Thursday, October 2, 2008

b - war, via msn.

it's odd, talking to derek over im.

moreso through xbox live. like, i'm about to hit the "invite friend to game" button, when it dawns on me "oh, right. derek's kinda in the middle of a war zone right now."

thing is, talking online, it just feels like he's on the other end of town, or even a couple of hours away back on base at pet.

not kandahar, where it's noon hour there while i'm poking around these parts around 3-4 in the a.m.

and it's so odd to talk shit over msn. just surreal.

like the convo last night:

d: what's up?
b: hey man! not much. how's things?
d: s'ok.
b: what time is it there? must be like, 10 in the morning or something.
d: ehhh, closer to noon.
b: thought so. it's like, 3 in the morning here.
d: i have such a fucking headache - the 155mm's have been firing all morning at some bad guys.
b: ah... oorah? lol
d: lol, yeah.
d: man, rpgs suck.
b: how so? i mean, they're being fired at you guys, so obvs. they suck...
d: well, they're just really random and inaccurate. one bounced off the ground and hit one of our vehicles yesterday
b: fuck me. wasn't yours, though, right?
d: nah. all it did was make a dent in the side.
d: brb

BRB? what the hell? does that mean "brb, incoming. lol"?

*sigh* just quit worrying.
... make it back safe, d.

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