Hi all. I've been keeping busy with work, exercising, and preparing for Basic. Work has been insane because of the Holidays, and the recent storms. People hear about a snowflake and freak out, or so it seems. On the bright side, my pals are back from college for break, so I get to work with some old friends that I haven't seen in a while. I've been running, doing pushups and situps for a month or two now. I need to be able to do 42 pushups, 53 situps, and run 2 miles in 16 minutes and 30 seconds. I'm pretty much there with the pushups and situps, but the running is still hard, especially since its cold outside and so there isn't much motivation (you all know how I get along with the cold). I have a bunch of more mental stuff to do before Basic, like memorize the 3 general orders, learn the military insignias, learn how to turn and do an about face properly, and learn how to march. The marching part has been the hardest part so far. I got most of my Christmas shopping done, which is good because I have to work alot this week. Plus, I don't have a lot of money to throw around, so I can't get alot of stuff for people. I've also got together with my pals to do some airsoft gunning, which has been alot of fun. My sniper gun is so awesome! Well, that comprises my December post. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. BTW, BF2 Special Forces is awesome!

Well, I figure I'm overdue for an update. Not much has happened since the last update, the same old work and Spanish stuff. However, I did just get back from my MEPS test, and I passed it and got a job as an Army MP.They originally weren't going to let me sign up for MP, but I told them that I wouldn't sign up for anything else because I wanted to do the MP job, so they gave it to me. I ship out on February 8th for Basic Training and then AIT after that, for a combined total of 19 straight weeks of training in Fort Leavenwood, Missouri. After that, who knows where I'll end up; I have 8 years with the Army. I am sworn into the US Army already as an Active soldier with Delayed Entry, and will be officially sworn into the Active Army on the 8th right before I leave. I appreciate you guys prayers for my decision this past week. I'm off to bed now as I have been up since 4am doing all the physicals and paperwork.

Same Old Same Old

Well, what can I say, all that I have been doing is working. Last week I worked about 55 hours between my two jobs. This week will be similar, but not as bad. Even when I go to bed on time I am still completely worn out the next morning. I have decided that people who live with 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night don't really do anything physically taxing during the day. Ah well, the paychecks speak for themselves . I have also been (for the most part) planning the upcoming LAN party that us guys have annually. I get home from work and there are 8 or so emails waiting in my inbox from conversations that have gone on without me. I spoke with one of my friends from Shaws (that went off to college the fall) this Sunday. I may go down and visit her in Boston in the upcoming weeks. I am getting the alarm system installed in my car on Saturday before I have to work; that will probably take about 4 hours, so I will probably just hang around Nashua and visit all the computer stores in the area.
Well, that's all for now. \/ out ya'll.

Forgotten

Something that I forgot to mention in my last entry. On Monday I plan to start a once-a-month police camp in Peterborough with my friend Abe. It is basically a prep for guys/girls who are interested in being a cop and want to see what it is like.

Hi all. My week has been pretty full. I didn't have to work with Jeff on Monday and Wednesday, as I wasn't feeling up to it, but I did work with him today. I worked at Shaws most of the week to make up for all the hours that I lost due to being sick last week. And of course, I had Spanish. Spanish sucks. I failed Highschool English. (Note: I failed the grammar part of it, but not the spelling part) So how I am I supposed to know how to put together a Spanish sentence structure when I don't even know how to put together English sentence structure!?!?! Oh well. It is three college credits.
At this point I would like to take the time to point out something that really bugs me. When you are traveling along at a brisk pace, and someone in front of you makes a left turn across traffic, sometimes they stop in the middle of the road. Now, stopping in itself isn't the bad part, as they obviously don't have much choice if there is oncoming traffic. But when they stop near the white line instead of the yellow line, you can't get around them to continue on your merry way down the road, thus backing up traffic until they are able to make the turn. There are other scenarios where this can happen, but this one in particular has bugged me today.
For those who don't know, someone broke into my car while I was at work a few weeks back and siphoned gas from my tank. I just bought an alarm system last week so that it wouldn't happen again. I found out the other day that the system can be upgraded to include a microwave sensor, which detects motion in the car if you leave your windows open. I also upgraded to a blue warning LED. Very cool . And they were actually pretty cheap. The expensive part is having the system installed. Very expensive .
Ah well. I must away to pick up my senior pics with Baca. If anyone wants one, let me know.\/ out.

Spam Spam Spamety Spam!

I was going to put this piece of advice on to Chris' blog, but it ended up being too long so I decided to make my own post out of it.
Chris, I agree with you on the spam part of your writing. People do spread their email addresses around way too much. What they should do, is create an MSN Hotmail account (or other equally useless email account) and use when they sign up for stuff online. Not only do you just get to ignore the emails, but they don't ever actually come onto your computer unless you download them from the Internet. I don't get any spam but using this method, and by not getting spam, I miss out on the viruses. This essentially eliminates the need for expensive antivirus software, but a free program like AVG Antivirus (from www.grisoft.com) is still a good thing to have around just in case. That and a good firewall. For all of us nForce4 users, we have a hardware firewall built into our motherboards, so we are automatically protected. I would recommend for everyone else that they get the ZoneAlarm Free Edition from www.zonelabs.com. Windows XP SP2 comes with a firewall, but I would recommend using something that isn't integrated into the OS as your firewall. Also, using Mozilla Thunderbird email client and Firefox for the Internet help with security, as they have very few security holes compared to Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Windows Vista, which will be coming out next year, is supposed to have an upgraded firewall and security features for Internet Explorer 7, but we all know that those will be broken in a matter of weeks, or even days. It will be interesting to see how some of the new features work though, as a few of them seem like good ideas, like using a limited account for the majority of the stuff that you do on the computer. That way, if you do get a virus or infection, it can't spread deep into the system as the limited account won't let it. We'll see how well that stuff works.
Enough about spam. More about me :) Right now I am sick, on the brink of pneumonia and am taking antibiotics for that. I am not allowed to go to work as long as I am taking medications, so I am off for 5 days.
Spanish class is going well. It is difficult as I haven't taken any Spanish before, and most of the other people in the class have, but it is coming along. I could recite the Spanish alphabet to you now, but I think I would bore you. ;)
Well, I am off to do some chores. \/ out.

I Feel So Obligated...

I feel somewhat obligated to post since all my friends have been posting on their blogs. I agree with Chris, that the blogs have opened up our lives to some extent, so that despite us all being separated, we could still keep in touch and let people know what's going on in our lives. Of course, some people seem stuck on subjects such as relationships right now (not to name any names :), but even that is interesting as it keeps people in on the know on what you are thinking about.
This week, I am moving to the basement with Jay, and Rebecca is taking over my room (try explaining to me how that is fair; I pay rent, and yet she gets her own room). That will be alot of work getting stuff up and down the stairs. And the rest of the week is just working at Shaw's and with Jeff, all the same old grind. Next week I start Spanish I at NHCTC Nashua with Bridget, so that will be fun. Well, I'll update later, right now I'm off to bed. \/ out.

New Car...Finally!!

Well, I finally have the Civic! It is such a fun car to drive, even though I'm not exactly proficient with the standard trans. yet. I'll try and get a better picture online for those who can't see it in person.