" I said.Was that a flinch when I mentioned Steve's name? It was a movement of some kind, but was it natural or was it a reaction to the name?"Yeah, i...t was a great party." Julie said.Other than the possible flinch I couldn't get anything out of her yet. I decided I'd keep an eye on her and Steve as much as possible to see if they were up to anything. I didn't go all hi-tech with tracking devices, recording devices, video cameras, and phone taps, at least not right away, I merely started keeping. Today is too important for me to have to be worrying about her."We talked about some of the people in the I.T. department as she ironed my shirt. Finally, she finished. It did look good. I don't know what those dry-cleaning people did but it sucked when they finished it."Ok, put everything on. Let's see how you look." Now? The interview isn't for almost three hours." Yes now, don't want any snags, threads, so come on, strip."Kind of self-consciously, I stripped down to my boxers. I grabbed the. So, when I finally reached her door, I knew what I would say. However, I was slightly thrown once again when I got there. The lady who greeted me was clearly older than I had expected and showed a lot of mileage on her face. Look, she wasn’t truly ugly, but the shock of the discrepancy between expectation and reality was enough to derail my severe horniness for a moment.Well, I was here. I had driven relatively far to get there, and I didn’t really want to go to the effort of walking out and. This perceived meaningless exercise in nitpicking actually has intrinsic value in the training objective of teaching young American males to leave their "good enough" attitudes behind. It stresses the importance of thoroughness and the elusive "attention to detail" that often spells success or failure on the battlefield. When carefully applied, this principle has been proven to pay high dividends in combat situations.Private Adam Beckner was a good marine.Everyone said so and even the Company.