"Good to see you, Master Chief. Things aren't going well. Cortana did her best, but we never really had a chance."I don't want to be seen as a complainer, but I've had little to celebrate lately ( Read more... )

It's done. I called Sgt. Royster and requested a DEP discharge. He asked me why I was dropping out. I told him that I needed the service more than I wanted it, and the service needs people more committed to the needs of the service than I. I stated that I intended to work my way through college instead. (I decided against mentioning another branch ( Read more... )

So it's been awhile since I last updated. I said I would sleep on it, and I've done that in excess ( Read more... )

Greetings from the Two Tree Hotel in Atlanta! I finally got scheduled to book a MEPS trip to take my EDPT test in order to qualify for the Computer Systems Programming AFSC. Yeah, I was ballsy enough to pack my laptop. I don't intend to attempt using it at MEPS tomorrow, but I figured I would have time to study some basic Algebra today before ( Read more... )

So this month's DEP meeting was a big wake up call. Instead of putting up with Radford jawboning, we got a replacement to conduct the meeting. New guy was Sgt. Royster, and he decided it was a good day for some PT. No big deal, right? Negative ( Read more... )

I've done a full circle by now. What once was a sleep schedule that woke before dawn full productivity has been replaced by the unfulfilled purposeless night-owl regimen of staying up most of the night. If I remember right, I pulled that 180 within five days of being laid off. I think I realized why this is. When I'm a night owl, the passage of ( Read more... )

Today was not a good day. Not an atrocious, horrible, soul-rending day, but not a good day ( Read more... )

Today I had a good day, which is an odd turn of events considering my weekend was only one day. My superiors treat me less like a clueless scrub and their dialogue has more information than vulgar jabs. Though, there is one outlying factor that really tipped the scales in my favor for it being a good day. I was on druuuuuuuuuugsszzzz! I only had ( Read more... )

I tend to wait far too long to update when things get eventful. Then I either omit the entire happening or am forced to update in exhaustive detail. I guess posting is like shaving. If you do it regularly there is much less hassle, but if you let it go for awhile your face will show the fuzzy manly neglect. Or you have to spend entirely too much ( Read more... )

My eyes are burning from all the AFSC research I did today. I sat in the same armchair at Panera Bread for eight hours, but dammit I finished what I set out to do! I've got my list of AFSC jobs laid out.

AFSC Job List1. 3C0X1 Communications - Computer Systems Operations ( Read more... )