One More Time...

I say goodbye so often that you'd think the word would be permanently formed on my lips. I should be packing to leave for San Antonio, but obviously I am not since I am posting here.
I went out again last night, just for the hell of it. I am becoming something of a party animal, at least when I am home in Dallas. My childhood friend Philip was there and he's still the same as he ever was - All the girls flow to him like bees to honey, but somehow were blind to my charms. I didn't care, girls tell me not to meet women in dance clubs. Which brings the question to my mind, where SHOULD I go to meet women? Certainly not the Army.
I missed the parade my recruiter arranged for me to be in but it wasn't my fault. Lack of information kept me away. At least that is my excuse, I was told to be in McKinney for a parade at 5 pm but where in McKinney?
What is a little weird is that this is it. Sometime tonight, I will buy a bus ticket and go for the last time from the place I call home. I'll be back eventually, I am sure, despite what I have said; but it will never be the same. I plan on spending my time on leave in local military installations in guest quarters till I can afford to buy a house somewhere nice (South Padre Island baby!) where I'll spend time on leave and rent the house out when I am gone. So, Goodbye....

What happened last night?

I was there and I can barely answer the question myself. What did happen was expensive and tiring. The night began innocently enough with a planned trip to Fort Worth. I eventually scuttled the trip after missing the last train to Fort Worth. I recovered by getting a hotel room at the Best Western in the Market Center District. (Never believe their claims of having unlimited internet access!) I left my room almost immediately to hang out at Have A Nice Day Cafe. MTV was their recruiting college age people for new reality shows - clubs are great places to meet vacuous people who want to be on TV and don't mind debasing themselves on camera.
After that the night just went downhill. I hated to end the party so soon - I'd only gotten to the club at midnight having trekked for two hours trying to find my hotel. My hotel was just down the road from Harry Hines BLVD, the center of Dallas' red light district. Between the cabbies and Harry Hines I am a much poorer man than I was yesterday.

Scandalous Whores

Apparently searching for the phrase "scandalous whores" brings up this blog on Google. I imagine there are going to be a few perplexed and disappointed perverts. This is the post that Google grabs the text from in the search.

Homosexuals in the military

The Army is the worst place to be if you are homosexual. From my experience in my short military career, even the suspicion of homosexuality is detrimental to your career advancement. The funny thing is that didn't stop apparently gay people from joining the military. I have a friend who is a linguist in the Navy and his roommate told him of his homosexuality the first day he was in the Defense Language Institute. There were a large number of gays at the DLI, and they all knew each other. I happened to read this article this morning about how the Army separated 37 linguist for being gay.

Why does the Left Hate and Fear President Bush?

Orson Scott Card, famous Sci Fi author and prominent Democrat, indicts the Democrats and the media's portrayal of President Bush's handling of the war on terror in this article.

Prologue to Goodbye

In four short days, I am going to leave everything I have ever known, everybody I have ever known, and everything I have ever loved to go far away. I am excited and nervous. I probably should be scared but I don't know enough to be scared.
Dallas is home, has always home but there comes a time when you leave home. To put it plainly: I am not coming back to Dallas. I love Dallas. I feel as if Dallas loves me, but I am not coming back. I've already wiped one local town off my personal map (Mesquite) but I am not forsaking Dallas, I've just worn it out. There is nothing for me here and I need to start fresh somewhere else. If I am seen in town, it will only be fleeting glimpses. You are more likely to see me on television then you are in Dallas.

This post is made possible by Wi Fi

So I went to my local Fry's Electronics and bought a 80211g compatible wireless networking card yesterday. Now I can make posts from Starbucks. Powerful technology to enable the mundane.

Living Dead

A lot of dead people walking around in India...

KKK member shot During Initiation Ritual

Serves him right.

Own an IPOD?

You might find this link funny or not. Dig the funky old school jam from Dre Dre and Ice Cube in the video. You will also be thankful for this link.

Israel Too Harsh on Palestine?

MSNBC has a bit up about how the chief of staff of Israel's armed forces thinks that Israel's tactics are too harsh.

I'm Just Another Soldier

Are you reading Just Another Soldier? You should be if only for quotes like this one:

Hell, Ray even has a friggin' tomahawk. "It's so I can split niggaz skulls open if I have to.", he told me completely deadpan and genuinely.

read that post here.