Last two weeks have been fucking crammed! The sergeant in charge of the office PCSed to Florida so they put me in charge. So there is now a corporal (me) doing a platoon sergeant's job and I have the wrong job specialty so I'm never completely certain about what is going on. So far it's been pretty smooth, there was one incident when the only...
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chrysis:
Last two pictures are gorgeous.
Sorry about the wreck. I did about the same thing, a year ago. Minus insurance. Womp.
At least they gave you an SUV to trudge around in the snow! Nice.
And congrats on the weight loss. What're you doing for it?
Sorry about the wreck. I did about the same thing, a year ago. Minus insurance. Womp.
At least they gave you an SUV to trudge around in the snow! Nice.
And congrats on the weight loss. What're you doing for it?
Finally getting back in to shape and I feel dead on my feet. I put on so much extra weight over the last month and a half. I hurt my knee, then I visited my parents house for 2 1/2 weeks, then I got cut in the bar fight and couldn't do a whole lot, but as of Monday I was clear to work out...
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vellin:
That is one insane diet my friend. I don't know how you do it! Working out is fun but diets are torture!!
bedheadchicken:
LOVE that John Adams quote.
And good luck with the diet. That's insane.
And good luck with the diet. That's insane.
Finally finished the deployment video that I have been working on for a while.
Had my battle buddies send me the pics they took during the deployment and some of them really opened my eyes to how close we came to losing guys almost everyday we rolled out. One of the guys had a picture of my truck after our worst hit, I was surprised...
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Had my battle buddies send me the pics they took during the deployment and some of them really opened my eyes to how close we came to losing guys almost everyday we rolled out. One of the guys had a picture of my truck after our worst hit, I was surprised...
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rollergirl75:
Thank you for sharing your video. I loved it and I love that you are here to tell the story. 
I put together a video for my Dad for his 53rd birthday. Didn't know what to get him, but luckily I keep random family pictures on my hard drive and I found a fitting song called "Old Soldier".
Now I'm working on another deployment video. Should have it up in a day or so.
Also, I found out that because of the way they did...
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Now I'm working on another deployment video. Should have it up in a day or so.
Also, I found out that because of the way they did...
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vellin:
aww this is truly wonderful and sweet! and the song isn't bad either
The brute force of men is what attracts me to them the most, keep it up cavemen!
The brute force of men is what attracts me to them the most, keep it up cavemen!
Fucking tore my stitches open. Had a flashback while I was half asleep last night, dove out of bed and when I rolled sideways I nailed my back on my dresser. Got blood all over so I had to ask my neighbor to put duct tape on it so I could scrub my carpet before the blood soaked in. Then I had to drive myself...
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bedheadchicken:
oh god, that's awful. hang in there, man.
vellin:
you're so hard. such a tough ass. I really admire that.
I honestly can't wait to get the expansion..the pirate expansion! I'm so broke lately that I can't afford it just yet but it's definitely on my list
I never thought I'd get into FPS games but I'm really loving Halo right now!
I honestly can't wait to get the expansion..the pirate expansion! I'm so broke lately that I can't afford it just yet but it's definitely on my list
I never thought I'd get into FPS games but I'm really loving Halo right now!
First time going out since I was back in Jersey and I ended up in the ER. My friends and I went to our usual bar and a big fight broke out. When we saw that the two bouncers wouldn't be able to handle it we decided to wade in and help out. In the aftermath four guys got arrested and about ten other people...
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higgs:
Bar fights are rough stuff, glad you came out of it with only a few scars and a good story. Hope the bouncers appreciated you gents saving their asses. 
trekka:
Niiiiice! Thanks!
And yeah, I know they make them from rubber now, but I mean I don't want like the cheap-o, thin rubber mask. Ya know?
And yeah, I know they make them from rubber now, but I mean I don't want like the cheap-o, thin rubber mask. Ya know?
The trip to Philly was awesome! Picked up the guys in NY then it took us two hours to get to Philly. By the time we got there the three guys riding with me had already polished off a 24 pack of Coors Light and half a bottle of Jack. Got to our hotel and things went downhill. I remember about three games of beer...
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trekka:
epic pyramid
love_darrow:
Love the pyramid.
And I'm kind of excited about the New York thing! Yay.
And I'm kind of excited about the New York thing! Yay.
Back from the funeral. Was more upbeat than I thought it would be and more reflective than depressing. I guess the funeral director was a friend of the family or was just very understanding because Thursday night he let a group of us stay with Jason's coffin at the funeral home. There was about nine of us that used to go out on the weekends...
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love_darrow:
You're gonna play a Christian Kane song!? I fucking looooove him.
And you like Red vs Blue?! You're just gaining my respect crazyfast.
There's too many RvB quotes to pick favorites... Everything they say is great. ("Chupathingy" is one of my ringtones, though.) And I'm so jealous that you got to meet Geoff and Gus! Fuck.
You're gonna play a Christian Kane song!? I fucking looooove him.And you like Red vs Blue?! You're just gaining my respect crazyfast.
There's too many RvB quotes to pick favorites... Everything they say is great. ("Chupathingy" is one of my ringtones, though.) And I'm so jealous that you got to meet Geoff and Gus! Fuck.
chrysis:
That is so good to hear, and a relief -- about the service, especially .. because, yeah. They really can just go either way, and they've kind of gained a reputation for being awkward and totally misrepresenting this person -you- have such a clear image of .. which would be laughable if it wasn't so upsetting. So it's good that instead it was able to be okay, and respectable and reflected well. I'm always personally totally baffled when I come away feeling at peace after a funeral, rather than devastated. But it's good.
I'm so, so glad you called the Random Starbucks Shit Talker on his poorly worded slur. I already can't stand when people pick unwanted political fights with strangers [there's a time and a place, if you're to be taken as anything but an asshole]. But this whole new idea that Communism / Socialism / Fascism a.] are the SOME-fucking-how synonymous, and b.] can just be applied to people you disagree with, like you'd do with any -other- "bad word?" NO. USE. A. DICTION. ARY.
UGH.
Anyway.
You are severely outnumbered, my friend. But one at a time is all you can do.
I'm so, so glad you called the Random Starbucks Shit Talker on his poorly worded slur. I already can't stand when people pick unwanted political fights with strangers [there's a time and a place, if you're to be taken as anything but an asshole]. But this whole new idea that Communism / Socialism / Fascism a.] are the SOME-fucking-how synonymous, and b.] can just be applied to people you disagree with, like you'd do with any -other- "bad word?" NO. USE. A. DICTION. ARY.
UGH.
Anyway.
You are severely outnumbered, my friend. But one at a time is all you can do.
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vellin:
It's a sad honor but it truly is an honor. I really like reading your blogs. You're so well versed and open. I always feel like I have to censor a lot of what I want to talk about. And your parents' house is beautiful
love_darrow:
Haha, as funny as bring your Chewbacca to a War Zone day sounds, I agree that I don't think it'd go over too well.
I had a bunch of shit hit me hard last week. My brother has been in Afghanistan for a week and he has already been ambushed twice and then late last Tuesday one of my best friends was killed when trying to help a couple that was getting mugged. From what I understand Jay went out to dinner with his fiance and when they where...
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vellin:
That's such a sad but heartwarming story in the end. Thank you for sharing such a difficult time in your life with me.
Had a great weekend. Drove up to New York to tailgate with my friends and one of my adopted Moms. That's what I love about military families, you're a good friend with one of the kids and when you meet their family you get accepted like one of their own. I now have families in Cali, Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, and New York that treat me...
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love_darrow:
Gorgeous pictures.
And a few members of the cast of BDS and Troy Duffy did a promo tour after the second movie came out, and they had a stop in Michigan, so we went.
It was a lot of fun, but I was under 21 when it happened.
And a few members of the cast of BDS and Troy Duffy did a promo tour after the second movie came out, and they had a stop in Michigan, so we went.
It was a lot of fun, but I was under 21 when it happened.
chrysis:
That was incredibly nice of you! I was hoping to pick something up this week .. I don't know if I mentioned [probably, but I just write things and don't really read them] that I bought some beginning equipment and some of it just came in today -- and so did the book!
Really. That is incredibly thoughtful and it really does make my week -- I don't know how to thank you other than .. try to make something for you or something. We will see. :]
And. I know that you're right, and that there are people here who are .. available. In that way. I wasn't necessarily feeling that no one cared -- contrarily, people have showed an incredibly amount of support and caring and nurturing when I've needed it, in the short time I've been around. But I started to feel very weird and, like. Kind of like I didn't match. Black-sheep-ish [which is funny, I know, considering the nature of the site and that it'd be kind of hard to stick out in any extraneous way]. I felt like there just wasn't a -spot- for me, or the things I feel compelled to say sometimes.
I think it was a phase. I think I needed to just distance myself. So I'm doing that at the moment.
Really. That is incredibly thoughtful and it really does make my week -- I don't know how to thank you other than .. try to make something for you or something. We will see. :]
And. I know that you're right, and that there are people here who are .. available. In that way. I wasn't necessarily feeling that no one cared -- contrarily, people have showed an incredibly amount of support and caring and nurturing when I've needed it, in the short time I've been around. But I started to feel very weird and, like. Kind of like I didn't match. Black-sheep-ish [which is funny, I know, considering the nature of the site and that it'd be kind of hard to stick out in any extraneous way]. I felt like there just wasn't a -spot- for me, or the things I feel compelled to say sometimes.
I think it was a phase. I think I needed to just distance myself. So I'm doing that at the moment.