I always wanted a picture with me and Hussein. That's what I think we should've done with him; let all the soldiers in OIF1 (maybe OIF2) pose next to him and take pictures. Wouldn't that be great? I'd frame mine! Hundreds of years from now my grandkids will ask me who that [cave]man is I'm standing next to, and I could answer, "Why, that's a dictator I helped depose...don't you whippersnappers know anything about history? Why, when I was your age we had to memorize the constitution of the countries in which it snowed, the middle names of leaders--past, present, and future--of the countries which had a daylight savings time, and average lifespan of people who could solve the Rubik's Cube. Schools today don't teach you a dang thing about history. They say that if you don't know history, you're doomed to memorize it!"
Seriously, though. It would make a great mantlepiece...assuming Hussein's just a little clean-shaven. Now if I only had a mantlepiece...I guess my Mentos Piece will do, in the meantime.
So why didn't anyone tell me I was wrong? All this time I was confusing aries with ares...sound the same, but spelled differently. On the bright side, I finished another book. Time to move onto the next one. This one should slow me down...it's another Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist!
If you look down at the books I've read, you'll notice one called "My Jihad". The description made it sound real good...like I was going to get a perspective on the world of bin Laden and the jihads. "One American's journey through the world of Usama bin Laden--as a covert operative for the American government." I was severely dissapointed with the book, though. Not only was it poorly written, but it said almost nothing about bin Laden or jihad. It was about this one guy's journeys and adventures in Chechyna and the surrounding areas; hardly anything about why he was there, what he felt by being there, and how being there changed him. To make matters worse, the main character wasn't even likeable...he was stubborn and paranoid, sometimes attacking people because they looked a certain way--and he would justify this by saying that the person was about to attack him. For the record, his would-be attackers never did attack. And that "covert operative" part--lies. Yes, he worked for the FBI and talked with the CIA, but he eventually thinks that the CIA betrayed him. Truth be told, they might have betrayed him; but his arrogance make his arguements sound like he's just whining because he didn't get his way and it makes it a little hard to think it's true.
And for reference purposes;
Filmography: Amish Paradise (Director, Editor, Cameraman #1, Wanderer, Concept by); Meet Maintenance (Director, Editor, Concept By), A Documentary of One (Director, Editor, Cameraman #1, Concept By), Jonah Smokes a Cigarette (Director, Editor, Concieved With Help From), Just Kickin' It (Editor), Maintenance Races (Editor), My First Kill (Editor), Christmas Eve-Arifjan (Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director, Concept by), Mentos Commercial--Chess (Director, Concept By, Cinematographer)
Currently Reading:Peter Pan
Books Read Since Deployed In February: 34: Waiting for Godot, The Old Man and The Sea, My Jihad, Peter Pan, A Tale of Two Cities, When Body Language Goes Bad, Fugitive From the Cubicle Police, Seabiscuit, October Sky, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, Equations of Equilibrium, The Little Book of Hilarious Quotes, The War In Iraq: The Illustrated History, Me, Escape From China, Citizen of the Galaxy, The Princess Bride, Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Catch Me If You Can, The Odyssy, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Gangs of New York, X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble, X-Wing: The Krytos Trap, X-Wing: The Bacta War, X-Wing: Wraith Squadron, X-Wing: Iron Fist, Nine Stories (a collection of short stories by J.D. Salinger), The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, Patriot Games
Fastest Rubik's Cube Time: 37 seconds