Two, actually. The CO and XO were relieved yesterdayThat's just how it is. The CO is responsible for everything, and the XO is his right-hand man responsible for the housekeeping. To do that, they depend on the Chief's Mess, the Wardroom, and the crew. We rather let them down. But ya know? 70 million dollars in damage and missed operational ( Read more... )

We went to see the new Batman movie today. Much happiness. Squee!

I just read an article about an eleven year old girl whose mother puts her in pagents and adult-looking makeup and clothes. I just wanted to reach through the print and smack the woman.

Creepy.

We drove down to the base and watched the fireworks from the ship. Now, I knew it was going to be a good show as many of the local San Diego cities have started doing the simultaneous shows syncronized to one of the radio stations. I knew the fireworks were going to be pretty much right across the bay from where the ship is moored. What I didn't ( Read more... )

In happier news, the Supreme Court proved it can read.

Well, not really. The head (toilet) was dark for a short time today down by my berthing, and I figured I was good to go...and I was, except for when I needed to flush. So here I am in the dark, running my hands around the outside of the bowl trying to find the flush handle, and thinking how much easier it would have been if I'd taken the extra ( Read more... )

So we still don't know. Officially.

Don't know what caused the fire.
Don't know how long we'll be in San Diego.
Don't know when we'll turn over with Kitty Hawk.
Don't know when we're getting to Japan, or what we're doing on the way.

But I know that I have duty tomorrow. Blech.

So I had to switch email programs to Thunderbird. Microsoft insisted, when Vista was made (indirectly or not) so that older versions of Outlook wouldn't work right. I got tired of typing in my password every time I opened the program, and of telling it to download email ( Read more... )

$900 later, Bud no longer has a nasty, oozing cyst on his head. He now has a long stitched-up section that looks like a big zipper. He is currently avoiding pictures.

(crossposted to womenwarriorsJust last week I made an off-hand comment in a discussion that really brought home to me how much the Navy has changed since I enlisted. At the time, I and one of the First Class Petty Officers (E-6, for the non-Navy folks) were talking about having to go through a head (toilet/shower) to access a workspace ( Read more... )