So I am old now.

Things are fine back here in Korea. It is finally warming up. Went out with some friends to a good meal last night. I really like the way restaurants here (Japan was the same) create the meals in such a way that you feel comfortable just sitting around for 2 hours eating and chatting. For some reason, in the US, I always feel like I have to get up and leave soon. Maybe it is the whole sitting on the floor thing, or that most the time you are cooking the food right at your table. I don't know, but eating out here is fun.

Afterward, we sat around and watched the second episode of Amazing Race. Thanks to Dave and Adina for getting me started on the show. I am so glad those sisters got kicked. Now if we could just get the annoying "frat boys" and the twin bimbos kicked. I felt sorry for the old lady when she fell on the rope, I though she was going to tear an ACL right there.

This week is the season 2 finale of Battlestar Galactica. So Brooke (who is now as completely hooked as I am) and I are a little depressed that the season is over. The second season has been amazing, twice as good as the first. Dave and Adina have the first season right now, so when they are done it is up for grabs.

The German Coast Guard video is a huge hit here at the HQ. I think that is one of the funniest things I have seen.

Brent, dude, stop travelling.

Marnie, I had no idea the party was so big! Wish I could have been there.

To the three fellow 360 owners out there, Ghost Recon is getting incredible buzz, and it has up to 16 player coop over Live. We must get this going! To quote another blog:

"I rarely use this word to describe a game: exhilarating.

I've seen a bunch of 95% reviews of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Maybe on a non-HD set. On an HD set this game is 10+, at least for the first two hours (which is about how long I've played). And anyone who thinks graphics don't matter should be forced to sit in front of an HD set and play this.

The controller layout for this game is also brilliantly done. Tons of things you can do, and it could easily get very confusing, but it's laid out and shown to you in a progressive manner that isn't intimidating.

Even in the first mission, you'll be commanding a three-man squad, controlling aerial drones for reconnaisance, and calling in a strike from a Huey helicopter. Hell, I haven't even finished the mission and I've gotten to do all that. "

So it sounds really good. And you must buy it. Mine is in the mail (right Brooke?).

Next week I start some events for a month long Expert Infantrymen certification. We have a fitness test, weapons ranges, and cross country land navigation next week. It won't be all that hard and it will be nice to get out of the office. The following week, I have to do the 12 mile footmarch in less than 3 hours. Easy, but I haven't stretched my legs on a march for a while, so I'm thinking I need to go out and walk in the boots on Saturday for a bit. The whole certification process ends with a bunch of skills tests in early April. Hopefully, I will get it because this is the first time in my career I have had a chance to try for the badge and who knows when another chance will come up. Some of it is just plain luck, so please include me in your prayers. It is a pretty important milestone for Infantrymen.

Brent and Anne, I hope you have great birthdays.

Congrats to Kim.

I love you all.

Back to work.

Mike