Well – that’s a pretty good question. Initally I was a 25F, and I was asked nicely forced to become a 25N which is the Army equivilent of the following:
Archive for June, 2009
What exactly would you say it is you do here?
Monday, June 29th, 2009Infuriating: Please pay me correctly.
Monday, June 29th, 2009For whatever reason the Army cannot seem to pay me the correct amount. You’d think after forcing me to serve again and sending me to a warzone I didn’t really ever need to see again, the least they could do is compensate me correctly as they good and goddamn well know where I am currently. You’d think that, but you’d be wrong. I’m not sure if this is strictly incompetence or spite, but either way it sums up my experience with being attached to the National Guard. Incompetence and spite.
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Holy crap – we brought the trailer park with us.
Sunday, June 28th, 2009Yep, that’s it. The FEMA-inspired trailer row we live in. Seriously – I’m not even remotely complaining. What it lacks on the outside (sandbags, walkway built from shantys, spiders, scopions, terrifyingly fast lizards) it more than makes up on the spacious and lovely interior. (wood paneling, bunk beds, only one other dude)
Just, wow. I wonder why people don’t trust the DHS / Police / BP?
Friday, June 26th, 2009Panomaster5000
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
360 Pano at Stryker
Man, I love taking panoramic pictures. I’m not especially good at it and I do cheat like a summabitch – I have a program that does all my stitching and fading for me so it’s not like I’m doing a whole beanbag’s worth of work. I just like the end result. (more…)
Thank You: a reminder that your friends kick some serious ass.
Thursday, June 25th, 2009I wanted to have another site while I spend the next year marinating in Iraq, I knew I wanted an actual domain instead of a sub-domain, and I knew that I had a lot of friends of the nerdly persuasion. Once I added all those up I ended up with this winner.
Before I get into anything serious – or anything really – I want to say “thank-you” to the following folks who were kind enough to volunteer hosting for this piece of turd that I’ll be writing for the next year: (more…)