Shattered Faith

I’m guessing my pores just ooze nerd. All my friends know that I am, but I didn’t think it was so obvious to the general public. Last week I was on watching-Iraqi-duty again and this guy started talking to me. A rather large, rather scary black dude to be precise. We started bullshitting about how much the job sucks, etc when he kind of squints his eyes at me (the nerd must have been blotting my forehead and cheeks at this point) and asks me if I know anything about video games. I paused for a second and told his yes. He then said “Let me guess. W. O. W”. Jesus Christ. How do these people know? I can’t tell if someone is a Warcraft player by just looking at them (usually). So we start talking about it and it turns out ths dude is a complete addict to the game. It just took me back a little bit as he was the complete opposite of a pasty white geeky dude which is who I usually associate with as Warcraft players. unfortunately now every time he sees me (like on the bus) he either has to start talking about it, or even worse pretending to unsheathe daggers from his back and stab me or some shit. Turn it down just a bit dude. Please. Although if he heard half the conversations I have with my friends he would be in nerd heaven. It’s true, sorry guys.

Some good came out of today however. I saw my name on the list as having a large envelope in the mail room. It turned out to just be another damn Eastbay magazine. However the guy in the front asked if I wanted to check for any letters. I said yeah, as I’ve only done it twice the whole time I’ve been here. I dont get nor expect a bunch of letters. He handed me an envelope from Dell with “Thank You” on the front. I thought it was just advertising for more crap that I don’t want to buy and was about to throw it in the trash right there. Luckily for me I decided to open it, and what’s inside? A God damn $200 gift card. And what did I read about on the Internets the other day? A new Dell mini netbook that costs $199. Kick ass. I have nothing else to buy from them so it looks like I’ll be the owner of a new Netbook soon. I really don’t have the need for one, but I’m sure it can find its uses. Or it could make a good gift. I’ll have to see. Regardless. Check your mail people. I wouldn’t have been suprised by a $20 card or something.. but $200. shit. I think this makes up for my laptops hard drive crashing on me after a month of use.

in 41 days, one day less than a full six weeks, I’ll be flying out of Balad. That’s not too bad. I pray to the Gods that I don’t get stuck in Baghdad for too long.