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Spent the weekend visiting my dad and hanging out with some good friends I hadn't seen in a while. It was a good excuse to put a couple hundred miles on the motorcycle. I even managed to not get stuck in any rain the whole weekend. Was dragged to a bunco game/tournament thingy. had never heard of it before, but I did learn not to...
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_sarah_:
They grow like weeds. Morticia is the same way. She's doubled in size since I got her in February. I don't really notice it until I look at old pictures of her. smile
zode:
You got it but it also depicts what often rattles around in my noggin.I was just watchin your Kitty video when you posted in my Blog.Kitties are KRAZY!!!!




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So I'm back from two weeks spent on Annual Training with the Marines.
it's a long journal so I'll put in in sections

Annual Training itself

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

It went pretty well. We went up to Quantico, VA. That's where the headquarters of the Marine Corps is, but we were on the far side of the base over where The Basic School for...
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supernovice:
You're still breaking my balls over my mad driving skillz? I drive fast and I drive agressive and I got us all safely from points A, B, and C in San Francisco. I may have had a difficlult time parallel parking on a 52 degree inclined street, but still. Besides, I am a certified, as in, got the certificate, professional driver. Tranquillo, hermano. And I hope to scare the living crap outta ya again in the near future. Thank you.
ilektra:
No barfday here...pretty low key. Maybe I need to change who I hang out with confused Thank God Supernovice isn't here... I'd probably be trying to post bail biggrin
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back from two weeks spent at Quantico for field training. I'll go into more detail with some pics and vids to follow.

supernovice:
Federal Bureau Indoctrination....

Whatever.

Worthless....

Hope you had fun.
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gone to Quantico. be back in a couple of weeks.

oskar:
mess around with those FBI dudes for me tongue
supernovice:
Tell the FBI, if they REALLY loved their country, they'd join the military... Fags...
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nothing crazy interesting going on, I suppose. but then, I don't update this thing near enough because I am rather mondaine about my day to day. If I were to wait around for earth-shattering events, however, it'd NEVER get updated, huh?

sooooooooo. anyway. the last few days. My mother was in town over the weekend to visit for her mother's 79th birthday. a great gathering...
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oskar:
Right now I have nine days and one year to go.

You should check out the 2600 field if your going to do intel. SIGINT ftw tongue
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this is getting ridiculous. the rain I mean. I think we've had almost the full year's worth of rain and it's only mid June. it's pouring again...off and on. had one of those moments of just torrential downpour while standing in blazing sunlight.

spent yesterday negotiating with bureaucracy. Went in the morning to get a new military ID card made. I had gotten a new...
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dangermagnet:
nothin' wrong with buying books, I'm addicted to the Half-Price Book Store... biggrin
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nothing much. just getting ready for another 13 hour day at work, eating some fabulously sugary ceral with pecans, drinking coffee, and watching The Cure videos.




Ico is sleeping on the modem again. he likes how warm it is. I'd really like to go back to bed.


siv:
thank yew! that was my favorite. it's full of espieglerie and contra posto. i think.
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so it's drill weekend and everyone spent the day doing administrative paperwork and crap to get ready for our two week annual training next month. everyone, that is, except my little group of about eight guys. Us, plus a few others added in...headed down to Lockhart, Texas at their invitation to be a part in some small annual parade that they have. It's one of...
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drake:
Wow what a day! I've experienced small towns like that, but not from the point of view of a hero. wink

I hope your sunburn doesn't peel!
drake:
My boyfriend's house in Essex will be the home base, but we'll be taking the train around the country to visit my family. I am stoked because I've never been on a train before, even though everybody's telling me "I know how you're imagining the train, and it's not really like that anymore."

Whatevs.

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It was nice to have a shortened week with the Memorial Day off. Still managed to work a little over 50 hours (and bill 62 sssshhhhhh) smile

a lot of running around yesterday, taking care of all the errands that I wasn't able to do during the week. It was nice just to be out on the bike, even though it was mostly in-town riding. TONS...
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pygmy:
that sounds glorious-- both the inner-tubing and the travel plans.
supernovice:
Thank you, Sir. And I am 34... Ancient in SG terms, I know. But I was punk before Hot Topic even existed.

Boo-Ya!