I need to update more. Eh ( Read more... )

I followed the advice of a LiveJournal friend and finally laid out my old Marine Corps gear and took pictures of it. I put an ad in Craig's List and I already have one reply. I really hope that interested person is a real person instead of a bot. We'll see ( Read more... )

Today I went through the small mountain of Marine Corps cammies, uniforms, accessories, and weird shit I picked up while I was enlisted. This process took me several hours. I'm still not done. Washing and sorting gear I haven't even set eye on for the past five years takes quite a long time. Urgh.It is weird how good memories and bad memories are ( Read more... )

I've been a aggravated at this country of mine, the good-'ole USofA. There is so much wrong with it I honestly wonder if we can ever get back on track; back to doing "good things" instead of being sheepish and complacent. My angst started when I was still in the Marine Corps, and it has only increased since then ( Read more... )

Ok. I may not be able to run three miles right now, but I can run two miles. Over the months I have been trying to run three miles, but I just couldn't do it. I get winded, and hit my wall at around 2.25 miles. So...I decided to scale-back a bit and just run for two miles for the time being, until I get back up to where I was in 2005. In 2005, I ( Read more... )

Since the middle of December of 2007, I've been going to the Refinery Gym on John Street in Champaign. I've been going because I am seriously out of shape, and getting fat. Seriously. I am 71 inches tall, and I weigh 195 pounds. That is sad for a multitude of reasons ( Read more... )

Ok. This is akward.

I started going to the Refinery gym, on John Street, in December of last year. So far, I've been enjoying myself. It is my goal to attain the weight I had when I left the Marine Corps. When I left the Corps, I weighed 173 pounds. Now, I weigh 195. That is just unacceptable ( Read more... )

So anyway, I finally manage to speak to someone regarding the IRR I was ordered to attend next month. Since I live way outside the 150 mile radius that would force me to attend this information brief, I had to find a way to either reschedule, or bow out without getting in trouble from Uncle Sam ( Read more... )

Hearing the crickets chirping off in the distance reminds me of Parris Island when I enlisted all those aeons ago. Sometimes I have to wonder...
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I got an email from my mom alerting me about a big manilla envelop from the Dept. of the Navy, subtitled Marine Corps Mobilization Command. Right now I am scared shitless. I am thinking I got re-activated by the Marine Corps to be sent off to the Middle-East. gryphon77 says I could be making much ado about nothing. But...I can't help thinking that way. If I ( Read more... )