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[Sep. 26th, 2009|03:21 pm] |
I'm getting back into vheissu and the alchemy index again once I get home, and I'm picking up daisy and beggars next weekend... shite just hasn't worked out for me being stuck in Ft. Sill, but once I'm home I'm breaking free of this stifling environment and returning to my sweet music of old. I wish I could find a reputable (read: working) program for ripping audio from flash videos... cause then I'd listen to that thrice medley all the damn time. When he breaks out into deadbolt, it's like a cascade of sweetness. ALMOST... almost makes me want to seek out the music the guy makes himself. Might just do that some day.
I'm also planning on upgrading my phone... it's not that important, but I'm remarkably behind the times... there's so much cool shit out there available as far as third party apps, 3+ mp cameras... *sigh* I'll take care of that sooner or later.
It's really, really nice outside... I should be out there... I figure I've got about 15 more minutes before my phone's charged.
Gunna be a good day. |
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[Sep. 26th, 2009|02:07 pm] |
I think you fell in deeper than you imagined so keep the blood in your head and keep your feet on the ground...
Last night was pretty amazing - can't lie. A quick and dirty end to a long and dirty week spent firing hundreds of artillery rounds at innocent blades of grass. The weekend goes like this from here - listen to music 'till my phone recharges at which point I'll go on a walk 'till I get bored, then on my way back I'll pick up my class A's from the dry cleaners (class A's are the spiffy green suits army types wear during ceremonies and stuff) and head back to my bunk to chillax and check my email/messages/lj for the 50th time today. After I've waited a sufficient amount of time, and thus, was hungry again, I'd think about heading to the dfac after which I promised Killy I'd throw around a foot ball w/ him. Then later I'll hit up the class six and come back and listen to moar music, email and stuff...
Pretty much a repeat of every weekend ever here. |
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[Sep. 23rd, 2009|10:30 pm] |
Today blew. Man, oh man, did today ever suck. I can't stress this enough - today was an awful day for a lot of people. I hope everyone heals in time. Ya'll are in my thoughts and prayers... I don't even know everyones name, and I'm pretty sure my full day of suck isn't even comparable to a lot of theirs... but I wish nothing but the best for everyone.
I think we're all due for a miracle. |
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[Sep. 21st, 2009|10:14 pm] |
Dear self... so... how's life? What are you up to nowadays? College? Something? How long has it been since you wrote this? Did you finally quit smoking? Been a jackass lately, or have you smoothed that out as well? I guess you're me, so you can't blame anyone else for sand bagging you. So what's up? Why'd you come back? Is it one of those high fidelity what-does-it-all-mean things? Or are you just trying to keep track of where you've been? If you're going through some tough times, think back and remember when Drill Sergeant Favors smoked you and the rest of A 1/79 for an hour the morning of graduation... or how you felt like your entire body was going to collapse beneath the weight of it and your ta-50/m-16 when DS Lewis fucked you up at the firing range... remember who got you through that? How's that going, by the way? HEY! Remember the first time you fired up your AFATDS in Mr. Stone's class and listening to his old war stories? Remember falling asleep in his class with your eyes open cause you woke up at 5am to immediately run 5 miles?
Just take a short walk, man... and try to remember the good things... doesn't matter what's bothering you... it only hurts when it hurts. Peace. |
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[Sep. 20th, 2009|04:50 pm] |
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I wish I had more to say, guys, but lately nothing's been happening... I'm living day to day, pretty much waiting to step off that plane. Hope ya'll are doing great... I should have something exciting to say once I get back... I pretty much have to rebuild my entire life from the ground up... so I'll keep ya'll updated as far as that goes. But yeah, not much else to say. Take care, guys. |
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[Sep. 18th, 2009|12:03 pm] |
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I just mosq'd. Hooah. Next step... lunch. |
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[Sep. 17th, 2009|12:23 pm] |
Haven't posted in a while - been busy/exhausted lately. 13 days left in OK. I'm stoked. I MOSQ tomorrow - means I'm done w/training...
I'll spend a week in the field, come back and probably get my wisdom teeth out (fun fun)... then I'll prep for graduation and get the hell out of here.
Will not miss Ft. Sill - I promise you.
...later! |
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[Sep. 13th, 2009|07:57 pm] |
Today was a pretty good day...
I began at 5:59.59am by automatically and subcontiously pressing the snooze button before the sound waves attacked my ears... then I woke up to some guys who came in calling everyone to a formation outside... that was at about 9 o'clock. After we stood around listening to SGT French talk about responsibility for 30 minutes, I came back up stairs and went back to sleep 'till lunch. That's when it started raining (hasn't stopped yet). Lunch consisted of a french bread/pizza thing, chili fries, and an apple with two cups of oj. After that, I took a walk through the woods nearby and found a creek... I built a dam out of a bunch of rocks, leaves, sticks and an old rail road tie I found nearby... After a pretty large pool of water has accumulated, I removed the rail road tie and watched a micro devestating tidal wave wreak havok on a pile of leaves. Score. Then, satisfied, I walked back to the barracks to lay down and listen to music 'till dinner.
Nothing cool happened after that.
Read/write tonight?? Is there enough time? I guess we'll see... |
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[Sep. 11th, 2009|07:36 pm] |
Alright, so here's teh score... me - 0, laundry - 1. I washed/dried my clothes but neglected to fold/them put away... then after morning pt/shower, I put my wet/sweaty shit back into the laundry bag full of clothes where they spent the whole day redirtifying everything. Epic failure on the fail whale scale.
Short weeks lead quickly into weekends. I'm almost home. These are facts. |
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[Sep. 10th, 2009|10:43 pm] |
Pearls before swine is a biblical phrase... it's derogatory in nature... it means people are ignorant of the value of whatever... be it knowledge or you know... even another person... Imagine holding out a handful of beautiful pearls to a pig... what would it do? It would try to eat them... and the result?
It would crack its teeth on pearls. |
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[Sep. 9th, 2009|08:48 pm] |
I ordered a mountain dew from the vending machine, but it got stuck... so I waited patiently (after round housing the side of it) for someone to come and get a pop after me... it took 30 seconds. He ordered a pepsi and wrestled both bottles out of the beast. I offered a toast to the rescueing of the dew, but he was none to impressed with his own heroic efforts.
I moved down the hall to a different room - this one is devoid of people who like loud shitty music... I hope. Moving my colossel locker down the hall was challenging, but two of us got it taken care of. My new room should prove to be a more peaceful environment - it's full of other refugees from shitty rooms.
We (my class) were (was) declared the senior (read: graduating) class (which means I'll be home soon) today. That's (really) fucking cool. I can't wait to be back... I've said it a thousand times, but it's true a thousand times over.
I hear my unit is deploying to Iraq next year before, during or after summer. If I can get into the Reserve Officers Training Corps, I might just do that and finish up college... But I can't say what's going to happen yet. I'll need to consider a lot of stuff, and first, I have to make sure I'm aware of everything that needs to be considered... My hands are tied here, though. But I've got a while to figure my plans out... for now I'm heading back and going back to college for on semester at least - that much I do know. What comes after... we'll see. I'll have to get back to ya'll on that one.
Hope ya'll are doing fine, by the way. Love and miss the lot of you.
-Jared |
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[Sep. 8th, 2009|08:32 pm] |
6 days till Beggars, 21 days 'till I'm free, 67 days 'till the Thrice/Br&New concert in GR and maybe a year or so 'till Diablo III comes out... I'll have to look up Bnizzle's new album... I've only heard at the bottom @ 160kbps but I like it... it's hard for them to disappoint me... I'll wiki that later.
I sit here clutching useless lists
and keys to doors that don't exist
I crack my teeth on pearls
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rhetoric can't save the dead
I'm sick of always talking when there's no change
I'm sick of empty of empty words
let's lead, not follow |
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[Sep. 7th, 2009|05:54 pm] |
*groan*
Going to war is going to suck. |
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[Sep. 6th, 2009|03:22 pm] |
Things to do today: mail out letters, continue sleeping, eat occasionally.
Weekends are the tits. And I've only got a few of them left here. Drastically few, come to think of it. But I've been ready to gtfo of this place for a while now... came/saw/conquered now put me back on the plane to Lansing plz, kthxbai ur state suks.
I've got too much shit... I'll have to get rid of someme gear before I go home... Or find a bag of holding from 1st ed. D&D. But no one here played that, did they? So ya'll don't know pc's (that's you) could fit a lake in that bitch -- endless storage and it made everythings total weight like 5 pounds... they changed it in the later editions though... 'cause it's hard to DM a dungeon when pc's are walking around with a fucking village on their backs. Yeah, though... too much shit.
Ouch! Just felt a sharp burst of pain in the arch of my left foot... it's usually the left or the right that's sore... I guess it's his turn today. And there's a muscle on my side that's been twitching for the past 3 hours... know how annoying that is? Grrr...
Mkay... nap time continues. |
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[Sep. 5th, 2009|09:03 pm] |
I'm switching the strings on my les paul to a left handed config when I get back... Teppei's left but plays right... It just works out like that for some people... that's why his riffs are so fucking smooth... I'll let ya'll know how that works out.
Today was awesome... I'm excited for new thrice and brand new...
You guys fucking rock, by the way... I have some of the best friends anyone could hope to have. |
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[Sep. 3rd, 2009|09:05 am] |
I'm glad ya'll had a royal rumble in my post about Marvel selling out... actually it was pretty funny...
Ya'll should do that more often...
Almost Friday, hooah. Long weekend... sweet. Ummm... Hey... when does beggars come out, again? Gotta be next week sometime... I'll buy it, rip it and throw that b on my phone... lossless mp3 or wav... that is the question... I hope the b sides are cool... I heard something about Eds fat bass line in one of the tracks... that'll be great to hear...
Remember in IWCOSUN we got to see like 30 seconds of the SATS bass line bein played... it was just him sitting in a chair in the recording studio knocking out the riff. Sooo cool.
Mkay... gotta go to class now... take care you guys...
p.s. Thrice & Brand New concert in Nov! (you're jealous) |
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[Sep. 2nd, 2009|08:59 pm] |
Soooo tired... want to curl up and sleep.
today was a good day... tonight will be okay too... lots of laying in my bunk and listening to music. i don't really have much else going on.
classes are going well. we're learning about the commo (communications) features and systems... the midterm is right around the corner... next week we'll be referred to as the graduating class, which, for me means I'LL BE HOME SOON. that's awesome.
waiting sucks. |
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[Aug. 31st, 2009|12:15 pm] |
My fellow Americans, distinguished congressmen, ladies and gentleman here and abroad... Don't fucking let Disney anywhere near my belovéd Marvel.
That is all. |
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[Aug. 30th, 2009|11:20 pm] |
I just had one of those "Oh... shit." moments... and I kinda want to explore the feeling a little bit... I'm just spitballing, so don't take anything too seriously... I betcha this won't be applicable or valid for too long... but... shit.
When I get back... I'm gunna... you know... have to start like... being a normal person again... there'll be no dfac... no formations... no m16's... no bullet proof helmets... no NCO's... no forced push ups... no morning PT...
The realization hit like a strike of lightning... and sort of derailed me for a second.
And... what will it be like? Will I seem different? Am I different? What about normal people... will they strike me as normal or, having been gone for a while... will I find them odd?
What a mind job.... I guess I'll cross that bridge in about a month. |
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[Aug. 30th, 2009|04:51 pm] |
Guitar Hero 5 comes out sometime this week according to a flustered game stop employee. And according to a press release, Deadbolt is on the track listing. Sooo cool.
Lazy sunday; I woke up just before noon... called my bud killy just to see how he was doin'. "Hello?" "What up Killy" "Yo, Knapp, man, what's happenin'" "Thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" "Magic cards, man it's happenin'."
But first, my hunger pains, I'ma stick it like duct tape.
"Let's hit up the d-fac and mack on some chocolate cake."
Ay, yo, that dining facility's got all the bomb frostings; I love the d-fac like my sergeant likes jogging.
"So where's the comic book store?" "On the west side, fool."
"Well lets call up Yellow Cab so they can take us to it."
"I prefer The Peoples Shuttle." "That's a good one too..."
"Commando Cab is the best!" "True that." DOUBLE TRUE!
Alright... I'll quit... true story, though.
The rest of the day = catch up on reading, eating pizza, mountain dew consumption, and playing magic... stretching later as well, so I'm not too brittle during PT tomorrow morning.
It's been a great weekend. Had its ups and downs, but for the moment, I can say I'm ok. Hope ya'll are okay too. |
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