Darts Champ

The crazy people from this camp just keep coming in. Instead of me looking for them, I decided to let them come to me. Such incident happened a few nights ago during a friendly game of Darts. There was a guy there that night two boards down, that was palying a level of intensity only displayed on 4th Quarter come back drive in SuperBowl. It was amazing, this guy musta gone through life with that kind of instensity with everything he did.
Everytime he went up to the line to throw, he would PALM the darts and throw it as hard as he could. After each throw he would look at me and stare. I wanted to say that he had homicidal thoughts, but at the same time he was looking at me for approval of his game? I really didn't know what to think...I was scared and confused. He did this for a good 3 rounds playing by himself. I tried not to look over his side, but he would take a break and lean on this counter and stare at us. After he was finished taking break, he would would run back to the line and chuck the darts at the board, each time staring at us...needless to say I was pretty uncomfortable at some point. So when he finally got done, we were still playing. He walks over to us and says "good game guys." Maybe I'm new to the game, but people you play with usually use the same board right? At that point, I didn't know whether to shake his hand...or grab my rifle. Then as soon as he said that, he just walks off looking pissed like he did when we first saw him. Didn't know his name or anything else about him for that matter, we just dubbed him "Darts Champ."

Liars!

So there I was..© Thinking that I was gonna go to Mosul. Well, I didn't..."where did you go?" you ask? Well, instead I went to a place called FOB Endurance (Forward Operating Base), which has absoulutely NOTHING. I mean this place is so empty that it brings back memories from OIF I. Those bastards lied to me! That's the story of my life I guess. The good side is that you can really reflect upon yourself out here, if you like that kinda crap. I've done enough reflecting from the last deployment damnit, when we also had NOTHING. Despite all that I've said about me not liking the people I have to work with here, it hasn't been that bad. Even though I haven't made much of an effort to be liked or will I ever, my new team and I seems to be getting along pretty well.
I gotta say, this camp is full of crazy people. It's like they took all the crazy units in the Army and just dropped them all here. That doesn't say much about me, 'cause I'm also here...but that's not the point. Everywhere you go, whethere it's the dining facility or the gym there's always that ONE guy. Either he scares the living shit out of you or makes you laugh you so hard you just wanna piss your pants.
So in honor of that. The next week that I'm here, I will be posting the crazy stories that either me or my co-workers have come across. Untill next time...love peace and chicken grease.

Movin up

Tommorow I get to head to Mosul. I don't know whether it's a good or bad thing. That's like saying you're moving to the bad side of town. There's some serious downside to that. Having to wake up at 4 in the AM is the least shitty part about it. But that fact that their dining facility got suicide bombed not too long ago, kinda makes you think twice about eating. Second is that I'm moving up there w/ a team that I don't really even know and to be honest I dont really like some of them. People I work with makes a ton of difference to me. I'll try to get along with them, but knowing me, I prolly wont even try.

I don't know if they have internet over there. So I prolly wont be able to post anything on Blog for about 2 or 3 weeks, untill I get back here in Balad. I'm sure there's a good side to me going up there...I just haven't thought of it yet? I'm really trying to dig deep here and i can't come up with any good points...I just can't. So untill next time, peace out!

FES 28 OG's

Can't say enough about these guys. But this team is no longer together. Due to people leaving the the Army and others just doing bigger and better things. The team broke up after OIF I and II. FES 28 pWn3d OIF I



Starting from the right: SSG Alcazar C., SPC White J., SSG DuBois A., SGT Savola J. and me


Do everyone a favor...

There are a lot of things that people will say in response to things said to them...For exampl when you insult a person they will give an imediate defensive answer. But some of their responses rub me the wrong way. Basically they give lame answers and comebacks, here is a list of comebacks or sayings that piss me off.

The List: No order of importance.

1. "Takes one to know one" - Yeah.. SHUT UP. So when someone calls you a "stupid douche" and you respond w/ "takes one to know one!".You're saying YOU'RE still douche and a stupid one at that. But it's ok 'cause he's a douche too...
2. "I Know you are, but what am I?" - Holy shit, just open yourself up for more insults. That's something a damn 5 year old would say. Oh man that one pisses me off just thinking about it.
3. "In my humble opinion aka IMHO" - Well well well...good one asshole. 'Cause who else's opinion would it be? What the fuck makes your opinion so special that it's more humble than the rest of ours? I wish someone would say that to me right now.
4. "NO offense or anything..." - Really dickhead? You know you're about to say something offensive to that person. Then why even bother saying "no offense". Basically, you're saying "I dont give a damn how you're gonna take this, so I'm gonna say it anyway." Do everyone a favor, shut the hell up
5. "That's the last place I would have looked" - Well, no shit sherlock! If you found it there, that would be the last place wouldn't it? Do everyone a favor, shut the hell up.

Home..

Not the driveway, but VA. Shit, I miss home already. I have 9 months left in this garbage.
Fall and Winter are the best seasons ever. If you don't agree, go to hell! Ok...sorry over-reacted.

Back in the raq

Back in Iraq finally, after quite a few hours of flying w/ ATA and the military. Let me give you some advice...don't fly ATA . Let me tell you why, their foods sucks monkey balls! I mean first they forget to give food to my whole row. I thought maybe at first, they just ran out and was gonna come back to give us our meal. After waiting, we realize that they weren't coming back...but they actually started giving people seconds! Finally we get their attention, she offers me both beef and chicken. I must say, there's been better looking shit to come out of my ass. Ok that's a horrible saying. The main meal wasn't really what got me. It was the piece of cheese that came w/ the meal for the crackers.
So I got pretty excited and opened that little cute piece of cheese out of the wrapper, since it seemed like the best thing they had to offer. WRONG! In the midst of all the excitement I had for that cheese, I didn't realize how bad and rottened it smelled. I mean it smelled like straight open ASS. By the time I had realized I was eating straight ASS, it was too late. Done, swallowed. I seriously thought I was gonna die on the spot. I can't begin to tell you how nasty this cheese was. Then, my life started flashing before my eyes and in front of me that piece of cheese I had just bitten off of. What a way to go, not in the combat zone, that I've had to spend 2 years of my life in. But I was gonna die by the way of the cheese.
Moral of the story is, dont eat the cheese or fly ATA. If you don't take my warning and decide to fly ATA, cause your a cheap bastard, you too will suffer the same fate I did. There are bad cheese all around us, it just takes one to kill you.