sad jaffari
yeah, i've been gone for a while.
for the past eight months i've been working in the US Army green zone in Iraq
my aunt got me the job after the transfer didn't work out
before that you could say i was digging holes out of sinking ships
i don't know what that means either but at least it doesn't sound progressive
right now i help write articles published in the army-run newspapers
it's pretty fun actually, you get to write pretty loose
i mean, you stick to the party line, of course
but there's a little handbook which tells you what does and does not translate well into arabic
so you kind of dance within those guidelines
as long as you get the general idea you are free and clear
we actually get to spend a lot of time on the internet
and i've been thinking about this place... but they log everything
i don't want some sergeant in information finding out about my life
but
well
i didn't
i don't mind as much now as i did when i first got here
besides
i'm not sure how thoroughly they check those things anyway
actually maybe livejournal is a red-flag, i don't know
i guess i'll find out
i'll try to make sure that i don't write anything too classified
anyway
how are you? it's been a while
for the past eight months i've been working in the US Army green zone in Iraq
my aunt got me the job after the transfer didn't work out
before that you could say i was digging holes out of sinking ships
i don't know what that means either but at least it doesn't sound progressive
right now i help write articles published in the army-run newspapers
it's pretty fun actually, you get to write pretty loose
i mean, you stick to the party line, of course
but there's a little handbook which tells you what does and does not translate well into arabic
so you kind of dance within those guidelines
as long as you get the general idea you are free and clear
we actually get to spend a lot of time on the internet
and i've been thinking about this place... but they log everything
i don't want some sergeant in information finding out about my life
but
well
i didn't
i don't mind as much now as i did when i first got here
besides
i'm not sure how thoroughly they check those things anyway
actually maybe livejournal is a red-flag, i don't know
i guess i'll find out
i'll try to make sure that i don't write anything too classified
anyway
how are you? it's been a while