“Roger, uh, bu…” -Col. Rick Husband, Flight Commander of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia

Today, February 1st, 2018 at 13:59 UTC, exactly when this was posted, marks 15 years since NASA Mission Control in Houston lost contact with the Space Shuttle Columbia as it broke up over the United States during re-entry after its mission to low Earth orbit. They orbited for 15 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes and 32 seconds. The crew contained 5 Americans, 2 on their second spaceflights, 3 on their first, as well as the first ever Female Indian astronaut on her second spaceflight and the first ever Israeli astronaut on his first spaceflight.

This was the second Space Shuttle disaster. It was also the last spaceflight incident that lead to the death of its Astronauts as well and the first and only one during my life.

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“Consummatum est!” Translation from Spanish: ”It is finished!” -Jose Rizal, Filipino Nationalist

Oh wow, I guess this is it. I thought that there were 31 days in November this whole time and I thought it was going to be one more random post before the final post of NaNoWriMo but here we are.

I started this blog as an idea that I needed to engage my brain in a better way, something better than video games and Reddit or random youtube videos until I passed out at night. I wanted to do something that would force me to share more about my personal life, learn and understand what makes better writing and share it with the world.

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“I don’t go to church, but I look in the window.” -Robert Frost, American Poet

To me, there is nothing more painful than looking into your own mind and realizing what lies in there and how you keep it in there because you dare not let them escape or that it is impossible for them to exist in the real world.

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“I’m tired. I’m going back to bed.” -George Reeves, American Actor

Today was supposed to be my day of triumph. It was supposed to be the day that I had all my furniture done and my room ready for decoration…

Unfortunately, I am writing this from the mattress, on the floor, in the middle of my room, with a half-finished IKEA bed where I should be sleeping.

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“A party! Let’s have a party.” -Margaret Sanger, American Social Reformer and Writer

Alcohol makes young people really dumb, money makes young people really dumb, military training makes young people really dumb. When you combine alcohol, money, and military training in a place where you are surrounded by many drunk people and beautiful women who are also drinking causes a ton of problems.

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