Speaking of Tori Amos, that was an interesting experience. We drove about out west about ninety miles to Lawrence, Kansas to see her. The concert was at the Leid Center on the University of Kansas campus. Now, I always prepare myself for some sort of weirdness when I go on a college campus. Students are young and can’t help themselves and that’s to be expected. However, I was somewhat surprised when I got out of the car and saw some dude go running by with a life vest and a boat paddle in his hands. I’m not sure what exactly he was up to, but I believe he was there to run off the protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church who had set up a picket line outside the concert. Yes, that Westboro Church, the same one that believes 9/11 and the Iraq War are punishment from God on the United States for our acceptance of homosexuality. The same one who made headlines awhile back for picketing at the funerals of soldiers killed overseas saying their death was a great blessing from the Lord. Lovely chaps. In any case they were gone by the time we got up there so the boat paddle must have worked. It was a really good concert, despite being told the seats I bought were not actually the seats I bought and being shuffled off into the back of the theater. I tried my best to get a few pictures. Unfortunately we were so far back that it’s hard to make much out. Here’s what we managed to get.

In other news I’m thinking about going back to college. It’s been nearly ten years and it’s about time I started doing something with myself again. Might as well seize on the incentive while it lasts.

For some mysterious reason, I still have access to my webmail account back at Little Rock. I get all the emails I would as if I was still assigned there. I received one a couple weeks back in regards to Jason’s wife, Saadia. For better or for worse she is exiting the Air Force, and decided to throw a party at the enlisted club to celebrate her departure. That’s the beautiful thing about parties, you can throw one for just about any reason. Riki went along with the Scalias and sent me some pictures. Wish I could have been there guys.

In other news, Myspace. I hate Myspace. I don’t even know why I hate Myspace exactly. Maybe it’s the horrible profile pages that are amongst the worst constructed web pages ever. Maybe it’s the weird bar like singles culture that permeates the thing. Maybe it’s just because so many other people like it and I have a tendancy to shun things that are popular, who knows. What I do know is that Riki discovered Myspace, so by default, I also have been sucked into it. “Discovered” is probably not the appropriate word, it’s more like “married”. She’s attached at the hip to the thing these days. Oh well, who am I to judge? Maybe one day there will be a job that pays people to post to Myspace and she’ll become a millionaire, you never know.

Not much else going on .. I bit the bullet and purchased one of those new fangled XBOX 360 things off of ebay. It should arrive in the next week or so if all goes well. Work has slowed down a bit, which is a welcome relief. It’s hard to imagine, but I’ve been here two months already. At least time is passing quickly. I’m taking my mid-tour trip back home in July, and it can’t come soon enough. Korea is great and all, but Arkansas is starting to look better and better daily. Someone remind me again why I volunteered for this assignment?