"We did this for the show."

^Quote of the month. Thanks, Balloon Boy!

So let me get this straight: This Heene family, (allegedly) thinking that their two appearance on Wife Swap were not fifteen-minutes-of-fame enough, (allegedly) hoaxed the country by (allegedly) causing everybody to think that their six-year-old was floating away on some experimental home-made helium UFO/balloon thing, when in fact (not allegedly), the child was doing his best Anne Frank impersonation by hiding in the attic. This, of course, was discovered to be the case only after all the king's horses and all the king's men were called in to bring Balloon Boy down safely. In the aftermath interviews, Balloon Boy was interrogated by Wolf Blitzer as to why he wouldn't come out of the attic. Well, here:

"You guys said that we did this for the show." Ah, priceless. They say the darndest things, do they not? The "OMG we're so screwed" reaction of the father is an amazing thing to behold. And as if this whole thing couldn't get any better, the kid goes and pukes on The Today Show the following day. File this one under "You Can't Make This Stuff Up."

I can't believe I haven't posted since Tuesday. I'm so ashamed. On Wednesday, I pretty much slept all day, and on Thursday, I got off work late, played Halo, and went out for sushi. Yesterday was kind of a boring do-nothing day, so I guess there really hasn't been all that much to post about ^_^

(This space is left intentionally blank and is where I would have written something about the Ohio State game earlier, had Ohio State actually decided to show up and play a game earlier).

Back in July, when I was sent home disqualified from my initial military processing and qualification, I sent in a request to get my medical records from St. Louis, as I was told that I still had a chance to be...dis-disqualified if I presented my records. My parents also had the hospital on base request them, which is where I was able to pick them up after only a couple of weeks, much to the surprise of all parties involved. I was then able to go back down to Dallas to finish the process and swear in. Today, in the mail, I received a copy of my records - nearly three months after having requested them!!! If the hospital hadn't gotten them...yikes.

Speaking of three months, I have almost exactly that amount of time until I'm outta here. Yikes again.

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