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

• 3May 09

  A Happy Ending

  The main bulk of the phase has ended, the only reason we're still on it is problems with one of the engines and ADF.So the phase team leader lets us have all weekend off, which I made very nice use of. One of my squadmates took me out to a Korean massage place...where every therapist happened to be an attractive woman. I'm don't need to discuss the details, but know that massages in Korea are way more "hardcore" massages back in the States. But hey, I've been busting ass 12 hours a day on this phase. You work hard, you play hard.
  
  On the gaming front, I've borrowed Ninja Blade from a friend. Definitely not the best game ever, but still just plain over the top fun. At least it doesn't have me throwing my controller halfway across the room like Ninja Gaiden did. I've also been playing Tom Clancy's HAWX and FEAR 2. HAWX is a really cool game, I like it's story and gameplay innovations. But I still think Ace Combat 6 was a better overall flight game. I was really pissed that I couldn't save my replays in HAWX like I could in Ace Combat. FEAR 2 is really good too. It doesn't have the same groundbreaking effect of the first FEAR, but still a worthy sequel. I myself haven't beat it yet, but my saw my roommate finish it so I already know the ending.
  
  I got some pictures I'll post soon, I just need to sort out all the old from the new ones on my camera.

  • Posted May 3, 2009 12:18 am PT
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• 19Apr 09

  The return of agent401

  Wow, I can't believe it's been almosta year since I last posted on this site. I hope all the people on here I liked to discuss stuff with are still here.
  
  Anyway for those of you who remember me, I am back. I've made it through basic training, MOS training, and am now serving my first duty station at Camp Humphreys Korea. Being in the Army has been a hard adjustment for me, especially with my Asperger's syndrome, but it's been quite an experience so far. Yes, I did have real experience with the infamous drill sergeants. Unlike almost everything else, there is no difference between the drill sergeants on TV and the ones in real life. It sucked ass being pushed around by them, but they do a good job hardening you both mentally and physically, and looking back they were pretty funny too.
  
  I'm going to be busy for the next couple weeks,as I am an avionics repiarer and currently assigned to a CH-47phase team. A phase is a where they take apart the whole helicopter and put it back together as kind a refurbishment. If alot of the friends I've had on this site are still here, please comment and I'll make more blogs about life in the Army and being stationed in Korea.

  • Posted Apr 19, 2009 3:46 am PT
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• 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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