Come on Express… I like your paper, but you can do better than this..

Here is my letter to the editor.

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To the Editors,

On the bottom of page 36 in your march 5th edition, in your DO box its stated “GET READY FOR A NEW D.C. ARMORY. The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission wants to overhaul the largely unused D.C. Armory, transforming it into a 10,000-seat concert hall and expo center. The commission wants to spend $1.5 Million to install an AC system and improve bathrooms.”

As a Citizen Soldier who works at the DC Armory I must state that while the Drill floor, which plays host to Expos, Community events, and the yearly Circus, may not be in constant use and a cash cow for the city, the adjoining offices and training areas which are a quilt of run down & patched work space is very much in use. Its primary focus? Protecting our Nations Capitol and meeting the ever increasing demands of Bush’s “War on Terror”.

On a positive note however, I do enjoy your paper and thanks for the excellent quick read every morning.

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Now before you all counter that they weren’t referring to the offices as being “largely unused” I must press upon you that the average reader would not have made a distinction in their mind. If they know anything about the DC Armory its probably that A) that’s where the National Guard is and after reading this tid bit that B) its largely unused.

Seriously though, it would be nice if some money was put into updating our facilities and work space instead of pimping out the drill floor to pad the pockets of politicians and sports owners. I wonder how much of the new Nats Stadium budget it would have taken to pull our offices out of the 70’s.

So I was talking to a friend online this evening and I mentioned that I was stoked about finding a long lost blog of this creative attractive girl living up in new york city that I had lost track of awhile back. When I mentioned this he responded with “is that all you think about anymore? being in a realtionship?” I quickly responded with a No, I think about corn dogs and politics too before the following thoughts where exchanged.

++aetox (1:07:29 AM): is that all you think about anymore? being in a relationship?
crewshell (1:08:24 AM): no
crewshell (1:08:29 AM): i wanted to check out her blog agian
crewshell (1:08:30 AM): shes funny
crewshell (1:08:33 AM): she lives in new york
crewshell (1:08:36 AM): how would that work out anyway
crewshell (1:08:44 AM): though being in a relationship would be nice…
++aetox (1:10:07 AM): how would that work? you would move to nyc on a whim
crewshell (1:11:14 AM): haha
crewshell (1:11:16 AM): no i wouldnt
crewshell (1:11:17 AM): i need my job
crewshell (1:11:19 AM): i have debt
crewshell (1:11:24 AM): and my job gives me money to pay it
crewshell (1:11:29 AM): i’m living the american dream
++aetox (1:11:52 AM): boo on the american dream
++aetox (1:12:00 AM): i wanna move to iceland

And that my friend is the point of this post. I’ve lost my freedom. I lost my ability to pick up and do whatever I wanted and go where ever I wanted. To be honest I guess I never REALLY had that ability… you know, the pesky problem of paying for a plane or bus ticket or having a place to stay when I got someplace. But now, for the most part… I am much more tied down then I ever have been. And you know what.

I don’t like it.

I’m going to change it.

Its not as good as my all time ranking of 800k something but its another bump for my rankings. I have an authority ranking of 4 now, haha WOW.

I need to stop checking out technorati so often. Its becoming unhealthly. Thanks go out to Jerome & Tart for the most recent incoming links.

P.S Don’t add water to progresso, you’ll mess that crap up!