01.21.09

I remember the first time i heard a song by the band Feeling left out, well i guess it was more of a duo. Every song they made I loved, acustic guitar and talented lyrics. Well the one member made a couple albums solo Joe Wilson, and again it possess my heart just like feeling left out.

when someone is gone, any memory or reminder in a physical form can be just you need to get for the day or exactly what you don't need. "I wish the pillow still held the shape of your face." Being gone, i mean just not in another state but in a different country in a combat zone, being away feels different. I can't send text messages, or use the internet from my card, geez just talking on the phone is extremely expensive. Learning to live out luzuries and things you count on for communication, like internet, your cell phone, and geez even a bed.

Today is my first true day in Kuwait, and well I must say it was a really good day. I am eight hours ahead of the east coast. I went to bed around 1 am here, and woke up at 1130 am. Wow, and i can say it sort of feels like 7 PM. When i woke up I got dressed, and ventured out and about the camp to the chow hall for lunch, and I ran into two people I knew. When I was finished with lunch, i sat and hung out with more people from my company. After chow we went to starbucks, then to the MWR free internet. I was able to update the blog to stay that I arrived here safely, even on my facebook. I talked to justin on gmail. I also wrote my boss at home an email on work email. Then i went to green beans coffee, and got a chai smoothie, shit i love chai. i took some pictures of the base, and then went to dinner chow. I hate a pizza and some coke. now i am just hanging out, waiting to hear about what is going on, and of course the weather here is cool which equals cigar smoking weather. I can't wait.

1035 PM

well i wanted to try and get to the phone boths to call home, however things are little bit more complicated, see you have to have a buddy walk around where ever you go, because there is a really high sexual assult rate here, and well i cant ask someone to walk with me to the phone both just because i want to talk. It isn't all about me, although it should be. Anyway we are supost to be able to get internet from our barricks if we buy it, umm yeah it is bullshit it doesn't work. I will try again in the middle of the night, since i cant sleep. At 0730 my friend mike who you met at the german restruant are going to have breakfest, i wonder when the rumars will start about us doing it.

I smoked an acid cigar today, I don't think my batch is going to last very long. Ill have to see the supply at the PX, maybe they will have cubians, that would be pretty rad. I am hoping to post pictures soon and what not, but it may be awhile since we can't use usb drives at the MWR computers. Well tomorrow is free then we start training. and taking over a bunch of stuff.