2005/08/27

Ladytron

Ah, almost forgot. Ladytron is a geat band. Download now! Chill electronic rock.

Days of tranquillity

I've been meaning to write an entry all week, but not much has happened, really. I've been lulling around the house, playing some WoW (with a new cuddly Tauren hunter), surfing the internets, and just taking it slow. I did do a couple of really neat stuff on the monday though, first I managed to get to the post office to pick up my drivers licence (the actual card that's been waiting for me for two months), and I bought a game. But not just any game. No, it's a post nuclear role playing game. That's right. Fallout. I've played Fallout 2 quite a bit (never completed though) and I've decided that the first game (which is just as ridiculously sweet) must be completed before I take yet another try at number two, this time, maybe I'll make it.

Since they are long time-craving RPGs thougth, I probably won't have time for them until next summer. Drat.

In other news, Google's got me all warm and fuzzy again. Google Talk (which apparently has the best sound quality of all VoIP-systems out there), not as complete as other VoIP/IM-applications, but it's been out 2 days in beta, so I recon there is more to come. And Google Desktop 2.0. I like it in my current situation, but won't probably use the sidebar (though it's filled with many cool things, and is not as occupying as you might think) when I get my own clean, swift and pure computer. The desktop gets kind of messy, you know. Buying that copmputer will also take place sometime next summer.

I kind of want the next summer to be here now.

2005/08/19

R&R

I hope that's short for rest and relaxation, because that's what lies ahead of me now. For an antire week. Last wednesday we marched out to a small group of buildings (where urban combat is practised I presume) where our beloved beret-test took place. We marched and we worked and we ate a little and worked even more and got a little more food and then one or maybe two hours of sleep before we were dragged up again to march/run through the night, finding our way with a compass and a map. That's not easy in the dark with only a flashlight. The estimated length of the whole test was approx. 32 km. However, with all our mistakes and moment of disorientation we probably landed at 40-45 km. With combat gear and a heavy backpack, yes. Arriving finally at the goal at 0700, we were quite tired. Fortunately this kind of task, short but intense, is much faster to recover from than long exhausting ones.

I'm planning to see Land of the Dead soon, but first I have to watch Dawn and Day of the Dead... I've only seen the 2004 version... not good (though the movie was).

Mike, my cellphone is miserably fucked up. Call me on my home numer or send me a mail or something, we do need to meet before I disappear again.

And finally, Lars, your new site is supposed to go up in 10 minutes. I'll be watching!

Edit: Ok, make that 1 hour and 10 minutes...

2005/08/06

Routine

Six weeks have now passed. I think I'm starting to get used to the shit. Last week we practiced combat so I fired off a lot of blanks in the forest while running around and screaming commands. An ok week, concidering we marched 8km a day all three combat days. Hopefully the beret-test (or whatever it would be called in english) will be a little easier now. Two weeks left til that.

Speaking of shooting, firing a real gun is so totaly different from everything we learn in games (surprise). As an example i shot off 20 rounds from a distance of 20m (not long at all) in full auto from the hip and I hit 1 shot. A lucky one. No wonder all the guards in movies that run around shooting like maniacs with their automatic rifles never hits the hero...

I think we'll get to try out some anti-tank shots (think bazooka) and machine guns soon... and throw live hand grenades, yay!