Tomorrow Tuesday morning at 9 a.m I ship out to the MEPS processing station up in Kansas City. The next day I will be shipping out to Fort Jackson in South Carolina for Basic Training and to begin my life as an American Soldier.

There are way too many thoughts going through my head right now, ranging from nervous to excited. I will say though that I'm really pumped and glad that I'll be turning up the speed on my dull life. Serving in the military has been one of my dreams since I was about 4 years old, especially that of being a pilot. I had no idea what I wanted to do in college or how to pay for it, and I had an almost non-existent social life anyway (by choice though, I refused to be a part of any petty high school clique) and drunk frat parties really never appealed to me. I didn't want to keep dragging on with another 4 years of school only to be eternally damned to a desk job. I wanted to do something awesome right out of high school, like decimate the war machines of Iran, North Korea, or whatever other fascists want to screw with us, from the cockpit of an Apache helicopter. So when the Army offered me exactly that, I thought...why not?

So I signed up last year as an Aircraft Electrician and was in the delayed entry program my senior year. In that time I have earned 2 promotions and got $12,000 in cash bonuses. I signed up as an Aircraft Electrician so I can get the Aviation experience needed to apply for the Army's Warrant Officer Flight Training program, which allows qualified non-collegiates the opportunity to fly Army helicopters. I already took the written flight test and passed it, and I plan on hopefully applying 6 months after I get assigned to my unit, which will be August or September of next year. I still plan on taking at least some college though, since the Army will be paying for all my tuition while I'm in.

I think I'll do just fine in a military life. I'm not the rebellious type, I don't mind doing whatever my superior tells me to in order to get paid, as long as it isn't something that would violate my personal conscience. I plan on rebuilding my social life in the Army. I'll meet alot of guys who are in the same boat as I am; fresh out of high school and looking to get their life in order and on the fast track. Maybe I'll even meet some fellow Wiccans (there is surprisingly alot in the military) that I can also connect with on a more spiritual level. Maybe we could form an on-base fellowship group or something.

I've been on Gamespot for about 4 fours now. Most people say that those who spend time talking in online forums or posting blogs are wasting their time. While I'd have to agree to a certain extent, I think I've learned alot about myself from posting on the internet. People are almost always different behind an anonymous screen name than they are in person, since there is no real social consequence for speaking your mind without limits on the internet.

I'd like to thank luckypool04, Booticon, fishdalf, gohantech04, canuck3000, flavort, and all others who have alwasy commented on my blogs. I'll be in Basic Training until sometime in August, and then I immediately go to my job training at Fort Eustis in Virginia. Since you're not allowed to have pretty much anything but a toothbrush in Basic, I'll be without internet access for at least a few months, but no doubt agent401 will be coming back.

Until then, may the God and Goddess bless all of you with a great summer. Seeya.