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"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

awesome site: Special Operations

second day of "fun": left for San Diego at 10 am. drove for 2 hours on the freeway. got there at 12, had lunch, then went aboard the retired USS Midway. stayed there for bout 4 hours. then drove back home for 2 more hours in the dark.

it was pretty fun. I went through the mess hall, hanger deck, and the flight deck. Then went into the island superstructure and went up to the bridge and sat in the captain's chair . looked at the chart rooms, flight control, etc. went into this Desert Storm flight simulator (kinda borin, not enough dogfights) and thats bout it i think.

Too bad that was the only carrier opened to the public. wish i could've went aboard the USS Ronald Reagan that was docked a couple hundred yards away cuz Midway is kinda an old piece of junk now since it was commissioned on September of 1945. Served in the aftermath of WWII. First to test launch a missile from a movin platform. Served in the Veitnam War and the first Persian Gulf War. Decommissioned on April of 1992.

EMERGENCY: An FBI SWAT team heads west on 6th Street toward the Mexican Consulate. Police evacuated a four-block area around the governmet office.

(yea thats wut the caption says if u cant read it)

damn, such a waste. i shud've done my job shadowing yesterday (Nov. 10). i was gonna do it at a FBI field office in downtown LA if they wud let me sum time this year, but damn, yesterday wud've been the best day to do it. but yea, all that happened was a guy took this pregnant woman hostage at the consulate. sum cop shot him in the head and they closed off 4 city blocks to see if there were any more suspects. but damn that pic is nice ^^. 3 gov vehicles w/ like 8 FBI SWAT memebers hanging off of each SUV. job shadowin on a day like that cant be any bettter.