Saturday, January 28, 2006
it isnt scaring as well as i hoped, ahh well, the scars maketh the man. a friend brought some video games over for my ps2. thanks man. god of war really rocks. cant go clubbing either. it'll be really funny to go to a club in crutches. another friend came over unexpected. came over to tell me the good news that he 'finally' decided to go to new south wales university. he has to do a 1 and half year foundation course though. thats in sydney? ahh good for him. he doesnt have to travel then to see the sydney mardi gras. whats it like in sydney? whats it like in melbourne for that matter. in 15 hrs time gonna have family reunion. look forward to it! not sure if all of us will be around for the next one. :( and i dont know if i will be. and i dont know if he will be. or he. or she. AHHHHHHHHH!!!! the future is imminent.
whats the army like now that we've all ord or about to? poet cyril wong said "the army was a complete waste of his time. you can quote me on that" i think one year would have sufficed. bmt, signal school, orientation and operations/events in the bomb unit. the second year was just a giant countdown screen towards the ord date. you get more upbeat. the regulars leave you alone. you talk like friends to your warrant officers. you hang around the vending machine talking cock, making jokes. being silly. getting to know people, asking bout what they're gonna do when they ord.. making connections. learning from people. bout universities, lifestyles, etc. talking more cock. it didnt matter if you were a sargeant or an enlistee, everyone was equal. if you're an asshole you're an asshole.. being higher ranked doesnt exempt you from judgment. it was just your job scope thats different, in my unit at least, people were talking if they were gonna go to brown university, william's college or michigan instead.. whats your next step? work? the army's just one big game. like some dungeon master assigning us our tasks. and we go about playing it. at least it was meaningful to go about dealing with real bombs and terrorist threats and get to see big events like the ioc and ndp, sunami memorial etc. bringing our dogs to sniff for explosives. what if i ended up in a place where all you do is clean your bunks and "pretend war" and go chiong into the forest? or be regimental police and open gate for people. for 2 years!?! shudder. was it a complete waste of time? no. it probably made me a better guy. i guess the rest of the guys could say the same. i got my upgrade, thankfully.. and ferlin said he couldn't imagine me in the army. hmm. you just learn to fit in babe.
Posted by Dominic at 3:08 AM