Right now there's a growing list of certain things that I'm not allowed to say in the barracks. Back when I was with my friends at home it was a fucking free-for-all as we all had similar views in humor and our society in contemporary America. A few nights ago I "went too far" when the entire room was spitting out memorable quotes from The ( Read more... )

I'm having an ongoing switch from Camel Turkish Royals (or Silvers) to Marlboro No.27s and back to Camels again. I'd shoot for only Djarums if they weren't so damn expensive and the because they taste like candy which throws my smoke-in-moderation policy out the window. I just don't feel like fighting it to tell you the truth and I'm not going to ( Read more... )

I was marked FTR for the final formation last Thursday even though I was indeed present. Still, even with multiple people vouching over me they still took the sergeant's word over mine. So there's nothing I can really do except complain to the first sergeant about it Monday. My squad leader believed me and took my side but was still forced to give ( Read more... )

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'm hoping that Erick will soon send me the poetry that I had published in the Mindscape zines that he kept from a few years ago. Most of it sucked I'm sure but I'd still like to bring back a couple of the pieces that I think would stick well with the theme I'm working on right now ( Read more... )

So we have some good news for the day; I just found out that they put me back in class and I begin again on the 12th. I'm not positive whether or not I'm going to have to start from the beginning, but I'll be taken out of the inactive platoon at last and put back on track to get the hell out of training ( Read more... )

I lost a $20 bill today and even though I've been throwing away cash so rapidly lately, it really pissed me off ( Read more... )

I like calling Ashley when drunk because she's so friendly when we talk about the past and the time we hated each other ( Read more... )

Over the last few days I've made a few Russian friends via Myspace, however only females have gotten back to me. I can understand a Russian male not giving damn about a yankee like me, so I'm not going to worry about it. Erick showed me a site specifically for pen pals and there I met a 22 year old male currently serving in the Russian military. I ( Read more... )

We took the portrait of Bush from off the wall in the battalion headquarters at 1159 and replaced it with Obama at 1201. We had a quick debate over what to do with W until the immaturity kicked in and we drew a few doodles on his face. As we were taking it to the dumpster we tore it in half. I can't really explain with words how satisfying that was ( Read more... )