Dream of Waking

This weekend news sites started to report that the governor of South Carolina was missing. His family, his friends, his staff, no one knew where he was. He didn’t leave anyone in charge, just disappeared. Yesterday his office said that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail alone. Apparently not unheard of as he’s done such things before but he usually told someone where he was going first.

In class we talked about it and speculated. I threw out there that he was off with a load of cocaine and hookers. We all had a good chuckle, blow and hookers is a good easy laugh, and went about our day.

It turns out I was closer to the truth than I thought. He was in Argentina, being “unfaithful to his wife”. Piss test this man. I guarantee he’ll come up hot for cocaine. What did I tell them? Cocaine and hookers. No one disappears for a weekend without telling anyone without good reason. Cocaine and hookers.

I can’t say I’ve been wrapped up in work. Just nothing to say. Trust me, if I were to go into the minute details of my workday, I’d bore myself to sleep before finishing.

So let’s see, Katie got me Half-Life 2 Orange Box and it’s pretty much awesome. Portal was short but well worth the price of the whole collection alone. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is more Half-Life 2 and that’s always needed, and I might not get a ton of playtime out of Team Fortress 2 here but I’ll probably play it some when I get home.

I’m still loving my Zune. About the only complaint about it I can make is the software. It’s Windows Media Player 11 reskinned. I’m more of a Winamp guy. But all it has to do is move music on and off of my zune and it does that so I won’t complain too loudly. There’s a big update coming down on the 12th or 13th that I’m very much looking forward to.

It’s horrible reading the news. What will I be coming home to? A dollar in the shitter. The NSA monitoring all internet traffic. Will DHS even let me leave the plane when I get back? How many times will I be searched going to and coming back from R&R? I won’t be able to vote in the primaries but I’m definitely voting in the election. I think our government needs some big changes and fast.