the past few months |
A whole lot has happened since those self-pitying posts this past Spring. Honestly, it can be summed up thusly: I was transferred out of my unit on very short notice and against my will. I felt like m...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:04:00 GMT |
Democracy |
..EditDemocracy in Action 12:29amI voted early this year. I'm stationed at Fort Knox but I was home for the weekend so I figured I'd drop an actual ballot into an actual ballot box for the first time ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:51:00 GMT |
oprah, here i come |
this has been the hardest 2 months or so of my life, especially the past few weeks, and especially the past few daysmy willpower and self-respect are a steel wire, taut and barely visible, stretched t...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:30:00 GMT |
dead winter |
There is something missing in my life right now. It might be direction, or love, I don't know, but I do not feel like a complete person.I go to work with a smile on my face and I am at the top of my g...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:03:00 GMT |
rain check and update |
Sapper is a no-go for this FY. Maybe next fall. I'm trying for Rappel Master instead.The doc removed my monstrous splint and downgraded me to a single-finger deal that I'm allowed to remove when I sho...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:15:00 GMT |
thanksgiving and surgery |
I drove to Colorado for Thanksgiving to see my family. It was an 18-hour drive, which I would not recommend attempting in a straight shot (twice). At the time I thought it would be easier (and cheaper...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:26:00 GMT |
its sad that its gotten routine so quickly |
It's a dark night, moonless, still, and a little cold but not freezing cuz it's only mid-November still. Just another uneventful weeknight in rural Indiana.Seemingly out of nowhere, there is a rhythmi...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:29:00 GMT |
Cage Fighter |
Been a while. Here's what's new:Got a new Army job. It's at an old abandoned state developmental facility ("mental hospital") that the Army now owns and operates as an urban training center. It's a go...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:29:00 GMT |
Rabies runs in the family |
In the summer after I finished 4th grade, my family was getting ready to move from New York to Kansas. Just a night or two before we left, my father was bit by a rabid skunk (I could really write an e...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:38:00 GMT |
suspension of disbelief |
Incidentally, I have had a wonderful past few months. I made it through Jumpmaster school, and I've just had one of the best two weeks of my career at my unit's annual training. Nevermind that, though...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:42:00 GMT |
