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Iraq Blog
I'm busy as hell and there's no way I'll be back on LiveJournal before I leave. Just wanted to drop the link to the blog I'll be updating (as will the rest of the team) while we're in Iraq.
http://shorttimers.blogspot.com/
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Old News
So I'm going to Iraq. You've probably all heard via other channels by now (word of mouth or Facebook).
Not sure on exact dates, but it will be pretty much the whole month of August.
Time to get rabies, typhoid, and malaria vaccinations. Well, malaria is pills. -
Subtle Machinations
As I sit here, vaccines for hepatitis A and tetanus are working their way through my body (and congealing on my left thumb, which I stupidly cut while working on Gold Dredge 8's audio system earlier today. Another corner off my Totin' Chip), and a background check is being run by people I don't know, checking to see if I have problems with ( Read more... ) -
Triumvirate
There are these three girls that I've gotten to know over the course of the past three years or so - all of them go to UAF. One of them I first met in an introductory journalism class, the second I met while doing a video job for a science lecture series, and the third I met through the UAF student politics scene, which is a fun place to visit but ( Read more... ) -
Was it you, LiveJournal, or was it me?
Man, I only come here about once every two weeks or so, and I just figured out why ( Read more... ) -
fucking hell
I try really, really hard to believe the best about people... and it seems like it gets harder all the time. How can the world be so fundamentally unjust? I tell you, one of these days I'm not going to be able to be optimistic about things anymore, and that's going to be a rough, rough day. -
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I had never seen any episodes of Heroes before tonight. Now I have seen one.
While there are many things I like about the show, does anyone else find it tremendously cheesy that they have a comic book that is a portent of what is actually going on in real life? I mean, are the writers just ripping off old A-Ha music videos?It even looks like the ( Read more... ) -
Tubes No More
Begich has extended his lead to 2,374 votes. There are 8,000 votes left to count, and they'll be done by the end of the afternoon.
I'm calling it for Begich. We have a new U.S. Senator in Alaska. -
OH SHIT
Hey abunai, if you're reading this, please comment to tell me whether or not your absentee ballot has been processed yet. I just realized you're in my district (same precinct, actually), and I need to know whether Karl Kassel is actually TIED with Mike Kelly. -
How To Make Me Avoid Your Movie
Way To Make Me Avoid Your Movie #51: Describe it as a "romp".