Olympic National Park

*note: no camera/narrating training ever.

Life is good

Today was a very good day. I had the day off work, was able to spend some quality time with my wife, had my friend Zach over, and went to a pizza place for dinner. I am really excited to go to my in laws cabin this weekend and hangout with some friends. It will be a nice, relaxing weekend. Zach and I watched Airplane 2! the other day and it satisfied my style of humor. I then saw a commercial/preview for the classic movie "Tremors". My dad and I used to wait for that movie to come on TV all the time when I was little. I remember thinking it was such a scary movie. Well I'm off to bed.

signing out, ben

Korengal Valley

I watched this movie last night and it is one of the better movies I have seen in a long time.  It is a documentary that starts in the summer of 2007, and it follows the deployment of a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley for 15 months. This valley has been labeled one of the most dangerous places in the world.  The troops that are stationed there come under enemy fire at least every day and sometimes up to 10 times a day. The Taliban fight from caves and huts so they are a tough enemy to find. It was very interesting to see how the platoon developed as time went along. I give anyone in the service credit because you go through a lot. Before this movie I always thought that they just bombed anywhere in Afghanistan that they thought the enemy was hiding. Not true. The army actually goes out on patrols to make sure that they can keep civilian casualties to a minimum.
This movie really put the war in Afgahinstan in a new perspective for me. I know it didnt cover the whole war or even get into the politics of it but it did a great job at showing how hard we are working over there.

Ben, signing out.

Your Man

I decided that I like this song. Thought I would share. Just got home after a very busy night of work. Wake up and do it again in 6 hours. I already know I am going to be a zombie tomorrow because I will be so tired. If I don't get my 9-10 hours of sleep, I will be tired in the morning no matter what. If I got 3 hours of sleep and someone woke me up and said that they just bought me a new car (not a hint Britta) I would still be out of it. Anyways I will probably itune this song and enjoy it when I need a little pick me up.


Signing out, Ben

Conan

The new show is so good! I got off work at an early time today and decided that I should watch it. (I had recorded it because I go to bed early) It was very funny! I am now watching Great Migrations an natgeo.

I also just got back from running Jess and Mark to Target. I saw the new Call of Duty: Black Ops game for the Wii and really really wanted to buy it, but I resisted. I will wait another pay check or two.... or... three.

My Dad comes up this weekend and I'm really looking forward to hanging out with him. Last time he came up, we went out downtown and a concert.

signing out
ben

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This dad made my day! Ha!