tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76151352010-03-12T16:25:15.822+10:00Escape the Okie Zonethis a personal creative non-fiction journal about a traveler and his evolving life. He saw the waning warmth of humans through his puppy's eyes and now he see the world through his child's eyes.
He thought much of our country's warmth went dormant when Bush held our country hostage!
Some of my hostile readers suffering from overinflated egos might actually think that I might be writing about them on this blog! Get a life please ;)Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.comBlogger935125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-48643665591996502092010-03-12T00:26:00.003+10:002010-03-12T00:51:49.240+10:00there are so many things that I have to do...I can also feel so overwhelmed yetI dont want to depend on a medication such as adderall to focus betterit could cause unknown side effects...but the bronze exam for becoming a volunteer lifeguard on sunday is coming upI am nervous about that and feel with the adderallI could focus betterso I think that it will be good to be able to do it without Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-47462582393890563462010-03-11T22:51:00.007+10:002010-03-12T01:15:34.936+10:00ok.... it's probably the problem with these laptop computers..like the other one I have....I guess I need to break down and get some lessons on the way I type and I'm pushing the buttons...so that I push the area where I can move the cursor(?)and all of the writing disappears into cyberspace...I was talking about my scrooge mcduck geneswhere I save money for the rainy day...or better yet the end Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-77903685996093452432010-03-10T04:00:00.006+10:002010-03-12T01:13:46.887+10:00wow... somebody from sacramento has been visiting my site for december 2004...what was so intriguing about that time period or what I wrotefor them to visit my site several times per day...maybe some readers could give me insight on what they might or dislike about my writing??its 4 am and Ive been watching some good movies before I wanted to have the chance to write to you...Surrogates and a Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-74536318138724321102010-03-04T23:06:00.004+10:002010-03-04T23:19:14.760+10:00I was motivated to do a search for this pic and anonymous poem after seeing the pic with my son...I am a hopeful agnostic tuning often into my own spirituality, knowing that my brother and I buried the ashes first of Mom and then our Dad many years later in front of our Aussie home....I had put these pics on earlier in the day, but the writing and photos disappeared into cyberspace...Now I Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-79601434733262407792010-03-02T18:30:00.010+10:002010-03-04T14:00:56.637+10:00 If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breath a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"as I try to discover that self actualized Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-24397802904192468242010-03-02T13:53:00.002+10:002010-03-02T14:03:32.493+10:00If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out toolsI love this poem of KiplingGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-56590788984087233632010-02-28T22:30:00.002+10:002010-02-28T22:57:40.734+10:00If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-21617448336910436282010-02-28T17:26:00.005+10:002010-02-28T17:47:45.318+10:00Tsunami hits Oz....and the beaches of the Gold Coast were all closed because of itI guess if you looked really carefully, you might see a surge...but it was Murphy's lawin regards to my own preassessment for the bronze...I felt like I was back in college where the professor would fail me regardless of my performance..I was "sweating profusely " according to the instructor...I couldn't relax and Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-27782578132603951192010-02-26T21:01:00.004+10:002010-02-27T07:44:24.504+10:00I dont know what to say...happy wife, happy lifeunhappy wife, unhappy life...I wonder what was going through the head of John Edwards when he had an affairone of the photographers??his wife couldnt be very happy..it can be a tremendous burden trying to keep your wife happy...Colin can be so happy when he is just running down to the beach...my house almost burned down but I could be happy if my Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-63596122936900255902010-02-25T20:02:00.001+10:002010-02-25T21:03:27.625+10:00Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-40155033937631057332010-02-24T23:34:00.003+10:002010-02-26T21:39:32.961+10:00while we were in Fiji, we did a kava ceremony...the chiefs in the islands would drink this during peace ceremonies..it gives you a very mellow peaceful feeling and I reckon if world leaders and terrorists drank it , there would be a lots less war and terrorism!You cannot buy it in Oz and it's now difficult to buy in the states but you can bring it the countries as long as you claim it for customsGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-41851325249050047922010-02-23T23:38:00.001+10:002010-02-23T23:41:40.096+10:00who woulda thought our lives would revolve around this beautiful child of ours?~Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-88957389408384728402010-02-22T23:58:00.001+10:002010-02-23T00:05:21.288+10:00i just have to say something before the next daya pic is a worth a thousand words...and so little time to write out your thoughts...there are so many things that I have to do in order for this family to be happy!we have all the comforts and I at least feel that we have friends who can help us..regardless of all the misfortune that has happened to me, all i wish for is a happy familyGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-52298229528087904132010-02-21T22:48:00.007+10:002010-02-22T00:15:28.727+10:00gosh....worried a little about the phone call having to face the woes of a home disasteror dont I prefer just to focus on enjoying our lives while we can??Living each day as best as our family can....yeh I have a lot of worries as a dad and it can be overwhelming...and be a kind of melancholy mixed in with living on the beach with a beautiful family!! (thanks Steve)so why dont I just simplify ourGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-47656209618470115852010-02-21T12:26:00.008+10:002010-02-21T13:06:26.607+10:00 again all the writing that I had just done was up in flames like the house stuck in the Okie Zone...I have been writing for the last hour about all the things that have happened to meand now I know that I won't write it nearly as well as I did...the words were lost into thin air like the collected junk over the years...I need to push save after every sentence...almost like insurance for words...Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-24877922730054616542010-02-20T22:13:00.000+10:002010-02-20T22:17:23.630+10:00Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-44143513639928340262010-02-19T23:11:00.005+10:002010-02-20T00:21:20.761+10:00July 10: self helpless (from the urban dictionary)The condition of somebody that is unable to deal with life, usually found sitting around a neglected apartment with bad hair and bad outfit. "I saw Kenny at our high school reunion, he's still living with his parents and saving up for a camaro ...totally self helpless. "I suppose this could easily have been the story for me or my wife with both ofGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-81110874498920135632010-02-18T21:38:00.007+10:002010-02-19T16:03:48.395+10:00A PIC IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDSI am amazed...my camera is working again so I can show you all the pics..it totally changes my outlook realizing how everything else is minorcompared to my family! One of my readers sent in a comment about the artist of our family painting from Oz:"Thank you for your enquiry regarding Arthur Murch. I am happy to give you some information regarding the above artist. Arthur James Murch was born on Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-83216947450552514662010-02-16T13:59:00.004+10:002010-02-16T16:19:41.075+10:00Our tribe members are those people who accept us as we are and gladly accompany us on our journeys of evolution... (daily OM)Maybe it's the aura that you give off where some folks do not want to accept you...when you find the right folks to hang out with and grow as a person, it changes everything...I want to compete so badly in the state surf lifesaving races...I'm frustrated to find out that Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-44355166589250868972010-02-13T15:25:00.002+10:002010-02-13T15:31:45.703+10:00I'm the eternal optimist...the assesors came and watched while I gave CPR to the dummyand I wasn't pumping him hard enough...it's the same storyabout me being very close..but I'm not on the list for the assesmentit almost seems like it's not going to happenthe instructor says that he will fit into another assesment but it means that I will have to wait another two weeks to never...Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-79459553176460864092010-02-12T22:03:00.002+10:002010-02-12T22:12:43.919+10:00I could get very frustrated with myself and my life...I do get very frustrated and thinking that I would fire myself if I was my own boss...my life has been a series of failures...but Ive just figured out the way things don't work...I haven't take care of business the way I should and now I'm paying for it...but then, I wake up with this new found optimism about in some ways how blessed my life Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-39678075454879000282010-02-12T14:18:00.001+10:002010-02-12T14:20:00.275+10:00It's about time Obama got tough with these greedy stubborn Rebpublicons! Way to go , Obama!The Senate confirmed a huge group of administration nominees on Thursday, following a tense exchange between President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).At a White House meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders on Tuesday, Obama warned that he would make recess Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-48415867418557257282010-02-12T13:34:00.003+10:002010-02-12T13:46:53.737+10:00MAYBE EDWARDS WAS READING MY BLOG??AND DECIDED TO ENJOY! HAVING HIS LOVE CHILD ON HIS BEACHFRONT HOME:John Edwards Asks Mistress Rielle Hunter To Marry Him!Nationalenquirer.com: John Edwards has proposed to his mistress Rielle Hunter, and is buying a luxury $3.5 million beachfront home where they can live happily ever after with their love child, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. The disgraced presidential candidate popped theGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-10937920982529507542010-02-11T13:19:00.002+10:002010-02-11T13:22:42.081+10:00"A Sydney father attacked by a shark on the northern beaches has spoken about the ordeal that not only endangered his life but that of his son.Paul Welsh was surfing with his 10-year-old son, close to shore, when the shark attacked."I was pushing my son on to waves and it just belted me from behind," Mr Welsh told The Manly Daily minutes after the attack."I grabbed on to the pinnacle of a rock Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-67432335887755236722010-02-10T15:10:00.002+10:002010-02-10T15:15:05.738+10:00Good on ya , Mate!The clash between banks and credit unions over public fund deposits took an unorthodox twist with community banks and CUs teaming up to pass, 65-0, a milestone bill in the New Mexico House.The bill enables a possible switch of $2-5 billion of state funds into CUs and small banks.If enacted, the municipal funds bill, in the works since last year and still subject to a Senate vote, would represent Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477garvald1@yahoo.com0