daily emancipation

part 2.

• R: ill watch the sopranos, all of it...IF
• 1: 29pmG: if wat
• 1: 29pmR: if you do something
• 1: 31pmG: wat is that
• 1: 31pmR: remember that you are coming home, soon, that that ghosts are heavier than they look.
• 1: 32pmG: u said if if wat
• 1: 33pmR: ill watch sopranos IF you remember that you are coming home, soon, and that ghosts are heavier than they look.
• and that your children and family love you and will need you.
• 1: 34pmG: im coming home but watch the sopranos ok i always think of u wen i watch it u should watch weeds to its pretty good
• 1: 35pm R: gio. i need you to remember that you will carry around that body count the rest of your life. that you cant remove it, ever, from your memory.
• 1: 35pm G: i know i try not to think about it
• 1: 36pm R: and that you best not do things that you will regret later. just cuz you try not to think of it, doesnt mean that its not there. yo uknow that.
• 1: 37pm G: yeah i know i wake up sweating some days its crazy
• 1: 37pmR: exactly. the higher the count, the more sweating
• 1: 37pmG: it will go away
• 1: 38pmR: you are not competing there, you are trying to come home. it will go away, eventually. but some people are haunted forever. war veterans make up a lot of the homeless population, gio.
• war fucks with you. it changes you.
• 1: 39pmG: yeah i know but its like u start to not care anymore kids throw rocks at you so its hard to give a fuck
• 1: 39pmR: and you will come home, and all of the stuff youve done to survive, will not work. people here are not REALLY at war.
• 1: 40pmG: i know ill b ok im use to it already
• 1: 40pmR: gio...youre at war. it is not normal. you will not always be at war. when you come home, body count becomes bad, not cool.
• 1: 43pmG: i know i will b home i wont care then ill drink my life away haha
• 1: 44pmR: gio. how you gonna be a brother and a father if youre drinking your life away?
• 1: 45pmG: im just playing rhe
• 1: 45pmR: look, im NOT judging. i care about you gio.
• 1: 45pmG: i care about u rhe
• 1: 47pmG: watch sopranos and u will know wat im talkin about
• 1: 47pmR: brb
• 1: 49pmR: alright gio. i will. is there someone on base you can talk to? a ciounselor or a pastor ?
• 1: 51pmG: well goodnight rhea i will b there in august and no after u i dont talk to nobody else i dont trust people like that
• 1: 51pmR: its important.
• 1: 52pmG: nah im good ill talk to u
• 1: 52pmR: can you think about talking to someone over there?
• 1: 53pmG: i thought about it but im good its not the same
• 1: 53pmR: no, its not. but chicago is not the same as iraq. ya basta. ok gio, im done preaching.
• 1: 54pmG: no thearpist wise its not the same. your the only person i trust
• 1: 55pmR: have an open mind, you mostly should just have one to listen to you...who cares who it is, as long as they listen. theyll know what youre going thru. youre not alone there- other soldiers are having the same things happen to them.
• 1: 56pmG: nahhhhhh only u
• 1: 57pmR: ya basta. truce for now. ill watch sopranos. you sleep well, si?
• 1: 58pmG: watch weeds to u will like it
• 1: 58pmR: one at a time. ill watch weeds if you talk to someone.
• 1: 59pmG: ok then just watch sopranos then
• 1: 59pmR: ugh. stubborn. ok, then you remember ghosts haunt forever.
• 1: 59pmG: im talking to u doesnt that count. ghosts are fake im not worried
• 2: 00pmR: ok gio. sweet dreams.
• 2: 01pmG: thanks goodnight rhe talk to u soon
• 2: 01pmR: ok!
• 2: 01pmG: watch sopranos