Slipping of the mind, stupid social commentary, and The End
So I worry about my mental health. I mean besides the stress of the job and being away from loved ones but more in the what I catch myself doing. An example would be today while trying to call home and my bank to check funds I couldn't get a working line to which I made a joke about a young priest, an old priest, a bottle of gin, and a lighter to three officers in the room with me. It wasn't anything offensive but it was one of those things that you usually only expect to hear come out of my mouth when I'm either alone or around close friends. Even then its iffy but I realized I was saying more and more random things to people on the ship that I would normally not have any interaction with. I figure as it is I'm either adapting to survive this deployment or I'm going insane and not in the way I would like.
Today was also one of those rare days at sea where I had an early watch and nothing to do after watch till dinner so I was able to take some down time and play some games. Of course when I get time to play I play for a few hours. What I don't get is why when people know this they still want to ask stupid questions or make stupid remarks when I'm playing. Yes I've been playing for a few hours cause I never get to play games otherwise when at sea. No I do take bathroom and meal breaks, yes I would like to test how sharp my knife is. May I see your hand? Okay that last one was more of wishful thinking towards one particular person. But that is a entry for another day. Its just people do what they do to unwind and when I play games that is what I want to do. I don't need commentary about how you can't game for that long or how I'm weird or anti social. Truth be told with people I work with sometimes anti social is the only way to go.
That crap aside it was good to game today. Finished the main missions for Saint Rows the Third. All I can say is I'm surprised I didn't fall out of my seat laughing when I saw who they cast for the mayor of the city. That and I realized Hulk Hogan was the voice of the down and out Mexican Luchador who still couldn't finish a match even after getting his stolen mask back. My sides hurt right up to the message at the end of the credits. Well worth it and will be replaying in the near future. After that put some time into Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater. Beat the Fear in a personal record time and finally held up the End to get the secret camo suit and got that 100% camo rating. Something I've been trying to do since the game came out like what I want to say 5 or six years ago. I was very pleased with myself.
Sadly as a result I missed dinner because they closed the mess line early and I didn't know so I had to wait for late dinner. As a result of that only 3 hours of sleep. Going to take a nap today after lunch or skip lunch out right and eat a big breakfast. we'll see. Now if they could only stop cycling the ventilation on and off in the engine rooms its too hot. Later.
Today was also one of those rare days at sea where I had an early watch and nothing to do after watch till dinner so I was able to take some down time and play some games. Of course when I get time to play I play for a few hours. What I don't get is why when people know this they still want to ask stupid questions or make stupid remarks when I'm playing. Yes I've been playing for a few hours cause I never get to play games otherwise when at sea. No I do take bathroom and meal breaks, yes I would like to test how sharp my knife is. May I see your hand? Okay that last one was more of wishful thinking towards one particular person. But that is a entry for another day. Its just people do what they do to unwind and when I play games that is what I want to do. I don't need commentary about how you can't game for that long or how I'm weird or anti social. Truth be told with people I work with sometimes anti social is the only way to go.
That crap aside it was good to game today. Finished the main missions for Saint Rows the Third. All I can say is I'm surprised I didn't fall out of my seat laughing when I saw who they cast for the mayor of the city. That and I realized Hulk Hogan was the voice of the down and out Mexican Luchador who still couldn't finish a match even after getting his stolen mask back. My sides hurt right up to the message at the end of the credits. Well worth it and will be replaying in the near future. After that put some time into Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater. Beat the Fear in a personal record time and finally held up the End to get the secret camo suit and got that 100% camo rating. Something I've been trying to do since the game came out like what I want to say 5 or six years ago. I was very pleased with myself.
Sadly as a result I missed dinner because they closed the mess line early and I didn't know so I had to wait for late dinner. As a result of that only 3 hours of sleep. Going to take a nap today after lunch or skip lunch out right and eat a big breakfast. we'll see. Now if they could only stop cycling the ventilation on and off in the engine rooms its too hot. Later.