The Future Freaks Me Out

Well as the semester begins to wind down to a close, my mind begins to surge with thoughts. Thoughts wondering if I have progressed since the beginning of the semester. Thoughts of what all has happened since the summer. But Mostly, my mind ponders the future. Am I any closer to the goals I hope to achieve?

While I'm still not positive about what I want to do for a career, I still have tons of ambition. Maybe too much.

For instance, I want to write a novel. I guess one would classify it as "Sci-Fi" because of the setting but I want it to be as realistic as possible. I want it to deal with human issues. This means a lot to me but I'm not sure if I will ever really have time to pull it off. I understand it can take a long time to write a novel, especially one as "epic" as I'm trying to create. Hopefully I can get it done.

Another thing I want to do is record music. I have ideas that are amazing in my eyes, but i don't really have much equipment for it. I'm so buckled for money I don't know if I ever will, which would be awful because music is extremely important in my life.

These two are just a fraction of everything I would like to do, but I'm not sure I will ever even be able to do them, which tears at me. I suppose I have to keep my head up and if an opportunity arises, I have to take advantage.

Well it has been great sharing with and getting to know you all. I will probably update this blog, but it probably won't be regularly. Best wishes to everyone and hopefully you all are soaring straight to all of your ambitions.

To The Future,
Joshua Moore

Big Man With A Gun

So as I'm sure everyone has heard, There was a shooting on the Fort Hood military base November 5. There were 13 fatalities(one of whom was 3 months pregnant) and 30 more who were wounded. The big twist? The shooter was one of our own soldiers. He was U.S. Army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hassan was the one who carried out the shootings. I'm not going to get into motives because there could be numerous possibilities. Instead, I''m going to ask whether we should allow Muslims--which Nadal Malik Hassan would say to students "I'm a Muslim first, and an American second."--into our army (quote from here)

Now, I feel I should state I have no problems with Muslims or any other group for that matter. I'm just not sure how secure I feel when people who are supposed to be protecting me and my rights have conflicting interests with our army. The article above states several times how many of Nadal Malik Hassan's fellow soldiers doubted his loyalty to the military and the country. That's not someone I would want fighting for me. I know not all Muslims have the same extremist views as Hassan but I wish there was a way we could make sure and then decline them based on that extremist belief. That won't ever happen though because we have to be tolerant of every little thing and if we say "No" to anybody for any small reason it is considered "discrimination."