How I got Hired at GF

[MVS]

Very Cool.

For me, it's about a lot of things. I moved to the US at 5 years old, have lived here for 25 years, so, by all accounts, I'm an American now (with Dual Citizenship).

I think it's time to give something back to the country that I've had a very good time in, and, at 30, I've got 5 years before I can never do it again.

I've taken the ASVAB, going to take the Language Aptitude Test soon, and will take the physical in a few months when I get past the no smoking and get into better shape.

Once that's done, I'm going in for at least 4 years.

To each his own, but, this is the next path that seems right for me. Plus, it'll make mom's even prouder of me, and that's a good thing.

[Captain Vegetable]

What ever your reasons for doing it, I support you 100%...just so long as you keep in touch as often as you can.

[Brisco Bold]

Originally posted by Captain Vegetable
What ever your reasons for doing it, I support you 100%...just so long as you keep in touch as often as you can.

I second that.

[MVS]

I'll certainly drop by and say hello here in time, or at the very least, give mom's the account info and have her post something or whatnot.

[Mzo]

I've been considering doing something similar to what you once did for a long time.

Thanks for the story... always good to hear about others in similar situations succeed. Thanks.

[taloony]

That's a pretty awesome story man. Like Brisco, that fate comment really hit me. It's cool that you had the confidence to post something like that, because, quite honestly, I don't think I could talk about it with anyone here.

[Green]

Good luck with giving up smoking.

[MVS]

Yeah, the smoking thing, isn't going to be easy.

2 packs a day...

I'm just going to stop it Sunday. For me, it's about desire alone. How badly do I want to go in the Army and do it as best I can? Bad enough to kick the habit.

I'm sure I'll be an irritable mess, so I'll lock myself in my room for a couple days with some games I haven't played.

Originally posted by taloony
That's a pretty awesome story man. Like Brisco, that fate comment really hit me. It's cool that you had the confidence to post something like that, because, quite honestly, I don't think I could talk about it with anyone here.

I dig, but, the fact is, I got nothing to hide. If I post that, and people call me lame or a moron, that's fine. That's the worst they can do, and that's not very much at all.

I'm certainly not for the wholesale posting of intimate details of anyone's life, but, for me, I thought that perhaps the end result of the story, would negate the overshare portion of it.

[Brisco Bold]

The only bad thing I can see of this, is that other posters will start to post uninteresting stories about their lives:

"How I made it through puberty."
"How I got hired at Denny's"
"How I got mono"

and such and so forth.

You set a dangerous precedent my friend. Slippery slope!

[MVS]

Indeed, but if it could help someone, and give them a new perspective or feel relative to them, perhaps it is worth it.