Stepping off that plane was like stepping into a fucking oven. That's not a joke or an exaggeration, it's a scientific fucking comparison. It was straight from the comfortably climate-controlled plane and into a fucking oven. The desert stretches on in every direction. The horizon is endless in all directions. The sun doesn't beat down on you here ( Read more... )

So, for those of you that might by chance read this and don't already know, i leave for Iraq today. The Unit is "supposed" to be back in Alaska by december sometime, but i've heard rumors that we could stay as long as march. I'll be honest and say that I'm more than a little nervous. I've been told that I will either be working as a dismount (aka w ( Read more... )

so it's official, i enlisted in the army. I leave on the 27th of february for basic training. I go to Ft. Knox for basic and then to Ft. Sill, OK for my AIT. so yeah, that's about it, not really sure what else to say. hopefully i'll get to see most of you before i take off, but if not, good luck and i'll see you when i get back...other than that, ( Read more... )

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i'm possibly the worst slacker ever. i promised myself this year would be different, so far it hasn't worked. i put off my papers and don't do my readings. i find myself totally disinterested in class most of the time, or at least off in my own little world. (hooray for ADD). the room mate situation is much better this year though. Sky and i get ( Read more... )

So right now i'm contemplating dropping out of college and enlisting in the army ( Read more... )

my life is one giant cluster fuck.

I am sooo freaking pumped for friday. At approximately 1100 i am going to board a helicopter bound for Ft. Devens, Massachussetts. This weekend is the spring FTX. not only will we get to sleep under the stars in quality army tents, but we'll also go to the armory and get issued live M-16's for the weekend. HOW FUCKING SICK IS THAT!!! We're gonna ( Read more... )

ok...so it's one in the morning, and i'm trying to teach myself calculus so that i can understand this fucking assignment... not only that, but i also have an economics assignment yet to do, and i'm getting up at approximately 5:23 am, to go to PT. this has not been my day, 3 tests, 4 homework assignments and not nearly enough time to do them all. ( Read more... )

oh man...i never update anymore this is kinda lame... i need someone to show me how to change like my background and stuff cuz i'm a tool like that. anyhow...stuff at unh is goin aight, just a few more weeks till the end of the semester. ROTC rocks as usual, gettin up at 5:30 3 days a week still blows, but the pay off is worth it. I'm lookin ( Read more... )