So this week makes it about half way give or take a few days till I go back to the states. It hasn't been too bad I mean there is drama wherever you go but it seems to have died down here you just have to get used to the people that's all I guess. I got a package today from the other Rob Longo and it was 100 toy spiders and a book about spiders lol jeez, so I need to write back to them about that. Nothing too much else to report about I need to finish up this one class hopefully by the week I can test out of it and take a practical sometime soon then too. We did extrication with some group here on base using just hand tools and that proved pretty difficult I mean you get so used to hydraulic tools when you go back to the basics you realize how much better you have it with these tools. Tuesday we have the city guys coming in for training...joy I don't like training these guys at all mainly because its sorta shady a few things that I can't really discuss. I volunteered to be the light man on the fires which gets me out of other nonsense jobs like force protection (aka. watching the city guys) so maybe it won't be so bad but who knows.
I have once again neglected you for so long and its not really worth apologizing because there really hasn't been too much to write about and these sporadic updates that I post you are going to have to deal with and well if you don't like it then tough luck. Anyway to give a batched update from the past to now it all seemed to smooth over with Silvia and I guess couples need a blow out or two every once and a while or something. So things have been smooth sailing with that, I'm not really a fan with my job mainly because I feel some of the tasks that I get assigned with anyone can do like why did I need a college degree to look at spreadsheets all day??? So when I get back I'm going to start looking. Which brings me to the question "get back where are you"? Well that is a simple question right now I'm stationed in Iraq for a few months supporting the war. It has been pretty crazy actually some of the things that go on here and to be honest I know New Jersey's air wasn't great but I know for a fact it is 100 times better then the air here. I will be back sometime in January no dates set now so we will see how that works out. When I get back I need to look for an apartment in Jersey City somewhere because along with going for other jobs I'm going to apply for the fire department there and now with the veterans points I should get the job I hope if not then I just fail at everything I do lol. I just linked my twitter account to here so there should be updates with whats going on if I can't really write in this at least something will be put up. I should really get back into the swing of things here but I guess it depends on how things go and what not. Anyway that's going to be it for now. Till next time, who knows when that will be, stay classy livejournal.
So I have been having these dreams the last few nights and I can't seem to make anything of them. For example 2 nights ago I jumped out of my bed and freaked out because I thought there was a spider on my pillow I was dreaming that I was laying down and a big black spider was crawling on my bed so I remember waking up pounding the bed and I jumped up ran over and turned on the light but nothing was there the odd thing was I also dreamed I had my maroon blanket on the bed but I haven't put that back on since I washed it. That’s not the first time that has happened to me it happens once in a blue but when it does it really like scares the shit out of me. Last night I don't remember what I was dreaming about but it had to be something crazy because I woke up at like 3:00 and my heart was racing and I was just nervous but I remember nothing about the dream, all I know is I really didn't get back to sleep because I woke up at 5 I just tossed and turned till maybe about 4 or so and I think I fell back asleep but yeah this is getting a little crazy with these dreams I just don't know what to make of them or if dreams really are a sign of reality, whatever the case they need to stop ASAP.
uhh hello??? I wonder if anyone reads this anymore, well no big deal if not. I figured I would kill some time tonight and give really a long awaited update to what's been going on with me. Well lets just start from when I last posted which was a long ass time ago. So to skip some of the bullshit I joined an ambulance/rescue squad that's a few miles from my house and that's been pretty fun I'm with a good bunch of people and I like it there a lot. I finished college in May...about fucking time if you ask me and 2 weeks after I graduated I had my going away party which was amazing...we played pong it was me and Jennings on a team and we went 13-0 which is an amazing run and we all got pretty messed up. A week after that I left for Air Force basic which was an experience let me just tell you. Although it wasn't that long I met pretty cool people who I still keep in touch with. I was made what's called an element leader and really I was one of the people that was put in charge of the flight, as cool as that sounds let me tell you how much that fucking sucked balls because you had to put up with all the bullshit from everyone while holding military bearing and discipline. I graduated basic in the end July and my parents came down as well as my aunt and uncle and Silvia. Now my parents were pretty upset when I left for basic but man the first time seeing them at the Airmens coin ceremony was amazing. I remember seeing my dad first and well he is your typical Italian tough guy who doesn't show feeling too much and all and when I saw him he his eyes teared up and he huged me and told me how proud he was of me. That's one of the moments that I will never forget and hell its been about 8 months and I can still recall everything about that day. My mom was crying too when I saw her but I kinda expected her too. The day after the Airmen coin ceremony I graduated and that's when I saw Silvia, my aunt, and uncle, and like at the Airmens coin ceremony the emotions came out too, which isn't a bad thing at all really. So after getting some freedom back after graduation I hung out with my parents and loved ones for that weekend. On that Monday I shipped out of Lackland and went to Goodfellow for tech school. Tech school was a blast really, it was 13 weeks of fire school which most of it until we got to the end of the class was all a review for me. At fire school I met some more awesome people who I also keep in touch with. At the end of this I will post some pictures from my fun fun time in the Air Force. So I graduated fire school a week earlier then when I was supposed to start but that's because I started class a week before I was supposed to which worked out well because my class was a small class which worked out. My graduation from fire school was another proud day for me because really that put an end to my Air Force training in Texas and that gave me the green light to go home which was well welcomed. My parents didn't come down for the fire school graduation but that's because I told them not too because it wasn't as big and flashy as the graduation from basic. So when I got back in I got a pretty big reception at the airport where pretty much all of my friends came down to welcome me back as well as my family. It was awesome to see them and even more awesome that I was wearing my dress blues too which look sharp with the badges that I have too. =) So after getting back I went to report to McGuire and I was given the chance to do what's called seasonal training where I go on active duty for 6 months and get my driver training done. So I've been doing that since November and I have under 2 months left then who knows what I will do as far as a job goes because I need cash lol. Getting back I jumped back into the swing of things as far as doing the ambulance and fire stuff. I also went back and coached swimming for another year which went well, we won our division that we were in which excited me a lot because hell I couldn't do that in high school even though its different now then it was then but still its all good. In January I was voted in as lieutenant for my fire company which I am very happy to fill the position because its a step in the right direction to where I want to go. I'm still with that girl Silvia and its going good which is shocking because I usually find some way to fuck shit up. Hmm what else...what else I'm not really sure I think that sums up everything in a nut shell, oh one last thing before I go I got promoted too so go me I got another stripe on my arm. =) So on that note I'm going to close this and leave you with some pics and videos and all that fun stuff, for those that read this comment it up I'd be glad to hear from you all...till next time take it easy =)
Yup it is true I am actually updating with something to read as opposed to a pointless entry. So what has been going on, to be honest not too much it seems like the same stuff every day. If I'm not seeing Silvia then I am at the fire house or I am in Hoboken getting drunk with Chris, or I am taking classes. I am trying to bang out as many classes before I leave. Now you might be scratching your heads...leave what is he talking about??? Well this has been a month in the working but I joined the Air Force Reserves, so starting June 11, 2007 I will be at Lackland AFB in Texas. I will be there till July 27th. Which isn't too bad but right after boot camp I go to technical school to "learn" my job which I will be a fire fighter. The tech school in at Goodfellow AFB which is also in Texas and that runs from August 10th till November 16th so I will be gone for a damn long time and I asked if I could come home between the breaks and that answer was no. So a bunch of people aren't happy with this, mainly my parents and Silvia because I will be gone for so long. I signed off on my contract yesterday and man when I got home both parents weren't too happy so from them it was like "I wish you would have done your career first" and "Its your life but you are going to get shipped to Iraq" and so on. I told them that I am not going to argue that point because really at this point I have no idea what I am going to do, I could go there or I could just never leave Jersey so who knows. So other then the Air Force my life has just been quiet. I went to a class last weekend called Advanced Truck Operations. All we did in that class was review the stuff we did in fire 2 and the only real thing I got out of that class was how to cut a hole in a roof because they never taught us that in school. We had a fire last Friday which was cool, it wasn't anything too big it was a warehouse and just a bunch of cardboard boxes went up so it was messy for the overhaul process because we had to make sure that it was all out and picking through wet cardboard sucks balls. So till next time take care =)
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So I will do a small recap on things before I really want to jot down the ideas I want to...
I finished the EMT class and took the test, but failed by 5 questions...that sucked balls...I took it again and I'm waiting on the results of the exam to come in
I started my fire 2 class last night and that class is going to kick some ass
We had a fire Saturday night in a warehouse but I got there late because I was coming from Hoboken, so I had to be the bird dog which is stay at quarters and you ride with the out of town companies that are there to cover and you tell them where to go
Before that fire came in on Saturday I asked this girl Silvia out and she said yes...this makes me smile =)
Now to what I really want to get to...tonight I went to a wake for a North Hudson fire fighter who was killed on Saturday night battling a 4 alarm house fire. He was on the third floor when it flashed over and the ceiling fell on him. Now considering I know what its like when rooms flash over, because I was caught in one, I can say that its not a fun feeling. So anyway the wake was open casket and man this poor guy just didn't look good at all, you can tell they used a lot of make up on him because his skin color wasn't right and you can tell his nose was burnt and it looked like his lips were painted on. Seeing this is weird being a fellow fire fighter because hell one day that might be me laying in that box. And its really got me thinking about how dangerous this "job" is. I mean its really fun and I enjoy doing it but I guess its a snap back to reality because reality came and kicked me in the face. I don't know, just something I wanted to get off my chest.
So I got nudged today and figured its time to update but since nothing has gone on I figured I would put a video that I took 2 days ago up. For those of you that don't know what I sound like I'm the guy on the radio at the end =)
jesus, all right so two months an no update oops...well lets start and recap with all this fun stuff. I am still taking the EMT class, its not too bad but now that it is coming to a close the lectures are getting just more boring, its the same stuff over and over and well there are some people in the class that still don't get this stuff, but oh well its them and not me. I need to start looking for a place so I can ride and see if I enjoy it. I was thinking about going back to school after I get out of college to become a paramedic but that's just crazy but who knows. I need to motivate my ass to fill out the application to take the state fire test. That should be really fun to take, I really need to start getting my ass in gear for that one. As for the fire stuff, I really haven't done it as much as I would really like to because well I just don't have the time for it. I mean I've gone on a few calls, went to a few fires and a few almost ones. On Sunday there was a dryer fire which if the person would have went out and left it on, god knows what would have really happened. One last thing and I will be done and over with the Fire / EMT stuff, I had to do my hospital time in UMDNJ which is fun, it was 10 hours sitting in the trauma room and not too much happened I saw a guy involved in an MVA come in, we had some guy that just wasn't feeling well, and we got a gunshot patient. So a quiet day for the most part.
So now to stray away from all that fun stuff, what really has been going on in the last two months, well a lot of things actually. I started to talk to Meghan again, she came over Chris's apartment and well we talked for a few hours when everyone was asleep, weird part about it was it reminds me of the first time I talked to her on the phone because it was about the same time length and all too. Also within the last two months all contact with Melanie has been cut, and not to go into major details, its just better that it did. So if she ever reads this or anything, I wish the best for you and take care. With that being said time to move on, I went out and bought a nintendo ds lite yesterday, and man it kicks ass I got two games for it so that should kill a good amount of time when I should be doing something like my EMT work lol, ah well its all good. Well that should do it for my rambling, and I hope I got everything but who knows, till next time take it easy =)
I am done with exams...go me...so now summer begins...to bad I'm not graduating this year, but its all good. I start work Monday and my EMT class on Tuesday so that should be fun...lol I hope so anyway but one never knows...it will just be very long days till the end of July, but once I finish the class I should be good, and one good thing about summer is I don't have to do math problems till September, and that's what I am really excited about for this summer =)
So the last 2 weekends have been crazy with all the fire stuff...2 weeks ago we had a big brush fire, that sent myself and the rest of my company running behind the truck because this wall of flame just came up at us, and it didn't help at the time that we ran out of water. So that was fun, and a week and a day later we had a fire at a hotel which was an outside fire that went into the walls. The crew that I was with went up to the second floor and started breaking windows, busting holes into the walls to make sure it didn't spread, and forcing out way into the rooms, which by the way is a really cool thing to do. So anyway I got an email with a bunch of pictures from it, so here they go.
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