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| Well this is my last day in Afghanistan. Sad? Hardly. However, given the fact that ill be in Kuwait for around 2 weeks, id much rather be here than there. Kuwait just sucks. Ive already mentioned before why i hate that place, so ill spare you this time. But beware, if you wake up in the middle of the night in a cold hard sweat...its because Kuwait made it that way. You have any idea how much anxiety I'm going to have while I'm there? Remember when you were a kid and you would go to Six Flags and how excited you were? Well imagine your parents parking right outside the Water Park and not letting you get out of the car. Ya, its going to suck that bad. Home is so close, but yet soooo far away.
However, going to Kuwait means I'm just one step closer to being back home. I have just so much to do! With all of my friends and family visiting, apartment looking, automobile driving, video game playing, clothes trying on-ing, movie watching, food eating, and electronic gadgeteering activities i have to do I'm going to be one busy guy. I'm so pumped. For the first couple of months I'm home I'm going to be walking around with a smile on my face and a tent in my pants. But here i am again getting ahead of myself, again. I guess i should be focusing on getting the finishing touches on my packing together. Which is what ill start doing right about now.
This is a short post and i didn't say anything new, but oh well. Take care and see you shortly!
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| So whats the countdown at? I refuse to look at it. Its the mental weight that just reminds me how long the days are. Remove it? NEVER! Just knowing im almost done to want a countdown is good enough. I did manage to get some toys this week to help smother the flame of anxiety which included: two computer games and....
My iPod. Yesterday it arrived in the mail with my cool little case. The first thing i noticed was how small this thing is. Ive never seen a Nano and reviews werent exaggerating. I opened the box and held my breathe as not to blow it away. I did manage to drop it in the trash within the first 30 minutes of playing with it. I hope thats not an omen, but after it took me the rest of the evening to get it to work properly, im starting to believe its destined to end in the dump sooner than i want. The first hour of getting my new toy was like going on a date with Natalie Portman. Id be so super pumped, only to get annoyed half way through date and make me want to return her to Israel. To give you a quick rundown: When i connected the iPod it asked me if i wanted to create a playlist since all my songs wouldnt fit on 8 gigs. So i hit yes. Well later on i decided, "thats stupid, ill just check the ones i want to sync" and thus proceeded to delete the playlist from iTunes. DO NOT DO THIS. After i deleted the playlist i couldnt connect my iPod and I kept getting an error saying, "folder not found, the disk cannot be read or written to." Or something like that. As much as i saw that error youd think i would of memorized it. Anyways, i scoured the apple support site trying to find a way to fix this, all the while cursing to myself, "way to go asshole, you knew better, you did, and now look what happened." To make this story shorter, i got it working well enough to sync to. But its such a roundabout way of doing it, that its such a hassle. Besides that, this thing is cool.
This is a small little update, but there isnt a whole lot to talk about. Work has been the same ol' same ol' as usual. Supposedly our replacements should be getting here soon. This means we have to train them for a couple days, then sit around and let them do the work. OK with this guy. Its also been getting pretty cool here. The days are still warm, but the nights and mornings are starting to require long pants and shirts. Definitely a change from Kuwait where my skin would combust just thinking about going outside. But im out, take care, and dont delete the default playlist.
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| Well my undying love for electronics this past two weeks has taken a hit. It seems that my 300 dollar iPod that i bought last September has decided to take a dive off of the operational status cliff. The error it keeps giving me is the 'sad face ipod' icon, which according to the iPod support website, means its a hardware problem. After reading exactly what hardware problem they are referring to from various websites, ive gathered that its more than likely a hard drive problem. That problem also costs between 100-200 dollars to repair after its all said and done. Coincidentally, my limited warranty through Apple is only a year long, which if you do the math, expired last month! Isn't that some shit. Since i do a lot of activities here, and at home, that require music on the go, i need another MP3 player.
Does anyone who reads this have any suggestions? I really dont want to support Apple since ive never been of fan of them, but i'm really in tight space on what to get. Since most my music is through iTunes, i dont feel like converting all 14 gigs of my songs into a format that can be used on a MP3 player other than iPod. So, it looks like im stuck with another POS Apple product. If i could, i want to get the Zune (http://www.zunescene.com/) when it comes out, but like i said, that requires converting all my songs. Also, since it will be the first generation of the Zune, its probably going to have problems. Any suggestions on any of that? Let me know if so.
Also, my pair of "Logitech wireless headphones for PC" decided to die on me too. Yes, the pair of headphones i bought a month ago. No, i dont have a warranty on them. Apparently, the USB piece that transmits the signal doesnt feel like working anymore. I reinstalled all the drivers and even through it against the wall in a fit of anger and nope, still not working. Normally they are anywhere between 90-175 dollars, but i bought them out of the box from Buy.com for only 35 dollars. Since i didn't pay full price for them, i'm not too terribly upset, but now i have to go back to using wired headphones and i hate being limited on my freedom.
Also! to make this an even longer post. I'm reading a book called "Inside Delta Force." Two words to describe this book: Bad. Ass. Its an autobiography about a guy who was one of the founding members of Delta in 1978. He talks about his training through delta force and eventually goes into some missions he's done. I've only read about 100 pages of it so far, but as of now its a great book and i've heard nothing but good things about it. Definitely worth a read.
But i'm out, take care and support missile defense systems.
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| Here it is, my first post of October. I have to tell you, saying October sounds so nice. Soon ill be saying November and then ill be saying 'Home.' Sucks though ill be missing one of my most favorite holidays: Halloween. Looks like i wont be able to dress up as a complete badass...aka: A Ninja. Thats my default costume thats gauranteed to be awesome. But next halloween ill have to spice things up a bit. Ive always wanted to dress up with Carl and Jordan and go as characters from Top Gun. Carl - Maverick, Jordan - Iceman, and Me - Goose. "Goose!? He dies and wasnt even a pilot!" Well, this may be true, but he was still a complete BAMF (Bad Ass Mother F*cker). It also doesnt help that i resemble him the most out of any of the other Top Gunners. This plan would actually be easy to pull off. Just go to a Army Navy store and get a flight jacket, some HUGE aviator sunglasses, hair gel, and some bubble gum. But, looks like ill have to keep that idea for another halloween, as i wont be attending this one.
Its hard to believe ive been away from home for 16 months. Im getting to the end of the road! Of course, leave it to some officer to ruin my excitment. The other day i went to breakfast by myself. A Captain, that ive never met before, sat with me and we began having a small talk session. We talked about the usual things like home, what our job was, and all that fun stuff. During the end of the convo i mentioned how i was looking forward to going home which he then asked me how much longer i had in the Army. "3 1/2 years," I replied. He gave a pretty hefty laugh and then stated, "Well dont get too comfortable at home, youll probably be back over here within a couple years, thats assured" WTF sir! Dont rain on my parade! Talk about a real swift kick in the nutsack. The worst thing about it was the fact that he is with some intelligence company and he would know something like that. I wonder if that made him feel better. I hope so, because he definitely took my energy and put it somewhere.
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| Its that time again where i try to make an entertaining weblog and end up failing miserably. I don't know what my problem is, but lately i've been getting some horrible heart burn everytime i try to lay down. Actually, when i think about it, i know exactly what the problem is. Its from eating this mass produced pig gruel that the Army likes to call breakfast, lunch, and dinner. As i was telling some friends last night, the first thing i'm going to do when i get home is eat a home cooked meal. Regardless if the meal is overcooked, nasty, and gives me the bubble guts for the rest of the day. At least it was home cooked and will still bring a smile to my callous face. This morning i went to breakfast and prepared to indulge in my most cherished meal of all: ham, cheese, tomato, and onion omelet, hash browns, bacon, biscuit, and assorted fruits. Only to take a few bites and get utterly disgusted and stop eating it after i took a bite and realized my eggs were still runny. I then attempt to cut my biscuit in half only to have my plastic knife nearly break. The food here is just getting really old. After 10 months of eating assembly line food i'm just sick of it. Id just really love to eat a meal that was made with pride and compassion....and a beer, that would be nice too.
As far as work is concerned, its been really slow this week. Although i cant really complain about that, but from what i hear we have a huge job coming up and i'm not looking forward to that at all. The weather here is definitely changing and its more than welcome. Our highs have been around the 90s while the lows have been in the mid to low 50's. Thats a pretty drastic change in temp. Last i looked, Indianas highs were around 70 and the lows around 60. Id much rather prefer that. But i'm gonna jet. I'm gonna try to post some random pictures that i find on the internet at the end of my posts from now on, just for shits and giggles. Did i mention i only have 2 months left?
Ironically, Bobby never wanted tea ever again.
A personal favorite of mine. LOL
More to come.....
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