A Couple of Anecdotes
As always, it's tough to find something to write about. For the most part, my life here is quite uninteresting. Since I spend my days in the headquarters writing orders, whenever something interesting does happen, I usually can't write about it because it's classified! So, to tide everyone over until I can send another interesting story, here are a couple of anecdotes about life here:
1. I like to start the day with irony. So, I got an alarm clock that plays music. For the last couple of weeks, I had it set to play the U2 song, "Beautiful Day." But I eventually decided that was too much irony even for me. So yesterday I switched it to play Credence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
2. The base at which I am stationed also houses an Italian brigade. So, there's a joke going around here (OK, I started it) about an American soldier and an Italian soldier discussing what it's like to be in Iraq.
The Italian soldier says, "I think-a the best-a part of being in Iraq-a is the chow."
To which the American soldier replies, "Really? That's pretty surprising. I thought you had much better food in Italy."
The Italian soldier then says, "No, no, no. I mean-a, the best-a part is when I get on-a the plane to leave, and I say, 'Ciao!'"
Thank you, thank you... I'll be performing here all year.