I am not a Terrorist!

I am sure many if not all of you have heard about the Tea Party movement.  For those that don’t know much about it or never heard of it I will summarize it by saying it is a libertarian movement trying desperately to convince the American people to do an easy comparison between 1776 America and 2011 America and notice the “subtle” differences.  This country that I love was run for the longest time under the law, The Constitution of the United States.  As George W. Bush once stated “It’s just a ‘G.D.’ piece of paper”.  He was right, it is just a piece of paper, but what makes it great is people believe in it and have died protecting the ideas and freedoms stated on that piece of paper. 

My point in this blog post is not to join in on the flame war between the Democrats and the Tea Party or to condone or condemn either party.  I simply want to say that before you call someone a Terrorist perhaps you should listen to them, know what it is they are doing and try to understand their position before you make yourself look like a wanker.

It is true that people like Alex Jones (infowars.net, prisonplanet.com) give libertarians bad names by being conspiracy theorist and spreading anti government propaganda that is so off the wall and crazy that even I’m not convinced.  You must realize that just because one grape is sour the whole bunch isn’t bad. 

I will say that I do relate to the Tea Party on the fact that I will stand by the Constitution before anything else and it is not just the police or the Military’s job to protect the Constitution, the responsibility falls to ALL American citizens.  Something this country has lost is pride in our heritage.  We should all be proud that we are independent from Britain, but also realize what caused that to happen in 1776 and turn an inquisitive eye towards the current US government and see if it’s time for a change BACK to what this country used to be.

Clinton Greene

Just an update

So it has been quite a while since I have blogged… I am a little sorry for that.  News updates include I have moved away, far away from my parents.  Although the freedoms are nice I do miss the home cooked meals, but grandma invites me over on the occasion for some southern cooking and it makes life great once again.

As many of you know I have a girlfriend (yay!)  who is having a birthday this Saturday, so if you see her or know her wish her a Happy Birthday.  I do want to talk about last night for a moment.  It was her birthday dinner because she works Friday and Saturday so Thursday was the closest I could make it.  The plan was romantic candle lit dinner with a meal I cooked, slow dancing the night away with a wonderful collaboration of songs, and diamonds were involved also.  Well that was the plan at least… what really happened was the oven screwed up, the chicken wasn’t thawed and she wanted Wendy’s.  So we had a candle lit fast food dinner.  And as screwy as that sounds it was absolutely the best time ever.  Also the first time she ever wanted to dance with me, normal I have to make her.  All in all it was an amazing evening and I can’t get over how lucky I am to be with her.

More headlines include shotguns and swords (yea I got a sword) and the horrible death of spiders.  None of this seems interesting enough to blog about so Ill move on.

My website business is getting a lot action, but not a lot of revenue.  Seems certain clients and a certain corporation likes to wait a few months after the work is done to pay.  But I’m not bitter…

Anyway I guess I should stop blogging and do some real work, may be hanging with the guys tonight, it’s the end of the summer for some of them and I want to make it rather memorable J

420 (NOT about pot. I promise)

I thought I would drop in and tell you all how things have been going as of late. 

I have been working intently on the "I Chose This Day" advertising campaign.  

I have recently been composing and transposing hymns from my church hymnal in to piano and violin duets.  

I have found, as many people in the music industry have I'm sure, that the classical works are sometime a wise choice when you are trying to establish a sense of style and class, instead of whatever that stuff is the Black Eyed Peas call music.

I do believe I am cursed by a sad muse.  Seems I have to be depressed to write good songs, as of Monday night I have been posing a rather sunny outlook on life and the quality of my verses are just not there. But at least I can smile again.

Just a bit of my mind for today...

My Time in Chicago

Well all I can say about Chicago is Awesome!!! I do believe I will be revisiting this wonderful city sometime in warmer, dryer weather.  The food in downtown is rather pricy but it was worth it.  Thursday Pres. Obama walked through the Hilton and ate at the Gaslight, and the cool part is I was at the Gaslight Club when he walked in.  But of course I didn’t have my camera with me but still it was cool to see him.

Last night was probably the best ever, I went down town at 1pm, then got a little lost and walked around for a few hours.  Went to the Mac store, it was crazy awesome, rode on a bus tour, that was cool, and went to the White Sox game, my favorite part.  Met a guy and gal at the game and they invited me to hang out in this place called Russian Division.  It was an awesome party, spilled out in the street. 

As far as the work aspect goes, the meeting was highly productive.  I was assigned to the advertising campaign for an upcoming project.  I am really looking forward to starting it.  The planed GA meeting is in Pittsburg for 2012 and by then I hope to have the Godequips project and this new project that I cant give name to at this time… 

I am writing this on a plane, I expect to land around 4pm EST in Charlotte.  Then I’m headed home for some sweet, sweet sleep J

Here

Well I made it here, and have been working all the while.  The pizza here is just as good or better than I had imagined.  Most of the people are nice.  Tomorrow is the big meeting, I am presenting my web page and network solutions to the Bord of  Directors.  Should be fun.  I have yet to take any pictures but I will get on that tomorrow when I do my tour and go to the game.  But for now it is sleepy time. Good night all.

Dear Windy City

Well it is 10pm on Wednesday night, I board my plane at 2:50pm tomorrow.  Right now it is a bitter sweet feeling.  On one hand I need a break from Lenoir, and the other I know my life is here and I'm OK with that. Anyway I cant wait to eat a real Chicago style pizza.  Ill write up a little post every night I'm up there with pictures and some video of the White Sox game Ill be going to.

                                                                                             Clinton S. Greene

Third day of Fast

          Pain is the best way to describe what I am feeling.  Not just hunger pains (although most has subsided as my body has started to eat its self) but pain on a deeper level.  While I spend my time in meditation lots of flaws about myself pop to the front of my mind, everything from saying my first cuss word in elementary school all the way to… well never mind.  The point is I am starting to change the idea I have of myself.  I am going from version 1.2 to a new 2.0 beta; yes it is a beta version until it has been properly tested.  I am nowhere close to finding this new person within me so the fast will continue.  I would recommend fasting to anyone who is up for a challenge and needs good soul searching time.  Trust me God will show you things about yourself that will both scare you and disgust you but as I am finding out it is good to know these things and correct them.
               

First day of Fast

                  I am doing a two week fast in order to find answers for what I need to do with my life.  It is a liquid only fast, the idea is if the body uses energy on both brain power and on digestion then I would rather use the energy to sort things out in my mind.  I am 21hours into the fast and things are fine so far.  I have set aside 2 hours every day for meditation; this is the average time I would spend on lunch break and at dinner.  I am replacing my lunch break at work with a walk in the park.  I hope this 2 weeks are both physically and mentally health for me. Pray for me so I will get through this and God will reveal at least one of the answers that I am searching for.

“Who am I living for”?

             I am stealing the title of this post from a Katy Perry song; yeah I know its gay but whatever.  

                 Anyway I feel I need to say something about my recent break up.  For the ones that read this and know me best you will know that I am not usually affected by a break up, other than the normal 3 day period of self pity I allow myself.  For some reason, (that I am currently unaware of this time) I feel emptier than I should, and I think that is why I try to find comfort in Katy Perry. 

               The song “Who am I living for” asks a very simple question; who are you living for?  I used to live for my girlfriend, sacrificing all that I could to make her happy.  Well that would have been fine if she wasn’t a complete fake that ended up lying to me and her family.  Sorry I’m not here to rant.  The point I am trying to make here is that if you are going to love someone and put faith in them and live for them, be prepared to get crushed by them.  I guess I’m trying to say that I have learned a valuable lesson here, don’t live for another person, live for yourself or God, and personally I say that you could trust God more than you could your own self. 

                                                                                       Clinton Greene

Over the hump day…

Hello people
               So I made it to Thursday as you can tell.  Things in the web design world are going great, not the same for the rest of my life.  On Monday I went with Ciera to Hickory NC. We hit the mall and got some awesome coffee at Broad River Coffee Company.  Then we went to Best Buy where I bothered the workers.  Eventually we ended up at Hooters. Yeah I know right, not really the kind of place you think of when you think of me.  But never the less they have the best breaded hot wings ever.
                Tuesday I went out shooting, guns are one of my hobbies/passion.  I mounted and sighted in a scope on a Marlin .22, it was my dad’s gun (very old).  I did find the time to play violin that night, it always seems to calm me and make everything logical in a seriously screwed up world.
                Wednesday I opted out of church and just lied in bed and read most of the night.  I feel that I need to read more in order to broaden my vocabulary for my book, but I’m not sure that Dr. Sues is the best method for that… oh well.
                I have been having trouble with a bit of depression.  Some days I have no energy what so ever and can be very easily made angry.  It just seems I am having more days like these instead of days of joy.  Last Friday I was on a phone call that turned in to an argument and I completely destroyed my room and other parts of the house.  I am still repairing a smashed guitar from the incident, I hope that won’t happen again but I don’t think I will ever be in that situation again so I don’t worry.           

                                                                                                               Clinton Greene

Starting Out

Hello,
  I am Clinton Greene and I am keeping this blog as a way to mostly keep track of what I am doing from day to day but also allow my friends to peer into my realm of work and life.  I am the web designer and technician for this site www.layman.org. I enjoy my job, it pays good and I get to travel.  I hope to one day soon open a business of my own, simply as an enjoyment. I have a great job and would never leave it for some fleeting dream of being a business owner, but I do think that it would be fun to be apart of something like a small business.
   I also enjoy music, playing and listening.  I am a BIG Bob Dylan fan and love trying to recapture the magic of his poetry when I play guitar and or harmonica.
  I promise I will commit to this blog and not let it fall into the abyss of the interwebs.

                                                                                                      Clinton Greene