okay.
yesterday was spent visiting relatives. fun. got a couple more presents too. sweet.
came home and john chia and steve invited me to dinner at fridays. so i went. that was good. it started to snow around this time. slushy, but slippery. so afterwards we went the theater to watch the ringer. jt came by and we all went and saw the movie. then we headed back to johns and chias house. it was still snowing. still slippery. put that and four guys with cars together and you have what the trip to the house was like. very fun. we sat around, watched tv, cause more ruckus, kyle stopped by a little later, caused even more ruckus, good times.
woke up today, came home, and here i am.

later this afternoon we're all going paintball, then this evening, well, it is new years eve. take a guess what will happen...

.RocK.

wow.
yesterday was exhausting. me steve and kyle went up to the army surplus store in elgin cause steve needed a pin of somesort. from there we drove to the fox valley mall. chilled there for an hour. then came back to my house, watched War of the Worlds. after that we went to the holmstad to give danielle her hoodies. stayed and talked to my grandparents and the staff. left and came back to my house again. later me and steve went to johns. chillaxed with the crew. then at three in the morning finally went to bed. it was sweet.

today im going to see relatives. get more presents. and stuff. later i might hang out with the 69 customs crew. but we will see...

so now im hungry and its time to raid the fridge.

.RocK.

leave has started. it has been good.

yesterday was spent driving. a lot of driving. very far. and for very long. on the way up, near the illinois boarder, we were on an offramp and josh's blazer lost control. yes it was rainy out, and cold, so the bridge portion of the offramp was frozen. anyway it fishtailed, then the driver front bumper smashed into the conrete wall. pushed the bumper up into the wheel, wedging it there. then the truck spun around and slid into the wall again, on the passenger rear bumper. it ran up onto the ledge and we slid like that for about 50 feet before we stopped sliding. when it was over we had gone about 150 feet altogether. not to mention we were now facing the opposite way. we pulled off to the shoulder, later some highway crash response trucks came by and directed traffic around us. even later the state police came by and filled out an accident report. and still later a tow truck came. thankfully the blazer was still drivable, although cosmetically it was screwed. the tow truck hooked a couple chains on the bumper that was wedged in the wheel, pulled it out, and we were on our way. got home about midnight.
it was pretty cool. slow motion the whole time of the accident. sparks and car pieces flying everywhere.

i was hungry so me and steve and kyle wen to steak and shake. jt came by a little later. went home afterwards and off to bed.

today i got up, steve and john came over for breakfast. laura and kelly came by in the afternoon. so did marissa. hung out, crazy stuff. they left, me ans steve visited his mother. we left, went to johns place, hung out with the crew. crazy wild stuff there too.

and now im home and tired as hell. awesome day.

tomarrow holds more destruction and carnaige...


.RocK.

Christmas came and went.
duty came and went.

it wasnt too bad. i had two watches though, m-14 rover, 8am to 12pm, and 10pm to 3am that sucked....otherwise it was a quiet duty day.
they had a dinner feast on the ship. that was good. lots of food, guests came, some of the crew showed up. pretty cool.

no work today. awesome. tomarrow i come in for work, check in, listen to people bullshit, then hopfully shortly after i will be released for leave!
then me and my buddy josh will hop into his blazer, and drive through that base gate, and off we go to Illinois!

a week of fun and thrills and craziness and destruction and mischeif lie ahead of me...and it starts in less than two days....



.RocK.

tis the day.


MERRY CHRISTMAS


.RocK.

bored. surfing Ebaumsworld.com. found some great stuff id share:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/xmaslights.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/judgejudyreign.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/rubberjohnny.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/endofworld.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/honda-ad.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/supercoolpicillusion.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/handsex.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ag-machines.html

that should be good. ENJOY


.RocK.

surfing the net. thought this was pretty cool:

http://www.local6.com/news/5623372/detail.html

.RocK.

got off my ass today.

went to the store. bought War Of The Worlds dvd and Blink 182's Music Videos dvd.
cool stuff. watched them both and enjoyed.

now its music listening time. and stop bordom...

.RocK.

saturday.

and i have nothing to do. got up at 2pm today. it was nice to sleep in.
dont have anything planned. might hit up the store for a few supplies.
or bullshit stuff. maybe both.
otherwise im gunna do nothing.
awesome.

duty tomarrow. cant wait..................riiight.

anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE

.RocK.

finished holiday shopping. finally. got a little something for myself while i was at it. now im happier.

dont have any other plans for today. chatting online and listening to music. fun.


.RocK.

today is awesome.

why?

we got off work at 8 freakin o'clock this morning!!
thats the earliest i have ever gotten off the ship. its awesome.

only thing is my knee still hurts from my accident. BUT thats nothing compared to no work for the rest of the day!

celebrate.


i still have to finish holiday shopping. and a few other things i need to do. ill get to it eventually.

ive got ALL FREAKIN DAY.

.RocK.

cool.

yesterday i had duty. it was boring. had a pier gaurd watch, 8am-12pm. again. it was chilly and boring.
now something that sucks.
i was in my workspace, and had just gotten done playing a game on the computer. i get up, start walking towards the door, when suddenly my right foot got caught on a wire on the floor. i fall forward, and my right knee hits the edge of a peice of metal on the wall. i am shot with pain in my leg, and its so intense i fall to the ground and am not able to stand up for at least a minute. when the pain lessens a bit, i walk down to the bathroom to see if its bleeding. i roll my pant leg up, and sure enough theres blood. lots of blood. i think shit, i hope i dont need stiches. it looked deep. so i pad up the blood and hobble down to medical. i show the doc my cut, and he directs me to the medical room. he shoots me up with novicane; 5 times near the wound, and proceeds to clean the area. after that he examines the cut and says thankfully i will not need stiches. then he puts some ointment on the wound and wraps it up, goes back to his office, asks me a bunch of questions, fills out paperwork, and gives me some motren pills and ointment and cleansing clothes, and gives me instructions on what i should do while the cut heals.

so here i am hobbling around with a knee that hurts. its awesome.

but theres 5 more days until i am home. hell freakin yes.


.RocK.

another day, another dollar.

went and picked up supplies for the room yesterday. plates, beverages, food, and whatnot. much needed things.

today i went Christmas shopping. got stuff for all the family. nothing fancy really, but something none-the-less. wrapped them and labeled them. ready for opening.

found out that hyperboards.com had a system failure, so the 69 Customs forum was undeliberetly deleated. today i rebuilt it and customized it to the best i could. they're using an older versoin of the program until things are fixed, so its very primitive. but i got it to look basically like the original. still going strong.

otherwise nothing. got out of work at lunch today. since theres only six of us OS's here during this leave period, there isnt too much for us to do; easy day.

7 more days until i am home. then the festivities really begin...

.RocK.

good times. where to start.

saturday i had duty. had two watches. pier gate watch from 8am to 12pm, then a barracks watch from 4am to 8am. fun. and boring. otherwise easy day.

sunday i didnt do much but catch all the sleep i missed on saturday. later in the evening however, i went and saw King Kong at the movie theater. freakin awesome movie, one of the best ive seen this year. HIGHLY recommend it.

so today, monday, was another work day. also today the first leave period started; which i didnt take, im taking the second leave period. again also today was yet another boring saftey standdown. and an awards ceramony. and captains call. and finally at 3:30 we get released. yay.

found a couple things out today: first; our chief has the first leave period, so i dont have to deal with him for a week. second; i have duty on Christmas. ...awesome!......ya sure....

anywho, cant wait until the 27th when i can go on leave and chill with friends and family in good old Batavia. way better than staying here on base. and theres snow at home. thats a big plus, because theres -16 inches here at Norfolk.

enough bitching, more music...

.RocK.

another day.

wednesday me and a couple buds went to the movies and saw Chronicles of Narnia. wow. very awesome movie. recomend it highly.

also finally brought ICP's Frogotten Freshness 4. dang. highly recomend it too.

other than that, yesterday i did nothing but sleep. i was tired as hell, dont know why though. just was.
today is a deglam day; meaning no work at all. sweet. dont know what im gunna do, but awesome none the less.


okay back to music.

.RocK.

early day today. and yesterday. nice.

chief had a conference to attend, so we got off around 10:00 this morning. kickin.

yesterday the ship had a blood drive, and anyone who donated blood got liberty for the day. i didnt donate however...but as far as everyone is conserned, i did. got off the ship at 1130. sweet.

so far this week is looking good. tomarrow we are going to take a divional tour of a new LPD ship; LPD-17 USS San Antonio. they came up to Norfolk, to show off basically, so were going to take a tour of it. heard its suppossed to be pretty high tech; almost half the crew of older LPD's, yet bigger. alot of computer contoled things. that should be cool.
friday is a deglam day. no work.

and duty on saturday. oh boy.

then one more week till my leave! kick ass.

what batter way to end the year....

.RocK.

kick ass.

so i called the internet rep saturday, he came by and got me all setup for ultimate access.
but i had to wait until 6pm today to actually get online.

so after much waiting and sleepless nights the time came. i booted the computer up, powered on the modem.......and it didnt connect.

okay, i thought, a little glitch.

i troubleshooted.....and troubleshooted.........and troubleshat some more.

by now i was getting irritated.....and you wouldnt like me when im irritated....

after cursing and threatening and probably scaring the piss out of everyone on the whole floor, i called the tech support line.

finally getting through all the automated commands and switching through different operators i got to the one person i set out to contact. the high speed interent techie. i give my shpeel. he pauses. asks for...what? who?? yes; i can not understand him with his...accent.
nonetheless, i push through the slurred words and foul sounding pronunciation, and finally a half hour after repeating my name, my problem, and freakin entire life practically there was light once again...

I WAS CONNECTED!!

i rejoiced! i yelled and screamed! i rocked out with my cock out!! well not that part, but i was filled with endless joy.

i
have
internet.

and now i will continue my internet browsing extravaganza.


.RocK.

back.

after a few days on the mighty atlantic ocean i am back in port. man it feels good.
what did we do; trained. stood watches. trained some more.
thats about the extent of it.

no more going out to sea again until January.
so that means about three weeks until i am home once again. cant wait!

called the internet guy today. said he would be over tomarrow afternoon. then ill finally have internet in the room, and wont have to walk many blocks in the cold and wait in lines for a computer. nice.

went to look for a car today too. no luck. as i figured.

and now im hungry. off to eat and watch tv.

.RocK.

ahhh sunday.

but lets start from the beginning...

friday was a day off. our messdecks are getting deep cleaned, so the captain thought we should have it off. niiice.
anyway, ended up going to my buddy Lee's apartment that night. brought out the drinks and we relaxed and watched movies all night, into the morning, and finally quit drinking around noon saturday. slept afterwards. then continued our binge that night. a few buddys of his came over and we played beer pong. i sucked. but i was already pretty gone to begin with so i had an excuss. ha.
after the guests left, me and Lee continued our festival, watching some more movies and played Madden 2006. we cut it short early; bout 3am sunday, and slept till 1pm today. got up and went to a sports bar and watched the steelers game. steelers lost. ha. bears won vs. green bay. yesss. then i came back to base and here i am chillin.

and that was my weekend. great stuff.

tomarrow we sail out for the week. then two weeks from now christmas leave starts, and in three weeks i will once again be home to party. awesome.

go Bears.

.RocK.

awesome!

all OS's got to stay after working hours to finish painting today. it was great. watching everyone else go home, and not us.
so thats all we did all day. paint, cleaned a little, then continued painting. it was fun.

right.

but we have no work tomarrow. some people are coming to deep-clean the messdecks, so the captain made friday a day off.
niiiice.
three days duty free.

monday we head out to sea for a week. drills, exercises, bullshit. then christmas leave starts.

december 27 - january 4 is when i go home. hell yes! can not wait.

that is all.

.RocK.