long weekend. spent thursday afternoon until earlier this evening up at Ft. Hood for drill. Spent the first day doing a lot of patrolling and jumping in and out of the back of a HMMV. then did some urban operations and demo work the rest of the weekend. fun stuff but tiring. this won't make much sense to anyone non-military but now that we've lost...
Read More
Read More
not too much going on of late. just having a nice quiet lazy sunday morning right now. some coffee, my cat in my lap. simple goodness. stayed up to late last night trying to beat Onimusha 2. Found myself in the trap of being on the final, fucking difficult as hell, stage and not having what I need to beat it without a lot...
Read More
Read More
VIEW 6 of 6 COMMENTS
thatmikeguy:
Doing well -- just not on here much. I use my myspace http://www.myspace.com/thatmikespace more, but I'm generally just starting to get back into the blogging... and in a different (and much more verbose) way 
How's things for you? It always sounds like you're having a pretty good time of it when I read your journal. I'll go back and look, but I'm guessing you haven't made it out this way in a while. I was thinking about going to visit Austin sometime this year - might look you up
How's things for you? It always sounds like you're having a pretty good time of it when I read your journal. I'll go back and look, but I'm guessing you haven't made it out this way in a while. I was thinking about going to visit Austin sometime this year - might look you up
phoebus:
United 93 was pretty good... We watched it while in Iraq, when it finally came out on DVD. I have to give it to the director; the pace was kept at a good enough pace as to allow me to put suspension of disbelief in place. I had to keep reminding myself that things weren't going to end well for the cast.
Ah, well.
Glad to hear things are going well for you. I'm getting ready for a couple of vacations (well, one is a training trip... in Vegas), and hopefully I'll be back in the groove afterwards.
Ah, well.
Glad to hear things are going well for you. I'm getting ready for a couple of vacations (well, one is a training trip... in Vegas), and hopefully I'll be back in the groove afterwards.
VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
phoebus:
Hope that was fun a fun time.
What news?
What news?
oskar:
Yah its freaking me out waking up at 530 wide awake. Everyone else is the same too. I guess its not too bad.
nothing really going on. just sitting here on a saturday drinking Cafe Du Monde cofee with chicory and listening to the playlist I made on that snowday last week. currently up Johnny Cash "The Long Black Veil".
this is the first weekend in a while that I don't have something pressing going on. Holidays are done. I don't have to go to drill for a...
Read More
this is the first weekend in a while that I don't have something pressing going on. Holidays are done. I don't have to go to drill for a...
Read More
VIEW 6 of 6 COMMENTS
mistersatan:
Thanks, Sgt. Jackass. 
VIEW 10 of 10 COMMENTS
zephyra:
Congratulations on the promotion!!
coco:
congrats on the promotion my friend!
as far as warm goes... i was in southern california all week and yes, it was warm! like 70ish the whole time. i loved it! now it's back to 50-60 degrees here in the bay.
as far as warm goes... i was in southern california all week and yes, it was warm! like 70ish the whole time. i loved it! now it's back to 50-60 degrees here in the bay.
VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
girlblue:
Yeah, funny how things work out, eh? 
We got snow too!!!
We got snow too!!!
supernovice:
Apparently, you were the only one to get the joke... lol...
Yeah, the weather is outta control. The fucking weather in TX delayed my return from Panam to Miami by two days. Can you believe that shit? grrrr.
Yeah, the weather is outta control. The fucking weather in TX delayed my return from Panam to Miami by two days. Can you believe that shit? grrrr.
ok. I haven't updated since Christmas.
today is dark and thunderstormy. tonight I am going with Katy to see Pan's Labyrinth. I am really looking forward to that.
not much else going on. big raise at work and Katy bought a TV so now we are playing a lot of Playstation2. I bought some games for it too.
cat is fat and a total brat....
Read More
today is dark and thunderstormy. tonight I am going with Katy to see Pan's Labyrinth. I am really looking forward to that.
not much else going on. big raise at work and Katy bought a TV so now we are playing a lot of Playstation2. I bought some games for it too.
cat is fat and a total brat....
Read More
It's been a pleasant Christmas weekend. I went down to San Antonio to see my father's side of the family on Saturday. They were very particular about when this had to happen. Saturday because my younger brother had to work on Christmas Eve, the day we normaly gather. And it had to be prior to 5pm because that was when my youngest brother had to...
Read More
Read More
VIEW 9 of 9 COMMENTS
er:
I.
Love.
You.
Love.
You.
I guess I haven't updated in a couple of weeks. Hasn't really been much going on or much to say of late. I'm just doing the holidays thing. Work has been slow with a few extra days off. Spent too much on Christmas gifts, but I always do. I get the people who don't like the holidays because of the commercialism and the external impetus...
Read More
Read More
er:
i was there!
when you took that picture!
of that peeing horse!
"I get the people who don't like the holidays because of the commercialism and the external impetus to give material items to friends and family and especially strangers who just happen to share an employer."
i don't understand that sentence, though. do i need pb to come translate it?
did you see how he wants me to drive 90 minutes to bring him food since he can't bring himself to leave the house with that ridiculous projector setup?
when you took that picture!
of that peeing horse!
"I get the people who don't like the holidays because of the commercialism and the external impetus to give material items to friends and family and especially strangers who just happen to share an employer."
i don't understand that sentence, though. do i need pb to come translate it?
did you see how he wants me to drive 90 minutes to bring him food since he can't bring himself to leave the house with that ridiculous projector setup?
supernovice:
Translation for er (forgive me, and correct me if I am wrong, V.): "I relate to those who harbor disinterest in Christmas, due, mainly, to the fact that is very commercialized, and others implore us to purchase commercial goods and donate them to loved ones, or furthermore, to total strangers - one's with whom one shares an employer."
I would have never noticed the horse was pissing, had she not said anything... Kudos.
State dept. eh? Gonna go turncoat and white-collar on us? Meh... Everyone's doing it. I've got my fingers in so many pies, you'll be able to trail me north of the Mason Dixon line with a blind fat dude the minute my enlistment is up. I don't think I can make e-7 in my current billet and by the time I transfer, there'll be 2 deployments worth of other frogs in front of me in line for the position you need to advance... What's that? 6 years before I even get to step up to the plate - and that's not assuring that all goes well during the next 2 years when I'm in charge and I get good reviews, AND pass the exam, AGAIN... It's too much, dude. If I don't pick it up this time, I'm bailin'- and I'm pretty sure I won't, unless some big changes are made. We've painted ourselves into the same corner the Greeney Beanies did: too many chiefs; not enough indians. But, it was unavoidable really. Competing against the regs - we look like gods and make rate super-fast. So, now that we're all competing against one another and the reg fleet "shoes" are out of the mix, there's a bottleneck at e-6, whereas the army has theirs at e-7... Whatever. I'm not planning to stick around while they un-fuck the mess they've gotten themsleves into. If anything more promising comes along, I'm in there like swimwear.
Merry Christmas, Brutha. Give my best to the misses. Cheers, you two!
= Go Navy!
I would have never noticed the horse was pissing, had she not said anything... Kudos.
State dept. eh? Gonna go turncoat and white-collar on us? Meh... Everyone's doing it. I've got my fingers in so many pies, you'll be able to trail me north of the Mason Dixon line with a blind fat dude the minute my enlistment is up. I don't think I can make e-7 in my current billet and by the time I transfer, there'll be 2 deployments worth of other frogs in front of me in line for the position you need to advance... What's that? 6 years before I even get to step up to the plate - and that's not assuring that all goes well during the next 2 years when I'm in charge and I get good reviews, AND pass the exam, AGAIN... It's too much, dude. If I don't pick it up this time, I'm bailin'- and I'm pretty sure I won't, unless some big changes are made. We've painted ourselves into the same corner the Greeney Beanies did: too many chiefs; not enough indians. But, it was unavoidable really. Competing against the regs - we look like gods and make rate super-fast. So, now that we're all competing against one another and the reg fleet "shoes" are out of the mix, there's a bottleneck at e-6, whereas the army has theirs at e-7... Whatever. I'm not planning to stick around while they un-fuck the mess they've gotten themsleves into. If anything more promising comes along, I'm in there like swimwear.
Merry Christmas, Brutha. Give my best to the misses. Cheers, you two!
= Go Navy! I was up at 4am this morning to go help set up a 5k run/walk thing to collect toys for our local Toys for Tots drive. Spent a lot of the morning collecting toys and thanking people for coming out for the run despite the 30 degree temperature.
Tonight a fellow Marine is flying back home from Iraq. Sometime just before midnight, five other Marines...
Read More
Tonight a fellow Marine is flying back home from Iraq. Sometime just before midnight, five other Marines...
Read More
VIEW 8 of 8 COMMENTS
pb:
indeed so.
9' by 6' or so. the picture is adjustable and hi def.
i've also got two comfy recliners and a fridge full of guinness for whenever you want to drop in.
9' by 6' or so. the picture is adjustable and hi def.
i've also got two comfy recliners and a fridge full of guinness for whenever you want to drop in.
stiles:
Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.
Florence is a wonderful place to visit (and the local leather goods are impressive). Hope you're well and have gotten in some good riding.
Cats have staff.
Florence is a wonderful place to visit (and the local leather goods are impressive). Hope you're well and have gotten in some good riding.