Well, friends, I've done and gotten gradumated from the University of Florida. I also picked up this nifty set of butterbars entitling me entrance into this club called the "USAF."
This membership comes with one free move to San Antonio, Texas, starting now...
Because I'll need something to do on my breaks from driving, I'm going to give you all a little adventure!
My starting point, my POS little home for the past year:
It's got more RX-7s stashed there than people!
My room for the past year, with my friend's stuff already moved in:
My command center for the next 15+ hrs/1,000 miles:
Equipped with: Nuvi 265WT (grad present..cool!), Acer Aspire One, cheap Radar detector, and not shown: iPod Nano (also grad present).
Cooler stocked with Mountain Dew Throwback, water, fruit, and beef jerky. Folks, let's get this show on the road!
ARG! That should be live. I suck.
What will you being doing in the USAF with your degree?
Flapping his wings trying to fly! 
Being a Dou.. like Chris Ward.
You know the difference between a 2nd lt and a PFC? The PFC has been promoted twice, yeah I know that doesn't apply in the USAF, hell other than FLY planes WTF does an officer do in the USAF, I mean if ARMY officers don't do anything????
Mental
SuperDork
5/5/09 3:46 p.m.
John Brown wrote:
Being a Dou.. like Chris Ward.
wherethefmi wrote:
You know the difference between a 2nd lt and a PFC? The PFC has been promoted twice, yeah I know that doesn't apply in the USAF, hell other than FLY planes WTF does an officer do in the USAF, I mean if ARMY officers don't do anything????
HEY! I spend a good portion of my day surfing the web and posting here!
To make that joke apply to the USAF the joke is differnce between an A1C and a 2Lt.
Do ya know why NCO's (Sergeants) have to slaute Lts first? So the Lts know what hand to use.
The wife of a Chief Master Sergeant was at the base commisary where she saw a sign at the Deli;
NCO Brains: $.99 a lb
LT Brains: $2.50 a lb
She was of course, offended and inquired as to the price difference. The Butch replied "Lady, do you know how many LTs gotta butcher to get a pound of brains?"
But thread hijack over. kraut, should you ever find yourself at Tinker in the fall (you know, to see what a real airplane looks like) lemme know. I'll buy you a beer. Congrats, and welcome.
Sorry you had to leave us, more beer for me!
Update:
Miles traveled: 158.8, so says the GPS.
Location: The main fountain at FSU's campus! Boooo FSU sucks! (hey, who says I can't have fun on this journey)?
Back onto I-10!
Please don't act this goofy in front of your men, and i'm serious. Well I should not say anything, it's different in the real armed services.
ps. I'm going to rib the crap out of you.
Har har.
Just escaped Florida. Still alive. Long, long hours to go...
Just came home from the One Lap drag event. It wasn't the same without you. 
So Alabama was... interesting? Is that the word? Mobile's skyline was cool, as was 3rd gear through the tunnel.
I had a sammich:
Firehouse. Don't know when I'll have one of those again. Do they have Firehouses in Texas? Who knows!
It really should just be "Alabama... the Present?". Hur hur hur.
Austin will be a lot of fun for you, also texas spokes has a ton of events there, autocross and rallycross. The people are WAY friendly and laid back. Some pretty awesome machinery shows up at the events too.
Freaking Fly Boys,
Well, a G35 zoomed past me well into the triple digits in Mississippi. So uhhh... I followed it.
Mississippi is kinda blurry, right?
Near Covington Louisiana, now. Louisiana has once again secured it's place as my least favorite state. No pictures.
Morning Charlie! ! It feels really weird to know you are awake before me today! Happy motoring
MrJoshua wrote:
Morning Charlie! ! It feels really weird to know you are awake before me today! Happy motoring
Good morning! Texas rest stops have free wifi! I think I'll like it here!
291 miles left. Sort of hate myself right now. Bleeeh.
Mental
SuperDork
5/6/09 8:57 a.m.
wherethefmi wrote:
Please don't act this goofy in front of your men, and i'm serious. Well I should not say anything, it's different in the real armed services.
ps. I'm going to rib the crap out of you.
Pay no attention to the grunt, we're air crew. Crew Dogs are goofy by nature, thats why we're tight. You can be goofy, just be honest and do the right thing, even when its hard. When you folks tack a "sir" onto the end of their good natured jokes, and still come to you with their problems, thats the feedback that you are doing the right thing.
Met a buddy of mine last night for the Cinco and he remined me it was 9 years ago to the date we raised our hands and recited the oath. I Crackberryed up this thread and we spent the evening recalling how misguided we were. Now we're bitter (not really) Major selects. We have a friends all over the world and a book full of funny stories.
Its truely is a great life.
and to think I might drive from Pennsylvania to Wyoming here in a few weeks...eek.
My word of advice to anyone entering active duty:
Keep a copy of every set of personal orders, vouchers, etc. that they give you. Send a copy for your folks to put in a box for you, too. You never know ...
PS: Don't worry about the "butterbar" stories and jokes. Curtis LeMay was a Second Lieutenant once, too. 
Did I mention how sweet TxDot and their free wifi is?
88 miles to go!
Almost there! You're going to be early too. 
TX is an amazing state, speed limit is 70 even on country roads, and I think out in west TX the limit gets to 80!!! People will naturally move out of the left lane so that you can pass, or even roll onto the soft shoulder to allow you to pass on a 2 lane. The people are very hospitiable, and the women are all blond and long legged .
Mental: I was just messing with him, if I had it to do over I'd have gone Chairforce, I mean Airforce
