You know I had to hear this song as i was getting ready to go out and explore this evening. I think its kinda funny considering I am going in search of a good barbque place. I will have to let you know how that goes. But this song always makes me think because its about a guy chasing a dream with a girl back home who knows who he is and wants him ( Read more... )

So I think its offical now I have found a parish home to rival STM. At least in kind. Tonight was my first night that I was an EM and it was nice being a part of the mass again rather than just feeling like a spectator. I know you are never a spectator at mass, but after 14 years of serving, ushering, EM, etc its kinda hard to just sit back and let ( Read more... )

So today was a good day, but a day full of distractions ( Read more... )

Yeah thats not a misprint. Time LIES. Its been a year and a half since I last saw Nancy. In that year and a half I have seen bruce, andy, g, etc a few times here and there. When its all said and done, every thing has changed. I am a little more sober than I used to be (little bit) in alot better shape, my friends have changed, some had grown up ( Read more... )

I just say a random link on Alexis's profile. It made me think. From an officer's point ov view I could not be happier that the draft is over. It keeps things like full metal jacket in the movies and off of the battlefields. For one it makes our fighting force one of the single most dedicated forces in the world. Rivaled only by the israelies ( Read more... )

Wow. I just realized what yesterday was.... it was almost 2 years to the day since I was out on the same field doing the same job at the end of camp. And ironically enough everything has changed and nothing has changed. Its all the same because my heart still goes home to Columbia every chance I get, and nothing is the same because now I am living ( Read more... )

So today brings to a close one of the longest weeks I think I will ever have. It was longer than the 10 days I spent in the field 2 years ago, longer than the summer I was away from amber for 4 months, longer even than the time I have been gone from SC. Ok so thats a bit of an exageration. Seriously though when your day starts between 4 and 430 so ( Read more... )

So starting thursday I will be getting a daily newspaper, the Seattle Times. Is that liberal? I am not sure. It will be nice to be getting a daily from a large city again though, and no the Olahoman or whatever I got in OK did not count. Today I went for ny first long run in more than a month. I don't know how far, but I was running for 40 minutes ( Read more... )

When I'm lost in this ocean of darkness ( Read more... )

As far as intrductions go, this week has been great. I still don't know what I am doing or if I am staying with the same unit, long story. But that is neither here nor there. At first glance it looks like Jan 2008 is going to be my deployment date at the current rate of deployments.... Thats some good news I guess. I have now been signed into 5-3 ( Read more... )