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Now that they gave me the source code I have set out to change the world. . . BRB!

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Sometimes I think solipsism is real and you're not...

Friday, October 24, 2008

Salish Graphics for Myspace


If your bored with all the usual myspace graphics, check out my new salish graphics. Yes, I had a little too much time on my hands, but there's not much else to do when the kids are watching shrek for the 99th time and SOMEONE has your vehicle so you can't really go anywhere....
enjoy!
http://www.dotrez.com/myspaces.htm

Monday, October 20, 2008

Barack Obama Speech to NCAI


Barack Obama speech to NCAI, October 20th, 2008 in Phoenix, AZ via video feed.

The Real Dot Rez

We will now proceed back to our irregularly scheduled programming. The Real Dot Rez is back up and running with the same lame jokes, same lame links... Johnny Bravo, Nerdy Shit..... everything is exactly the same as it was before it broke, except older. Almost as old as John McCain just days before the elections, LOL! Ok, maybe not that old, but still... Sorry about that! I'll try to post your new jokes sometime soon! I'm working on a new look and feel, and maybe a word press theme. I'm still testing it out, but I'll keep you posted!

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Moose Hunting w/a cross bow


I went moose hunting yesterday. My second day out this season. As we started out I still wasn't sure what I was doing out there. I'm not what you would call a real hunter. I mean I like the outdoors, but just not for long periods of time. I'm a homebody by nature, and I'm not too big on roughing it, especially when that means no flushing toilets.

To be honest, I wanted to go home after about 4 hours. I can't stand to be cold and I desperately wanted some fresh coffee, but the weather was cooperating so I forced myself to continue on. I knew if I put it off for another day I was taking the risk of being out in the rain or snow. Totally not my idea of hunting.

After nearly 8 hours we were just about to call it a day, and poof! There she was standing about 42 yards out. It took four arrows. The first two were total misses - maybe it was the foliage, or maybe it was reluctance on my part, but once I hit her with the third arrow I knew I would have to follow through. At that point I was completely amazed and overwhelmed at how she seemed to take pity on me. She could have ran away, she could have made it hard on me, but instead she gave me a fourth chance, and this time the arrow went straight to the heart, both hers and mine.

I'm not sure I will take up hunting again, but I have five years until I'm eligible for the moose lottery again so we'll see. In the mean while, I have 465 lbs of meat to take my family through the winter.

Click here to watch the video.

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Sunday, October 05, 2008

I Remember

Since my DotRez site is down I decided to go through all my old files to decide what to trash and what to keep. I cam across this composition originally written for a high school English class by one of our young tribal members, Ronald Torpey. I have to say it's still my absolute favorite.

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I remember the days of innocence, living on nothing but the thought of having fun. When getting hurt was only a part of the game I was playing and tears were only used to get something I wanted. When all that was good for me tasted so bad, and Superman was my career pathway. When the thought of a spanking was worse than any bogeyman, when my mom could heal any wound and fix any problem with a kiss.

I remember being too young for this and too small to do that, but trying anyway. When doing nothing was my job and getting dirty was a hobby. When girls were dirty and a dog's lick was a sign of friendship. When my duty was to question everything and raising Cain was a must. When candy was a food group and cartoons were an education source. When toys hurt more to break than bones and youth was my alibi.

I remember the years I've spent alone and the way I grew up. When my mother's job was to drink and my father's job was not being a father. When a beating from an adult figure close to me was unavoidable and hiding the hurt was the hardest thing to do. When alone was a natural feeling and having nothing was all I had. When having someone to watch my home games was a wish and waking up every morning was a goal.

I remember watching my mother waste away and getting pictures of my father in the mail. When love was rarely seen and alcohol was a relative. When Christmas was a day to see Santa, but I couldn't, and my birthday was just the day I was born, that's it. When a mother's touch left bruises and being ashamed was a part of my everyday life. When filling with rage was normal and crying was a pastime.

I remember when I said I'd never turn out that way and slowly realizing my choices. When living that way scared me to death and facing the truth was inevitable. When going to school was eight hours of freedom and spending time with my family involved alcohol. When achieving was never done and fending for myself was the only way to survive. When abuse came to be in all forms and time alone was a healing process.

I remember when emptiness was always there and a reliable parent was not. When growing up without a father made me a man and growing up hating my mother made me want to love her more. When running away sounded simple and being happy was a dream.

This is all that I remember, of course. How could I forget.

Friday, October 03, 2008

DotRez Redirect

If you came here by way of DotRez redirect I guess you noticed by now my site is down. It looks like it may have been down most of the day. I sent an e-mail to technical support, but my site is hosted in the UK so who knows how long it will be until they get it running again. For now I hope the redirect is at least working. I've been thinking about nuking the site for a while anyways... I'm not sure what I really want to do with it.

1999 seems like such a long time ago, but that's when I first learned html. I thought it was kinda fun so I decided to start DotRez - mostly to post all the jokes I was getting in e-mail, but also to post other things I was interested in - Indian activism, quotes I liked, technology information, and stuff about me. While Victor Rocha was up at all hours of the night aggregating Indian Gaming News, I was aggregating all the bad jokes.

I used to update the site once a week. Then life got busy and weeks turned into months, and once I think I went almost a whole year without updating. I'm surprised at the number of hits I still get. I guess comedy relief never gets old.

In the meanwhile, now might be a good time to overhaul the site.... or I could just call it a day and say "that was fun."