05.19.12
“They say that your very first thought when you wake up in the morning will carry on with you throughout the day. So when I wake up with you on my mind, the very thought of you seems to never escape. You become the highlight of my daydreams and the epitome of where I wish I could be. I want to wake up where you are, but metaphorically you’re always located in the back of my mind. Until I fall asleep hoping that you would show up in my dreams. And when I wake up to a brand new day, the same pattern repeats itself. It’s days like these where I miss you the most.”
"I love books. I love that moment when you open one and sink into it and you can escape from the world, into a story that’s way more interesting than yours will ever be."
- Elizabeth Scott
As I look back now, a lot of years later, I realize my time in the Army was the happiest time of my life. God knows not because I liked the Army and there sure wasn’t nothing to like about a war. I liked it for the most selfish reason of all: Because I was young. We all were. Me and Epstein and Wykowski, Selridge, Carney, Hennese, and even Sargent Toomey. I really didn’t like most of those guys then. But today, I love every damn one of them. Life is weird you know.
—Eugene Morris Jerome (Biloxi Blues, 1988)
