I have decided to make a map of where I have been on my journeys around the world on this handy dandy map. Gooo Meee! So here it is

This is where I have been so far

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I am not going to name the cities I have been because that would just take too long. But here is a list of the countries
Australia, Afghanistan(shhh its hush hush), Egypt, United Arab Emirates(the most beautiful of deserts), Oman, East Timor, Phillipines, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Ireland, Italy, Greece(I loved it), Bahrain, Qatar, Canada, Mexico, Seychelles(absolutely beautiful), Germany, Iraq, Kuwait, Kenya, Singapore, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Tarawa Islands, Iwo Jima, I think that is all of them. I am not counting my own country the United States because that is just gonna have to be on a different map.

Like I have stated in previous posts, I was an active duty US Marine so that will explain most of the hellholes listed in places I have been. There were, however, some absolutely beautiful countries I have seen and I loved every minute of my travels. I will say that as far as deserts go I have been to just about all of them with an exception to the Gobi desert in Mongolia. I will have to make my way there one of these days so I can say that I have been to every desert in the world, and of course to say that I have been to Mongolia...because I mean really...who the hell goes to Mongolia anyhow? Have you ever met anyone from Mongolia? Its like here in the US, have you ever met anyone from Wyoming? I have met one person from Wyoming and he went off to join the Marine Corps just to get the hell out of there. Thank you... come again!

Well this is the second week of the fall semester. On Tuesdays it is my Human Sexuality class. Hmmm...Gary...taking a sex class...frightening... Well I have to say I am enjoying that class the most as I thought I would.

In todays class we discussed the different ways of having sex. Such as: angry sex, make-up sex, break-up sex, rough sex, oral sex, anal sex, passionate sex, compassionate sex, pity sex, sexy sex, upside down sex, back of the car sex, public sex, just friends sex, just sex sex, group sex, bondage sex, happy sex, sad sex, aquatic sex, and so on...
Another of the categories we discussed were the different sexual positions. Like: missionary style, doggy style, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, 69, on the counter top, scissoring, and so on but my ears perked up at this one...roast on a spit position... Where I stop the class to go "what the hell is a roast on a spit"? Where the girl reading off the list from her group tells me "oh...its when a girl is on all fours and one guy is in back and the other is in front of her like rotisserie over an open flame". I say "oh"! I guess even at almost 30 you learn new sex stuff!

Now I didn't mean for my blog to go all sex stuff and stuff, but oh well its my blog and I will do what I want to. My apologies to anyone who reads this and goes "OH MY GAWD this blog is written by some pervert talking about sex all the time"! I can assure you that I do not blog about sex ALL the time and that I am not some pervert... I am a provert(I have gone professional)! Thank you that is all for now.

It has begun

Yea school started on Monday. I think I fall into the old man category in all my classes. I'm surrounded by youngsters! Oh well.

My math class is ok. Who the hell ever heard of doing math homework on the web? The way I usually do math is with a pencil and paper. Not and computer! Odd! Fortunately I have one friend in class with me.

Sociology...hmm! My professor...is...on...DRUGS!!! He looks like he is in his 80's and at first class seems to be a bore and then the drugs kick in and he is bouncin off the walls.

Human Sexuality. Yup I'm taking a sex class. Its labeled as Psych 130 so it must be legitimate. The class had to sign disclaimers to be able to take it. Which makes me go...hmmm...interesting. This one should be a lot of fun. No...we don't not have sex in the class...but I think we will be watching some porn...that'll be fun! This class is mostly about the classmates. That makes me happy because I don't have very many friends.

So hopefully I will make some friends. I know I would sound strange and desperate...if I started walking up to people and asking them "would you like to my friend?" I can imagine it now. "Hell no freak" or "what's in it for me" or "yes if you show me what your insides look like(as they pull out a machete)" or "like totally...you're old enough to buy beer for us right?" or "dude sure...you got crack I can bum off of you?" or "no we only associate with other rich snots living off of our parents money" or "sorry you have to play some kind of a sport" or "what the fuck...are you like stalking us or something...help...call campus security" or the usual answers to questions like that. I personally wouldn't want to be someones friend either if they came up and asked me if I would be their friend(except in my current no friend situation I might actually say yes).

Other than that Lorin and I are just blowing right through NCIS season 7. We have to clean because she has company coming over tommorrow night. Poop!

I don't want to sound like I have a horrible life or something so don't take what you read above as me being a total loser. I'm only a quarter of one. I have Lorin who makes my day wonderful. I have some strange animals (2 dogs and 2 cats) who very much entertain us daily. I enjoy life and the things that it brings me. So I am not really complaining(except that I don't have a group of friends). I think this semester in school should be rather fun. Well that's all for now.

Oh me oh my

Tommorrow I start back in school. Yippee. I have got to get up early for my first class that begins at 9am. I have decided to only take 3 classes this semester so I don't overload myself like I did in the spring semester. Monday and Wednesday is Sociology and Math and Tuesday is a Psych class "Human Sexuality". That one sounds like fun. I know school isn't supposed to be fun it should be about learning but I have fun learning...does that make me a nerd? Oh well! My biggest problem is that I have to wait til my payday on the 5th to even buy my textbooks. That sucks. I hate being unprepared. There always seems to be someone in my class that doesn't have their stuff together like textbooks, lab equipment, pens, access to a computer, etc... Well it looks like its going to be me this time around. I hate being broke! I am a bit nervous but that seems like a on-going thing every new semester, so I can now expect it when the next semester rolls around.
I do have to occasionally remind myself that this is how I get what I want. Go to school. Get a good job. Get a little ahead. MONEY. They say that money is the root of evil. Well if you don't have any money does that make you a good person? Hmm! That is something to ponder. I have no intention of being rich. Upper middle-class sure. I miss being in the middle-class. I don't quite think I have fallen out of that class but I am definitely on the lower end of it. Which is just barely above poverty. I don't really like that area much. I am too snobby and sophistocated to associate on that level. I know that sounds horrible but it's true. I don't look down on individuals on poverty level. I just can't really relate to them which makes me feel a little on the outside. I don't think anyone should feel that way. At the same time though, I don't really relate to the rich either. I mean what would I have to talk to them about? My experiences in combat? How I like the sound of a classic american muscle car? How I am horrible at golf? How I really don't care about an Ivy League education verses the University and private college education? The money investments I couldn't afford to make? Yea I know it sounds bad but people do fall into classes. You can always change classes. But I don't think someone should venture into a class that they are not comfortable with.
Wow this sounds like I am ranting and raving again so I will just stop. Oh look at the time. Lorin and I picked up NCIS season 8 and we are blowing right through it like we always do. I think I will get back to our little TV show marathon. That's all folks!

The United States Marine Corps

Well I was just looking at stuff on the internet. Particularly on the Marine Corps. Gosh I miss being in! I sometimes look back every now and then and wish I could have stayed in, but I know that everything happens for a reason. Even if it involves crushing your leg, causing you to not continue to do what you loved to do. If I hadn't gotten retired then I never would have met Lorin.

I enjoyed going all around the world for free, blowing stuff up, and pretty much having myself a good ole time doing it. I miss the friendships. I miss the great body I used to have. I don't don't don't miss getting up at 4:30 in the morning to go run around the desert, just to maintain that great body I used to have. I miss very interesting conversations about how you can blow up a tank with balsamic vinegar, duct tape, a platic spoon, fresh squeezed lemon juice, a rubber hammer, a half of a roll of charmin toilet paper, and a stick of cinnamon flavored gum. I miss the wrestling matches we would have at 2am in someone elses barracks. I miss the pranks we would play on the FNGs. I miss a lot. I used to call the Marine Corps my own personal fitness and gun club.
Its funny. Lorin says that I mention her in like every post. Here I am talking about the Marine Corps and I managed to somehow include her in this post. Well what can I say my world pretty much revolves around her.

Stuff

Well I finally finished the fourth book in the Night Watch series book called Last Watch. It was very good. I like the writer. I think he creates wonderful characters.

In other news, I got called to go in to work today for the closing shift. It was a little slow, which is rare for a Thursday. Oh well. Tommorrow we are supposedly having guests over and also on Saturday. The house...well...we ain't cleaned in a while. So I spent earlier today and I will be doing the same tommorrow...CLEANING! I hate cleaning but I really don't want Lorins co-workers thinking we are slobs or anything. So I have to bite the bullet and get the house all neat and tidy. Well the downstairs part anyways. Nobody goes upstairs but us so the cleaning up there can wait. Our new kitties are so cute and they are getting more and more comfortable with us...with the dogs maybe just a little. Work in progress. I will say that fortunately our garage is still clean...shocker!

Pretty soon we have to start buying Halloween candy. Yea yea I know its in like 2 and half months away. But really the young terrors of Carson City all come to our side of town to get the good candy. Its always known that you go to the rich neighborhoods to get the good candy on Halloween. And well we are about a block away from the governors mansion, so its almost a requirement to live around here to have candy and it better be the good stuff too, or else your house will probably get egged or rolled. I honestly think that the people that come up here for Halloween are from all over the damn state. We have been here for over two and half years now. Judging from the masses of people that were on our block the last two Halloweens, it just looks that way. Well thats all from the world of Gary and Lorin so I will post more later.

School

Wahoo. School starts up again at the end of this month. I have been pretty bored this summer. Mostly because I have been absolutely broke. With school in session I will be able to get that GI Bill money to pay for stuff. Like: I need new truck tires, there is also a check engine light on in my truck which is that I need my fuel injector cleaned, groceries, other household odds and ends, 30th birthday coming up next month, I need glasses because I am friggin blind now that I am old, all the TV shows are coming out on DVD this fall, play money, and of course to pay for my lovely edumacation so I can gets me somes smarts! Not that this summer was uneventful but I hate hate hate being broke! Also I want to hurry up and get my nursing degree so Lorin and I go wherever we want. Traveling around the country and around the world without her moms permission or say in what she and I do... Ahhh to be free of her moms reign on her will be grand. I know thats a horrible thing to say but I really can't stand her moms controlling ways over her. For the most part she has managed to break free of a lot of it but there still are some strings that need to be cut. Well thats about as exiting as it gets for me. I know that nobody besides Lorin really reads my blog but oh well I will just keep posting my thoughts anyways. So until next time.