prettyinink:
BE SAFE! <3
stiles:
Good luck, and come back safe.
It has been an INSANE week. Preparing for leaving on deployment and partying with few pauses. A craaaaazy friend of good friends flew in from Maine and took over our circle and city for a week. All I can say is that there were costumes EVERY night and much alcohol consumed. I was the token straight groom in a fake-lesbian wedding....pulled away from important administrative...
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Been so busy getting ready to go. Went from being gone from my unit for almost to a year to back into a mother hen position and I'm chasing around after a bunch of little chickens squawking and running in circles. It's not all bad.
The biggest pain in the ass is just getting the administrative crap done...paperwork...more paperwork...and getting my stuff squared away...remembering who...
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The biggest pain in the ass is just getting the administrative crap done...paperwork...more paperwork...and getting my stuff squared away...remembering who...
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stiles:
Honestly, I don't know. It's nice to see my parents again, but I got two bullshit parking tickets in two days thanks to my California plates, which (while sounding trivial) was a sharp reminder of why I left this town and state in the first place - the greedy, suffocating city government in all its' forms - the hated, corrupt, GOP patronage-hack parking authority; the crooked Dem machine-led zoning board, the multitude of punitive city taxes, fees, and permits required of small businesses, the petty incompetence of the city Licenses and Inspections agency, the GOP-led state government that single-handedly killed the film industry here overnight when they revoked the tax credits and put hundreds of people out of work permanently... I'll take all of the above for $2,000 Alex.
It leaves a sour taste in my mouth and brings back a lot of bad memories of the years of fighting the city when I ran my shop here, trying to do right by customers and comply with truckloads of city red tape.
It leaves a sour taste in my mouth and brings back a lot of bad memories of the years of fighting the city when I ran my shop here, trying to do right by customers and comply with truckloads of city red tape.
siv:
seriously. we're starting a fire in your hearts and minds, with bubblefist.
Had a great first weekend back with the Marines. Back with my old unit despite all my attempts to switch jobs over the last year. Just feels like the right place to be right now anyway. Had some of my guys from before still there, just a year older and quite a few new faces, boots ie young kids just out of initial training. New...
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_bossanova_:
I'm jealous you got to see him! I might tomorrow night-G & I have been trying to get out to this Brazilian night all summer and now that fall's here we might actually do it. Love them.
What's this about leaving again? I'm afraid to ask, but of course I have to. Seriously, man, I need deets.
I'm loving Jose Gonzalez right now, and these people:
What's this about leaving again? I'm afraid to ask, but of course I have to. Seriously, man, I need deets.
I'm loving Jose Gonzalez right now, and these people:
The drive from Florida back to Texas was..fun? We got a bit of a late start with cleaning out my friend's apartment and getting things loaded so we stopped in Gulfport, MS after about ten hours on the road. Got some food and a motel room and passed out. The drive wasn't too bad once we got going on the highway. The 22' truck and...
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mistersatan:
You can thank me by coming back intact, man. And a road trip to Portland may just do you some good- I can pretty much guarantee you won't pay for a single damn drink. 
rollergirl75:
You better give me your address when you get over there so I can send you care packages once I am done with MY deployment!!
Full day ahead. have to be up before dawn to drive to Austin and have a Marine-y meeting and then back down to San Antonio to catch a flight to go hang with a good friend in Florida and help her load and drive the moving truck back to Texas. but only after a couple days of lounging on the beach and drinking rum-drinks first!
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rollergirl75:
Have fun!! 
datsun:
I didn't get a chance to comment on your last entry (whee, international travel), but wanted to tell you I'm glad you're okay from the laydown. I'd be okay if you never actually did anything crash-esque again. Just sayin'.
Anyhoo, you seem to be recovering from that in the best way possible. Umbrella drinks solve a lof of the world's ills.
Anyhoo, you seem to be recovering from that in the best way possible. Umbrella drinks solve a lof of the world's ills.
took me seven years, but finally managed to have my first motorcycle "crash". (yay me) really low-speed lay down. Bike took more damage than me, all of it minor and cosmetic. Here's to another seven years....or more...I could handle more...
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stiles:
Glad you're OK. One in 7 years is a fine record. One in ever is better.
_bossanova_:
Oh no.
I'm relieved you're alright!
I'm relieved you're alright!ok update. I'm not sick anymore. yay!
I have to work all day tomorrow (Saturday) boooo!
not too much else going on.
I have to work all day tomorrow (Saturday) boooo!
not too much else going on.
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prospera:
i transfered buses at 6th and congress. that must be why there were so many!
prospera:
i actually went to kerbey lane for breakfast! i ordered off of their tomato summer menu. the lox omelet. heaven.
I won the strep throat and sinus infection sweepstakes!
oh well. at least I get to stay home and finish reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
oh well. at least I get to stay home and finish reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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rollergirl75:
What a coincidence....I have the same fucking thing. 
Feel better!
Feel better!
siv:
i'm back! just got back. i think this sounds great. my other idea is Handsome Companion.
really good brain food:
stuff like this is why I really love TED.
stuff like this is why I really love TED.
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prospera:
Hahaha thanks! Hey why aren't we friends??
papawheelie:
thanks man, I'm really looking forward to being somewhere very different than my usual digs