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Name: Nathan
Birthday: 1/19/1980
Expertise: Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Sound (technical), Reading people, music performance
Industry: Banking/Finance
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AIM:  IWUhottie
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10/9/2004
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Letters from Iwo Jima
By Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe (IV), Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi (II), Eijiro Ozaki, Nae Yuuki, Nobumasa Sakagami, Akiko Shima (II), Lucas Elliott, Sonny Saito, Steve Santa Sekiyoshi, Hiro Abe, Toshiya Agata, Yoshi Ishii, Toshi Toda
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I went to see letters from Iwo Jima this weekend. It is a very dynamic movie, definately mature guy type of themes, not because it is crass with bad language or anything but because it deals with war. The movie tells the story from a group of Japanese men sent to defend the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean south of Japan. This island became crucial to our fight to end the war because it was set to become our landing strip to more effectively bomb Japan- eventually also being the island that we delivered the atomic bombs from (if I remember right). The Japanese knew of this island's significance and were determined to hold out to the very end, as long as it took and give their lives in order to defend their homeland. It was amazing to see the movie from their point of view and Clint Eastwood did a fantastic job constructing everything with great screenplays, erie hollow music, and video shot on the island itself. Fanstastic- if you're a guy, you need to see it to understand the sacrifices or World War II. | | |
| Can I say whoops? I haven't journalled in so long, it is disgusting- October- WOW. Well, a big enough event in my life came my way and forced me to share it with you. Something clicked in my head over the last two weeks that I can't quite explain. Yes, I read a couple short articles about organization and getting tidy in the new year, but reading doesn't affect a change in and of itself. I must have been yearning for change.
The article said if you haven't used something in a year, let it go. Most organization guru's say then to trash it or give it away. I had set aside time to renovate my bathroom but Phil got busy and couldn't come over and I just decided to start trashing. Nothing was too sacred to toss, here are some samplings: Newspaper articles, a clay mask I made in 8th grade (14 yrs ago) that I kept packed away because I didn't like the look of it, college textbooks (5-8 years old), mountains of paper notes from classes going back 13 years, pens, broken mechanical pencils (finally just bought new ones instead of refilling the old), rocks (yes I collect them- it's a fault passed down from my granny), wedding planner (haven't gotten engaged), and more. In all- over 4 boxes worth thrown away and some given to charity. I was so excited that I did find the several things I lost over the years (no, the dryer did not eat them)! I found my alarm clock (lost since the move 6 months ago), my africa necklaces (lost for 4 months after the move), a missing sock I thought my dad stole (lost 4 months), and my LOTR sound track (Christmas gift loaned out to a best-friend 4 yrs ago which he just found). It's amazing what we hold onto in this world. All I can say is it feels great to know meaningless stuff is gone and I don't feel done yet. I am slowly changing and I don't expect a relapse. You know I need to make room for that future spouse and her stuff anyway- ha! | | |
| How much fun it is freezing your feet off! I went camping with John, Phil, and Joy this weekend at the
reservoir and boy I did not expect it to get that cold! John’s tent had the sides that you couldn’t zip
closed, they were permanently meshed OPEN and we were so cold- it being around 45 degrees or so outside.
How fun! I just love getting up at 3 am starving, freezing, AND having to relieve myself. Gollee that’s
fun. Good news is that the rain from Saturday passed and it dried up, the sun came out and it was around 70
degrees on Sunday. Yes, I attended bedside Baptist on Sunday. And I’m usually the one complaining that I
can never find my friends at church. Ok, so it wasn’t completely a primitive site- we had 3 lanterns,
propane stove, and the world’s cutest puppy.
Okay now Jessica seems to think that a pug is the best type of puppy, but they are so hyper and jumpy and
chewy all the time. Phil’s puppy is a Malamute/Shepherd mix and he was wonderful. He went
to the bathroom in the woods, not right there in our campsite. “Kodiak” only barked if you riled him up,
he slept all through the night, and was content just to sit and watch us or sleep on our laps and this at 3
months old! I really could have taken him home! Just let me know Phil.
I watched an interesting flick with Ben at the dollar movies this weekend- “Click.” Being Adam Sandler I
pretty much knew what to expect, but not really. First of all his wife was beautiful which I thought
was grossly in proportionate to Adam- he’s not that much of a catch. It’s the whole “remote control
allows me to pause and fast forward through life”movie. His life ended up going on autopilot until he
ended up a sad 60’s year old man. At the end when it looks like he may be dying, he finally confesses-
“family, family, family.” He realizes that when he wasn’t there for his family for all the boring moments, he missed everything. He was “there” but he wasn’t present. I thought it was really big of the movie to have a 30 something say when it’s all over, it’s not about money, a big job, or being successful-when you die you really don’t care much about what you accomplished. It’s about who you touched. | | |
| Today was the day I picked up my pants from the tailor. You see they were much too small for me, having outgrown them the second I slipped them on at the store. So here I am four years later having aged like a steer- some 15 lbs in excess. So the tailor did me right, but kept me tight still so hopefully it will possess me to get back to a target range.
I methodically went through the pockets of my suit coat in anticipation of going to the cleaners tomorrow. Gum from the viewing, gum from the funeral, the business card of the funeral director and a sympathy note from the church my grandparents attend:
OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY TO…
¨ Wilbur ____, Sherril ____, Carol _____, Ron, Don and David _____ and families upon the death of Hazel ____.
I feel sad, the sad you don’t tell others about because it is one of those unique hurts that only God really can translate. I’m just sad. My grandma died. ______…
What really got me going tonight was what I’ve been avoiding for the last nine months is that my parents are leaving to go overseas in like two weeks. So suddenly I’m saying things like, “I gotta make sure I get this to them,” or “That’ll be the last time I see them.” I always do pretty well with them leaving but this time it’s just plain hard because my grandma left too and you never feel like you get enough time with anyone like that who is close to you. So I want to make some nice memories this weekend that will be enough to hold me through empty Thanksgiving dinner tables, Christmas’s around everyone else’s trees, and two birthdays by long distance card writing. It’s hard and we all deal through it well I’ll say, but I’ll look forward to April and the day when all might be family time as usual as the Lord tarries and wills. | | |
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