Nobody Loves You, Everyone Hates You

As bewildering as it may seem: The title has nothing to do with my post. I simply have spent the last two nights listening to Greenday's Bullet In A Bible and can't get it out of my head. And I figured why not add to the nonsensical ravings which sweep across my Blog like the black plague. I currently have 13 days till I get to see the real world. Because naturally being in Iraq is like being a surreal, alternate reality where there is no rain, it's always too hot, and a tremendous access of dirt, dust, and sand. But to say the least I heavily anticipate going home and escaping.

Why I hate going to a range: Ranges suck, and I will always despise them. First off you waste a whole day. You are outside all day, and you are waiting all day. Then you shoot shadow figures; sillouettes which represent the human body. Based off of how well you do you will be given a grade such as Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert, or Hawkeye. The sillouettes are set from varying distances away. For the M16, anywhere from 50 meters to 300 meters in incriments of 50. You are given 40 rounds and the end goal would be to put a bullet in each target. I could go more in depth but the general essence is you are rewarded for your ability to fire at a piece of paper/cardboard, which is supposed to represent a person. This is the Army's gauge for marksmanship. And you must have gotten the feeling that most likely I'm not very good at this procedure. If fact I would go so far as to say I suck. I hit 1 or 2 targets above the minimum and then I'm done. I am equipped with a lot of rounds. I figure if it needs killing the more the marrier. It might take me five rounds to hit a target, but I still have another 25 to ensure the target is no longer a threat.

Where's Osama: If I was Osama Bin Laden's Public Affairs Representative I would follow in the footsteps of Where's Waldo. Put out a book and dress Osama in a red and white striped man dress and turbin. And then place a composite of him (obviously he's not going to be able to pose in foreign coutries) at various sites throughout the world. At least then George Bush could hold a press conference and show the nation his intellectual prowlness in finding Osama Bin Laden in each of these fun filled, challenging puzzles.

Did I really say the above mentioned piece: Yes and for the record, I consider in complimentary because I classify Where's Waldo right along side a Rubix Cube. And there are a large portion of highly intellectual Americans with college degrees and years of schooling who can't solve these puzzles.

Do I bash the military: Recently someone who is deployed with me has come upon my blog and told be I bash the military. After re-reading each of my entries I believe I bash myself moreso than the military. I do have the right to criticize myself as I want. And my opinion as a citizen of the United States is my obligation to be critical of myself, especially because of my heightened role in the protection of the United States against the ever growing threat of terrorist. Terrorist are not people. They do not have souls and they only survive off of the tears of Americans. Their weakness... love. If we love the terrorist they will catch of fire and burn.

Bullets My Only Weakness: Another random bit from the movie Harold an Kumar Go To White Castle. I am running out of wild stories. I like my new format and I think I will continue running with it. If you read this and look in a mirror and say Mr. Clean 73 times he will appear and wrestle with you. If you beat him you will be granted three wishes. Well actually after the government taxes you'll actually only have 1.8 wishes.

Peace Out

19 Days and a Wake Up

I have tried posting two in one day so may times it's sickening. Here I'll try again, based off of my title that is how long till I go on leave. How estatic am I? Well it's not so much that I'm excited its that I can see a brief light in the tunnel. I can't can't see the other side yet, but there is a pretty sizable crack which I can see sunlight pouring in. I really don't want to go on leave due to the simple fact that I have to come back here. To understand exactly how much I love this place simply scroll down through my blog. But I'll save you the time; I despise it. But it'll kill almost three weeks of my deployment and I'll get paid to sit at home and chill out. But overall I'm psyched I'm almost out of here.
On the 30th of September I'm going with my dad to catch the Nebraska vs. Kansas Game. Which sadly enough will be my first Husker Game ever attended. Other than that I can't throw down one more date as far as things I know I'm doing. I just can't wait to do what I want and not what is wanted of me. To once again know the feeling of being an individual, and to be able to know that I am the master of my own destiny. Hold on I retract that statement. Obviously there are various other entities which moreso than myself are controllers of my destiny. But I think you get the jist.
Once again I am pretty much out of things to say. But I will call it now at this moment. On September 16th, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will defeat the USC Trojans. I'm feeling a 45-42 score on that one.

My Night

After work 6 September 2006

16:55 Leave work head to Chaplain's Office. (Not for counseling I hang out there)
17:06 Cowell puts in Lewis Black (Note: Lewis Black is not funny; all he does is bash both Republican's and Democrats which is far too easy.)
17:43 After uncomfortably trying to sleep in the lawn chair, I decide Lewis Black sucks and I want sleep and leave to my room.
18:00 After getting changed and deciding that I will fall asleep watching The Simpsons I pop the DVD in last a couple episodes and crash.
21:30 I go in and out of consciousness waking up to the Simpsom's episode where Homer discovers the root of his mental condition is that he had stuck a crayon up his nose as a child and it was pressing against his brain. He gets it removed and becomes a genius, him and Lisa get along great and he finally understands how brilliant she truly is. But with his newfound intellect comes the loneliness and he can't take it anymore and eventually has Moe reinsert the crayon. Lisa is heartbroken but before he had it done he wrote her a note letting her know how much he appreciated her and so on. It was a real nice ending plus I love that episode.
21:41 After realizing I could no longer fall asleep I rolled out of bed hungry and decided to search my office for food. After beating feet back to the office I manage a can of Spaghettios, and two packages of Chicken flavored Ramon Noodles.
21:46 Walking by the Chaplain's office the lights are out and nobody's in, bunch of wussies it not even 10 pm.
21:53 First I have to clean the bowl, which still has Ramon Noodle deposits from the last time I decided not to go to chow. (Note: Baby Wipes can wipe a baby's ass, clean an M16, virtually clean anything else imaginable, and of course clean my bowl so I can enjoy Ramon Noodles.
22:03 Up in my bed enjoying another episode of the Simpson's and of course my Chicken flavored Ramon Noodles. After finishing the Ramon Noodles I go back down for the Spaghettios. Once I finish those I decide it is due time for a shower.
22:50 I begin my shower
23:05 End Shower
23:07: Begin Brushing Teeth
23:10 End Brushing Teeth
23:15-00:10 Walk into watching Gaskins play Texas Hold 'Em on his XBox. Virgously root for him and watch him get rich and poor over and over again.
00:10 More Simpson's
00:50 Need Sleep turn off Simpson's.
01:00 Set sleep on IPod for 3o minutes. Listen to The Joker by The Steve Miller Band. Then
try various other bands and end up listening to Shinedown, both 45 and Simple Man twice. About halfway through the second time on Simple Man my IPod turns off. Damn its already been half an hour.
01:30 I try some White Stripes, and then some System of the Down. Neither to any avail. Finally I can't remember what I was listening to but I fall asleep somewhere in the vicinity of 0200. Another night in Balad, Iraq.

This is For You Kane

My Bold 2006 Nebraska Cornhusker Football Predictions:

First off I disagree with the majority of people who believe this is a 2-3 loss season. There is no reason this couldn't be a 1 loss season.
1.) Our secondary will be exposed and teams will take aim. This may work out well with us considering the front seven are very solid. Teams will throw deep on us, they may be successful but the catch is whether the quaterback will be laid out before he has a chance to throw the ball.
2.) If our offensive line is as solid as is being said and we have four running backs so solid that we could not distiguish a starter among them our offense will be solid. If Zach Taylor is as solid as the last three games last season, and the offensive line actually decides to make holes for the RB and give Zach time to air it out, we will only lose one game.

My overwhelming opinion on defense is it only has to be good enough to give up less points than your offense is capable of scoring. If the defense can force turnovers and your special teams is great then you don't need a shutdown defense. I think our offense is capable of putting up five touchdowns any given game. I think our running game will be effective and the variation in styles of all four backs will make the opposing defense struggle. And if the running game is successful then the passing game is going to pick opponents apart. Our defense is going to give up some big plays and our secondary isn't going to play up to par of the rest of the defense. I don't like Tierre Green in the secondary. And I really don't like Courtney Grixby either. I think our secondary is going to be exploited pretty well. We will get to the quarterback, and we will force interceptions and errors in general by the starting QBs. We will give up points, we're not going to be a shutdown defense. We will give ground to teams, but our front seven are going to be a menance.

Here's what it comes down to, if Callahan's offense does what I believe its capable of and resembles the flashes of dominance visible in the final three games of last year then this is going to be an exciting season. We will run through the Big 12 North and with the exception of Texas or USC will dominate the schedule. We will beat either USC or Texas. One of those two teams will fall to us. We won't lose both. This will be a great season and I think this is Callahan's make or break season. If this season goes 8-4, with the brand new athletic facilites and the remodeling of Memorial Stadium, Callahan needs to fix it fast.