This issue comes at you from the kitchen in the House of Wickid. I have an energy drink running through my system, there is music streaming through the speakers, and the phone is AFK-ing through a mobile game as I move back and forth between the computer and the living room while I clean my heart out today. Luckily, today happens to be a day where I don't have to go to work. Probably one of the biggest perks about shore duty and working swings. One thing that I didn't expect to happen was missing the time to call in for my muster this morning. Since I normally call in to tell them that I am still alive I try to be awake between 0515 and 0520 so that I can make that 2 minute phone call. Unfortunately, I missed the call this morning so next duty day promises to have a watch scheduled for me. Theoretically, I should be able to get the watch I want if it happens to disagree with my schedule. This is the first time that I have missed calling in so it isn't too bad for me. I got upset, but what can you do? It happened and there is nothing I can do about it. No sense in being upset for too long.
Now that I have thoroughly enjoyed my morning that was spent watching Lucas play with the other little ones in his play group, I stand here in the kitchen (always the kitchen) to tell you about the morning and the rest of the day. I know that the rest of the day hasn't actually happened yet, but it is fun to know that I have plans for the rest of the day, even if some of them fall through sometimes. Dinner will happily be eaten somewhere other than the house. I will get the living room all nice and clean, children will be gotten from school and maybe if I'm really lucky, I will be able to get some time in on Destiny. Yes, I do like trying to plan out my video game time because that is usually the only time I get it. I try to utilize it as often as possible since the only time I do get to play is after the children go to bed. Usually only leaves me with about two to three hours, which for me is a lot of time to get a lot of things done. I try to be efficient when I play. This is also one reason why I am constantly cleaning. It justifies my reasoning for sitting on me arse for a few hours doing nothing except getting lost in the wonderful world of whatever it is that I am playing. Pause for a moment since the coffee is finished brewing. Must want to make my heart hurt today because the caffeine overload will be tremendous. It is delicious though so it is hard to pass up.
Hard to believe that we are almost halfway through the first month of the new year. Things have been moving rather quickly for the most part. The wife and I have been looking at houses to either purchase or rent, we are still deciding on what we want to do, and we have been discussing the future of my career. I won't go into that since we kind of did that yesterday or the day before. I will spare you the pain of me repeating myself. For most of you, this weekend will be a three day weekend. I know it is for me and I can't wait to start it. I might even leave early Friday from work to get a head start on the weekend. Enjoy your weekend if you do get it and if you don't, we'll enjoy it for you.
Wednesday is typically a very hard day to get through. Most people think that it is Friday because all you want to do is get to Saturday so that you don't have the responsibilities of going to work. Unless you work retail, then Saturday sucks for you. I know that once I make it through Wednesday, my week tends to speed up and things move at a much smoother pace. It means that I am one step closer to enjoying time at home with the familial unit doing things that I like to do. I don't have to get up early to take them to school. We can "sleep in" and stay up late. They love having their late nights on the weekend because I can put them in their room and the only requirement they have is to be quiet and play or go to bed if they are loud. It is actually a good system for them because it usually wears them out enough that they tend to sleep later than 0630 on a Saturday. The only real downside to it all is that the older boys do tend to be little terrorists when they are awake the next day. I sometimes spend most of the day yelling at them over the way they behave.
I had a legitimate "Oh Shit!" moment about 45 minutes ago. I got so busy cleaning and talking to you guys on here that I almost missed going to get the kids from school. Lucky for me, I can move rather quickly when needed. I even still managed to get a decent parking spot at the school. There is something about the way they made that parking lot that just angers me. It was not very well designed when they rebuilt the school. The looks nicer now, but the parking lot sucks even more than it did before. Now that the kids are home, I am limited in what I can do in regards to cleaning. At least I can enjoy the little bit of time off before the wife gets home with her sister from the doctor. We still have to decide on supper and when we plan on going grocery shopping. I think tomorrow will be a good day since there are no appointments and the little kids don't have to worry about school or anything. I won't be going since I still have to worry about the sister and getting her home from work. For now though, it is time for me to head out and go do what I need to do. Don't forget that tonight is Wednesday night so there is a possibility for the live B2kradio show starting at 10 p.m. EST. Again, do your own math for when the show starts in your area. The only reason the show won't be on tonight is if American Horror Story is on and +Chuck Bisbee is watching it. I have to look to see if it is on tonight or you can do that yourself and figure it all out. I will be busy doing my thing in hopes that the show is on tonight. I plan on chairdancing my way to happiness tonight, even if I have to listen to a previous show. He puts up the live shows into neat little replay packages. Check that shit out and turn that bitch up a notch! Go to www.B2kradio.com to get your fix. Chuck is in your ear!
I'm out!
Wickid
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Why oh why
Tuesday you have failed me miserably. How could you allow me to stay awake for the first two and a half hours of your beginning? Why would you do that to me? I didn't do anything to you. Why you punish me?
In case you can't tell, I didn't get much sleep last night. I don't know what it was about me being in bed and trying to sleep that kept me from sleep. I wasn't doing anything that would have kept me from sleeping. I stopped playing Destiny sometime around eleven o'clock last night to go upstairs and go to bed. I laid down and shared my space with Lucas and the fat dog Chloe. Beverly was watching Friends on the TV and Luke was sleeping. She went to bed shortly after I got upstairs and then I just couldn't fall asleep. Do you ever get those nights where you sit on the couch yawning every five minutes or so and then you go to your bedroom to lay down and sleep and the second your head touches the pillow, your body wakes up and says, "No sleep for you tonight sweetheart. Not going to happen." Does that happen to you guys? Happened to me last night. I was tired and ready to go to bed and when I did, I was told it wasn't going to happen. Oh well I guess. These things happen. Now to the meat and potatoes of the day.
It started pretty much like every other day. Get up, kid off to school, sister off to work, home to care for children. Got yelled at today because the lady was supposed to go to training this morning and even though I attempted to wake her up, I still was at fault. If I wake you up or attempt to wake you up, then get out of bed. I gotta do it so I think every one should be able to do it. Even when I don't want to get out of bed, I still do. Nothing is going to get done if I stay in bed. Not sure how late she was, but I hope that she wasn't too late. Driving all the way out to Port Orchard with morning traffic probably sucked. I at least got some morning game time in since the boys were playing quietly together. It's nice to see them do that. I took the liberty to enjoy myself a little this morning. I did however, empty and refill the dishwasher, got it running, and did some dishes as well so if asked, I can justify playing for an hour or so this morning. I have been playing Destiny and I must say Bungie might have outdone themselves. In a very futuristic, apocalyptic wasteland much like Borderlands, with an environment that may be a little sluggish at first, is the realm in with you, the guardian, are found and handed a weapon to fight the darkness.
Fight the darkness you say? Don't we do that with every video game? We might, but have you ever stopped to think about it or were you too engrossed with the fact that you have a new game that you wanted and are super excited to play it? This was actually this game's second chance play by me. If I die a very gruesome death within the supposed tutorial level, I tend not to pick it back up again. I will get rid of you and go find something else. I have a few friends that have played this game and they all have said it was good. So, after talking to my buddy Mike from work, I decided that last night I would try again for the sake of the game. Booted it up and really haven't looked back. I got through the first area without dying, found my first ship, and moved up to the tower. I even got a weapon from the postmaster in the game from an "unknown benefactor". Not sure where it came from, but it is at level 20 and I just got to level 6. It might be awhile before I can use it. So far, I think I can find a way to enjoy this game. Guess I should look at getting the expansion that has come out for it so that I can do even more cool stuff once I get to it. I started out as a Warlock, but I can start the other 2 classes when the need arises to start fresh and new. I do like my special ability to throw out this void blast that completely disintegrates the enemies that it hits. So much awesome.
I was so fast that you guys have no clue that I got the second child off to school and that therapy starts in a few minutes for the youngest king. Not really fast because I just stopped typing and nobody but me really knows how long it takes me to type these out. It doesn't seem like it takes that long to type out all of these random thoughts as they come to my head, but when I look at the clock on the stove and twenty to thirty minutes have passed, I start to wonder if I go into some cosmic vortex or something because I lose all track of time. I still have the living room to pick up which shouldn't take too long since it is mostly toys and they are all pretty much contained to one area. I seriously don't want to go to work today though. I have that lag from the leave period that has stuck with me a lot longer than it should have. Usually after about 3 days of being back at work, I get back into the swing of things and work doesn't seem like such a chore. I had to be a delivery boy last night for about twenty minutes. One multimeter for some beef jerky. Still not sure who got the short end of the stick in that deal, but I really don't care. My task was complete and then I got to come home and watch TV with my lady.
I guess I really should start enjoying what is left of my shore duty though. This June will be the final year of this duty station before I move on to the next submarine that will consume my life and soul. It's not that I want to spend the countless hours that will be spent there, but it is something that has to be done. One more summer at home with the kids, One more Thanksgiving and Christmas without fear of being on the boat for them, One more New Year spent at home with my lady. One more anniversary that as long as my rotation works out correctly, I will get to be home for. This time has actually flown by and a lot of things have been missed. I shall cherish these last 17 or so months where I get to be home on a nightly basis.
Now I really should get to picking up the living room and eating my lunch before I have to leave to get the children from school and such. Off I go.
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
In case you can't tell, I didn't get much sleep last night. I don't know what it was about me being in bed and trying to sleep that kept me from sleep. I wasn't doing anything that would have kept me from sleeping. I stopped playing Destiny sometime around eleven o'clock last night to go upstairs and go to bed. I laid down and shared my space with Lucas and the fat dog Chloe. Beverly was watching Friends on the TV and Luke was sleeping. She went to bed shortly after I got upstairs and then I just couldn't fall asleep. Do you ever get those nights where you sit on the couch yawning every five minutes or so and then you go to your bedroom to lay down and sleep and the second your head touches the pillow, your body wakes up and says, "No sleep for you tonight sweetheart. Not going to happen." Does that happen to you guys? Happened to me last night. I was tired and ready to go to bed and when I did, I was told it wasn't going to happen. Oh well I guess. These things happen. Now to the meat and potatoes of the day.
It started pretty much like every other day. Get up, kid off to school, sister off to work, home to care for children. Got yelled at today because the lady was supposed to go to training this morning and even though I attempted to wake her up, I still was at fault. If I wake you up or attempt to wake you up, then get out of bed. I gotta do it so I think every one should be able to do it. Even when I don't want to get out of bed, I still do. Nothing is going to get done if I stay in bed. Not sure how late she was, but I hope that she wasn't too late. Driving all the way out to Port Orchard with morning traffic probably sucked. I at least got some morning game time in since the boys were playing quietly together. It's nice to see them do that. I took the liberty to enjoy myself a little this morning. I did however, empty and refill the dishwasher, got it running, and did some dishes as well so if asked, I can justify playing for an hour or so this morning. I have been playing Destiny and I must say Bungie might have outdone themselves. In a very futuristic, apocalyptic wasteland much like Borderlands, with an environment that may be a little sluggish at first, is the realm in with you, the guardian, are found and handed a weapon to fight the darkness.
Fight the darkness you say? Don't we do that with every video game? We might, but have you ever stopped to think about it or were you too engrossed with the fact that you have a new game that you wanted and are super excited to play it? This was actually this game's second chance play by me. If I die a very gruesome death within the supposed tutorial level, I tend not to pick it back up again. I will get rid of you and go find something else. I have a few friends that have played this game and they all have said it was good. So, after talking to my buddy Mike from work, I decided that last night I would try again for the sake of the game. Booted it up and really haven't looked back. I got through the first area without dying, found my first ship, and moved up to the tower. I even got a weapon from the postmaster in the game from an "unknown benefactor". Not sure where it came from, but it is at level 20 and I just got to level 6. It might be awhile before I can use it. So far, I think I can find a way to enjoy this game. Guess I should look at getting the expansion that has come out for it so that I can do even more cool stuff once I get to it. I started out as a Warlock, but I can start the other 2 classes when the need arises to start fresh and new. I do like my special ability to throw out this void blast that completely disintegrates the enemies that it hits. So much awesome.
I was so fast that you guys have no clue that I got the second child off to school and that therapy starts in a few minutes for the youngest king. Not really fast because I just stopped typing and nobody but me really knows how long it takes me to type these out. It doesn't seem like it takes that long to type out all of these random thoughts as they come to my head, but when I look at the clock on the stove and twenty to thirty minutes have passed, I start to wonder if I go into some cosmic vortex or something because I lose all track of time. I still have the living room to pick up which shouldn't take too long since it is mostly toys and they are all pretty much contained to one area. I seriously don't want to go to work today though. I have that lag from the leave period that has stuck with me a lot longer than it should have. Usually after about 3 days of being back at work, I get back into the swing of things and work doesn't seem like such a chore. I had to be a delivery boy last night for about twenty minutes. One multimeter for some beef jerky. Still not sure who got the short end of the stick in that deal, but I really don't care. My task was complete and then I got to come home and watch TV with my lady.
I guess I really should start enjoying what is left of my shore duty though. This June will be the final year of this duty station before I move on to the next submarine that will consume my life and soul. It's not that I want to spend the countless hours that will be spent there, but it is something that has to be done. One more summer at home with the kids, One more Thanksgiving and Christmas without fear of being on the boat for them, One more New Year spent at home with my lady. One more anniversary that as long as my rotation works out correctly, I will get to be home for. This time has actually flown by and a lot of things have been missed. I shall cherish these last 17 or so months where I get to be home on a nightly basis.
Now I really should get to picking up the living room and eating my lunch before I have to leave to get the children from school and such. Off I go.
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Monday, January 12, 2015
Monday Morning Post
Welcome back to The Arena and it is now officially Monday! I am currently sipping on some really deliciously hot coffee and listening to the Pandora. Pandora surely doesn't compete with B2kRadio, but it is good in a pinch. I have a pile of dishes behind me and a tornado has gone through the living room. I know that most of you are thinking, "Wickid, you are forever cleaning my man. How can you possibly always have something to clean everyday?" I have one simple answer for you. Children. Children, as fun as they are and the love they bring into a home, are messy as all get out. I wouldn't change my life for anything. There are aspects of my life that I would change, but I wold never change my life or the course it has taken. You may have noticed that the last couple posts have come from the confines of my kitchen. No, I'm not pregnant and I definitely have shoes on. Plus, I'm a dude and last I knew, dudes couldn't get pregnant. Although, I have seen it happen. It's just that I spend more time at home right now than my wife does, so I get the joys of doing her chores along with my chores. She spent time as a stay-at-home mom for a few years and she always had a clean house for me to come home to and dinner on the table and whatnot. I have yet to master everything like she has, but I feel like I am close enough that a few misses here and there are okay.
First and foremost, I need the coffee to start working or I need a yellow Monster: Rehab. Either one will get me into a cleaning rage and I just start going nuts and get all focused and cleaning actually gets done. Most people drink coffee or energy drinks to stay awake. This guy right here, drinks them to get the cleaning juices flowing. It is pretty bad because I am always cleaning it seems like, but I do make time for myself on occasion. Like right now, I'm taking time out between tasks to type this out to you, the people. I don't know who actually reads this, I just know that people view the page and see the post and some of you +1 it or you just skim over it. Either way, I know that the issues are getting out there. You may tell your friends or you may not. Doesn't bother me either way. I do however, owe those of you that do read the issues a huge thank you for coming out to read what I have to say.
In roughly 8 months time, this guy right here will be looking at submarines to return to. There are so many things that I have to consider when I start having to decide what to do with my career. Yeah, it is my career, but I also have my family to think about. It isn't just me moving to a new place. I also have to tow everyone to the new duty station. I have been contemplating going to a new class of submarine, the SSGN. Just like an SSBN, except that I get to do cooler fun stuff than what I think I do when I'm on a strategic deterrent patrol.There are so many debates within the submarine community as to who is the most important group of people on board. In all reality, EVERYONE is important. I'm a little biased since my job involves the safety of the entire crew once we are submerged, but I wouldn't be able to get there without the help of the rest of the crew. As my fellow brothers and sisters can attest to (women are on submarines now if you don't know), everyone is important and we all have very important jobs. It is probably one of the best career choices I could have ever made in my life. Not many people can say that they have pooped far beneath the surface of the ocean or watched movies from the calm environment of the depths. You don't need gills to breathe, but you do need some nerves of steel to hang out with the big kids. There is so much pressure to maintain the level of professionalism that is required to keep yourself and everyone around you safe.
A lot of you will say, "Wickid, how hard could your job be? It's just like every other job on the planet." This is where I have to unfortunately tell you that you are wrong. Can you drive your car without your eyes? Can you tell when you need to turn to avoid hitting something? I know for a fact I can't, but I know that I can avoid things underwater without being able to see it by using only the sound it produces. There are so many aspects about my job that make it more difficult than a normal job. So much math and science that I still can't believe that I have to use it all of the time. Yeah, I'm on shore duty and I don't have to do it right now, but in a very short year and a half, I will have to retrain my mind and body to do it all over again. I talk about watching movies and the discharge of fecal matter from my awesome legend of a body, but that isn't the important part. The important part of my job is my ability to keep the rest of my crew mates safe from harm. How many other 28 year olds do you know that can do this without question and do it effectively? If you have friends or family in the community, then you might know a few, but other than that, you don't really know anything. There is so much random knowledge of things stuffed into my head that it is a surprise that I haven't cracked yet. I have to prove to my Captain that I can do my job and do it without endangering everyone on board. I keep mentioning that and you are probably wondering, "How dangerous could it be?" Look up submarine collisions on Google and tell me what you find. The San Francisco, the Greenville, the Hartford. Look at those ships and you will see how dangerous my life as a submariner can be. You want a butthole puckering job, come join me among the elite. Come to my realm of seawater trying to invade the people tank every second of everyday, enemy submarines trying to find you and shoot you. All of these dangers are very real. Safety is paramount and we take our job seriously. I am very passionate about my job if you can't tell and I enjoy every minute of it. There is nothing like falling asleep to the gentle rocking of the boat while it is at periscope depth, or the split second of weightlessness as the boat broaches the surface during an emergency blow, or that feeling you get when a fire breaks out and you have to respond to it. I'm not just a sonar technician. I'm a fire fighter, flood stopper, technician, mechanic, mathematician, strategist, and a pilot under the waves. I'm trained to do it all and I love it.
Wow, that escalated quickly. What can I say? I love my job so it is with careful consideration that I take to make the best choice for the best of my family. Could I end up back in Georgia? It's possible. Could I stay up here in the Northwest? Very likely. What do I want to do? Whatever I can to better my career and keep my family happy and healthy. I have 8 months to make up my mind. * months to discuss what will be best with my wife. The only requirement that she has now is to go someplace that we can all live. The real question that I have for myself is, "What platform do I want to go to and how fun do I want my job to be?" My job is always fun to me, but I want to do something that is satisfying in the long run. Do I want to deal with all of the politics of an SSBN? Done it twice already and I can do it again. Do I want to make the attempt to better myself and go to an SSGN where the sonar is newer and there is stuff for me to learn and do? Never done it, but it does sound appealing. If I do go back to an SSBN, I can easily requalify everything that I was qualified before. I can go back to being a Sonar Supervisor, leading my watch team to success. If I go to an SSGN, I have to start all over again at the bottom and hopefully, quickly work my way back up to the top. It's not that I don't want to start over again, it's just that do I have the ability to learn what I need to learn and retain it to get back to the top. I have tasted the freedom that comes with being a supervisor and I like it. I want to keep it that way. I only like being an operator when there is something for me to track with my expertise. Sometimes I do miss being in front of the stack and operating it, but I can do that anytime I want to as the supervisor. I can have someone relieve me so I can refresh myself when I need to. I prefer to train others to be as good as me. Yeah, I'm tooting my own horn because I have earned the ability to do that. I rarely miss a torpedo shot and when I say rarely I mean that I have a 99% accuracy. Sometimes one slips, but I'm okay with that. I'm not perfect, but I definitely strive to be.
This was definitely a lot more than what I intended to do today on this issue. See what happens when I start talking about my job? I get all excited and I just start rolling with it. It is with this passion that I am looking at writing a book, a submarine book, that is as factual as I can make it without revealing to much and with enough fiction to keep you hooked. I will definitely let you guys get sneak previews once I get it started and some of the pages typed. Excerpts will be coming to you from the source. For now though, it is time for me to take my leave of you and return to the task at hand. I must finish some stuff around the house before I get into trouble with the lady.
From The Arena,
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
First and foremost, I need the coffee to start working or I need a yellow Monster: Rehab. Either one will get me into a cleaning rage and I just start going nuts and get all focused and cleaning actually gets done. Most people drink coffee or energy drinks to stay awake. This guy right here, drinks them to get the cleaning juices flowing. It is pretty bad because I am always cleaning it seems like, but I do make time for myself on occasion. Like right now, I'm taking time out between tasks to type this out to you, the people. I don't know who actually reads this, I just know that people view the page and see the post and some of you +1 it or you just skim over it. Either way, I know that the issues are getting out there. You may tell your friends or you may not. Doesn't bother me either way. I do however, owe those of you that do read the issues a huge thank you for coming out to read what I have to say.
In roughly 8 months time, this guy right here will be looking at submarines to return to. There are so many things that I have to consider when I start having to decide what to do with my career. Yeah, it is my career, but I also have my family to think about. It isn't just me moving to a new place. I also have to tow everyone to the new duty station. I have been contemplating going to a new class of submarine, the SSGN. Just like an SSBN, except that I get to do cooler fun stuff than what I think I do when I'm on a strategic deterrent patrol.There are so many debates within the submarine community as to who is the most important group of people on board. In all reality, EVERYONE is important. I'm a little biased since my job involves the safety of the entire crew once we are submerged, but I wouldn't be able to get there without the help of the rest of the crew. As my fellow brothers and sisters can attest to (women are on submarines now if you don't know), everyone is important and we all have very important jobs. It is probably one of the best career choices I could have ever made in my life. Not many people can say that they have pooped far beneath the surface of the ocean or watched movies from the calm environment of the depths. You don't need gills to breathe, but you do need some nerves of steel to hang out with the big kids. There is so much pressure to maintain the level of professionalism that is required to keep yourself and everyone around you safe.
A lot of you will say, "Wickid, how hard could your job be? It's just like every other job on the planet." This is where I have to unfortunately tell you that you are wrong. Can you drive your car without your eyes? Can you tell when you need to turn to avoid hitting something? I know for a fact I can't, but I know that I can avoid things underwater without being able to see it by using only the sound it produces. There are so many aspects about my job that make it more difficult than a normal job. So much math and science that I still can't believe that I have to use it all of the time. Yeah, I'm on shore duty and I don't have to do it right now, but in a very short year and a half, I will have to retrain my mind and body to do it all over again. I talk about watching movies and the discharge of fecal matter from my awesome legend of a body, but that isn't the important part. The important part of my job is my ability to keep the rest of my crew mates safe from harm. How many other 28 year olds do you know that can do this without question and do it effectively? If you have friends or family in the community, then you might know a few, but other than that, you don't really know anything. There is so much random knowledge of things stuffed into my head that it is a surprise that I haven't cracked yet. I have to prove to my Captain that I can do my job and do it without endangering everyone on board. I keep mentioning that and you are probably wondering, "How dangerous could it be?" Look up submarine collisions on Google and tell me what you find. The San Francisco, the Greenville, the Hartford. Look at those ships and you will see how dangerous my life as a submariner can be. You want a butthole puckering job, come join me among the elite. Come to my realm of seawater trying to invade the people tank every second of everyday, enemy submarines trying to find you and shoot you. All of these dangers are very real. Safety is paramount and we take our job seriously. I am very passionate about my job if you can't tell and I enjoy every minute of it. There is nothing like falling asleep to the gentle rocking of the boat while it is at periscope depth, or the split second of weightlessness as the boat broaches the surface during an emergency blow, or that feeling you get when a fire breaks out and you have to respond to it. I'm not just a sonar technician. I'm a fire fighter, flood stopper, technician, mechanic, mathematician, strategist, and a pilot under the waves. I'm trained to do it all and I love it.
Wow, that escalated quickly. What can I say? I love my job so it is with careful consideration that I take to make the best choice for the best of my family. Could I end up back in Georgia? It's possible. Could I stay up here in the Northwest? Very likely. What do I want to do? Whatever I can to better my career and keep my family happy and healthy. I have 8 months to make up my mind. * months to discuss what will be best with my wife. The only requirement that she has now is to go someplace that we can all live. The real question that I have for myself is, "What platform do I want to go to and how fun do I want my job to be?" My job is always fun to me, but I want to do something that is satisfying in the long run. Do I want to deal with all of the politics of an SSBN? Done it twice already and I can do it again. Do I want to make the attempt to better myself and go to an SSGN where the sonar is newer and there is stuff for me to learn and do? Never done it, but it does sound appealing. If I do go back to an SSBN, I can easily requalify everything that I was qualified before. I can go back to being a Sonar Supervisor, leading my watch team to success. If I go to an SSGN, I have to start all over again at the bottom and hopefully, quickly work my way back up to the top. It's not that I don't want to start over again, it's just that do I have the ability to learn what I need to learn and retain it to get back to the top. I have tasted the freedom that comes with being a supervisor and I like it. I want to keep it that way. I only like being an operator when there is something for me to track with my expertise. Sometimes I do miss being in front of the stack and operating it, but I can do that anytime I want to as the supervisor. I can have someone relieve me so I can refresh myself when I need to. I prefer to train others to be as good as me. Yeah, I'm tooting my own horn because I have earned the ability to do that. I rarely miss a torpedo shot and when I say rarely I mean that I have a 99% accuracy. Sometimes one slips, but I'm okay with that. I'm not perfect, but I definitely strive to be.
This was definitely a lot more than what I intended to do today on this issue. See what happens when I start talking about my job? I get all excited and I just start rolling with it. It is with this passion that I am looking at writing a book, a submarine book, that is as factual as I can make it without revealing to much and with enough fiction to keep you hooked. I will definitely let you guys get sneak previews once I get it started and some of the pages typed. Excerpts will be coming to you from the source. For now though, it is time for me to take my leave of you and return to the task at hand. I must finish some stuff around the house before I get into trouble with the lady.
From The Arena,
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Another Sunday
Welcome back into The Arena! It is Sunday again and that means only one thing here. FOOTBALL! Two more playoff games are being played today with only the winners advancing into the Championship games. Out in Lambeau, The Dallas Cowboys are taking on the Green Bay Packers in the Ice Bowl II. The last time Dallas entered Lambeau for a playoff game was the 1967 NFL Championship game where Dallas scored 17 points to Green Bay's 21. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are looking to win the rematch and head out to Seattle where they lost in Week 1 36-16. Dallas is looking to move forward in the playoffs and return to Seattle where they beat the Seahawks 30-23 in Week 6. There is so much on the line for these two teams as the Divisional Round of today's playoff game is about to start.
In Mile High Stadium this afternoon, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos look to move forward into the Championship game as they go against the Indianapolis Colts for their Divisional Round game. The season opener in Denver found a victory for the Broncos as they played the Colts. In the 31-24 win, Peyton Manning looked primed to lead the Broncos to another playoff run. Here we sit, just 19 weeks later, looking at another game between these two formidable teams. This time however, the season is on the line. Will it be another Brady/Manning bowl in which Tom Brady has the winning record, or will Andrew Luck's luck hold strong to help him to victory? By the end of the day, all things will be decided as the winners move on to their respective division title games. New England and Seattle have both secured their spots in their Championship games with convincing wins yesterday. Only three weeks left of this season. On February 1st, two teams will appear in Super Bowl XLVIII. Will the Seahawks do a repeat run and make their third appearance? If they do, who will be their opponent? There are so many outcomes that can happen that it is too difficult to predict. Either way, it promises to be a great game. If it does happen to be a Denver/Seattle rematch, hopefully it will be better than last year when the Seahawks demolished the Broncos 43-8.
Now, on to other events. As I sit here watching the football games with my sister in-law on Skype and my wife's computer pointed towards the TV so she can see it, I am reminded that tomorrow is Monday and I have to go back to work. At least I get to enjoy my Sunday with my kids and watching football. Theoretically, we will actually have work starting next week so that I will actually be busy instead of just waiting for it. At least the weekend has been somewhat kind to me. I got to spend time at home with my wife and kids, I spent last night listening to an awesome radio show provided by +Chuck Bisbee and his magical land at B2kradio.com, and I even spent time playing some video games. If you haven't yet, I suggest that you go check out www.B2kradio.com next Wednesday night or Saturday night. 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for when the show starts. Do your own math on where you are at so that you can catch the show when it starts. For me out on the west coast, I have to be ready to chairdance starting at 7 p.m. my time. I even got to pick out 2 shirts to help support the radio station. One for me and one for my lady. Once they arrive, you guys will get pictures of me and the lady sporting the shirts.
As I get ready to leave to go retrieve my other sister in-law from work, I'm upset because I have to leave and miss some parts of the game. The joys of being a responsible adult. So with that being said, I leave you guys to go enjoy what is left of your weekend. Check out the new issue that is here and look forward to starting your weekly grind tomorrow.
From The Arena,
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
In Mile High Stadium this afternoon, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos look to move forward into the Championship game as they go against the Indianapolis Colts for their Divisional Round game. The season opener in Denver found a victory for the Broncos as they played the Colts. In the 31-24 win, Peyton Manning looked primed to lead the Broncos to another playoff run. Here we sit, just 19 weeks later, looking at another game between these two formidable teams. This time however, the season is on the line. Will it be another Brady/Manning bowl in which Tom Brady has the winning record, or will Andrew Luck's luck hold strong to help him to victory? By the end of the day, all things will be decided as the winners move on to their respective division title games. New England and Seattle have both secured their spots in their Championship games with convincing wins yesterday. Only three weeks left of this season. On February 1st, two teams will appear in Super Bowl XLVIII. Will the Seahawks do a repeat run and make their third appearance? If they do, who will be their opponent? There are so many outcomes that can happen that it is too difficult to predict. Either way, it promises to be a great game. If it does happen to be a Denver/Seattle rematch, hopefully it will be better than last year when the Seahawks demolished the Broncos 43-8.
Now, on to other events. As I sit here watching the football games with my sister in-law on Skype and my wife's computer pointed towards the TV so she can see it, I am reminded that tomorrow is Monday and I have to go back to work. At least I get to enjoy my Sunday with my kids and watching football. Theoretically, we will actually have work starting next week so that I will actually be busy instead of just waiting for it. At least the weekend has been somewhat kind to me. I got to spend time at home with my wife and kids, I spent last night listening to an awesome radio show provided by +Chuck Bisbee and his magical land at B2kradio.com, and I even spent time playing some video games. If you haven't yet, I suggest that you go check out www.B2kradio.com next Wednesday night or Saturday night. 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for when the show starts. Do your own math on where you are at so that you can catch the show when it starts. For me out on the west coast, I have to be ready to chairdance starting at 7 p.m. my time. I even got to pick out 2 shirts to help support the radio station. One for me and one for my lady. Once they arrive, you guys will get pictures of me and the lady sporting the shirts.
As I get ready to leave to go retrieve my other sister in-law from work, I'm upset because I have to leave and miss some parts of the game. The joys of being a responsible adult. So with that being said, I leave you guys to go enjoy what is left of your weekend. Check out the new issue that is here and look forward to starting your weekly grind tomorrow.
From The Arena,
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Saturday!!!
Good morning Arena peeps! It is the start of the weekend and you know what that means. Time to get that rest and relaxation right? Wrong! It is time to get the stuff done that you couldn't do during the week because you were so busy with work and errands and appointments, the list can go on and on. Now that you have arrived safely at the weekend, it's time to get off your ass and get moving towards the betterment of you! Get those chores done that you have neglected for the entire week. Drink a cup of coffee without having to rush through it so that you can savor the delicious taste of the peppermint chocolate truffle creamer that has been carefully blended with caramel drizzle gourmet coffee that has been expertly brewed from the Keurig coffee maker sitting in your kitchen. Wow! That last sentence was a mouthful. Turn on the radio or music channel or internet radio station and feel the power flow through you as the motivation to get moving radiates through your veins. Spend the morning meticulously combing through the debris that is scattered about your living room because you have small children running around the house. If you don't have any children, you can skip this step. It's okay, I won't tell anybody. Soak the dishes that have been sitting in your sink for the last couple days because you have been too tired after dinner to rinse them off and slip them quickly into the dishwasher. Put the laundry away that has been sitting in the basket for the last three or four days because the busy work week has kept you from getting the baskets up the stairs and the clothes distributed to their appropriate locations. Follow all of this up with some lunch and maybe a few minutes for yourself before you locate the vacuum that tends to hide like a ninja and vacuum the floors since that hasn't been done for about a week or so. While you are vacuuming, make sure you take a few minutes to think about what you are going to make everyone in your household for supper. That might take longer than a few minutes depending on how many people you have and what they like to eat and whatnot. I always find it hard to decide because I have such picky eaters in my house. One day they will outgrow it. I hope. Follow up the dinner with some family time or whatever it is that is your favorite thing to do. DO NOT FORGET though that tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern time (do a little easy math depending on your time zone) is the start of B2kradio. You know, that guy +Chuck Bisbee does a lot of work to bring you some of the best music that you have ever heard on a Saturday night. Download the mobile apps, get on your computer, download them to your tablet, whatever it is you need to do to get tuned in, do it! Don't miss one of the best radio shows you will ever hear in your entire life. Go to www.B2kradio.com at the appropriate time for you in relation to when the show starts, and settle into the chair and surf the interwebs while your ears feel like they are taking a well deserved spa day. They'll thank you for it.
Seriously, check that shit out and in the words of my Uncle (yes, I'm related to the guy), "Turn that bitch up a notch!" Chairdance your way to happiness while you listen to some great tunes. You can do other things that you need to do if you forgot something during the day, but just try to enjoy the musics.
Like how I did that up there? Basically described my entire Saturday by telling you guys to do it. You probably won't actually do that, but I figured that it would be fun to try something completely different. Also, I did some quick advertising for my Uncle. How sweet is that?!? He is my favorite person in the entire world. No, seriously he is. I love that young/old, but mostly young dude, to death. He always finds a way to make me smile. He was always there when I needed to get away from the parental units. Well, for the most part. They kind of hid him from me for most of my teenage years. I'm still not sure as to why they did that, but it happened. When I did find him again, that one Christmas when mom said take this and go to this address, it was something so special that it would make for a great family movie moment. That moment when you are just so happy that a few tears escape unknowingly from your eyes and you have an inner cheer fest because it is just that damn good. He also gives some of the best hugs in the world. Just ask him. He's all modest and whatnot, but trust me when I say that you haven't been hugged by anybody until you've been hugged by him.
Now that the advertisement and the plans of the day have been revealed and you guys get to kick back and read this issue while you are doing other random things across the web and the world, I shall go finish what I have been putting off for the last week because of the wild work week. Again, go check out this radio show I described tonight, that's right, TONIGHT at 10 p.m. EST (do your own math for you) and have some fun.
From the Arena (my kitchen for now)
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Seriously, check that shit out and in the words of my Uncle (yes, I'm related to the guy), "Turn that bitch up a notch!" Chairdance your way to happiness while you listen to some great tunes. You can do other things that you need to do if you forgot something during the day, but just try to enjoy the musics.
Like how I did that up there? Basically described my entire Saturday by telling you guys to do it. You probably won't actually do that, but I figured that it would be fun to try something completely different. Also, I did some quick advertising for my Uncle. How sweet is that?!? He is my favorite person in the entire world. No, seriously he is. I love that young/old, but mostly young dude, to death. He always finds a way to make me smile. He was always there when I needed to get away from the parental units. Well, for the most part. They kind of hid him from me for most of my teenage years. I'm still not sure as to why they did that, but it happened. When I did find him again, that one Christmas when mom said take this and go to this address, it was something so special that it would make for a great family movie moment. That moment when you are just so happy that a few tears escape unknowingly from your eyes and you have an inner cheer fest because it is just that damn good. He also gives some of the best hugs in the world. Just ask him. He's all modest and whatnot, but trust me when I say that you haven't been hugged by anybody until you've been hugged by him.
Now that the advertisement and the plans of the day have been revealed and you guys get to kick back and read this issue while you are doing other random things across the web and the world, I shall go finish what I have been putting off for the last week because of the wild work week. Again, go check out this radio show I described tonight, that's right, TONIGHT at 10 p.m. EST (do your own math for you) and have some fun.
From the Arena (my kitchen for now)
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Friday, January 9, 2015
Wild Week
When did it become Friday?!?! Where has this week gone? I have missed you guys immensely and without even realizing it, I have gone and missed the last four days of popping up issues here on the site. It has been a very busy and wild week here in the household. So much stuff going on that losing track of time tends to happen quite a bit. Let's see, Tuesday was full of appointments and cleaning and working in the shop. I completely missed Wednesday because that day was also full of appointments, cleaning, and work. I completely missed +Chuck Bisbee's radio show that happened that night. Thursday was spent kind of relaxing and getting the small things done. Spent the day with the kids and wife until it was time to go to work. I got home late each night and spent it attempting to watch the entirety of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I still haven't managed to stay awake long enough to see the movie through to the end. Maybe tonight I can get lucky enough to finish it. It is Friday after all.
Today starts out with the normal routine of kid off to school, sister off to work, and me being home with the littles. The wife is finally back at work after some much needed time off that she got because of an emergency surgery. Now she is up and mobile. Hopefully, she can make it through a whole shift at work. We will find out today. Luke has started in home therapies four times a week. Two hours a day for him to have fun learning while he plays with toys. It seems to be working. We even had a proud parent moment for Damen last night. Well, Bev did while I was at work. Apparently, Damen ate some broccoli and cauliflower last night. It has been over six months since we have seen him eat his vegetables. Hopefully, we can keep this up because he needs to eat more than just chicken nuggets and hot dogs.
As I sit here listening to the kids play while The Emperor's New Groove is on the TV, I am reminded that I need to get the living room and stuff cleaned before I go to work and before the lady gets home. There is still laundry and stuff to put away and a living room to vacuum and dishes to do. Plus, I still have to make lunch for the kids and myself. Not to mention I have to get Damen off to school today. At least tomorrow is Saturday and I get to make time for the radio show before I go to bed. Life is sweet when you have things that you can count on. With that being said, time to get off here and go do what I need to do before I get in trouble for slacking off
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Monday, January 5, 2015
Yesterday's Missing Issue
Good morning everyone! It is now Monday morning here in The Arena and we are coming to you live from the kitchen where I am attempting to multitask the cleaning and the typing. Actually, it is a very difficult thing to do since I am currently glued to the computer and not the cleaning. Any way, today will be a gift from me to you since I missed yesterday's issue. I had that whole work thing going on. So, without further ado, here comes the new issue with the events of yesterday.
Typical Sunday morning that started way too damn early for me. I had to get up a little after 5 in the morning to go spend roughly 8 hours inside a little office with a crappy view waiting for a phone to ring. Not very fun usually unless I get the opportunity to watch YouTube. Usually, they frown on us watching videos during the day because of the "working hours" and what not, but because it was Sunday, there was a little bit of leniency. Ironically, I got to watch YouTube for the entire watch so it wasn't too bad. I even accidentally dozed off a few times before lunch. I watched 85 Honest Trailer videos in that time and even had a nice lunch. I was much happier when I got relieved so that I could come home though. The rest of the day was spent with the wife and kids playing and watching TV. I got to cuddle up a little bit to the wife and watch the Dallas Cowboys come back from losing and move on to the Divisional Round of the playoffs by beating the Detroit Lions. That made my wife happy since she wants them to go to the Super Bowl. Now that it is January, it just means that it is a little closer to the end of football season. Another long wait until August when it all starts up again. One of these years, I will actually start up a fantasy league on the Interwebs so that I can play against friends instead of just losing to my wife. It does get pretty bad when she has won for the last three years straight. It makes me sad actually.
Yesterday was kind of a boring day since I spent most of it at work. The same will probably hold true when I get on later tonight to give you the fresh press issue from today. I do have to go back to the daily grind of work and making sure that the kids get where they need to go and things done around the house. Life is always full of fun and adventures here at our house. There is always something that needs to be done and someone has to do it. Keep up with your lives, but make sure that you schedule some time for yourself. Always make sure that you care for yourself. Skipping that step will make you miserable and angry. Nobody likes that.
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
Typical Sunday morning that started way too damn early for me. I had to get up a little after 5 in the morning to go spend roughly 8 hours inside a little office with a crappy view waiting for a phone to ring. Not very fun usually unless I get the opportunity to watch YouTube. Usually, they frown on us watching videos during the day because of the "working hours" and what not, but because it was Sunday, there was a little bit of leniency. Ironically, I got to watch YouTube for the entire watch so it wasn't too bad. I even accidentally dozed off a few times before lunch. I watched 85 Honest Trailer videos in that time and even had a nice lunch. I was much happier when I got relieved so that I could come home though. The rest of the day was spent with the wife and kids playing and watching TV. I got to cuddle up a little bit to the wife and watch the Dallas Cowboys come back from losing and move on to the Divisional Round of the playoffs by beating the Detroit Lions. That made my wife happy since she wants them to go to the Super Bowl. Now that it is January, it just means that it is a little closer to the end of football season. Another long wait until August when it all starts up again. One of these years, I will actually start up a fantasy league on the Interwebs so that I can play against friends instead of just losing to my wife. It does get pretty bad when she has won for the last three years straight. It makes me sad actually.
Yesterday was kind of a boring day since I spent most of it at work. The same will probably hold true when I get on later tonight to give you the fresh press issue from today. I do have to go back to the daily grind of work and making sure that the kids get where they need to go and things done around the house. Life is always full of fun and adventures here at our house. There is always something that needs to be done and someone has to do it. Keep up with your lives, but make sure that you schedule some time for yourself. Always make sure that you care for yourself. Skipping that step will make you miserable and angry. Nobody likes that.
This is SPARTA!!
Wickid
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