A *really* loud leetle fan at the library...
06.04.98
So, a buncha stuff to catch up on and very little time to do it...I hav 20 min before I'm supposed to get off the library computer. telnetting in was a pain in the ass...tried axe, nope, redwood, nope, sorrel, nope...finally got into the unixlab then telnetted from there...yay big fun. I had a couple of entries I wanted to upload...but there is no way of getting them online without tweeking with this computer...somethign I think would be quite rude since it belongs to the public library...oh well. deal with it journal fans.
So I got my grade report, and my grades sucked. c+, c, c-, b. I'm not counting on a loan from mom and dad for school because of it, although I haven't said as much yet...I wanted to check my options....
And so I'm now going to join the army for two years. Yay for me. Two years is no sweat, and I'll get all the dough I need...no need to beg mom and dad (or anyone else for that matter) to cosign a loan for my next two years. I'm working at the CK now and that'll pay off my credit card debts and the money I already owe my parents...so things are looking good. Probably will work until early september or so then enlist. A nice break from school it'll be. The army isn't going to be so bad. I'm actually looking forward to it as I've been thinking about it for the last few years quite a bit...much less constrained now from what the recruiter was saying. I took a practice asfvab (spo?) test today..scored an 85. I thought I did terrible--some of those questiosn I should have known but didn't. The recruiter and his asst. were just about awestruck though...hrmph.
Apparently, since I've gone through so much college already (120 units so far) I'll be privelaged enough to go in as an E3 instead of an E1...which means more base pay and a likely leadership position right off the bat..squad leader or somethign like that the recruiter was saying. This monday I'm going to Oakland for the real test. After that it's an "all day" physical and I get to pick out what job I want to do in the army, probably infantry something as those are the only 2 year p[ositions availible the recruiter told me...but, I figure, I'm going into the army for a) the money and b) the experience of being a soldier...may as well go for infantry, right? It's not like I think I'll be doing any actual front line fighting, but hey, you never know. So all in all, I'm quite content about the whole thing. I had thought I'd be forced to go in for 4+ years to get the Montgomery GI college money...2 years means much less disruption in my life.
So I'm going to tell mom and dad tonight. I'm not working so we can talk over dinner. Mom will probably freak a little. I'm not really sure what dad'll think...we'll see.
Went to the movies with Rebecca yesterday. Eased my mind to realize she just wanted a friend...she really has none now. That's a good thing, cuz when I look at her there's no physical connection, which is the way things *should* be...
OK, so I guess that's it for now. I need to go buy cigarrettes anyways. Not like I should...I've started a daily run as of yesterday...about a mile and a half. The way I see it, best to get in shape on my *own* terms before I start basic training and get drilled by army style getting in shape...