it is good to be alive

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shitty cameraphone pics but you get the point

glock 19 (9mm)


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general education requirements- gen eds- are a waste of my time. and money. ive wasted so many credit hours bullshitting my way through classes i didnt care anything for, when there were numerous other interesting classes i never got to take. liberal arts is outdated ( Read more... )

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last thursday i was ecstatic to learn that I have been assigned to the Infantry. in may i will be an infantry officer in the united states army. this is the most significant thing i have accomplished in my life so far. and i wanted it really badly. i was afraid i wouldnt get it, and i wouldnt have been satisfied with anything else ( Read more... )

i am finally home in nj. nice to be back. did you know livejournal is blocked in china?

i lost the password to my aim screenname, and the recover password thing isnt working. i had to create a new account. mikethompsonrulz

i cant remember anyones screen name, so please leave me yours!

paper due weds night, halfway done. paper due fri, havent started. after that its two finals that won't be too difficult. i should be home on friday, and then im leaving for china on sunday. problem now is that im spending all my time reading lonely planet and comebackalive.com so i cant focus on my work...not getting anything done...help ( Read more... )

back home....

well good for the democrats. i am particularly happy about two races- joe lieberman winning, and jim webb winning. i was afraid webb was going to lose a very close race, but then he pulled it out. george allen is a serious asshole, an arrogant bigot, and im glad hes gone. i also got a lot of satisfaction out of tom kean jr's embarassing loss. it ( Read more... )

me and carrie (my girlfriend, previously unannounced in this forum). we're in 长白山 (changbaishan- great white mountain), about 1 mile from the north korean border. around where they tested that nuke this week, i think. we looked at the border, tried to go cross it but some chinese soldiers came running after us. damn, i really wanted to go! we got ( Read more... )