i had a great day yesterday. but even flying high above sunset blvd, hands still ashake from contract signing, stomach still a-knot from dream fulfilling, my mind is never far from our best and bravest. i may not agree with the battle, but i do support the troop. a sweet, somewhat hokey, homemade you-tube video [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Military'
now let’s please bring home the rest
August 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Military, video
in gratitude.
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an ending. please.
July 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Military, music, video
this week ends the deadliest month in the afghanistan war. nothing really more to say. crying feels better. i have the flu so my maudlin mood magnifies with whims of vapors and fits of fury. being sick sends me into my weepiest, most melodramatic, has-been actress theatrics. antony and the johnsons play in every speaker [...]
Tags:afghanistan deadliest month·antony and the johnsons·morning joe·msnbc
scared to color outside the lines
April 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Military
i’m watching the pacific. to say it rivets me is an understatement. hh and i are rendered speechless each episode. every scene shakes me. i still can’t get the conversation out of my head where the hardened, jaded marine questions the fresh recruit about god: hearing those words made me feel a little less alone. [...]
Tags:the pacific
my grown up xmas list
December 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Christmas, Dogs, fashion, Home, Military
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can’st give me just in case he IS checking his list twice here is what i would be asking for if we lived in that magical world where friends weren’t sick, parents didn’t fret over bills, animals frolicked freely, a soldier’s watch was limited to his [...]
Tags:christine chin·Christmas·fendi·julianne moore·Lanvin·matthew heller·nantucket·stella mccartney·the killers
I’m sorry
November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Military
As I write this, the “facts” keep changing, but one thing remains the same: more of our brave soldiers have lost their lives; only yesterday it was here on U.S. soil. In the last 24 hours, additional military families have lost sons, daughters, dads, moms, brothers and sisters. I can’t comprehend their grief. I’m just [...]
