First Day of the rest of my Blog lol....
Mood:  celebratory
Howdy Folks,

So this is what Blogging is.... I had no idea it was this exciting and yet strangely pathetic lol. Perhaps it is my motivations for starting this today in the first place that make me feel as if I'm weakly typing here to avoid typing an email I probably should be typing. Ahhh... now there's a tale... perhaps another time. Maybe I'll keep this Blog around more to just list anecdotal and humorous situations/events in my life and in the experiences related to me by family and friends. Those stories would have you rolling!

Let me share with you my background and those of my friends and family to give you a peek into what craziness transpires on an almost weekly basis.

Me- I'm half-Korean, half-Irish, and born in India. I'm a former Marine, Operation Desert Shield/Storm veteran (90-91) AND I was an Army Medic in Operation Able Sentry (UN Peacekeeper Macedonia'95) and Operation Joint Guard (NATO Peacekeeper Bosnia'97). I'm 34 years old and have spent 20 of those years living in places like India, S.Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Ethiopia, Germany and the US. My most recent ex was a divorced vietnamese girl with a crush on her ex husband who left her because he 'wanted to be with an Indian girl'. The irony? She later dates a Pakistani who cheats on her as her ex-hubby moves to Georgia to be with a CHINESE girl he's met on the net! Is this better than Springer or what!?!?

The gang from work... We are all security screeners with TSA at a rather large airport... yes you heard that right... but NOT the folks upstairs in uniform.. nope.. we're the idiots that work unseen in the dungeons with your check-in luggage!

So now I'll start listing folks from work that you'll probably be hearing alot about.

Kenny- the 28-year old namesake of the famed Southpark character, any attempt to 'Kill Kenny' will usually result in what we like to refer to as 'a real down-home ass whoopin'. He'd done metalwork,signwork and bouncing before he came to us. He still bounces as a second job at a local night spot. He sees himself as quite the ladies man and in fairness to him quite a few of them would agree. His approach seems to be to ask for a ride in their car (as his own is shot) and then make his way to their place (he lives with his momma and grandmomma)! haha. He'd see me as a 'playa-hata'. His ideal mate is one that doesn't drown in the hot tub and leaves shortly after coming to a close call. His ex-girlfriend is an ex-stripper. More about Kenny later.

Steve- ahh our little 21 year old musician. I'd put alot more about him in here if I believed half the shit he's told us hahaha. He truly is a talented musician, lyricist and singer. He plays guitar and the drums and can often be found writing in his little red notebook lines for 'spoken word' shows at barnes&nobles or lyrics to a song he's contemplating. His ex-girlfriend left him for his best friend while all 3 were living with her parents. <--- crazy song material!

The three of us are looking into moving in together in January/Feb 2005 timeframe.

Elliott- Elliott is a 35year old black man with 4kids who one day after hearing my background and ethnicity confided to me that he is in fact Japanese. hahahaha. I swear to GOD! His story is priceless and true as well! I have no idea how I meet these kinds of people but I've truly been blessed. Elliott is seemingly quiet, an army veteran himself, and trained in ninjitsu. He also wears a cowboy hat every day. Yes, Elliott is one of those very rare black japanese men wearing cowboy hats.... and he's my friend.... from work... protecting the homeland.

Debbie- Deb is a friend of mine for almost 16 years now who told me about the job in the first place. A former Army Medic herself she has a crazy past like the rest of us. Her husband has been in jail for the last 10 years and she's been unable to get a divorce. He is not the father of her 8 year old son. Deb, I'm convinced, is going to wind up being the love of my life. We'll never get romantically or sexually involved but she'll always be there for me ... supportive sometimes... but usually quick to give me a swift kick in the ass when I need it... hahaha. She's been an absolute riot to know. Her wit and sense of humor are impossible to even TRY to remain grumpy through... you'll find yourself cracking a smile or guffaw ...if only to get her to pass you by so that you can go on feeling sorry for yourself in peace. Deb's ex boyfriend was someone's current husband lol. I'm telling you this stuff promises to be better than any talkshow!