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Well.
Seriously unmotivated to post anything, really, but I guess I can. Might fall in the category of TMI, but these are the things we deal with ( Read more... ) -
Nobody Home
I've got a little black book with my poems in ( Read more... ) -
Monotony
Time passes, stuff happens. Or doesn't, mostly, which is fine given the mental haze I'm currently living in. 12 hours on, 12 hours off can really wear, mentally, and I won't lie to you: I'm really looking forward to the extra time off when I shift back to days here in a while. All 12 hours of it ( Read more... ) -
Mixed blessings
It's all well and good to be connected to friends, home, and loved ones at the touch of a button. Not so well or good would be the fact that having reliable power, a tiny laptop, and wireless internet induces a need to be online, whether one truly exists or not. Normally, a deployed body (such as myself) might resort to book reading, puzzle solving ( Read more... ) -
A few loose ends
= Friend Eddyneko has ended his LJ run officially, thus his deletion from the f-list. He's still pretty cool, though. If you happen to come across him elsewhere, you can tell him I said so ( Read more... ) -
Mile-high observations
Well. I'm here 'on the ground' in Afghanistan, this time in Kabul, the capitol. I say 'ground' because we're actually higher up in the air here than Denver, Colorado. Despite sitting in the bottom of a valley between various arms of the Hindu Kush, the city rates anywhere from 5800 to 6000 feet above sea level, and the mountains are WAY above that ( Read more... ) -
Off we go
Looks like today will be my last full one in the US, so the next entry will be from parts unknown.
*sigh*
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Here's a shocker
Life after the military? It exists, albeit it similar form, at least for those of us fortunate enough to continue making a living in our professional specialties afterward. Oddly enough, six months after my oh-so-happy exit from Uniform Land, I find myself right back where I was in November of 2009: Camp Atterbury, Indiana. There's been some ( Read more... ) -
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We've cleared out of the old barracks we were staying in. "Old" only because they're the ones we used to be living in; the tent we're in at the moment is NOT precisely "new." Being stuck in deep with this company on a 24-7 basis is not playing well on my nerves either, but at least they're being mostly hands-off for now ( Read more... ) -
Obviously, it was the Tourrette Syndrome talking
I freaking blasted my soldier yesterday. I mean, I let him have it. Raised voice, lots of swearing, called him names even. I did it with such a loud voice that everyone in the building and most of those standing around outside (including those on the opposite side from my room) heard me very clearly ( Read more... )