Dreaming With Dan

[ Thursday, September 12, 2002 ]

 
Xterra,

Yesterday Sean and Jeff came over at 11AM and we worked on my car all day. Jeff left at around 5 so sean and I finished the rest and we finished alittle past 6. All 3 of us were fking tired. I started the project a few days prior which racked up about 10 hrs of working on the car alone before yesterday. The end result from yesterday was gutting everything outta the back of the car. We put all the crap on a table and we ran outta room. We took out the old rack and for the 1st time in over a yr I was able to see the bottom of my trunk. I had already cut most of the wood and painted it prior to yesterday. That way we wouldn't have to waist time and wait for the pain to dry. Jeff started the rewiring on my speakers and sean and I worked on the final touches to the amp rack, drilling, cutting and painting. by 3:30pm we had the NEW amp rack in the car BARE NAKED. Now was the pain in the ass part, to get all my crap mounted into the rack. That took us 3 hrs. At the end it was 6 and we were too tired to start making the new cover so we just threw on the old on for now. I gotta say my car has more space now and It looks pretty tight.















Palmdale,

Jeff left at 5 because he was meeting up with the rest of the guys to go to palmdale. Sean and I where iffy about going but we decided to go meet them up there after we finshed the amp rack. It's about 1 hr and 15 mins away so I threw in a new DVD i bought a few days ago. "PETER PAN RETURN TO NEVER NEVER LAND!" Fk yeah... HEHEHE the disney section of my DVD collection is getting pretty big.










daniel [6:30 PM]

[ Wednesday, September 11, 2002 ]

 
U.S. Marines

Some of you guys didn't understand WTF is going on with me and the Marines. So this post is to recap what happend to me and what's going on now.
I went to MCT on june 18th, few days later i got hurt and tore 3 ligaments in my ankle. The way I got hurt was I came back 4 hrs early sunday from liberty to see of any 3 marines in my platoon needed to go to town to take care of their uniforms or haircuts before 5pm when liberty ends and we have a inspection. I ran across the shitty streets at MCT and I stepped on the curb wrong, I heard a snap in my ankle and I fell down. I tried to walk it off and I found 3 marines and my ex and I took them to town. I got my haircut and by the time I got out of the chair I could barely walk. My ex took me the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton and they treated me. She took me back to MCT and I reported back in. The next day I was sent to BAS (battalion aid station) at MCT where the doc. took a closer exam at my ankle and they put me on light duty for 7 days, which ment I couldn't start the training. There was also a rumor floating around that I asked my unit to demote me so I wouldn't have to come to MCT. That's some gay stupid shit because this place we filled with pvt. pfc and LCpl's. So I got a lot of heat from the ppl there cuz now I am hurt and I have this gay ass rumor going around. After the 7 days my ankle was still big and nasty I asked the Doc to put me on full duty so I can pick up with golf company the next day and start the training. I got what I asked and the next day I picked up with golf company. I was placed as the guide(leader) of my platoon and I was in a world of shit. I was hurting bad. The instructors knew about my situation and told me to just try if I can. 2 days later we did our 1st major hike 4K. About alittle more than a mile out I fell behind the company cuz I couldn't keep up with my ankle. I was getting yelled at left and right and I made it to the 1/2 way point where we rested. The CO came up to me and watched as the field Doc. took of my boots and looked at my ankle. When the doc saw it he was like DAMN.... and the CO asked me what did I want him to do with me so I told him to let me push on. He gave me a chance and said that if I can make it to the finish line by the time the company does their rifle counts then I can stay. I didn't make it. I was allowed to stay with the training company for 4 more days and I did all the training they did. The following monday I was sent to BAS again and I was put on light duty for 14 days. I was placed in rab. platoon and I was placed as the guide for the whole platoon. (180 broken marines). During my time there I was told to try and help these new marines and pass down my experiance to them. One case of this was a PVT came to me and told me that he was a reservist and he needed to get back for school. I thought that he was a incramental reservist like I am so school is more important by contract. He called his unit and I talked to them, I told them who I was and that I am just a guide and a student but I am trying to gather info for the ppl that work there. They told me that he wasn't a incramental reservist and that they can see what they can do. Needless to say I got yelled at for talking to the unit by the school. A few weeks later there was a family day at my unit and I wanted to take my family there so I asked the reserve liason if I can get special permission to drive my car home so I can take my family to the family day at my unit. It was denied. This is some the things that happend there and leads to my charges.

Charges...
I was charged with not finishing MCT and to that was a letter from a SSGT at MCT. The asshole made up shiet and blew everything I did bigger than it really was. He said that when I called the unit I told them I worked at MCT. I was fking around at rehab, I got hurt running from the PX, I told the school that my unit needed me to go back to the unit because I need to be a driver for the unit at the family day. He also said that I fell out of the 4K hike less than 200 yards out. HOW THE HELL can he even know all this as a fact, does he follow me everywhere I go!? This ass whipe is full of fking shit and I can't belive that he said that. WTF did I do to him? Well the board couldn't come with a verdict for me on sunday.

My opinion...
FK this shit, stupid grunts that couldn't score high enough on the asvab to get a decent job. Funny that there are 1st SGT's i know and many other marines I know that tell me that MCT is the dumping ground for problem marines and stupid marines. By that I mean many of the ppl that work there are forced there because they did something stupid. There are some there that are stationed there by choice. I can't wait to get out of the corps. sad.....
daniel [4:48 AM]

[ Sunday, September 08, 2002 ]

 
U.S. Marines

Well today is my big day, in 10 min. I go up stairs and stand infont of the board so see if they are going to bust me down a rank for shit I didn't even do. I'm freaking nervous as hell, I spent all morning getting rady for this crap. Gunny spent 20 min telling me everything to expect for this board. Supposely MCT sent a damn e-mail to my unit tell them I came back cuz I lied to them and said that the unit needed me ASAP. WTF!? I swear ppl in the corps. lie like there is no tomorrow. All that crap they teach us in boot camp about honesty and intergrity! LOL yeah right..... well It's time. My next post I'll be either a Corporal still or a lance corporal.

Wish me Luck!
daniel [11:23 AM]