Iraq
Making Smores
I’ve finished my move to tent city. All of my belongings are packed into a duffle bag and ruck sack. When I sat down on my cot last night and surveyed my baggage I asked K, “Isn’t it amazing that our life for the last 12 months fit into two bags?” I had lost site of how [...]
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Wallpaper
I had the “pleasure” of being assigned the paper pusher of my unit’s awards. Meaning, I sorted and double checked who was getting what award and placed the order in the proper folder. It didn’t seem like such a horrible task (besides having the distinct feeling of being the company lacky) except I soon saw that everyone [...]
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Am I home Yet?
Most of us have already “checked out”. Meaning, we are exerting just enough energy to get thru the day. In fact, I’m even kinda pissy about moving out of my trailor and into the tents. My pissiness is solely because I hate to move. The packing and unpacking and lugging of crap from point A [...]
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Flare Scare: Journal 9/13/06
Things are feeling a bit jumpy around here lately. Tempers have been on the rise and nerves are beginning to fray. Setting the “going home jitters” aside, there’s been a higher threat of attack also. Ramadan starts on the 24th and everyone is expecting some sort of crazy response by the insurgents at some point. [...]
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Tidbits: Journal 9/9/06
IÂ just shipped all of the recording equipment I’ve been using in Iraq back home today. Even though I still have my acoustic and electric guitar, I don’t expect to post any news tracks for another month or so. I never did have a chance to finish a crap load of tunes I had started throughout [...]
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Mommo on 
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Acai Berry on 
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