Great to be back!!!!!

Well I've made it back to Atlanta. I actually got back on Sunday, but I've been on a party binge since I've been back. I forgot how good liquor could taste sometimes. And how lovely the women not in burqas or uniforms could be. I became an IKEA whore once I got back. I have so much stuff from there it's not even funny. I now have a bed, sofa bed, laundry bag, and soon will have a record rack from them. It's been great to be back. I was reunited with my two rugrats Lika and Lilo. I sure did miss them. I've been having fun. Even going into the office has been interesting and fun. Well have to run but will hit everyone up with more later.

So close yet so far away!

I'm just a few hours away from boarding that big iron bird, back to Atlanta. I'm very anxious now. I had to drop off my bags early so they could load them on the plane early. Now I'm just sitting and waiting to get my ride up to the airbase to get on "da plane, boss, da plane". It's weird. About 9 months ago, on my birthday to make it worse, I was sent over here. I didn't know what to expect, what I would see, and what I would do. And now the end results are awesome. I received an Army Commendation Medal. I went to the promotion board and smoked it, scoring a 148 out of 150. I have the opportunity to expand on my military career or go the civilian route and follow my educational dreams. Well I'm going to the Oasis to tell the DJ to kiss my ass and get some skills and drink my last 3 token beers. 24 pack of beer, eleven50, and Atlanta here I come.

Transitions

Holy cow, my departure date is coming up real quick. I've been looking forward to this day for the longest time and it seems kind of weird that it's so close. So as I get pushed to the way side by the incoming personnel and gear up for my inevitable return back to the States, I've began to reflect upon my time here in the Middle East.

Having never been to the Middle East before, many of the customs, traditions, and practices were new to me. I'm glad I came though because it's opened up my world perspective just a little bit more. I've picked up my Gulf Arabic, Hindi, and basic Arabic language skills. I have a greater affection for some parts of the cuisine in this region. I look forward to trying to get hummus and kufta back in the States. I also appreciate the superior customer service that was provided out here compared to the States. I would suggest that American customer service driven businesses come out here and learn a thing or two. Especially restaurants. I also got the chance to see how idiotic, brave, and different people from all over can be as well. From up north all the way down here to Qatar, everyone's taught me a thing or two about life.

Well when I get back I'm probably going to take some time off, go back home to Toronto, play with my pets, and just unwind. Till then TTFN.

Dumb Coconut=Stupid Porchmonkey?

How's it going ladies and gentlemen. You may notice the title of my post today and be kind of puzzled by it, unless you reside in New York. This is referring to comments made by the resident idiot DJ Miss Jones. I was reading a Village Voice article about her latest shenanigans. Now you may be asking yourself, "That name sounds familiar, wasn't she in the news for something else?" DING DING, you are right. She gained fame for the Tsunami song, which so "elegantly" shed light on the plight of the Tsunami victims.

Now everyone is probably familiar with the transportation union workers strike that occured in New York. Well Mr. Roger Touissant, from the Carribean, is the head of the TWU and so Ms. Jones decided to direct her anger against him. She called Touissant a "dumb coconut who probably don't have a green card". As I viewed all of this I couldn't comprehend how someone could make a dumb comment like this. But then again one only has to look at her track record and see where she's coming from. This was one of those times that I'm glad that, she doesn't live by me or is even related to me. But it got me to wondering. Do you think she would take offense if someone called her a porchmonkey? Or maybe even a nigger. Because that is basically what she is doing and has done in the past. I mean if she can address Asian people as chinks then everyone has the right to address her as nigger. Seems only fair. (No, I don't condone these actions, cause this has a tendency of making a peson seem infantile and downright stupid.)

Rumor has it she may be one of the individuals who attended Spelman. If you don't know what I'm talking about just reference my post about Morehouse.

Well it's time for me to go. And expect a recap of my New Years in a future post. It wasn't too exciting but it was still priceless.

You my boy, Blue!

Ladies and gentlemen one of the actors out of my favorite movie, "Old School", has passed away. I hope he died happy like he did in the movie. If you don't know who it is I suggest you get out of your cave and go rent "Old School".



I'm still getting over New Years, so I will write more later. Thanks and ciao.