Break is over. I wish winter would do the same.... So today was my first official day back at good ol' UMASS BROCKTON ( not counting yesterday when I was SUPPOSED to have my forensic chemistry lab). By the way, who has a fricken lab without first having a class? That makes no sense! I thought the whole point of having a lab was to practice what you've learned in class anyway???

No need to argue, mark one absence for Dave.

So much shit going on! WTF! In four months where will I be? Will I be in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pennsylvania, or will I still be here in East Bridgewater...... Time will only tell. I just wish I had some inisght or someone to really talk to about these things ( I guess that's the reason I'm posting here). If everything in my life seems to take a turn where I think it's heading I might just volunteer for an 18 month tour overseas.....

sitting here in the armory in braintree is so boring. I've been here since 8am, we had class A inspections and a few classes to sit through. hopefully we're getting released for the night so I can do some more prep for the CBRN classes I'm teaching tomorrow. either way its going to be a cold snowy weekend down the cape....

just wishing a happy new year! wish I could see certain people right now

So now that Emily (my sister) is gone the house feels a little bit colder. Not to worry, I will be heading out there for my third trip come May-June-ish... Wanna Come?

Christmas was fun, Low-key, but fun. I always enjoy spending time with those i barely see! All this food that I've been eating really hasn't been too much of a pain for me considering this is the FIRST time I'm not concerned with gaining weight this winter. Actually that's my goal! I'm hovering around 202-205ish right now. I'd like to get some more mass up to about 212-215ish before spring so i can really start leaning out. Considering all this nasty food I've been eating I cant really say I've gained much body fat tho, Still around 12% BF which is great for someone my size.

Lately my training regiment has been kind of Fucked up. I just cant seem to stay with one program. There's soo many people preaching soo many different beliefs, It's just a lot to take in all at once.

Enough about Training/Lifting!! I just recently started taking Russian Language courses and I'm glad to say its going well so far! Its different, very different, but pretty easy once you get the ball rolling. This is going to be my first second language(if that makes sense?), if all goes well I have a slew of others i want to take up as well....(Farsi and Arabic will def be on the list since it looks like I'm heading over "THERE" in 2010.)

Time to get back to my courses, below are some of the F*D up pics from me and my sister gluing Mustaches to our faces and having a little too much to drink!

Take Care.



-Dave

So now Christmas has passed. Hangovers and fuzzy mornings gone too, for now. My sister Emily has flown in from Cali for the holidays, but she leaves monday afternoon. I'll be sure to post some pictures up for some laughs..... You'll see what I mean.

If i didnt get in touch with you in time, Happy holidays. We still have one more to celebrate!


-Dave

So basically I came to a sudden realization the other night while driving home. My Girlfriend, my friends and I were driving home (In my Girlfriends Altima) from the movies when it came to me that i miss being able to drive with more than one person in my car. Since I've been home from Missouri I thought it would be wise to purchase a sports car. Not just any sports car, no. This car needed to meet a few requirements: 4 cylinder, Turbo, Manual transmission, AWD. Not too many cars had the options I was really looking for until I stumbled on an old "car crush" I used to have on the 2nd Generation Eclipse GS AWD turbos. Basically this car met all of my requirements and then some. This car although it be fun to drive on smooth surfaces was TERRIBLE on anything but the finest tarmac. Once the "movie night" had passed I quickly found reasons to rid myself of this red cop magnet and get something a little more reliable, comfortable and spacious. Again I had a few more stipulations being the car must still have a manual transmission, AWD, and Fully loaded with heated seats, power everything etc. Low and behold I end up purchasing a Pre-Owned Audi A4 and let me say, "I could not be more happy"


Either way this was the first day of snow for the car, (while in my posession) just figured I'd take a picture.

Today Was GREAT!   Did my usual Monday thing. Went to classes from 7-11am, came home took my Supplements and went over to my buddy Scotts house to lift.... Did some ETK training then some tire flips to finish off the workout. Later in the day went out to New Tokyo to get some sushi!

Pretty chill day.

Since about January of 07' I was Stationed out in Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri for both Boot camp and MOS trianing. My job in the Military is a 74D otherwise known as CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) operations Specialist. We are trained to deal with all sorts of threats including HAZMAT etc. My time there was about 6 months which to me were the best six months of my life. I not only went through many physical changes as well as mental. I strongly believe I am a better person now than I ever was.  I miss all of you back in 65473!

B co 84th Chem all the way!

Since I'm new to the whole "Livejournal" thing I will be uploading a boat load of photos with short memos on them to fill you in...