Politics Explained

FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.

PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.

BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.

FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.

PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.

DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.

PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.

BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.

LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.

SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

"breaking dawn"

New phenomenon (well I guess not BRAND new), but new in my life, is the "twilight saga". I have been enthralled for the past week by this series and cannot get enough of Edward >sigh<.

After much anticipation the final installment, fourth book "Breaking Dawn" will be released Saturday August 2nd.

...I think I'm in love with a vampire...

Harrismith, South Africa

Hey everyone,
As promised...here are some pics from Africa!
I'll have more up when I get home!

Base in Harrismith ("Harry - smith")


"AFRICA POSE!!"


Team on day one
(it's so beautiful here!)


Village of Qwa Qwa


Mount Everst Game Reserve


Beautiful village children!

AFRICA!

Hello HELLO from Africa!!
I finally stole a minute to use the internet here in the middle of God's creation!!
I so wanted to post a few pictures for you all to see...but the computer if circa 1980 or something...

ANYWAYS! It is AH-MA-ZING here! I arrived in Joberg (Johannasberg) on Thursday evening (Thursday morning in the states) and have been running ever since! I can't believe that I'm here....today finally sunk in for me.

I am about to run to dinner (yes it is night here).

More to come...

xoxo
-jami

behold THE LIST!

* I’m 24 years old and my birthday is on December 19th.
* I share the same birthday as Alyssa Milano, Jennifer Beals, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
* I can get pretty bitter over how my birthday gets lost in the holiday season.
* I’m the youngest child with a older sister and an older brother.
* Being the youngest has warped my persona. I’m extremely spoiled and I always get what I want!
* I love to create art. Sadly I haven’t figured out how to that passion it properly to make money.
* My dream job would be to be the owner of a dessert shop. I’d spend my downtime sampling the inventory and painting.
* I still haven’t decided what I want to do with my life.
* At one point I wanted to be an teacher. One semester of student teaching and observing the third grade made me realize I would never survive in an enviroment made to stifle kid’s imaginations.
* During my younger, “I Like school” days, I wanted to do something with math. I interned with an accountant for a few months after school. I realized I could never do that!
* If I could live in any time period, I would travel back to the late ’50s, early ’60s and live a Beatnik, Tiki-cultured existence.
* I’ve gone by many nicknames in my life: James, Jame, J, Shoe-ie, Piglet, AJ (just to name a few).
* In order to set myself apart from the crowd, I intentionally go against "the grain".
* For some reason people have a hard time with my name. After they see it, they seem to want to insist I wrote/said it wrong. They continue the conversation calling me Jammie (as in pajamas).
* I have an unhealthy obsession with baseball.
* I have an even more unhealthy obsession with baseball players.
* Even though on the most basic terms, I am a Christian I find that I have no where near the same principles as other people that use the same label. That fact scares me. I really don’t know what book these people are reading sometimes.
* My Music taste is pretty ecletic. I’ve asked my friends to describe what I listen to and they classify it as, “Wacky Crap”. Take from that what you will.
* This List is only a brief smattering of facts, and I’m actually happy that I can’t break down every aspect of my life into bullet points!

in honor

to celebrate the birthday of the late, great Nick Drake...
I plan on downloading "pink moon" today.

having it on vinyl just isn't enough...i need some ipod-age.

:)

she & him: volume one

A few months ago there was a hubbub brewing on a message board community in which I happen to be a member, about an album that was about to be released at the time (I blame one man for this entirely). That album was Volume One by She & Him or as you may know a bit better as Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. I was a bit weary of checking out this album at first, mostly because I’m trying to kick this music addiction of mine. You would not believe the money I spend on music and relating paraphernalia.

After Diana's strong recommendation, I sampled a couple of the tracks on I-tunes (the most evil invention that I can’t live with out) and I felt She & Him warranted a full listen. After a couple quick clicks I had the album in hand, via I-pod, and I hit play. My ears danced!

The first thing that hit me was Zooey’s voice. I was in love with it, well even more so then before I heard this album. Zooey’s voice through out this album has a nice range and is quite versatile; so effortless. She switches from a Jazz vocal to a semi classic country western sound, and her voice always has this playful vitality to it that I don’t think I’ve ever heard before. This album would is worth it just to hear her voice.

The other part of M. Ward should get some praise here too. The man knows what he’s doing, he knows who the star is and does everything in his power to enhance and accompany Zooey’s vocals. Just one listen through of this album just shows the M. Ward is brilliant.

I really can’t find much wrong with this album other then it’s not enough. I desperately want a Volume Two to be released. I’m glad that I decided to listen and pick up this album. It has brought such a joy, a relief that music of this caliber is still being produced. If you are a fan of strong female vocals or just a fan of music you should pick up copy of this album or at the least check it out.



She & Him-Volume One

Five points out of Five – Must Buy

diana rothery photographic

my beautiful and wickedly talented friend diana took these rockstar photos of me this past weekend in phoenix.

last night

“There is no judgement awaiting those who trust Him…” –john 3:18

Where there is trust there is influence.
Where there is influence there is change.
Where there is change, there is growth.

So then, trust=growth.

I’m growing a bit right now.

such a BA

I'm proud to know this man...

have i mentioned...

i love interleague play...

go twins!

aaHHHHHMazing weekend!!!

Well, twins lost the series 2-1, but it was an AMAZING weekend...pics and more to follow later.......

thank you mark.

WARNING: stolen

So I stole this survey/questionnaire from Josh Mick.
I loved it...so...here it is:

The principle aspect of my personality: I try to relate to everyone and empathise consistently.

The quality that I desire in a man: Honesty.

The quality that I desire in a woman: Unconditional love.

What I appreciate most about my friends: Each has a different number on me. They read my mail each in their own way.

My main fault: Lack of a "filter" (mostly of what comes out of my mouth. I'm brutally honest to a fault)

My favorite occupation: Advocate...fighting for someone else is beautiful.

My dream of happiness: To keep dreaming, creating, and taking care of other people to the best of my abilities.

What would be my greatest misfortune?: To live my life how I think it should go without asking God's opinion.

What I should like to be: Dependable, honest, genuine, happy.

The country where I should like to live: Africa (country to be decided at a later date), Czech, Italy.

My favorite color: Red.

The flower that I like: Daisy.

My favorite prose authors: Chuck Klosterman, Kurt Vonnegut.

My favorite poets: So far: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poe.

My heroes in fiction: Siris Black.

My favorite heroines in fiction: Elizabeth Gilbert.

My favorite composers: Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Webber.

My favorite painters: Pollock, Frida Kahlo.

My heroes in real life: Bono, Jesus, Veterans (of any war).

My heroines in history: Hummm...Elizabeth I

My favorite names: Yahweh

What I hate most of all: Racism, hate, inconsideration, etc.etc.etc.

Historical figures that I despise the most: The ones that don't think for themselves (Nazis, followers...)

The military event that I admire most: Peace talks

The reform which I admire the most: Abolition.

The gift of nature that I would like to have: I would like to heal things.

How I want to die: Ready.

My present state of mind: Concerned.

Faults for which I have the most indulgence: I am impatient, which makes my indulge the want for everything I think I need right then.

My motto: All you need is love.

coincidence ....maybe.

I received this forture from facebook today:

Could this be predicting my weekend?...

...I think so! :)

"Darth Vader" spared jail in Jedi church attacks

In a recent story from MSNBC, a man calling him self "Darth Vader" attacks a "church" of Jedis.
Here are a few of my favorite lines from the story:

"A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church."

"He also whacked Jones' 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones — known as Master Mormi Hehol — bruising his thigh in the March 25 incident, prosecutors said."

"Unfortunately for Hughes, his March attack was recorded on a video camera that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber battle."

"Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the better part of a 2 1/2-gallon box of wine beforehand."

Read the full story here.

arts and crafts time

In preparation for my AMAZING WEEKEND coming up...
Savannah and I have been working diligently this week on this:


Perfection right?

...yes I LOVE Joe...
...yes I would marry Joe...
...yes I will be THAT girl...
...and YES I will be on t.v.!!

Vintage

My Twins

1961 - 1971

1971-1987

1987-present


"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." - Kirby Puckett

200

"Major League Baseball has the most gruelling schedule of all the major sports, with each team playing 162 games in 180 days." - Baseball Gambling Online