Sep
30
Reunions
September 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I’ve had kind of a reunion of sorts over here in the last week. I’ve run into several old co-workers from Afghanistan. I’ve run into Chino Perez, Mike Pacheco, and Dawn Michelle Emanuel. I know that Mikus, Darthy (Dorothy), and Steve are over here somewhere too.
It’s nice to see old faces mixed in with the [...]
Sep
30
Relationships
September 30, 2005 | 1 Comment
Part I.
I’ve continued to read Caroline’s blog, and I have found the entries about her and her partner to be wonderful. I am very glad that she has found happiness.
It sounds like every male in her life has continually let her down. From her father, her brother, to her husband, each one of them failed [...]
Sep
29
Thursday Sept 29
September 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Mood: Nervous
This is one of the buildings that I can see from where I work. It’s not my picture, I pulled it up from the internet.
I think the reality of where I am is finally beginning to settle in, and it’s got me kinda freaked. I mean, “Holy Shit! I’m in Freaking Iraq!!”. You drive [...]
Sep
28
Day Two
September 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Day two went the same way as day one, that being hurry up and wait. There is a slight ray of hope that both my roommate and I will be moved to accommodations with Internet access. I can’t stress how important internet access is to me. It’s my communication with my wife, and with my [...]
Sep
27
Iraq Day 1
September 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Well, I’m here… I made it into country from Jordan.
After a uneventful, yet thrilling ride from the airport to the IZ, I spent the majority of the day filling out forms and standing in line at one of the old palaces.
I was assigned a room with one of my co-workers, and spent a fairly restless [...]
Sep
27
Well, after a few days of travel, I made it into Iraq.
Thus far the only major disaster is that I left my beloved pillow in Jordan. I had to come to terms with it’s loss last night, as I tossed and turned in bed. I will more than likely never see it again, and that [...]
Sep
23
Less than Twenty-Four Hours
September 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment
In less than twenty-four hours I’ll be stepping onto a plane and setting off on yet another adventure. Twenty-fours hours left in my home town, less than twenty-four hours in America, less than twenty-four hours with my family…
Signing off, I’ll be back after I get settled….
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Sep
23
27 Sept 2005
September 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Mood: Feeling Paranoid
Music: Alice In ChainsWell, I will be in Iraq no later than 27 Sept. That’s Tuesday. Four days away. Due to the time changes between here and there, that means I will have to be on a plane no later than Sunday night, here in Central time. Iraq is GMT +3. So at [...]
Sep
22
Packing My Life In A Bag
September 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Mood: Nervous
Music: Southside by Moby & Gwen
“here we are now going to the south side,
i pick up my friends and we hope we won’t die,
ride at night, ride through heaven and hell,
come back and feel so well.”
I usually can’t stand Moby, if for no other reason than with the whole bald thing going on, he [...]
Sep
22
Welcome to yet another blog…
September 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment
This is going to be my blog about the things I can talk about, which more than likely won’t be much, while I am in Iraq.
I will not be discussing my job, or what I do.
At the moment, I am still packing my bags and wondering how soon I am shipping out. I’m excited, sad, [...]
Sep
21
Iraq Bound
September 21, 2005 | 1 Comment
Well folks, it’s time for me to get suited up again. I’m bound for Iraq. I got a job offer this evening, and these guys are in a hurry, so it will be sooner rather than later.
Will more than likely be a while before I can post again…
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Sep
21
Fate
September 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment
If nothing else this week has reaffirmed my faith in the universe and in fate. This has been a perfect example of things working out exactly how they should, despite our wishes for them to work out otherwise.
I figured having the NRA and the GOP (Republican) applets along the side of the blog was warning [...]
Sep
21
Just not in the mood
September 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Mood: Still Pissed
Music: Staind
Sep
20
My Thanksgiving
September 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Nothing new today. Here are some lyrics for your reading pleasure.
“Don Henley - My Thanksgiving”
A lot of things have happened
Since the last time we spoke
Some of them are funny
Some of ‘em ain’t no joke
And I trust you will forgive me
If I lay it on the line
I always thought you were a friend of mine
Sometimes I [...]
























