The old Bait & Switch...

I know, I know. I totally jerked you all around. Talked real big about taking you on my adventures, teased you with crappy videos from my camera, and promised the world in a pretty little digital bundle... only to drop off the grid for a month and a half and leave everybody hanging.

I'm sorry.

I can change.

I can be better if you just give me another chance.

Anyway, a lot has been going on and I've literally lacked the energy to put together anything worthwhile. In the last month I've been to Baghdad again, and true to form I got stuck - set a new record by quadrupling my intended trip length. Dealt with some serious drama in the office (not of my doing, of course. I'm a well behaved young man.) Met two Generals with a total of 7 stars between them, one of whom offered me a job in Army Special Forces (I said no - extremely tempting, but I'm too partial to the beach - holding out for a Naval Special Warfare gig), took over all TF 134 MND-N operations as my shipmate here has redeployed, bought a hookah from some real live Iraqis, and secured an extension of my tour that will keep me in place another 6 weeks.

So a lot has been happening. Good and bad - some I will talk about, some I will choose not to, but I promise great detail and of course pictures... just not tonight. For I am le tired, and I have to be up at 0230 (4 hours from now) to pick up some distinguished visitors from the helo pad, so tomorrow is going to suck enough without me ranting and cropping pictures for hours.

Also, there will be a monumental camel spider update.


So with that, I bid you adieu for the evening and leave you in the capable hands of the governor of my great State, who, as you can see, is quite conspicuously awesome.