Brasel
04-24-2005, 08:09 AM
Yet another update from the land of the great sand.
So I've been sitting on a hill, in a tower, playing video games for about a week now. I beat four games and have been working out and well, sleeping.
How do I get so lucky, you ask? A radio guy went on leave, and I have to take his place. I'm bored out of my skull. I'm at a completely different camp from where I have been. This one is like a resort compared to the rest of what I've seen of the Middle East. Theres lakes, palm trees, a pool, beautiful architecture...I'm in the vicinity of one of Sadam's palaces.
My job at the moment, to make sure our radio retrans stays up. Its pretty much just a system that relays transmissions over one radio frequency to another, creating a larger footprint of communication. And its boring as hell. Me and another guy have to sit in this room in a tower and monitor the thing 24/7. We take turns staying up all night. Its given me a lot of time to play a lot of Playstation and Gameboy, as well as time to contemplate the meaning of life.
Fighting for our country's freedom never sounded so exciting huh? Its starting to get hot here. It was pretty bad this afternoon. Its sad when you start to miss work... I can't wait to get back to the computer networking biz...
So I've been sitting on a hill, in a tower, playing video games for about a week now. I beat four games and have been working out and well, sleeping.
How do I get so lucky, you ask? A radio guy went on leave, and I have to take his place. I'm bored out of my skull. I'm at a completely different camp from where I have been. This one is like a resort compared to the rest of what I've seen of the Middle East. Theres lakes, palm trees, a pool, beautiful architecture...I'm in the vicinity of one of Sadam's palaces.
My job at the moment, to make sure our radio retrans stays up. Its pretty much just a system that relays transmissions over one radio frequency to another, creating a larger footprint of communication. And its boring as hell. Me and another guy have to sit in this room in a tower and monitor the thing 24/7. We take turns staying up all night. Its given me a lot of time to play a lot of Playstation and Gameboy, as well as time to contemplate the meaning of life.
Fighting for our country's freedom never sounded so exciting huh? Its starting to get hot here. It was pretty bad this afternoon. Its sad when you start to miss work... I can't wait to get back to the computer networking biz...