All of my blogs end up incomplete. Whenever I say "to be continued" they are never continued....and here I am again, losing interest....
bah w/e
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Complete Turn around
So my life has completely made a 180 degree turn in the past few days.
Life in this shitty economy has impacted everyone. I thought I was immune, well my family at least, but this past week my mom got a pay cut. This alone was the determining factor for my decision to enlist in the military.
I had the option of maybe attending LSU for another year or so and maybe complete my medical pre-requisites, but once I was told about the pay cut it became clear that LSU was no longer a viable pathway for me to tread.
Let me enlighten you about my journey to this decision.
Senior year: Life is good, Senior in high school, not a worry in the world. Got my car, got a steady job, had a girlfriend (half of the year at least). Towards the end of the school year tension between my mom and I grew to new levels. There was never an exchange of words between us where there wasn't a fight. I grew tired of this very quickly, but was able to take it longer than most would, mainly because of the fact that I grew up in a very "hostile" environment" (parents always fighting etc.). I took action after one particular altercation and left the house for a good month and a half. Luckily I'm fortunate to have friends with amazing families that offered me a place to stay. While working things out (kinda) with my mom here and there, I started entertaining the idea of joining the military. My father had been in the Airforce, his father in the Navy, HIS father in the Danish Royal Guard, etc. It provided a steady source of income, a way to pay for college tuition, a change of scenery, and most importantly a place away from the negativity that I was drowning in when living with my mom.
At this point I wasn't really keen on the idea, just left it open as an option, an almost last resort option if you will. But after that month and a half period of living away from home I began to feel like a small burden on the families that took me in, so I decided to try and tough it out with the mom for the last few weeks of the year. For a while it went well, but as usual she began to return to her selfish instigating ways. Again, I entertained the idea of joining the military. About the last month of summer, August I believe, she "kicked" me out, not thinking that I would leave. I left and didn't come back for the next 3 months. Once again I was fortunate to have amazing friends with equally amazing families that offered me a place to stay, free of charge.
I had been living away from home for 3 months when lack of a job and increasing credit card bills started to become an obvious hindrance to my daily life. I decided to move back home and try and get rid of my debt so I could focus on school. I'm still in debt and its just about the same amount as it was back then, today. After a whole year without a steady source of income, I really started to feel the impact of these bills. I was struggling to pay the monthly minimum. I always had to scrape by, but always was able to find a way.
This month is the first month in which I have no idea how I will meet the minimum requirements of my bill. Which brings me to point number 2 of why I'm joining the military. Income, money, moolah, cash, dough. Even in this terrible economy the military gets paid the same. No paycuts, no layoffs, no severance packages. Job security.
And lastly the 3rd reason,.....tomorrow, its way to late,,,er early 3:24 am...time to sleep
To Be Continued
Life in this shitty economy has impacted everyone. I thought I was immune, well my family at least, but this past week my mom got a pay cut. This alone was the determining factor for my decision to enlist in the military.
I had the option of maybe attending LSU for another year or so and maybe complete my medical pre-requisites, but once I was told about the pay cut it became clear that LSU was no longer a viable pathway for me to tread.
Let me enlighten you about my journey to this decision.
Senior year: Life is good, Senior in high school, not a worry in the world. Got my car, got a steady job, had a girlfriend (half of the year at least). Towards the end of the school year tension between my mom and I grew to new levels. There was never an exchange of words between us where there wasn't a fight. I grew tired of this very quickly, but was able to take it longer than most would, mainly because of the fact that I grew up in a very "hostile" environment" (parents always fighting etc.). I took action after one particular altercation and left the house for a good month and a half. Luckily I'm fortunate to have friends with amazing families that offered me a place to stay. While working things out (kinda) with my mom here and there, I started entertaining the idea of joining the military. My father had been in the Airforce, his father in the Navy, HIS father in the Danish Royal Guard, etc. It provided a steady source of income, a way to pay for college tuition, a change of scenery, and most importantly a place away from the negativity that I was drowning in when living with my mom.
At this point I wasn't really keen on the idea, just left it open as an option, an almost last resort option if you will. But after that month and a half period of living away from home I began to feel like a small burden on the families that took me in, so I decided to try and tough it out with the mom for the last few weeks of the year. For a while it went well, but as usual she began to return to her selfish instigating ways. Again, I entertained the idea of joining the military. About the last month of summer, August I believe, she "kicked" me out, not thinking that I would leave. I left and didn't come back for the next 3 months. Once again I was fortunate to have amazing friends with equally amazing families that offered me a place to stay, free of charge.
I had been living away from home for 3 months when lack of a job and increasing credit card bills started to become an obvious hindrance to my daily life. I decided to move back home and try and get rid of my debt so I could focus on school. I'm still in debt and its just about the same amount as it was back then, today. After a whole year without a steady source of income, I really started to feel the impact of these bills. I was struggling to pay the monthly minimum. I always had to scrape by, but always was able to find a way.
This month is the first month in which I have no idea how I will meet the minimum requirements of my bill. Which brings me to point number 2 of why I'm joining the military. Income, money, moolah, cash, dough. Even in this terrible economy the military gets paid the same. No paycuts, no layoffs, no severance packages. Job security.
And lastly the 3rd reason,.....tomorrow, its way to late,,,er early 3:24 am...time to sleep
To Be Continued
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Class of 2008
Here we are. The end of the 2008 school year. For Seniors, we're graduating. For Juniors, you're now the top of the top...of high school [yay for you]. For Sophomores ....you're Juniors now... wooo! I guess. And for the Freshmen, oh you silly freshmen, you're now sophomores, prepubescent almost experienced high schoolers. Kudos to you. But as we Seniors close out the year, we begin to see that the work is NOT over. Its only just begun! Now comes the tedious registering for orientations, placement tests, choosing classes, figuring out financial burdens and prospective careers.
You would think that making the decision of which college you will be attending will have already been made [by you of course], and that you are already well are your way to becoming a newly integrated student in the University by this closing of the 2008 high school year. I was, or at least I thought I was. Now my overbearing, over-manipulative, psychotic mental patient of a mother is trying to change all of that. She "would like" or demands that I go to LSU [La Sierra University]. As an SDA establishment it has a uplifting environment for learning and keeping a healthy spiritual life, and me being an SDA...would be a regular candidate for prospective student. As of right now they're giving me their typical out of academy scholarship : $15,000 + more if I do this and that, blah blah blah. Sure that is a large some of money, over half an annual tuition. Most people would say "Hey! That is awesome! you're going there right?" My answer would be a definite "No". Don't get me wrong, its not because I have anything against the school, really. I really just don't want to go there. Maybe some "rumors" that I've heard about the school from currently attending students may have even swayed my opinion further, but I really just don't want to go there. One of the main reasons being that it is a 5 minute walk up the street from my current school. That is a big one. Its like I'm going to high school all over again. Secondly, I've been going to LSA [La Sierra Academy] for 13 years, THIRTEEN! thats kindergarten to senior, age 5 to 18! I don't know about you but thats a lot of years in my opinion.....meh I've lost interest, I'll continue later
You would think that making the decision of which college you will be attending will have already been made [by you of course], and that you are already well are your way to becoming a newly integrated student in the University by this closing of the 2008 high school year. I was, or at least I thought I was. Now my overbearing, over-manipulative, psychotic mental patient of a mother is trying to change all of that. She "would like" or demands that I go to LSU [La Sierra University]. As an SDA establishment it has a uplifting environment for learning and keeping a healthy spiritual life, and me being an SDA...would be a regular candidate for prospective student. As of right now they're giving me their typical out of academy scholarship : $15,000 + more if I do this and that, blah blah blah. Sure that is a large some of money, over half an annual tuition. Most people would say "Hey! That is awesome! you're going there right?" My answer would be a definite "No". Don't get me wrong, its not because I have anything against the school, really. I really just don't want to go there. Maybe some "rumors" that I've heard about the school from currently attending students may have even swayed my opinion further, but I really just don't want to go there. One of the main reasons being that it is a 5 minute walk up the street from my current school. That is a big one. Its like I'm going to high school all over again. Secondly, I've been going to LSA [La Sierra Academy] for 13 years, THIRTEEN! thats kindergarten to senior, age 5 to 18! I don't know about you but thats a lot of years in my opinion.....meh I've lost interest, I'll continue later
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
things being as they are
I'm feeling a bit apathetic as of late.....
apathetic, and confused....its quite pathetic really
apathetic, and confused....its quite pathetic really
Monday, February 18, 2008
As time goes by
I realize that things start to fall in place. They begin to turn out for the better and just seem right.
What a great feeling.
* Didn't continue my last post, but I'll do that some other time*
So Sadie's is coming up. and yes I'm going with someone, shes pretty cool, a big weirdo, but a cool weirdo! :D haha. We've been trying to brainstorm ideas for dressing up and whatnot, and at the moment it seems like we'll be dressing up as Dr. Seuss' Thing one and Thing two. We're both pretty low on cash, so we've been trying to minimize cost of such a project, but its seems that we'll have to make a few purchases to make this idea a reality. But I'm willing. I hadn't planned on even placing in the clothing contest, but if we end up doing this right, we'll definitely be big contenders for 1st place!
anyways, I feel like I should add more, but I'm kinda feeling a little under the weather right now, so
more later
What a great feeling.
* Didn't continue my last post, but I'll do that some other time*
So Sadie's is coming up. and yes I'm going with someone, shes pretty cool, a big weirdo, but a cool weirdo! :D haha. We've been trying to brainstorm ideas for dressing up and whatnot, and at the moment it seems like we'll be dressing up as Dr. Seuss' Thing one and Thing two. We're both pretty low on cash, so we've been trying to minimize cost of such a project, but its seems that we'll have to make a few purchases to make this idea a reality. But I'm willing. I hadn't planned on even placing in the clothing contest, but if we end up doing this right, we'll definitely be big contenders for 1st place!
anyways, I feel like I should add more, but I'm kinda feeling a little under the weather right now, so
more later
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