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06:26 - Tuesday, May. 03, 2005
on this day thirty years ago.......
good morning mr. and mrs. america and all the ships at sea! (walter winchell)

anniversary!!! wow!

thirty years ago today, may 3, 1975, a date that will live in infamy, u.s. naval forces converged upon the east coast of these united states, and engaged in a secret risky search and rescue operation, the likes of that has never been attempted before, and has never been attempted since; for on this day, thirty years ago, our hero,(namely, me) was extracted from his rabbit hole, and pressed into naval service by order of the president of the united states!!!

wow! 30 years! my very 1st amtrak ride! boston to chicago, the drunken fool express! once the steward on board the train discovered that the navy had extracted us, and put us on that train, the free beer started flowing, and didnt quit until we got to chicago! i cannot recall much of anything during the trip, (i wonder why!) but when we got to chicago, then went on that chicago and northwestern train to great lakes, i do remember when we got on THAT train, there was no more beer to be had, and when we arrived at great lakes naval recruit depot, we were in for the shock of our lives!!!

we got there in the middle of the night, or so it seemed; that first day was horrid! lots of yelling and screaming, running and puking, i dont think we slept at all! oh, the attitude adjustments we all got that day! haircuts, uniforms, yelling, running, fast eating, marching ensued; what a culture shock! at the end of 13 grueling weeks, i went from punk assed motherfucker to full fledged sailor, gung-ho and disiplined! chief greene had accomplished in 13 weeks what my half-assed parents failed to do in 17 years. in those 13 weeks, i grew up, and learned a sense of right and wrong, learned how to properly wash my ass, learned how to shave, and become a worthy human being!

one particular memory stands out in my mind. one day we were called to formation, and i was that last bug to come out, and boy, was i late!
all the other bugs were joking and smoking. i came out and asked permission to smoke. chief greene said, you wanna smoke, boy? yes, sir! well, he told me to goto his office and get his scotch tape. so after i got the tape, he again asked me if i wanted to smoke, yes sir! well back then, i smoked kool 100's menthol, and had a fresh pack. he took that pack, and proceeded to TAPE all 20 cigarettes TOGETHER, and said, well, boy, if ya wanna smoke, SMOKE!! i had to stand there, and smoke all 20 taped together cigarettes all at once! down to the filter!!!, needless to say, i got nice and sick! then afterwards, i had to run a mile. just me. i was never late for formation again, and didnt smoke as much during the rest of boot camp! oy vey!!



last evening, my wonderful bank once again deposited my gubbermint check into my account, so i made a very rare appearence to americas favorite store, that everyones loves to shop in, but just hates to have one built in their neighbourhood, and went grocery shopping, got my money order for the rent, and had a mild panic attack. there was tons of people there, and i had felt that i had to rush rush rush, and these morons were all in my way!! i had to force my self to slow down, and stop constantly to breathe, and remember that all these other people in the store, were not there just to be in my way, but that they were shopping also. there was NO conspiracy, and these people were not out to make my life miserable, they were just there shopping, just like me. breathe! breathe! i remembered that i had started the tape so when i got home, i can watch 24. and that there was no need to rush. on the rare occasions that i am out AT NIGHT, i have to remember that i am not under any curfew, i am not going to lose my bed, and i can just take my sweet time shopping, and i dont have to explain myself as to why i am "late". i just have been conditioned that i have to be in at a certain time, and that i do not leave at night once im in. and if i leave, i will lose my bed. i know i dont have to think like that, and i CAN go out at night; its just that many years of living in shelters and missions, has conditioned me to be in at a certain time. i remember that when i moved in here, and doyle the manager had asked if i had any questions, i ALMOST blurted out,~~ well, how long can i stay here? but i didnt. i am not used to going out at night, when the sun goes down, im am in.

heres my master plan, and i hope it works! starting today, and every month until october, i am gonna tuck away 100 bucks a month, and make believe that its spent, and i dont have it. then so when october hits, i can goto san diego and to the journal convention and meet all you guys, and buy stuff like im made of money! heheheh!!

well, its tuesday, and the master plan for today is clean the room, vaccumm and wash! im not planning to work today, but ya never know.if after the room cleaning is done, then, if its a nice day, ie: NO RAIN! then i will go out and play in traffic.

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Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on this day in 1937 for her epic Civil War-era novel, Gone with the Wind. Mitchell sold the movie rights to producer David O. Selznick for a then-unheard-of sum of $50,000. The 1939 film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh raked in box office millions of dollars and tons of Academy Awards, and it gave TBS something to play seven times a week from 1986-1992, until they acquired the rights to another epic film based in the South, Road House.

well, thats all i have from here, all is well and swell, and hope the same is with you!! hava slap-happy day, and dont forget to feed the cat! he will love ya for it!!!

FACT OF THE DAY
TV's long-running soap saga 'Dallas' finally ends today in 1991. Apart from the famous 'who shot JR?' plotline and the infamous 'it was all a dream' plotline (to explain a character's death and resurrection), the show has also bizarrely been credited with the end of communism in Romania as the populace began to yearn for the opulent lifestyles enjoyed by the show's characters.

CAT OF THE DAY

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