I am over at my friend Chris's girlfriends's mom's house and waiting to do laundry. I just realized what the date was, guess Leslie has already gone back to Iowa now and I won't be able to see her ( Read more... )

All of the dominant military academies and schools of America have adapted a Code of Honor which reads: "A cadet shall not lie, cheat, or steal" and of these some, specifically the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, have added "nor tolerate those who do." The United States Army has included Honor as part of its Seven Army ( Read more... )

Only twelve days remaining. I am going to spend the next two weeks doing nothing but studying and going to class. Oh joy. But then I get to go Home. Home...I love the way the word sounds like the landing screeching of jet tires on the Portland runway ( Read more... )

I know it has been a very long time since I have updated my journal but with finals coming up, papers become due, and me having so little time lately, I have been pretty much able to get to it ( Read more... )

Okay, so I have admit, everything this weekend went much better than I had anticipated. The play (all three performances) went great. Especially the last performance, which I dedicate to my friend Leslie. Without her help, I don't know if I'd have made it through ( Read more... )

So, tomorrow is show time one. Our first performance of Macbeth. We had our last rehearsal today. However, unlike I had expected, everyone actually did very well. That includes me. Everything has pulled together and we are going to do well tomorrow. After that it's just two more performances: Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. Finally ( Read more... )

Yea! Finally, today my electric shaver will arrive. I am totally stoked because I hate shaving and this will make it so, so much easier. It is a Norelco Cool Skin 6701X Shaver. It has Neva goo stuff that lubricates for an even closer shave, blades that self shapen, patented action that raises hair in a way that you actually cut below the skin ( Read more... )

Okay, so a ton of homework this week. Three papers, one english exam and a science exam. Boy how I hate doing that much work in one week. It almost seems as if the teachers are attacking my "free" time, as if I had that at NMMI ( Read more... )

Okay, it's 2300 h and I am still awake. Which is odd for me, while I am at school at least. I am tired and yet I still have a little to do for Formal Inspection tomorrow. I hope it goes well, this will be the first inspection this semester I have don't with a roomie.

On the up side I should get promoted tomorrow so...yeah!

So, the play is two and a half weeks off now and I know only half my lines. Worse yet, this was made evident during rehearsal today when I couldn't remember several lines I already know and then we began to practice off book with lines I did not know at all. How humiliated I felt ( Read more... )