Air Force off-duty time update

Well, I got about 15 mins before I have to report for BAY HO. But I’ll spend ten of those blabbing here.

Off duty time has been kind of a drag. I have less than 5 friends that I think I can hang out with… I guess it takes time if you’re not a damn social butterfly. I’ve been picking up alot of volunteer projects just to get out of the dorms and out doing *something* with all this free time I have. Lately though (within the last 7 days) I’ve been hacking away at my formerly-defunct website just to tool around with PHP and MySQL… I need to keep my scripting skills refreshed lest I toss them to the wind like so much useless Hip-Hop dance class information (Yeah… I got suckered into that when I was 17 but I’ll leave that story for another day….).

Anyway, off duty last couple of days has consisted of working on this site and hacking through Metal Gear Solid 3. I really like the game, it has a cool retro vibe due to the setting (the height of the Cold War) and music (throwbacks to old James Bond flicks, complete with the sexy theme songs… just do a search for “Snake Eater” on your favorite fileshare network of choice. Acutally don’t, I’m opposed to piracy. ). God I love that theme song.

What else… I was cleaning out my desk yesterday and I found the rosary I picked up back in BMT way in the back of one of my drawers. God always surprises me the way he tells me to do stuff. As soon as I picked up my rosary I felt this electric shock in my body, and I knew I had to go to church. It’s weird. The shock wasn’t pain, it was a rush of energy, like I was suddenly imbued with the Spirit for a few moments. I had to go to church because I realized I haven’t experienced that kind of soul-moving for a long time… pretty much since Confirmation and coming to this base. Anyway, church was revitalizing, and I am renewed with spiritual energy, the kind of juice that lets me handle any situation, no matter how mentally draining or otherwise trying it can be. Thank you God.

Speaking of mentally draining, It’s Bay Ho inf 5 minutes! Hooray! At least I’ll have some actual cleaning to do today, seeing as how over the weekend I didn’t do jack around the dorm. I’m going to run through that list and make sure I do each and every item today.

Oh… Happy Halloween! And happy birthday to a couple of friends that happen to be born today. In previous years, not this year. I don’t know too many fetuses personally. Actually… that’s kind of creepy just thinking about it.

Creepy like Halloween! Hooray!

-TJ