The email archive update
Today I have checked my old email address for the last time. Yesterday I spent several hours cleaning out my old email address. When I created the account, I used to have this weird fascination with exotic animals. So, the accounted used to be called "evil_owl". That may be strange, but I also used to have a "squirrel2000" account with hotmail. Anyway...I am no longer using that account for several reasons. The main reason is when I [used to] go to put my email address on job applications, I would get embarassed, because of the word "evil." I did not want people thinking I worship Satan.
Since I retired that email address, I had to clean it out! I deleted 266 messages. It was a treasure-trove of memories. It was like looking at the rings in a tree--Seeing how old some of the messages were. I had the account since the year 2000. Unfortunately, I think I had the auto-archive feature disabled because the earliest email message I found was from 2001. Also, when I created my current email account, people migrated from the old one to the new one earlier this year. So there are less personal messages from people sent to me. It is further explained below in the cut how I formatted the individual sections.
Anyway, in relative decending order from most recent to oldest emails, I copied some of the more interesting pieces from those long-gone tidbits to my LJ. The LJ CUT below contains quite a bit of text. So, if you intend to read the text under the cut, you better have few minutes to spare.
Enjoy.
Text that is "regular" are messages that I sent to people. Text that is in italics are messages that were sent to me from various people. I have censored names on a case-by-case basis. I have not censored my name. Some of the people I converse with on a daily basis. Some people I have not spoken to in years. However, some of you should be able to tell who is saying what. Different messages are seperated with the trailing asterisk. [**********]
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Tracy:
Well, I am extremely happy that you got back to me. I wanted to apologize for not e-mailing you sooner. I feel a bit like a jerk for not doing so.
Right now, I am ok. I mean that in the most literally sense of the word. I got out of the Marine Corps in April of this year and moved back home. I knew, subconsciously, that was a mistake because my mother and I don't get along too often. So, right now I am in the middle of moving to Champaign, Illinois to completely restart my life.
Unfortunately, I have not done too well over the past 6 years. Of course you know that I went to school after Job Corps. But, because I really didn't have a grasp of college life, I got kicked out in the middle of my 3rd semester. That was the main reason why I enlisted in the Marine Corps. Also, I decided to do the "adult" thing because my only other option was...moving back with mom! Anyway...
...I am in the Marine Corps for four mind-numbing years. It was like being back in high school! Yes! There were the jocks, and there were everyone else. I was in the "everyone else" group because I was too intellectual. I was told that I "used big words" and "overthought" everything. Believe it or not, the best part about the MC was Boot Camp! I still wax nostalgia over Boot Camp right up to now. I told several people, "If the Marine Corps was half of what I was taught in Boot Camp, I would re-enlist in a heart beat." But...I did not re-enlist because that was not the case.
So here I am at home. Back where I started. Right now my self-esteem is not that high. Because I am moving, I am feeling apprehensive. When I say "I am starting over," I am really starting over! I will go to school in 2006. Hopefully I will actually complete college and get my 4-year degree.
Anyway, I hope I did not depress you too much! I know I do that to myself alot.
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THE WISE TURTLE KING
MARCH 19, 2004
A week ago I had an unusual dream. I will try to describe this dream as best I can:
There was a group of turtles that were in the middle of a ceremony. In this ceremony, the old and wise Turtle King was turning his turtle kingdom over to his grandson, the Turtle Prince. In this dream the turtles could talk, and the older, more mature turtle said to the younger, green turtle, words to the extent of, “What I have done good, carry it on, but do better.” I cannot remember exactly what words the Turtle King said to the Turtle Prince, but the meaning behind what the Turtle King said was incredible!
It is unfortunate that more humans don’t think that far ahead in the future. If we did, there wouldn’t be nearly as many problems as we have now if the previous generations actually thought like the Turtle King.
Strangely enough, all the turtles in the Turtle Kingdom lineage were named after major cities in the United States. I specifically remember “Boston Turtle”, which was the oncoming Turtle King, “Milwaukee Turtle”, and “Denver Turtle.” The only aforementioned city I’ve been in was Boston.
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LOST BETWEEN TWO REALITIES
March 19, 2004
A short time ago I had a very unusual dream. I will try to describe it as best I can:
There was a young teenage woman who was playing around with her friends deep in the woods. I would say there were about ten teenagers in all. They came across an incredibly high cliff with three logs crossing the gap to the other side. The friends were daring each other to cross the logs to get to the other side of the gap. They were all on the logs when suddenly the logs began to disintegrate into puffs of smoke. When that happened some of the teenagers fell to the bottom of the cliff. Obviously, at this point, the remaining group was frightened, so they began to hurry across the gap to the other side so they wouldn’t die, either. However, another log disappeared, and some more people fell to their early demise.
There is only one log left, but it does not disappear. However, the main character in the dream got distracted and she fell to the bottom of the incredibly high cliff. I remember seeing her fall down the long distance. When she hit the ground; she was mangled, and died. I remember seeing her extremities contorted in unnatural angles. It was grotesque.
What happened next is very strange. Robots came along right after the accident and took pity on this poor girl. The robots looked like humans. They collected her body and took her to their world. I say “their world” because they came from a strange mirror reality. Their world looked like the city that the teenaged girl came from, but it was subtly different. I remember the robots talking amongst themselves, and they concluded that they could not have the girl remember her death and to not let her know that she was now a bona-fied cyborg and to not let her know that she was in a mirror reality, because it would be too traumatic for a simple human to comprehend. So they brought her back to life with partial memory and set her free in the mirror city. But there were some problems...
There were problems with the resurrection, and the memory replacement, and the teenage girl was in a perpetual state of confusion. For some reason she began to look for her dead mother - forgetting she died before the accident. Now, she is part robot, so that means that she can perform certain super-human feats. At the end of the dream she commenced her search for her dead mother in the ocean. She could “breathe” underwater.
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http://toccionline.kizash.com/movies/i_never_copped_a_feel/
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HIS IS A TEST: Pick one that best suits you-------------
Big hug and kiss and:__________________
a)slap across the face.
b)sugar and spice and everything nice.
c)bouquet of flowers.
d)the truth about President Kennedy's assassination.
e)boot in the ass.
f)none of the above.
g)all of the above.
h)other.
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I called my mother in Thanks Giving day and she was happy I did (obviously!). She was telling me that there are peace rallies all over the United States decrying the upcoming war against Iraq. Well, I feel it is necessary for this "conflict" with Iraq because I feel that the nut case who runs that country will become a threat agains all democracies....like he isn't already. When I heard Bush Jr. give his speach a few months ago saying why we (U.S.) should go to war against him (Iraq), I agreed with almost everything he said. My Mother cannot stand him. Me, I am indifferent towards his politics. (My mother is afraid I am becoming a republican, like <> will happen!)
From now on you can use this e-mail address to send me mail. I usually screen [crazy] people, or ad bots, before I give them my primary e-mail address because I guard my account like it is a Swiss bank vault. But, I've had this account since 1999, and I am thinking of getting rid of it simply because I created the account when I was a bit more immature than I am right now. "Evil owl?" Umm...I was thinking of something more cryptic.
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[Name withheld], you practiced suicide. That is not right. You scared me so bad the other week with your LJ update in which you talk about the "scratches on my wrist" that I felt the need to search for free clinics in the Atlanta area so that you wouldn't off yourself.
Also, you stay with a person who you admitted to me that he beat and raped you at least three times. Again, that is not right. Do you know anyone who would willingly stay with someone who hurt them that bad? I don't.
Again, I do not know the whole picture regarding the relationship you are in with [Name withheld]. I can see that now. And for me to say the things I have said in your LJ were innapropriate. And I can see why [Name withheld] was so pissed at me. I did not know the whole story!
[Name withheld], you need help. Please, get it now. If you value you life in the smallest way, get it now!
With regard to [Name withheld] and what he says about you. Well, if what he says is true, than there is another reason why you need help.
Getting help does not make you less of a man, or less of a person. Just imagine how much more of a person you will realize you can be if you just reach out to someone who can help you. Being with someone who you love who hurts you is not going to "fix" them, nor will they "fix" you. But, when you get help, then you can love someone fully, and without hurt. The way people are supposed to love people. The kind of relationship you two share is not love. To me, it seems more like you two are simply afraid of being alone. Again, I don't know the dynamic of what you two share.
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You write well and tell stories beautifully with just enough details and interesting comments.I envy your talent beside writing seem such a good therapy.
I could not agree more about all this. Here in Quebec we are a very opened society but still Television is portraying gays as wether the funny guy who is never having sex openly or a victim of life's tragedy who will die from aids at the end of the show. I do not recognize myself in these descriptions and it's a cut and paste from american series, cant we be more creative than that. I am not so sure about what it is doing, I mean the effect it may have regarding other's perception of gays. We will only know over the years. I am sick of all this.
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Nick, living with someone is a "give" and "take", there has to be a feeling of shared commitment and responsibilities between both parties. If there is one person who is waiting to be asked to commit to something that has already been established as needing to be done, then there will be resentment between someone. Basing, what happened that day between you, [Names withheld], maybe there was a little resentment on their part that you were not receptive enough to their needs. This was, in fact, a project that was determined to be gone at some point that day. Sometimes waiting for someone to ask you to do something gets old when it's determined that it needs to be gone.
Looking back on what happened here with our interaction, a lot of my anger, was because I felt I was pulling the bigger part of the weight, in the house, especially when you were not working and there was plenty of opportunity for you to see what needed to be gone (laundry, vacuuming, or food preparation) rather than being asked. You have to see what needs to be gone and go ahead and do it, without being asked, sometimes.
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Your so silly, you act like you wasted the last 4 years of your life when you actually accomplished something most people can't even start, you did four years in the marine corps! Woot, cant you get some sweet military job now? Or some sweet ex-military job? Anyway I don't think its a bad thing to not re-enlist, you did your time, now its time for you to explore your career choies and do what you want. But I do think its an accomplishment :)
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Hey there....
So things at home are not quite so rosy??
Sorry to hear it, I wouldn't wish a miserable time on anyone. Shaun has been extremely busy with crunch time at work, he pulled at least 12 hour days all week last week and also had to work 6 hours on Saturday to boot. He does enjoy the work and was actually kind of upset that he could not go in on Sunday (since his station does not have the proper machine)
While he was working, me and Chris got some stuff done around both houses. On Saturday, Chris rented a U-Haul and we moved a whole bunch of furniture (shelves, desks etc.) to the storage bin. It cleared out a lot of space but Chris still has to go through all of his stuff (p.s. don't EVER call him a pack rat). After that, we ran another errand or two, then picked up Shaun from work and then sat outside on the back porch drinking. It was a nice end of the evening.
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Well, since you ask: Ive been in the range for the past two days. I've fired my M16 yesterday in an EMP range. That is when we practice firing our weapon in urban enviromnents. Then today I got to fire the 50-cal., 240G, and the SAW. They are all automatic weapons. Funny...the rounds were so hot coming from the muzzles of the weapons that they caught the grass on fire down range. My OIC had to call the fire department.
That is the only real interesting thing that has happened over
the past week or so.
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I get 15 "cool points" for being stuck in the holding cell in n Alabama Prison for 3 hours over a bad check? You must have a very odd point scale!!!
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"How do I standout?"
Well, you're not quite most guys (or gals) that read my LiveJournal (or that I usually read). I receive gifts in the mail from maybe one or two, but outside of that, I don't TALK to them.. outside of the Journal. I just added you to my friendslist and am emailing you for the second time (and it not be about SEX or CareBears). You're more of a guy guy, and you have a LiveJournal, and that's just not my experience. When I read your posts, it's not melodramatic, nor does it come off as if it's there to entertain others. Mine has turned into entertainment. I try to incorporate stuff to catch people's attention and get a response. HELL, just look at my ICONS, sometimes the comment I get is about them. I'm an attention whore, especially from strange guys. Strange meaning guys I don't know...just to clarify. Glance at some of the guys that I have on my friends list, other than the BEARS (I'm all about bigger, hairy men), most people are frivolous and flashy. They'll have something to say sometimes, but if I get bored I skim it. I'm not very political nor do I get into discussion of morals.
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My mother is about to die now, she had another attack and is now in intensive care with morphine. I went wednesday and she had a moment of lucidity and I could say I love you mom a last time. All the members of the family have mixed feeling, we dont want to lose her but we all know that it would be a deliverance after a life of suffering. I will be an orphan soon.
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I am back in NC because CAX [Combined Artillery eXercise] was cut short. The reason is:
I am going to Afghanistan between Feb 18 and 21! I am excited, of course, and a little bit scared. I would be insane not to be at least a bit scared. I called my mom the other day and she was like "Everyday I hear about three soldiers who get blown up over there...!", et cetera. Of course there is a chance I will get shot [or blown up] but there is not too high a chance the location I am going. [The unit I am in is going to a location called Khost, which is located in east Afghanistan right next to the Pakistani boarder.] I will be there until August.
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Awwwww~! *Hug* I hope Cali is fun! And that your dept is a bit better! Speaking of which Johnston finally got a hold of me. Turns out he went back to the states for X-mas. My students at the handicapped school asked about you the other day. They are interested in my "gunjin friend". (gunjin = military) I miss you too.
It feels weird with you not here ^_^
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Johnston:
You are such a bum. Shaun calls you a "pig fucker" because you never reply to his e-mails. I am ashamed of you. You can get back on my good side by inviting Shaun to go to Cinnabon with you on Camp Foster and buying him a Cinnabon for him. They are only $2.75.
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What ARE you doing on your free time? Are you doing Rubies or trying to hack into the "Heros" servers and downloading an illegal copy of that game? Are you reading books, like me? I finished "Lies" by Al Franken, and it is truely shocking what those republican mutherfuckers will do just to...get their own way. EEk! I also started reading "Red, White, and Liberal" by Alan Colmes. You know, the guy from Fox Channel. That is another good read.
I have been playing a little bit of FFX-2, but right after I bought the game "Jade Cacoon 2," and that game is also very good. [It was only $20. A good buy!] What you do is take monsters that belong to a particular elemental group and then merge them. The game literally has one billion different combinations for all the mosters. Holy Shit! I guess I will be playing that game for a while.
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Well, I made it to the US. And that makes me happy. Although my trip was not without tribulation. I was on the plan from Kadena to Seattle, Washington, and there was this little 4 y/o girl who would not shut the fuck up. So I decided to hang out in the lavatory for an hour. :-)
When I (finally) got here, I went to the 7 day store and bought towels. Although I should have also bought socks because those mysteriously dissappeared from Okinawa to here. I wonder what happened to them. That means I will have to buy socks tomorrow.
So here I am at Camp LeJeune, SC, and this place is HUGE. [Truncated text]....there are alot of places to eat here. There is even a 24 hour Subway!!!! I-love-that-place.
My holiday is kinda sucky, but at least I am not flying or eating shitty plane food. Let me know how you are doing.
Take care
Nick
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I just wanted to let you [and everyone else down there] know that the operation went well with my mother. Surprisingly, she was not in recovery for that long, and she was released from the hospital only 3 days after her operation. Incredibly, they removed the tumor through her left ear! They actually had to remove the ear drum and other internal parts of her ear to get to where they wanted to go with their instruments. After they got what they wanted, the just put the internal parts right back where they belonged. Right now she is still feeling the affects of the surgery, and those affects will last for about six months as things heal inside her head.
Also, the plane arrives in Naha Air Port at 2235 on Fri, Dec 5. Would it be possible for someone to pick me up around 2300 hours? If not, I could probably take a taxi from NAP to Kinser and have that count as government expense travel. [Let me knowif there is a pick up.]
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Becky:
I need to know Mom's non-1-800 work phone number so I can call her at work. Please e-mail me as soon as possible. I am tryingto take emergancy leave during the time Mom has her operation in NY City. I thought I could be there since you probably cannot go due to your family.
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I still can not believe it you are in Japan; I am so happy for you.Are you going to try to learn their language. I am so glad that you found people to live with is awesome just like you. what are the people like? have you had their food yet, is their any way you can get me a kimono. I have always wanted one. WOW 30 hours I think I would go insane seeing the same people smelling the same smells.
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Guess what? I will be in Okinawa, Japan by the end of this month. After boot camp and MCT and my MOS training, my first place of deployment is overseas! I am so very excited. I heard all the best marines go there. After being in training for almost eight months, I am extremely excited to be going anywhere. *smiles*
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Hey, I can't believe your a Marine!!! ??? How did this go about happening and why? Do you like it? I still can't believe you are a Marine (and no it has nothing to do with you being gay, but more to do with the fact that now you can kick my ass).
Write more.
Humbly
Jason -who was once in the army, but no where as touch as those in the Marines, which you are now one.
Since I retired that email address, I had to clean it out! I deleted 266 messages. It was a treasure-trove of memories. It was like looking at the rings in a tree--Seeing how old some of the messages were. I had the account since the year 2000. Unfortunately, I think I had the auto-archive feature disabled because the earliest email message I found was from 2001. Also, when I created my current email account, people migrated from the old one to the new one earlier this year. So there are less personal messages from people sent to me. It is further explained below in the cut how I formatted the individual sections.
Anyway, in relative decending order from most recent to oldest emails, I copied some of the more interesting pieces from those long-gone tidbits to my LJ. The LJ CUT below contains quite a bit of text. So, if you intend to read the text under the cut, you better have few minutes to spare.
Enjoy.
Text that is "regular" are messages that I sent to people. Text that is in italics are messages that were sent to me from various people. I have censored names on a case-by-case basis. I have not censored my name. Some of the people I converse with on a daily basis. Some people I have not spoken to in years. However, some of you should be able to tell who is saying what. Different messages are seperated with the trailing asterisk. [**********]
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Tracy:
Well, I am extremely happy that you got back to me. I wanted to apologize for not e-mailing you sooner. I feel a bit like a jerk for not doing so.
Right now, I am ok. I mean that in the most literally sense of the word. I got out of the Marine Corps in April of this year and moved back home. I knew, subconsciously, that was a mistake because my mother and I don't get along too often. So, right now I am in the middle of moving to Champaign, Illinois to completely restart my life.
Unfortunately, I have not done too well over the past 6 years. Of course you know that I went to school after Job Corps. But, because I really didn't have a grasp of college life, I got kicked out in the middle of my 3rd semester. That was the main reason why I enlisted in the Marine Corps. Also, I decided to do the "adult" thing because my only other option was...moving back with mom! Anyway...
...I am in the Marine Corps for four mind-numbing years. It was like being back in high school! Yes! There were the jocks, and there were everyone else. I was in the "everyone else" group because I was too intellectual. I was told that I "used big words" and "overthought" everything. Believe it or not, the best part about the MC was Boot Camp! I still wax nostalgia over Boot Camp right up to now. I told several people, "If the Marine Corps was half of what I was taught in Boot Camp, I would re-enlist in a heart beat." But...I did not re-enlist because that was not the case.
So here I am at home. Back where I started. Right now my self-esteem is not that high. Because I am moving, I am feeling apprehensive. When I say "I am starting over," I am really starting over! I will go to school in 2006. Hopefully I will actually complete college and get my 4-year degree.
Anyway, I hope I did not depress you too much! I know I do that to myself alot.
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THE WISE TURTLE KING
MARCH 19, 2004
A week ago I had an unusual dream. I will try to describe this dream as best I can:
There was a group of turtles that were in the middle of a ceremony. In this ceremony, the old and wise Turtle King was turning his turtle kingdom over to his grandson, the Turtle Prince. In this dream the turtles could talk, and the older, more mature turtle said to the younger, green turtle, words to the extent of, “What I have done good, carry it on, but do better.” I cannot remember exactly what words the Turtle King said to the Turtle Prince, but the meaning behind what the Turtle King said was incredible!
It is unfortunate that more humans don’t think that far ahead in the future. If we did, there wouldn’t be nearly as many problems as we have now if the previous generations actually thought like the Turtle King.
Strangely enough, all the turtles in the Turtle Kingdom lineage were named after major cities in the United States. I specifically remember “Boston Turtle”, which was the oncoming Turtle King, “Milwaukee Turtle”, and “Denver Turtle.” The only aforementioned city I’ve been in was Boston.
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LOST BETWEEN TWO REALITIES
March 19, 2004
A short time ago I had a very unusual dream. I will try to describe it as best I can:
There was a young teenage woman who was playing around with her friends deep in the woods. I would say there were about ten teenagers in all. They came across an incredibly high cliff with three logs crossing the gap to the other side. The friends were daring each other to cross the logs to get to the other side of the gap. They were all on the logs when suddenly the logs began to disintegrate into puffs of smoke. When that happened some of the teenagers fell to the bottom of the cliff. Obviously, at this point, the remaining group was frightened, so they began to hurry across the gap to the other side so they wouldn’t die, either. However, another log disappeared, and some more people fell to their early demise.
There is only one log left, but it does not disappear. However, the main character in the dream got distracted and she fell to the bottom of the incredibly high cliff. I remember seeing her fall down the long distance. When she hit the ground; she was mangled, and died. I remember seeing her extremities contorted in unnatural angles. It was grotesque.
What happened next is very strange. Robots came along right after the accident and took pity on this poor girl. The robots looked like humans. They collected her body and took her to their world. I say “their world” because they came from a strange mirror reality. Their world looked like the city that the teenaged girl came from, but it was subtly different. I remember the robots talking amongst themselves, and they concluded that they could not have the girl remember her death and to not let her know that she was now a bona-fied cyborg and to not let her know that she was in a mirror reality, because it would be too traumatic for a simple human to comprehend. So they brought her back to life with partial memory and set her free in the mirror city. But there were some problems...
There were problems with the resurrection, and the memory replacement, and the teenage girl was in a perpetual state of confusion. For some reason she began to look for her dead mother - forgetting she died before the accident. Now, she is part robot, so that means that she can perform certain super-human feats. At the end of the dream she commenced her search for her dead mother in the ocean. She could “breathe” underwater.
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http://toccionline.kizash.com/movies/i_never_copped_a_feel/
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HIS IS A TEST: Pick one that best suits you-------------
Big hug and kiss and:__________________
a)slap across the face.
b)sugar and spice and everything nice.
c)bouquet of flowers.
d)the truth about President Kennedy's assassination.
e)boot in the ass.
f)none of the above.
g)all of the above.
h)other.
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I called my mother in Thanks Giving day and she was happy I did (obviously!). She was telling me that there are peace rallies all over the United States decrying the upcoming war against Iraq. Well, I feel it is necessary for this "conflict" with Iraq because I feel that the nut case who runs that country will become a threat agains all democracies....like he isn't already. When I heard Bush Jr. give his speach a few months ago saying why we (U.S.) should go to war against him (Iraq), I agreed with almost everything he said. My Mother cannot stand him. Me, I am indifferent towards his politics. (My mother is afraid I am becoming a republican, like <> will happen!)
From now on you can use this e-mail address to send me mail. I usually screen [crazy] people, or ad bots, before I give them my primary e-mail address because I guard my account like it is a Swiss bank vault. But, I've had this account since 1999, and I am thinking of getting rid of it simply because I created the account when I was a bit more immature than I am right now. "Evil owl?" Umm...I was thinking of something more cryptic.
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[Name withheld], you practiced suicide. That is not right. You scared me so bad the other week with your LJ update in which you talk about the "scratches on my wrist" that I felt the need to search for free clinics in the Atlanta area so that you wouldn't off yourself.
Also, you stay with a person who you admitted to me that he beat and raped you at least three times. Again, that is not right. Do you know anyone who would willingly stay with someone who hurt them that bad? I don't.
Again, I do not know the whole picture regarding the relationship you are in with [Name withheld]. I can see that now. And for me to say the things I have said in your LJ were innapropriate. And I can see why [Name withheld] was so pissed at me. I did not know the whole story!
[Name withheld], you need help. Please, get it now. If you value you life in the smallest way, get it now!
With regard to [Name withheld] and what he says about you. Well, if what he says is true, than there is another reason why you need help.
Getting help does not make you less of a man, or less of a person. Just imagine how much more of a person you will realize you can be if you just reach out to someone who can help you. Being with someone who you love who hurts you is not going to "fix" them, nor will they "fix" you. But, when you get help, then you can love someone fully, and without hurt. The way people are supposed to love people. The kind of relationship you two share is not love. To me, it seems more like you two are simply afraid of being alone. Again, I don't know the dynamic of what you two share.
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You write well and tell stories beautifully with just enough details and interesting comments.I envy your talent beside writing seem such a good therapy.
I could not agree more about all this. Here in Quebec we are a very opened society but still Television is portraying gays as wether the funny guy who is never having sex openly or a victim of life's tragedy who will die from aids at the end of the show. I do not recognize myself in these descriptions and it's a cut and paste from american series, cant we be more creative than that. I am not so sure about what it is doing, I mean the effect it may have regarding other's perception of gays. We will only know over the years. I am sick of all this.
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Nick, living with someone is a "give" and "take", there has to be a feeling of shared commitment and responsibilities between both parties. If there is one person who is waiting to be asked to commit to something that has already been established as needing to be done, then there will be resentment between someone. Basing, what happened that day between you, [Names withheld], maybe there was a little resentment on their part that you were not receptive enough to their needs. This was, in fact, a project that was determined to be gone at some point that day. Sometimes waiting for someone to ask you to do something gets old when it's determined that it needs to be gone.
Looking back on what happened here with our interaction, a lot of my anger, was because I felt I was pulling the bigger part of the weight, in the house, especially when you were not working and there was plenty of opportunity for you to see what needed to be gone (laundry, vacuuming, or food preparation) rather than being asked. You have to see what needs to be gone and go ahead and do it, without being asked, sometimes.
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Your so silly, you act like you wasted the last 4 years of your life when you actually accomplished something most people can't even start, you did four years in the marine corps! Woot, cant you get some sweet military job now? Or some sweet ex-military job? Anyway I don't think its a bad thing to not re-enlist, you did your time, now its time for you to explore your career choies and do what you want. But I do think its an accomplishment :)
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Hey there....
So things at home are not quite so rosy??
Sorry to hear it, I wouldn't wish a miserable time on anyone. Shaun has been extremely busy with crunch time at work, he pulled at least 12 hour days all week last week and also had to work 6 hours on Saturday to boot. He does enjoy the work and was actually kind of upset that he could not go in on Sunday (since his station does not have the proper machine)
While he was working, me and Chris got some stuff done around both houses. On Saturday, Chris rented a U-Haul and we moved a whole bunch of furniture (shelves, desks etc.) to the storage bin. It cleared out a lot of space but Chris still has to go through all of his stuff (p.s. don't EVER call him a pack rat). After that, we ran another errand or two, then picked up Shaun from work and then sat outside on the back porch drinking. It was a nice end of the evening.
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Well, since you ask: Ive been in the range for the past two days. I've fired my M16 yesterday in an EMP range. That is when we practice firing our weapon in urban enviromnents. Then today I got to fire the 50-cal., 240G, and the SAW. They are all automatic weapons. Funny...the rounds were so hot coming from the muzzles of the weapons that they caught the grass on fire down range. My OIC had to call the fire department.
That is the only real interesting thing that has happened over
the past week or so.
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I get 15 "cool points" for being stuck in the holding cell in n Alabama Prison for 3 hours over a bad check? You must have a very odd point scale!!!
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"How do I standout?"
Well, you're not quite most guys (or gals) that read my LiveJournal (or that I usually read). I receive gifts in the mail from maybe one or two, but outside of that, I don't TALK to them.. outside of the Journal. I just added you to my friendslist and am emailing you for the second time (and it not be about SEX or CareBears). You're more of a guy guy, and you have a LiveJournal, and that's just not my experience. When I read your posts, it's not melodramatic, nor does it come off as if it's there to entertain others. Mine has turned into entertainment. I try to incorporate stuff to catch people's attention and get a response. HELL, just look at my ICONS, sometimes the comment I get is about them. I'm an attention whore, especially from strange guys. Strange meaning guys I don't know...just to clarify. Glance at some of the guys that I have on my friends list, other than the BEARS (I'm all about bigger, hairy men), most people are frivolous and flashy. They'll have something to say sometimes, but if I get bored I skim it. I'm not very political nor do I get into discussion of morals.
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My mother is about to die now, she had another attack and is now in intensive care with morphine. I went wednesday and she had a moment of lucidity and I could say I love you mom a last time. All the members of the family have mixed feeling, we dont want to lose her but we all know that it would be a deliverance after a life of suffering. I will be an orphan soon.
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I am back in NC because CAX [Combined Artillery eXercise] was cut short. The reason is:
I am going to Afghanistan between Feb 18 and 21! I am excited, of course, and a little bit scared. I would be insane not to be at least a bit scared. I called my mom the other day and she was like "Everyday I hear about three soldiers who get blown up over there...!", et cetera. Of course there is a chance I will get shot [or blown up] but there is not too high a chance the location I am going. [The unit I am in is going to a location called Khost, which is located in east Afghanistan right next to the Pakistani boarder.] I will be there until August.
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Awwwww~! *Hug* I hope Cali is fun! And that your dept is a bit better! Speaking of which Johnston finally got a hold of me. Turns out he went back to the states for X-mas. My students at the handicapped school asked about you the other day. They are interested in my "gunjin friend". (gunjin = military) I miss you too.
It feels weird with you not here ^_^
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Johnston:
You are such a bum. Shaun calls you a "pig fucker" because you never reply to his e-mails. I am ashamed of you. You can get back on my good side by inviting Shaun to go to Cinnabon with you on Camp Foster and buying him a Cinnabon for him. They are only $2.75.
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What ARE you doing on your free time? Are you doing Rubies or trying to hack into the "Heros" servers and downloading an illegal copy of that game? Are you reading books, like me? I finished "Lies" by Al Franken, and it is truely shocking what those republican mutherfuckers will do just to...get their own way. EEk! I also started reading "Red, White, and Liberal" by Alan Colmes. You know, the guy from Fox Channel. That is another good read.
I have been playing a little bit of FFX-2, but right after I bought the game "Jade Cacoon 2," and that game is also very good. [It was only $20. A good buy!] What you do is take monsters that belong to a particular elemental group and then merge them. The game literally has one billion different combinations for all the mosters. Holy Shit! I guess I will be playing that game for a while.
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Well, I made it to the US. And that makes me happy. Although my trip was not without tribulation. I was on the plan from Kadena to Seattle, Washington, and there was this little 4 y/o girl who would not shut the fuck up. So I decided to hang out in the lavatory for an hour. :-)
When I (finally) got here, I went to the 7 day store and bought towels. Although I should have also bought socks because those mysteriously dissappeared from Okinawa to here. I wonder what happened to them. That means I will have to buy socks tomorrow.
So here I am at Camp LeJeune, SC, and this place is HUGE. [Truncated text]....there are alot of places to eat here. There is even a 24 hour Subway!!!! I-love-that-place.
My holiday is kinda sucky, but at least I am not flying or eating shitty plane food. Let me know how you are doing.
Take care
Nick
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I just wanted to let you [and everyone else down there] know that the operation went well with my mother. Surprisingly, she was not in recovery for that long, and she was released from the hospital only 3 days after her operation. Incredibly, they removed the tumor through her left ear! They actually had to remove the ear drum and other internal parts of her ear to get to where they wanted to go with their instruments. After they got what they wanted, the just put the internal parts right back where they belonged. Right now she is still feeling the affects of the surgery, and those affects will last for about six months as things heal inside her head.
Also, the plane arrives in Naha Air Port at 2235 on Fri, Dec 5. Would it be possible for someone to pick me up around 2300 hours? If not, I could probably take a taxi from NAP to Kinser and have that count as government expense travel. [Let me knowif there is a pick up.]
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Becky:
I need to know Mom's non-1-800 work phone number so I can call her at work. Please e-mail me as soon as possible. I am tryingto take emergancy leave during the time Mom has her operation in NY City. I thought I could be there since you probably cannot go due to your family.
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I still can not believe it you are in Japan; I am so happy for you.Are you going to try to learn their language. I am so glad that you found people to live with is awesome just like you. what are the people like? have you had their food yet, is their any way you can get me a kimono. I have always wanted one. WOW 30 hours I think I would go insane seeing the same people smelling the same smells.
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Guess what? I will be in Okinawa, Japan by the end of this month. After boot camp and MCT and my MOS training, my first place of deployment is overseas! I am so very excited. I heard all the best marines go there. After being in training for almost eight months, I am extremely excited to be going anywhere. *smiles*
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Hey, I can't believe your a Marine!!! ??? How did this go about happening and why? Do you like it? I still can't believe you are a Marine (and no it has nothing to do with you being gay, but more to do with the fact that now you can kick my ass).
Write more.
Humbly
Jason -who was once in the army, but no where as touch as those in the Marines, which you are now one.