Thank You!

Anne was sweet enough to send me a care package of my favorite hair care products and candy. I really do appreciate all the care packages. I also want to let you all know that I do share the candy I get with the troops. They thank you all for the candy as well.

Other than that, life in Iraq is going okay. Besides the Internet going down every other day, I keep myself busy by working out, playing lots of cards and I've recently started going to the salsa dance classes they have here. So when I get back to the States, I'm going to be one hell of a buff, card shark, salsa dancing fool! Watch out now!

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I took this pic at the last minute because I wasn't sure if I was going to have Internet connection or not today.

I haven't had Internet connection for the past two days, so I haven't been able to check e-mail, blogs...nuttin! Damn Iraqi Internet!!!

Happy HNT!

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I'm trying to bring out my creative side:




















Tough to do when you are in a dreary country such as this one.

Happy HNT!

Cultural Differences

I've mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I work with an Australian. He's a funny guy that is very curious of the American culture. He's always asking me questions about this or that. For example: He asked me why Americans got so upset after Janet Jackson's boob popped out during her performance at the Super Bowl, because he told me Australians didn't see it as that big of a deal. I told him that most Americans didn't care, but the FCC was upset about it and made it a big deal.




He also asked what was the big deal with Chuck Norris. He said that he noticed American men got so excited to see something with Chuck Norris in it. He told me he saw Walker, Texas Ranger and he thought it was cheesy. I explained to him that American men were making fun of Chuck Norris and that they do this by talking up his skills as if he had superpowers or something.

But today, he decided to be a nice guy and bring in a fruitcake for all of us to enjoy.











He was horrified at the reaction he got when he put it out on display for everyone.

This was some of the reaction he got:
"Ewwwww Fruitcake!!"
"Just Say No to the Fruitcake!"
"I can't believe there is a Fruitcake up in here!"

He pulled me aside and asked if he dropped a social grenade. I told him no, that Americans just don't like fruitcake that much and fruitcakes tend to be the butt of jokes around the Christmas Holiday.

He thought that there had to be more to it than that because he said "you Americans reacted with such fear towards it". Then he preceeded to make fun of Americans by saying, "You Americans are so brave that you will go after Al Qaeda, hunt down weapons of mass destruction, but put a fruitcake in front of you and you all run screaming". He claims: "All Iraq needs to do to get you Americans out of here is to keep showing clips of Janet Jackson's boob popping out and drop some fruitcake and you Americans will pull out of Iraq in one day".

I wish it was as simple as that to get us out of here.

Big Pissy Has Decided.....

That Iraq was too drab and she decided to help me pink it up:














Chocolate and some pink.....what more does a gal need?

Thank you Pissy!

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I'm frustrated with Blogger right now...so this is what you get:






















I frustrated because I've been trying to post to Blogger for days now, but they demanded that I switch. I fought it and would come back later and try different things to try and log on. I eventually lost the battle. So I'm all switched over now.

But really...how much bitching can I do about a free service?

Happy HNT!

Bitch, Gripe, Moan & Complain

Okay...Blogger tried to trick me into switching to Beta. It pulled the old "switch now because we're giving you no choice". But I said NO WAY!! So I waited and came back later and it didn't ask me to switch. I'm an Old Blogger survivor!!

Another complaint I have is that I'm gonna have to turn on my word verification. I am getting the shit spammed out of me. I go in and delete them, but when I am getting 10 or more a day, it's tough to keep up. I hate word verification, but I hate spam more! Fucking Spammers!!

I could go on and on because it rained here again and it is muddy as hell out....but I am just too tired to continue on.

Have a Great Super Bowl Sunday!

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Some of you asked last week if I had brought along Steelers panties to Iraq.

Well......


....Come on get involved till the mystery is solved....



































They're Joe Boxers.

Now that the mystery is solved....we can all go join Scooby and the gang down at the malt shop.

Happy HNT!