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^ Is drinking a Coke. < Wants Cherry Vodka with my Coke. v Had Coke spray out of his/her nose when somebody made them laugh.

A picture I took during a training exercise with C-4 several years ago.

^ Perfertly described the food in the Chow Hall. < Got food poisoning at the Subway here on post. v Loves MREs (Meals Ready to Eat).

Interesting selection of songs. Curious, are these songs a reflection of your singing talent or a reflection of your personality? I did a couple auditions for plays/musicals in high school and my music selection tended to be more about me than about my voice. Then again, I can carry a tune much better on an instrument than I can with my voice. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!

According to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy, you're not allowed to ask! Do you need a hug?

The first time I rode the Zipper at the Oregon State Fair, I lost feeling in my arms from gripping the bars so tightly. It really scared me! But after it was all said and done, I found I really loved the ride. Nowadays, everytime I see the Zipper, they require two people per cage and no single riders. I can never find anyone who wants to go on it with me. A POV would be cool if anybody's got one.

My laptop. Not because I have all my pictures and videos from my cameras stored on it, but because it contains most of my writings. Sure, I keep discs and hardcopies squirelled away in various places, but once I lose a particular piece of writing, recreating it just doesn't live up to the original.

On the fear of getting banned from the forum, I decline to state the first thing that came to mind. (Army soldiers have dirty minds . . .)

Never heard of them. Do you dream about coasters and amusement parks?

^ Would rather watch a POV of Vekoma than ride it. < From the US and only saw several hours of Germany (from an Airport terminal ). v Refers to his/her days in high school as a "War Zone".

Ahhh . . . to visit another country without having to worry about getting shot at or blown up. Count me in for Japan. (That is if Uncle Sam can release me for a few weeks . . .)

One of my favorites: Your mom is so fat, by the time she got on a pair of BVDs, they had stretch out to say BOULEVARD.

In all honest, my favorite fictional characters are the ones I create for my stories. But Calvin and Hobbes ranks really high, along with Dogbert.

^ Lost in his own mind. < Lost in Afghanistan. v Lost in Neverland.

Try Afghanistan in the summer. 100+ degrees nearly every day from June to September, no rain, and frequent dust storms. Oh, and you can't drink the local water, made worse by no ice! Bottled water gets pretty nasty after a few days.

And the point is . . . ?

^ Pardon my sarcastic sense of humor. I must say I can be a bit harsh on Ohio. I lived there for two years, I really wasn't impressed with what I saw. The only problem I had with the weather was the drastic shifting between warm and cold during the winter months. It made me sick most of the time. I had the same problem when I went through basic training at Fort Leonardwood in Missiouri. As for the people, I met a lot who were outright rude, trying to scam me for money, or just plain crazy. Maybe I just happened to find myself in the worst places which might be skewing my perspective, but I generally found the people around Cleveland to be a bit unfriendly and/or cold. Yeah, I made a visit to Kent State. Have pictures and everything. That's the first college I've been to that had a full service bar in the student center. I liked the rock the fraternities and sororities keep painting over and over again with their symbols. Is it still there?

^ Loves donkeys so much, he became one. < Known to be a real smart ASS. v Put "Jack" in Jack-in-the-Box.

Yes, but with writing. For example, something I did for my poetry class last year: School Daze Refrained to his desk, the droning prolonged. Two plus two is four, eleven minus three is eight, The sun is a star, Milky Way is not candy. The young boy ignores plump teacher, Watching big and little hands spin to a stop. Beyond ironwood crisscrossed glass, A lonely playground calls to him: Untamed wilds of jungle gyms, Cavernous exploration of planted tires, Speedy heights of swing and slide. Jumping onto his desk, he exclaims, “Oh, wretched boy I am! I have but one life, And here I waste the splendors of day When in the world I should be discovering, Not this brain-draining drivel of school!” Crying in anguish, he bolts to the door. Desk, chair, papers, and pens settle in the aftermath. Nonchalantly stretching out her baggy arm, The teacher clamps the boy’s collar, And carries him back to his proper place. Chair, desk, and boy reassembled, the teacher says, “What more can be learned elsewhere? See refracting reflecting sky and shifting water vapor, Behold chloroplast swaying in pressure’s movement. The secrets of the world revealed in this classroom.” The droning returns, filling his mind. Cotton of Independence and the Declaration gin. Moscow in London, England in Russia. Beyond the windows, the playground remains, As the clock to the bell turns slower and slower. Did you like that?

The only celeb I've met was Jon Heder. But that was way before he did that awful "Napolean Dynamite" movie. He's not that good of an actor and he's every bit the dork in real life. (His dad is my doctor.) You're lucky, Elissa. Kiefer Sutherland is one of many actors and actress I'd like to meet.

What a great way to off an annoying laptop! Me, personally, I would have blown the computer to bits with explosives, but this is just as fun. I keep it in mind when I go to Afghanistan. I'm taking my laptop with me and things tend to happen on deployments . . .

Both. Favorite verbal abuse for the computer: You stupid son of a trash compactor! I'm often kicking my truck's stereo because the cd player keeps skipping, and it certainly pisses me off. Would you rather go on a TPR trip to Europe, or a TPR trip to Asia?

^ Not that scary. < Usually I wear a mask. v Not scared of anything.

Yes, lots of times. But then again, I live an hour-plus from Portland, and I usually just drive through, not stopping. Is that cheating?

^ I thought Kent State's mascot was a dead hippie. My condolences for moving to Ohio. I spent two years there and I don't know which I hate worse, the weather or the people. Of course, I was generally around Cleveland and Toldeo--those two cities are dumps! Don't know much about the rest of the state. (I wished I had a chance to go to Cedar Point, but never had the time.)