"The space between the bullets in our fire fight...is where you'll find me hiding waiting for you."

[fattred1]

Fortunately there was no fire fight as we convoyed to Taqqadem from Abu Ghraib. As we pulled away I looked at the prison and thought "If all goes as planned I'll never see this place again. What do I want my final image of it to be

Comments

Jiggle or Giggle?

[fattred1]

In my head it was "jiggle" but when I typed it the word "giggle" showed up. After pausing briefly to think about it giggle sounded funnier.

[alison1769]

I love how every time I take my shirt off people have to inform me of how pale my skin is. "Yeah, I know. I've had it for 21 years now."

Oh how I understand..no so much the takin off the shirt thing though...this usually occurs when I wear shorts! People can be so helpful in pointing that out....

[mgwright77]

26 years...and people still haven't figured out that I KNOW I'm blindingly white. You don't need to tell us anymore....sigh, but they will.

[g_subbs]

Alas, I have my own burden. While still being rather pale, I have that skin contrasted against a thicket of dark brown hair.

I once, in a moment of curiously that I will be forever kicking remember in horror, shaved my chest. When I looked down at it for the first time, my pupils actually shut completely.

You've had your sleeves down for the past few months. I think I have a farmer's tan that will never go away.

[amandapanda1230]

"Alas, I have my own burden. While still being rather pale, I have that skin contrasted against a thicket of dark brown hair"

Hi let's talk about BLACK hair Garrison. Yea that's right!!! Nothing like a good old Black Crayola next to the always overlooked White one... the exact realization of this is where my hairline meets my forhead

:(

[amandapanda1230]

CAREBEAR STARE!!!!!

We should all start a club: The Sad And Pale

Our very own Pale Club

[mgwright77]

The first rule of Pale Club is - you do not talk about Pale Club. The second rule of Pale Club is - you DO NOT talk about Pale Club.

No more "hey you sure are white there Casper!" Well no fucking shit I'm pale...I don't take my shirt off outside because I don't want to here that shit come out of your mou...I mean you don't mention Pale Club. :)

Re: Our very own Pale Club

[amandapanda1230]

Omg... you ARE Matt's brother!!!! With out stretching my imagination AT ALL I can picture him shouting this at me at Taco Bell or at his house while I do some slave labor for him.

Let's just all be thankful we dont have his freaking ORANGE hair ;)

Just Kidding Matty... don't shoot!

Re: Our very own Pale Club

[fattred1]

Ah...the hair. You had to go there

Well...I know she isn't here to defend herself, but my sister, I'm pretty sure, is paler than all of us.

She is almost opaque. You can see her vital organs through her skin.

[gandolf414]

care bear stare!

[bloodyscotsman]

You're with 3/24 right? Ah you've been here at least 7 months I reckon eh? I'm with 2/10. We're all the dumbasses with our flaks on, and the pple you can't stand in the chow hall because we bump into you with our gear everytime we come by.

Well I hope you get back home soon, lord knows you deserve to be back.

Kilo 3/24

[fattred1]

Yeah...when is your command going to realize that we are out of range of all but the biggest rockets the insurgency can get its hands on?

I lived at Abu for most of this deployment and we were raped with mortars on a regular basis. That being said we only had to wear our flak and kevlar when we left our little compound inside the walls of the prison.

What do you guys do when you PT? Wear your flak? Sadly I doubt your situation will get fixed. As my buddy, Dave pointed out your command won't get tired of wearing it since they will spend most of their time in offices with AC.

In short; your screwed.

But look at it this way TQ is about as far "in the rear" as you can be in Iraq. Look around...see those women running around in PT gear tempting you? Those are female Marines. The Corps hardly EVER puts women in or near combat. Its not good PR for WM's to be getting killed, thats the Army's thing.

[fattred1]

After last night...I stand corrected.

I was wishing I was 2/10 and had my flak and kevlar when all that was goin' on.

[bloodyscotsman]

Heh.. spoken like a true warrior.

I've added you as a buddy. I'd like to be kept informed on your situation.