Huh.

I had to try on my old suit, to make sure it still fit for The Goetzie's wedding this saturday. It'll be a bit tight, but I'll manage, provided I don't eat too much at the reception. I got to thinking how I hadn't had to wear a "real" suit for the last five years, since I could just wear Class As whenever I needed to dress up. In fact, the last time I wore a real suit was for a job interview... on September 11th, 2001. I hope this isn't a bad sign. :-P My old dress shoes have fallen apart, though, so I'll need new ones. Which I probably won't wear more than once a year. Bleh, maybe I should just wear boots and hope no one notices?

I think I'm officially an adult now.

I actually want socks for christmas. Not just any socks, mind you, but those really comfortable combat boot socks sold at the PX. Anyone who's been in the military should know the one's I'm talking about, the nice soft yet tough ones with the green thread in the toes. The problem is I _can't_remember_ the brand name! "Bob" in Dobbstown, this is annoying. Anyone who knows the answer, reveal it unto me! Everyone else, watch This.

Update: I've got it, they were Burlington socks! Sadly, the specific ones I want don't seem to be on the website. Are they some sort of AAFES/PX exclusive, or something?

The true tragedy of Iraq.

OK, I've been a Real Human Being for what, 7 months now? Yet I still mentally refer to myself as a grunt. Weird. Anyway:

After all this time, I think I've discovered the most pointlessly tragic thing about Dubya's Reign of Error, and that is this: Real Army Soldiers can't make fun of the Nasty Guard any more. Time was, someone on active duty could look at them and sneer at their paltry "One weekend a month, 2 weeks a year!" foolishness, secure in their own superior studliness and bad-assery. But now, chances are any given Reservist/Guard-person has been deployed as often as their full-time counterpart, and that's just _wrong_. At least we can still mock the Chair Force, but in the not-too-distant future, they'll all be combat veterans too! Where's the justice in that, I ask you? Bah...

Another random thought.

Any one of the "Beautiful People" who complains about how terrible it is to be "judged by their appearance" is cordially invited to BITE ME. I think I find that about as annoying as the average black person would find it to listen to some honky whine about how "hard it is to be white". Good thing I'm not ugly _and_ black, or I'd probably climb a clock tower... :-P