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Just Me's blog: "Observations"

created on 01/08/2009  |  http://fubar.com/observations/b270409

Back in Texas

OK, so it was a fricking long drive.  I wound up having to stop to get some sleep. 

I got back to Texas, got to my house, and unloaded the truck.  Thought hey, i haven't watched TV in a long time, let me flip on the tube.  Well, I forgot that I had suspended my cable before I left, so I called up Time Warner, and they cancelled my account because it was suspended for 2 months  (I was gone for 2 months).  To top it off, they wanted to charge me an early termination fee to reactivate it.  So needless to say, my cable, phone, and internet are no more.  I am borrowing some from someone in the neighborhood, not sure who.

Then to add insult to injury, my cell phone is being a pain and on it's last leg.  I can sometimes answer a call, sometimes can't.  I can't get to the text messages or the menu, unless someone sends me a text first.  So, I went and ordered a new one from Newegg (once you know, you newegg). 


Plus, I gotta go back to work.  Well, technically not until Tuesday, but I gotta get a mileage pass turned in for next Wednesday when I have to go to a specialty clinic in San Antonio, but hey, it's great to be back in Texas.

Almost Done

Let me say something I never thought I would say:  I am ready to get back to Texas. 

 

I got 1 week from tomorrow left in Georgia!

In Georgia, and BORED

Well as some of you know, I have left my comfortable life in Harker Heights, TX for a couple of months of schooling in Fort Gordon, GA.  I am attending Phases 1 and 2 of Advanced Leadership Course (formerly known as Basic NonCommissioned Officers Course).  Phase 1 is 2 weeks and is called Common Core because all NCOs get the same instruction over these 2 weeks.  Phase 2 is job specific, so only people with my same job will be in the class. 

I am doing my best to not fall into the party path, but it is kind of hard.  There really is not that much to help keep us busy going on.  So we get out of class, do some details, go to formation, and then meet up in the break area and plot and plan. 

Friday night, a group of us went to the post club, and after 6 pitchers of beer decided we were going to get away from all of the AIT students (we can't really interact with them due to some rules), and went to find a good bar.  We split up, and I and another guy when to the Country Club.  The rest went to a strip club.  We closed the bar down, and then got a cab home. 

Last night, we were going bar hopping, 3 other guys and myself.  The others went to the movies.  The four of us went to downtown Augusta, got some dinner, and then headed over to Broad Street.  Well, holy cow.  In like 3 blocks, there is probably 20 bars.   So the plan was to start at one, "Stillwater" and then move down.  Complete and total failure.  Complete failure.  Stillwater was not busy, so we got in there and Amanda and Christina were the bartenders.  Started out with my staple, Bud Light.  There was two young ladies sitting next to me, and they struck up a conversation.

One of them worked for the Sweetwater Brewery and was trying to get me to drink something different.  Well, I broke down, and she ordered me a local pilsner, and it was good, not real bite to it.  Then had a few others, and well, was feeling no pain.  At this point, the bar was PACKED!  It took a few minutes to make it through the crowd to the bathroom.  IT took forever to get a beer.  But, my buddies didn't want to leave, and I was enjoying the conversation. 

About 1:00, my buddies decided they wanted to go to a strip club, and I like my perfect streak thus far in life, and let them head on.  I got a cab about 2:30, and had to help one Soldier out of the cab into his hotel room, but the cabdriver came back and picked me up because she felt sorry for him.  I made sure he was ok, and then got outside and waited on the cab.  She got me back to base, and changed out cabs.  While waiting, another cab from off base pulled up, and it was 4 marines.  One passed out as soon as we got into the cab, and the other 3 were about to come to blows.  I had to intervene, and I finally did something I haven't done yet.....I pulled rank.  Amazing how Marines won't respect anything, but they'll respect rank.  They all got out at their barracks, and I got to mine. 

I got to my room, and one of my buddies sent me a text and said they were going to breakfast, so I hiked the mile to the Huddle House and had breakfast and we all hiked back. 

Basically, this place is living up to the nickname it has had for years.  BeerNOC!

Not much else to do.

Ya know, I listen to a lot of music. A LOT! I have heard a song recently that got me to thinking quite a bit. Not bout life, love or the lack of. This time a song actually got me to thinking about the state of the world. I heard John Rich's "Shutting Detroit Down". I know I am just an average Joe, and I can't do much, but it just drives me nuts. Ok, here I am living on less than $50,000 a year. I am making ends meet, and I am having to pay for what I buy, I am having to pay for what I use. If I buy a new truck for $28,000, I am expected to pay for it and there are repercussions if I don't. Now why is it that corporations can go and rack up millions in debt, make mistakes, and then the government expects us to pay for those mistakes? I did some basic math, and over the course of the next several years, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $38,000 just to pay for these corporations mistakes. You want to fix the economy? Here are some simple ideas. Stop considering low income as below $250,000. Low income I always thought were those living on about $25k. Are the politicians that far out of sync with the world? 1. Don't make me pay for someone else's mistakes. It helps my money go into the right places, and not to pay for Joe Billionaire's hug severance package. 2. Give money back to the people who have to buy things, not those who want us to pay for their stupidity. If I have $1,000, doesn't it make sense that I will spend $1,000 thus reinvesting in the economy? 3. Stop worrying about trickle down help. IT NEVER WORKS! If you want to help the average taxpayer, give them the money, not the corporations. Trickle down economics is only in the case of cost increase. It does not mean that if the company has more money, they reduce costs. What it means is it helps their profit margin. 4. Stop paying contractors who don't do what they say. If a contractor promises this, make sure that is exactly what they give. I worked as a project manager, and saw one project's cost grow by 100%! If you promise something for X dollars, they government should pay, X dollars, not X to the 3rd power. 5. Let the people decide how we are going to spend the money a bit more. Maybe I am just tired of seeing my tax dollars wasted. Maybe I am in the wrong, maybe I shouldn't be upset by it. BUT I AM TIRED OF SEEING THE GOVERNMENT PAY FOR THOSE THINGS THAT DON'T DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO!
Change in latitude, change in attitude, aint' that what Jimmy Buffet sings? I did some thinking last night after 5 or 8 or 10 beers. I ain't counted the cans. Somewhere in there, I had a moment of clarity. What came of last night, while listening to some more music, and which has lead to a few changes in me today. then I had another non alcohol induced moment of clarity tonight before taking the trash out. 1. I am the one who defines my life. I am the one who defines it's awesomeness. (the quality of my life is not defined by my status message on Myspace.) 2. My life is not defined by the Army. My life is not defined by what I do from 9 to 5, on some weekends, and sometimes for an extended period of time. 3. My life is not defined by the awards on my uniform, or the hash marks on the right sleeve of my uniform. 4. My life is not defined by anyone else. I am the one who controls my destiny, and how far I go. 5. If my life ends tomorrow on the way to work, in 6 months in Afghanistan, or 60 years from now in my bed, I am the one who has had to live my life until that point in time. If someone complains because I am "living my single life" when she doesn't know the facts, so be it. I am not living my single life. I am living my life. I am playing the hand I was dealt, and am making the most of it. So what if I am trying to have some fun before I deploy again. I can't afford to fly out and see my boys, so I am going to drink the beer that seems to accumulate.Besides, I seem to recall many a night calling from the mideast and she would be outside with her friends drinking it up. 6. My life is defined by the amount of times I get knocked down, and pick myself up. It is defined by those times that I will hold the person who makes me say "I LIKE IT, I LOVE IT, I WANT SOME MORE OF IT!" It is also defined by the heartache, the tears. The joy, the pain. My life is defined by me being an influence in my boys' lives from where ever I happen to be. My life is defined by how I touch people around me. Not by my relationship with the ex, or the ex-in-laws. 7. My life is mine to live, screw up, make the most of, and for me to live it daily. While people can point and cast stones, I am the one who answers for my actions. Yes, I am in the Army, and NO, I do not do exactly what they say. In public, I will say "HOOAH! ROGER!" I"ll pop smoke, and execute. Behind closed doors, where I do not undermine the chain of command, I fight. I have taken more ass chewings for saying that something is fouled up than I can ever tell anyone about. I took one for just saying I need a Soldier. I took one because I said I did not have the personnel to go to the field. I took another because I said I should deploy. I have the rank on my chest that allows me to step up a bit. I do not tell my Soldiers, I do not tell many people what I do. My life is my life. My life is life. After almost 31 years of experience, I still don't have the answers to life, love, and the whole darned thing. I know that I have spent too many minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and almost a year holding onto the past. I spent a good amount of time feeling sorry for myself. I AM ME! I am all I have when I wake up in the morning, and all I still have when I crawl into bed at night. That may sound isolationist to some, but damn it. THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS! This is mine. Not yours, not someoene else's to question anyone else about. This is my life, and if you want to come at me, you beter come at me with more than what is on the page. I hold a lot back You ever want inside my head, you better bring a crap load of alcohol, and you better start early. I'll tell ya anything you want to know over a couple of beers. I'll tell ya of close calls, heartbreak, pain, laughter, happiness, joy, and pride. I'll tell ya all about anything you want to know, but the minute you get on me about something, expect to be flat on your ass. I am no longer a punching bag. My thoughts, my feelings, my actions, my responsibilities.
From a guys point of view: We don't care if you talk to other guys. We don't care if you're friends with other guys. But when you're sitting next to us, and some random guy walks into the room and you jump up and tackle him, without even introducing us, yeah, it pisses us off. It doesn't help if you sit there and talk to him for ten minutes without even acknowledging the fact that we're still there. We don't care if a guy calls >OR TEXTS< you, but at 2 in the morning we do get a little concerned. Nothing is that important at 2 a.m. that it can't wait till the morning. Also, when we tell you you're pretty/ beautiful/ gorgeous/ cute/ stunning, we freaking mean it. Don't tell us we're wrong. We'll stop trying to convince you. The sexiest thing about a girl is confidence. Yeah, you can quote me. Don't be mad when we hold the door open. Take Advantage of the mood I'm in. let us pay for you! don't "feel bad" We enjoy doing it. It's expected. Smile and say "thank you." Kiss us when no one's watching. If you kiss us when you know somebody's looking, we'll be more impressed. You don't have to get dressed up for us. If we're going out with you in the first place, you don't have to feel the need to wear the shortest skirt you have or put on every kind of makeup you own. We like you for who you are and not what you are. honestly, i think a girl looks more beautiful when she's just in her pj's. or my t-shirt and boxers, not all dolled up Don't take everything we say seriously. Sarcasm is a beautiful thing. See the beauty in it. Don't get angry easily. Stop using magazines/media as your bible. Don't talk about how hott Morris Chesnutt, Brad Pitt, or Jesse McCartney is in front of us. It's boring, and we don't care. You have girlfriends for that. Whatever happened to the word "handsome"/"beautiful" I'd be utterly stunned by a girl who greeted me with "Hey handsome!" instead of "Hey baby/ stud/ cutie/ sexy" or whatever else you can think of. on the other hand I'm not saying i wouldn't like it ether ; ) Also "getting some" is not the only thing EVERY guy cares about. Girls, proof of this is if a guy will wait for you to be "ready" to "take your relationship to the next level" Not all guys are the same. And we're not all perfect either. We're only human. Girls, I cannot stress this enough: if you aren't being treated right by a guy, don't wait for him to change. ditch his sorry, disgrace to the male population ass and find someone who will treat you with utter respect Someone who will honor your morals. Someone who will make you smile when you're at your lowest. Someone who will care for you even when you make mistakes. Someone who will love you, no matter how bad you make them feel. Someone who will stop what they're doing just to look you in the eyes....and say "i love you" ..and actually mean it. Give the nice guys a chance Guys repost this if you agree Girls repost this if you think it's cute Every Guy who isn't a jerk will agree with this, so we hope that all the girls that read this will repost this *Holdin Hands Girls :If you want to hold his hand, gently bump into it a couple of times. Guys : Grab it if it happens more than once. *Cuddling Girls : When you want to cuddle with him, tell him you're cold Guys : Automatically move closer to her. *Movies Girls : During a movie, if he puts his arm around you, tilt your head on his shoulder Guys : Lift her chin up and kiss her. *Loving each other Guys : When she tells you she loves you, look deep into her eyes, give her a peck on the lips, and tell her you love her too... And mean it. *Laying below the stars Girls : When you're both laying under the stars, put your head on his chest and close your eyes as you listen to his steady heart beat Guys : Whisper in her ear and link your hands with hers.
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