My wife says I should blog, so despite not having a paticular topic that piques my fancy, I guess I'll just have to settle for writing whatever comes to mind.

For those who don't know, I've been in Afghanistan for the better part of two months, doing the Army thing. Fear not, I should be home soon. I discover that I slide back into my deployment attitude and mindset far too easy, and I wonder where the line is between grim determination and actual optimism. Being down here doesn't bother me as much as it ought to, but liking it or not won't change that I'm here. So I might as well like it.

Nearly all the music I like came out before 1999. And the exceptions to that were at least making albums prior to '99. I thought that this meant my music tastes were still mired in some kind of high school time loop, but then I realized that modern pop music really, really sucks.

I'm actually tired of politics.