Youtube Video- The Paint Ball Project Day 10

An emotional day, Bilal reported, because of both technical failures with the server again being overwhelmed by the quantity of traffic, and sadnes over the deaths of his brother and father. His post was quite short, less than three minutes.

The ongoing problems with the site traffic overwhelming thew server lead it to be shut down for about 7 hours. He reported a ongoing series of upgrades that he hoped would accommodate the visitors to the site. He thanked several of his supporters for visiting the gallery to help with varies logistical challenges to the performance.

Bilal went on to say that the issues he had not dealt with surrounding the deaths of his brother and father "hit him particularly hard". As he expressed this his voice began to crack, although he remained composed through the post.

Perhaps the most remarkable comment, was that with the gun silenced by technical malfunctions, he felt "depressed". He described the gun as his company and how emotions welled up when he could "let his guards down" because he was safe from the gun, for the moment. In Shoot An Iraqi Bilal describes himself as being  "lonely" because of its absence.

He concludes the post by listing three URL's by which his site could be accessed: wafaabilal.com, crudeoils.us and flatfilegalleries.com. He then signs off by describing the day as very challenging and emotional and saying "thank you".

Bilal, Wafaa (mewafaa)The paint ball project day 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz6zAwrkolc accessed 2010-08-27 11:55:53