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6 October 2002: THE GIRL IS BACK AND SHE`S GOT A NEW FACE!!! Oh man...It`s been how many months already???? Ok, well, I don`t have a new face...but there is definitely a new viv going on, and it`s a good thing. No, I haven`t reformed and discovered anything new, but since my last entry with all my loyal readers, so much has happened. Life is still stressful of course, but I will fill you in. But now, Vivachu is back in commission again with her entries. I`ll be slow with them, but I will definitely update. Laaaaaaaaaaates! Yes...it is most definitely 3 in the morning.
11 April: ARG!!! When is this week going to end??? I have a math test tomorrow on Differential Equations, and I am absolutely clueless on what's going on. I've been so brain dead, I can't even think straight. I'm at a loss of words now. I did get a huge package from home which definitely brightened my day. My dad had sent over a lot of asian junk food and teas, although I don't think I'm going to eat the dried squid anytime soon. I miss home. Don't get me wrong, West Point is looking extremely gorgeous now due to the weather now that we have left the gloom period. I have so much to work on! I just wanna sleep...
9 April: I'm exhausted. Of what? I don't know, but I'm just really tired. All I really want to do is sleep. Break was ok, but it could have been a lot better. Rib is healing slowly, but surely. The weather is definitely heating up though! It's like muggy or something. I have papers and more exams, too. There really is no end. For those of you who have my IM, please don't IM me after midnite for me. I'm three hours ahead of you Californians, so that means no IMing me after 9 PM your time in good ol Cali. I've already been caught up past midnite, and I don't want to get caught again.
20 March: Awwww man....I jinxed myself...FREALS. You know how I was just talking about the horrors of gymastics and stuff? Well...very first day of gymnastics...I BREAK A RIB! Damn! We were tumbling and I accidentally landed on my shoulder. Being a dumb kid, I was like, hmm..my shoulder hurts, I'll get it checked out later today. I had classes which I couldn't miss, so I went to them. Later in the afternoon, I went to the Health Clinic to get it checked out, and I had to wait about half an hour before some officer came back to his office. Unfortunately, I had class in 15 min, so the guy just told me, either you come to Sick Call tomorrow morning at 0600 or go to Physical Therapy at the Gym this afternoon. Sooo...I opted to go to Physical Therapy, BUT they booted me out cuz they were too busy, so they said...COME BACK TOMORROW MORNING. ARG! Sooo, I go the next morning before Breakfast. Doctor checks me but doesnt find anything terribly wrong, until he tells me to start rolling my shoulders forward. That's when everything just started cracking! and i mean CRACKING. Doctor was all like, "Whoa, that's your collar bone!" When he started pressing down on it, it was MOVING and clicking! Ewww! I was so horrified. He diagnosed it as a sternoclavicular joint injury, but nothing could be officially determined until I got xray. Sooo..fast forward, at the very end of the day, I go up to the hospital for xray. Lo and behold, first thing the doctor says is, "Congrats Viv, Looks like you've got a broken rib!" Apparently I broke the very first rib, right behind the collar bone. Man...to get to the point, they were all freakin out that I'd puncture my lung or something, so I had to get chest xrays and stuff. FUN. Anyways, now my doctor is going around telling his colleagues about me...calling me the Miracle Girl...cuz I walked around for two straight days with a broken rib without puncturing my lung. Now I'm just a gimp for maybe 6 weeks. WAHHH. Dammit. Nevertheless, I'm going in for rehab, and I feel the bone move with any step, sneeze, cough, burp, bump,...iono..everything....Well....I'm going home for Spring Break in two days!! WHoohoo. I wish I could do that arabesque in the picture. But...looks like I can't even open a door without being a one-armed gimp. :p We're getting PROMOTED tomorrow!!!
17 March: OUCH, DUDE! I'm so sore. Yesterday was Founder's Day for West Point, so it was basically my school's 200th Birthday. Pretty awesome. We actually had fireworks in the evening which took us by surprise. I was sitting at my desk when I heard a loud explosion and I looked out of my window and saw fireworks. It was a great view from my barracks room. When we opened our window we could hear people cheering. One guy actually yelled, "THE BRITISH ARE COMING!" Anyways, I spent the early part of my day waiting in a line for the Bicentennial Coins and Stamps that the US Post Office has issued in commemoration of the school's Bicentennial. The long ass line sucked! Came back after waiting almost 2 hours in line, and just fell asleep. I didnt wake up until 3 PM. I was lucky though, there were some who waited 5 hours to buy that stuff. I can't quite remember what I did until about 10 PM, but it was probably homework. We did have a friggin brawl in my room though up until 1 AM. It was hilarious. FIGHT CLUB, literally. My roomie actually kicked a guy in the head when he had her pinned down. The most quotable line for the night was Kristin screaming at Isgro, "Turn the f*cking water off, Bitch!" Classic. Our room totally smelled of sweat for the better portion of the night. I went up against Venegas which was a pretty good match, since he was the only guy closest to my size. Originally we just all wanted to test our Combatives/Boxing skills that we had learned in our PE classes, and yeah, it got pretty ugly. At least I know I can't get taken down very well, so....BEWARE! This week is going to SUCK. I have Finals in almost every single academic class of mine, and I'm not prepared at all. I finished Plebe Drowning aka Swimming! Thank god! I thought I was ultimately going to fail the class cuz I couldnt do the Wet Carry which is where you swim a distance in BDUs, boots, rifle, and LBE (Load Bearing Equipment). As much as I hated the class, I'm actually going to miss it, cuz I learned a lot about myself in trying my hardest. Yes, I may have been the worst swimmer in my class, but I was the hardest worker, if not the most fearless. :p It was awesome jumping off the 6 meter and 10 meter tower. It might not sound very high, but when you see it in person, it's SCARY. I'm starting Spazznastics aka Gymnastics on Monday, and I am scared sh*tless about it, cuz it's probably the most feared of all PE Classes here. Whoever thought the Dept. of Physical Education could strike so much fear in a first year cadet's life? I've know ppl who've cracked their head open, gotten scarred, broken an arm/leg, dislocated a shoulder, rope-burned their fingers (which I did in the summer sliding all the way down the rope), and etc....all in Gymnastics. Not to mention the broken noses, black eyes, and concussions in Plebe Boxing. Anyboo...we're getting promoted on Thursday!!!! Whoohoo! Can't wait!!! I just need to pass all my exams....
4 March: Awww..gross...yep, it's official. I've got a bad cold. It sucks. You should have seen me running from room to room collecting cold medicine from my classmates. Stuffy head, runny nose... sneezing. I can barely concentrate on anything. My team leader actually brought in this Power Green stuff for me...so I could DISINFECT the room. I was like, "What?!? I have to disinfect my own room? Golly." Anyways, nothing much happening at the moment. We get promoted in about two weeks, so that means we can sort of act human again. yeah! Spring break is also coming up, so I can't wait to go home.
22 February: Hahaha...Daratboy brought up a really good point about the whole CS thing. I don't "play" CS... I AM CS! After all, that's my job rite? Then my other friend CrystalBall sends me a picture from this foreign movie, where the lead character is actually a female sniper. So, NO, that picture is not of me! Maybe that'll make all you CS freaks stop askin me, capiche? ;p
Anyboo, yeah, we had school today...on a SATURDAY. Dang, yo. We had breakfast formation at 0555, and classes at 0630. That was crazy! I mean, it's scary to think that we were already at classes before we even normally eat breakfast during the week day. Definitely sucked gettin up an hour earlier. *shudder* Where has my day gone?!?
20 February: Alrite already! Stop asking me if I play CS! LOL. I swear, every other note I get is someone askin me whether or not I play it. I've never even seen the game in my life, although I have a general idea of what to do. Anyways, hell week for me, baby! Bitter, very bitter. Exams as always, and I'm fighting as usual to survive all my classes. Can you believe we have school on SATURDAY?!? Yikes. I'm so mad too. They're actually enforcing the rule that first year cadets must have all lights off and be in bed by MIDNITE. That's crazy!!! Yeah, I'll be crammin as usual. Again, I reiterate, NO I DON'T PLAY CS!
8 February: Ok, so I feel like a mother who's waitin for her delinquint child to come home. I was supposed to be escorting this female cadet candidate and all, but she's been whisked off by an old high school friend of hers, soooo..if she's not back by TAPS, it's my ass on the line. Arg. I'm pooped. All I can do is chill in front of my computer. I really ought to get started on my homework. Yeah yeah, it's friday, but I wanna get ahead and stuff. Weekends fly by way too fast. I'm going to be studying! JOY! *bangs head on desk...*
5 February: Yum...the meal of all meals...Instant Noodles! Yeah, I just realized that has pretty much what I've been surviving off of in my room. Instant oatmeal is a runner up. The food here is so bad we resort to making our own food in our rooms which usually consists of ramen noodles. Anyways, yesterday night we held a TAPS vigil for a cadet that had passed away. As cold as it was in the middle of the night, we gathered as a Corps to pay our respect to a fallen comrade. Gosh...it was definitely emotional. What makes a vigil so unique is that it is done in complete silence and in the dark. All 4000 of us gathered in front of the plain, gazing into the dark while standing at rigid attention in the dark and snow. At 2330 sharp, a single trumpet played TAPS, followed by bag pipes playing Amazing Grace. Then the only words spoken were to our Alma Mater. Then as quietly as we had come, we left in utter silence. Drifting back to rooms, the only things heard were footsteps and tears. We will not forget you Anthony Miller. You will always be a member of the long gray line... "Grip hands though it be from the shadows, while we swear as you did of yore...for living or dying to honor, The Corps, The Corps, The Corps."- excerpt from the Corps.
31 January: Dangit, I can't even remember what I was going to say. I had all these things that I was going to talk about like what happened these past days. Some were pretty amusing, but I can't for the life of me remember what they are. Anyways, I just checked my hotmail account, and there were soooo many emails! Apparently one of my friends at the Air Force Academy started some huge email war with a scandalous but funny picture of our Mule, the Army Mascot. We have a SAMI tomorrow, which is a room inspection. It's not just ANY room inspection, though. So my roomie and I will be stayin up until the wee hours of the morning trying to clean our damn room. Yeah, the pic of me up above is where I realized all the crap i had to do when I checked my schedule on my computer. Darnit..I even had some witty saying to put in this entry, but again, I've forgotten it. This girl needs some sleep. Gnite y'all. Hahahaha...I said Y'all.
26 January: Ok, so it's been awhile since I've updated this thing. Sorry to all my loyal readers out there. Anyboo, whoa, so much has happened this past week...I dont even know where to start. This was the first week of the new semester, so I'm trying to get into the routine of the classes I'm takin. My most dreaded and feared class at the moment is Plebe Drowning aka Swimming. Let's just say, I'm sinkin more than learnin "survival swimming." Dammit, each class IS A SURVIVAL SWIM for me. Anyways, my eyes were burnin so much from the chlorine, I was nervous cuz I had my first Pistol Match against UVA, and you kinda need to be able to see if you wanna shoot. So of course, one of my classmates suggests washin my eyes out with milk. Surprisingly, it actually worked. (He's a water polo player, so he lives in the pool.) Ummm...yeah. So back to me. :P jk. Heck, ya shoulda seen me standin over the sink drippin milk into my eyes. I can't seem to think of what to say. Other than it was a really gorgeous day, and it's SUPPOSED to be snowin and all. The picture up there is actually a Metallica figurine that belongs to my roomie, Kristin. Oh yeah, we were up until 3 in the mornin watchin the uncut version of the Exorcist. Let's just say, I was a little scared to sleep in the dark after that. I swore to her that her little Metallica figurine would come to life in the middle of the night and attack me, so I took a pic of it bitin my finger and emailed it to her. Yes...that's what we do when we're bored here at the Academy, we email our own damn roomies. You'll do anything for entertainment. Holy crud, I was even doin homework on a Saturday. How sad is that? School bites as usual.
16 January: Wow...I watched Black Hawk Down tonite, and it seriously affected me. To many people, they'll just go see the movie as entertainment, but for me, it was a lesson in leadership and hope. The entire time I watched the film, I had to hold back tears...because I realized that one day I, too, will be responsible for the lives of men who are fighting for their country. Black Hawk Down was a modern day war, with many brave heroes. It's not fiction...it's a true story. I have this heavy feeling in my heart...partially of fear...and pride. If you see the movie, please don't think of it as a blood and gore film...think of it has a tribute to the men who died and fought out there. Almost all the cadets at West Point were there tonight...when we all left the auditorium, there was a somber atmosphere from most of the cadets, because they too realized, that it could one day be them who would be fighting out in the front with those courageous G.I.'s...
15 January: Umm yeah..that's a picture of me traumatized by this week. I'm crammin for exams already, and this is supposed to be one of the most "relaxing" times of the year. What the heck? My muscles are screamin. Dude, my butt is so sore it hurts just to sit on it. Really, the seniors here are seriously smokin us...which means they are really tiring the crap out of us with exercise. Apparently tomorrow we will be going on a "run." Oh dear...imma die!!! I've come up with a new motto. "If I'm not sore everyday, that means I'm not workin hard enough." No, im not trying to become a musclewoman..im far from that. I just seriously want to get in shape. But it HURTS! We're hecka lucky. I think they're gonna be showin us Black Hawk Down tomorrow nite, before it is officially released to the public. Apparently the school bought the rights to show it to my class. Sweet, huh? They won't admit they're gonna show it to us, but we know it's the movie since they've been droppin hints, sayin, "it's highly advised that you attend the supplemental film on the attack of Mogadishu...blahblahblah...winkwink*
13 January: Oooohh..i got up hecka late today..actually no..i woke up at like 0830 but i felt so weird...like i had to do something constructive...but of course...i was like, "nah." so i went back to sleep. finally woke up at like 2 in the afternoon. weekends are such a blessing..but we still dont get out. the weather here is funky. no snow! that's ok, i nearly broke my neck so many times just walkin place to place. can you believe i had class on a sunday nite? we also had school on saturday...geez. it was fun though tonite, cuz we had a land warrior simulation game that involved squad tactics. pretty neat actually. i actually got to shoot the enemy, but of course, i did get shot down later. i need to get to sleep. this week is gonna be HELL. more later. you'll see what im up against.
11 January: Today was long as usual, but dude, i was sooo tired from the entire week. i'll tell you this, it's very possible to sleep standing up..i found that out when i was standing at the table during breakfast formation before we took our seats. Talk about being incoherent. Whoohee. I actually had fun in military science today. we discussed ground maneuver warfare tactics...studyin general rommel's journals and stuff. it's really interesting! not too much to say for today. the weather has been pretty nice, oddly enough. anyways, check out the cereal box that belongs to one of my roommates. it's actually a real cereal made by kellogg's. cool, eh? the simpsons are huge at west point *since we dont have any exposure to the outside world, so we are limited to watching what few tv channels we have*
10 January: Okok..so I'm shining my boots at one in the morning...the things we do for uniform appearance. Man, two weeks of Military Intercession is torturous. It's pretty much nothing but military science for hours on end. What also sucks is that they're making us take Muscular Fitness Lab which I believe should be called Muscular Failure Lab...it's where we do nothing but upperbody and other major muscle workouts. I'm continually in pain and sore every single day. Arg..I can feel my muscles building. Too sore!!! We're sore from the previous day's workout, and we're expected to do more and even better at the next session. *groan* anyways, it pretty much sucks. Today was even worse when we were woken up at 0430 in the morning for a urinalysis, aka, piss-test. Definitely not a great way to start a long and tedious day... I mean, who the heck wants to wake up in the morning by having to pee in a cup??? Even better, with someone supervising you, too!
7 January: Happy New Years, y'all. Many of you have commented on my lack of updates, well..that's cuz I was home...being human!!! Man, it felt great to be home for the first time ever since end of June. I was so piggin out on white rice and REAL chinese food. New Years was spent marching thru horse sh*t. Excuse my language. I was in the Rose Bowl Parade, and I swear I was holding my breath the entire time cuz of the stench. Anywho, yes, I am finally back at jail..errr...school. So my parole..I mean, break is over. It's snowing like crazy, yo! I just spent all day moving everything back into my room, and I'm still trying to adjust to the 3 hr time difference btw San Francisco and New York. Dangit..gettin up at 0530 here is = to 0230 in the morning in Cali. So you can see I'm the walkin dead. 2 weeks of snow and military classes...joy! NOT! More like Homer Simpson and his phrase..."Ohh...I hate this place...Why am I here?!?" Ish ok, though. It's really not that bad. I'm just missin home.
18 December: Somebody please take the candy cane I`m eating and stab it in my brain or something. Tonight`s the worst night for me, cuz I`m studying for math...discrete dynamical systems to be exact. Dont ask me what it means, cuz to this day, I still dont understand it. I took my Literature Exam today. Started at 0735 and had until 1105 to write the essay. I didn`t fully wake up in the exam until 1025! I can`t wait until Thursday!
16 December: No offense to all the Computer Science Majors out there, but programming sucks. It`s definitely not for me. Heck, I`m not even going to major in it, yet it`s a required course for all cadets! I mean, I don`t mind learning how to hack (which they teach us here), but I have NEVER hacked before in my life, so don`t go around making crazy accusations, cuz I haven`t even taken that class yet. Tomorrow is my Computer Science exam...3 and a half hrs of torture. Today I went with the Glee Club to sing at the New York Public Library which was great. Only thing is that we came back at like 8 PM so I`m crazy crammin for an exam that will start at 0735 hrs in the morning.
15 December: Whew..Ok, one exam down, 4 more to go. I feel like a zombie. Studied my ass off for chemistry. The picture is of me and my roommate before we head off to our first West Point Term End Exam...it sucks cuz if we fail the term end exam for any class, we fail the course. I can`t wait to go home on Thursday!
14 December: "Procrastination is like masturbation. At first it feels good, but you realize you`re only *bleeping* yourself." Tonight`s the night I get my first jitters for finals. All I can think of is, "crap...I`m screwed...shoulda started studying weeks ago.."
13 December: Tonight was Christmas Dinner for the Corps of Cadets. Definitely a memorable experience...everyone looked wonderful in their uniforms. West Point does have this interesting tradition with smoking cigars after the dinner, though...The night sky was filled with cigar smoke...even after I`ve changed into my sweats I can still smell it on my skin...Ugh...I`ll admit I tried my first cigar, but I don`t think i`ll ever try one again. That`s some nasty crap.
13 December: Oh crudbuckets...it`s 1:06 in the morning, and I just realized i have math and history homework. i am majorly jacked...and i have term end exams starting this saturday! ack! anyways, i never thoughti`d get some extra publicity with this site..so thanks marcos! any ol` lowell peeps who are seeing this, HI! anyways, i have a chem presentation tomorrow. let`s hope i dont make too much of an idiot out of myself. anyboo, we made stockings with the "porn names" of our upperclassmen at the table. we`ll be giving this to them during xmas dinner...
10 December: Dude, Beware of Mountain Dew! That stuff is some lethal shtuff! I mean, you drink one can of it, and you`re wired for like the next twelve hours! It does that to me all the time, even though I keep promising myself I wouldn`t drink it! I was seriously thinking of changing my AA name to like "Friggin Insomniac" instead of vivachu. (you know me, all sleep deprived) anyways, yeah, for those of you who know, I was up til 3 in the morning making a PowerPoint presentation on the Weapons Systems in Afghanistan. Don`t ask. Arg..so much. Term End Exams start this Saturday for me, so I really gotta get cracking down on studying. Yeah rite! But freals, imma try to sleep before midnite tonight for once in manymany weeks. I`m assuming that I`ll be averaging 2-3 hrs of sleep per nite after tomorrow. Ah, the life of a cadet...there`s so much I miss being able to do. People really dont know what we go through. I miss being able to do simple things like going to the movies, listening to music, chilling outside, all the stuff that regular college kiddos do. We`re not even allowed to play in the snow...but we still do. Anyways, off I go. Oh yeah, no one stole my soda from outside my window. Whoohoo, that`s my only supply of super caffeine! Gnite y`all.
9 December: Whoohoo! Guess what? This is my first snow. It`s friggin awesome. I mean, coming from San Francisco, it never ever snows except for those freak snowfalls that come once every 17 yrs or so. It was incredible. One of my friends snuck me to the roof of one of the barracks, and I just couldn`t believe how beautiful the falling snow was. I`ve seen snow on the ground like in Reno and Lake Tahoe...but never snow falling from the sky. Of course, It`s freezing cold though,so it`s gonna snow for likethe next 4 months. Arg! But I spent the day at my sponsors` house, and I just spent my time playing with the kids. It`s amazing how innocence can be so beautiful in children...especially in today`s world. So this is my official entry into the week of hell...exams and projects! Wish me luck. It`s gonna suck. Oh yeah, since it`s snowing that means I can use the outside of my window as a refrigerator. Let`s just hope no one steals my food and drinks..cuz I`m on the first floor...
8 December: Dang, I`ve got some messed up sleep pattern...i have none! i finally crashed yesterday afternoon on my bed at like 3in the afternoon. Woke up at 10, rotted my brain in front of the computer screen..and went to bed at 3! i finally got up at 1030 this morning. I`m a little sore now...i just ran until i felt like i was gonna puke. nice feeling.arg!! i dont want to do any work!!!!
7 December: I am so tired...talk about sleep deprivation for the past weeks...now i`m in that time crunch where i`ve got exams and projects and papers...fun, eh? i feel like a zombie. since it`s friday, the only thing i can do is just sit back and watch movies on my computer...i found out i failed my chem exam, so that definitely dropped my grade in class. bummer...
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