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"The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration. . .Nevertheless, the science of History is a great bulwark against the stream of Time; in a way it checks this irresistible flood, it holds in a tight grasp whatever it can seize floating on the surface and will not allow it to slip away into the depths of Oblivion. "
- Anna Comnena (1083-1153), The Alexiad
"I have taken all knowledge to be my province."
- Francis Bacon, 1592
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Delays, Delays
Sorry, but of course things are taking longer than they should. Seems to be the litany of my life, but I apologize to any readers out there who are waiting for decent posts here. First, if you're getting exasperated that the only posting here tends to be posts of my inability to post, and my exasperated lamentations about it, then join the club. {Clinton voice}Ah feel your pa'n[/Clinton voice} and share it.
Reason is the usual tale. I arrive at my unit and they tell me I shouldn't bother getting phone (internet) or cable service hooked up in my barracks room, because we're going to be moving to another barracks soon. So I don't have access to news or internet still. What little online time I've been getting is driving down to the post library for it.
So, that means this site is still in limbo because I'm still in limbo. But things could be worse, easily they could be worse. I tell myself that a lot, and it's true. But that doesn't mean life isn't without its petty annoyances.
Barracks life is going to be one of them, I can tell. Not that the barracks are bad, as such. But sharing what would be a walk-in closet for the Heinz-Kerrys with a young roommate, not so much. The size of the barracks isn’t really an issue, and my roommate isn’t a bad guy. He’s 22, though, and the musical tastes of young people leaves something to be desired, I must tell you. Barracks life in general is really for the 22-year old set. As I mentioned the other day, the Army seems to think that if you’re not married, you have no life. Well, I like my privacy, and like being able to watch C-SPAN or Special Report with Britt Hume. I’m not so into the kind of stuff most folk watch, and background noise is an irritant. I’m just going to have to get used to it for now, and it’s an incentive to get my OCS packet in and pray to Gawd that it gets approved. Gotta do it quick because technically the age cut-off is 30, but it’s waivable up to 35 (or so – that’s what the dude at the Ed center said, and t hat’s what the reg. I’ve seen said, but I’ve also heard of people 37 and 38 getting into OCS. But I’m not planning on waiting on that). Either that or find a wife, but hastily getting married to move out of the barracks is a non-solution.
Not that I don’t want to find one, mind you. But I need to find someone who has similar interests and a compatible personality. I mean, after all, if living with some 22-year old dude in living space no larger than John Kerry’s typical walk-in closet is an annoyance to me because of disparate interests, life married to someone who’s interests aren’t compatible with mine wouldn’t work out either. And I don’t plan on getting divorced. But, then, how many people go into marriage planning on getting divorced?
