Memoirs written in prose of Sergeant Robertson, Damon M. USMC while in Iraq | ...with frequent appearances of King Hammurabi.
If you are new to this journal, make sure to start reading in chronological order by scrolling down to the bottom of the oldest post in October 2004. Damon's letters from August 20th, 2004 - October 23rd, 2004 were all added to this blog on Oct. 23rd, 2004. All subsequent letters are posted in real time.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
Dear Y'all: Today, we have the results of the first ever "A" Co. "Celebrity Insect Deathmatch." Pitting the challenger, a camel spider AKA "Perfect 10" v. Clarence, the "Minister of Death," a scorpion. Though heavily outmatched in weight and reach, Clarence triumphed over his opponent early in the second round, demonstrating superior grappling skills. This is Clarence's fourth Arena Kill, though his first in a broadcast arena deathmatch. Yours truly was the announcer, broadcasting blow-by-blow coverage over the secure (encrypted) radio network for the duration of the bout (in my best Oxford English accent... it didn't seem right to go with the Scotts accent...) :P Dust storms are neat (I can qualify "neat" fairly heavily, but suffice to say, it's like fog but with no wetness, and your eyes get clogged with sand, but somehow even in the middle of the night the dust picks up ambient light from, like, nowhere, and it looks hazy and objects (the few there are) stand out in stark contrast to the glowing cloud of dust around you. oh well. I would have asked Hammurabi what he thought, but he didn't even show up for the Deathmatch. I got him front row tickets. Who knows. Maybe he's had his glut of violence. Ah well. :D
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