Fun Sore

Man, I had a ton of fun yesterday. I am now the proud owner of a new Polaris ATV (quad). It rips the perverbial shit up. I am now pretty damn sore. Oh well. I guess I will have to ride again today to work that soreness out. I just might go buy a second one for Beck....yep, I think so.

Hope you fools are well. I will talk to you later.

ST

Fuck em'

That is why there are always people higher than those dumbasses in the chain. He is just a bitter fucker that needs to get out and probably was beaten up as a child and wants to take that out on you.

Friday night was pretty cool. Kev and I hung out and played pool pretty much all night long. He is showing me some tips and I am actually able to beat him once in a while now.

I can not wait until it warms up a little bit so I can start golfing. I need to take out my frustrations and that helps me the most I think. Knocking the shit out of a little white ball and cursing a blue streak is a type of anger management for me.

I was supposed to work starting this weekend on mid shifts but my supervisor called me and said that I don't have to anymore since I have a higher priority task to do next week. So I got out of the mid shifts.

Not much more going on right now, just sitting here pokin around.

Peace

Skid

There's a Sore Spot in Every Mouth...

...and that Master Sergeant is yours, ST. I'm sorry you're in that situation. I know how that feels. My major domo sockets are my sore spot. So deep. And I just woke up after 8 hours of sleep. Not working today, it was a training day and I called my boss five minutes after I was supposed to be at work and told him: "Sort of silly for me to be there if I don't have to be, isn't it?" He said: "Ya, kinda. Do what you have to do, Erik." So I did what I had to do and went right back to sleep. Not a bad way to go into the weekend, is it?

The bad part is that I'm in TONS of pain right now because I do not have any narcotics raging through my veins. No 800 Motrin, no Advil. Nadda. No-Sing. There is a techno-beat raving on both sides of my lower jaw. But so far it's a legal rave. I'm waiting for Tim to come over with my food so I can eat...and then take my drugs.

In other news: I've been talking to Hillary a lot lately, more than normal.

More other news: I replaced the light in my bathroom with a green light. It is very very sci-fi.

Also in other news: I just saw a Loggerhead Shrike. They're endangered you know. And they're
meat eating birds that have no talons. Maybe they should think about changing their diet. It's nickname is "The Butcher Bird." It kills it's prey (small mice, baby birds) by impaling them on barbed wire or thorn bushes. That's how you
know if they live near by...if you see little dead animals in the Hawthornes. Pretty cool stuffs, huh?

And now, for a breaking news story: This just in, the English language has been around since 1066. I-Witness Mungo News will continue to bring you up to date on all developments of this fast-breaking story.

CURRENT STATUS WITH HIGHWAY 9-THE REVERSE UNDERTOW: Lately I have been struggling with my second book. I have a lot of road still to go and trying to write about events that took place in 1997 and early 1998 is very very hard. Memory isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Tend to forget things. (Perhaps I should look into alternate forms of memory. Johnny mnemonic-style.) Anywho, I've had many quick questions that I have asked many of the people that were around me during that time of my life. Okay, so it's a quite a few questions, but they're all related. Questions like, "Do you know when the fall Baptist youth "conference" was held in Manchester?" "Was it in 1997?" "I think it was. And if so, do you know what month it was?" "And if so, do you remember the exact dates of the weekend?" "And if so, that means you probably still have a program with events and whatnot." "And if you do, would it be possible for you to send that to me?" "Also, when is the Dayton Oaks winter camp usually held?" "And if you don't know, do you have any phone numbers to Dayton Oaks?" "And while we're at it, why don't you all just write the book for me because I've basically forgotten everything." The book is 7 chapters long. They are: 1. October, 2. November, 3. December, 4. January, 5. February, 6. March, and ....and.... I forgot what the last chapter was called. Oh yah! It's called 7. April. Anyway . I need to know in which chapters to include these events. So I'm asking everyone. (I'd ask you guys, but you didn't really know who I was then. I mean, you only knew me from what you saw on movies and my interviews on Larry King.) (I haven't asked Sara Jean either. I would ask Sara, but I'd get a reply back from her faster if I drove to Dubuque and found her new apartment. She's so busy I never hear from her and she's never home when I call anymore.) Okay, so my reason for going into all this crap is that a few days ago I realized that I had, sort of, smashed into a wall. I knew that I was about to lose it with the book. I was going to lose my standing, and the story would win, it was about to defeat me. I was going to quit, guys. Then, I found a treasure. An enormous stash. A body of evidence. I found photos, journals, school writing, reports, awards, 500 printed e-mails, and all kinds of stuff that fell between all those dates that I was looking for. I forgot that I had all that stuff. And the reason I didn't trash it all in 1998 is because I have always planned on writing a book about Jill and I and the things that were going on in my life in 1997 and 1998. I knew I was going to write it back then and I made a specific point to hold on to everything. An alternate form of memory: Journals, photos. I have been so wickedly excited about this recent find that I have made great strides in the organization of this book. I have finished the first two chapters and I'm on page 69 right now. There is so much info around that I will have 49 chapters. If I keep up this pace of writing, I will have 1715 single spaced note book pages of writing! And you know what? My outline is done and I seriously think I'll be moving very close to 2,000 pages when I'm done. Enough on that.

CURRENT STATUS WITH THE LADIES: They all still want me.

Tim Timmy came about 30 minutes ago and brought food. I swallowed two Meperidines. I'm only supposed to take one, but I needed fast/total relief. As a catalyst, I swallowed three Exedrin. The caffeine carries drugs faster through the body. And that it did, because as I type to you now, I'm starting to get kinda dizzy...like I took a few shots of whiskey. Awesome.

--> The following is an e-mail I wrote to Hillary last Saturday when I got really messed up on the pain pills, do not look it directly in the eye:
"i'm writing most of this because i just "wook up" from feeling somuch myslllf.. i'm off beat and eaching morning farm chicmk mostly valid around my mole holes in my jaw. I think i slept deep in sleep. i tried reading you but both of them got fuz. i know my spelling is wrong but i can tconcentrass. and i feel like i trhow up on something spining. the grogy doesn' goes away but had have. i trid so smoke cigaretts and okay. maybe again not so i can wait besdides it makes my stomach hurt too much. i nkow my smep i know my spelling is wrong so bad. i trid to write with my book on note book paper about itheyire in the kitchen talking and its dark and i wrote with my new new pen and i cant keep ioooooo it on the pgae. i had a dream i ate stress.. aahhhh;lkjds;lkjsaflkj;adflkjdsadsakfl i had a dream i ate trees for salads. and i went back in side and talkkeed to my new pass my new bosso. who wanted me on a 108 or 816 or something. form for my training reqs. my tummy hurts. i don't want no more pilss, i don't like them. i tried caling you to tell but i cant put the numers ins. right. fimgers my fingsers feel soo too heaviye. my finnd si my skinn feels heavy tooo and everything else tooo. hissary, lll,,, i want you here so many can you magane to call me again in a row missed the letters becasue the both them got fuzzy. and this is too can. I cant read it back or so i am have to look at onmy my fingers to get them in right but cant on the phone i fy ou c an gert this , peale calle medthis doesnn come out righg fo me and something cant change first but i wannt it to."
-->pretty friggin crazy, huh?

Hokay!

Peace and Love,
Mungo, Action I-Witness Team News Anchor

Song of the day: Sleepy Jackson - "Acid in my Heart"

Crappy day

Actually, today was a good day. Only the last 20min of my work day sucked. Beck is having her gall bladder taken out tomorrow morning. I was told that I should take leave so I could take her to the hospital and take care of her for the day. At first this didn't phase me. I filled out the form and got a leave number, etc. Then, the more I thought about it the more I didn't like that idea so much. Why should I have to take leave for what amounts to a military appointment. I asked my sup. and the big sup. and they agreed. Cool, I wouldn't have to take leave.

Well, this one MSgt said that I should take leave. He got all worked up saying that it could be abused and people have lied about that stuff in the past just to get a day off. I just looked at him and was trying not to tell him to fuck himself. My sup told the ass that he shouldn't penalize the rest of us because of what someone else did. I said that I had to take her to and from the hospital since she won't be able to drive. Ass asked why she couldn't have someone else take her to the hospital! I just told him that I would take leave and I walked out. I won't have to take leave but I didn't want to sit there and put up with that shit.

This is the same dolt that I wrote about beofre who went off on me about silly crap and another MSgt had to calm him down that tell him that I never did anything wrong. Thank God this ding dong licking fool is PCSing in May.

I am better now. Bye.

ST

TSgt Markin????

I don't think so.... I tested yesterday. I don't think it went very well. It took me 25 minutes to complete the PFE part and 30 min to complete the SKT portion. No, I am not joking, I actually timed it. I felt like I knew about 25% of the PFE and 50% of the SKT. Who knows, maybe I guessed real well.

I was offered a slot at AWIDS again. (advanced weapons school) If I take it, I will PCS from here then be TDY enroute to Nellis for 5 months then go back to Hill for the last 7 of my AF life. There is no service commitment because the class is 3 days short of needing one. I doubt that I will do it though, I am not really seeing the point.

"I am an AWIDS grad"
"Thats nice... what do you do now?"
"I'm a cop"
"So why should I care that you are an AWIDS grad"
"I dunno"

So there you have it...

Mungo, I am glad to hear that you are doing better. You said you have the deepest sockets....

Peace

Gauze

Ezuag

Okay. That was the last dental exam I should have to go through for a long time. Two days ago they packed my lower sockets with gauze soaked in Clove Seed Oil Extract. It had a STRONG nasty bitter taste that never really went away, but it numbed my sockets and made everything feel better. Today they pulled them out and I saw just how LONG they were. Each strip she pulled out was as long as my middle finger and as wide as a pencil. I have the deepest sockets they have EVER seen. They said the word, even the doc. EVER. Good news though, they said that I never did develope dry sockets or anything and the tissue through all four of the sockets is healed. It will now just take time for the sockets to start closing themselves up and that can take many years.

If you got a problem,
Yo, I'll solve it.
Mungo

Song of the Day: Erasure - "Freedom"

Auxom

moxua

Wanna car?

For Sale: '02 Nissan Maxima, 14,700mi, loaded with 6 disc indash changer. Moonroof, rear spoiler. 255hp with a 6spd tranny. This car hauls ass! Asking $17,300 but will bend over and take it in the ass for only $16,000! What a steal for you and a sore ass for me! Come on and get a great car and a good fuck all for only $16k!!!!

Yeah, we want to get rid of the car. With the new models out I am not sure if we will get the 18k that we want so I will just cut my losses and get rid of it for what we owe.

Once the car is gone there is a good probability that we might buy a 4-wheeler...maybe two but probably just one....for now. I can't see spending $11,000-$12,000 for two four-wheelers right now. One will fit in the back of the truck just right and would be a kick on camping trips. We shall see. First thing is first...Mike minus maxima = wheeler.

I hope the Mungo machine gets better. You will be happy as pie that you had it done....probably later rather than sooner but you WILL be happy. Good luck and be careful with the meds.

Eddie, if living off base will save you that much cash then go for it. Kev would make a killer roomie.

See ya.

ST

Newsflash!

MUNGO'S JAW STILL HURTS! HE IS CRANKY [18 STICKS OF DYNAMITE], LISTLESS, AND ON EDGE. CONSIDER SEDATED AND INTOLERABLE. (end of file)

Come and get me in my sleep

Over night, my pain killers wore off. Over night, the pain got bad. I have only been awake for 15 minutes. I ate a pill and I am sitting still waiting for it to take affect. My ears hurt. Feel like there are holes boared between them. And yes, my head still sounds hollow when I val salva. My brain has fallen out...I never knew that could so fucking painful.

Mungo

Song of the day: Gomez - "Ping One Down"

Damn bro

Well the hollowness could be from other reasons. It is nice to see that this blog was not nearly as fucked up as the last one was from you. And by the way... BSed... BullShitted.... I am sure if you were not chasing the dragon you would have caught that.

The trailer that ST described fuckin rocks... I am trying to convince him to buy it. However, this would involve getting an even bigger truck. Not that he would probably even mind that.

I had a very boring day at work today. I sat on scope for 6 hours and watched for about 4 of it. The other 2 hours, I teched for someone instead of controlling because I was bored.

I may be moving off base with Kev. If I do this, I will clear an additional $600 or so a month, which means even more bills payed off quicker. Definate benifit. We will see how things pan out though.

Lates

Sacrifice

If I take my medicine, my mouth will stop hurting. I haven't taken any in 14 hours. And my mouth is fucking killing me. But then again, I want to drive. I can't drive if I take meds. But will I enjoy anything if I drive there in pain? Also, I have a huge spot on my lip where the meat below the skin is exposed. I don't know how that happened, bu it look like a piece of white plastic has been afixed to my lip.

Also, my sinus' are VERY jacked up right now. I woke up last night an my head sounded hollow. My ballance is off and it's still hard to concentrate. If this doesn't get better by tomorrow, I'm definately going to the doc. It is a very scary feeling in my head. IT's not just balance and concsentration...you know how when you rub a balloon...that hollow sound? That's the sound I hear in my head, and feel inside my ears, when ever I breath in deep. And it all hurts so bad.

Mungo

Lay off the drugs

Mungo, I think that you might want to take a little lower dose of pain killers man.

I went to the RV show yesterday with Beck. We left Ashlee at home so we could go in everything. What a fund time! We got to go into all different kinds of RV's and looked at lots of boats.

Edde will be able to vizualize this one. We looked in the 5th wheel that cost $75,000. The layout on it was the coolest EVER! Okay, you know how the bedroom in a 5th is always up front after you go up the little stairs over the truck bed and usually through the bathroom? Well, This one had the stairs that went up to a family room. The family room had a slide out on BOTH sides to make it really wide and there was a nice couch in each slide out. On the front wall was the entertainment center that included a propane fireplace! Man, it was sweeeeet. The family room was totally open and was like a two level with railing seperating the family room from the kitchen where there was a dinnete. Oh yeah, the dinnete was a slide and so was the bedroom. The bedroom was in the back along with the bathroom. Dude, If I win the lottery....

Check out the floorplan here--> Woo Hoo! It is number 3685 FL.

See you guys!

ST

??

BSed? What's that?

A person you do trust to hang with that has been around for the past 7 years? What?

Iwoke up a few minutes ago morning 2 a..m. I feel really really weird. no beer or anything too. I don't like this feeling at all... Sneeriously, a few minutes ago, I thought I was late to work...at the commisary. I had had have had it in my head that they were going to do an some initial trainings on me at the commissary with me. I'm wide awake guys. I fell funny. ew

Mungo

Yo Yo

I just woke up after a long night. Kev and I had a few drinks out on the town, then we sat in my room and BSed for a while. We finally went to sleep in the general range of around 0330. It is now 1300.

Mungo, I know your feeling right now about being in a place you don't want to be. However, at least I have a person I do trust to hang with that has been around for the past 7 years and knows the ins and outs of my fucked up life since it began in the AF.

Well Dawgs... time to go get in the shower then go to the commisary.

3rd Wheel Extraction From Florida

ST, Mike, Skid, Gazer, Ed, Edd, and Eddie,

I haven't taken any pain medication now for 10 hours. I have been asleep. It hurts so bad right now that my ears are ringing and itching. Hold on for a few moments, boys, gots ta sip on some mandarin yogurt and eat some pills. This is my last day on quarters. Sunday I'm a free man. I think I'll explore the new Panama Java all day. I'll take notes with a new pen and a note book. I might just call someone today, ask them to spring me loose from quarters, jailbreak style see, and take me some place where I can draw pictures with my new felt pen. I NEED A FELT PEN! A DAMN MAGIC MARKER! A FELT PEN, SOMETHING! Last night I was put in a shitting position. I went away from here, jumped bail, broke parole, whatever, but I ended up having to walk 3 miles back home because my ride got too fucked up on Yellow Jackets and Bud Light. I can't wait until I'm out of here, ya'll I was talking to Hillary last night and she asked me what was going on in my head. It took me a while to figure out that she was talking about everything. I'm constantly frustrated with my life here. My friends. My job. My apartment is cool, but it's just in the wrong half of the continent. I hate it all. I'm ready for a new start and I'm ready for that to start with Hillary and moving away from Florida. I hope you two guys get to meet her in Sept. I told you right? She's going to fly down in time to get up with Double O and I to make the drive back to AK with us. She was going to do the whole drive from Florida to AlAskA, but she didn't want to intrude on the four of us guys. Anyway, I just can't wait to be done with all this shit. And my mouth hurts like a mother fucker. That tends to put a guy off. And the cutting smell of my dirty dishes. By the way, Double O invited Hillary and her friend, Kahlima, over to his house for BBQ. She did, and they just all had a great time. You guys will like her, I think. I'm going draw and write and hope to God the next 8 months go by in the next two days. Maybe I'll wake up, camping in Montana with my family. Maybe I'll wake up in Utah camping with my bros. Maybe I'll wake up in the Yukon, camping with Double O and Hillary. Maybe I'll wake up some where/any where/else where. One last thing, I had a dream this morning that David Bowie was elected president.

With Total Crap,
Mungo

Song of the Day: The Flaming Lips - "With You"

Are you sure your done?

Sounds like you have some issues with work right now. I am now officially CMR. Took the test yesterday and got qualled.

We had a callsign party last night too. I now have a new callsign. SKID... say it with my last name and you will get it.

Well, my pizza should be arriving soon and I really have no stories to tell right now.

Mungo, Hope you feel better bro.

Eddie

I don't wanna

Just the idea of going to a dining in make me ill. Ill I will be. April 15 will suck. I have to buy all new blues since my ass is fat and I will actually have to figure out what ribbons I need. Luckily it is easy to find exactly the right ribbons and even the order with the online doohicky.

What's worse is that I am overnight on tues then I have to stay again on wed for the dinner. Two overnights in a row sucks the big bo bo.

So, during the week I am usually at my truck, ready to go home at 1440 or so, right? Right. Well, the first 3 fridays in March we have a mandatory function at 1600 right by where I park so I will have to waste time for over an hour! What a waste of 3 friday afternoons that could be spent getting ready for a camping trip or going to Utah or just spanking it! Good grief!

Okay, I am done bitchin.

ST

Friday!

Sat for Eddie but oh well. I hope your Friday went well. We are just going to hang out at home tonight. Tomorrow we we are going to the boat and rv show here in Vegas. I am sure that we will have fun.

Ashlee had a cold but she is feeling better. Speaking of feeling better I hope Mungo is doing ok and will be back on here soon. WE LOVE YOU MAN!

I will probably talk to Eddie later on Yahoo!

Later guys. I will be let you know how the RV show goes.

ST

Bye bye teeth

Hope your teeth thing went well. Blog when able.

My military service won't end soon enough.

ST

Eddie

aww...look who gets his very own name in bold. Highlighted on Mungo's marque.

I talked to Eddie on Yahoo. I was informed that I just missed ST. I was eating snowflakes with plastic forks.

All Fucked up

Well... I feel fine. No ailments here. I was coughing a bit, but that stopped after I was up for an hour. My immune system gets a workout with the water out of the tap here.

I actually feel the healthiest since basic training right now. I exercise, eat decently and smoke less (most of the time.)

So you are getting the guilt trip about the AF, huh? I get that all the time here. Then I tell them my opinion and they leave me alone for a while.

Mungo's brain is definately an interesting topic. I think that it is firing on all 8 cylinders, however it is hooked to a bad belt at times... just needs to be recalibrated and hooked back up to the alternator.

Have fun with no teeth.

digitalart.org - IN-BITE-D by JOSE MANUEL OLI

digitalart.org - IN-BITE-D by JOSE MANUEL OLI

Eddie on the prowl for hot chicks.

1, 2, 3, and 4...Molars Identified for Immediate Destruction

By the by... my molars leave in ten hours. I may not be in a condition to blog in the near future. Then, in my absence, I ask that strip charts of me from your memory be made and translated into tatoos to be inked about the palm of your "hand of action."

Much Love
Peace and Love,
Hokay!
Seeyabye,
Mungo

You've Got the Freedom...

...to walk out if they drag you down.

Why do all the career Air Force types try to lay a guilt trip at your feet when you tell them you plan to separate from the military at the end of your enlistment? It makes me feel like they feel the SIX years I have given to my nation simply isn't enough. Did you guys know that the civilian secretary of the Air Force has never spent a single day in military service?

Mike, as for my brain falling out of my skull, I want you (and Eddie too!) to know this: A day in the life in that which is issued in the 'slipping' faculty of Mungo's brain is the rhetorical equivalent of being stuck on stupid. Though the pleasant taste of my natural mind is often curtailed by the bitter presence of driftless conjectures (or "aimless suppositions" as I call them out to myself), believe me please, brothers, it is far more frustrating to BE me than it is to ENDURE and TOLERATE me. And it shortens me, I'm afraid, to a great degree.

Time to love you,
Mungo

Falling to pieces.

Everyone seems to need a tune up! I have a tendon in my foot that is very irritated so I either have to walk with crutches or walk only on the ball of my left foot. The walking heel to toe motion jacks it up. I can tell it will heal if I just stay off of it.

Beck is going to have to have knee surgery AND her gall bladder taken out in two seperate operations. Joy.

Amy has a slipped disk in her back and it just went out on her the other day so she is in massive pain but is on the mend slowly.

Mungo's brain is about to fall out of his head. Don't tell anyone but I have always thought that Mungo's brain wasn't firing on all 8 cylinders to begin with. Shhhh.

Good grief! What is happening?

Talk to you foolios later.

ST

Mr. Roboto

Even though I've been in the gym a lot in the last several months I still seem to fall victim to ailments. Eddie, you're not too far off with your question. I think I'm ready to go android.

It was 87 degrees in Hydra today. A pretty unfavorable condition for controllers, techs, and the AMSII system. Yucky.

Mungo

ummm... ok

That was disturbing.... In fact, I don't ever want to see that you are searching for that kind of shit again. And to put it on there twice makes it that much worse.

L starts Pre-School in 3 weeks. I am so excited for her!!! She will begin school next Aug/Sep timeframe too. I may have to adjust leave schedule depending on when that is. I want to be there for her first day. Though it sounds like it is early for her to be starting school already. It is possibly just more pre-school. Gotta get more Bogey Dope on that one. Kinda funny how I can make things that have nothing to do with the AF into everyday conversation. Ahhh... gotta love the 1C5D's.

So Mungo, Is it time to do a trade in with this body or just some major engine work??

Eddie

Posts

I wish there was a way I could edit posts. I would definately delete that one.
All four of my 3rd molars are coming out of my head on Thursday. I'm also sick. I may have another brain infection. Will keep you posted.

Mungo

Song of the Day: Billy Bragg - "California Stars"

Amazon.com: DVD: Better Gay Sex (previously titled 'Erotic Choices') (1994)

Amazon.com: DVD: Better Gay Sex (previously titled 'Erotic Choices') (1994)

Dude....that's not good. DON'T ask me how I found this!

My foot hurts

Beck and I went for a 2 mile walk and my foot is now killing me. I am getting old.

Kangaroo Testical Pouch

...I'm getting one!

Gary Fischer Kaitai

So, after a tune up on Saturday of my mountain bike, I took it out for a ride today for the first time in a year. Now, Eddie has been to Panama City, so he knows, but Panama City isn't exactly biker friendly. That didn't stop me. I rode on dirt roads beneath powerlines, along highway 98, and across back streets of Callaway, Parker, Springfield, Panama City, and Cedar Grove. At one point, in the woods, I came to a 3 foot deep cut in the dirt road that would be impossible to ride across. I had already ridden 5 miles down the soggy road and had no intentions of turning back. So, regrettabley and very carefully, I threw my mountain bike across the six foot trough of water and lept after it. It worked! yeah!

Guys, it was a great feeling. 50 degrees today, overcast, and just a slight breeze. Great great day to spend riding around.

Just wanted you know that Mungo's biking days are begining again!! I feel good about that.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

Song of the day: Pantera - "13 Steps to Nowhere"

On the cheap...

You can get a new scanner on the cheap.

Sharing and Caring

Mike...ST:
How would you suggest I share my photos? My scanner does funny things to my pictures...you've seen with your very own eyes.

MUNGIE

The Mint

Everything that happened today was beyond mundane. However, I feel compelled to share.

First of all, Tim-Timmy is down to 65 people to wave to. Joy and Happiness is-a-spreading'.

Alright, last night I left three messages for Hillary. Double O had accepted a mission from me to play Valentine Day Delivery. He did not deliver. Partly the United Postal Service's fault, partly his fault. Oh well, we talked and that was important. She sounded good. After I left the messages, I sat on my bedroom floor with green and blue lights on. I also had my video camera set in the corner, aimed at my corner, documenting the art of drinking wine and writing in notebooks. Then the tape expired. So I went to sleep. A few hours later, around 3:25 a.m., Hillary called and that's when we had our chat. That ended around 4:02 a.m. In about that ballpark exactly.

I woke up with Tim-Timmy standing above me screaming, "Congratulations! Congratulations!" in a very rough, rowdy voice. We put on our boots, our hats, and FedEx rain coats, got into his new Dodge Truckthing and drove to the hiking grounds baring the very long name: Alfred B. Maclay State Garden Trails. The trails were all orange clay service roads, flanked by power lines, back roads, and the indigenous 'Spruce-Tagged-For-Demolition.' It was quite the waste of time. BUT! Before we got there, we were lost in a town called Thomasville, Georgia. There, we followed signs advertising the existence of "The Big Oak." Naturally, we investigated. We found a 322 year old oak tree on the corner of a residential neighbor hood. On the porches and front lawns of the near by houses were garden hoses and rusty bicycles. The Big Oak was on steel cable life support, but no cables or nailed-in wooden support beams diminished the wise look of the 80 foot branches stretching out across the grass...only 3 feet off the ground.

On the return trip, we mosied through Tallahassee in search of The Village Inn. We did not find it. We ended up in nowhere at all, so we navigated back to I-10 and headed west. Hunger was the prevalent feeling, the common tie between Tim-Timmy and I so we left the interstate at exit 142 and ate at a pit offering All You Can Eat Ribs. We ate all we could eat, I fed the piggy back a quarter at the counter and helped myself to a mint from the candy jar. We listened to The Byrds and Nine Inch Nails on the trip back to Callaway Florida where we both live.

We watched Zoolander and Monty Python's Meaning of Life. Neither were great and I was edgy. I asked Tim Timmy where my mint was and he cursed me for implying thievery. So I broke into his truckthing and found my mint on the passenger side. I went straight back to his apartment and said, "Explain why I found MY mint in YOUR car, then, if you're so above stealing from me." He kicked me out of his apartment and I came home.

I ate my mint as I logged onto the Blogger.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

Song of the day: Tom Waits - "Earth Died Screaming"

So there I was...

I was running around playing with Ashlee. We were playing hide and seek. Okay, so I would go hide and she would sit on the couch then I would seek her. The fun part is that I would sneak up on her and scare the crap out of her. She was just squealing with laughter! Good time.

Beck and I went for a nice long walk this morning to Wal Mart (1 mile each way). Ashlee got to ride in her wagon...talk about the easy life. We watched a hot air balloon try and land across the street in a vacant lot but they were going too fast so they went for the lot across the street from the first one. The chase van made it in time and they landed safely. It was sure cool to see them trying to land it without flipping over. We headed over to the Wally World and got some light shopping out of the way. Ashlee rode a couple of "rocking" rides then we ate at the Micky D's. As we started to head home we stopped at the Starbucks for a couple of beverages. Good time and it took up most of the morning.

Yesterday, we took Ashlee to the park to play on all the fun stuff that kids get to entertain themselves with these days. I took about 57 pictures and actually got a couple of good ones. I think I kept 15 of them. I need to start taking pictures of stuff and not all people. I may go do that in the AM since I am off and Beck has to work.

You would think that Vegas would have some cool stuff to take pictures of. I need to find some of it.

I have been reading books on Photoshop CS so I can learn how to use it...at least a small part of it. This program is coolio.

Maybe when I get enough pictures that I would like to show people I will buy a new domain name and post a gallery of my stuff. The pictures would have to get your guys approval though. Mungo, why don't you share more of your stuff?

Okay, I have made up for my lack of blogging this weekend. So there.

ST

WOW

No blogging action this weekend. Sounds like everyone had a pretty calm one. Kevin and I are fixin to go to lunch at the E-Club. Decent food for decent prices. After that it will probably be yet another long boring day.

I watched 3 movies yesterday. "The One" "The Wall" and "Catch Me if You Can". I also did laundry. The dryers suck here so I was up until 3 am or so getting it done.

Lates Peeps

This is the best BBQ I've ever been BB to!

--Bubs (Homestarrunner.com)

Ya'll. We were going to go camping this weekend, but it's raining quite a lot. So tomorrow we're just going to go hiking at the place with a long name. Today Tim and I walked around down town looking for adventures. We ran out of things to do in 3 hours. Panama City rules.

Tim waved at 14 people today. He only has 86 left before he feels complete.

MUNGO

boring weekend

Three day weekend and I think i am going to try to take it calm and relaxing. We will see how long that lasts.

The barbeque went pretty well yesterday but I punched out after about an hour. Didn't feel like drinkin with them so I had my coke and ate 3 links and 2 burgers and took off.

Photography is a cool career. Plus you are really good at it. I think that is definately a career you should shoot for.

Peace

Song of the day: Loverboy - "Working For The Weekend"

I'll be your huckleberry

When you and your Pops start a paper can I contribute picture-ographies? PLEASE!!!!!

I am having fun learning Photoshop CS for messing with photos. Beck's Mom went to get some copies of pics that I gave her since she ran out. The guy took about 10 minutes looking at it and talking with other workers about it. He came back and said that they weren't allowed to duplicate professional copyrighted pictures! HA HA. Hearing that made me feel good.

Three day weekend with nothing to do. Sweet! We aren't going to Utah. Beck is a little under the weather and doesn't want to be in a car for 6 hours. Cool with me.

ST

picture-ography

Dude, that's straight ganster! Sweet dude. Wish you the best in that. I'd like to get back into the professional world. The idea of starting my own newspaper with my father keeps coming up. Maybe maybe.

I'm going camping this weekend. It's rainy and windy. We'll be miserable. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Mungo

photo-graphy

i am going to be a professional photo taker

Missions

So I usually work normal day shifts, but not today. I had 4v4+2 / 1930 mission with 15's from Eglin. So they take off 30 minutes late (standard) and get into the airspace. They get seperation and then I notice something. I say, "Lt Grimm, are you seeing any...." la la la, use you're imagination. Long story short, we had to hand the mission over to Eglin after all. Well, shit.

What is a UCI?

Yup...

I didn't figure it would qualify, however, I had to throw it out there. You know, like slapping a chick wit da wee wee. It just sometimes has to be done.

We had a UCI this week and I think the evaluators thought it was an ORI. Anyway, my squadron did well and will probably get an outstanding. We have a party today and we don't find out the results until 24 Feb.

Peace my bro's

The Bible

Sorry bro, a study guide to the Bible is not a novel. It's a study guide. Thanks for looking though.

Big Books

War and Peace is 1472.

But here is one that is 2202 pages here

StORRY

SORRY about the StORRY, I added a new line. Hopefully that will help.

I just returned from a three hour stay at Coram's. I ate soup and grilled cheese. And I ate three cups of coffee and three glasses of water. I wrote another 9 pages in my book. It's all one conversation standing in a kitchen. That stuff is harder to write than I ever expected. And the real bitch of it is that advancement of plot is not exactly high on my list of things to accomplish any time soon. Who cares.

Lately, I've been asking everyone if they know of or own a copy of a book that is 1,500 pages or longer. If anyone can help me, I'd love you forever. The closest I've come so far is 1,463 (Les Miserables AND The Count of Monte Cristo) but none longer. Hillary actually found one that was 1,496 (The Secluded Boy...about an indian boy in the old west). If any of you guys can hook a brother up, I'd appriciate it. By the way, it has to be a fictional or non-fictional SINGLE story. No compilations or any other kind of cheating, k? Hokay. If I can't find one, then I'll have to write one, and on the rate I'm going now it will take me 500 hours to complete the one I'm working on now. That's a lot of time, dag, yo.

Mungo

Song of the day: Apples in Stereo - "Strawberryfire"

Wednesday night I'll be home from 7pm on I would love to talk to you and can't wait. we're so monochronic and time rules us here in America. I'm excited to hear about Hillary.Aldiborontophoscophornio and Chrononhotonthologos?
I don't know what they mean, but I think the last one has something to do with words being in order.
After a long bath and a vermouth-Perrier on the rocks, I think I'll go send this out to you I was just wondering
if We could just show up in New Zealand and knock on a door

deprocessing stuff...trying to
salvage my only frustration

i have come to some basic conclusions:

brownies always fall apart... COMPETITIVE SCRABBLE PLAYERS get a junker diesel. a luxury I won't be accorded until May 2005...
I just need to find my goddamn
phone card...... feel free to call any time. I'd love to hear from you!

My brain is getting fat and lazy - I haven't thought critically or had any
particularly good witticisms in some time. I hope you're keeping your
reading up.what they changed drastically- sort of wrecked in their travels-
chokedamp Wine and chicken at 25:30 pm.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

WOO HOO

I had my eval last night and I am now BQ. I will be CMR after giving a briefing and taking an open book test. It is about Mutha Fuckin time.

I looked at the webpage for college, but I think I am going to go to Weber State in Ogden.

Mungo, the poopie did stump me. I thought about getting creative but had nothing worthwhile to add to that one. OK, so I just thought it was fucked in the head.

ST, Tell Charity and Kirby congrats. I am sure I will see Teegan just before she turns 1. lol

I have to be in work today by 1045. I go home at roughly 1800. This is a long day for us here. Usually after 7 hours we call it quits. This is 7hrs 45 mins. What kind of shit is that? Making us work a long day. he he he.

Dueces

The Long Nap

I just woke up from my long nap. Well, actually, I never took a nap. I had my overnight last night so that is why I wan't here.

Eddie, Charity had her baby last night so our trip to Utah this weekend will be perfect. Teegan (spelling?) is a health baby girl that was over 7lbs.

Mungo, I think you may have stumped us with the pile of poopie. I am not sure what to do with that. Hmmm.

Get those teeth yanked out. Painful as hell but well worth it.

ST out

One more thing about CSU

I forgot again: All the exams are open book. It will take you a few weeks to finish an entire course. MSgt "Boot" Allen is on his 9th class since November. No kidding.

Enjoy

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Sorry, I gave you the wrong address.

Long Nap

ST must be taking a very vey long nap. He last posted like, two days ago! I've been reading Franz Kafka's "The Trial" lately. It's very good. Very strange too. It was written in 1937, so it's in black and white (sorry, Techocolor didn't start doing books until the sixties) but it's very good if you're interested in reading something. I should be finished with it today.

I've been looking at www.columbiauniversity.com a lot. They are nationally acredited and all their courses can be done on-line. The books are inluded in tuition. So if you want to take advantage of AF paying 100% tuition assistance, do so now, because it's going away soon.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

Beer vs Brain

Luckily, I take no part in that contest. I do not drink beer anymore. I'm all about being a wino from now on. I'm not very good at it yet. I know this because I haven't woken up on a moving freight train headed into Louisiana yet.

Ridin' on to the city of New Orleans, I'm gone 500 miles when the day is done,
Mungo

Song of the day: Arlo Guthrie - "City of New Orleans"

hmmm...

I went to the dentist monday and my teeth are fine.

You should get the thing yanked out. What do you mean you are petitioning? usually they take any oportunity they can to experiment on peoples teeth.

I think the beer kills more braincells that the wisdom teeth actually give you.

Eddie

Wisdom Teeth

I'm petitioning for the removal of all four of my wisdom teeth. True, it may leave me in a wisdomless state of mind for the rest of my life, but right now, one of them is sticking out like a chicken wing and I can't open my jaw because it actually hits my lower jaw bone as I open. I've had a head ache for 6 days straight.

It's raining today, I like it. I like it a little bit cold, a little bit damp, and a little bit dark.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

Speechless

I am home and the first thing I see on the blog is chairs flying at bars...

Speechless

ST going to take a nap.

Long ago...

Your right... I would have been singing that song really loud just to get a reaction. Just like I do most shit. Its like rubbing a fork over a napkin just to see how you react.

I have been to the Sip 'n' Cue before. I went there when I was TDY to Whetstone with 2 of the airmen there.

Last night was an interesting night. To start it off, one of my buddies over here puts me in a headlock at a bar. I didn't know who it was so I almost broke his wrist with a takedown hold. That was actually kinda funny since the dude is about 4 inches taller than I am and outweighs me by about 100 lbs. I won that one. So later that night, same dude, is rip roarin' drunk and hits me with a chair. It is not like it is one of those collapsable chairs either, the chair weighs about 20 lbs. My back is still a bit sore. He intended to pull back but couldn't because he was fuckin trashed. The chair won that round.

Anyway, fun and exciting times.

Peace my brothers...

Sip 'n' Cue

So, Timmy and I went to the Sip 'n' Cue to play pool. This bar is the biggest hole I've ever been to. Yes, ever. I accidentally spilled a beer on the floor with my pool stick. I went to the bar and asked for a towel and returned to my table, cleaned it up, and brought the towel back to the bar. Five minutes later, the barmaid (they call her "taz") came by to collect any empty glasses and to empty any ash trays. On the counter above our table was a serious golden mess that I hadn't seen. When she saw it I was compelled to explain, "I didn't spill that." She said, "Oh no, I know that. It just leaks here." Other factors making the Sip 'n' Cue a HOLE:
1. Unpainted drywall
2. Wooden-barricade door lock
3. Dirty water left in the mop bucket
4. Mop bucket left in the middle of the floor
5. Broken pool trophies scattered about the entire place
6. Cardboard boxes filled with old game controller lining the walls
7. The occational soap-flavored pitcher of Bud

There are many others, those are just the ones that come to mind first. Anyway, guess what song was played on the jukebox three times in the 8 hours I played pool. Go ahead, guess what song those fiesty rednecks played. "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" by our very beloved Toby Keith. I just laughed and laughed and laughed. I wish you guys could have been there. Eddie, I can see you singing that song at the top of your lungs...all the while me laughing (all in good clean friendly fun) at you at the top of MY lungs. That would have been sweet. But it wasn't sweet, because I was laughing at Eddie at the top of my lungs and nobody saw Eddie anywhere. I was sort of drawing unfriendly attention to myself. But I do that anyway. Everytime a Bon Jovi song comes on the juke, Tim and scream in unison: "IF YOU DON'T LIKE BON JOVI, YOU'RE IN DENIAL!!!" I'd love to take you guys to the Sip 'n' Cue. It's the only bar down here I really like.

Okay fellas, I'm off to watch a movie with Timmy. We're going to watch Lost in Translation. I've seen the first twenty minutes twice now, so, hopefully I'll be able to get all the way through it this time w/o being interrupted.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

Song of the day: Blue Man Group - "Rods and Cones"

UM...

that is not rational. In fact, that is quite rude. You are not supposed to be cussing anyway, uncle fucker.

Sorry about the mispelling. But let me remind you how many time you mispelled L's name and you probably can't spell her middle name either smart ass .

That debate was kinda fun, but lets not do it again anytime soon.

ST - LMB

Eddie

Well...

You can both just kiss my white ass! There how is that rational thought?

;)

ST

Context

Guys,
I'm happy to see that our dumbasses are capable of rational thought. I'm also happy to see we're still open to each others' critizims w/o getting pissed. We're good.

Mungo

Lee Greenwood, draft-dodger, wrote a song that is played everywhere: "Proud to be an American." I hate him. I hate that song. I know nothing about Lee Greenwood except that he dodged the draft. If, say, Elvis had written that song, I would love it.

Context. That's what I'm talking about.

Do I put Toby Keith in the same league as Lee Greenwood? Hell no. So let me explain what I meant by saying Toby Keith was uneducated in the American Way. You guys are right: We dominate, we have hit lists, we decimate our enemies in detail. And you know what? That makes me feel good. I'm not critical of Toby Keith's song because of it's content. But in it's context.

Now. If I don't have anything against Toby Keith's past, such as draft dodging or international broadcasts bad-mouthing his country's leader, where does the "wrong" context come in? You know what? It's not so much about the commercialism as it is the attitude. Wrong attitude. Like I said, I'm happy and sleep well because I don't have to worry about guerilla warfare in the streets. But we shouldn't glorify our might in song. The Japanese General in WWII who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor called us a Sleeping Giant. That's what we are. We are THE superpower (well, us and China). But we don't have to be so damned arrogant about it.

Another song by Andrew W.K. says, "You better get ready to die, you better get ready to kill, because it's time to pay." He wrote that song for a friend of his that is in the SEALS. That has now become the SEAL anthem. In my opinion, it should have stayed with the SEALS, and not have been released to the public. Why? Because I don't want a bad image painted over what I respect so much: THE MILITARY.

As far as flag-flying goes, if I had a yard, one would be flying in it. I have a mini flag inside my apartment and it stands next to the Air Force Flag. I will stand at attention during retreat, salute the music, and feel good about it because I am part of a service. What I do on a daily basis, in the very long run, supports the safety of my country. And if we have to put a boot in someone's as to do it, so be in. Boys, a year ago I was passing coordinates for targets and for a week, it was my job to pass DMPIs, or air strikes. Those are big boots and I'm proud to have had my toes in those boots. But when I came home, I didn't talk about all the targets we hit or all the people we killed or all the shit we broke. Because that's not the American Way. Being boisterous and boastful of our powers and abilities is not what our focus should be. Our focus should be on the freedoms. Speech. Free trade. Choice of employment. Unrestricted movement through the states. Enterprise. All those things that not all other countries in the world have. That is what the American Way is to me.

In short: There is a time and place for everything, and though this is the time for putting a boot in someone's ass, the place for it's celebration is not on the radio. It's on the USO tour (which I think is great), it's up in those caves, it's out in those horrible deserts, that's it. Back in the US, pride for our troops needs to be in place when it's meaningful. Back in the US, our liberties need to be cherished, shared, and exercised. "The statue of liberty is shaking her fist" The Statue of liberty faces east to welcome other nations, not to fight them. The fighting is done by Mount Rushmore...and that's a huge difference.

In short (again): Toby Keith could have used more caution in his word choices, and the end result is a song that misrepresents the meaning of the Red, White, and Blue.

That's all I have to say. Thank you all for your candor.

Peace and Love,
Mungo


PS--Eddie, by the way, that girl's name is spelled A-A-N-D-R-E-A. That's three a's, not two!
PPS--My mission cnx'd due to sea states. Good surf out there, supposedly the best we'll see all year. 8-15 foot swells...pretty big for this part of the Gulf.

By the way...

My eval did not go today. It was Wx CNX due to snow and ice. So we will try this again next week.

This is about the most heated debate I think we had since Mungo almost married Andrea. I feel kinda bad for stirring the preverbial shitpot. But hey, what are friends for?

Love to my Bro's

Here we go...

Ok.. apparently I made something erupt today.... so here is my side...

Patriotism has fallen and we all agree on that. Patriotism is like the economy, it ebbs and wanes, and history proves that. Has it dropped this much this fast, I don't know, I didn't live back then. We all have the same idea about patriotism though, and this is good news.

I will probably go on many tangents on this rant, however, stay with me if you can.

So what if we put a boot in someones ass. Tell me this, if someone did something to your sister (since we all have little sisters) tell me you would not want to kick the shit out of someone. Well, I see it this way, we can beet up a person and get away with it (most of the time) without going to jail. Countries do this on a larger scale. It is called war. War means death and that is like punching them on a large scale. We are not cavemen fighting with sticks and stones. We are barbaric in a way today, but we have more than just sticks and stones.

Reference back to being the only superpower. Everyone wants to kick our ass, but they can't unless they get a coalition of most of the countries in the world to work together. We have more assets on one base than the majority do in a country. Obviously there are countries that have a plethera of assets, but we kick the shit out of them when it comes to technology. Look at our retarded brethren to the north. You know most of them would rather we not be here but work side by side with us on a daily basis because we are there only defense. WE ARE A HUGE TARGET.

I would have loved to see the Dicks in Chicks say some shit like that in Texas. They would have straight been booed off the stage and the stadium would have been empty except for those 3 dudes that think since no one is there they have a chance with them. Another one of my opinions and I honestly believe this to be true... The south has more patriotism than the north does. Why do I believe this? Because I have lived in both areas. If they had said this in Washington state, they probably would have gotten the same reaction that they did in England. My opinion only, but yankees are fucked up that way...he he. We do have freedom of speach, this I know, but they learned the hard way that some shit should not be said. Good.

Profit for patriotism... hmmm... okay, so people made money from the twin towers/pentagon attack. Big deal! We are a nation that allows this and it is what our military fights for and dies for. I wish that people could hang on to something that only happens after a tragedy such as 9/11. However, they don't. I see nothing wrong with buying a flag to hang outside (when done properly) to show just a GLIMPSE of something that I hold dear to my heart everyday. If that is what it takes to get people to show there patriotism, so be it. Do I like it? Hell NO! Will we have to put up with it? Yes, because the US gives us that freedom.

Now for the Toby part... let me pull a quote from CBS:

"He wrote it to play for troops on USO tours – something he often volunteers to do. He never intended to release the song on a CD, but then, he played it for Pentagon brass in Washington.

“He [the Marine Corp commandant] said, 'You have to release it. You can serve your country in other ways besides suiting up in combat.' We will go kick their butts. But we survive on morale,” says Keith. “I mean, we live on the morale. That's what we travel on. And, he said I highly recommend you put that song out.”

He did it for the troops, that is why he released the song. This song could not have spread by just USO tours, which, by the way, he still does today.

On another note, if you really believe that the US does not have hit lists, you are either blind or naive. I am going with the blind on this part, because I don't want to call you naive. There are people that we don't want here and we would not have elite forces trained the way they are if we were not prepared to do something about it. I agree with ST on the kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out day. Freedom is not free.

My image of the US is a land where we are given more privilages than any other place on earth. Prosperity is part of that and patriotic type sales are part of that. Though I will never see that in a monetary sense, I see it other ways, my daughter, my family, my friends.

Retreat is playing right now... kinda ironic...

Y'all are my bro's. Dueces.

Oh boy.

Okay. I can see your side...sort of. I do think it is a bit close minded though. The reason that I think it is close minded is that I don't really think that you put yourself in his shoes.

Hold on. Let me back up and give some background here about what I think. I too think it is a bit ridiculous that it took something like 9/11 to bring back patriotism the way it was back in the World Wars. I don't really know if I like the way this country is going (from a moral stand point). I don't like what I see on TV anymore (Janet sound familiar?). You can see that most of the flags on cars are gone now or they are so ragged that I am discusted to see it there flapping pathetically in the wind. For the record...the flag that is flying at my home is still there. It is there 24 hours a day. It will ALWAYS be there UNTIL THE DAY THAT I DIE.

Step back a second and think about where Toby is coming from. The first couple of lines in that song are a true story. His Dad did serve in the army and he did fly a flag in the yard. His Dad also lost that eye. I see that Toby grew up a VERY patriotic American from day one and NOT because of 9/11. Don't get angry yet...listen. Are you angry and pissed off at the thousands of artists (painters or otherwise) that were inspired by the events of 9/11 because they painted patriotic paintings? Are the authors who wrote all the books about America because they too were inspired by those dreadful attacks sell outs? I think that Toby Keith was a patriotic American before the attacks and was inspired by what happend. He just happened to be a popular country singer and his song took off. I feel it came from his heart. We don't know how much he donates to charity or other causes. I bet he does a lot of good with that money he makes.

Looking back at history I am 100% sure you can find that with EVERY major historical event there were songs, paintings, books, etc that came from those events. Ummm....do you know a little diddy called the Star Spangled Banner? Am I comparing a Toby Keith song to the national anthem? No. Merely making the point that people are inspired by world events and often express that through theit art.

I feel that the attacks were a sucker punch. A sucker punch is merely a cowardly way of attacking someone that you don't want (or aren't able) to face one on one. Pearl Harbor was a sucker punch as well. The United States warned Afganastan what was going to happen if they did not give up Bin Laden. Hey, we warned ya! Back in WWII we also told Japan that if they did not surrender we would unleash weapons like the earth had never seen. We did. This leads me to putting a boot in someone's ass.

Historically from what I have gathered and learned. Everytime someone has attacked the United States we have come back and overwhelmed our opponents with force. We have historically dominated the battlefield. I beleive that is the reason we are the only surviving super power in the world. Are we bullies? It can be seen that way if you want to SEE it that way. Or you can choose to see it another way that I can sum up with one simple example.

This past Dec when that terrible earthquake hit Iran (a member of the axis of evil) I was listening to a radio show. The guy on this show was going off about how Americans don't care about anything unless it happens in their own back yard. He was steamed that America was ignoring this catasrophe. Now, I have no proof at all but I would be willing to bet that the United States of America gave more money, humanitarian aid and sent more people to Iran than ANY OTHER FUCKING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! The guy on the radio can go fuck himself right in the ass. Have you ever noticed that all these nations say how bad we are while taking the money and aid we give them?

Yes, America makes mistakes. ALL countries do. ALL. We just have a bigger target becasue we are the most powerful.

Back to the discussion. America has alway's put the perverbial boot in the ass when we have had to defend ourselves. As it should be. I for one would be proud to stand up and shoot the bird to any country that dares to attack us. Death wishes (I think you mean death warrants. If not correct me). When the Taliban helped Bin Laden they signed their own death warrants. They flew planes into our buildings. Their is proof the Taliban helped Al Quedisdrliaufa or however you spell it.

Mungo, in any battle you are going to want your side to win, you know that. That is just human nature. Yes, I got excited as hell when those missles were shot in to the caves and those caves collapsed. Run and hide like the rats you are and we will hunt you down. That has been going on since the beginning of time. Now, if you ask most people I am sure they will state that the loss of human life is never good but sometimes when other avenues have failed or you just have no choice. The Taliban weren't coming to the table to negotiate unless they could bring their own jet.

One other thing to point out. If you look at what the 4th of July really is down at it's core...it kind of is a kill everyone day. We claimed our independence from England. They sent Armies over and we killed them all. They sent more and we killed them too. They finally figured that we had killed enough of their people so they left us alone. I think that Toby was just taking artistic liberites with the way the bombs expoded. There is a song about "bombs bursting in air" that we sing at every sporting event in the U.S.

Your comment about Toby being uneducated in the American way. What is the American way? I am not trying to be mean but I do want to know what you think about it. I think the American way is to avoid trouble but if that doesn't work...see my statement about the boot in the ass. I am willing to bet that it would be hard to find a conflict where we haven't tried to settle things by other means first before using force. Look at Iraq as a modern example. The UN gave so many damn resolutions and threats but were never willing to back them up. We backed them up and now the country of Iraq is free from a terrorist named Sadam...who hid in a hole like the Taliban.

The comment about hit lists. I guess you can put it that way. Hell, we are at the top of plenty of people's/nation's lists. Every country has a list of enemies. We have since the first 4th of July. Some enemies become allies (England, Germany, Japan...) and some allies or nations become enemies (Iran, Iraq...). It is the way the world works. Always has and always will. Sad fact, unfortunately.

I honestly think that some nations are jealous as hell of us. One of the youngest nations in the world is the most powerful. I can just hear their minds going, "Where do they get off?"

Now, I whole hearted believe that the U.S. screws up from time to time. All countries do. But with us being the most powerful we can't blow our nose without it making headlines around the world. And what do we know about headlines? 99.999% of them are only about the negative and NOT the positive. Very sad.

Dixie Chicks. Idiots! Because of what they said? No. They have the right to free speech. But if you are going to disrespect your own country by going to England and complaining then don't expect my support for your next album. That is what got me and most other Americans. Look at all the famous movie stars shooting off their mouths. At least they are doing it here. Take a look at all the supporters of moveon.org. (the website run by famous stars who want Bush out of office). They had an ad on the site of Bush morphing into Hitler. What kind of crap is that? It doesn't matter if you support Bush or not but you can't honestly think that Bush is comparable to Hitler! Well, the supporters of moveon.org couldn't argue that comparison so they took the ad down. Talk about embarassing to the U.S. Oh yeah, and the people who support moveon.org? Susan Serandon, Moby and many many other famous people. I think that stuff like the Hitler video, which made world news) is much more disgusting than a patriotic song that was not done purely for economic gain (and I think some proceeds went to good causes, no facts about that though).

Mungo, I love you man but you have to admit that you have always been "against" the grain so to speak. I am not saying that you don't have good points, though. You are a very NON-mainstream type of person when it comes to your personality. I whole heartedly agree with you about the surge of patriotism that has now begun to fade. That sickens me. Although, it woke me up and I now fly a flag 24/7 (with it lit up at night). My patriotism will NOT wan again, EVER. I can promise that my next home will have an American flag flying in the front yard before their is a direct tv dish in the back yard. Hopefully there are many people with my same attitude. I hope that one day Ashlee can say with pride that "My Daddy flew a flag in the yard until the day that he died." as her flag is fluttering in her yard.

I can only hope.

ST

On a quick side note. Kid Rock is a patriotic fool and I like his music for the most part. I saw him wearing an American flag like a poncho with hole cut in the middle for his head during the super bowl and I about fell out of my chair with disgust. I walked down stairs and said in front of about 6 people, (paraphrasing) "That is one of the most disrespectful things that I have ever seen!" Not one person seemed to know why I was saying this. You don't wear an American flag as clothing! Sure enough, amid Janet's headlines the next day, there was an article about how vets were pissed off to no end about ole Kid. I am sure that he was meaning no disrespect but it was bad. To me it was worse than Janet's stupid tit!


DON'T HATE ME.

Toby Keith

Eddie,

First of all, you and I go back several years. I love you like a brother. But that Toby Keith song is rancid. My blood boils every time I hear it. That song, sung so whole-heartedly, arose from a painfully obvious lack of education in the "American Way."

Toby Keith is an uncultivated American. He made a lot of money, that's true. And he wasn't painted like the Dixie Chicks for taking a stand, was he? No. He made money. They made enemies. I'm not saying like the Dixie Chicks, I'm saying it's a whole helluva lot easier to jump that economic bandwagon of blatant, blind, thick, patriotism. And he did just that.

"Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack
A mighty sucker punch came flying in from somewhere in the back"
Yes, what happened was planned and acted upon by the lowest form of human life. "Sucker punch," is the phrase that that didn't feel right the first time I heard it. Do you really think we could have stopped it? No, because we didn't stop it. We had security for a reason and it failed. Am I saying it's our fault? No, but it certainly wasn't something that would have been impossible to see coming. Bad on us, it wasn't a sucker punch. Although, it will go down in world history as one of the single most despicable events to have ever taken place.

"Soon as we can see clearly through our big black eye,
Man we lit up your world like the forth of July"
How excited do we want to get about killing the bad guys? Nice reference to our independence Day. (The 4th of July will now be known as "Kill Everyone In Sight Day.")

"Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list
And the statue of liberty started shaking her fists"
This is not what the Red, White, and Blue stand for. Not to me, Eddie. Hit lists? Assigning so-called Death Wishes?

and the worst line of all:
"Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass
It’s the American way"
This is not the image I want the US to have. This songembarrassess me most because of this line. I don't understand how anyone can play this song and not think, "What an asshole."

I don't mean to offend you, personally, Eddie. But the song cheeses me offevery timee I hear it. I probably haven't done a good job explaining why. Mostly it rides right along with thedisgustt I had for the sudden onslaught of US Flags all over the cars on the road, in the front yards of houses, on clothing...not that any of those are bad, not on an individual level anyway. But you KNOW as well as I do, that flags were MARKETED. MARKETED. Anything for a buck. And what's worse, is that it worked. "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" is in the very same league as mercantile loyalty.

I'm not trying to play down patriotism as a bad thing. I love my country. I'm proud to serve in the Air Force. I'm proud of what I was able to do in OIF. And I'll stick up for the US, because, in general, this is the best place to live on the face of the planet. I'm also not saying that every line in that song is a bad line. But the way it was produced, and the context inwhich it's used, misrepresent what the United States of America is all about.

But then again, it's just one man's take, and when was permission given to me to disagree with the masses? Oh ya, July 4th, 1823.

Peace and Love,
Mungo

Song of the day: Well, uh, duh

Have you seen 'em???

Seen what?

My NUTZ...

Early in the morning here at Osan and mid-day for the people back in the sane part of the world. I woke up and went outside to have a smoke and saw something that I am not use to seeing that often in the states. A lady was digging through the trash looking for clothing. I say I am not use to seeing this because the bums in the US usually won't dig for shit.

Here is an odd fact on the same subject... Osan has a recycle program. This is not a typical recycle program though. Our recycle program goes something like this.... Throw shit away... Trash taken to dumpster... Dumpster gets emptied and brought to trash area... Trash sorted through by Korean's for paper, plastic, metal, and whatever the hell else. This is why people find there PCS orders when they buy Yaki or chicken-on-a-stick outside the gate.

This place is fucking pathetic sometimes.... these fuckers are cheap as hell and re-use everything. Fuck that. Then again they don't really know what it is like to be from the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" My Daddy served in the Army, where he lost his right eye, but he flew a flag out in the yard 'til the day that he died.....

Sorry for the Toby inject there, well not really, cause that song still just kicks ass.

So I have yet to get any input back on the coin deallyo... thoughts????

Time to go put a boot in someones ass. It is, ya know, the American way.

The Gaurd

I'm getting a Nat'l Gaurd package together, yes, this much is true. Whether I submit it or not is still way up in the air...and likely will never come back to the ground. Even if I do submit the package, it won't be for a few years. I have other plans. I'm looking at forestry jobs and other federal jobs. With us all being vets, those jobs are super easy for us to get.

Jessica Chestnut. Sure. I know her and her husband. Before she got married her name was Busman and people used to call her "Busnut." People are so fucking hillarious, aren't they. I used to joke with her a lot. Everytime she won some sort of quarterly award (which has been often), I used to yell down the hall at her, "You're better than us all!" I don't honostly know if she felt complemented, insulted, or was just plain annoyed or embarrassed by me. I saw her just last week at the Sip n Cue. We chatted for an hour. My friend, Tim, did their outprocessing.

Oh, hey, something very strange happened to me this morning. I woke up, got out of bed, took a shower, got dressed in my uniform.... all this before realizing I didn't hit snooze ONCE. I don't think this has ever happened in my life before. HOKAY! Going to work. And I got some RANK chaff saved up for the boys.

Song of the Day: The Shins - "Sphagnum Esplanade"

I am illitrit

What are you now? Oprah? Got the book list going and everything.

I have my eval scheduled for tommorow and I hope it goes well. The weather has been crappy today, so who knows what will happen. I just don't want it to CNX.

Mungo, got a new chick here by the name of Chestnut and she says she knows you. She also said you were looking into the AK guard? Did I miss something and was not paying attention at some point?

ST, Have fun up in MN seeing what porn sites your bro went to.

Minnesota

ST,
Are you going to Minnesota to fix your parent's computer? Yikes.
I'm going to Books by the Sea to buy the books listed in the Bloggie below (Slumbering Lungfish). Wish me luck at the used book store. I don't want to pay full price for them.

Mungo

Getting ready to jet.

Literally. I am getting ready to head to the airport this afternoon. Ashlee and I are going to see my parents in MN. Beck is having to stay home and work so she will have more time off for our camping this year.

I will be fixing up my parents computer (probably reformatting the hard drive) and setting up a small network with the two computers that they own. I will also be setting up the computer to try and make it as Scott proof as I can. He seems to download a lot of crap that messes up the computer. The fist time I got my Mom to install and run Adaware it found 175 spyware programs on the computer! Holy cow...

I will be making sure that I have my passwords with me so I can get on the net and check up on you guys.

Talk to you freakies guys later.

ST

The Story Goes

...and goes.

I like it. I agree, we should open it up to others. This could be a lot of fun. Yup.

The mission that I was on last night is now under investigation. Fun fun. I was questioned today by OGV. First time for everything, I guess.

Peace out.
Mungo.

Song of the day: Tegan & Sara - "Underwater"

slumbering lungfish

It's my favorite thing, to sleep.
And when you're dead,
you don't get to sleep ever again.
Which means no more dreams.

Lungfish are muddy animals indigenous to parts of the Southern Hemisphere. These creatures live at the seam between two worlds, breathing in gasps at the surface of rivers. When the summer comes and the rivers dry up, they create their own world, a cocoon of mud and mucus, and they sleep in a form of torpor called estivation.

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Reading list. (please join us!)
Feb 11th Kafka, The Trial
18th Woolfe, A Room of One's Own
25th Woolfe, Mrs. Dalloway March 3 Lawrence, Lady Chatterly's Lover
10 Faulkner, Light in August
17 Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
SPRING BREAK
31 Camus, The Stranger
March: Homer, The Iliad
April 7 Beckett, Waiting for Godot
14 Heller, Catch-22
21 Garcia-Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

feels good to lay on the hood

of my car

but does't compare to when i stood

on a star

Bills, Bills, Bills

No I am not talking about Buffalo... though that would probably be more enjoyable reminising about the disaster that they like to call Super Bowls where they got spanked the majority of the time... especially by Dallas.

However, what I am talking about, is paying off bills. I just payed off 2 bills and fixin to pay off another here shortly... maybe even 2 more. I am hoping to only have one possibly 2 left by the time I leave the Big K. The car does not count as a bill since car payments will not go away until just before I get out of the AF. Man, this feels good paying shit off.

Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta

Good Deal

Drinkin Coke and Eating Oreos, one helluva breakfast.

Eddie, I'm jazzed to hear you'll probably be with us in Sept. I smell like ass and I have to be at work soon. Peace out, mahomies.

MUNGO

The Skinny (dipping)

Here we is... I am almost positive, after re-evaluating the leave situation, that I WILL be there in September. My bonus unfortunately comes in after I am half way through the leave.

So here is my plan. I will leave here on roughly the 3rd. I will get to Vegas on roughly the 5th. I will go camping with the bro's for the days that we are doing the thing. After that I head up to Idaho to see L. I stay there for about 8 days, or I pick her up and bring her back. But if I do that that means 2 round trips to ID. That is a lot of mutha fuckin drivin for one dude and a 3.5 year old.

So how we doin? I think this is a good plan, and now it is time to save some $$$.

Cleansing away.

The only thing that I haven't kicked is the grease (cut down though). No smoking, drinking and even no cussing.

The cussing thing is much easier than I would have expected, although I do slip up now and then. Damn it!

I could start drinking tons more water since I drink about one glass a day. Bad ST! I only have one 16oz cup of coffee in the morning (mon-fri only). The occasional mocha from Starbucks.

Geez...I need to get drunk.


I resent Mungo the invite. It went to rawseamud@yahoo.com or something like that.

Eddie might decide to take some leave and come visit during Sep. Like I said earlier, I understand if you don't. Also, let me know what is going on with Xmas this year.

Talk to you crazy nuts later.

QB

Today is the 2nd time we played some 3 on 3/4 on 4 football. I'm becoming something of a quarterback. So cool.

After two long discussions with my friend Tim and Hillary this weekend, the three of us have decided to take these next three months to clense our bodies. No cigarettes, no alcohol, no grease, and at minimum: light activity of some sort. AND TONS OF WATER. Hopefully I'll be able to permanently kick the cigs. I only smoked three today and I bummed those while at work when I just couldn't handle it anymore. Wish us luck...would anyone care to join us on our quest of health? Shoot, it CAN'T hurt you.

A particular note of sadness today: The gnats have come out. They will be buzzing until after I leave. Dems da breaks.

I'm Certain I've Been Here Before,
-Mungo

Blog-a-dided

Sorry bros, it seems that in the last three days yall have blog-a-dided about a dozen times and none from me. Sorry. I didn't get the invitation to the new blog. I'd like to check it out, perhaps Mikey could send the invite again.

EDDIE: I like the coin idea. I'll be thinking about getting some ideas together. I'm no artist either.

ST: I liked the last 33 minutes of the game. The first 27 sucked goats' gruff.

Hillary and I are going to read the Iliad together. Sound wierd? Maybe. But we're going to do it because we want to reread it before seeing the new movie, "Troy," that will be coming out later in May, I think. We haven't read The Iliad since it was required reading in 10th grade. (That last sentance could also be on the list of things you'll never hear a southerner say!)

Alright, I have more to talk about, but I have to be getting back to work. Then I'm going to the gym with my flight for two hours. Then I'm going to stay for another hour and a half with my friend Tim. Then I'm going over to my friend Daryll's house. He's working on a cover for my book....segway....my book is still in the process of being formatted. There is a lot more work to be done than I ever expected and I'm not professional...so it's taking me some time. Never fear, you all will recieve your own personal autographed/lipstick stained copies...it will just be a little while.

Regards,
Mungo

Song of the day: Save Ferris - "Come On Eileen"

The bowl game

I ended up watching about 10 minutes of the game. I stayed up all night and then by the 26 hour point I was dead tired. I went to sleep.

Not a real huge deal though becuase I don't really care about either team.

Sucky Bowl

That game sucked.