So.. Iraq isn't as bad as I had imagined it would be... There are trees here!! and it rains.. A LOT this time of year.. let me tell you.. moon dust and rain don't mix.. well they actually DO mix and that's the problem.. MUCK.. like Mud.. but I'm pretty sure it comes straight from the bowels of ...
I have crappy internet.. and I pay an arm and a leg for it.. but it's better than nothing. My friend just got me the gcf files for all my HL2 games to include Gmod so, as I may not be able to play online, at least I can continue to code out here in my free time which is what I had hoped for from the beginning... just being a retard I forgot to download everything before I left the states.
I've been here now.. 3 months and counting. I work long LONG days.. 12+ hours a day 7 days a week. Yeah... I'll never complain about getting called to work a 6 hour shift on saturdays again when I get out.. haha!
I work the intel side of the war on terror. (Which is a joke in and of itself.. lol) There is no war here.. just a bunch of punks who hate each other. We'll never be able to stop them.. but that's another story. anyways...
Acclimatization is harsh... it gets down to like.. the low 70's and I feel like I should be wearing a winter coat!! LOL. Then again.. 110° feels normal to me out here in my long sleeves and pants uniform.
I am my Companies IMO (Information Management Officer) which is kind of cool. I am in charge of maintaining all of our information systems. I have administration privileges on systems where even the commander does not. HAH! It's cool though.. I've been learning a LOT about professional networking and computer administrating. It's kind of a double tasking being this AND an Imagery Analyst.. but the extra duties keep me busy which makes the days go by faster and I get a LOT of good reputation with my co-workers. ALL of our systems includes roughly... 50 computers give or take.. not to mention printers, scanners, VoIP phones, switches, routers, etc... etc... I love it! I get to be a geek out here and because Im keeping their computers working where no one else could no one seems to notice or care! haha! It's normal to them... =)
Anyways... You'll probably see more of me around on the forums as browsing is about the extent of my internet usage right now. I plan to continue my gamemode coding and scripting. Being gone, my community fell apart (guess I need to look for better admins.. hah). I plan on rebuilding everything from scratch once I get back to the states. Armed with 9 months worth of scripts and custom gamemodes! =)
Hope everything is going well with everyone.
