Recent Happenings

Hello Cyberspace,

Here's a quick update of what's happened over the past few days.

Firstly, I received my Amazon Kindle a few days ago and am LOVING it!! Seriously, if you enjoy reading as much as I do then this product is a MUST HAVE! I would have really loved having something like this a few years ago when I was travelling around in Asia because my luggage was always jammed full of paperbacks and every time I came back to the states or re-located to a new school I had to leave several behind.

However, that won't be a problem anymore! I've only purchased a few books for it so far and one of them was only $2.00 ("Democracy in America" - Tocqueville). I figure with my next few paychecks I can finally load up on all the books about nanotechnology, gold investment and austrian economics that I've been wanting to read for the past year or two.

I downloaded a sample from the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" series and read it last night and figured it would be worth buying (for $8.00) when I get paid on September 1st...Maybe I'll buy and send a copy to my Dad for Christmas.

Moving on, today I went to the dentist for the third time this summer and received 4 fillings on the right side of my mouth. I was surprised at how relatively quick and painless the procedure was and, best of all, I didn't have to pay a dime for it!

On Wednesday I have to go back to get another 4 fillings (8 fillings total) on the left side of my mouth and then that should be it for a while.

THOR and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS come out on DVD (and Blu-Ray) in early September and that's something I'm kind of looking forward to. Why am I mentioning this? Just so that if I come back and read this entry in 5-10+ years I can remember what was going on in the world as I was writing this.

Ron Paul is running for President in the 2012 election and I really, really want him to win. I've ordered some merchandise from his campaign website and donated $25 so I'm trying to contribute what little I can to his potential success. I'm also re-reading his "End the Fed" and hoping to read his "Liberty Defined" (on Kindle, of course) in the near future.

Also, I "classed up" today which means that today was the first day of class. It's been about 3 weeks since I arrived so I guess I've had a nice break between boot camp and classes to chill out and get familiar with this corner of the base but I'm ready to hit the books.