The Doog House

"Dont try to be a great man, just be a man and let history decide the rest."

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Location: Okinawa (Normally Thrilling Thiells), NY, Japan

I am a cool laid back cat that like to be all hip on the fun spots in big cities (I know hot spots in N'orleans and learned of alot in NY). I love to travel and meet new people and just chat for hours as if we are old reunited friends. I am also heavily into movies and AFI's 100. I might want to become a film historian or something like that. I LOVE baseball!! I just cant get enough of it, and there is plenty here in Japan.

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Saturday, June 12, 2004

I am not going to write too much today, just letting everyone know that I am at my first Tech School in lovely Mississippi. And I find it weird that I am using the words 'lovely' to descrbe this state. For if this were a year ago there would have of been no way in hell I would have of used that adjective. Tech School is wayyyyyyyyyy different from BMT, I like to describe in this way "College on Steroids". That is what Tech School is, a college atmosphere only with people in uniform during duty hours. After duty hours (from 4:30 PM) reminds me a hell of a lot like my old Alma Matta. I have been made a student leader in my dorm and what that means is a quicker promotion to my next pay grade, or "Under the Zone" as they like to say around here. I have to wait to take the officers candidate exam because there is a saturation of degrees in the Air Force right now. But it is better that I am enlisted first cause it will give me a better perspective of the regulars persons gripes and strengths if I ever make it that far. Long story short, I like it hear at Tech School, and to a degree miss BMT. What I am going to get out of the military is going to far outweigh what I put into it (Montgomery GI Bill, Tuition Assistance Programs, benefits, etc). I cant believe I allowed myself to put a hold on this decision earlier...but there is no time for regret, only progress. As my old TI would say.

Goddamn, that is where some of my funnier stories about the military come from is BMT. My TI was an awesome man and treated us wayyyyyy different from how other TI's would treat their flights. Ours kicked ass, helped us to tap into our full potential and we responded by winning quite a few streamers over 20 other flights. I know that I personally improved physically under his tutelage and am now exercising again like I used to. Our TI also used to make some of the funniest goddamn comments from time to time. For example when we werent performing too well in a day the guy would stop us in the march on the drill pad and ask "What? Do you miss your ugly/nasty lil girlfriends". Definetly doesnt sound as funny here as it does in person, but I get home you will hear the impression that I do to make that much more funnier. The guy was great and I am glad that I was a part of his flight, and I made a few friends too while there.

This was a brief synopsis of my TI, cause to be honest this a story that will be better off told in person or heard over the phone. Other things I am taking part in here at Tech School is being part of the baseball team (and not softball/beerball), martial arts, and dorm leader. I am now doing things instead of talking about them, and it is paying off huge benefits for my soul. It is great to get away from the drama that I was allowing myself to get wrapped up in, and now laugh that I allowed myself to get upset with bullshit like that. Like Sgt. Burton says: "What you plant or bring to anything you do in life, is what your entire life will be like". Translation bring your heart and motivation to do things and you will go far and those who attack what you are all about do so out of fear and the fact that they cant do what you do.

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