What I do when I'm bored

Does anyone think it a little trite to not use the proper rules for punctuation and capitalization?
I think it might convey a bit of latent rebeliousness... Maybe a little disdain for centuries of grammatical and syntactic development?

Nah, It's just that I'm lazy and don't like to stretch my pinky all the way out to the backspace button. so if you were enjoying that bit of proper prose, im so sorry. i'll probably keep some commas and periods as needed to avoid confusion but you can forget about most apostrophes and capital letters, theres no need to push two buttons at once for only one character. btw, this is what i do when i'm bored.

We've reached new heights of inactivity here at the 414th. i thought hours and hours of paperwork was boring until i realized at least the paperwork occupied some time. Today was the day for us to get together as squads and review the CTT which is: common training tasks. there were 12 tasks to teach classes on. we would take turns teaching classes to each other on tasks such as "Maintain the M16A2 Rifle" or "Respond to direct fire while in Convoy" Yeah, it sounds interesting until you know that we've had these classes probably a minimum of 50 times each and it took 10 minutes or less for each of them. So we finished in like an hour an a half and then had most of the morning and all afternoon to play paper football or wander aimlessly around the reserve center. At one point I found myself and three others in the parking lot playing catch with a half filled water bottle. let me tell you, that was a good time. Also, I went to the country kitchen buffet today for lunch. If that strikes anyone as funny, know that I too am also stricken.

I think i may finally get over my sleep deprivation by tonight, i'm on track to go to bed early, as soon as i finish this actually. The poker game on saturday night and then the visit to charleston sunday had me spent spent spent. by yesterday afternoon I felt like a defective robotic zombie. less than 6 hours in 48 isnt a good ratio. for the few people i saw, it was really great for me, I hope it was great for you too. I'm coming again soon and with more time too so i can have some real fun. I wish I'd seen a few more people but all in all not bad for just a few hours. i've been in a good mood since, it was great. On that great note I think i will retire for the night to my luxurious and feather-soft days inn mattress. see you soon -billy

Orangeburg...

This is my 6th day here in the beautiful town of Orangeburg SC. i found out that my new unit (414th Tansportation) has been created pretty much from nothing over the past few months. About 120 others like myself have been taken from other units to build this unit thats about to deploy. that means that not only did I not know anyone here, neither did anyone else. Thats a good thing though, everyone is going through the same thing and i think its helping us become like family, as cheesy as that sounds. It's ridiculously easy to bum a cigarette or even a buck or two because we all know that noones really going anywhere and there will be plenty of time to return the favor. All in all i'm pretty pleased with the people who i've met, i can't really name anyone thats being an ass or not doing their part. but it seems like noone's see napoleon dynamite....i'm gonna need to buy it so i can quote the movie without getting any funny looks. i keep stressing the importance of having good skills. oh i think we might be going to ft jackson in columbia tomorrow to do land navigation. Thats pretty much us just walking around in the woods with a map and compass, it's relaxing. right now, like right this second, i need to find my squad leader to see if i can get out of here and go to charleston for the night, but she isnt answering her phone. as soon as that happens i'll make sure to let some of you know. i need to do laundry. for free. at my house. thats a good excuse to leave. Im sure i'll have a few more chances to get back to chas, probably whenever i like, but i do have to drive back here early in the morning, so i should pick my times wisely. well i need to get on that so i can hopefully leave, or should i just leave and tell them later? risky. keep reading, i'm still here
-billy

Paradise Lost

music today - elliott smith

I know the title is a little dramatic.. but not if you've lived in charleston and then had to leave, so the title stands. I appreciate all of the gestures of love and friendship that i've recieved in the past week, i really take that to heart and i hope that i can reciprocate that somehow. anyway, i'm home, it isn't so bad, get to see some old friends, and i'm actually pretty busy with stuff to get ready. I hope it stays that way. the only thing im a little upset about is that i didn't get to see some of you before leaving town tuesday. I really kind of underestimated the amount of things that needed to be done on tuesday, especially since I put it all off till the last minute. Well on sunday i get to meet my new friends for the next little while and i'm actually pretty excited about that. i wonder if anyone will share my passion for fine port wines and imported belgian cheeses? Will anyone engage me on the finer points of Heidegger's metaphysics? Was he really a Nazi? hmm.. maybe i should stick with malt liquor and samuel l jackson. (i like them too) I really dont want to make any quick judgements, time will tell. (have they seen napoleon dynamite??) TINA! you fat lard, come eat your DINNER! sorry. In any case, experience tells me that I'm usually wrong, and that i'll probably be pleasantly surprised by at least a few of the people with whom i will be spending my time. we'll see. I think this should do it for now, hopefully the posts from iraq will be a little more exciting, i'll probably have more to say. I miss you already...no, not you I dont miss you yet ;) but you yea i miss you a lot. -billy