Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
last free week-end
I spent this past week-end, President's Day week-end, in Austin, TX. We finished our training the thursday before, were off from thursday afternoon 'till tuesday morning, so I thought I'd go visit my old roommate from my submarine days down in Austin, TX. Why not go back to Miami? That is a topic better left alone, and besides there is nothing that can be done about it now!
Anyway, what I did while in Austin consists of drinking one too many Mexican martinis friday night (and eating pretty much a whole hot pepper), seeing In Bruges and Esther's Follies on saturday (the first is a movie with midgets, prostitutes and guns, so a pretty good movie, filmed in Bruges, Belgium, and the second is a bunch of comedy skits centered on current news items and politicians, and being from Austin the current president was a prime target), and finally sight-seeing around Austin (went to the Capitol and saw a portrait of our current president back when he was governor) and roller derby sunday night.
So it was a pretty good week-end, I highly recommend Austin to anyone who's never been to Texas and is afraid of doing so because of Texans, and I'd like to thank my roommate Derrin and his wife Jolene for hosting me over the week-end, and Lani also, and lest I forget about Casey and Cloey (however it is spelled!)
Anyway, what I did while in Austin consists of drinking one too many Mexican martinis friday night (and eating pretty much a whole hot pepper), seeing In Bruges and Esther's Follies on saturday (the first is a movie with midgets, prostitutes and guns, so a pretty good movie, filmed in Bruges, Belgium, and the second is a bunch of comedy skits centered on current news items and politicians, and being from Austin the current president was a prime target), and finally sight-seeing around Austin (went to the Capitol and saw a portrait of our current president back when he was governor) and roller derby sunday night.
So it was a pretty good week-end, I highly recommend Austin to anyone who's never been to Texas and is afraid of doing so because of Texans, and I'd like to thank my roommate Derrin and his wife Jolene for hosting me over the week-end, and Lani also, and lest I forget about Casey and Cloey (however it is spelled!)
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
last training day
Me enjoying my MRE bread with MRE spread cheese before commencing our last training evolution, driving around the base through mock villages where we assisted the locals and got shot at here and there, and we returned fire.
I also found out that we are finally departing Fort Riley, KS on Feb 24th at 0530. The flight will be leaving from Topeka, KS at the aforementioned time, and this means that we will all have to muster around midnight on the 23rd. I have a feeling that this process will make TSA look like a breeze, but then again we will also be traveling with weapons. Try doing that with TSA!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
a tree at dusk
I always wanted to get a shot of this tree, and as our time here is coming to an end (finally!) I thought now would be a good time. The temperature being near 5F with the wind chill I almost got frostbite on my right index finger from removing my glove to take a few snaps. Whatever happened to global warming, it's not happening fast enough!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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the belgian submariner
- eric alexandre
- Arlington, VA, United States
- 50% South African, 25% Belgian, 25% Russian; born in Lyon, grew up in Belgium, Ecuador and Venezuela; attended the US Naval Academy and spent 6 years in the Navy (3 in San Diego); transferred to the Navy Reserves and settled in Alexandria, VA
