todd farrell gave me a call 4 times in the morning. i didnt know that number and it was so damn early i didnt wana answer it. but the 4th time around noon i finally picked it up. he got an extra ticket and told me to go to the KZLA spring fling at magic mountain. the whole park was closed to only concert goers. i dont like roller coasters cuz they make me puke. so i went on superman, that was cool. then we went on "X" and that was the craziest coaster i hve ever been on. i recommend it. then 3rd, the good old viper gave me the stomach feeling. after that, i did not go on anymore rides. i know when to stop cuz the head is something you dont wanna mess with. so everytime the guys went on rides, i just chilled with the girls like a little bitch. when it was 9:30, thats when the concert started. first up was jamie o'neal, joe nichols, and last phil vassar. JOe Nichols hands down was my favorite. its how traditional country music is supposed to sound like. you cant call your music country just because you throw in a fiddlr while guitars are on full distortion. NOPE. NUH UH. get out of here! concert ended at 1 AM. good long sets, but polluted country music.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Friday, May 13, 2005
Mein Kampf - Chapter 1 "In The House of My Parents" Summary
The chapter starts out describing the geoprphical location of Hitler's birthplace. He lives on the border of Austria and Germany, but on the Austrian side. Right off the back at the age of 11, he shows his pride for the union of Germany and its people. "One blood demands one Reich".
Later on, he describes his family consisting of him as the only child of 2 stern Austrian parents. His dad worked for the civil servant trying to raise Hitler up in his shadows. He resisted. Hitler had a choice to either go to a school devoted to God or a school known as "Realschule" that resembles technical schools like today. Eager to be an artist, Hitler refused to devote himself to religion and admitted himself to Realshule. It was then, Hitler found himself intrigued in his dad's books of early Germanic warfare. As much as his father liked that thought, Hitler did not want to be a civil servant, he wanted more. Growing up with husky kids, Hitler realized he had a dominating voice over them. In addition, he enjoyed his History teacher teaching the class the German Reich and in ways that made him overwhelmed with feeling.
After so many years of education he states these two: "First i become a nationalist" and second, "I learned to understand and grasp the meaning of history Old Austria was a state of nationalities". He hated divided states with divided people. He wanted Germany to become Germany and the people to be pure. More and more, Hitler realized this flaw, and his hatred of Austria grew deeper. " . . . it was then that I became a little revolutionary!"
The chapter concludes with him decribing his parents death 3 years within each other. He was only 16 with only little money left behind. He packed his bags and moves to Vienna to pursue his dream.
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My commentary:
The critics were right in describing Hitler's grammatical errors and the persistant loops of redundant statements. Not that this bothers me, i believe that everyone has their ways of writing and certainly Hitler did not want to be a writer. In this chapter i feel that, Hitler is trying to captivate his audience and let the reader feel for his early struggles.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
mein kampf - introduction by abraham foxman: my summary
"Zakhor," in german as they say; not your typical historical document anyone would like to reference to, but its something that no one can forget. Known as the "Bible of National Socialism", its such a sensitive document that only one group holds the copyright to.
If it hasnt happened, how can we learn from it? The Holocaust was a genocide that has happened. But ironically, it has helped lead advances such as humanitarian laws in world civilization. Why did Hitler decide to mass murder the Jewish? he simply stated "for the elimination of the jewish threat", and presents no details on how this will be accomplished. His secondary goals were: rearmament, the abolition of democracy, territorial expansion and eugenics.
Propaganda, Hitler loved. He twisted fact to generate a desired effect. Given power from the German's Worker's Party, Hitler moved up in ranks until everybody in the group trusted whatever came out of his mouth. He discovered something he never knew he had, which is dictatorship. In most cases he was the opposite of everything good majority of people portrayed such as Christianity, democracy, semitism, and economic conservatism. He liked a God-less world with, communism, racial superiority and nationalism.
Hitler, once in power, said to have found a way to "scientifically" prove the distinction between races. He used anthropometry, the collection and study of precise measurements of the human body. For example African races were barbaric to Hitler just because the length of their noses were just a little wider than Europeans.
SInce 1930 and onward, Mein Kampf was given to family and friends who attended wedding ceremonies. How did this one book become the most powerful book of that time? we dont know. Was there a flaw in society? No. Clearly, back in Hitler's time, everyone was just as civilized as now.
MY COMMENTARY:
I would say Hitler is quite something. I just imagine God putting his hand in a jar of a trillion pennies and pulling a out a dime saying, "hes the next one to be born."
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DAMN! and this isnt even the real part of the book yet! Next up will be chapter 1.
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Brandin' iron de-virginizes yet another! we welcome josh to the world of country music. it was another fun night of saying "wow you are hot!" this time our radars were ON and in the locked and ready to fire position. Randy, josh and I just so happen to spot 3 different girls that left a good impression on us. Anyhow as i promised, Shandra, the waitress, i would say is the the queen bee of all girls at the BI. Lucky for Randy, "I" gave him the approval to go for this girl. Yea shes all yours dude. As we walked in the club, she spotted Randy out of the blue and grabbed his ass which is a good sign. With am exotic italian look and a body of a goddess (well it says that on her lower back) she has the best waist I have seen on a girl. Randy got some touchy-feely action with her at the end of the night and who knows if bodily fluids were exhanged HAHHAH. im sleepy i cant write anymore. out.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
mein kampf - Translator's note I summarized.
Translating Mein Kampf at some points were impossible. The German dialect used by Hitler is sometimes too vague and insignificant to what he was trying to come across. His habit of communicating this way was acquired from his times working at a Vienna newspaper company. Hitler also had a tendency to come to a point without the back up of fact and some of his ideas cannot be fathomed with imagery. But he has learned to use this technique to somehow attract many followers.
my commentary:
Hitler had mad skills. let see you control a crowd with sloppy english and BS. its not that the translator couldnt translate hitler's words, but i think the translator is biased and sucks.

