College. It's the other white meat.

Whew... it's been a while since I updated. A lot of stuff has happened since I last wrote out my heart and feelings into you, dear diary... ever so long...

I'll stop that right now. Anyway, I guess the first cool thing to happen since my last post was my position on Color Guard... over two weeks ago. It's been a while. Color Guard was a fantastic experience. I got to spend some time with people from the other services, got to see firsthand how cool the Marines uniforms are, and overall had a great time. The fans were awesome, I can't tell you how many times are group was thanked and cheered during the whole process. Other than the cold, and the extreme failure of Michigan as a football team, it went off without a hitch. Being on the sidelines was awesome. I was within 5 yards of the Penn State QB (Who had the biggest arms EVER.) I was also standing less than 10 yards away from Tate Forcier when they snapped the ball into the back of the endzone. That was fun. Anyway, here are my favorite pictures of the day:

Before the Tailgate

Denard Robinson, Backup QB, and Guy I randomly see walking to Class. I got to see him and the entire football team heading into the stadium off the buses.

Air Force Guys, Just Hanging Around Before the Game

Muscles... HUGE!

Absolutely FANTASTIC picture of Joe Paterno and the Penn State Band

Tate Forcier. Freshman Quarterback. Jedi Wizard.

After that, I had the joy of discovering my camera got crunched without me noticing during the game. Luckily it's on warranty, and I'll be getting it fixed soon. I have NO idea how the screen broke, at all.

Besides Color Guard, the only other activity of note was the PFA, or Physical Fitness Assessment. Basically the whole detachment went out for an Air Force wide, twice a year test of physical fitness. It consisted of 1 minute of pushups, 1 minute of situps, and a 1.5 mile run. To hit the max-out limit, I needed 62 pushups in a minute, 55 situps in a minute, and a 9:36 run time. I got 70 pushups, 60 situps, and ran the 1.5 miles in 9:30.

Yep, I maxed out. It felt REAL good to finally do really well at something this year. I was only one of 12 or so to max out, which was pretty awesome.

Last weekend, over Halloween, I went up to Grand Rapids to visit some High School friends and go to a so called "Zombie Walk." Basically, thousands of people dressed up as zombies and walked around town. I thought it was going to be a lot of fun, but it was cold, and rather than the activity being a horde of people doing an actual walk, it consisted of Repetitive Techno music and the option to walk around the block if you wanted. We left within half an hour, and went and saw the movie "Zombieland" instead. That ended up being very good, as it was a nice action/comedy movie that was perfect for Halloween.

And now, I'm back at the grind. I have another exam in a week and a half, or so which I'll start studying for tomorrow, and I have an otherwise busy week ahead of me.

I'll keep you all updated! And hopefully starting posting more often! Potentially even with stuff that's not just a recap of "A day in the life of Paul..."

Have a great week, and an excellent National Novel Writing Month! You can expect me to at least put out an attempt, what with my obsession with these darned science fiction novels.