15 - I'll be home for Christmas...
Dec. 16th, 2011 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
umgekehrtI'm back, and so are our boys who were stationed in Iraq. I'd like everyone to keep all the troops in the armed forces who are still in Afghanistan in your prayers this season.
[Filtered to phone call to town paper]
You guys doing a big Christmas issue again? Or 'holiday' or 'solstice' or whatever that snobby liberal in the top office calls it?
[Bruce Stildyne is a naval reservist, a few years off of active duty. He's mildly conservative, earnest, and helps out around town. He's been here every Christmas season for a few years so feel free to assume a history with him. Hit me up on AIM for a history of serious conflicts.
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You guys doing a big Christmas issue again? Or 'holiday' or 'solstice' or whatever that snobby liberal in the top office calls it?
[Bruce Stildyne is a naval reservist, a few years off of active duty. He's mildly conservative, earnest, and helps out around town. He's been here every Christmas season for a few years so feel free to assume a history with him. Hit me up on AIM for a history of serious conflicts.
I will be tagging with
stildyne because...I miss his old PB]
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Date: 2011-12-17 06:16 am (UTC)[Text Message]
Date: 2011-12-17 06:26 am (UTC)Re: [Text Message]
Date: 2011-12-17 06:29 am (UTC)...Be warned, house is a little full but I won't say no. You can help me decorate the house.
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Date: 2011-12-17 06:32 am (UTC)BTW do you still get the paper?
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Date: 2011-12-17 06:35 am (UTC)[Text Message]
Date: 2011-12-17 06:38 am (UTC)[Ha ha ha but seriously this is going to be one awkward Christmas, buddy.]
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Date: 2011-12-17 06:40 am (UTC)You need to settle out here Bruce.
You bring the car? Do I need to drive you? I'm in town..
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Date: 2011-12-17 06:44 am (UTC)[Also there's this little Russian doctor at the free clinic down the street he just can't get out of his head. :( BUT WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT THAT.]
But I will come over; I've got my car, I know where you guys live.
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Date: 2011-12-17 05:40 pm (UTC)[Una his sister. He's probably tried to get them together before and done a terrible job of it so that...neither of them knows what's going on.]
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Date: 2011-12-17 06:57 pm (UTC)I'll bring scones from the cafe, okay?
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Date: 2011-12-17 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-17 08:56 pm (UTC)[You don't mouth off to the military in the Menning household.]
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-17 09:17 pm (UTC)[They cut off his trust fund :[ ]
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:24 pm (UTC)I'm a reservist these days, you know, you don't have to call me sir. I appreciate that your family respects the military but I'm not your drill sergeant. I'm non-comm anyway. [Not that he doesn't think the kid could use one from time to time, but that's not Bruce's business.]
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:33 pm (UTC)[Like his brother-in-law, fuck that guy.]
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:36 pm (UTC)Say hi to your folks for me, if I don't see them first.
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:43 pm (UTC)...Alright. Uh, you'll probably see them first.
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:44 pm (UTC)Everything okay at home?
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Date: 2011-12-17 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-17 09:56 pm (UTC)[On the Phone] I'M NOT BOTHERING WITH ICONS
Date: 2011-12-18 04:39 am (UTC)That's right.
[On the Phone] FOR ONCE I AM SO IT EVENS OUT :D
Date: 2011-12-18 04:41 am (UTC)I have a notice I'd like to run. If I bring it by the office today will it be in in time for Sunday's paper?
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Date: 2011-12-18 04:43 am (UTC)[On the Phone -> Spam]
Date: 2011-12-18 04:48 am (UTC)He wrote it himself. In third person. It was a deeply awkward experience and his complete refusal to have someone copy-edit it shows.]
Bruce Stildyne is a seasonal resident in [HAPPY TOWN], a native of [TOUGH CITY]. In an unhappy home life with college seemingly out of reach, he had already decided that the military was his best chance at a better life. He enlisted in the navy at the age of eighteen.
He does not regret his military experience. The Navy allowed him to travel the world on ships as small as wooden minesweepers during his gulf tour, to aircraft carriers. With the support of the US Military he was able to enter college, graduated with a bachelors in economics in 1990. Leaving active duty to live as a reservist, he completed his MBA in 2006 and currently owns his own business, a personal gymnasium with a staff of six.
With the repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy he can now be open about his sexuality with friends and loved ones. He has known that he was attracted to men since the age of sixteen, but remained closeted so that he could pursue his career.
A long-time republican, Bruce disagrees with some financial and social policies of the current administrations, but appreciates the committment the president has shown to the well-being of the men and women of the armed forces, including but not limited to the DADT repeal.
[That was his little olive branch to the editor. They'd clashed before, often, but he'd been trying to get this off on the right foot, because hey, it was Christmas.]
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Date: 2011-12-18 04:54 am (UTC)Well, this explains a good deal.
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Date: 2011-12-18 04:56 am (UTC)What does it explain, Desaid? If it's 'self loathing politics' then back off. You know my politics are based on finance not intolerant social views.
[...try harder not to start a fight, Bruce]
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Date: 2011-12-18 05:04 am (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-12-18 05:08 am (UTC)[He looks genuinely hurt--but he's been waiting for the shoe to drop for a while. The reactions from his co-workers were good, even if not all of his friends were exactly happy, nobody'd completely thrown him over. He's not sure what reception he'll get here in this community. He's not ... a homemaker. He's not traditional.]
Yes it's my writing.
[He looks defiant.]
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Date: 2011-12-18 05:25 am (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-12-18 05:27 am (UTC)This doesn't change anything about me. I'm afraid everyone assumes it does. I'm sorry.
What did you mean, Desaid?
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Date: 2011-12-18 05:46 am (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-12-18 05:49 am (UTC)[He grits his teeth. This part is harder than coming out to his staff back at the gym. But that was supposed to be awkward. This is supposed to be common-place and easy, but he has no experience with it.]
I was wondering if the next time we argue about next year's presidential canditates, maybe over coffee.
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Date: 2011-12-18 05:51 am (UTC)I would be happy to. Welcome back.
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Date: 2011-12-18 05:54 am (UTC)Stupid argumentative intriguing newspaper types. ]
Yeah. Happy holidays.
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Date: 2011-12-18 06:03 am (UTC)To you as well, Bruce.
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Date: 2011-12-18 06:07 am (UTC)What, did you think I was inviting you out for friendly coffee? We never manage friendly. I was hoping we could try this instead.
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Date: 2011-12-18 06:38 am (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-12-18 06:40 am (UTC)