Posted by Baron Greenback [64.105.238.209 - h-64-105-238-209.CHCGILGM.covad.net] on 26 January 2003 at 18.59.44 ZuluTime:

Well, I'm back. Haven't really checked on stuff in a while; I spent my first few hours online looking at webcomics and various photoshop sites I wasn't able to keep up with. I don't think anyone out there understands exactly what it's like being internet deprived for eight weeks. I don't know if I've ever done that before. I don't have much of an attention span. I think the internet did that to me, except that I can't remember a "before" the internet. I don't really believe there was one. For that matter, I don't know what the hell I'm on about. So, I'll just wing it.

Anyway, I'm alive again. It was a rough eight weeks, spent entertaining myself with my socks and shaving cream and all the rest of the toys they gave me to play with. Mister razor blade wins in fights with mister tube sock, by the way. I'm the proud owner of five decks of cards, a homemade chess set, and eight superballs, all of which got used heavily around my compartment. I don't know if I said this already, but the boredom is intense. We ran every once in a while, and ate. Ran and ate. Ran and ate. Then we ran battlestations, and ate a larger than normal meal. This was different, because it was called "battlestations" and lasted slightly longer. Needless to say, I was about to pull out my MIRV grenades and start launching rockets, when I realised that all my online game experience was more intense than the real life Navy boot camp, and that I was not in possession of any of these devices. Furthermore, I went through boot camp with only one life, and did not use a continue. All in all, I think I did fairly well.

So, I can smoke in seven days, and drink on weekends. That will mean I can think again. Thinking is fun. Until then, I am going into chatrooms and eating subway and playing video games to "enhance the boot camp experience" and "make myself a lardass again".