What Has Two Thumbs, Is Debt Free And Owns His New Car Outright?

i'm not going to point at my self and do the whole bit cause you can't see me and it was pretty lame even back when it was cool. but it's me, i'm those things. student loans are paid off and i got the title to my car a couple days ago. thanks U.S. Army.

Happy Birthday

the army turned 236 today. in a nice turn of events the army gave us a present and did away with wearing the beret with ACUs (our normal uniform). i kinda like the look of the beret, but it's way to hot in the summer and sometimes hard to keep in the proper shape.

The Army Is A No Go At This Station

i just missed the second GOP presidential debate. i'm 0 for 2. that goes straight onto the list of unacceptable. take me away from friends and family and send me halfway around the world to 120+ degree heat so i can look for IEDs. that's all fine. last deployment the only significant political event i can remember missing was President Obama's inauguration, and i was okay with that. but why do i have to miss almost all of primary season?

the recruiting videos showed people climbing ropes, shooting guns and riding in helicopters, but never showed anyone missing presidential debates. i feel like i was lied to.

The Most Efficient Government Bureaucracy

yesterday i was woken up about four hours after i fell asleep to get another anthrax shot. instead of a single vaccine, anthrax is given over a serious of five shots. thanks to the wonderful army record keeping, yesterday i received my 7th out of 5 shots. probably still have another 1 or 2 to go.

Wicked Witch Of The Middle East

the weather for the last few days has been 122 degrees. that means it's half way to boiling outside. if i ever looked down and say skin melting off my arms i wouldn't be surprised.

also, it's just barely june. what's july/august going to look like?