Generation Kill

Well, for starters, this is a brand new ElJay for me. I was getting sick of my old name and really didn’t want to spend money to rename it and then get paid for a year. So I decided to just create a new journal and go from there. I’m pretty sure only a few people from my old one will actually friend this journal because I’m pretty sure not many of them read it anymore. So well… Now I have this place. And I’m planning on actually using it… I hope..

Watched Generation Kill from start to finish today. I do admit that I was only originally interested in it because Alexander Skarsgård was in it, but now that I’ve seen it I’m pretty sure I’d have loved it even if ASkars wasn’t in it. It was serious at times, hilarious at others (there were a bunch of good one-liners, i.e. the quote from my icon), and seemed to depict exactly what I imagine it might have been like over there during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Plus, it’s based on a true story so it automatically gets more bonus points. I’m pretty sure I can officially regard HBO as the King Network when it comes to miniseries depicting war-time events. Band of Brothers was extremely impressive and it looks like The Pacific is going to be just as good when it comes out.

What can I say… I’m an American combat history buff… =]