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I am 35, divorced, 1 son 7 years old. I live with my family. I lead a spiritual life within a Native American Medicine and Shamanism realm. I am an active solo musician as well as a part of "The Baghdad String Benders". I currently live and work in Baghdad, Iraq as a civilian contractor. I am versed in Middle Eastern, West African and Native American rhythms etc. I am also a "Trance Dancer" Perhaps also referred to as Totem Dancing, (not affiliated with Traditional Pow Wow dancing.) I also love the outdoors, camping, hiking, chasing storms (not for profit, more for personal pleasure). I am a diverse character to be sure.

Friday, September 29, 2006

So, in the news, we are hearing about the latest killing in Colorado. You know what? I think this world has lost it's fool mind. I mean, is it the altitude that causes these people to kill others in Colorado or what? Not only is Columbine less than an hour away from this small town of Bailey, but this guy camped less than a mile from the school, was outside the school for 20 minutes before he ever entered the campus building, THEN he "mingled" with students for 35 minutes BEFORE he lost his mind and started taking hostages. WTF?!

I understand craziness to some degree, but humanity is fast losing touch with the truth of mortality. How many times are we going to say to ourselves that "this will never happen in our town"? How many kids, adults, people in general have to lose their lives before we pay attention to what's really going on in our world? War, famine, pestilence, earthquakes in diverse places, tsunami's, floods in weird locations, tornadoes in the northeastern states......Does any of this hit close to our homes? Yes. As a matter of fact, it does hit close to home. It's happening every day, we are drawing closer and closer to the end of our world as we know it. Some speculate that this is the next stage in the evolutionary chain of events. Science has stated it, theologians have hypothesized about it, even Astronomers have mentioned the likelyhood of a major catastrophe that will change the face of our planet. Do we really have to spend the last few years living in fear of our neighbors going, pardon the term, "postal"? I think it's time for our world to stand up and put our differences aside, try working together to reclaim what we have left of our planet to claim. You know what I mean?

More later.

Peace and tranquility to all.

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