In the war against the vicious and zealous Covenant, no one battle is the most important, no one soldier can save Humanity.  From massive battles around distant stars, to close shootouts in the remains of human cities, each moment is important.  And as the seemingly unstoppable Covenant juggernaut splinters, suddenly enemies become cautious allies ( Read more... )

As the Covenant stalk and destroy human colonies a desperate fail safe is put into place.  When contact with the Covenant is made, any information that could lead to Earth or other Colonies must be destroyed.  This leaves any ship stranded, with no sure way of getting home.  So when Lt. Keyes gets a mission to make sure civilian traders are ( Read more... )

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I haven't used my LJ in many months. Mostly due to my sudden obsession with Facebook. However I have found that FB is good for the quick status, and my amazing book reviews. But for more in depth postings, it lacks. Perhaps there's room in my life for two social networks ( Read more... )

I'm considering end the love affair with livejournal.  For a time it was a great resource for my thoughts and emotions.  It was also a very convient way to connect with people.   However it seems to me most people have moved to either Facebook (yay!) or Myspace (boo).  I've found that Facebook has a wide array of well thought of features that could ( Read more... )

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So Michael Jackson is dead. As well as Farrah Fawset. I was actually doing a 36+ hour shift so I was still awake when all that news started flooding in over here. Farrah Fawsets death bothers me particularly. Although she was much before my time, her story was inspiring. But cancer is a devious and dangerous disease that is often very hard to ( Read more... )

I think often on the topic of failure. Some of the most defining moments in my life are failures. Like not making it through RIP. To this day I regret that. I regret that I let myself get shuffled into an office, where I never got to do my job. I've rationalized it to myself by saying that the Army knows what it wants me to do. And I'm not as ( Read more... )

So things are starting to settle into a rhythm. It's a hectic and tiring rhythm most days, but at least I'm getting used to it. My good attitude is sticking around. Even though I'm usually always running around and dealing with a million stupid things, I've been feeling good. I'm having problems keeping my guys motivated, but we're all hanging ( Read more... )