Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Art of Manliness shave.

What can be said that hasn't been said on this site? Probably nothing. Too say that I like the Art of Manliness site is an understatement. Please go over there and read through it. Here is a favorite of mine. If you love shaving as much as I do then you'll appreciate the essay.
http://artofmanliness.com/2012/03/26/photo-essay-the-straight-razor-shave/

Transition to civilian life is hard...

How to convert from military (USAF specific here) to civilian life.

This seemed so lovely I had to reprint (Courtesy of Chop Ex Machina).

1. Admit:
"I was in the Air Force; I have a problem." This is the first step to recovery...

2. Speech:
Time should never begin with a zero or end in a hundred, it is not 0430 or 1400; it is 4:30am and 2:00pm.

Words like latrine, overhead, fourth point of contact, bunk, and "PT" will get you weird looks; bathroom, ceiling, ass, bed, and workout... get used to it.

Grunting is not talking.

It's a phone, not a radio; do not use words like roger, say again, send it and conversations on a phone do not end in "out".

People will not know what you are talking about if you tell them you usually spend your Monday's doing a PMCS and that you need a 5988 before you can do a proper QA/QC or that you spent a deployment in USAREUR. It's all gibberish to them.

Likewise people will not understand you when you use expressions like "watch your six" or "pop smoke."

Also, the people you hang out with now are your friends and the people you work with are your co-workers. There is no such thing as a "battle buddy" anymore.

3. Style:
Do not put creases in your jeans.
Do not put creases on the front of your dress shirts.
A horseshoe cut looks dumb, not motivating.
A high and tight looks really dumb as well.
A hat indoors does not make you a bad person; it makes you like the rest of the world; what's more it's a hat and not a cover.
You do not have to wear a belt ALL the time.

4. Relationship:
Being divorced twice by the time you are 23 is not normal, neither are 6 month marriages, even if it is your first.

Marrying a girl so that you can move out of the barracks does not make "financial sense", it makes you a retard.

5. Personal accomplishments:
In the real world, being able to do pushups and run a 13 minute 2 mile will not make you good at your job.

Most people will be slightly disturbed by you if you tell them about people you have killed or seen die.

How much pain you can take is not a personal accomplishment.

The time you got really drunk and passed the sobriety test anyway is also not a personal accomplishment.

6. Drinking:
In the real world, being drunk before 5pm will get you an intervention, not a "good for you".

That time you drank a 5th of Jaeger and pissed in your closet is not a conversation starter.

That time you went to the combat life saver school and practiced giving vodka IV's will also not be a good conversation starter.

7. Bodily functions:
Farting on your co-workers and then giggling while you run away may be viewed as "unprofessional".

The size of the dump you took yesterday will not be funny no matter how big it was, how much it burned, or how much it smelled.

You can't make fun of someone for being sick, no matter how funny it is.
VD will also not be funny.

8. The human body:
Most people will not want to hear about your balls. Odd as that may seem, it's true.

9. Spending habits:
One day, you will have to pay bills
Buying a $30,000 car on a $16,000 a year salary is a really bad idea.
Spending money on video games instead of on diapers makes you a fool.
One day you will need health insurance .

10. Interacting with civilians (AKA YOU):
Making fun of your neighbor to his face for being fat will not be normal. Calling him a "fat-body" is not polite.

11. Real jobs:
They really can fire you.

On the flip side you really can quit.

Screaming at the people that work for you will not be normal, remember they really can quit too.

Taking naps at work will not be acceptable.

Remember 9-5 not 0530 to 1700

12. The Law:
UCMJ does not exist and will not save you from prison.

Your workplace unlike your command can't save you and probably won't, in fact most likely you will get fired about 5 minutes after they find out you've been arrested.

Even McDonalds does background checks, and "conviction" isn't going to help you get the job.

Fighting is not a normal thing and will really get you arrested, not yelled at Monday morning before they ask you if you won.

13. General knowledge:
You can in fact really say what you think about the President in public.

Pain is not weakness leaving the body, it's just pain.

They won't wear anything shiny that tells you they are more important than you are, be polite.

Read the contracts before you sign them; remember what happened last time.

Repost or resend if you were once an airman...or currently are...or know some and miss them dearly.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

My friend just got married.

This makes me so happy! I've known this wonderful woman since I started grade school. The evolution she's gone through has been nothing short of amazing. I honestly can't think of someone more deserving of happiness with a life partner. Here's to you Karrified. Congratulations! I love you and wish you two the best.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Pics for a project.







The Kitten and I decided to help out a couple of friends for their ministry by trying to create a logo.  We snapped some shots that transferred to drawings pretty well I must say.  We even got a couple of Jr too :)

Friday, May 18, 2012

Well worth the effort.

Thank you Kitten <3

6over Trailer and Release Date.

Whoo hoo!!!  Finally!  I have been waiting since the Kickstart trailer.  Here's some words from the folks at Dice....

6over Trailer and Release Date.:
Ok, we are launching the movie at Born Free. The first batch will come in a special limited edition tin case with 20 page booklet. You will be able to buy it at the show for $29.00. It's going to be about 1 hour and 20 minutes long. One week after Born Free the DVD will be available to purchase online. Michael and Davey are still burning the midnight oil to get it finished but finished it will be. Yikes!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Waking up...

...and toooootally mesmerized by motocross courtesy of "On Any Sunday". That's my girl!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Cro Customs 13 24: 6 Over: Coming Soon!

I am soooooo excited for this to be almost complete!

Cro Customs 13 24: 6 Over: Coming Soon!: The word is, editing is in the final stages and an announcement will be made very soon. Very excited about being part of the film. It's a...

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

It's been the worst of days...

...and the best of days. Major drama at work. Lots of vehicles broken. I'm the Vehicle NCO so I have to ensure they get fixed. My coworkers think I'm scamming the system by taking random time off. It's also getting hotter with summer approaching. Needless to say, I was glad to go to PT at 1400. I sold my old exhaust today and made a nice $150. That's alway good! I decided to check out the new Sportsters they came out with. The paint is good and the layout is neat. Pretty similar to what I would like to try on my own at a later date. But, I think I'll be trying my project on a Victory. The horsepower and reliability is pretty insane with those things. Anyway, I also came home to find an awning being built on my back patio. Whoop whoop as Mrs. Nelson would say. After PT I went and grabbed Carter. We bought some new sand for the sandbox. He was pretty awesome at cleaning the Army guys out of the old sand. Once we got that done we had to run down to the corner store to get Icee's for the fam unit. Now we're just hanging out playing some Mario. So the day was salvaged pretty well. Thank you Jesus!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Skinning yourself alive.

I'm sitting here watching this video by Brittany Morrow on Vimeo. It is
good. The scars are hellacious! I am glad she lived and does what she
does. I actually like the paint on her bike! Her website is Rock The Gear
dot ORG, and there's a ton of stuff on here about how to avoid skinning
yourself alive. I highly encourage the read at:
http://www.rockthegear.org/index.php?/rockthegear101/

If nothing else, just at least check out the video on:
http://vimeo.com/22897515

Tech stuff and Ibanez Rulez.

So, this website is run by Rich Harris. He's a great guy for all things
Ibanez. He basically started by buying Japanese market Ibanez (like the
super high end stuff only available overseas) and re-selling it here. He
eventually just became an authorized Ibanez dealer about 4 years ago. Rich
is super cool, super honest and the ONLY person I will ever deal with for
new Ibanez! Here's some tech articles for your educational enjoyment.

http://www.ibanezrules.com/tech/setup/index.htm

http://www.ibanezrules.com/tech/grunge/grunge_1.htm


Monday, May 7, 2012

Sigh....

Yeah. This guy is lucky. Here I am running a GOV to a vendor, 50 mph on 80, and see this guy blasting past me. Soooo lucky!

Living Out Loud: Season 1: Episode 1- Pilot

Living Out Loud: Season 1: Episode 1- Pilot: I have always wanted a blog... I have my friend, Will to thank for planting the seed inside my head... Thanks, Will... You can catch up with...

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Five De Mayo.

Hmmm.  What has been happening.  Waiting on a leather jacket for my daughter so she can go riding.  PT'ing it up everyday.  I am ready to take some leave.  I haven't been on vacation in almost a year, and this won't even be a vacation ha ha ha!  Just some well deserved time off.  Back on Friday I think the Kitten had had enough of the week as I had.  So we took off for Santa Cruz.  Spent the night and then hit the beach for the day.


My original touring crew.  We've been all over the land together.

Rolling my pants up to take Jr. in the water.

She wouldn't go near the water unless I was there first.

Even then she wanted to be carried.

$6 sand toys, and she loved them.  :)
All my ladies of the weekend <3
So we had a complete blast over the weekend in Santa Cruz.  Topped it off with a blinding worship this morning and about to enjoy a steak dinner with the Kitten.  WW!
Almost forgot.  I was sending out some pics of the weekend to a couple of friends and I decided to smart with them ;)


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