Sunday, November 22, 2009
Gives them all a bad name.
It's a truth we can't escape, our world is full of social prejudice. However we can't escape knowing that some biases are justly placed. Keenan and I were at Chena Hot Springs this weekend and not even a minute after we sat down in the hot tub this guy gets in... well, stumbled in. He nearly fell on me on his way down. He sits down after gaining coordination, and starts talking to us. It's very easy to tell that the guy is drunk. And one of the first things he tells us is he's in the military. Soon after that he's telling us about "getting lucky last weekend." We humor him for a while. Just when I'm starting to feel uncomfortably hot and wanting to go outside he calls his friend over. His friend (also in the military) has two blood-shot eyes... The kind that comes from broken blood vessels. Bright red. They tell us how he got in a fight in a bar a few weeks ago. And how they were no longer allowed in. After a little more small talk they ask us about ourselves, Keenan said he was in collage and they talked about that for a minute. Then the first guy to get into hot tub, Steve, asks, "What about you?" I say, "Well, I haven't made it to collage yet but I plan on it." Steve says (very loudly) "HIGH SCHOOL!!" and then he and his blood-shot friend high five. At this point I am really wishing to leave, too hot. Keenan just stood up and leaned against the railing. Me, being in a hot tub with three guy, two of them being drunk crude GIs, didn't think it was a good idea to stand up and lean anywhere. The next topic Steve and his buddy come to is how much "Fairbanks hates the military." They can't figure out why people don't like them or how they get their bad name. "F*ck you Fairbanks!" .... If you can't see the irony in this at this point, trying reading this through again... lol
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geez! thank God Keenan was with you.. that wouldn't have been a safe place to be alone :S
ReplyDeleteI know! The two had a friend in the other hot tub too.. seemed harmless.. but you never know. =S Nt sure why the guys weren't kicked out actually... they were being way too loud and obnoxious.
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ReplyDeleteThey could have been kicked out while we were in the rock pool. That was a bit out of hand. I appreciated that the other guy was more calm and didn't want to come into the hot tub. as for the first guy...
ReplyDelete"Hey I'm steve, if you are ever at a party at the university just find me" ... yeah, right lol
WOW.. I wish this Surprised me... but it doesn’t.. the army guys.. (NOT ALL MILITARY OR EVEN ALL ARMY) They get a since of Inflated Ego.. they are Completely controlled while at work.. from what they can wear to how they stand.. so when they get out in the city and are not restricted to military standards they... well they seem to forget what being in the military represents.. they forget all the Respect they get from us is earned BECAUSE they are in the military (if they don’t act like they are men that are protecting us then they DON’T GET TREATED THAT WAY) not because they are a great drinking buddy or how funny they think they are.. NOR is it HOW AMAZING THEY THINK THEY ARE.. because frankly.. most the guys in the military are BOYS.. they don’t act nor behave as if they know what a man is.. (although 100 out of 100 would argue Because they are in the military they are REAL men) Being in the Military Dose Not make you a man.. It gives you an opportunity to become a man and be a great Husband/Brother/Son
ReplyDeleteTHERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF AMAZEING MILITARY MEN/WOMEN OUT THERE...!!!
Keenan.. Emily Likes you there for I acknowledge/like you.. and maybe you handled the situation perfectly for what was happening.. but it seems to me that if you had sensed Emily being unconformable that you would have done more to get her out of the hot tub NOT JUST STAND UP AND LEAN AGAINST THE RAIL... (WHEN YOU DID THAT you sent a message to the guys [and anybody else] that showed you being uncomfortable and vulnerable) therefore LEAVEING Emily alone.. (yes I know you didn’t leave her alone but your body language didn’t seem to fit the confident loving boyfriend type…) you didn’t leave her but your body language and your actions DID..
Like I said early you may have handled the situation and got the result you had hoped for.. Next time… (If you since her being uncomfortable try to figure out why and whisper to her and ask her if she wants to go… She did not get out of the water and leave because you did not.
Disclaimer;
I MAY HAVE BEEN WAY OUT OF LINE WITH MY REPLY… but frankly I chose my words carefully and don’t regret saying anything I have said.. Im sorry if iv upset you Emily/keenan but just like this blog I wrote what I felt..
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I do know there are a lot of women in the military.. But frankly you don’t get hit on/pestered/raped/beaten up/assaulted/murdered by the women of the military..
God Bless Our Troops
i also want to apologize for the Length of my previous reply.. Ha ha Didn't mean for it to be longer then the Blog ha ha LOVE YOU EMILY AND MISS YOU... have you given it any thought about what the secret is??
ReplyDeleteAdam, I don't want you to presume that I am not the loving and caring type... because I very much am. While I know you have always looked out for Emily please know that I am by no means a threat or a short-fall. I also learned from how that situation went that I can get her out of uncomfortable situations sooner and yes I did wait a little too long that time. Besides I stood up real shortly, realized Emily wasn't going to stand up, sat back down with her, and we both waited SHORTLY for a point when the inebriated words he was spitting were at a good half decent stopping point letting us get out without being confrontational to him in and his bar-fighting friend any way to be on the safe side.
ReplyDeleteBut really Adam, thanks for always having kept and eye on Emily. Whether it saved her from some horrible fate or not, I'm glad you had been around to help her out and add to the amazing girl that she is. (And no, this is not an exaggeration lol)
On that note, I really do wish for your trust that I am not going to wrong the woman I love and that you care about so much in any way intentionally. And that I do learn from my mistakes, fast, because I have never taken her for granted and never will. And all of this blog, you'll never see things like this happen again on my watch.
On a last note, you were, a little out of line to me there personally. Anyways, I was just letting you know that, but I am not at all your enemy and I do actually appreciate your still watching out her back.
Lol, also I know this has dragged on forever, but you are my friend as well. If you ever need anything hit me up on facebook or something.
WOW... Keenan i respect you standing up for yourself.. so far out of all the guys that shes dated or mentioned you seem to be an OK Guy..
ReplyDeleteI'm glad shes with someone that can Appreciate what type of women she is and Will BE.. I never meant to correct or impose that you were a bad boyfriend just give some advice from a guy that KNOW's Emily.. She wont always tell you what she wants/needs/feels. im glad your a fast learner because Emily is ever-changing!
LOVE YOU Emily.. you can have your blog back now...
ha ha ha
Psh... Boys.
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