tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39467394159460690172024-02-20T19:33:06.597-08:00On StandbyKeeping you posted.Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-21212218631519233622009-04-02T22:03:00.000-07:002009-04-02T22:13:57.229-07:00In Iraq!Well we're in Iraq now, sitting around for word at Al Taqqadum. In the near future we'll make our way to Ramadi and our FOBs. Iraq so far is pretty much how I imagined as compared to Utah.<br /><br />Very flat and with everything colored some shade of tannish-brown. At least here on Camp TQ anyway hehe, we've yet to really do anything. But I'm here, and we're figuring this whole deployment thing out :).<br /><br />raq is tan, the people 2.<br />Every thing's colored a similar hue.<br />Until the big sun rises or sets<br />and sets the scene for a fantastical view.Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-27378760094466813222008-12-19T08:00:00.000-08:002008-12-19T08:06:23.047-08:00It's been a while!With the advent of this deployment, this blog has found a reason to live again haha. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Anyway in regards to the post about my papers... I did get my call to the Portugal, Porto Mission. Due to the Deployment I will not be able to go until get back. So until then I'm going to continue with my deleterious poems and maybe update you on how and what I'm doing in the process. It all depends on how much access we'll have to the internet or call centers once we are actually in country.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for right now? I'm stationed at Camp, Pendleton. Specifically Horno if you know the area. I do have nights off when we are not in the field so if you are ever the general vicinity of San Diego, Oceanside, Carlsbad.... Give me a call or send me an email!</div></div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-20199691073336321382008-04-06T20:58:00.000-07:002008-04-06T21:00:27.271-07:00Papers!I'm putting in my papers this week! Haha I can't wait. Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. It's just that facebook is so much easier for the little things..... But at the same time I don't think I'd want to post poetry on facebook.... So I'll have to put some more on this one huh. <div><br /></div><div>So for the handful of you that are reading this I guess I'll do so soon. :P</div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-61772366095180595882008-02-06T10:54:00.000-08:002008-02-06T10:59:17.379-08:00Audition!For the first time since Les Mis, I auditoned for a musical the other day! It was exhilirating, who knows how it'll work out but it was fun just being there. It's definitely a different environment than Camp Pendleton, 52 area, and MCRD lol. <div><br /></div><div>A lot more girls too. The non-military kind, it's kind of weird when every girl you met up there usually out-ranked you. That's the bad thing about being new. That and hazing. </div><div>No fun at all. </div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-74093947450230799972008-02-04T22:01:00.000-08:002008-02-04T22:07:04.458-08:00My Emerson Acrostic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">very time I read his work it's hard to understand,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">M</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">any of the intricacies that keep it from being bland.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">ventually I get it, the meaning as a whole.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">R</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">epeatedly, resoundingly, it touches my very soul.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">o even though my first few swings-swish!-miss understanding</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">O</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">btained enlightenment is my baseball bat, and destined is its landing.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">N</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">ever will I be as great but forever will I try.</span></div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-51845368041950651182008-01-29T12:58:00.000-08:002008-01-29T13:03:10.458-08:00"I Can Fix Myself"<div style="text-align: center;">Too often I think to myself<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">of the things I need to change.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Habits, thoughts, and actions past</div><div style="text-align: center;">that stink, my fetid mange.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most would wash off easily</div><div style="text-align: center;">if I took initiative.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it's harder when I'm labeled,</div><div style="text-align: center;">told guidelines of how I live.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They say they know me "all too well"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and in many ways they do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but with personal introspection,</div><div style="text-align: center;">in more ways that's not true.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So despite the pattern time has told</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll always look ahead.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a Devil Dog, I can fix myself</div><div style="text-align: center;">with help from overhead.</div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-78871415759094132872008-01-28T21:47:00.001-08:002008-01-28T21:52:54.049-08:00"The Color Blue"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This is a poem I wrote, ironically enough, a couple days before January 21st. I swear I didn't know there was such a thing as "National Blue Day" or whatever it's called. I just happened to realize I was feeling blue, whilst wearing a blue shirt and jeans at the same time! <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So naturally I wrote a poem about it. The first thing of all the things I've been writing down as of late. <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Color Blue</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I often wear the color blue,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">a mantle of the deepest hue.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">But is it the garment on my back?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">or do I hoist it-like a pack.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Either way,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">today,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">it seems to be my color.</span></span></div></div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946739415946069017.post-11266497077373979392008-01-28T20:59:00.000-08:002008-01-28T21:05:10.597-08:00What's in a Blog?<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Honestly? I don't really know yet....I do however write the occasional cheesy poem when I'm bored at school, and sometimes I jot down a few thoughts. Maybe there's space for those things here.</span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But either way, this is my first real attempt at an online blog like this, (Facebook and Myspace will never count)</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">so I'll try not to take myself too seriously. Anyway though if this place still looks pretty generic I blame it on my unfamiliarity with this whole shebang, so give it some time. <br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">For me? :D</span><br /></div>Randalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17949976956696734244noreply@blogger.com0