Sailing through my Life Archive

  • Over the next few weeks it was the normal routine: get up, fight for the best shower stall, brush teeth, marched to chow, marched to school, marched back to chow,...

    Sub School 3

    Over the next few weeks it was the normal routine: get up, fight for the best shower stall, brush teeth, marched to chow, marched to school, marched back to chow,...

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  • I woke up to someone screaming reveille throughout the bunk room. I looked at my cheap Casio watch and it read 5:30am. I knew today would be a good day...

    Sub School 2

    I woke up to someone screaming reveille throughout the bunk room. I looked at my cheap Casio watch and it read 5:30am. I knew today would be a good day...

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  • We touched down in Groton, CT on a plane that dusted the crops first then flew us to our destination.  The plane held 24 people and was a twin propeller. ...

    Sub School 1

    We touched down in Groton, CT on a plane that dusted the crops first then flew us to our destination.  The plane held 24 people and was a twin propeller. ...

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  • After going through that snot filled hell of the gas chamber, we marched back to the barracks to clean up and ready for chow.  In the barracks the only thing...

    Boot Camp 5

    After going through that snot filled hell of the gas chamber, we marched back to the barracks to clean up and ready for chow.  In the barracks the only thing...

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  • After we showered and got dressed we marched to the barracks.  Those who failed had to field day (clean up) the barracks while the rest of us went to use...

    Boot Camp Part 4

    After we showered and got dressed we marched to the barracks.  Those who failed had to field day (clean up) the barracks while the rest of us went to use...

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  • This drenching went on a few more days until I got tired of flipping my mattress over as if I was a bed wetter.  I finally had enough so before...

    Boot Camp Part 3

    This drenching went on a few more days until I got tired of flipping my mattress over as if I was a bed wetter.  I finally had enough so before...

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  • “18 Sir, 19 Sir, 20 Sir.”  I counted those last push-ups out and sat there on all fours and thought, “What have I gotten myself into?”  We had two Company...

    Boot Camp Part 2

    “18 Sir, 19 Sir, 20 Sir.”  I counted those last push-ups out and sat there on all fours and thought, “What have I gotten myself into?”  We had two Company...

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  • The flight lasted around 4 hours; I was awakening to the flight attendant telling me to put my chair to the upright position.  The captain came over the loud-speaker and said,...

    Boot Camp Part 1

    The flight lasted around 4 hours; I was awakening to the flight attendant telling me to put my chair to the upright position.  The captain came over the loud-speaker and said,...

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  • I woke up to my ribs being sore like someone was elbowing me in them.  Shit there it goes again…OUCH.  Tangie was giving me the “People’s Elbow” trying to wake me...

    The College Experience Part 7

    I woke up to my ribs being sore like someone was elbowing me in them.  Shit there it goes again…OUCH.  Tangie was giving me the “People’s Elbow” trying to wake me...

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  • Jenny and I dated, well lets be real here she dated me I was just there for some sex, for about two weeks.  She was alright but nothing to write...

    The College Experience Part 6

    Jenny and I dated, well lets be real here she dated me I was just there for some sex, for about two weeks.  She was alright but nothing to write...

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  • I laid there motionless in the hospital bed.  The room was all white and cold like someone left the window open from the night before.  I sat up in the...

    The College Experience Part 5

    I laid there motionless in the hospital bed.  The room was all white and cold like someone left the window open from the night before.  I sat up in the...

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  • I woke up to the glare of the sun coming from the window.  I opened my left eye to test how bright the sun was.  I thought to myself, “Damn...

    The College Experience Part 4

    I woke up to the glare of the sun coming from the window.  I opened my left eye to test how bright the sun was.  I thought to myself, “Damn...

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  • I turn the door knob slowly trying to see what the hell was going on out there.  My breathing is rapid and my heart beat is elevated.  I couldn’t, for...

    The College Experience Part 3

    I turn the door knob slowly trying to see what the hell was going on out there.  My breathing is rapid and my heart beat is elevated.  I couldn’t, for...

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  • Life could not be any better.  I had the woman of my dreams, I had football, and I had a damn good friend in Scott.  Every other day Malina and I...

    The College Experience Part 2

    Life could not be any better.  I had the woman of my dreams, I had football, and I had a damn good friend in Scott.  Every other day Malina and I...

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  • After saying good-bye to my friends who graduated (and those who didn’t) I was on my way to the West Side to experience life as a “man”.  This is the first...

    The College Experience Part 1

    After saying good-bye to my friends who graduated (and those who didn’t) I was on my way to the West Side to experience life as a “man”.  This is the first...

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  • *DISCLAIMER* THE NAMES USED HAVE BEEN CHANGE TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND MY ASS FROM ANY LAWSUITS I was a normal teenager trying to make it out of high school...

    The Beginning

    *DISCLAIMER* THE NAMES USED HAVE BEEN CHANGE TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND MY ASS FROM ANY LAWSUITS I was a normal teenager trying to make it out of high school...

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