

There was a pond with large carp, which represent boyhood. Becuase the carp is determined and swims up stream. Sounds to me like they need to be introduced to the King Salmon! But they actually have a Boy Festival where everyone puts out these carp on their front doors to remind boys to be dtermined and "get 'er done!"

Poll Results

*Warning...movie reviews in progress*

According to the poll a lot of you think Goofy is a dog. You can also add in 4 more votes for a dog from my younger siblings. Why is this important? Why did I take a poll? There was a lot of debate going on in our family over the issue. The results determined which side that movie is on...and it is leaning left!

In Disney's "Three Musketeers," starring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, Mickey and Donald both get "hitched." Mickey marries Miney (sp?) and Donald marries Daisey. This seems sort of stupid that I'm writing about cartoon characters love life, I'm sure!

Mickey marries a mouse, Donald marries a duck. But who does Goofy get? This is where Disney puts their trashy message into the show. Goofy, being a dog, falls in love for Clarabelle, a cow. Am I the only one who finds this weird???? The dog falls in love with a COW! Not only is this NOT natural, it also makes Goofy lose a lot of respect from me.

It is sick how they cleverly interweave this sort of stuff into movies aimed for kids who don't know any better. In all honesty, I don't care if a move director makes a movie full of bad theology and aims it for the older audience. Why? Because it's not aimed for kids who have no way to separate what's true and false. Kids are just going to believe what they're told.

If they are told it's all right for a cow to marry a dog, then they will probably think that unless someone sets them straight! There is only one little kid movie that I have seen this week that hasn't been pushing the homosexual agenda...and that was Snow White. I'm living in a TLF, so believe me, I've seen a lot of movies!

Why is it that they make their agenda so blatant in little kids movies? Because they are easy prey.

I know this is sort of a long rant. It just really makes me mad how this generation has had their minds washed. I'll try to keep rants like this to a minimum, I promise!

Quick Update

There hasn't been much to report.

The weather has been really rainy these last few days, but today was real nice and sunny. I'm starting to need to wear my coat, there's a chill in the air. This may have something to do with living in Texas for the last 4 years. (G)

The library has been closed for renovations these last couple pf days and so I've done school at the TLF, sealed in Arielle's bedroom so I don't wake up Dad on the other side of the TLF. He's been working night shifts and sleeping during the day.

I like the school load I have right now; I sort of wish I could keep it this light all year round, but that won't get me in college, so no. The show must go on! I've been working on Kanji. This is harder than you may think! I'm starting to pick up some words and stuff, and this is only the third day! I saw a yen today and was able to read the Kanji on it that said, "Japan," and "10 yen."