UPDATES from leave. my family finally sent me photos, and they're awesome!
my father and me standing in front of SFMOMA.
my mother and i took a series of photos together in SFMOMA. my father had the camera taking a bunch of pictures every second, it was pretty wild. so my mother and i went from being patient subjects to impatient models. okay, so she was patient the whole time, and i don't like taking pictures all the time. plus, i think it's more interesting to catch the subject at complete unpreparedness. haha, i love that fast photo feature! i'll have to check my camera for that. anyways, they didn't send the photo where my mum and i were doing the blue steel. pity.
a couple of days later we went to the forest and beach with...johnny! the little pup was well behaved, even for being a little bossy schnauzer. he pretty much sat around trying to get treats for us and chasing sticks and investigating. it was great seeing him again. apparently he's still looking for me back at home.
hey look! my father got himself into another picture. he spent most of the day behind the camera, like a damn borg, so it's good to see him. haha, even if he can't fit into the picture.
me and me ma again, just enjoying the beach.
now piss off!
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shit, i probably spent around $50+ on music from itunes last night. somebody take the internet away from me, quick!
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in case you didn't catch it in the other post:
while not inspired by the recent article by WilWheaton (which did partly inspire me procure a copy of the forever war), i have made the decision recently to "go off the grid." it's partly because i'm just starting a new leg of training (and apparently this is supposed to be one of if not the hardest programs in the united states). it's also because i'm about to move into new quarters and i won't have the internet anymore. personal internet here on base costs around $60 a month and that doesn't include the initial fees. i could be doing better things than sitting in front of the computer during my free time, anyways. like right now, i could be memorizing important shit instead of writing this blog. i could be back in shape and not worrying about my physical fitness assessment next week. i could be off getting in trouble, too, but whatever.
so yeah, starting next week (maybe, depends on when i move), i won't be around anymore. maybe i'll come back after i've finally settled in. we'll see how it goes. you know my number; give me a call. if you don't, i'll be happy to hand it out.
at most i'll be gone for a month. we'll see. who cares? 
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got the new tiger army album last night!
i love it i love it! but as with the new gogol bordello, this album really makes me want to go out and get bigger speakers.
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holy shit, i want to beat the living fuck out of my roommate. can't wait to move. STOP CHEWING WITH YOUR FUCKING MOUTH OPEN, DIPSHIT! even the sound of his breathing is annoying. ugh. so yeah, i'm obviously really edgy right now. i almost got into a fight with him last night, too, because he was being rude about me still being awake when he was going to bed. holy shit, i'll put headphones on, i'll just turn my light on. just say something like "hey, could you put on your headphones" and not be a dick about it? and then he goes on bitching about how i'm such an asshole, and i had to remind him that he was the one that's been the rude one lately. yeah...usually when it comes to that, when he starts getting bitchy about stupid shit and i'm just trying to tell him to quit his yapping and deal with it, i just have to stop and remind myself that he just got out of highschool. i mean, that's why he's a petty little crybaby, right? that's got to be it.
but yeah, i finally got off my drunk at around this time yesterday. and now i just feel like shit. i have the taste of beer in the back of my throat and it is not pleasant. i doubt i'll be able to drink for a bit. i'm also really hungry, since i didn't get my ID card back until late in the day (somebody found it! i'm not in trouble! yay!). but yeah, i'll go get chow at 1800. that's probably why i'm so grumpy: hungover, hungry, and sick of dealing with obnoxious people. today in class i had one guy on my right constantly sniffling and another guy on my left chewing gum, and it was just like nails on a chalkboard.
oh, and pt this morning. hunger + hangover + working out + 5 hours of sleep = argh.
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i want to see them live again some day...
oh yeah, i was also talking about this:
"So if you should find me living low,
When all those miles have passed me by,
And it seems that I have left now all that could I love behind,
I'm just towing that line."
-"Tow," The Devil Makes Three
while "tow" is a nautical term, one never tows a line (the closest appropriate term being "heave" as in "heave around"), and the original phrase is "toe the line," but the contemporary version works well enough. and i'm just being scrupulous here. it's a great song, especially the live version on their latest album "a little bit faster and a little bit worse." we listened to the album all weekend, my friends and i being huge devil makes three fans, but the song didn't start to have a real effect on my until i listened to it again. especially that last part i've quoted above.
that line, as well as several other great lines from their songs, have haunted me, inspired me, and kicked my ass lately. you just know there's going to be a tattoo with some of 'em words in the future (aside from the already planned "sink/swim" knuckle tats that were partly inspired by "bangor mash").
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i hope to see them all again some day, too. 
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i should get dressed and go eat. hungry.
