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About Me

"I originally wanted to be a male model, but it turns out I'm not very good looking, so that didn't work out. . ."
I was born and raised in Montana, and that's where my heart will always be. The Army has kept me away for the past four years, but I'm finally back. I'm athletic and love the outdoors. I'm really a simple man - it doesn't take much to keep me happy and takes a lot to make me angry. I guess that's the basics, but if you want to know anything more about me, feel free to ask.
"I may be passin' out on Friday night But come Sunday I'll be passing the collection plate"
"It is because they have so much to give and give it so lavishly. . .that men love the mountains and go back to them again and again" -- Sir Francis Younghusband
One reason the Military Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language. For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a building," they would turn off the lights and lock the doors. The Army would occupy the building so no one could enter. Marines would assault the building, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat. The Air Force, on the other hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.
Military Language Conversion Chart
Navy/Marines Army Air Force
Head Latrine Powder Room
Rack Bunk Single with ruffle and duvet
Mess Deck/Chow Hall Mess Hall/Mess Tent Dining Facility or The Café
"Cookie," Stew Burner Mess Cook Contract Chef
Coffee/Mud Cup of Joe Vanilla Skim Latté
Bug Juice Kool-Aid Shirley Temple
Utilities/Digitals BDUs/ACUs Casual Wear
Seaman/Private Private Bobby/Jimmy
Chief/Gunny Sergeant Bob/Jim
Captain/Skipper Colonel Robert/James
Captain's Mast Article 15 Time Out
Berthing/Barracks Barracks Apartment
Skivvies/U-trau Underwear Undies
Thrown in the Brig Put in Confinement Grounded
Zoom Bag Flight Suit Business Casual
Cover/Head Gear Berret Optional
Ship's Store/BX PX AAFES Shopping Mall
TAD TDY PCS with Family
Cruise/Afloat Deploy Huh??
Ground Grabbers Athletic Shoes Flip-Flops
Die for your Country Die for your Battle Buddy Die for Air Conditioning
Shipmate/Marine Battle Buddy Don't Ask, Don't Tell or Honey
Terminate/Kill Take Out Back on Base for Happy Hour
Boon Dockers Jump Boots Birkenstocks
Low Quarters Low Quarters Patent Leather Pumps
SEAL SF/Ranger Librarian
Shore Patrol/MPs MPs SF
Oouh-rah! Hooah! Hip Hip Hooray!
MRE MRE Happy Meal to go
Salute Salute Wave
Obstacle Course Confidence Course Class VI Parking Lot
Grinder/Drill Field Parade Field What?
Ge-Dunk Snack Bar Chuck E. Cheese
PT Test APFT "no conversion available"
Dept. of the Navy DoD DoD Lite
Midshipman Cadet Debutant
Hard Core Strak/Super-Hooah "Way Too Serious"

My Interests

If you won't stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them.

Our Troops: The Real Stars

"I hate war as only a Soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility and its stupidity." -- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"That which does not kill me only makes me stronger." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." -- Vince Lombardi

"Women are highly unstable creatures and should be handled with extreme caution and yellow rubber gloves" -- Spencer C. Dye

"Patience is passion tamed." -- Lyman Abbott

"Dreams die hard, and you hold them in your hand long after they have turned to dust." -- Bowen (Dennis Quaid) from Dragonheart

Talent is God-given: Be thankful.
Fame is Man-given: Be humble.
Conceit is Self-given: Be careful.

"Adversity Causes some men to break; others to break records." -- William Arthur Ward

I'd like to meet:

anyone who can hold a decent conversation and/or is fun to hang out with. In the time I've been away from MT, most of my friends have moved away, so I'm looking to meet new people in the area. I love sports and all kinds of outdoor stuff, so anybody who has similar interests is a definite plus.

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Music:

Pretty much anything, just depends on the mood I'm in.

This guy is absolutely incredible. Someday I hope to be able to play the Uke this well. . .
Some of my favorite singers/bands/groups:
Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Tantric, Lifehouse, Nickleback, Scooter, Hinder, Chris LeDoux (RIP), Offspring, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews

Movies:

Pure Country, Top Gun, Gladiator, Days of Thunder, Napoleon Dynamite, The Last Samurai, The 13th Warrior, Instinct, Medicine Man

Television:

Everybody Loves Raymond, Smallville, Lost, ER, Friends, Third Watch, The Family Guy, Monster Garage

Books:

Friday Night Lights (H.G. Bissinger), The Third Chimpanzee (Jared Diamond), "Prey" novels by John Sandford, and most stuff by Robin Cook

Heroes:

My family, whose love and support has allowed me to make it to where I am today;

All the men & women of the armed forces deployed in harm's way, so far from their families & friends; I have the utmost respect for all of you: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stewart Mill

My Blog

Two Good Causes

I wanted to write a blog to bring people's attention to a couple issues. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a man of too many words, so this will be brief and to the point, but please follow the ...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:28:00 PST

Freedom of the open road

Oh man, I almost forgot how sweet it is to ride! I just bought a motorcycle today (pictures available here) and it's so relaxing to go out and ride. And I don't know if this is just in MT,...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:48:00 PST

Quit dissin' my state!!

OK, this is the second blog involving me being pissy about people doing or saying crap that gives my home state a bad name. I've seen this a lot in browsing through MySpace profiles of folks fro...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:22:00 PST

Not sure how I feel about that. . .

Typically when I meet new people and I tell them I'm from Montana, the most common reaction I get is, "Wow, I think you're the first person I've ever met from Montana." But recently I met someon...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:29:00 PST

New Years Resolution

OK, folks, here's the deal: I've got a lot of people on my friends list. Most are people I know personally, but a lot of those I don't talk to very often or at all (and/or they don't talk ...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:26:00 PST

Remember those who serve

A friend sent this to me and I decided to post it in my blog in an effort to keep it alive. This holiday season (and always, for that matter), please take a moment to remember all the men and wo...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:07:00 PST

I want your opinion

I asked a few people this question a while back and was actually surprised at some of the answers I got. So I decided to post it as a blog and see what kind of answers I get from my MySpace cont...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:01:00 PST

HOLY CRAP!!!

OK, I realize I'm a ginormous dork for writing a blog about this, but I just had to share this with the world. I just played arguably THE most INCREDIBLE round of Tiger Woods Golf on the X-box i...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

An absolute outrage

Wow, I couldn't believe it when I came in to work today and heard about this. Not only the initial comment, but then his refusal to appologize for it. I'm so angry about the whole issue I ...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:37:00 PST

Life Update (long overdue)

Kindof a lot has happened in the past month or so, and I haven't taken the time to blog it out, so this is gonna be a kinda "last month in a nutshell" blog. . .here we go: Formula 1 (July 28-30):Wow, ...
Posted by SuperBleeder on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:12:00 PST