When Foursquare came out a few years ago, I was intrigued. I could take credit for things that I was already doing, and somehow gains points over those I was friends with doing the same things? I love a good game, particularly one that allows me to compete with others. Sort of a Massively Multiplayer… Continue Reading
Since I checked into my last shore duty assignment, an old email address that I used on my previous shore duty was recovered and reactivated. Much to my dismay, once Outlook opened up and remembered where it was, downloaded ALL of the email in that account for the last five years. The majority of it… Continue Reading
The last few weeks have seemed to run non-stop. I can’t remember the last time I was able to sit down and actually work on the computer for myself. On the 26th of February I was voted on to the Board of Directors for the Humanist Fellowship of San Diego. I’m excited to work with… Continue Reading
I’ve been on leave for nearly 3 weeks. Being on leave means that I don’t have to go to work, yet I still earn all of my pay and allowances, basically a paid vacation. In the navy you usually take leave before and after deployments and around the holidays. Most of the time, you don’t… Continue Reading
My father was born on Valentine’s Day 1939. On the day of his birth, my grandparents gave him the middle name of Valentine. Today would have been his 73rd birthday. He unfortunately passed away before his 43rd birthday, while I was just six years old. I have often thought about how my life would have… Continue Reading
Today I got the chance to spend the day on duty. Now it’s been awhile so if you’ve forgotten, duty, as typically defined by the Navy is getting to spend the night on the ship for what usually is a 36+ hour shift. Fortunately, there’s not too many of these chances left as I’m looking… Continue Reading
The other day, I bought a new faucet from Home Depot. I had deviated from the normal store that I visit in El Cajon and decided to go to the store in Santee since it was closer to another errand I was running. Now typically I prefer to shop at Lowe’s if I have to… Continue Reading
Here it is, almost 4am and I’m on watch waiting for that time to come to arrive in San Diego after leaving over 7 months ago. I’m not sure how to calculate the time, as this has been the longest deployment I have ever experienced. I guess that comes with the karma that I built… Continue Reading
This deployment has been the longest that I have ever experienced. After spending 108 days at sea straight I thought that I could handle anything. Then this last week started. The anticipation started back around the time we arrived in Guam. Between Guam and Hawaii we let off a good amount of Marines from the… Continue Reading
Today marks the beginning of the 30-day countdown until my return to San Diego! You could say I’ve waited all year for this to happen. After the past 6 months of deployment, I am more than ready to return home. This is my last deployment and while I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t really… Continue Reading