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Hey all,
I haven't had much time to write to you all. As you can imagine I have no free time at all, any free time I can find I sleep in my dyke's room. I've been reading a couple of post and not really following. But things have gotten better here. I got over the first month of depression and now this place is shitty in a different way. I've got about three more months of this crap until winter break. Actually it's 7 weeks till thanks giving break, if I'm correct, then only three weeks after that till finals. In those weeks no one gives a crap about harassing the rats their studying. In Fact the end of the grading period was this week, and you can see a significant drop in the number of stoop monkeys. This weekend is the FTX, where all the different ROTC go off to different bases and doing land nav, while Air Force and Navy kind of sit back and laugh at the marines and Army grunts. So, instead of cleaning my rifle or doing homework I decided to write you guys. Great choice I think. I'm still having a hard time adjusting to only 6 hours of sleep. I want to kill myself every morning. And it's impossible to stay awake at my 0800 class. But this is where my brother rats are and there is no place I rather be. That's what this place is suppose to do to you. It has also made me tougher, I can tell that I am now more willing to do harder work. I learned how to just suck it up do it even though I really don't want to. It has also lowered my standards of sanitation. Here we piss in the sink because it's easier than straining all the way to the bathroom. I also like what my Brother Rat said, "they take away all your rights then slowly give them back to you and call them privileges." But you learn how to deal with adversity. You have to. Before I came here I got a lot of, "oh it's not that hard," "If my little john can do it you can too." "Once you get through the first month it's not that bad." DON'T BELIEVE IT. I have noticed that it seems a lot easier looking back on it, but I know it wasn't. So now I'm stuck as a rat. In fact I just had the pleasure of being intruded upon by a couple of 3rds while I was writing this. So I'll wrap it up before they come back. so life sucks. But I got lots to look forward to, when I break out I can start wearing a bathrobe!!


“I actual did voted for it, before I voted against it.”-John Kerry
“I actual did put out the fire, before I started it.”-A firefighter now in jail

Man, I'm sorry to hear that Flyboy. All that crap and you don't have the fortune of graduating from one of the prestigous military academies like West Point <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>



Keep in mind to the last sentence in your post; you do "have alot to look foward to", like maybe... Iraq.<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

Remember, a piece of coal first has to succumb to extreme amounts of heat and stress before it can be a diamond.
Keep your chin up, and do your best.




Edited by - tritonal on Oct 02 2004 12:41 AM

I can only respect A Man that can handle his buisness.

You will find this out later. You are learning what it takes to handle your buisness.

That is the Gift they are passing on to you. No where else will you ever beable to gain this.

To me this is greater than any treasure found or recieved.

"The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader

Sorry for not knowing this already but what school is he attending?

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

it's VMI.
It's not to terrible, at least it's not as terrible as it was a month ago, but a month ago was hell week. I can see the good this institution does to people.

“I actual did voted for it, before I voted against it.”-John Kerry
“I actual did put out the fire, before I started it.”-A firefighter now in jail

I think I mispoke about the whole "prestige" thing, [url="http://www.vmi.edu/show.asp?durki=4473"]look here.[/url]



Edited by - tritonal on Oct 02 2004 5:23 PM

FLYBOY,

JUST REMEMBER YOU HAVE OUR RESPECT FOR JUST GETTING INTO VMI.
I JUST KEPT SINGING "HEADGAMES" IN MY HEAD OVER AND OVER.
ALL IT IS ,IS HEADGAMES,

YOU MAKE US PROUD



MONEY TALKS,B.S. JUST PILES UP.

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\"Live Free Or Die\"

It's not that hard...

Wait till you get to a line combat unit.

"Molon labe".
Leonidas, King of Sparta,
Thermopylae, 480 B.C.