Our trip to the tattoo parlor at Sheppard. Think we called the first guy Willie or something, he had a weird name. Yup, that's me thuggin there in the midle. And Lambert on the end there.







Ever wonder what a group of people do while they wait for orders after washing out of an Air Force training school? Now you know.








Just one of the ways to get into a shower.




















Who's that pimp eating a popsicle? Yes those dog tags go pretty far down.







Mmmmm, chilled monkey brains. Notice how I'm more worried about the hair than the fact that he's trying to stab me with a spoon.














Steak N' Shake, the only place to be after a New Years Milenium rave.

Cleaning the Mac

Yesterday I attempted to download photos from a story I'm working on and got the dreaded "your hard drive is full" message. I spent a bit of time the last couple of days figuring out what is where and what can be moved or deleted. 


Of course iTunes was a main storage hog. Figuring it out and moving everything from the computer to the external drive wasn't too difficult. I didn't empty the trash can until I knew I had everything set up right this time. It was still a long two hours watching iTunes update the library from the new folder. But it works now and I have space on my computer. 


Aperture is also a storage hog, but I don't keep photos I have finished in the program. They normally get put right on the external. So, that wasn't too big of a deal. 


After doing those two things and deleting various other backup files I was able to clean up like 60 gigs to give me 106 gigs free. YAY! The disk usage display still doesn't seem to be displaying correctly. I have over 50 gigs of "Other" and 26 gigs of movies on the computer according to it. Guess I'll be looking for those. 

Moving and the interwebs

I moved into a different room a couple of weeks ago. It's more like an apartment, complete with a kitchen. Too bad I don't get extra money for food being here, the chow hall is free for me. The stove won't get much use. 


When I moved, the inter webs provider gave me a different modem. After two weeks of trying  to set up the wireless network, complete with terrible tech support, I now have Wi-Fi in my room. It was getting rough, not get not having it part, but the not being able to get it to work. I even went looking at routers yesterday before it started working again.


Labor Day weekend a few of us went to a Brazilian festival near Harajuku. That was a good time. There were performances on the main stage and throughout the area. A few martial groups were holding demonstrations. They almost seemed to be free styling their fights. Not something I'd think of as a good idea, but they were slow so it was OK.


Work is going well, I might have a broadcaster. Well, someone that works in a completely different section may or may not end up in my office. Nobody is quite sure where he belongs. It's a good thing he's only been here a month.

Lazy Days

I went to a place called Showa Park yesterday with a couple of people in a photography club I'm in. It was a good day to take photos. We were there for about five hours and I got some good stuff. I'm no too bad, but the two others are really into photography. They started naming lenses and I just listened. The guy shoots concerts and things on the side here. 


Homie's helpful hint:  Check out more of my photos at Flickr. 

Finding my way

   Iku came down from Misawa and we went to dinner with a couple of her friends. We went to a yakiniku place. They have grills in the tables and you grill your own meat and vegetables.

   Saturday I decided to go to downtown Tokyo. I got online and found an area I wanted to go to and went to the train station. Getting around wasn't too hard. The part where more than one station lacked maps in English hindered me a bit. But, I knew pretty much where I was going, so I just picked the line going in that direction.


   I was headed to the part of Tokyo where the New Sanno hotel is, it's a military hotel in the middle of Tokyo, and I figured I'd find it from the Roppongi station. I'd made that walk more than once during the few days I was here in 2002.

Just another Saturday in Harajuku

   The train was going by Shibuya, so I decided to get off at the Harajuku station to see this "Harajuku Style" I've heard about. It was cool to see the outfits and costumes. I made a lap, maybe two around the shops and stuff then walked to Shibuya. I went from the young and crazy to uppity and expensive in about half-a-mile. 


   I didn't make it far into Shibuya because there was stuff going on that distracted me. 


   In the middle of everything was a wooded area, so I went to see what was in it. Along the way, five locals came running up. They were looking for people to show around and practice English with. They lead me to the shrine there and showed me how to rinse my hands and mouth before going into the sacred area. 


   When I came out of the area I noticed a big crowd going toward an arena, so I went too. It was some concert thing, so I didn't go in. Walking around the parking lot, I came across a big Hip-Hop gathering.


   Today's Japanese B-Boys and girls look like America's 80's B-Boys and girls. There were old-school Kangol hats and knee-high socks with the two stripes everywhere. 


   They were having a break dance competition. I also witnessed a rap battle and jump ropers. And I can't forget the turtle on a leash. That was good stuff. 


   Then it was off to the train to find Roppongi. I was able to walk around and check it out before it turned into a jumpin club area. I'm sure it's still a great place to party into the morning. I'll probably do that at some point while I'm here. I did go to a bar and have a couple of drinks while I was there. Hey, the girls were wearing bikini tops, would you not go in? 

That's how you park

   I didn't want to get stranded somewhere because the trains stop running around midnight, so I headed back to Fussa-shi, where base is, around eight. It's probably a good thing I did, because it took three hours to get back, not including the hour or so in Tachikawa at the Irish Pub. I have no real idea how I made it back without getting lost. I did stop to ask about the train line to get back here once, like I said, not many English maps around here. But, I might as well have asked a map. His hand gesture was good enough to get me on the right train though. I would have been fine if I had gone back the way I went. I'm sure I can cut some time off of the travel next time by taking a more direct route.

   Maybe next time I'll take a map app so I know just what trains to get on. Maybe not, but I will learn the Kanji for some of the more important stops along the way. It's a good thing I memorized the symbol for Tachikawa on the way out.


  


  

Back in Japan

Well, I have officially been in Japan for my first weekend. It was a good one, a bit rainy so no going out at night. That's when it rains for real. 

I have been off base a few times to check things out. Thursday I walked to the other end of town and seen a lot of stuff. This is a nice old town. I happened across a public pool, I did not know they had those here. I probably won't be there much. I'm  pretty pale, especially when compared to the locals. 


I stay in the dorms here. It's ok because I'm near the BX, shopette, and the gate. I'll only need to utilize a vehicle or bike to get to work for the most part. The train station isn't very far and goes into Tokyo, not sure what the price to ride there is yet. I might find out next weekend. 


As you can see in the picture, I became a part of a parade today. There were a couple going through town. I'm not sure why, but it was cool to see, and be a part of. 


I have been to my new unit, but not many people were there, it was Friday and the commander's going away luncheon was going on. I do have an office all to my self, until a photographer finally gets assigned here. It's small, just enough room for three desks. I think there should be four,  not sure if I'm getting two broadcasters at some point, or just one. Might not get any, who knows whats going on. 


Heads up from Homie:  I am thinking about switching to Tumblr for this. It just seems more intuitive, and I can do more stuff, like post to Facebook and Twitter directly. We'll see what happens.

Random thoughts from Panama

This is a CE tent, why is open?


Showers inside of an Alaskan, why not bring a shower trailer?


Really? People brought air mattresses?


Fresh coconut milk delicious, Almond Joy are not delicious, why?


Dear port-a-pot designers, there is no room for a sink. I don't want to be Gumby to pee.


I sure do feel sorry for the people who have to use these for four months.


Why is there BB-Q sauce with my meatloaf with my MRE?


Booty booty booty rockin everywhere.


I bet the more colorful the chicken, the tastier the meat.


Is the JAG playing the Meow game? Yes, he's up to nine.


Yard chicken with spaghetti and rice is good, tough but good.


Sure hope this sunburn doesn't hurt tomorrow.


Don't bust your ass, don't bust your ass.


One more cold shower to go.


Three hour old Big Macs are delicious.


Panama Hooters wings are delicious, and the waitresses are pretty darn cute too.


Dear random trash can in Al Brook Mall, take good care of my destroyed Pumas for me.


Panamanese women have pretty nice bodies.


Panama is a fun place.


Good thing the alchohol/common sense didn't give in tonight.


No one should consume one Sangria, three Hurricanes, seven rum and cokes, two tequila shots, and who knows how many mystery drinks shared by a female and still not be drunk, let alone just slightly buzzed.


I bet I can't consume that much next time without passing out.


I'm not sure whether I need to be ready for the airport in two hours or three.

Homie's helpful hint:  When you absolutely need a bottle opener, you can use the sun visor clip to do the job. 

WSOP results

The $1,500 was a good sized event. It had 2,394 players and a first place payout of over half a million dollars. I was coasting along for the first few levels. I wasn't in any hands out of position, just the blinds and the button unless I had a decent hand. I folded when I didn't hit the flop. I stole pots when I figured I could. I chased down one hand, a terrible chase I normally don't go for.
  I had 10 3 of hearts in the small blind
  flop is A 5 4, with 2 hearts I bet $450
  guy raises to $1,000 and I call
  turn is a black 7, he bets and call
  River is a black 6
  I push all-in and he calls
  I show the straight and he mucks
Just a couple of hands after that we got into another pot. He raised about three times the big blind and I called. I bet half the pot when all low cards came on the flop. He disgustingly tossed his A Q to the dealer. He was looking at me when he did it, so in an attempt to tilt him, and take him even more off his game, I showed my pocket Kings.


I sat back and watched the action for a while until I get pocket 4s. 
  I call a raise preflop
  flop is 4 Q 8 with a spade draw
  I bet the pot and he pushes all-in
  My chips beat his into the pot
  He shows Q 9 with the spade draw
  My 4s hold up


All is going well up to the dinner break. I come back to play, planning to play the same game I have been the whole day. Then I get pocket Queens and raise to 4 times the blind. I get reraised and call all-in. He tables pocket Aces and I don't catch up. I went out at 674th. Well off the money, but I played well and just git a bad hand. 


I played in a $340 tournament the next night and made it into the money. It wasn't far into it, but considering how close I was to being out, I'll take it. There are about 56 people left when this hand happens.
  I have pocket Jacks
  a guy pushes all in and I call
  He shows suited A 7
  An Ace comes on the flop and beats me
  I am left with one $500 chip


I literally had a chip and a chair. I got moved to a new table as soon as that hand was over. Blinds where $200/$400 and I was moved to the big blind. And, there was a $100 ante. My hand held up and I got a nice triple up. I was able to double up on the very next hand and ride it into the money in 16th place.


I took first in a little tournament at the Luxor for a bit of cash. Then I lost the second one there. And that brings us to the brain dump of a hand that took me out of the last $340 tournament.
   I have A 10 of spades
   I raise preflop and get a call
   Flop is K 8 5 with two spades, giving me a flush draw
   I push all in and get called, he has K 10
   I don't catch like I expected and am out


I got nervous about blinding out and didn't really need to push there, but I wasn't getting hands, and when I was going to make a move the two in front of me would make them first. I normally don't get nervous about not making the money, and that's the bad thing about it.


Other than that game, I don't think I played too bad. And at two cashes out of five games, it was a good trip. If only I cashed in the big one and not the small ones. 


It was nice seeing all of the pros there playing. 


I'm already working on a bankroll for next years series. I will make it deep and cash, and maybe even get that bracelet. 

2010 World Series of Poker

Tuesday I leave for Vegas, and a shot at a World Series of Poker bracelet. No, I'm not playing in the main event $10G tournament. I'll be in the Event #30 No Limit Hold 'Em $1,500 buy-in event. It is a three day tournament. Looking on wsop.com, the last $1,500 tournament had 2,500 entrants. I expect there to be closer to 3,000 for the one I'll be in. I figure making it to at least the money will be cake.

I haven't played a live tournament since October, and I haven't played live at all since I lost a nice chunk in New Orleans in March on a cash game. I have been practicing on Full Tilt the last couple of weeks and I've done pretty well, on the two and three table sit-n-goes.

In an attempt to keep money in my pocket I will not play any cash games there. I need practice so I will play sit-n-go tournaments. They are usually just on table, 10 person events, and quick money. I'm also having people over this weekend to get practice before I go. 

I will update on Facebook during breaks. The start time is 12:30p.m. on Wednesday and 2:30p.m. local Thursday and Friday, so the updates will be afternoon and evening. I'll play 11, maybe 12 hours each day, so be sure to check in the morning for a run down.

The length of time shouldn't be a factor since I'm known for playing upwards of 16 hours at a time. 

I just hope that I can luckbox and make the right moves at the right time to take the whole thing. We shall see.

Homies helpful hint: You can find me on Full Tilt as doGmaI777

Best Sapper Competition

The trip to Fort Leonard Wood was a good one. The Best Sapper competition had 29 teams of two compete in various combat engineer tasks and knowledge. We got all 58 print and video interviews. It sure does help when everyone is instructed to participate.


I got all of the interview forms back and the photographer got all off the mug shots done Saturday. The broadcasters had to finish on Sunday, so I went with them. It only took an hour. After that the civilian broadcaster and I took a trip to Bass Pro Shop, he said it is the headquarters. It was my first time in one, not including that little one in Arundal Mills mall in Maryland. I bet its safe to call it the Redneck Mecca. 


We had early days the three days the competition ran. By early, I mean being on base at 3 a.m. Monday and Tuesday were full 10 hour days, but we were done at 7:30 Wednesday morning. 


Since my main responsibility for the trip was finished Saturday I took one of the office's D2-X cameras so I would have something to do, and the boss thought I might be able to get what the photographer didn't see. Yeah, it has been a while since I've used one, and it showed. I got it figured out after a while. I took, probably close to 2,000 photos, not including the ones deleted directly from the camera, and had one make it into the stock photos that were sent out with the story. We'll see if it gets published at all.


We got to watch them build C-4 charges, breach a door with explosives with just 10 feet and a wall of plexiglass between us and the door. I also go to ride on a Black Hawk for the first time. I think I played it cool enough nobody figured out it was my first ride. 


My next trip should be to Panama next month. I'll be writing about the New Horizons exercise. I will be in a few cities down there. It will be a multi-branch exercise. 


Homie's note: Not sure why I can't load more photos to this right now. 

The first six months

I have been here for six months already. I has been a pretty quick six. Being here has been pretty cool so far. Living with a roommate again took some getting used to, but it's working out. The job is cool, if a bit slow at points. I have been on two trips for stories since January and I leave next weekend for a story at Fort Leonard Wood.

My first trip was to the Carolinas and Haiti, with a stop in Honduras. I went to Pope/Bragg in North Carolina and wrote about people sending supplies to Haiti for the earthquake relief. Then went to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and while there the public affairs officer offered us a flight to Haiti for more interviews. We accepted and flew down on a C-5. On the way we stopped in Honduras to pick up a couple of fire trucks to take with us. We were there on the flight line a few hours and then took off for Haiti. We got to Haiti at like 1 a.m. and also stayed on the flight line there for about three hours. Since it was dark we didn't see much of the damage other than the big crack on the outside of the airport. The inside was apparently real bad. We took more than 100 refugees and orphans to Miami on the way back to South Carolina. We sat on the floor of the plane under a cargo strap for that part of the trip. That was fun.

A couple of weeks ago I went to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to write about the explosive ordnance disposal students. Most of the services are there for nine months learning about all of that stuff. The Navy stays longer than the rest because they have a few months of dive training.

It was cool seeing how they inspect bombs and watching them set up explosions.

In addition to work, my grandma has been down. It was a good weekend with her and her friend going around town and showing them things. I have also had another couple of people down for a weekend and it was fun too. And I plan to have more people coming down while I'm here.

That's all for now. I'll write more later.

Links to the two stories:

http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/516397.html?nav=5010

http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2010/04/06/west/life/0407wc-bomb0.txt

And a wake up

I leave here in the morning. I'll pick Pedro up, get his shots and leave this town. I'll be just short of four years. It has been a decent few years here. The people were ok and the work was pretty easy and every thing was pretty much laid back. The area, not so good. Yes, Atlanta is within two hours. Yes, I went up there a few times and it was fun just about every time. I only made it to Savannah once for work. Most people who visited seemed to prefer going to Atlanta instead.

Tomorrow I will drive to Shreveport, La. and Ben and Missy's place. It's about half way and we will break in their new place.

I'll be in San Antonio at some point Thursday evening. I sure hope the roommate hasn't girlified the house too much.

My last TDY here

I went to Atlanta Thursday to help the Georgia Air National Guard as media support. The Guard took over a building from the Navy since they are moving from Dobbins to Florida. After two hours of being in a meeting that discussed nothing about what I would be doing, I ran into the Army major in charge of media support Saturday. We had things figured out in about 20 minutes.

The hotel we stayed at had happy hour with free drinks. It is possible to have enough drinks in that two hours to get nice and tipsy.

Friday the other two media I was with and I were waiting for our meeting about Saturday when they got a call to cover Biden's tour of the Cobb Civic Center. They wanted an Air Guard crew there to cover it and since we were in the office, and the only three Air Force media there, we went. He was there to tour the flood damage to Georgia and talk to the people living at the shelter since the flooding.

All of the crew from Robins and a few Army went to dinner. There were almost 30 of us and dinner was family stile. That was cool, but the three plus hours it took, not so cool. There was quite a bit of food tho.

I guess they were expecting a huge group of local media to cover the transfer of facilities and wanted me to stay in the media tent and talk about the Air Guard. Hm, I'm Active Duty and don't bother myself with Air Guard Details. There ended up only being four and I signed them in. They didn't ask any questions other than where the ceremony was. That could be because they were all late. The ceremony started late and they still didn't make it in time for the beginning.

It wasn't a bad TDY for my last one in the 116th Air Control Wing. I'm looking forward to frequently being TDY as part of the Hometown News Service in San Antonio.

10 down, ? more to go

The 25th marked my 10 years in the Air Force. Its been a pretty interesting time with all the places I've been, things I've done and seen and the trouble I've gotten into. Even most of the people have been o.k.

Its been a decade of 3s. Three bases: Japan, Montana and Georgia. Three jobs: 1A4, structures and public affairs. Three deployments: Turkey, near Saudi and Iraq.

After 10 years I'm still me. It was rough going for a while. I came in with a dislike for authority and was in trouble a lot in Japan because of it. Don't worry, I'm still a smart ass and say what's on my mind, I just say it differently now.

This new job in San Antonio is coming at a good time. With two years left on this enlistment it could help me decide to stay in and finish, or get out and move on. I think I'll like it. I'm told that I'll be traveling about 10 times a year all over the world. That's the part I'm looking forward to since that's one reason I came in as a flyer.

Will I make it another 10? I don't know. I'm surprised, as I'm sure most of you are, that I have lasted this long. The retired at 40 makes sticking it out real tempting tho. Guess we'll just wait and see.

Homie's note: This was written at Turner Field while the Braves were getting whooped on by the Padres, my first major league ball game, or else it would have been posted yesterday.

Found what I was looking for

My trip to San Antonio was pretty much a success. I found a house the first day of looking and met a few people from my new shop. The house is nice. It's three bedroom, two stories. Tile and wood on the first floor and carpet on the second. There is a loft on the top of the stairs that will make a good game room.

My office is the Hometown News Service office and I will be traveling for work about 10 weeks of the year all over the world. A few of us, Air Force and Army, will go and get a few hundred troops to fill out forms with questions and come back to spend a few weeks writing the same story over and over.

I stopped in New Orleans on the way. The French Quarter is a pretty neat place. I went exploring off the main streets and that place stinks very bad. Seen the basilica that John Paul II worshiped on one of his American trips.

On the way back I stopped in Biloxi, Mis. for a couple of days. Drove down I 90 along the coast and noticed that Biloxi has been busy rebuilding since Katrina, but Gulfport, not so much. I'm still curious why there are three new high rise condos right across the highway. That doesn't seem smart at all. I noticed that one Waffle House hasn't been rebuilt, but that's ok because the other 4 are still there along the coast. Sharkies, the gift shop on the beach is now a seafood restaurant. The strip next to the mall is rebuilt and occupied. Two years ago it was just studs and a roof.

When I got home Saturday, there was a dotson on my porch. It was all scared but I was able to pick him up after a couple of treats. I took him to the neighbor's house but he didn't belong there so now I have another dog. It stayed in the cabinet most of the night and then Pedro's little couch until this morning. He's not house broken yet so I get to go thru that again. I won't be able to train him like Pedro since he doesn't mind laying in it. Hopefully I can find him a home before I leave, or else it's off to the pound with him. His name so far is Joey Wiener.

Paper work

I'm going to buy a house when I move to Texas. I've seen a couple on line that I like. I am planning to drive down and spend a few days looking and putting in offers. Well, I need a pre-approval letter from the bank to do that.

I call the bank and get approved, but I have some 20 pages of forms and other proof of identification before I can actually get the application for the mortgage loan. More than half are VA papers to prove that I'm eligible for it. Some of the papers can't be filled out until I find the house and have the sellers fill them out too.

I call the loan officer and he says that I can wait because those will be sent to me again in a couple of days. That seems quite redundant. Then again ... And, he said that he already sent some forms into the VA to get the eligibility letter. I sent him most of what i had for him today. I printed but didn't fax the TSP information. I lucked out since my quarterly statement will be available in a couple of days and has more in it than the one I was going to fax.

It looks like I'll be in good shape to move right in when I move. I'll probably have to go up one day and close before the big move, but that's ok. Well, I'll be in the house, but my stuff will be there a good while after I get there. 

Tip of the day: If you are planning to use your VA loan to get a house, buy a car first. It makes the 2.15 percent one time charge cheaper.

Not this year

I didn't make Tech. this year, that's E-6 for you non Air Force types. I'm not surprised it was only my second time testing and only 10 got promoted. Sounds low, huh? There were only 40 eligible to test. I'll just keep studying and get it next year.

Yes, it's been a while

I know, it's been a long, long time since I've been on this. There really hasn't been much going on down this way.

I guess the big news of the last couple of months it that I'm moving to San Antonio in October. Yay! I just have one question. Who's coming with me? I'll be down there working in the former AFNEWS office, now known as the Defense Media Agency. My stories will be in quite a number of publications, the biggest one probably being Airmen Magazine. If you've read it, then you know that those are some long stories in there. Guess I'll be working on that since I hardly get a page worth of material when I write now.

I think I'll be buying a house down there even tho I won't be there longer than three years, pretty much guaranteed. The prices right now are just too cheap to not own. I've looked online a few times and will probably find a realtor around the end of this month.

I'll be on this more often and keep y'all up to date on stuff.

What's the point?

What's the point of companies having your phone number if they aren't going to call? No, I don't want to have conversations about nothing with people I don't know. I don't even like talking about nothing on the phone with people I do know. I would like them to call when there is a problem though.

Let's take credit card companies. I moved a couple of months before my card expired and received the bills with that yellow address change thing on it, cool. When my card was a week from expiring and I didn't have the new one I called and was told that it was returned because it was sent to the old address. Good thing I made that call, and didn't use the card that much any ways. Every month my phone number is on the bill so they know what it is. Hey companies, make a call to see why important mail is returned to you. 

This brings us to the most recent calling problem. My Xbox broke, yes, the dreaded Red Ring of Death, and so I called the repair number. That was a huge hassle and I should have known that things were going to not go right. Especially since she never got my address right. 

About two weeks after I make the call I get one on my voice mail asking me if I had returned the console yet. I called back and was told that the box wasn't even sent because my address couldn't be verified. Why wasn't I called, or even emailed when they figured that out. So we got into the whole "We can't find your address so we can't help you" deal. 

"I cannot verify your address so we cannot send the shipping box to you."

"Uh, what do you mean you can't verify?"

"Our search does not show that address."

I pull my house up on Google Earth.

"What are you searching with?"

"USPS.com, I cannot find it on that, but I can on Google."

"And that's not good enough?"

"No, ok, when I put in the four numbers of the extension I found it. We can either send you the box in three to five days or we can email you the shipping label and you will have it by tomorrow."

"Just email me the label."

"What is your address?"

I gave him my work address and it was still emailed to my Hotmail account. But it is out getting fixed now and I no longer have to deal with those people in whatever country I call when I have a problem with it. 

I doubt that I will be any kind of nice about not getting a phone call when something is wrong next time. 

And, why have reference numbers if the people on the phone, in whatever country you call, don't ask you for them and just give you a new one anyways?

No fuzzy side effects

Not sure if I'm special or not, but it would seem that Percocet doesn't give me that neat feeling people often seem to have. The IV didn't even do anything for me, except knock me out during the procedure. That's probably a good thing. I did wake up a bit to the surgion breaking my teeth. Yeah, I tried to fight back and keep that from happening, then I went back to sleep.

I was fine on the way out. I was doing so well that I went ahead and had my ride go straight to the pharmacy on base and get the pills before taking me home. I did sleep quite a bit Wednesday, that could be from staying awake until 4 in the morning the night before.

I didn't even have much pain until Friday, that's also when the swelling finally started. By Saturday I was needing the Percocet and kept my face iced.

Today is better, I've started to lose the stitches. I am now yellow in the cheeks from bruising even though I didn't bruise on the outside of my face.

Closer to becoming a local

Well, it has taken almost nine years, five days short to be exact, but the Air Force has finally won the fight to take out my wisdome teeth. I did put up quite the fight. I may have even laughed at the dentist once or twice when it was suggested to have them pulled by an Air Force surgion. Thanks to cut backs and aircraft appropriation efforts Robins has no Air Force dental surgions and I'm going off base. Figured since one is impacted and another is cause a sensitivity in others I should get them out, especially since an Air Force hack of a dentist isn't doing it. That's right, if I was staying on base for this I would keep refusing to get it done. It's bad enough I was bamboozled and am getting the two pulled and the two not causing any problems at all cut out. Hopefully since it is a civillian doctor that I'm told does this all the time he won't jack up my nerves around the teeth like so many military dentists seem to do.

That's really all I'm worried about, that and any other kind of stuff he can mess up in there. I'm looking forward to being IV'ed and drugged up for three days.

I' pretty well stocked on the ice cream and other foods I don't have to chew. It was a bit weird buying the ice cream since I don't ever really get the urge to buy it aside from the occasional Ben & Jerry's. I was like that's enough. No, I need more. No, that's enough. Think I have plenty to last through the weekend.

Maybe I'll go see Tropic Thunder while I'm drugged up this weekend.