Remember,
remember the 5th of November gunpowder, treason and plot.
Tonight we watched V for Vendetta. Great movie. Couple of fun
quotes like “a revolution without a dance is a revolution not worth
having.” Immediately my mind jumped to Dance Dance Revolution. I’m
sure V would have been a fan… aside from the constraints that are inherent in
all video games. He was a big fan of ideas as ideas are bulletproof and
unhindered by most boundaries. Well, I’m sure he would have liked the
name at least.
Another good one
is “the people should not be afraid of the government, the government should be
afraid of its people.” After all, what is a government? It is an
idea created by the people, for the people. As it is an idea the
government is essentially bulletproof, but that only holds true so long as the
people continue to believe in it. I don’t think the United States has
merited a march against its capital, but I am kind of in shock that our
Congress is only able to agree about 10% of the time. It would be nice if
they could find a way to function a bit more fluidly.
For our service
project of the day we started off by returning to the LaCroix Bluffs and
finishing up our work with the designated Maples and Autumn Olive. I was
on a team that focused on the Maples so those Autumn Olives should consider themselves
lucky for the brief reprieve. Afterward my team drove over to Friends
Farm and helped Marcus and Bob set up some Barn Owl houses. We didn’t get
to see the owls, but we set up some nice perches so I’m hoping the next time we
visit we may catch a glimpse.
Mixing concrete
and building 12 foot skyscrapers was fun, but not nearly as fun as what came
next. We got to clear a prescribed burned area of Black Locusts. It
kind of reminded me of Dynasty Warriors where you just run through basic
infantry and take them all down with a swipe or two of your weapon. I’d
say I put up video game numbers in terms of how many trees I cut down
today. We left the place looking like it had been hit by a windstorm,
which we are normally not supposed to do, but our contact said this helps with
quail habitation and not to worry about it.
All in all it
was a great day. Wish I could be home with Haley though. I know my
service is valuable, but my fiancée is priceless. Only a couple more days
right? I’ll make it. I’m very happy we get cell phone service at
Charleston’s Baptist Camp as that makes things a bit easier. Hope you’re
all doing well. Good night.
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