Why would Greedo shoot first?

This is a question that has bothered me for a few years. Han kills Greedo but according to the fan boys of Star Wars, Greedo shot first. There is a very good reason Greedo would have shot first. I never hear any one talk about the reason that Greedo would have shot first. I just hear about the shot. Everyone thinks that it is a effects mistake. I do not think that is the reason why Greedo shoots.

Greedo does not want to kill Han. Greedo is trying to warn Han not to try anything. Greedo shoots up above Han's head. It is meant as a warning shot to Han to not try anything. Unfortunately, Han has great reflexes. Han reacts to the warning shot by shooting and killing Greedo. 

Greedo would get less money for the bounty if he kills Han. Jabba wants Han alive. Why else would Boba Fett go to that much trouble in "Empire Strikes Back" to get the bounty on Han Solo? Greedo makes a mistake. He does not realize that Han does not like being shot at by anyone. If Greedo had not shot, Greedo might still be alive. Of course, for drama, Greedo dying is the better storyline.

And that is the reason that I think Greedo shot first.

 

CD Release Party May 9, 2008

I got so drunk at the show that I am not sure I remember most of it. What really sticks in my mind is that the people I thought were my buddies left me in some random parking lot in the University District. A, C, and M are not on my friends list right now.

The show was fun. There were a couple cute women there. AMY, SEAN, and RILEY rocked like usual.

 

My Candidate for President of the USA

My choice and where my vote is going is for Mark Scott Bowen. He is the only person who fits the age 35 requirement that I will endorse.
This goes with my belief that you should not vote for politicians but the people that you know. I have known Mark my whole life. (He is my older brother, after all.) I may not like him but I do know that he would do the job better than anyone else I know.
I guess I would have to pick my brother in law for Vice President.
That is my choice.

Walkabout in Seattle

This is a sampling of photos I took at my adventure getting off at the wrong bus stop. The neighborhood was nice and I got some directions from a gentleman mowing his lawn. There were some really bright pinks, reds, and blues in the neighborhood. I was going to UPS to pick up a package and I took the 39 to the stop up the hill from where I was supposed to get off. It was a good walk and I got some exercise so that will have to be a good thing. See more of the pictures at http://www.myspace.com/pocketdoom

One of many choices for President

I could totally vote Cobra if that was a choice. Man, is that how bad the other choices really are that Cobra is looking good as an option?

Needing to clean Jay's Place

I need to go home and do laundry and clean my place. Will I do these things? Probably not. I am about to miss my bus. Which means I can find another excuse to stay where I am (library after work) and use the internet. I have family visiting from out of state this weekend and though they will probably not see my place, I do want it to be clean just in case. I am going to be throwing out some old dishes and stuff out of the kitchen. I need to remember to buy some oven cleaner. I should just get a new oven and a new fridge. I am probably going to have to replace them when I move anyways. Not that I plan on ever moving. My rent is too cheap to move. Especially for Seattle. I am trying to get up to writing every day like I would like to be doing.

Now that work has a blog, I can get paid to write. I find that very odd but engrossing. Instead of shelving books all day, I may take a few minutes to write a review about a book or a movie. I need to remember to do it more often.

All for now. Time to go home and fake clean.

Talking about the Bowen clan

Some video I took of my Aunt and Nanny. We were talking about the Bowen part of the family.

Stop the Charity Scam

I saw this article on the front page of the paper one day while I was walking to work. If a charity was succesful in its mission, it would disband after the incident which formed the need for the charity in the first place. Was there a need for charity after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and other disasters? YES. Is there a need for the charity to exist 50 years later? NO. People should not need jobs running a charity. It should be a one time thing to help people in need. I have known people that want to work for non-profits. How big a business is it that people want to go to work for these companies? Some of these people get paid a lot of money doing this work. You have to wonder if that money should have been better spent.

Imagine if that $300 billion was spread around the US. Maybe all the cities would have good road systems. Better education systems. New books in the libraries. I know, jobs for all the people who need it. There has to be a better way to redistribute wealth.

People being People...stop the charity...not that you will

Drivers out on the Road

You know that there has to be something wrong with a study like this. I remember when I was first learning how to drive. All the other people on the road did the stuff that I was trained not to do. All those people out on the road were horrible drivers. I kept trying to drive and all these OLD people got in the way. They went slow in the fast lane. They would not move over for faster trafic. They got in front of emergency vehicles. The teen drivers are not the bad drivers that the media and these studies portray them. I know that whenever I almost got into an accident, it could usually be attributed to the poor reaction of the other drivers on the road. My little brother once said that I was not a good driver but I react well to avoiding crashes. And that is because I analyze what the other drivers are doing. But when those drivers react in stupid ways, they cause other people to crash. And that leads to my point from this article. Teens may have more accidents but that is because of the older drivers on the road. The older drivers avoid the accident because they cause it. Due to the bad driving habits they have picked up over the years of their driving.

People being People...wouldn't it be nice to ?*&S them all!

July 4th Walk

I went out for lunch a little bit before 13:30 on Wednesday. I did get a Jamba Juice (Power Size Strawberries Wild with Burner and Energy) but did not eat anything until after 17:00. In between walking to get the Juice and the eating was an excursion through Capitol Hill to First Hill to the Waterfront to bridge to Magnolia and up the side of Queen Anne Hill. I got really burned and took some nice pictures of places along the way.