Ask Not, Want Not

everytime i open internet explore at the mwr the home page includes a pic of President Obama, and underneath his pic is written "President Obama wants to hear from all active duty US military personnel"

no he doesn't

Random Thought

i think every soldier's secondary MOS is complaining.

"They're like a big, gray, enchanted forest"

i've heard rumors of a mystical place called "outside the wire." i have a vague recollection of seeing it, then again that might have been a dream. oh, no. every day is exactly the same.


p.s. anybody capable of following and understanding everything in this post needs to check themselves into a mental health facility immediately.

Position! Position!

just a couple days after i started my new job pushing papers, people who out rank me and have been in the army 3 times as long as me started asking me questions about how parts of the army work.

btw - the title to this post comes from me waiting for the copy of fiddler on the roof i ordered from amazon to get here. i googled the song (you better all know which one), but i think the internet is lying to me. i don't know for sure, but i thought the song is slightly different from what i found. troubling.

Everything Is Going To Be OK

no, i haven't been taken captive by AQI. i've just been real busy with my new job. hence the lack of postings. but i think i'm making up for it today.

I Have A Dream

i had a dream a couple days ago that i was back in America. i wasn't doing anything. i just looked around and said, "it's good to be back in America." end of dream.

Leave

when i get back for this deployment i'm taking 30 days of leave. that's a lot of time to fill, so i'm looking for ideas. i've got the relax and do nothing part covered already. it's high on my list. but i'm looking for other ideas as well. i'm looking for activities, not "hang out." like a baseball game, except not baseball. so far i have:

poker at atlantic city
one of those small theater thingys where the actors are also your waiters (what is that called?)

i've been thinking about leave for a while, since about the time i got on the plane to come back here, but it's mostly just been general "i'm gonna be home!" thinking. i need to get focused. so, any help would be appreciated.

NCOERs

part of my new job envolves correcting the spelling and grammer (yeah, me. crazy, right?) of the NCOs and officers who turn in paperwork, such as awards and NCOERs (NCO evaluation report). officially my job is to correct, but this eventually ends with me writting it over. well, pretty close to it. i should take some of the forms back to f&m. college students would have a heart attack looking at all the red ink.

My Job

ok, so i've had a few people ask me what i do now that i've switched jobs. basically, i do all the paperwork and administrative business for the company. if battalion needs info, i'm the one to collect it and give it to them. if someone in the company has a problem with their pay, they come to me and i contact the right people. if they want to go to a school, get promoted or go on leave, they come to me. people like me.

they also like to bother me now. everytime i go to get chow or to the gym i expect to hear "spc potts to the toc" come over the loud speakers. that's a big reason for the lack of posting.

Life Goal

my new goal in life is to make just under $79 million. at that amount, i can use a hundred dollar bill to light a cigar and, based on the 40 second burn rate i discovered, i will come out not a penny poorer. it's the simple things in life that make us happy.