Looks like the site is back up -- I have no idea what happened -- and I made it into Bagram today, safe and sound. The flight took a little less than an hour, the trip from the plane to the terminal took five minutes, and the process of transferring my bags from the plane to the terminal took just over 90 minutes.
A normal person would be upset by this. However, in the terminal are two 36-inch flat-screen TVs hooked up to military television, and I saw, back to back, The Simpsons (the “learn to fart” flag episode), The Daily Show (Castro is dying?) and the Colbert Report. You’d be amazed how funny everything is when you’ve seen no TV for several weeks.
It's about 15 degrees cooler, and that loverly dusty wind is back in my life. I’ll be sleeping in Afghan bed #9 tonight, and trying to get to bed #10 in the next few days. We’re almost down to single digits for the trip, so keep those fingers crossed.
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Bed #10? Are future generations of Afghans going to advertise that Captain Awesome slept here like they do with George Washington ?
Ok, It's lame, but I wanted to post first.
Damn Quinn, get a day job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since I tried all day yesterday and the site was down, I figured I would add my Jaws comment on today's post based on the fact that any day you quote Jaws is ALWAYS gonna be a good day...unless you are Chief Brody and Hooper or better yet Quint, and you are saying lines from the script and then get eaten by the shaaaak in the end---well, then it's not such a good day...
"Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks. This shark, swallow you whole. No shakin', no tenderizin', down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing."
Now if I posted Quint's monologue from the Orca about him being on the U.S.S. Indianapolis and delivering "the bomb"...well, then I would be saying "We're gonna need a bigger blog."
Oh yeah...Leo...you better get you ass home quick...Tom wants to start at Giuseppe's without you, and he has called me the best actor ever...I think it's all the time Beth has him working on chain mail in the Dungeon 'O Shane...come home soon!
glad you made it dude.
i've saturated your board. i will go now.
it might actually be cooler in afganistan than here right now, aren't you lucky!
ant, you have no idea what goes on in the dungeon.
hey everyone, the kodak competition is tonight, and even though we already know tom's movie is far cooler (and has better actors) than the other finalists, he needs $$$!!!
leo, can't wait til your home so we can all enjoy the finals of rockstar:supernova together... it's been so amazing that jo and i made 3 phone calls back and forth during last night's episode!
enjoy your new bed!
Sorry, I didn't get to post yesterday (stupid blogger gremlins)
so, my belated fantasy thought --
Reason to be miserably depressed about the 2007 Eagles:
"Catch of the day" (philly.com)
"Darnerian McCants beat double coverage to pull in an end zone pass from Jeff Garcia."
Reason to believe there is a sliver of hope for an enjoyable game or two:
"Hit of the day"
"It doesn't look like Jeff Garcia can catch a break.
Although quarterbacks are supposed to be off limits for contact, no one is paying that much mind when it comes to Garcia.
A day after he received attention for being pummeled by linebacker Jeremiah Trotter in practice, he again was knocked down by the Ax Man during morning practice.
Afterward, Trotter stomped back to the defense, where he high-fived a few teammates."
When Trot's happy, everybody's happy, right?
get some sleep Leo...
Single digits! Outstanding!
The way I see it, your trip can be counted down as follows:
8/2 : Days left = Number of hairline fractures that Buckhalter has that we don't know about yet
8/3 : Days left = Number of rushing attempts per game for the Eagles, with their new "more emphasis on the run" philosophy.
8/4 : Days left = Number of days left in Todd Pinkston's season
8/5 : Days left = Number of minutes on the field T.O. will spend this season happy with Drew Bledsoe
8/6 : Days left = The number of fingers on each hand required to CATCH THE DAMN BALL. Let's hope EVERYONE knows that one.
8/7 : Days left = The number of words in the phrase "For who? For what?"
8/8 : Days left = For Leo, this one is easy. It's HIS number. I'm also sure it's David Akers favorite number as well. At least we'll get scoring from HIM, i.e. Akers, this year.
8/9 : Days left = Number of Darnarian McCants catches for the 06-07 season ( I know this is optimistic)
8/10 : Days left = Number of Eagles wideouts that I'm interested in watching this year
8/11 : Days left = Number of times I expect to see Greg Lewis in the endzone
10/8 : Days left = Rating on a scale of 1 to 10 of how much I like T.O.
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