Stole this from Sara. Most of these should be pretty easy, looking at the list.

Step 1: Put your iPod or whatever on random ( Read more... )

Just got off work early. Pretty good day, overall. Spent the first hour or so milling around waiting for everyone to be ready for a big command picture, then another half-hour figuring out how to arrange everyone. Which meant I spent most of that time talking gaming with a couple of friends ( Read more... )

Having spent the entire day playing computer games while VH1's new season of "I Love the 70's" blared in the background for some reason I can't quite explain, I have come to two conclusions ( Read more... )

It's technically Friday. I can post this.

In two weeks, I'll turn 26. On that same day, my ship gets a new commanding officer. His last name is Storm.

Let me say that again:

I'm going to work for someone named "Captain Storm."

I feel like I'm Rick Jones or something.

So, for months now, we haven't been sure what the hell my Naval furture looked like, what with the base here in Ingleside on the chopping block (they're saying it will close sometime in 2008-9) and the entire MHC class of ships, like the one I work on, going away even before that. Since I got back from Bahrain, the dates I've been hearing were that ( Read more... )

( Things That Need to Stop RIGHT DAMN NOW, volume 2 )

This is possibly the first in a series of posts regarding the ever-growing list of (mostly linguistic) things that piss me off; I'm thinking some sort of official record in the form of an actual list would be helpful. The idea is stolen from -- no, let's say "inspired by" instead, as it sounds more respectable -- both a few select passages in ( Read more... )

( Why yes, I am in fact bored out of my skull. Why do you ask? )

So I've been back in the States for a few days now, bored and lonely and generally not enjoying it one bit. See, I'm back in Ingleside, but Sara and the girls are still living in Nevada. They've hooked me up with a barracks room, which is nice and all, but there's really nothing for me to do. Especially with my computer being dead. There's no phone ( Read more... )

I'm on a public computer on base, and after cleaning out my e-mail, I only have about five minutes left before they kick me off, so I'll just say what I need to say real quick-like ( Read more... )