Category: autobiography
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Old life is overrated
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? Perhaps it is due to seeing my grandparents of both sides of my parents, but I actually detest old age. To live to retirement and then passing on would be a dream come true to me. I served a useful purpose and…
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Comic Books
What makes you feel nostalgic? Not written by DC or Marvel, but those by the names of Breathed, Larson, Watterson, Adams, and Amend. Those comic books brought many an hour of joy and made time on the pot pass. My childhood comic books were those of wit and physical humor. Heroes of the normal variety…
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I need direction
Do you need time? I am so lost I thought that being in the army My loneliness would go away It did for a time But I come back home And old ways set in My pain is imagined and real I seek companionship And I fear being alone And yet that time is coming…
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I don’t know if I’m a Jack of all trades or just have ADHD.
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? I have tried many different paths, but security seems to be my best fit. I’ve tried being a cook, but most kitchens have low countertops. Though I am a good cook, my back cannot handle being bent over for long periods of time. So…
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Bars, karaoke and drinking
Which topics would you like to be more informed about? Hilarious. Boils down to one word. Again blowing off steam by numbing the senses and making utter fools in a ridiculous fashion. Being surrounded by like minded individuals. Iron sharpens iron, drunkenness sharpens drunkards. If their minds were sober would they act the same? Do…
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PRT Drills
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? Definitely one of the best habits in the army are the PRT Drills. Basic stretches that help with training and physical activity. The drills only take about 15 minutes to do and are easy enough that even my 68 year old father can…
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Lesson learned
Early on in Basic Combat Training, My Drill Sargents had a favorite saying for when a trainee did Not answer a simple yes OR No question. “Yes, Drill Sargent? No, Drill Sargent. Fuck you, Drill Sargent !?!” To simply drive the point home on how much they wanted an answer. Well one day, my back…
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I am that guy that everyone knows
Describe your life in an alternate universe. For starters, everyone knows me. I am that guy. While nobody knows my name, they all know my actions. I own a big house where everyone is welcome. There are room upon rooms. It is almost like a hotel or lodge. Secrets around every corner, treasures to be…
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Biggun
How would you describe yourself to someone? Large, tall, fresh out of basic training, and blunt as all hell.
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I became a Soldier
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? It had been my dream to become a soldier from the time that I saw 9/11. Though I was just in middle school at the time, I maintained that willpower and determination to go and serve my country. It seemed that fate had other…
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