San Angelo, TX. Goodfellow Air Force Base. Two names of places that I've heard a lot about in the last year and a half or so, but never thought I'd make it to. However, I just graduated my extremely short class here, and I'm getting ready to head to Spokane, WA for my survival training (SERE training--look it up on Wikipedia if you want details). And oh am I (not) looking forward to it! Ha, ha...oh well, eh? But the thing that sucks the most is that I've really had a good time here. I've met up with my buddies that left DLI months before I did, and even gotten to meet/get to know others that I had seen around DLI, but never got to know. And now I have to leave! Know what else sucks? Most of them I may not see again for quite some time, since I am aircrew and they are not. I am generally pretty good at keeping in touch with good friends, even if it's only a few times a year that we get a chance to talk, so I'm sure we still have many good times together yet to come. And I'm really looking forward to them! I also like the idea of having friends across the country and even around the world, since I love to travel and they will give me an excuse to do more of it.
I just came off an awesome weekend with Amber, Parker, Bowler, Megan, Kluge, Callan, and Paige. We went to San Antonio for the weekend, did Six Flags Fiesta Texas on Saturday and Sea World on Sunday. Six Flags had almost no lines at all! It seems like we did the whole park several times over in less than 3 or 4 hours. 'Twas heaven. Afterwards, we headed back to our motel rooms and had a blast at the motel pool--I got so trashed! I don't consider myself a lush by any means, but sometimes.... And Saturday night was one of those times. Bowler had his guitar (I had no idea how good he was), so he played and sang and then the motel security lady came around ('Mare Mare' was what she said her friends called her), and she was a character and a half! She played the guitar a little, and even danced a little (at least, I think you could call it dancing....ha, ha--I guess I'm no one to judge, eh? WHITE BOY!) Anyway, later I attempted a back-handspring with the help of Amber and Bowler as spotters. I think I did alright for a drunk first-timer! Only fell on my head once.... Eventually we made it back to our rooms, where a night of hilarious conversation took place until about 0500. You learn something new everyday...
Sunday was Sea World, and it was free for military which made it all the better. Got to pet some dolphins and see some whales, both of which never cease to amaze me. Parker and I were the only ones who wanted to swim, so we took off to the water park portion of the park and chilled in the lazy river, rode the waves in the wave pool, and hit the slides for a bit. I got a little burned, but nothing I can't handle--I am from Phoenix after all.
Hmmm...what else can I write about...I finally got to see Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the first time a little while ago. I liked it. Surprisingly. I'm not one for drug movies, but as usual Johnny Depp managed to make it very entertaining. I also saw the Descent. I liked that one too. For the most part any way. I still don't know what the beginning had to do with the plot. Most people I talked to believe that it tied in with that plot twist that happened later in the movie, but I don't really see how. I don't want to go into any detail in case any of y'all who haven't seen it yet but intend to sometime soon are reading this.
I guess that's it for now! Not that I don't have more to type about--I just have dinner plans in a little while. I did just finish the Koran. I'll be writing about that real soon...thanks for reading!
Watching: Home Movies: Season 3 DVD box-set.
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