Periodic trivia
I wrecked my truck a few weeks ago. I was rushing home to do some urgent Navy business, and never made it there. No injuries, but a trailer-hitch was shoved through my oil cooler and radiator. I wrote off the Amigo, and bought a slightly used Nissan Frontier.
A salesman at the Infiniti dealer ran my credit, and his eyes bugged out. "How did you manage to get a score like that?" he asked. I think I just said "I live within my means." It helps having a wife that monitors our accounts like a hawk, ever since we caught some pinche douchebag trying to cash our old checks.
I took the Navy advancement test for Chief (E-7) last month. I've only been an E-6 for two years, but my evals were good enough that I got to test early. I finally saw them this month, and they were the best I've ever had. Apparently I done good as a vehicle commander. My head is growing even as I type this.
I'm back to drilling one weekend a month. I actually do a lot of work in between drills now, since I am a platoon leader. With any luck I'll be transferring to another unit soon. I'm trying for an Expeditionary Security unit, and if that fails I have found a hookup in a Special Warfare support unit. The latter one I would have to interview for, but that should be easy enough. Both would involve drilling in another state every month. I'd prefer the security/boat unit, since it would allow me to keep developing as a leader, and be more of a grunt than a support guy. Apparently I have an aptitude for both.
I'm working on getting back into shape, but I have some abdominal mystery pain that is tripping me up. The latest avenue of inquiry is gallstones. I get scanned for them next week. It was bad for about a month, but is manageable now. I was briefly afraid that I had liver cancer, but apparently not. It's possible that I have an internal twin named Kuato.
I have been playing The Supersuckers non-stop, and driving my poor wife up the wall. I think she might beat me up if I play "Pretty F'd Up" one more time. The video for "Born with a Tail" is the best rock video ever made.
My job will shortly change in a major way. Engineers are being put into groups that handle one particular thing. For example, my group will handle windows OS only, and another group will work on apps like Exchange and SQL. Nobody is happy about it, since it would seem to be a dead end as far as skill development. I'll see how it works out, how long this lasts, and how much opportunity for inter-group mobility there is. I'll do a lot more work remotely, which will be nice. I plane to stay home and work over the VPN more.
Once I work out the health/fitness issues, I would really like to get back into martial arts. I will probably not go back to Krav Maga, as much as I like it. I don't know much about grappling, so I think I will study BJJ to close the hole in my skill-set.
I'm starting a new game of Fallout 3. I had thought about playing it through as a bad guy this time, but I don't think I can do it. Even thought they are only simulated people, I just can't bring myself to fuck anyone over. I am chaotic good to the bone.
Lunch is over. Back to work.
A salesman at the Infiniti dealer ran my credit, and his eyes bugged out. "How did you manage to get a score like that?" he asked. I think I just said "I live within my means." It helps having a wife that monitors our accounts like a hawk, ever since we caught some pinche douchebag trying to cash our old checks.
I took the Navy advancement test for Chief (E-7) last month. I've only been an E-6 for two years, but my evals were good enough that I got to test early. I finally saw them this month, and they were the best I've ever had. Apparently I done good as a vehicle commander. My head is growing even as I type this.
I'm back to drilling one weekend a month. I actually do a lot of work in between drills now, since I am a platoon leader. With any luck I'll be transferring to another unit soon. I'm trying for an Expeditionary Security unit, and if that fails I have found a hookup in a Special Warfare support unit. The latter one I would have to interview for, but that should be easy enough. Both would involve drilling in another state every month. I'd prefer the security/boat unit, since it would allow me to keep developing as a leader, and be more of a grunt than a support guy. Apparently I have an aptitude for both.
I'm working on getting back into shape, but I have some abdominal mystery pain that is tripping me up. The latest avenue of inquiry is gallstones. I get scanned for them next week. It was bad for about a month, but is manageable now. I was briefly afraid that I had liver cancer, but apparently not. It's possible that I have an internal twin named Kuato.
I have been playing The Supersuckers non-stop, and driving my poor wife up the wall. I think she might beat me up if I play "Pretty F'd Up" one more time. The video for "Born with a Tail" is the best rock video ever made.
My job will shortly change in a major way. Engineers are being put into groups that handle one particular thing. For example, my group will handle windows OS only, and another group will work on apps like Exchange and SQL. Nobody is happy about it, since it would seem to be a dead end as far as skill development. I'll see how it works out, how long this lasts, and how much opportunity for inter-group mobility there is. I'll do a lot more work remotely, which will be nice. I plane to stay home and work over the VPN more.
Once I work out the health/fitness issues, I would really like to get back into martial arts. I will probably not go back to Krav Maga, as much as I like it. I don't know much about grappling, so I think I will study BJJ to close the hole in my skill-set.
I'm starting a new game of Fallout 3. I had thought about playing it through as a bad guy this time, but I don't think I can do it. Even thought they are only simulated people, I just can't bring myself to fuck anyone over. I am chaotic good to the bone.
Lunch is over. Back to work.