Sometimes I look up at the stars from my bed at night and wonder....where the hell is my ceiling?

"If God wanted you to live then he wouldn't have created me." - Soldier class from Team Fortress 2

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum...and I'm all out of gum" - Duke Nukem

• 8Jun 08

  Well folks, the time has finally come...

  Tomorrow Tuesday morning at 9 a.m I ship out to the MEPS processing station up in Kansas City. The next day I will be shipping out to Fort Jackson in South Carolina for Basic Training and to begin my life as an American Soldier.
  
  There are way too many thoughts going through my head right now, ranging from nervous to excited. I will say though that I'm really pumped and glad that I'll be turning up the speed on my dull life. Serving in the military has been one of my dreams since I was about 4 years old, especially that of being a pilot. I had no idea what I wanted to do in college or how to pay for it, and I had an almost non-existent social life anyway (by choice though, I refused to be a part of any petty high school clique) and drunk frat parties really never appealed to me. I didn't want to keep dragging on with another 4 years of school only to be eternally damned to a desk job. I wanted to do something awesome right out of high school, like decimate the war machines of Iran, North Korea, or whatever other fascists want to screw with us, from the cockpit of an Apache helicopter. So when the Army offered me exactly that, I thought...why not?
  
  So I signed up last year as an Aircraft Electrician and was in the delayed entry program my senior year. In that time I have earned 2 promotions and got $12,000 in cash bonuses. I signed up as an Aircraft Electrician so I can get the Aviation experience needed to apply for the Army's Warrant Officer Flight Training program, which allows qualified non-collegiates the opportunity to fly Army helicopters. I already took the written flight test and passed it, and I plan on hopefully applying 6 months after I get assigned to my unit, which will be August or September of next year. I still plan on taking at least some college though, since the Army will be paying for all my tuition while I'm in.
  
  I think I'll do just fine in a military life. I'm not the rebellious type, I don't mind doing whatever my superior tells me to in order to get paid, as long as it isn't something that would violate my personal conscience. I plan on rebuilding my social life in the Army. I'll meet alot of guys who are in the same boat as I am; fresh out of high school and looking to get their life in order and on the fast track. Maybe I'll even meet some fellow Wiccans (there is surprisingly alot in the military) that I can also connect with on a more spiritual level. Maybe we could form an on-base fellowship group or something.
  
  I've been on Gamespot for about 4 fours now. Most people say that those who spend time talking in online forums or posting blogs are wasting their time. While I'd have to agree to a certain extent, I think I've learned alot about myself from posting on the internet. People are almost always different behind an anonymous screen name than they are in person, since there is no real social consequence for speaking your mind without limits on the internet.
  
  I'd like to thank luckypool04, Booticon, fishdalf, gohantech04, canuck3000, flavort, and all others who have alwasy commented on my blogs. I'll be in Basic Training until sometime in August, and then I immediately go to my job training at Fort Eustis in Virginia. Since you're not allowed to have pretty much anything but a toothbrush in Basic, I'll be without internet access for at least a few months, but no doubt agent401 will be coming back.
  
  Until then, may the God and Goddess bless all of you with a great summer. Seeya.
  • Posted Jun 8, 2008 11:17 pm PT
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• 28May 08

  Another year older

  Today was my 19th birthday. Me and my family didn't really do much. I mostly just got money for gifts since there isn't anything in particular I want right now since I'm leaving for the Army in a couple weeks anyway.
  • Posted May 28, 2008 3:49 pm PT
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• 23May 08

  Promotion and new PC games

  I took my Army PT Test today and passed it. I did 51 push-ups (requirement was 42), 73 sit-ups (requirement was 53), and ran 2 miles in 14:58 (requirement was 16:00) Because I passed I am now a Private First Class. This means I have a higher rank and therefore be getting a higher monthly pay once I leave for Basic Training in a couple weeks. However even more important than the pay to me is the fact that 2 promotions before I even start basic training will look really good when I apply for Warrant Officer Flight Training next year.
  
  I ordered more stuff off of Amazon. I got the season 2 DVD of Future Weapons (really awesome show), and some old computer games, mostly so if they allow me to have my laptop in my MOS training I'll have some games to play
  
  One game I got was Soldier of Fortune 2, which was released back in 2002 or 2003. Even though the graphics and A.I suck by today's standards, I love it anyway because it's pure old school FPS; where the story didn't matter as long as you shot terrorists in a variety of locations with a variety of weapons. I have alot of nostalgia for the old Soldier of Fortune and James Bond shooters because they were just unadultered terrorist-blasting fun in everywhere from streets to jungles to underwater bases. Nowadays most FPSs are way too gimmicky or take themselves too seriously with their story.
  
  I also got Iron Warriors, which is a tank simulater where you command a T-34, T-55, or T-72 tanks on the Serbian side of the Balkans conflict. I haven't played much of it yet. It's more complicated than I usually like my games to be, but it looks like a pretty cool game so I'll give it a shot.
  
  I also ordered Apache Air Assault, a helicopter simulater, but it hasn't arrived yet.
  • Posted May 23, 2008 7:54 pm PT
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