War is Hell

While the US troubles in Iraq seem to be abating there are other battlefronts that have been in turn heating up.  The past few weeks have seen a marked escalation in the struggles between me and my downstairs nemesis (neighbor) the evil and insidious Shirley. The first struggle that got hot was in regards to the door leading to the stairs.  The door is right in front of Shirley’s apartment and she had complained to me for months about slamming... Read More

Insomnia

(10 days to go) Its 3 oclock in the fucking morning and I can’t sleep. Again. God DAMN it. I don’t think its stress, maybe excitement about coming home… I dunno about a million thoughts are all swimming around in my head about work and relationships and money and life and I can’t turn off the sound of my own gears turning. Its crunch time here. Thats what I call it anyway. Whenever I get short over here I really focus on getting... Read More

The White Plank

The seasons change like a punch in the mouth.  One minute you are hunched over, eyes squinting in the light, shamal blowing dust in your eyes, bowed before the sun.  The next minute you are shaken by thunder, wind, and mud that falls from the sky.  Not sure what is really happening, you are half dressed, exhausted fingers desperately groping for your rifle at 4 am when a massive thunderclap explodes overhead, only moments later to stumble outside... Read More

Pregnant With Celestial Fire

Quick update here, my head is totally swimming this morning. You heal me to death, by Jen is an expression of frustration and disappointment in regards to less that honorable corporate practices of one of America’s largest drug companies. I also put up a gallery of photos from my trip to a dying coal town in west virginia in the freak show section. Hopefully I can get over this sickness and get some more going here before too long. Just as a... Read More

Homecoming Malfunction

Noah and I arrived back in the good old USA on the 17th of January but little did we know that we carried with us more baggage than just our carry-ons. So we were stuck. Stuck in a shit place with shit people. Stuck risking our lives for money and bullshit. I don’t know how to get into all the little details about our last few days in the shit country of Iraq but I will paint the picture in broad strokes. We had done just about everything we... Read More

Haircut Compromise

Days to go: 14 I know you have all been wondering ‘what the fuck are those guys gonna do about those haircuts’? Well the answer is.. duh duh duh daaaah We got haircuts. I know I know, call off the revolution, we got fucking haircuts. Noah and I were walking across camp yesterday and out of nowhere both looked at each other and shared the look that says ‘dude…’ and ‘buddy, I know’. Its not worth it to fuck... Read More

Boom Town

One week left of Ramadan and the hajis are starting to get crazy. Apparently not only is the entire fucking holiday of Ramadan a one way ticket to heaven, but if you die during this last week then you get extra virgins or something. So the deal is this, these fucking assholes pray and fast for the first 3 weeks, then come week 4 they really start in with the suicide bombings and attacks and all that shit. Yesterday there were like 4 vehicle IEDs on... Read More