“WAKE UP, WAKE UP!”  wha? “You have 20 minutes to be dressed and have your bunks squared away and be in formation in the rear of the barracks.” Shit! I shoot off my mattress as if I was lying on a bed of acid laden pockets. Gotta make the bed I remember that making a good bunk always seemed to be somewhat important in the Vietnam movies I watched( ( Read more... )

We end up being led into a cafeteria or “chow hall” if you will, hustled through the line where the biggest chicken breast in the world lands on my tray. ” You have exactly 3 minutes from the moment you sit you tray down to be done.” WHAT? So I sit down and prepare to dig…” where’s your juice?” I look up to the red head Drill Sergeant staring at me ( Read more... )

I somehow end up being the first to finish packing up my belongings which consist of: 1 red notebook bearing the crest of my former college and place of employment that held copies of my contract, a journal, another journal containing a play I’d started writing, and the 2 changes of clothes that I was told to bring and every travel size toiletry ( Read more... )

“You have 10 seconds to empty all of your stuff out on these benches. Get some room. Spread out. MOVE hurry up!” Shit, shit, shit! Shes gonna find my 00g glass spiral earrings and flay my freaking head! So I spread all my stuff out preparing for inspection. I learned a LOOONG time ago that if things look orderly and organized there is no need to be ( Read more... )

So after the phone call, in which I could NOT participate, We all get briefed on what we can and can not have while we were here in training(cos really I would totally bring my Heroin cooking spoon to basic with me) and if we are found with any of the afore mentioned items the consequences would be dire(death). So here I am freaking out because, Oh ( Read more... )

So my name is Quinn and I'm probably the biggest goofball you'll ever meet. I laugh and I like to have fun. Because of that most find it incredibly hard to believe that I am a gay man who teaches at a high school and a christian college in the middle of the bible belt in central Alabama. I love my job with all my being, but it doesn't come without ( Read more... )

So today's the day that I go take my test and what not for the ARMY. I'm slightly nervous about it and have obvious reservations about it, but I'm tired of being the friend thats left behind, perpetually stuck in a cycle of NOTHING. I feel like this is the opportunity I need to better myself. Hopefully all goes well all I can do is have faith!

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May 14

Another poem...

We hold on to the past because the future's quickly fading.

We cling tight to what we know

afraid of falling forward

so we're always looking back

It's with masochistic pleasure that we cling to every

Rejection

Fear

and Emotional torment.

We define ourselves by our past but, it makes the future look quite bleak

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May 14

So I wrote this poem a while ago and I decided to post it! Enjoy

With a heavy heart and even heavier mind, My head rolls heavenward, looking for answers, for some way to assuage my guilt. Clouds of regret hail down desire unspoken, overwhelming me. The torrents of emotions rage within like the stirrings of a maelstrom. Branded with ( Read more... )

So I know Its been awhile since my last post but I've had a lot on my mind so I decided to write about it!! First off I couldn't afford to go back to school this semester so I am currently not in school. This was the cause of many sleepless nights and anguish but I've come to terms with it and it is what it is. I WILL be going back in the spring if ( Read more... )