3 hours left in the day here, but I’ll be heading to work in a few minutes so I won’t be able to enjoy it all too much.
damn. that sucks. I hate how they put the military to work during the holidays, but I realize why they have to do it. I’m probably gonna head out early tomorrow, but I really don’t want to. I wanna grab a new phone and webcam, but I just KNOW it’s gonna be 1000 degrees tomorrow. Meh. I’ll just suck it up and take some heat even if I turn into human barbecue. I hope they let you out early ducky. it would suck to be stuck there all day.
-Starhammer-
I’m heading to Walmart tomorrow for some stuff and I dread the heat too. Mobile Alabama is a greenhouse. We’re at that time of the year where we get rain everyday making it more humid out. I went to visit Tondashocka who was stationed in Maryland at the time and I couldn’t believe how dry the air was there. It actually felt like 85 degrees not 100.:looney:
But I do dread going to Walmart, I’m paranoid I’m going to run into someone from highschool from back in the day. All the more reason I’m glad I’m moving to Jacksonville Florida in less than a month.
Ducky: Tondashocka is stationed in Hawaii now (forget which island). He said he went to the local mall and played Marvel. I got a good laugh putting Marvel and Hawaii together in the same sentence. 
LOL thread resurrection!
“I’m every women, it’s all in meeee!!”
No longer active duty, my good man. I was working as a bar back/bartender at a club.
Why a good laugh? Hawaii has a very decent MVC2 scene. If he went to the mall to play MVC2, it was the mall like 2 blocks from my house. There is only one mall with MVC2 around here. I should hit him up.
Because Alabama sucks and we don’t have MvC2 that much anymore. And Tony getting moved to different bases, he always tells me he walks into the nearby mall or whatever to see Mvc2.
ah. I was sure you were still doing your thing marine style. heh. I’d love to be there when some fool starts some shit in the bar and gets his last call courtesy of Sgt Ducky. I’d get drunk in the bar just to see that.
…Yeah. right. I’d already be doing my fifth lap by that time. we all know this.
-Starhammer-
I have never done my thing Marine style… I’m a grunt, we have slightly more brains in the Army. :lol:
Yeah, so I’m still wondering about those FSRs.
LOL. right now I could use that Iori Yagami win pose where he starts laughing. for some reason I always thought you were Marines but, I’ve been wrong before. No doubt It’ll happen again some day.
Meh. this night ain’t going nowhere it seems. I might just cash in my chips early seeing as how my body doesn’t seem to want to make any energy anyway. eaten a whole pizza and what do I get for it? Still hungry. Tomorrow awaits, and I’ll be waiting for it.
-Starhammer-
First Strike Rations? Good stuff… I love those things but they aren’t available to most of the military yet.
Tonight was kinda boring for me too. It’s still rather early but I decided to call it a night already. I went out to a club just to sell tickets for the club that I work at, lol. I got in for free and got comped a few drinks too. It’s nice to know a ton of people who work in the industry, also nice to be associated with it. Nice perks.
I have to report to a National Guard unit here fairly soon. I’m a little depressed since I got out. I was getting paid for the past 3 months, just chilling out on paid vacation. Now I’m just raping unemployment here ($523 a week for 26 weeks! Hahahaha) while I finish up school. The state will pay for the schooling too, up to $8000 in tuition! I don’t even have to use my GI Bill. I saved up enough so I don’t even have to work for another year. I just work at the club (under the table) to pass time. I’m always at clubs anyway so I guess it makes sense. I get comped even more shit everywhere now that I officially work at a club, not just promoting.
Maybe it’s just that I’m bored out of my mind. My classes don’t start until later on this month. I have some plans to start a business but I’ve been taking it easy recently… I think I’m just not used to a life without drilling my joes and preparing for war. Separation anxiety of sorts?
What’s up, late night?
Would there be any way for a civilian to procure a First Strike Ration?
on the subject of sep anxiety, yeah. I had it both when I left Japan and when I finally left the service altogether. when I left the service though, I was damn good and ready to go so it wasn’t that bad. I’m guessing it would be worse in your case because you didn’t hate the place by the time you left. In all honesty, I don’t know if I’ve fully adjusted to civillian life even now. part of me still wants to go on a cruise ship or sneak on a Navy ship during fleet week just to relive life out to sea if even in part. I sure as hell don’t miss some of the BS we had to deal with on what felt like a daily basis sometimes, but yeah, the good times will come to the front of your mind more than the bad the closer you get to the door. That’s mainly because they can’t really touch you once you’re down to only a few weeks left on the book. you’re off guard duty, you’re not really expected for PT, you may be cut out of some other rank/branch specific chores as well. All you might end up doing is coming to work and going home, so you’ve got time to sit and look back. I think that’s where the sep anxiety comes from myself. don’t worry. if you’re already set to go in the outside world, it’ll go away pretty soon.
-Starhammer-
Shouldda been 3rd Strike.
Probably not, since FSR’s aren’t even readily available to active duty Soldiers yet. We got them as prototypes and had to fill out response cards… but we mostly had MRE’s, besides the few cases of FSR’s. Most guys I’ve talked to haven’t even seen them yet, much less tried them. If anything though, just buy some hot pockets. Hot pockets have just as many calories and taste better - although most of those calories probably come from fat. FSR’s are supposedly more balanced when it comes to nutrition.
I’m just not used to life without… structure? I guess it’s just different being a civilian. I will be reporting to a National Guard unit later this month so at least I’ll have it one weekend a month. Just hard getting back into civilian life… being a student again… whatever.
Damn, I’m bored.
bringing it up for ya’ll who can’t sleep…
Not much happening here tonight. I pretty much just want to win a lotto and move somewhere peaceful now. I don’t know what’s up. I don’t want anything else right now other than that. I hope it’s just a phase that’ll end soon, but since I’ve slowed on drinking it seems that the rest of life’s crap has magnified several-fold. I don’t want to go back to throwing up in the trash can as that certianly won’t help, but this damn place just plain sucks the soul out of me. I know, I know. I’ve been bitchin’ about this place for a minute and change now. I just hope my plans, slowly as they are going, will bear fruit soon.
-Starhammer-
Patience is a virtue. I’m not doing much right now besides learning how to bartend. It doesn’t pay the bills, but it covers gas for the week and food. I’m glad I saved up while I was in the Army so I have a little money to live off for awhile without having to worry about working too much. Soaking up unemployment while I can too. Just waiting for things to settle down and for my life to pick up steam again.
Drinking heavily doesn’t help too much, man. I know how that goes too. It’s temporary, and more often than not, very fleeting. You sober up and all the shit is still there, but you run out of cash for booze eventually.
If your plans are moving forward slowly, I don’t see any problems as long as you are being patience. Slow progress is still progress. If you stop progressing and things become stagnant, that’s when you really need to start worrying.