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The last few weeks have been... interesting. Straws have been dropped. Camel spines have been shattered. Steps have been taken.

This tiger has a long hard slog through difficult terrain ahead, but I intend to make it through, and come out the other side grinning.

The tiger returns from the ether. Older, wiser, more fierce.

Still alive.

Since I'm the platoon sergeant, that means I get to choose what the platoon motto/mascot/etc is, right? Well, since I'm partial to telling my troops that if they don't straighten up and act right then I will kick them in the chest a la King Leonidas (and if they really screw up I'll make them dig their own bottomless pit first), I've made up our ( Read more... )

Went on my first group ride today. Had a blast, and no one got hurt. One poor guy did catch a nail in his tire at the staging area, though. Ouch... there goes about $250-$300.

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"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." (1 Corinthians 13:11)

As I slowly start to realize my age, it comes to me that I truly have no "friends" anymore. I have people I bullshit with, people I work with, people I bullshit with at work, and people I ( Read more... )

If I see one more Christmas themed ad, hear one more Christmas song on the radio, see one more Christmas special on TV...

I think I'll scream. It's not like I hate the holiday. In fact, if it weren't for having to spend so much money and not knowing what to get anyone for their present, I might even start to enjoy it. But the plain and simple fact ( Read more... )

Well, 5 days into NaNoWriMo and I think I finally have a decent idea for a story to work on. The eccentric muse has decided to stop being so aloof and come out to play, albeit a bit timidly. There was another one, apparently, who did not go on vacation, but was instead buried under a mountain of work(literally). If these two can just see past their ( Read more... )