bye

8 11 2009

Had a nice Saturday wondering aimlessly around London. That, and buying random shit that I probably don’t need have become my favorite things to do on short weekends. Followed closely by downloading movies & PSP games.

hydeparkautumn

balls

I’m off for a week. Ranges. New weapons. Will probably shoot myself in the foot.
It’s bloody far away. 3hr drive. Glad I downloaded some more games for the PSPgo.

Listening to: Sliimy – Wake Up





soldier come dancing

6 11 2009

A friend of mine showed me this youtube channel: soldier come dancing. Squaddies can’t dance :o

The first video is by 1st Battalion REME. I was out in Canada with this lot:

And 1 Mercian, whose video is by far the best:

Just got back from a bit of virtual training.

pretty basic

Wasn’t as fun as I had expected. Sounded fun at first. A big video game/simulator. But the army somehow made it boring. It made Goldeneye 007 look like Crysis 2. Bad times.

Watching: Jamie’s American Road Trip





“I’m not totally useless, I can break down a Sig Sauer in, like, 12 seconds.”*

4 11 2009

Turns out that a real P226 is way more fun than a cheap airsoft one ^_^ And strangely, easier to use.

bang bang

I’m away again until Friday, playing a big video game made boring by the army.

last time I packed a giant black deployment holdall because I thought I’d be out there all week. Now I know I’ll only be there until Friday afternoon, so I’ve squeezed everything into my maxpedition condor II with my sleeping bag attached to the bottom :)

The phone signal there is rubbish so there’s no point in me taking my laptop. Will just have to try get online on my phone :(

*flashforward quote

Listening to: M.I.A – Paper Planes





good times

3 11 2009

playing with new weapon systems. today was mpmg
& ugl, tomorrow I get to play with a sig sauer p226. happy days.

Watching: The Maiden Heist





how many socks?!

1 11 2009

One of the many great things about being in the army is the not knowing.

Take today for instance, I’ve been told that I’m going away for a week on “exercise”. But it’s not a proper exercise. It’s indoors. On computers or summat. I don’t know where it is, where we’ll be staying or how long exactly for. We may or may not be coming back tomorrow night and then going back again. I don’t know what to bring or what to bring it in. I don’t even know if I’ll be on a bed or if I should take a roll matt.

No one knows. I got all of that ^ info from asking other people, who each have small snippets of info, but are also pretty much clueless.

Will we have access to mains? How will I charge my phone? Do I need to bring an AA charger?

I have total OCD when it comes to packing bags, so this is doing my head in. I’ve gotten showered and changed 3hrs early.

Listening to: Avril Lavigne – Mobile