Pass The Brass

Well, vacation was a blast. I think what made this the best leave yet is that I didn’t make any plans the whole time. Well..maybe a few minor things, but every major event was impromtu and planned within a day or two of each other. Best way to vacation. And even though the biggest event was going snowboarding up at Schwietzer Mountain….probably my favorite part of this vacation was having my good friend JJ come over and visit the night before I few out. This was by far the shakiest event I had planned, and as simple as it was, It meant the most to me. Just having a friend come over to talk to, to relate with, and to enjoy a good cool beer…just hangin out. It’s odd as hyper active as I am, how I enjoy something so simple and seemingly boring. I think what gets me the most is just being able to be real with someone. Talking about real life stuff…not discussing some stupid war in Irak, or the blasted stock market, or some other such insignificant thing…but on a personal level. Discussing how our lives are going, how our walks with God are faring. These things, as simple as they are, are some of my favorite topiks to just hang out and talk to someone about. And being in the Army, I don’t get that option very much.

I’m not saying that the Army doens’t have real people in it…I’m simply saying they are very few and far between. Everyone in the Army is in it for some reason or another. Most of the time it’s for themselves…for petty power that can be achieved not by skill level but by time served. I love talking to veterans from old wars who talk about their superiors as if they were super heros. Where did they go? Why is it that the common conception of leaders in today’s Army is so different. Why did things change? Of course there’s only one answer, which is the degredation of our society as human beings. But I can’t go around pointing fingers and placing blame. That’s someone else’s job. Plus I already do enough of that on my own. Just ask my sister. She’s always quick to point out that one. Heh heh.

So in a nutshell….it’s the quality of human beings in the Army that keeps me from re-enlisting. Call me insensitive…intolerant. Intolerance was what kept America straight…secure…safe. Intolerance of sin…evil…now we can’t even say “God” in the Pledge of Allegiance…something this very nation was founded upon. So until everyone has a change of heart and suddenly people start seeing each other as coworkers…instead of footsteps, I’ll gladly serve my term and be done with it.

God bless the USA, and keep us in His hands, for we need Him now more than ever.

So here I stand…at the forefront of a new galaxy- psssh what am I talkin about! I mean….so I’m headin’ home on leave tomorrow…technically today, and I’m gonna pause and reflect on this moment…this…milestone. Apparently this is where I test my mettle. This is where I show how much of a man I am by being able to switch from Irak Mode to Stateside Brainset. If I can come back from leave without beating my loved ones, or just shooting someone, I will have passed the test and I’ll get my “Good Soldier Boy Badge”. So I’m just gonna take a big ole deep breath and hold it for the next 10 days. Wish me luck!

Idaho or bust…

Funny that this was the first word in my head as I sat down to write this.

Being back always has at least one effect on people…some smaller..more minute than others. But as much as you say how you’re fine and nothings changed…there’s always something. You may not recognize it at first cuz it might be on a spiritual level. But then it might not. It might be simpy a small social thing…something that has to do with your interaction with people. Things are different now. You’re not watching each others backs here….here it’s okay to stab an occasional back or two. Just don’t make it too obvious and you can get away with murder.

Your little niche might even be something in your subconcious, if there is such a thing. Something that you may not even have caught onto yet, or never will, but now something is different and there’s something that never seemed to bother you before…but now….now things have changed. Now it slowly gnaws at your patience. Your tolerance is taking a beating.

It might be an enhancement of a certain way you used to do things, maybe just a certain emotion. But knowing that things have changed…how do we know if it’s something good or bad? It all falls into the sphere of relativity. It’s only what you make it.

So what’s mine? What’s different in me? I don’t know yet, but I can feel something’s different. I know there’s something offbeat here. I can’t help but feel it’s one of my darker moods though. Call me crazy.

My Feng Shui’s all jacked up.

Sweet!! I’m finally back on this blasted thing!! Well, it looks like I’ve quite alot of catching up to do here. I have a few pieces I wrote back in October which I’m just gonna put up all together….soon as I find em that is. Dangit, Im so disorganised right now, but what would one expect coming back from the sand pit and trying to “reintegrate” within 1 week. Im doin pretty good I might add.

See you all on here soon enough. And thanks again for all the support, you guys freakin rock!

And now it’s time for the good news, folks! Sure Fire has just left the Bagdad Airport, and should currently be awaiting his next flight in Kuwait!

We’re expecting him to hit US soil around the 8th, and then arriving home around the 15th! We’re all glad he’ll be home for Christmas this year!