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Here is the company dining out. We were authorized civilian clothes and paid a lot of money for okay food. Here's pretty much all of my best friends at one table.

The YSA USNA dance. Put on by the church for any YSAs that want to dance with midshipmen. It turned out to be pretty fun, actually.

And the Youngster Luau. Pretty much the only thing that 3/c get to look forward to at the end of the year.

I like to imagine its an alien crawling into his mouth.

Tyler is kind of special.

Scott with a happy face. This doesn't happen often, so I just had to record it.

Gladiator shenanigans.

Jace riding a bull.

And the first company pastime...frisbee. There's Warren, catching and throwing underhand in the same jump.

Scott.

Josh being athletic and Marty looking strange.

Tyler.

California Dreamin'

A Whole Lot of Stuff the Last Few Days

This is Tom Cruise. It is the name we gave to the almost-pet mouse that we had in our room for nearly two months. He was a crazy guy, I didn't realize how fast mice can run or that they could jump. Yeah, they jump. They also eat EVERYTHING. Tom ruined an entire six-pack of ramen noodles that I had. Stupid critter. Anyway, when Jace and I were gone to do aviation training, Josh was able to catch Tom Cruise (in his backpack of all places). He then put Tom in the recycle bin and poured Listerine on him. And that's how it ended. We had a proper burial for him, though, as the video at the bottom shows.

Something very gay about this picture.

So in the Physics spaces, there are signs all over the walls that name the different Physics disciplines: Optics, acoustics, nuclear quantum hyperdrive teleportation, etc. Well, here's a well placed placard. I love that it's in brown and yellow.

So for silly things in the Navy, pt.2. Down this hallway you will see clocks. It's hard to see in this picture, I'm sorry. If you click, you may be able to see them better. Anyway, I noticed how many clocks there were and decided to count one day. 21. 21 clocks. That's just in the hallways for the Physics and Chemistry spaces. That's inordinate. And next to every single clock, there is a bell. Really? How much did that cost? Because there has to be a better use of the government's money.

I'm especially grateful for these two clocks. Just in case I forget the time two steps after I pass one clock, there's another one waiting to show me the time.

Also, this last Saturday I was able to see Clint Black live. I was on row three, right in the center of the stage. Pretty good seats for a country legend if you ask me. Also, I almost caught a pick. It hit my palm and bounced out. ARRRGGHH!!!

And here's the ad hoc funeral.

It's Matt's Fault

I've had this song stuck in my head pretty consistently the last....oh, let's say two weeks. Matt got me hooked on Mr. Bocelli over Christmas break. And then I found this video of him with Elmo. I have a soft spot for cute little muppets. Enjoy!



Here's the real version...

New York, New York!

This last weekend I was able to go to NYC with the Pipes and Drums of the Brigade of Midshipmen. It was my first time to the city and boy was it an experience. Above is me and the guy I hometeach, Dave Connell.

Before leaving the academy. I decided to try on the uniform before going. Sadly, I didn't do it right. But you can't tell, so ha!

Also, sadly, this is what I did most of my time there. Nobody wanted to do the tourist things with me. They just wanted to go drinking, like midshipmen always do. I was able to Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, though....a life goal of mine. I was very impressed and fulfilled. But the guy I went with wanted to go drinking after the show, so here is me at 10:00 at night in New York City...in the hotel.

Right before the parade. Jeff, me, and Sean.

Right after the parade.

This was interesting. I know its hard to see, but it is the National Debt Clock. It counts up how much our nation is in debt to the current second. It also shows how the debt is distributed among each American family (assuming a family of four), which is at $100,000 dollars right now.

Me in Times Square. I had someone stop me and tell me how much they liked my "drug rug" (referring to my baja shirt). I really like that term.

I felt really under-dressed when we went to Phantom, but I only had one pair of clothes. And of course, nobody would go out in uniform with me and I wasn't going to be "that guy." But I still felt bad sitting in box seats at the Majestic in my drug rug.

I went to Chinatown and had some authentic Chinese for lunch. Actually, I have no idea if it was authentic, they probably tricked me. Also, they have a lot of fish in the streets there. It kind of stinks.

And here's a shot of a cathedral from my hotel room. I don't know which one it was, but it was nice to look at from the window.

Spring Break

Well, hello there all you five women that read my blog! It's been a while since I've done this and an even longer time since I uploaded any pictures. Here are some of the spring break trip that I took recently back home in New Mexico. This time I brought shipmates with me. Scott from Sandy, UT; Jace from Brady, TX; and Dave from Philly. They came to ski. And ski they did. Well, except Scott because he blew out his knee two days before spring break and already had his tickets. We did other things too. Above is a picture of Jace's Physics book after we shot it out of the air with a shotgun.

Here at USNA we have a magazine that's made for mids by mids called The Log. It's usually filled with all kinds of humor and Navy jokes. They had a competition to see where the Log would be read over spring break, so we took it up to the mountain.

I'm pretty proud of this....

My family and I also did a half marathon in Moab. I didn't train sufficiently. I stunk.

But it was still fun.

I was really tired by the end.

Okay, so this video has been played on my computer many times by now. The other day, Rosy and Tyler showed it to me because they said it reminded them of me. I guess the Indians, the New Mexico landscape, the whistle, and the lead singer all point back to me. I can't help but agree with them. At first I thought this was a weird video of a bunch of Durango/Santa Fe type people, but I've come to like it a lot.