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May 26 2009

Lake Lahontan

A Memorial Day Weekend

I got word from Benjamin that him and a couple of other guys I served with in Iraq are heading to Nevada to spend the Memorial Day weekend drinking, partying, and hitting on drunk girls. The destination was Lake Lahontan and we were not going to pass up this opportunity to spend some time together. Of the four of us, I was the only one still serving in the Marine Corps. Michael, Jesse, and Benjamin have been out for almost a year now, with Benjamin enjoying his new career in the Army.

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Feb 21 2005

Fujiyama

A Sightseeing Trip to Mount Fuji

I visited Fujiyama today. That is “Mount Fuji” for the Japanese-illiterate. He was looking snazzy and majestic as any proper mountain should, at least when he was not hiding behind the veil of cloud covers. With my cameraphone in my right hand and a bag of sour Starbursts in my left, I happily and excitedly boarded the vehicle that shall whisk me away to Mount Fuji and its snow-capped peaks. With an expectant smile, I pressed my face against the clear glass window of the vehicle and suddenly realized that it is far too early to be up. It was only 7:30 am! Who the fuck wakes up at that time? On a holiday! I closed my eyes and promptly went to sleep.

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Jayel Aheram

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Jayel Aheram is a student journalist, Iraq War and Marine veteran, internationally-published photographer, artist, polymath, etc.

Aheram writes about foreign policy, antiwar issues, and the police state at Young Americans for Liberty. He is a longtime political blogger at RedStateEclectic, copyright wonk at Copyfascism Watch, and a sometimes contributor to RT International.

Also at Politics by Jayel Aheram and Tumblr.

Aheram is a journalism student at College of the Desert, former editor-in-chief of the student-run newspaper The Chaparral, and founder and former station manager of KCOD Radio and Television.

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