YEA!!  i got engineers!!  thank God for answering all the prayers from everyone that prayed for me.  thanks so much for the support.

here are the pics from the night.  i can't put it on facebook because of gay rules

the envelope that held my branch.  the "L" on the bottom right corner meant engineers as we all figured out, so i knew my branch before opening the envelope.

my branch when i opened it.

korean homies celebrating after getting our branches.

first bloodpin

James pinning me

korean combat arms

about to be pinned again.

me and simon were bleeders... you get to tell who bleeds after doing this.

went to my brother's room afterwards to be pinned again.

after he pinned me.

i counted 26 holes on my chest.  goooooooood times.

So my army life will be taking shape.  I just chose what i would like to do in the army for the next five years.  My first choice is engineers.

These people basically work with demolition and clear the way for the infantry.  I can also go heavy and work on construction and help out people.

My next choice is Field Artillery.

shoot big guns at targets far away.  but nowadays, these guys are doing patrols over in iraq sooo we'll see.

other choices don't really matter but these are what i'll most likely end up branching.  so please pray that i can be joyful with what God has planned for me and accept it with a grateful heart.

I figure it's time to update on my life.

I'm currently in Fort Campbell, Kentucky with 194th MP Company.  So i roll around in the military police car and i spent one weekend doing a 24 hour shift driving to some incidents.  there's a bunch of sad stuff... a woman got crushed yesterday between two trucks and i heard sirens going off and saw the emergency helicopter flying her out.  another family had a deranged ex-wife set fire to her ex-husband's house and killed his two kids (one was a 4 year old, and another was 6).  the parents tried to save them and were on the roof looking for their kids but had to jump off when the house burned too much and broke their legs.

but other than that, im really enjoying my time here.  seems like the soldiers all work really hard but party pretty hard as well.  im looking forward to my graduation and entering the army although i know that the people close to me will have to sacrifice alot to adjust to this lifestyle.

i had my lasek surgery and now i look like a korean brad pitt.  hahahaha......  im still adjusting to my habit w/ glasses.  i often find myself trying to take off my invisible glasses before my shower or sleep, and i scratch parts of my face weird trying to avoid the glasses.

i'll be home from june 27-july 5 to party it up w/ my cali homies.  i dunno what they have planned, but it feels good not worrying about all the logistics and stuff that goes into that.

then im off to korea from july 5-july 29 to play w/ elisa and meet her family (insert nervous laughter here).  but im excited as well... never spent that much time w/ her so i dunno what to expect there.

i'll be back in cali from july 29-august whenever (note to self: i should find that out and buy plane tickets).

after that i'll be entering my 4th and final year at castle greyskull.  alot of lifechanging decisions coming up but my mind is not yet there.  still dunno what im gonna be doing yet...

and what's an entry w/o pics:

where i am now.

the weird tan im sporting at the moment... so unsexy.

for the few who bothered to read all that... thanks and congrats.  can't wait to spend time w/ you people.  see you guys in a few.

I wore my first glasses in third grade because I played the piano and read the music way too close to my face.  For 13 years, I've worn glasses so whoever's in my life has only seen me with glasses on... unless you're the special few I took them off for cuz i'm pretty insecure about the way i look w/o them.

I'm getting LASEK April 11... please pray for me and hope that the surgery goes well.

spring break just ended for me and now it's a 2 month long period until summer.

once summer hits, im going to either texas or kentucky to spend a month in the real army.  afterwards i have about 5 weeks off at home.

life has taken some serious turns lately and it's really scary/exciting where my future's heading.

focus..... only little time left.