My Tears Won't Stop After School

^That's a song title, by the way (translated from Japanese, naturally), and I found it to be particularly apt today.

I have failed my mission.

I got a 97 on my test this morning.

~_^

Seriously, though, I'm actually quite disappointed, because there's absolutely no reason I shouldn't have gotten a 100. It was one of those questions that basically gave the answer away within the wording of the question, but I thought, "Nah, that's too easy," and chose incorrectly. The thing is, I knew I was wrong, and that feeling haunted me for the remainder of the test (it was the very first question, by the way). When I went back and checked my answers, I considered changing it, but reconsidered based on the thought that if I were to change it, only to find out that it was right the first time, I would be very upset with myself.

I should have changed it.

But a 98.5% average for the course is not bad, and I got my graduation certificate, and four college credit hours from a nine-day class, so I suppose there's not too much to complain about.

Now I get to go back to sitting around waiting for my next course to begin. It'll be the big one; the one that actually teaches me exactly what I'll need to know for my specific job. There's one starting up on Wednesday, and there's a chance (albeit a small one) that I'll get into that, but Ill more than likely be on hold for a couple of weeks.

Right now, I'm waiting for my parents to show up. They drove down today to deliver my vehicle, civilian clothes, comics from the last three months, and some other stuff. Excited, I am ^__^

I suppose I ought to get off here in case they call.

^_^|/

Whoa, wait...shame on me for nearly forgetting to mention that today was the super-cute Rina Chikano's birthday ^__^



Alright, I feel better now.

^_^|/ (for real this time)

1110 Apr 11111011011010

As you can tell by the above date, I learned about the joys of binary in class today ^__^

And also hexadecimal, which would make it look something like this:

E Apr 7DA

I love learning new things.

Goodness, this pecan pie I got from the dining facility is delicious.

Where was I?

Ah, yes. The test is tomorrow, and I'm really thinking that a perfect score is possible. It's all pretty easy stuff; I just need to go through it all tonight to make sure I have it down. Tomorrow morning is pretty much going to be one big review, then we'll probably test after lunch, so I'll have ample opportunity to study. I'm not even remotely worried or anxious about it.

My knee feels better. It bothered me all through Basic Training, and got really bad last week, to the point where I could hardly walk. On Monday's run, I actually had to stop for a while because I couldn't take it any more, which is something I have not yet allowed myself to do. I've been pushing through it, constantly going over the first line of RIVER: "Move forward; don't stop." As I've mentioned before, that song's been highly motivational for me, and the fact that I had to stop really upset me. I'm not a person who asks for a lot of favors, especially from a spiritual standpoint (I'm fairly dead-set in a "thy will be done" mindset), but I remember lying in bed back at BMT begging for some sort of miracle cure. It never happened, as there were other lessons for me to learn about myself through the whole experience. I was pretty down in the dumps Monday evening, feeling as though I was losing the mental battle, no longer able to fight though the pain, and wondering how I was going to pass the next day's run evaluation when I couldn't even stand without being nearly in tears. I woke up yesterday morning 100% pain-free. True story. The LORD never lets me forget that He is right here next to me through this whole journey, and I am greatly comforted by that fact.

And now I must return to the studying.

^_^|/

Finally Started

Between being frustrated about not being in class and being frustrated about a crappy internet connection, I decided to put off writing anything on here until I was less frustrated.

Since both issues seems to be resolved, here I am.

I'm so glad I'm finally in class. I'll talk a bit more in depth about life here at Keesler AFB sometime later, but there's something that simply must be done today, and time is short, as PT and homework ate up most of my evening...

Happy 25th Birthday to Hitomi Yoshizawa!!!



This is a big one, folks, so bear with me ^__^

If you want to blame somebody for my Japanese Pop Idol obsession, blame her.

When I stumbled across the video for Morning Musume's "Kanashimi Twilight" sometime around April of 2007, she really caught my eye and I decided that I needed to venture forth on a quest to discover who she was. Of course, my quest led me into the realm of Morning Musume, which was the first step toward the craziness that is today.

This is it (she's the one in black ^__^):



Bad quality, but oh well.

That's the catalyst. Almost exactly three years ago. Wow.

I had chocolate cake at lunch today to celebrate, even though I shouldn't have, as I had to run this afternoon. But it's Yossie's birthday, and that's a pretty darn good excuse ^__^

Anyway, it's time for bed. More class tomorrow, which is something that I'm oddly excited about.

Updates will be more frequent from now on.

I promise.

^_^|/