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[kspr]

- need to find work, or decide which of the armed forces I wish to be a part of and whether or not I want to be an officer.

The real decision is: Do you want to be a bad ass Navy Seal and never take anyone's crap again, or be a motherfucking Marine and be the toughest shit on your block? AND have a sword?

I see no other options.

Is that the propaganda they feed the elite bullet catchers? =P
I hope they don't take up that attitude with their superiors.

And in any case, unless they send you to fighting schools, you're really not any better or tougher as a fighter than when you went in. Believe me, I know. As it turns out, I'm a pretty good fighter. I won when we did pugels and what passed for grappling.

++Parents and little brother coming up this weekend
----- presentation work and lab practical studying to be done all day.
+ completely done with school today, however else things turn out today.

why are people joining the force? its a trap. and i mean that in the least admiral akbar way possible.

[Jody]

- need to find work, or decide which of the armed forces I wish to be a part of and whether or not I want to be an officer.

The real decision is: Do you want to be a bad ass Navy Seal and never take anyone's crap again, or be a motherfucking Marine and be the toughest shit on your block? AND have a sword?

I see no other options.

Is that the propaganda they feed the elite bullet catchers? =P
I hope they don't take up that attitude with their superiors.

And in any case, unless they send you to fighting schools, you're really not any better or tougher as a fighter than when you went in. Believe me, I know.

Uh, no? "Fighting schools"? This isn't Fight Club, it's the military. There is no fight school, they teach everyone the basics of combat (for 3ish months for Marines, 6 weeks for AirForce, and 8ish for other branches), in which you learn everything to stay alive should you have to fight IE shooting, repairing your guns, hand-to-hand combat, moderate stealth, explosive use, how to conduct yourself in a team, etc. Being a good fighter previously has anything to do with it. Besides if you go in there all cocky and thinking you're already some Rambo shit, they're just going to be angry because they don't give a shit what you already know. In fact, they probably would prefer you didn't know anything because they don't want you to be some street boxer or whatever you are, they want you to be a [insert branch here] dude. You should have to sponge up what they teach you. If you're pulling off your own shit, they're going to be like, "PRIVATE ASSWIPE, WHAT'RE YOU DOING? DO SOME PUSH UPS, THEN DO IT HOW WE TOLD YOU TO. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Everyone knows that no attention by a superior in bootcamp is good attention. If they're impressed with you, they're going to expect more of you and expect you to be able to do everything with little or no practice, which is very bad attention. If they think you're a show off and you're confident, they're going to break you until you're just another idenity-less figher like the rest of your squad.

Anyway, if you're going to be a grunt, you go to like another three months for infantry stuff, while everyone else goes to their MOS. They still know all their combat/fighting stuff, they just go learn other things like how to fire ze missiles instead a few more weeks of combat training with harsher practicing conditions.

Believe me, I know.

[Monkeydog]

+++ Gave blood!

-- But now I'm all light headed and headacheing.
---- Finals on Monday. T_T

[Jody]

As Lazlo once said when debating to give blood... "I hope they're going to use it for science and not black magic."

[Monkeydog]

It was very depressing, they actually shut down the blood drive because the mall is run by an asshole apparently.

[Maelstrom]

- need to find work, or decide which of the armed forces I wish to be a part of and whether or not I want to be an officer.

The real decision is: Do you want to be a bad ass Navy Seal and never take anyone's crap again, or be a motherfucking Marine and be the toughest shit on your block? AND have a sword?

I see no other options.

Is that the propaganda they feed the elite bullet catchers? =P
I hope they don't take up that attitude with their superiors.

And in any case, unless they send you to fighting schools, you're really not any better or tougher as a fighter than when you went in. Believe me, I know.

Uh, no? "Fighting schools"? This isn't Fight Club, it's the military. There is no fight school, they teach everyone the basics of combat (for 3ish months for Marines, 6 weeks for AirForce, and 8ish for other branches), in which you learn everything to stay alive should you have to fight IE shooting, repairing your guns, hand-to-hand combat, moderate stealth, explosive use, how to conduct yourself in a team, etc. Being a good fighter previously has anything to do with it. Besides if you go in there all cocky and thinking you're already some Rambo shit, they're just going to be angry because they don't give a shit what you already know. In fact, they probably would prefer you didn't know anything because they don't want you to be some street boxer or whatever you are, they want you to be a [insert branch here] dude. You should have to sponge up what they teach you. If you're pulling off your own shit, they're going to be like, "PRIVATE ASSWIPE, WHAT'RE YOU DOING? DO SOME PUSH UPS, THEN DO IT HOW WE TOLD YOU TO. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Everyone knows that no attention by a superior in bootcamp is good attention. If they're impressed with you, they're going to expect more of you and expect you to be able to do everything with little or no practice, which is very bad attention. If they think you're a show off and you're confident, they're going to break you until you're just another idenity-less figher like the rest of your squad.

Anyway, if you're going to be a grunt, you go to like another three months for infantry stuff, while everyone else goes to their MOS. They still know all their combat/fighting stuff, they just go learn other things like how to fire ze missiles instead a few more weeks of combat training with harsher practicing conditions.

Believe me, I know.

Well obviously the different branches teach their recruits different stuff. The army has fighting schools. You go to them and pass and are assigned a 'class' depending on which fighting courses you've completed. You have to be up to a certain level to be qualified to teach the techniques of lower levels.

And it's good they teach the marines a bit more. The army, it seems, is far more concerned with the shooting aspect of fighting and figure you're doing it wrong if you have to do any sort of hand to hand. They scoff whenever we had to do pugels in training, my favortie part. We learned how to shoot some weapons, clean 'em, troubleshoot 'em a bit, and some uber basic first aid stuff. Passing shooting qualifiers and the the pt test were the most important things at basic. After that, you learn whatever MOS you're gonna learn at AIT. Technically everyone is infantry when the time comes, but the marines more so than any other branch.

[Monkeydog]

------ So failed my Chem final.
+ May still get a C.
-------------- Planned to wake up at 7 to study a bit and do my Java project...woke up at 11:04...my final was at 11.
+ Teacher didn't care about me coming in 20 minutes late. phew.

[Stars]

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Semester is officially over for me!
+++ Realistic best case scenario for my grades is three As and one B.
--- Realistic worst case scenario is one A, two Bs, and one C...and I need as many As as possible right now.
- No snow yet, even though it's been cold enough for weeks now.
+ Chicken McNuggets~

[Maelstrom]

+++ waking at 7 pm, sleeping at 7am, waking at 7pm...
-- Being up mostly during the times the tube if full of infomercials
++ thank goodness for hbo, which has better shit late at night, like Basic Instinct
-/+ Nothing to do but look up some job info online.

[Monkeydog]

+++++ Break!
-- Bored.

[lazlo falconi]

+Only had to work an hour today!
-Only got paid an hour today...

[Stars]

- Our assistant manager is on doctor's leave for at least a week, so my half shifts are turning into full shifts and my days off are disappearing.
- It's possible she might not be able to come back to work.
--------- It's 50 degrees outside! D:

[Stars]

++++++++++ S
++++++++++ N
++++++++++ O
++++++++++ W
++++++++++ !!!

[Amethyst]

++++++++++ S
++++++++++ N
++++++++++ O
++++++++++ W
++++++++++ !!!

^ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

------------ It stopped three days ahead of time T_T
--------------------Now I actually have to spend time with my family because we won't be snowed in. *dies*
- Dead

[Maelstrom]

--- Cy is dead and can't talk to me on aim... or can he???
+++ PS zero is in my DS.
-- My little bro is playing on a second file of PSzero so I can't play it atm.
++ bonfire in the backyard with relatives around it, roasting marshmallows earlier.

[Stars]

+++ Fixed and cleaned my desktop computer! (Christmas present to self?)
- Feels weird to use a mouse again. =p

[Maelstrom]

- poor christmas haul
+ still got everything I'd asked for
++ will have the house to myself while my family heads off to mexico with my little bro's friend's family
+++ won't have to suffer the 8 hour road trip, and that's just one way.
---- will miss all the girls in bikini's on the mexican beach
++ beach is terrible anyways, really shallow with miles upon miles of really sharp ass rocks anyways.
+++ new years party to look forward to
-- hate how it's so damn hard to hit on chicks with relatives anywhere closeby. mental block or something.

[rekaru]

+received really meaningful gifts :)
+started my independent studies of physics
+i might be able to place into a junior-level physics for next semester (calc III-IV/diff eq based)
-vector calculus is a pain in the ass
+it's still pretty fun
+stayed in my pajamas all day
+finished death note manga
+starting inuyasha manga

[lazlo falconi]

+Got a certain invite today!

[Maelstrom]

+/- confuzzled by this momoko person.

+ cookies and cream ice cream for breakfast
+ walking the dog in the morning
- said dog wandering off instead of following me like he normally does, despite the longer than usual walk.
++ PSzero and MW2 today.