Army-opoly

Well I'm back to work after my day off and I must say, it was one of the better ones. I got a referal to get my wisdom teeth pulled (at least I don't have to pay to me maimed here.) and spent the evening with a couple friends playing Monopoly.

Yep, It's cheesy, (ooh, good story in a minute) but it was a lot of fun. We played for about 4 hours before we finally just stopped. It was obvious I was gonna win and it's only fun so long. :-) Instead of houses and hotels there are brigades and divisions, and the properties are all Army bases. Yes Trevor, Fort Huachuca is on there. A red one, right next to free parking. :-) The tokens are Army things (HumVee, boot, helicopter...) It was a lot of fun. I don't even know when the last time I played was. :-)

OK, Cheesy...There is this Sergent on my shift that we call Sam. it's short for his actual name that few can pronounce. He's Lithuanian. Anyway, he speaks good English, but it's still his second lanuage. Well we were watching Alex & Emma the other day up at North Gate and I said taht I liked the movie, but it was really cheesy. To which he responded "What means 'cheesy'?" Well, hmmm... How do you explain that one. I think he got is after a while, but it's hard to explain in proper English. :-) Sam is very cool. He's working on his citizenship right now and will hopefully take his oath soon after we get home. I was actually surprised how many non native Americans serve in the military. There are quite a few.

Anyway...that's all for today. God Bless!

Randomness.

I thought it was cool that you could see my reflection in the top of my cup. You gotta want it. :-)










Me in the rearview mirror.









Exactly what you think it is. Of course I needed it explained to me. :-) Found these in one of the towers.



Mom and Cole walking at Morro Bay in CA. You can walk along the beach and pick up sand dollars everywhere. It's cool. Morro Rock is in front of them.











What do you get when you give Night Vision Goggles to a bored soldier?

The Army...My Posse

Merriam-Webster’sWord of the Day
October 10

posse

Meaning
*1 : a large group often with a common interest
2 : a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency
3 : a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)
4 : one’s attendants or associates

Did you know?
"Posse" started out as a technical term in law, part of the term "posse comitatus," which in Medieval Latin meant "power or authority of the county." As such, it referred to a group of citizens summoned by a sheriff to preserve the public peace as allowed for by law. "Preserving the public peace" so often meant hunting down a supposed criminal that "posse" eventually came to mean any group organized to make a search or embark on a mission. In even broader use it can refer to any group, period. Sometimes nowadays that group is a gang or a rock band but it can as easily be any group — of politicians, models, architects, tourists, children, or what have you — acting in concert.

Random Army Graffiti II

This is from the roof of one of the porta potties. I thought it looked really cool. :-)

This is a...

SCUD BUNKER. These things are everywhere. In case of a SCUD missle attack, but that's not really what they get used for. I know a girl that hides in there for nude sunbathing, and various other activities take place in the nice little hiding places.

Sunset from the Tower

Kinda pretty, in a baren, desolate sort of way... :-)

I Hate Economics!

I hate it. I hate, hate hate it! I hate dealing with money. I like spending it, but that's about it. I hate having to study it, and write about it, and read about it. It is boring and annoying and I HATE it!!! There, I feel better now. Any Guesses on what I'm studying ion my theory class? :-) I miss third world civil war. :-(

Concert Time!

Now, I'm sure everyone has heard of these great little USO concerts, right? Well, me too, but until last night there had just been the vauge taunting of posters for concerts, all of which saw me at work. Well last night I finally got to go to one...YEAH!!!







I had a blast. The preformer was Scott Stapp and his band. Never heard of him? Think Creed. He was the lead singer of Creed and now has a solo career. It was awesome. The music was great and it was fun to just relax and let my hearing be deteriorated. :-)

My Best Day

Yesterday was the best day I've had since I got here, hands down! I was up late hanging out with a friend the night before and had the day off, so I slept in until 1pm. Good start. :-) Then I got together with my friend Theresa and we had a blast. We met in Mississippi and she's in my company, but we have different jobs and never see each other unless we make plans. Well with how busy she is yesterday was the first time we actually got to spend more that an hour or so hanging out. We got a lot of errands done and just hung out. It was really nice and a lot of fun to just have "girl time" with a good friend. :-)

After that I got together with my friend Damian and we had a little pre-halloween party. :-) Anyone who knows me well knows I can get a little "batty" around holidays. I love them! Well, we got craft items and candy corn from the PX and watched The Great Pumpkin (if you don't know that movie you are simply un-American) and made halloween decorations. The picture is of my finished door. It's amazing how well construction paper, Kleenex, and duct tape can become festive. :-) It was was a ton of fun.

Overall it was just a great, relaxing day! By the way, 60 days and counting!

Happy Almost Halloween!

Random Army Graffiti I

This is the start of a lovely series called "Random Army Graffiti." This one was found on the side of our shelving unit in one of the towers.