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December 26, 2005
I am an Anachronism of One
This evening I discovered that my old army unit doesn't exist anymore. A troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry was apparently rolled into some other outfit in a scheme that I haven't yet figured out.
I was transferred to A troop when the army decided to disband my first unit, 3rd Batallion, 73rd Armor. Both of my army units are kaput.
Why should this bother me? I loathed 99% of my time there. Most of my "leaders" were masochistic fucks who reenlisted because nobody in real life would tolerate their bullying. Still, I miss some of the old crew. I just spent the last few minutes goolgling some of them (my old room mate is here --he just made E-7!--If you get this, Breaux, email me at james at falseauthority dot com).
I guess when you endure misery with others it creates some sort of bond. Even when you didn't actually endure the same misery. I've now lost my access to partners in commiseration.
Nine days from now marks ten years since I left for basic training. Nothing I did exists anymore. Not even a decade and I'm already an anachronism.
Posted by james at 07:58 PM | Comments (2)
December 12, 2005
Letter of Recommendation
Today I sent a letter of recommendation for an old professor.
Does this mean we're even?
You know, W. went to graduate school. What do you suppose his letters looked like? I wonder if they used realestateese words--you know "rustic"=spartan, "cozy"=small, "country-gent"=semi-illiterate redneck horse's-ass.
Posted by james at 10:07 PM | Comments (0)
December 04, 2005
Official Intelligence News
Latest from the CIA.
It all becomes clear.
BTW, anyone know how to make Moveable Type not delete last month's entries from the home page?
Posted by james at 08:30 PM | Comments (0)