Streaming my (Buffering...Buffering) Life

EMI

What is EMI you ask? It is Extra Military Instruction. Who has two thumbs and just received an extra dose of it? This guy! I am getting smacked with it because of a PQS that I was assigned that I didn’t know about. The PQS is 302 Repair Parts Petty Officer. It is a PQS that is outside of my rate but one that was assigned to me anyway. Never mind the fact that I have completed 301, 302, 303, 304, 305 and working on 306 on my radio quals and 301-306 as well as 310 of my DC quals and 50% of my ESWS all within my first month. None of that matters though because this is Radio and this is the way things are run.

So what does all this mean? Basically that in addition to my 14 hours of regularly scheduled daily programming; I get an extra 2 hours tacked on for being a dirt bag. I’m really accelerating my life here.

I have so much contempt for my job right now that I can’t do anything except smile like an insane person. The ridiculousness of it all is laughable but I have come to expect it.

So let’s talk about something that is equally as laughable as this job, the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins are the bane of my existence right now. Well the second bane, I suppose. Yesterday they played the New Orleans Saints who were, and still are, undefeated. Nobody gave Miami a chance and on paper it didn’t look like it would be much of a game. The game started off pretty damn amazing for Miami as they jumped out to a 24-3 lead early in the second quarter and while I was ecstatic about the show they were giving, I have been a Dolphins fan long enough to know that you can never count on them not to screw you in the end. Halftime looked pretty good as we were still up by 13 after letting the Saints score with :05 left in the second quarter. This was a warning sign that things were headed downhill. Sure enough the Dolphins started to fade in the 3^rd quarter and the 4^th was a nightmare that I could not wake up from. The Saints scored the last 22 points of the game without nary a whimper from the Dolphins offense of defense. So naturally I curled up in the fetal position and cried myself to sleep. The Dolphins managed to cap off a craptastic week for me.

I really hope everyone has a great Halloween this year. I used to really love Halloween when I worked at the bar. The holidays that we decorated for always made that job a little brighter. We would go all out for Halloween. It was always one of the best nights of the year. This year for Halloween, I will be nothing because I will be sleeping during the day (after my EMI of course) and then working all night. It’s sort of how every holiday will be this year. Let the good times roll!

Well, there are some floors that need to be scrubbed and my ugly step sisters are yelling at me so this is Cinderella signing off for now.