The Format
So before I left when I bought my EeePC I downloaded a copy of EeeXP which was supposed to be a better version of the XP that came with the netbook. Well it wasn't lol, infact some of the programs that came with it were in Spanish. I couldn't change them to english either. So I used my friends EeePC restore disc. Well, formatting is really annoying without a steady connection, I've been spoiled my whole life with broadband haha.
Well once I got my computer back up I decided I'd make most of a post dedicated to nothing but my beautiful loving wife, who helps me so much and makes me happy..even over in this crap hole;) She's buying a parrot, and asked to help pick a female parrot name...which I don't know any lmao. At least I'll have a cool new pet to come home to:P So yeah...dedicated post...
I love you Melissa, I just wanna kiss ya
When I start to think about you, I realize how much I miss you
You sent me a teddy bear, It kinda smells like your hair
when I eat a cookie, I really miss your nookie
I'm a really bad poet, and I'm not ashamed to show it;)
Well once I got my computer back up I decided I'd make most of a post dedicated to nothing but my beautiful loving wife, who helps me so much and makes me happy..even over in this crap hole;) She's buying a parrot, and asked to help pick a female parrot name...which I don't know any lmao. At least I'll have a cool new pet to come home to:P So yeah...dedicated post...
I love you Melissa, I just wanna kiss ya
When I start to think about you, I realize how much I miss you
You sent me a teddy bear, It kinda smells like your hair
when I eat a cookie, I really miss your nookie
I'm a really bad poet, and I'm not ashamed to show it;)
Bored
My day off, I'm just sitting on my top bunk posting on forums. I stole a bunch of packages of Beef Jerky from the DEFAC so I have some snack food lol. I'm out of movies to watch and Melissa is at some Army wives things involving VDay. I'm going to try and upload a picture and see how long it takes. The internet is really slow right now for some reason so hopefully it works. This picture is actually the hanging desk I built on my bed lmao, held up by some string and door hinges. I know I know I should be a furniture maker. Notice the heater to the left that blows right on top of me all night lol.
Long Overdue!
I know, I know...it's been forever since I updated and I feel bad. It took me almost 3 months to get satellite internet here. I wasn't fortunate enough to live on the west side of Bagram (they have an isp over there) they stuck me on the east side, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The satellite internet is usually slow, because of the 20+ people on it. at least it works though. I was plugging in my netbook directly to a server at work and the speeds were actually good. Sadly they caught on and blocked all web access, I can still Skype with Melissa with it though. I'm thankful for that because we can hardly talk to each other with Skype on the satellite line.
At first when I got here they put 7 of us in an 8 person B-Hut, i had my own room with sheets for walls, it was nice. I actually had some privacy and a little place to call my own. Then the civilians took charge (I hate them for this) decided 8 people in a B-Hut was too much of a luxury for us, so they decided to put up 12 people in each B-Hut. Well there went my privacy. Now I'm sleeping on the top bunk with a roommate who's on opposite shifts as me, so on my day off I can't make any noise or turn any lights on for fear of being a dick and waking him up, so usually I just go to work anyways and hang out. I was originally on the bottom bunk on the other side of the B-Hut, but the 40 year old lazy, ignorant, smelly, bad breath, doesn't know anything about our job, everyone hates him, dips Copenhagen in his sleep, guy decided it would be a good idea to sleep on the top of my bunk...lol. So I decided to give up my bottom bunk rights to sleep next to a heater that blows on me all night because I dislike him that much:P I won't say his name, but I'm sure you've all known someone like that in your life...or at least someone that annoys you just as much.
Anyways, enough about my living conditions. Let's move along to my working conditions. Before we left they through our little task force together, we had no tools issued to us. In fact, we had to buy a cheap tool set from wal-mart just to work on the aircraft! lol. Well deploying to Afghanistan didn't change anything. We still had no tools and hardly any manpower. We have two shifts working 12 hours each. From 12:30 AM to 12:30 PM is my shift. I prefer working nights, the brass are sleeping while I do my job, keeps them out of my hair. most other units are working 8 hour days because they have enough people for it, I don't even really feel jealous...there is nothing to do here and I would rather be working than pondering how bored I am. It makes the time go by faster.
Camp Warrior (where my B-Hut is at) shares the shower trailers and bathrooms with transient tents from all sorts of coalition countries. The Jordanians are the worst by far. They are nice, at least they appear to be...I don't speak Arabic so I don't know what they say after they give me a friendly smile:P What makes them disgusting is how they wash their feet in the bathroom sink even though there is a shower stall 6 ft. away. I know it's for religious purposes...but people shave and brush their teeth in that sink, it's disgusting. When they take a crap, they don't sit down on a toilet seat...they stand on it and squat down, sometimes missing the hole all together. They don't use any of the toilet paper provided for them by the U.S. Tax payers (yeah, a shout out to you guys(-; ) they instead use bottled drinking water from outside and wipe with water and their left hand, and you never see them wash their hands after taking a crap either. oh! and this one time, I went to take a shower...almost stepped into the stall, but before I did I noticed a turd on the floor...lmao who shits in a shower? must of been a really lazy Jordanian that wanted to knock out two birds with one stone...his monthly shower, and wiping with water and his hand.
Anyways, so far this deployment has been like living at a flying circus or something. No one knows what the hell is going on, and it looks like it's going to stay that way for awhile lol.
P.S. I broke my camera's LCD screen, so I have no idea what pictures look like till I upload them on my computer, that and the satellite is so slow it's nearly impossible to upload anything over 100kb lol. I'll think of some way of getting some photos to upload with posts later.
At first when I got here they put 7 of us in an 8 person B-Hut, i had my own room with sheets for walls, it was nice. I actually had some privacy and a little place to call my own. Then the civilians took charge (I hate them for this) decided 8 people in a B-Hut was too much of a luxury for us, so they decided to put up 12 people in each B-Hut. Well there went my privacy. Now I'm sleeping on the top bunk with a roommate who's on opposite shifts as me, so on my day off I can't make any noise or turn any lights on for fear of being a dick and waking him up, so usually I just go to work anyways and hang out. I was originally on the bottom bunk on the other side of the B-Hut, but the 40 year old lazy, ignorant, smelly, bad breath, doesn't know anything about our job, everyone hates him, dips Copenhagen in his sleep, guy decided it would be a good idea to sleep on the top of my bunk...lol. So I decided to give up my bottom bunk rights to sleep next to a heater that blows on me all night because I dislike him that much:P I won't say his name, but I'm sure you've all known someone like that in your life...or at least someone that annoys you just as much.
Anyways, enough about my living conditions. Let's move along to my working conditions. Before we left they through our little task force together, we had no tools issued to us. In fact, we had to buy a cheap tool set from wal-mart just to work on the aircraft! lol. Well deploying to Afghanistan didn't change anything. We still had no tools and hardly any manpower. We have two shifts working 12 hours each. From 12:30 AM to 12:30 PM is my shift. I prefer working nights, the brass are sleeping while I do my job, keeps them out of my hair. most other units are working 8 hour days because they have enough people for it, I don't even really feel jealous...there is nothing to do here and I would rather be working than pondering how bored I am. It makes the time go by faster.
Camp Warrior (where my B-Hut is at) shares the shower trailers and bathrooms with transient tents from all sorts of coalition countries. The Jordanians are the worst by far. They are nice, at least they appear to be...I don't speak Arabic so I don't know what they say after they give me a friendly smile:P What makes them disgusting is how they wash their feet in the bathroom sink even though there is a shower stall 6 ft. away. I know it's for religious purposes...but people shave and brush their teeth in that sink, it's disgusting. When they take a crap, they don't sit down on a toilet seat...they stand on it and squat down, sometimes missing the hole all together. They don't use any of the toilet paper provided for them by the U.S. Tax payers (yeah, a shout out to you guys(-; ) they instead use bottled drinking water from outside and wipe with water and their left hand, and you never see them wash their hands after taking a crap either. oh! and this one time, I went to take a shower...almost stepped into the stall, but before I did I noticed a turd on the floor...lmao who shits in a shower? must of been a really lazy Jordanian that wanted to knock out two birds with one stone...his monthly shower, and wiping with water and his hand.
Anyways, so far this deployment has been like living at a flying circus or something. No one knows what the hell is going on, and it looks like it's going to stay that way for awhile lol.
P.S. I broke my camera's LCD screen, so I have no idea what pictures look like till I upload them on my computer, that and the satellite is so slow it's nearly impossible to upload anything over 100kb lol. I'll think of some way of getting some photos to upload with posts later.
Still in Manas
Bored, and watching movies all day. nothing to do except wait...the DEFAC (dining facility) is nice, they have free candy bars other snacks all over the place. So I guess I'll just get fat and wait lol. It get's kinda cold here at night, nothing to complain about but people still do. Weak southerners...;)
I'm in Manas finally. I'll be here for awhile so I've been told. This place is stark, depressing, and awful lol. Manas is in the country Kyrgyzstan...I don't want to sound like an idiot but I've never heard of this country until now lol. Things could be worse though, well I said that until I saw my bed (picture is really dark sorry, couldn't get flash to work)
I'm already home sick, and I'm missing my wife a lot. We just got a land line installed since our cell phone signal at the house is complete crap. Well she wrote the number down for me on a piece of paper and somehow I lost it on the way here. I effing hate traveling. I always lose stuff.
The USO is a really good organization that helps military Morale. Before we left GA there was a bunch of old ladies from the USO giving us free stuff like razors, batteries, home made pie and cookies, giant chocolate bars, hand made wool beanies. I felt like hugging them because I only had the batteries in my camera and no spares lol.
Anyways, I'm going to bed...I've been on a plane for a total of 20 hours and I need real sleep, or whatever I can manage in my little bunch surrounded by 200 other snoring soldiers:P
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