Tonight is the last light I will sleep as a civilian. Although technically I came under orders on the 26th of August, it’s only tonight that I feel, is my last night as a civilian. Starting tomorrow, I am a full-time soldier for at least a year and a half, waking up at o-dark-thirty every…
Month: August 2005
Google Talk/Google IM
Google has come out with their instant messaging program. This seems to be unofficial; the only mentions I can see are on this Slashdot article, and the website I linked to. You should be able to get it to work using any Jabber client. I’ve been trying to get it to work on Trillian, but…
Some Hiking Pictures
A few months ago, Josh, Michael, and I went backpacking up in Payson. I took a few pictures. I’ll put them all up here… someday. But here are a few that I really liked. Hillside Creek in the early morning I took this one on the second (and last) day of our trip, before we…
Arizona Thunderstorm
There is a thunderstorm brewing outside. One of the many we’ve had over the past couple of weeks. Thunderstorms in Arizona are quite simply, amazing. Dark clouds roil in the sky. They look like herds of elephants. If you look hard enough, you can even see some of them. A trunk here… a tusk there……
Great Weekend
This past weekend was awesome. My sister and my cousins came down from California to hang out with me. However, that was only part of the reason. Their coming over was part of an elaborate scheme to throw a surprise going-away-party for me. I was originally going to leave on August 11th, but that date…