gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Me - Google)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2011-01-30 06:25 am

Random thoughts on a rainy morning.


  • Looks like the warm break from winter is over. Raining pretty good out there.

  • Luckily, I can see no reason to leave the apartment today.

  • I was awake at 0300. These aching legs are becoming an issue.

  • Beer helps.

  • I think today we try to get a least a few of the pieces of art onto the walls.

  • Not going crazy with the decorating, just want to look at something other than white walls.

  • Which reminds me, art and crazy, I mean.

  • Right before the whole "lungs don't work" epic began, I got my first moving violation ever.

  • Illegal turn on a red light, totally my fault.

  • We were finally able to pay the fine, two days before the deadline. Yay.

  • But now I want to frame the original ticket, and hang it over my desk.

  • Right next to my certificate from the Army making me a Field Hygiene and Sanitation NCO.

  • My proudest moment. I actually got a medal for it, since I was the only soldier in the entire XVIIIth Airborne Corps to get a perfect score on the test.

  • I was a Private (E-2) at the time. This was a slot for Sergeants and above.

  • Army Achievement Medal. The look on my CO's face when he pinned that thing on me was priceless.

  • So, is framing my first ticket weird?

  • Not that weird is bad. Weird, for me, is desirable.

  • EAT ALL THE THINGS continues. Tonight we're having spaghetti and trying Classico's Vodka Sauce.

  • Haven't had that before. Looks interesting and the reviews are positive. Also have some really yummy looking garlic bread. Plus wine.

  • 15 days until pitchers and catchers report. Still questions at shortstop, but we're returning most of a team that won it all last year.

  • Best news is Pablo "Kung-Fu Panda" Sandoval has lost a lot of weight and really become committed to conditioning. A healthy Panda with plate discipline (home and dinner) is what the Giants need.

  • GO GIANTS!

[identity profile] dalen-talas.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Hygiene Officer: Monitors the personal hygiene level of other team members, preventing poor morale, substandard performance and halitosis. CPU performance tracking statistics show [CLASSIFIED] percent of Troubleshooter missions fail due to poor hygiene."
- Paranoia XP.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Alas, my role was placing latrine sites and monitoring field encampments for rodent infestations. When they remembered that I was the FHSNCO.