22Sept07
Last duty day in the United States Navy, Yeehaa, I spent the day vacuuming the floor in the Boatswains office with my Dyson, the navy one sucks eggs, after which I broke down the machine and cleaned out all the crud with water and set the parts out to air dry. Whatever water that was left after I set the parts out to dry on a counter I’m sure was dried when I let the machine cycle for ten minutes after reassembly.
I also cleaned the coffee maker. I used Oxy-Clean to break up the crusted on coffee, then ran some oxy clean solution through the machine then chased it with water until the water ran clear. I had two visitors, Morris and Garcia, both if which live on board the base.
Other than my vacuum cleaner and other cleaning gear, I brought loads of stuff to keep me busy. I brought the usual PS2 and a bunch of games. When I wasn’t watching movies I played True Crime. It is an old game that I’ve taken out, played for awhile and then put it away. Eventually I’m sure I’ll actually complete the game. It is a story game in which the plot of the game can change with the decision one makes, kind of GTA but with cops.
I brought DVDs to watch, mostly rentals. I watched FLCL, No Mans Land, Lethal Weapon four, and Spriggan. I think the only movie I brought that wasn’t a rental Fearless. As for FLCL I’m going to have to dedicate some time in the future to watching the series from beginning to end because I can’t understand what the hell is going on if there is a week or two separation between parts. The whole story is confusing; it is as if the writer was on some sort of psychotropic drug when he created it. No Mans Land was a good movie though I think the only thing that was missing was a circus theme soundtrack in the middle of the movie as the United Nation tries to decide whether or not they’re going to try and save the soldiers in no mans land, their biggest concern was whether or not they were civilians. Lethal Weapon was the first time I, and as far as I know the rest of America, had seen Jet Li in film. Now in the present is move and flow seems common place, but back when did this film his moves were awe inspiring, the only other actor that had that type of movement was Jackie Chan.

After this month I will still be getting a paycheck but I will be effectively out of the Navy. I don’t know how I’m feeling, a little sad that a big part of my life is over. No more UNREPs, no more flight quarters, no more underways, after this month I will be on the outside looking in. Sure I will miss the paycheck and the allowances, but most of all it will be the end of the familiar. I will no longer be the man with the plan. It will be like being a booter again; no one will care less about what the hell I know.

I think my biggest concern is to get a job. Not because I need to the money, though that is important also, but because after 20 years in the military means I need to do something. Otherwise I’ll just waste my days drinking, playing video games, and watching the tube. I’ll just get fatter and lazier, and all the while getting more depressed because I’m getting fat and lazy.