Another Quote

“The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this, ‘What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?’ and my answer must at once be, ‘It is no use.’ There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behavior of the human body at high altitudes, and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron. We shall not find a single foot of earth that can be planted with crops to raise food. It’s no use. So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won’t see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.”

--George Mallory

Random Quote to keep somewhere

"I don't like films, I like documentaries, but I wish they'd use more lesbians and robots..."
-Ryan Adams

Trick

-Think of a number between 1-10


-Multiply the number by 9


-Add the two digits together (if there is only one leave it)


-Subtract 5


-Determine which letter corresponds to that number (i.e. 1=A 2=B and so on...)


-Think of a country that begins with that letter


-Think of an animal that begins with the second letter of the country


-Think of two fruits that begin with the second letter of that animal











Do you have it?



















Ok, ready? I think I know what it is.




















Denmark, Elephant Lemon and Lime

Just had to put this somewhere so I wouldn't forget it

"Of Bob Dylan"

There are those who do not imitate,
Who cannot imitate
But then there are those who emulate
At times, to expand further the light
Of an original glow.
Knowing that to imitate the living
Is mockery
And to imitate the dead
Is robbery
There are those
Who are beings complete unto themselves
Whole, undaunted,-a source
As leaves of grass, as stars
As mountains, alike, alike, alike,
Yet unalike
Each is complete and contained
And as each unalike star shines
Each ray of light is forever gone
To leave way for a new ray
And a new ray, as from a fountain
Complete unto itself, full, flowing
So are some souls like stars
And their words, works and songs
Like strong, quick flashes of light
From a brilliant, erupting cone.
So where are your mountains
To match some men?
This man can rhyme the tick of time
The edge of pain, the what of sane
And comprehend the good in men, the bad in men
Can feel the hate of fight, the love of right
And the creep of blight at the speed of light
The pain of dawn, the gone of gone
The end of friend, the end of end
By math of trend
What grip to hold what he is told
How long to hold, how strong to hold
How much to hold of what is told.
And Know
The yield of rend; the break of bend
The scar of mend
I'm proud to say that I know it,
Here-in is a hell of a poet.
And lots of other things
And lots of other things.

-- Johnny Cash

So you thought I was done

So yeah it's likely just me reading this, but I just made these and they're cool and relate to Ecuador. For you zero people that still read this, enjoy.

Doug's cute Kid

Hey in case you were wondering Doug has the cutest daughter ever. Just thought I'd share a picture. I miss everyone who reads this...does anyone read this anymore? Well if you're reading this I miss you. And now Sonja:

Ok, for serious: Last (for a bit) pictures

Even more pics (that didn't fit on the last post)

Pictures! (For real this time)