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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
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4:36 am - still eatin puddin
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So I'm on CQ. In addition to being awake during hours normally spent sleeping, I just realized I haven't eaten any meat in four days. I am feeling very weak right now.
I have three pints of ice cream in the fridge. But my fridge is dumb. It's turned to the highest setting and all my other frozen foods are thoroughly frozen. Like my frozen broccoli, it's like a brick. But the ice cream is not frozen. Baaaaaaad.
current mood:  sleepy
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| Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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5:38 pm - eatin puddin
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Eating Jello pudding right now. Before it was instant mashed potatoes. Then it was applesauce, alphabet soup, oatmeal and yogurt. Yes, life kind of sucks for a food lover like me after you get your wisdom teeth pulled and can't eat real food. What makes it worse it I keep dreaming about food while I'm sleeping. All sorts of food! Shrimp tempura, orange chicken, potstickers, dim sum...argh! Makes me so hungry! And I've developed a craving for those polish sausages they sell at the Costco food court! Man, I could really use one right now! Something so juicy and meaty...mmmmmmmmmm....
current mood:  sore
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| Monday, May 12th, 2008
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12:36 pm - the truth is...
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I ordered the Iron Man original score on BN.com a few minutes ago. Along with The Hunt for Red October and K19: The Widowmaker, because I had to buy $25 worth of stuff to get free shipping. I did check the store yesterday to see if they had the CD, but they didn't, and Amazon is out of stock, so that is why I had to order at BN.
Maybe I could've waiting until this afternoon, or at least tomorrow, because I do have to go to Walmart to pick up a few things for WLC. And an ice pack too. I used to have one of those blue ones, but I don't know what I did with it. I'm going to need one to ice my face after my teeth get pulled. Man, I've really overfilled my plate for the next two months...
current mood:  busy
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| Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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4:48 pm - saturday six
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1. How many days a week, on average, do you eat breakfast? Seven days a week :)
2. If you eat a breakfast that involves actual cooking, what are most likely to prepare for yourself? Eggs, some kind of breakfast meat, and potatoes
3. If you eat a breakfast that requires no cooking, what are you most likely to choose for yourself? Yogurt
4. Take the quiz: What Kind of Cereal Are You?
You Are Cheerios
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Like other Cheerios eaters, you want to be a responsible adult.
But you can't help but still be a kid at heart!
You try to make good decisions. You're a clean cut, conscientious person.
You're the type of person who would never skip breakfast.
Part of you thinks that breakfast is too important to miss...
But a bigger part of you knows it's too fun to miss!
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5. When you eat pancakes, how many do you typically place in a stack? I don't usually eat pancakes, but two in a stack is as high as I'll go at once.
6. How do you like your pancakes: with butter/margarine or without, and what flavor of syrup? Regular syrup? Is that maple...?
current mood: stuck
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3:56 pm - lots of stuff
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Seems I haven't felt the desire to post blog entries lately. I've got many things on my plate for the next two months. Oh yeah, remember that I Am Legend review I've been working (or not working on), I forgot to actually finish it way back on April 22 when I wanted to. Well, I've listed it in my handy dandy desktop post-it notes...so maybe I'll get around to it soon.
I started my class on Research Methods. Did I mention this before?...anyways, it's kicking my butt. It's hard to get back into school mode after so long. It literally took me all week to finish the homework just for that week. Granted, back in the day when I was actually a full time student, I wasn't off doing something else all damn day and then have to come back home and study again. Nope, life was much simpler back then.
Right now I'm listening to Strata. It's so epic. Why didn't I find out about them earlier??
I cleaned my room, just waiting for my carpets to finish washing and drying. And then I'm gonna take a shower.
On Monday we start our Mandarin language immersion. Finally something productive. And needed. Yeah, I know I need it.
Then the Tuesday after next I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled. So I'll be out of commission for at least the rest of the week. Boo. That means missing Chinese classes. And that means I have to either work ahead like a maniac or catch up like there's no tomorrow on my grad school work. Argh.
And then on June 10th I leave for WLC in Texas, which means I'll probably have to request an extension for school, because that is two weeks of outdated Army BS. Come on people, we don't fight wars in the middle of the woods anymore, and they're always screaming about training how we fight so how come the powers that be haven't updated the curriculum in WLC yet? wtf...
Eventually I have to revamp my filing system too. I'm accumulating too much important papers. I'll most likely get another box and separate my personal and professional papers into each of the two boxes. Then, I'll print out nice labels and everything so I can see where my stuff is.
In the meantime, I've got other shopping to do, mainly the WLC packing list, stuff like socks and underwear. Blah...
And in the midst off all of this I haven't any time left at all to play around with my guitar. Poor baby! It's so lonely.
current mood:  working
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| Sunday, May 4th, 2008
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7:27 pm - sunday seven
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Of the items listed, rank the ones you are most likely to buy, with 1 being the most likely.
1. Eggs
2. Milk
3. Poultry
4. Cereal
5. Beef
6. Potatoes
7. Cheese
8. Bananas
9. Apples
10.Tomatoes
11. Sugar
12. Coffee
OK, so I numbered more than seven of them. But that was the whole list :D
current mood:  stressed
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| Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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5:41 pm - milk and cookies
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Last night I attended a special showing of the new film, Iron Man. I am glad that the summer blockbusters are starting to appear because this dearth of filmic excitement has left me a bit disappointed. That said, Iron Man is definitely one of those must-see comic book actioners, solely for the awesome visual effects. Now I'm not a comic-book nerd by any means so I don't know if Robert Downey Jr. made a "really good Tony Stark" or not, but the Tony Stark depicted in the film was pretty darn good. One thing I liked about this film was that it didn't try too hard to have humourous points to it as many comic book films do. Yes, there are funny parts, but they just happened in a seemingly natural manner, even though I have no doubt it was meant to make you laugh. Did I mention it has a kick ass soundtrack too?
I addition to being a super fun film, Iron Man also provided some exciting trailers to start it all off, including new trailers for The Dark Knight, Narnia, The Incredible Hulk (didn't they already make this movie?!), and Indiana Jones. Yes, I do love the trailers, as such, I'm never late for a movie :)
current mood:  okay
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| Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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6:05 pm - saturday six
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Well it is not Saturday anymore, but I decided to do the Saturday Six this week as I have been watching this meme for a few weeks, waiting for a topic that strikes my light bulb...LOL...alas, I forgot to actually look at the topic yesterday when it was actually Saturday because I was too tired. So here is my Saturday Six one day late:
1. How many pairs of shoes do you own right now? Over the course of a single week, how many of them are you likely to wear total? I own about 20 pairs of shoes. A few of those are strictly uniform shoes so they don't really count. In an average week, I'll wear maybe three different pairs, not counting combat boots.
2. At what store do you buy the majority of your shoes? Payless or Target, or where ever I see a nice pair that doesn't cost too damn much.
3. How much did you pay for the most expensive pair of shoes you own? How much was the cheapest? I paid $90 for a pair of running shoes. The cheapest I paid for a pair of shoes was maybe $5 for some flip flops.
4. Take the quiz: What do your feet say about you?
What Your Feet Say About You:
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You are pretty average in your expressiveness. You can express yourself well, but you don't always want to.
You are a very passionate person. You are highly charged and easily inspired.
You are an assertive person at times. You'll pull out all the stops to get what you want, if it's worth it.
You take a while to fall in love, but once you do, you stay pretty attached to your partner.
You are not afraid of anything. You are brave and courageous, even when most people would be terrified.
You are very practical and down to earth. You're more concerned with action than thoughts.
You are a fairly hard worker, but you are also a little spoiled. You like indulge yourself every now and then.
You are easily influenced by other people. You're quite impressionable, so you should only be around people who are a good influence.
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5. What’s your preference: dress, casual, sneaker, flip flop or sandal? Skate shoes, but I don't know if that falls into casual or sneaker category.
6. Have you ever had or considered getting a pedicure? I love pedicures!
current mood:  lonely
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| Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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8:59 pm - neeener
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Strange! So strange. An error message just popped up on my computer and told me "OCSE...." something or other gobbledygook. It shut off my Sprint Wireless Broadband connection manager, the thing you have to turn on to connect and disconnect. But as of right now I am still happily connected to the internet. Well knowing my luck after I finish typing this entry and hit "Update" it will tell me I am not online anymore. Or more accurately in this case on air?
So I am stuck on CQ again. And I wasn't even supposed to have it tonight. Shaft Duty, as an acquaintance put it. Kind of a play on words as there's a thing called Staff Duty which involves sitting at a desk for crazy long periods of time, longer than CQ...
Bored and alone :*( Although I shouldn't be. I have been working on my PowerPoint presentation for my report on the Taliban's rise to power and abuse of civil rights. Dry, dry stuff. OK, so not as bad as it could be. But it's like pulling teeth, literally. I've been working on this damn thing since 5 this evening and it's like 9 now. And I had three weeks to work on it. Procrastination kills...
I've got to go online and order textbooks either later tonight or this week. I am starting my Graduate Certificate in Intelligence Studies. I'm only taking one class this term because I don't know how crazy the workload is going to get so I don't want to load up yet. I'm taking Research Methods in Intelligence and Security. It's going to most likely suck balls as these required courses do and given the title of the course I'm sure it will. The fun doesn't start until it's time to take electives :P
It's awfully hard to get back into what I call "school mode." See when I was actually going to school everything was easy. This is why I have to wait until I'm completely out of the Army before I start working on a Master's. I have to be completely immersed in a school environment or I will just find something to distract myself and I'd never study or do anything productive. Case in point, the last last time (the time before the last) I started writing a film review for I Am Legend. Well, I never finished the damn thing. Why? Cuz I didn't finish it when I started it and I just plain forgot about it! So maybe if I finish this darn PowerPoint I'll go finish that. I've got all night, yo...not even a soul on AIM to distract me...
current mood:  gloomy
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| Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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11:15 am - ten on tuesday
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Ten Favorite Movie Comedies
1. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
2. Superbad
3. Zoolander
4. Dude, Where's My Car?
5. Dr. Strangelove...
6. The Incredibles
7. Malibu's Most Wanted
8. The Chase
9. Hot Shots: Part Deux
10.Talladega Nights
current mood:  hot
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| Friday, April 11th, 2008
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9:21 pm - friday fill in
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1. I love springtime in the Bay Area!
2. Eggs and toast are foods I love to eat for breakfast.
3. It seems I'm always searching for the right one.
4. A hug and kiss is a great way to end the day!
5. I think I am gonna get skin cancer!
6. Gyro meat and rice is what I've been craving lately.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a phone call, tomorrow my plans include Denver and Sunday, I want to not have duty for 24 hours but it's not gonna happen :P!
current mood:  anxious
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| Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
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7:44 am - get a grip
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 So I have been on duty for almost fifteen hours straight. As I peruse the world wide web, I land on Donnie Yen's website to see what's new and is reminded that he has a film out called Flash Point. It is a prequel to 2005's rogue cop epic Sha Po Lang (SPL), which for some dumb ass reason (tangent alert!) apparently is packaged as Kill Zone for U.S. DVD releases?? wtf. How generic can you get with a title. But I digress. As I head on over to YesAsia.com to see what kind of offerings they have for Flash Point and come across the following description:The Donnie Yen-Wilson Yip tag team return with the blistering actioner Flash Point. The actor-director combo previously made waves with SPL and Dragon Tiger Gate, reaching new levels of excitement with their depiction of onscreen martial arts mayhem. Flash Point is a return to SPL territory - at least character-wise. This prequel to SPL finds Yen's Inspector Ma involved in a difficult case versus a trio of deadly Vietnamese bad guys... For your convenience, the dumb parts are in bold print. I mean, give me a damn break! "Martial arts mayhem..."??? Who the hell wrote this thing? Did they even watch SPL?! Mayhem is the last word I'm thinking of. SPL happens to be an excellent film about police detectives, ethics and the violent underbelly of Hong Kong. OK, so maybe it gets artsy at times, but mayhem is the farthest thing from it. And "Vietnamese bay guys?" At least use the word "villian" or something more creative. Geez...and I thought I had writer's block...
And check out this lame cover that some no doubt brilliant mind created for the U.S. version DVD. I mean, just what are you going for right here?! It's a cop film!!! Why does he have this stereotypical "kung fu" pose going on? I don't know about you, but I seriously think these people need some help in the art and marketing department. Check out the Hong Kong version DVD cover conveniently displayed for you below. Much better, right?
current mood:  aggravated
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| Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
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7:49 pm - ten on tuesday
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Ten Favorite Actors/Actresses in completely random order
1. John Travolta
2. Scarlett Johanssen
3. Christian Bale
4. Daniel Craig
5. Sean Connery
6. Kenny Johnson
7. Owen Wilson
8. Johnny Depp
9. Donnie Yen
10.Arnold Schwarzeneggar (what? I support my governor!)
current mood:  shocked
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6:46 pm - sunburn
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Today I had to stand in formation for a reflagging ceremony. Our unit was deactivated and then reactivated with a new name, and subsequently carries new colors and guidons, which is why it is called a reflagging. Well since I was in it, my day consisted of a full morning of rehearsals and about a 45 minute ceremony. All spent standing in the sun. This is Colorado, people! We're like up in the stratosphere here, too damn close to the sun for anyone's liking. Afterwards, the reactions people got when they saw me were, "What happened to your face??" See, sunburn is awful. And when you're wearing a black beret that kind of droops over one side of your forehead, you get strange sunburn patterns. Check out this illustrative photograph of the proper wear of the Army black beret:
Now imagine the parts of my face that were exposed to the sun. Those parts are very red. Imagine the parts of my face that were covered by the beret. Those parts are not red. Imagine what my face looks like right now. Laugh if you want. My face will still hurt either way :P
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| Monday, March 31st, 2008
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9:31 pm - blackle
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I just got back from having dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings and I decided to check my email. After doing so and not receiving any emails, I went to check what the Ten on Tuesday topic for tomorrow is going to be. While there I clicked on one of the blogs in the players list, which led me to Blackle. It's a cool concept. It's an energy saving website! It's essentially Google with a black background. Read more about it HERE.
current mood:  hopeful
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| Thursday, March 27th, 2008
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8:33 pm - baseball
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For some reason I let myself get really angry at nothing. Right now I'm so pissed at the world I want to hit people with baseball bats and give them broken ribs and horrific internal injuries. I want to fly into an unstoppable rage.
At the same time I feel distant and lonely. None of my so called friends ever have time for me anymore. What, they are too good for me? Fine.
What am I to do? If I had an excuse to hit someone with a baseball bat and if I actually had one then I'd do it. I think I would. But I don't.
current mood: pissed off
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| Monday, March 24th, 2008
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3:12 pm - perfection
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Six Bagel Bites in the microwave for one minute at eighty percent power is just perfect. The bagel is soft and the cheese is just melted, but not overly done so that it has become a bubbled crust. MMMMmmMMMM!!! As a result of my microwave cooking genius, I now have no more Bagel Bites left. I ate them all. I ate 40 of them in three days. I'm gonna have a heart attack.
current mood: frustrated
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| Monday, March 17th, 2008
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7:11 pm - arbitrary
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OK, so who the hell came up with this arbitrary rule that you have to wait a few days before you call the person back after the first date?? So what is that supposed to accomplish, to make the person sweat it a little?! Geez louise! If you like the damn person and wanna hang out more just say so, dammit. Games are retarded and it makes me roll my eyes unto those who wish to play. I am a very black and white person, no gray areas, man. If you got something to say either way, just blurt it out and make things clear. I'm not a damn psychic and do not wish to be, so there!
In other news, I found a new band I like. 30 Seconds To Mars. Well when I first heard about them was when I saw the music video for their song The Kill. Well I didn't really like that song. OK, I will admit I thought the song was ok, but I thought they were a bunch of emo dudes because of the way they looked. So I realized I was wrong after hearing more of their songs. They rock. Like rock my socks. My favorite song is Echelon. It's kind of dark music, but it's epic. Yeah, epic like Epic Honor. Ha!
But on the other hand, what is up with musicians and Mars these days? We've already got 30 Seconds To Mars and The Mars Volta. What next? The Martians?
current mood: exasperated
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| Saturday, March 15th, 2008
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8:55 pm - movied out
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Finally there were good films in the theaters to see. This weekend I saw In Bruges with Colin Farrell, an extremely well done film, with humour, drama and explorations of human emotion and honor. But the writing bug didn't bite me, so that's why there's no review for it.
This afternoon, I went and saw The Bank Job with Jason Statham. Before you think it's an Italian Job redux, it's not. Bank Job is based on a true story and has an element of political intrigue and danger mixed into it. More suspense than balls out action. But once again, the writing bug is absent, so no review.
Now for our tangent of the day. Is it strange that I have more man friends than girl friends and that the first people I go to when I'm upset with relationship/man issues are two of my best man friends instead of my girl friends?? I mean honestly, would you trust a man's opinion about a man or a girl's opinion about a man? Men know how other mens' brains work. My man friends have never been wrong about man issues. I think that's enough reason to trust in the man friend connection :D
current mood: hopeful
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| Sunday, March 9th, 2008
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4:27 pm - bunni
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This weekend I was coerced into snowboarding. Keep in mind I don't even know how to ski or skateboard. It's not as hard as one thinks it to be, but at the same time it is not as easy as some people make it look. Talk about extreme muscle fatigue, it gives a whole new meaning to "burn." But that is because I haven't learned to steer yet, so it's basically glide and brake, the braking part of which is why my legs were getting overly tired. Well I can't say I didn't have fun, so yeah.
Today was just maintenance day. Cleaning my bathtub and putting Drano in it, and doing laundry and the like.
Tonight I'm going to see In Bruges, with Colin Farrell. I'm not one of those people that thinks Colin Farrell is hott, but he's not too shabby of an actor, and this should be a funny one. Or at least the trailer was funny enough.
current mood: lonely
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