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Name: Joe Meredith Parish DOB: 12 January 1976 Sex: Male ICQ#: 13237034 (Khavik) AIM ID: Khavikanum Yahoo ID: Khavikall MSN: Khavik E-Mail: khavikanum@hotmail.com |
General
Native of Texas, born to Dale and Faye Parish on 12JAN1976. Public education until graduation from Orangefield High School in 1994. Attended Lamar University from 1995 to 1999, majoring in Civil Engineering and Biology. Enlisted in the US Army in 1999 as a Chemical, Biological, and Radiological emergency response specialist and
reconnaissance asset. Saw service in Korea (1999-2000), Kansas (2000-2004), Kuwait (2003-2004), Korea again (2004-2005), and Louisiana (2005-2006). Married in NOV2002; divorced in DEC2004. Hobbies include Dungeons and Dragons, chess, reading/writing Fantasy, reading/writing Science Fiction, organizing, and physical conditioning. Now majoring in Environmental Science at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.
Sayings of a Mad Man
The following are a collection of mantras that have been said often, and have served me well. They have, in a strange sort of way, defined who I am more so than most anything else.
My Father's Gifts to Me
Leave it better than how you found it.
Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
You don't owe me a damn thing, because I've given you a loan.
Pay it back by doing a better job with your children than I have with mine.
I'm proud of you, son, because I know how far you've come.
Read for pleasure. If you don't, then you won't Learn for pleasure.
Don't cook the same thing, the same way, every time.
Well, son, I don't know what else to tell you...
My Mother's Gifts to Me
When life gives you lemons -- make lemonade.
No matter what happens, This, too, shall pass.
If it's on sale, then it's worth looking at.
No matter how tall you get, I can always reach up and swat your behind.
No one can beat you up as well as you can.
My Gifts to You
You maintain things at a high enough level for long enough, And they practically maintain themselves.
If it's broke, then fix it, or quit bitchin about it.
Not everything is for everyone, So don't assume everyone can do everything -- even you.
Blind faith in anything -- even gods -- is for fools.
Listen to the people around you, and then listen to yourself.
If common sense were that common, then everyone would have it.
You don't have to know everything; you just have to know who does.
Learn fear; it's easy to love wolves, until you've been stalked by them.
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just highly improbable.
Judge a man by how he handles the mistakes he makes -- not whether or not he makes mistakes.
There's three sides to every coin; hunt till you find em.
If it makes sense, then you've had too much to drink; go home.
Someone's Gifts (though I can't say whose)
Just because you can do a thing, doesn't mean you must.
What do you call a man that speaks only one language? An American.
Joe's Rules of Leadership
1. Never give an order you know will not be obeyed, or that you cannot enforce.
2. Where there is one -- there may be many.
3. The Third Stripe is for teaching; the only difference between a raw recruit and a veteran of twenty years should be experience.
4. Loyalty and criticism goes both ways -- period.
5. The first step towards tyranny is to silence the opposition.
6a. Maintenance is a bitch; you have to be a son-of-a-bitch about maintenance.
6b. Soldiers need maintenance, too: bodies, hearts, souls, and minds.
"I have fought against dragons.
I have fought against demons.
And I have fought against the very gods themselves.
But the toughest battle ground of all
Was that of the heart.
You cannot fight yourself.
You cannot fight who you are.
You cannot fight your future self."