Friday night fights and A Walk to Remember!!!

Friday night was full of good old fashioned fun. As part of the Mardi Gras celebration, Keesler AFB hosted an ameture fight night for military and cilvillians a like. As a former full contact kick boxing contender (and possibly future one too) this was right up my ally. The light weight fights weren't all that exciting, but the middle weight and heavy weights packed enough punch to make it worth the 20 dollar ticket. Or in my case, free ticket from a classmate. The most exciting fighter to watch was John Brown. He was from the 81 MSS here at Keesler. For all you non Air Force peeps, that means the 81st Mission Support Sqaudron, which means he is a personnelist. I'm a personnelist. I think you can see the connection and how that's cool. That being said, it wasn' t the coolest thing about my buddy John Brown. Far from it. John Brown must of had some sort of formal training because all four fights he fought, he knocked his opponents out. I don't just mean he knocked them to the ground and the ref counted to 10 before he could get up, I mean John Brown hit them so hard them fell flat on their backs and were out COLD!!! The last 2 fights he knocked out the poor saps in the first 10 seconds of the fight, and one of them was knocked out after 2 punches!!! ZOMG!!! I started to chant, "Knock 'em down John Brown!" and the whole crowd started chanting it with me. It was amazing! Okay, the whole crowd didn't start chanting with me, but you can imagine how cool that would have been. At the end of the fights, the winner of each weight class recieved 1000 dollars right there in the ring. It was an amazing night for a fight to make you feel right. =D So, for all you peeps out there, even though us personnelist push paper and type stuff day in day out, we still pack a punch, well, at least John Brown does.

Saturday, was a day to REMEMBER!!!! Let me tell you. I haven't cried like this since the last chic flick I watched. I tend to get emotional at chic flicks, I think that's a good thing, it let's me know that my tear ducts work incase I need to cry at a real life significant event. I don't know what it is, but I love that movie. I love the story. I love the sound track, I even have it on my ipod! I love the actors. I mean wow, I just love that movie. Which I think is a good thing too, because the movie is a love story. But more than that, everytime I watch it, which usually isn't planned; I just sort of stumble upon it sometimes, I feel better about myself. I feel like I can become a better person and do the impossible. And isn't that what life is all about, me becoming a better person. =P No, but really, Mandy Moore is a cutie in that film.

Well, I guess that's it for my random thoughts and incoherent blurbs. So, for all you out there, next time there is a local fight in town, check it out. And then go home and watch A Walk to Remember. I know you'll like it, I mean I did.

Facebook groups

I think someone should start a facebook group called, "I hate groups and I think they suck" or something like that. Then a whole bunch of people should join it. And they can all post and complain about groups and such.

Test numero cinco, that's test number cinco for all you

I passed my fifth test today. WOOT!! Only one more to go and I'm done. =D Even though it's only Wednesday, it feels like Friday because I don't have a test looming over me.

also, I ate at Chili's today for lunch. I had these really good chicken fajitas. but, it made me wonder. What is the difference between chicken fajitas and chicken soft tacos? For that matter, what is the difference between anything when it comes to mexican food? It's almost like the only difference is the way it looks on your plate when you get it lol. Next time you eat mexican food peeps, take a look at what you got and what your friend got. It will prolly have some of the exact same ingredients, just arranged differently. =D

Going back to Cali

I'm going back to Cali on 22 Feb 07. Woot! I will be a proud graduate of MPOC. The Air Force's basic human resource training course. After I get back, it's quite possible that I will be heading to Alabama to to a 6 week training called ASBC. It's for brand new Lts. It's basically a refresher course of all 4 years of ROTC and some cool leadership activites. I hear they have a video game you get to play not completely unlike starcraft that is a tool to teach you how to run an air campaign. =), excellent. I think I'm liking face book too much. lol

Life Update

So, I just realized the "staying in contact" power that facebook has. It's just like the old adage, or however you spell it, you never know what you miss til it's gone, or however it goes. I'm rather pleased with facebook right now and all it's potential to know all that's going on in my friends lives and vice versa. Also, on I will admit today that on rare occaisions on days like today, I actually miss being in Utah. Well, not so much being in Utah, but being around my family and friends.

Also, I have been in Mississippi the last month and a couple of weeks training my brains out so I can do human resources for the Air Force. It's been okay. The surrounding area is very depressing to me. I feel like I'm in the middle of a blown out warhammer 40k city. There is still so many buildings down here and areas that are just trashed from Katrina. I went to New Orleans the other day and holy crap, talk about deralict. I was actually going there today, but I slept in and missed my bus lol. I guess that's what I get when I'm the designated driver for my friends here and they stay out til 4 am. Btw, drunk people are very funny and usually fun to be around. I've learned more about alcoholic drinks in the last 2 months than I've ever learned in my life.

I'm not dating anyone, although I'm not opposed to it. I just haven't found the right person. I have a few lady friends that are pretty cool though. And I'm not throwing out any possibilites there either.

Being a 2 Lt in the Air Force has been pretty sweet too. The pay is nice, the opportunities are great. My boss told me that I will most likely be deploying sometime in the future. I told him great. I actually wanted to go asap so I could get my own picture of what is going on over there. I want my own story to tell. I hate listening to media heads who don't know shiz and all they do is spin the story so they can make themselves and political views look good and bash on others. Anyway, so, that will be an interesting experience when I go.

I like being in the church outside of Utah. It feels like more of a chance to serve and there aren't as many bozos to deal with. I look forward to feeling more whole someday =).

I guess that's about it. Thanks for reading this shiz.

Work Sucks Sometimes

I work for the Air Force. In fact, I'm an officer, a 2 Lt if you will. I work in personnel, or administrative stuff. I have two coworkers. One is about 40 and has had 4 kids and is pregnant again, from 3 fathers, and has only been married once. The other is 22, and is pretty cool. When I first got to Edwards AFB life at work was simple. I didn't do much, and not much was expected of me. 6 and a half months later I'm in a position where if I make a mistake, I have to be reprimanded by the general. Oh boy! =/. Let's just say, I'm not excited about the idea of fully taking over this office. The more seasoned Sgt is supposed to be training me. She has, every now and then, if you can call what she does training...This Sgt started out really cool. She used to talk wit me, and joke with me. She even helped me start my car one morning when the battery had died. Now, she doesn't even acknowledge me at times. It's like I'm a burden to her. I have no idea what I have done to offend her. About a month ago is when she started being this way. Today I was so down I was questioning whether or not I should even be in the Air Force. I like being a part of the Air Force, I just don't like the situation I'm in. I'm just glad I don't have to be in this situation forever. There must be some higher purpose for these trials. I'll tell you what though. Some days I just want to tell her to shut up and quit being such a biatch. Do you think that would go over well?

Dear TSgt Aragon,

You have been making work really difficult for me this last month. I don't know what I did to offend you, but please stop being so catty and mean. I hate coming to work, and I leave with a sick stomach feeling every day. If there is anything I can do to help the situation, please let me know. I just want to have a work environment that's productive and promotes team work, instead of tearing each other down. Also, please train me. I don't think you are doing a very good job. Telling someone they should do this or that, and to remember this or that is not training. It's a half baked job at best. You need to show me, and tell me, and let me practice, and then check my work, and then show me again if I forget after the first time, cuz I'm not superhuman. Also, I'd kill myself if I were your new husband. Holy F, that man must have some screws loose.

Sincerely,
Lt Hart

Richard's really rad residence

I wanted to post this on Facebook, but I felt like I was going to be dropping my pearl in front of swine, so to speak. But I hope you all like it. Plus, it's kinda weird.

Have you ever planned a dream house growing up? Guess what my answer to that question is, yes! So, I was thinking about what my dream house would be like, barring any rules or regulations. This is what I came up with.

First, I'd own a huge property, like some thing the size of Utah Valley. And it would have giant fields of grass and some forests. Also, there would be mountains. So, I guess kinda like a valley. Whatev. I think I would have a stream and a lake too.

Then, I'd have a sweet castle with modern stuff, lighting, electricity, plumbing, running water, and all that jazz. Inside, I'd have several different motifs. But, mainly it would say, castle. One of the most important features would be a little dirt path that leads a ways off from the castle to an authentically built and styled dojo. It would be my place of training, you know, for a fight or maybe a challenge. I'd hire professionals from all my favorite styles, Taekwondo, Aikido, Brazilian jui-jitsu, Kung Fu, Kick Boxing, Kendo, and ninjitsu. These pros, as I like to call them, would all have living quarters in my castle so they could stay close by, but they would also have company cars, like corvettes, porches, and Honda Accord Hybrids to travel home at night if they wanted. Another important feature of my mansion would be the dining facilities. Basically, I'd have a team of chefs that kicked so much butt, that I'd have to be turning down presidents of countries for dinner parties, because so many would want to eat here. It would be just me and my posse.


Also, let's just say I wanted a big mac or the "college special", I'd have my own crack team of commandos comprised of Navy SEALs, Green Berets (by they way, they refer to themselves simply as "special forces"), Air force PJs, Marine scout snipers, and Delta Force operators, who'd load up in a helicopter and take off and very casually buy me my big mac and bring it back. It would be nice. As for security, I'd most likely have a team of FBI agents and CIA, and Secret Service peeps, who were dressed up as gardeners, and butlers, and cooks, and all the regular types you find in castles these days. An important note would be that they actually have the skills they are dressed up to be, because I'd need those services done.



I think one of the capstone rooms of my castle would be the game room. This would be a room so cool and decorated, that King Kong and Alice from Alice and wonderland would get married, just to show how cool this room is.

When you came to the door for the room it would be a big double door made of sold Diamond. Then, when you walked in, there would be several tables set up for warhammer, 40k, DnD, magic, and WoW and any other game that would be cool. Plus, there would be an Xbox 360 with guitar hero so we could really wail hard. i would also have a wii hooked up to a flat screen TV that was as big as one wall. That would be awesome. A great thing about this room, is it connections. It's right next to a bathroom, it's next to the snack bar, and the butler would come and see if we needed food and drink. We'd all say, "YES!!! WE NEED FOOD AND DRINK MY GOOD MAN!!!" and we'd all have a gregarious laugh, even the butler. Another cool thing would be that, the entire games workshop staff and painters would work and play there, and beta test all their ideas on us, and ask us for ideas. They'd also live in quarters if they wanted, but they wouldn't have to. In this way, there would always be someone to play a pick up game of 40k.




On the 8 story of the castle in one of the turrets there would be an armory (armory # 1) full of weapons and sniper rifles so we could practice the trade. See, a ways off there would be a bunch of targets like melons, and cans of soup to shoot at. Only, to get there, you'd have to rock climb the wall all the way to the top, but it's cool bro, cuz it would be one of those practice rock climbing walls. And, if you just got plain lazy, there would be a new rope and chandelier to use to get to the top every day. To come down, you just repel, or use the giant fire pole.









I'd have a personal room for all of you too. On a really professional looking plaque next to the door it would say, Ben's room, or Dan's and Rachel's Room, or Shebby's room, or Zachary's room, you get the picture. These rooms would be there in case you didn't want to go home after a night of DnD or a party. In fact, my castle would be situated so that it would be right next to Ben's grad school, and Dan's teaching job, and whatever base I was at. And, if you really needed to get to work fast, my personal fleet of pilots would fly you there in a SR-71 blackbird. It would be nice.





Oh, and like, the congressional library or whatever, would be re-situated to my own library, so it would be a pretty kick butt library, and we would get copies off all the new books, first. Plus, there would be motorcycles and 4 wheelers galore.





These are just some of the things off the top of my head. Keep in mind, I really don't know why I just wrote this lol. But, I think it's because I'd really like a sweet game room someday, or maybe to own a game store when I retire, or a Barnes and Nobles, or maybe a dojo.