Dumpy.

I'm feeling rather dumpy today. There are reasons for these feelings of mine, but I don't know. I guess everything is rather dull as well.

Something that I've been thinking about lately is that I really am annoyed at the Army. Maybe somehow it's all my fault... but really I feel as though my hands are tied.

The number one, most important reason why I wanted to be in the Army was to live overseas. This is what I wanted. I wanted to move back to Europe for a little while. Like three years or so. In fact, that's the only way I would stay in the Army in the first place. Even if I had to go straight to a unit that is deploying... at least I'd be coming home to somewhere cool like Germany or something. I really don't understand how after spending a tour in Kuwait that I got no choice on where I got stationed when I got back. In fact, my branch manager didn't even tell me I was to be posted at Drum... I found out by looking at my ORB and seeing my projected assignment.

Somebody please tell me how I can get to Germany. Somebody's got to need a SIGO.

Gas Shortage in the ATL

I don't particularly find humor and others' misery, but I did find the gas shortage thing in ATL particularly funny. My parents live there, if you didn't know, and they were rather worried about running out of gas.

Some pics:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-91819

Maybe we should start walking more? Or people in ATL should stop driving so many SUVs.

Even my boyfriend's jeep takes two and a half tanks where my car takes one.

I also find it funny that they are trying to limit people to $50 of gas... Hell, $50 doesn't get you much nowadays.

I guess he's aight

Joe Biden is an SU Law Alum. I guess he's alright. He was elected to the Senate at 29... Damn. Makes me feel somewhat unaccomplished.

He was kind of a hottie back in the day... I go for a man with a nice smile.

<--JOE

Seeing this picture, I should probably post some from Lauren's wedding. Lauren looked amazing too. Though I admit, I'm kind of annoyed that I gained a tad of weight before the event. I hate how my arms didn't look like their lovely defined selves; that will be quickly remedied. I'm rather worried about next year too. I'm curious as to how I'm not going to turn into a blimp over there. I'm kind of hoping that the food sucks, not on any part of our cooks, because they're always great. But you can't make filet mignon out of rump roast. Anyway, I need to go fix somebody's computer. What the hell is new.

Article

You've gotta read this article:



http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841108,00.html



Would something like this then render speech obsolete? Like the kind where you sit down and talk to somebody in front of you? Think of how this could work with cell phones in the future.

Say what?

So... I've noticed a lot of attention on something the public likes to call drones. They're talking about what us military people call UAVs. Rightly so, we're keeping with the military tradition of acronyms. Anyway, UAV stands for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Types of UAVs include: the Raven, Predetor, Warrior, Global Hawk, etc. One of the most misleading things that is said lately is that UAV's are, as described in wikipedia is that they are "unpiloted aircraft." This is however, untrue. Someone is controlling almost all these aircraft at all times. Saying that they are unpioleted is te same as saying that if a plane is on autopilot, then they are unpiloted. Believe it or not, because there isn't someone in these aircraft, doesn't mean they aren't piloted. Soldiers who fly these things even get flight pay while operating them. This sort of makes sense to me:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842216-2,00.html

Having the same training as a guy that actually flies in a plane doesn't seem to make sense when you well... don't.

Econ 101 and the D word

I just wanted to make sure got this little tidbit out there.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/news/economy/colvin_recession.fortune/index.htm




This article defines pretty much what I've been confused about. What the hell are they talking about? Remember this quote?

Obama called the fall of both Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch & Co. "the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression" of the 1930s.

Whoa! Holy crap... There isn't a single QUARTER of loss of Real GDP. What does that mean, oh, no recession maybe?

(http://www.gmanews.tv/story/120523/Obama-blasts-Republicans-on-economy)

Maybe if those wealthy A-holes had any sense of business ethics and weren't so worried about lining their pockets... This stuff doesn't happen over night people. If this was happening, it has been happening for a while now.

About recession/depression:

http://economics.about.com/cs/businesscycles/a/depressions.htm

People other than me have been talking about this as well.

http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2008/04/recession-of-2008-that-wasnt.html



The top article pretty much sums it up though. People believe that we're in a recession (even though we're not... and not depression note, and not even close) because of often media and pop-culture it seems like. And what pisses me off even more is that Obama is capitalizing on people's opinions, similar to how Bill Clinton won against G H Bush. Regardless if Clinton was capitalizing on (and spreading) ignorance, he still won the election, even if George was right.



My Dad once told me that his fav president was G H too... There must have been good reason for that. I mean my Dad was standing next to Regan when he said, "tear down this wall." He was also there for the infamous "I am a jelly doughnut like you" translation blunder. Oh wait... that was JFK. Oh well. I wonder if he was there for "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans." Anyway... I guess the moral of the story is that you say what people want to hear, not what is actually true.



Since I have ADHD, I figure I'd add this too on the tangent... Abe Lincoln's quote: "If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" That guy did have quite the mug.



As for the presidential election, I really did get pissed off by the Great Depression remark. Granted, pretty much none of the people who would read this would have existed back then, or even parents would have existed, I think depression and the history we have learned about that black time in American history is scary stuff.

Bottom line: The problem lies with Congress. Why is everybody so obsessed with the President? The problem lies with that vacation-taking group called the Legislative branch. And I understand it. I don't know who my congressman/woman is. Hell, I don't even live in the state where I'm registered...

That's the bomb

I was looking for some of my fav soaps for my mom to send me while I was deployed and came across this post/review for some of the products:

3 out of 5:
"I love your bath bombs (hate the militaristic name, though). However, it takes way too long to receive your products! Thanks, alicebdavis@gmail.com" Date: 4/29/2008 Rated by Buyer: alicedavis4

Ok. What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you post something so ridiculous?? Just so we get this out there... Bomb is not always militaristic. In fact, many times bomb is even used is not in a military-like way. Like the bombing of the World Trade center. Or the bombing of the USS Cole. Or the bombing of the subway in Madrid. All of the above were not military in nature at all. Violent, yes. But lets see what else bomb can mean.

How about to bomb a test?

Or these are the definitions presented on dictionary.com:

-An explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means.
-An atomic or nuclear bomb. Used with the.
-A container capable of withstanding high internal pressure.
-A vessel for storing compressed gas.
-A portable, manually operated container that ejects a spray, foam, or gas under pressure.
-A large amount of money.
-A great success.

In football slang I know it's a forward pass.

Dealing with computers, it's a a spectacular program or system failure... AKA BLUE
SCREEN OF DEATH!

In Jazz it's a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance. I really do like jazz too. I should download more on iTunes. I like swing too. That's fun music.

Talking about nuclear power, its a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.

Sometimes I just enjoy making fun of other people. I make fun of myself all the time. If I do that, surely, everybody else is game.