Thanksgiving and the Corps Dilemma

I have about two weeks until the semester is over. I can't believe how fast the fall went by. Tomorrow is the fist day of December, and I know I have so much to think about and get finished. I have a sociology paper due tomorrow, and some Logic extra credit I have to get finished, then its on to studying for FINALS. I'm not looking forward to that. I have been feeling sick for the past few days. My nose is runny, I feel fatigue, my head hurts, my throat hurts, and I just feel blah. I got a flu shot yesterday, so maybe that'll help. I got to go home last week for the holidays, and that was a lot of fun. I rode the Greyhound bus home on Wednesday. I told myself I wasn't going to ride that bus again, but I did, and I have yet another story to tell. I switched buses in Ft. Worth to one traveling to the Decatur stop. Well on that bus there were about 5-10 people, not that many. One of those people was a guy who was either drunk or mentally retarted, honestly you couldn't tell, and the only reason I think he may have been drunk is because he asked to listen to my iPod and I could smell alcohol on his breath. I told him no, by the way. Well he started talking to this girl and all of a sudden the girl gets up and tells the bus driver something. The drunk/retarted guy had exposed himself to her and he was sitting in a seat, (two behind mine), completely shirtless. The bus driver started yelling at him and told him to put his clothes back on and behave. This guy was about in his 30's with a mullet on his way to Cali. I was so frikin weirded out. I should have guessed something was up with the guy when he was escorted onto the bus by a cop. Well after I got off at Decatur, the bus driver said that they would be there less than 5 minutes. I was waiting for my ride to get there to take me home, when I noticed the bus was still there and people were getting off the bus. I'm not sure what happened, but the ambulance came along with several cop cars. My uncle says that when he pulled up he saw a white guy on the asphalt next to the bus. Everytime I ride with Greyhound something weird always happens. I will more than likely use them again, but if you can DON'T GO GREYHOUND. Well anyway, I got home, went over to Veva's for Thanksgiving, had our own Thanksgiving on Friday, watched the t.u./A&M game from home. We almost won, which is good for how bad we suck and how good t.u. is! Friday afternoon I took my brother, sister, and Carlos to go see Harry Potter again. It was just as awesome as the first time. AFter that I took Carlos to Wal Mart so he could pick out a birthday present. He got a game for his Gameboy that I bought him as well. Saturday we had a party for Carlos, and that is when I saw most of my family. It was good seeing everyone. Saturday I also went to Steven's Street Grill to put in my application to work during the winter break. They have a new manager who seems pretty cool. He's like 22. I also got to see Josh on Saturday so that was even cooler. I hadn't seen him since June, and it was good to catch up. Sunday we went to church and my uncle brought me back to A&M. Now I am here at school, working on a million things but taking it easy and not getting too stressed out. Originally when I left the Corps, I had every intention to come back. I gave my buddies a maybe. After living life as a "non-reg" I have been able to accomplish so much and meet people and have so much more fun than I would have had in the Corps. I never said that I never wanted to come back but then after a while thats kind of where I was leaning. I had decided that if I did go back it would only be because of my buddies and the upperclassmen who care; Mr. Listi, Miss Sanchez, and Miss Long. Honestly no one else cares like they do. I thought Mr. Guerra did but it turns out he is a judgemental asshole as I found out from a conversation I had with him today (which wasn't the first on the topic) on the way back from West Campus. Once you've been in the Corps for a while you seem to talk about it a lot, which I have noticed that I do a lot when I am with my "non-reg" friends. After talking with Mr. Guerra I've got to thinking. I want to go back, but then again I don't. I don't want to go back for several reasons. First of all it is very stressful, and I don't work well under stress. They require so much of you, and your studying time is greatly diminshed. You have to get up super early and you fall asleep in your classes. You have to take a Naval Science class which is a complete blow off and waste of money and time. You can't want, think, like, or feel. You can't wear normal clothes, you can't say certain things, you can't do certain things, you have to speak a certain way, you get treated like a little kid, you get yelled at constantly and you cry. Every thing has to be perfect, your stuff put away in a certain way, etc. and you spend a lot of time making it perfect. You have four years of the undergraduate college student experience. The Corps seems like a waste of that experience. However, this is what I am feeling now. The part of me that wants to go back wants to go back because when you wear those senior boots, you are the SHIT! Marching with the Aggie Band on Kyle Field was the best experience ever. Knowing that you made it through has got to be an amazing feeling. You help out the underclassmen, and you make the friends of a lifetime. This is what one of my fish buddies (Jenkins) wrote me:

wee man....you have to come back! It will never be the same without you hernandez you are a b co fish and you need to be here. we dont care if you cant run...we dont we just want you here, you can make it with us here for you. just remember that and picture you lil legs in some of those awesome boots....with us....walking around the quad like big dogs everyone callen us sirs/ma'ams and whippen out to us...us walken on grass...us yellen out the window "hey fish...what outift you in?" just remember that when your maken you decision and know that buddies are forever and you know not just anyone can be a b co fish, it takes someone hard, dedicated, and good...someone like you. remember that and remember we all want you back, even the upperclassmen(no one has taken you spot and says we must protect this house...) were waiten for you to do it... well i luv ya buddy
jenkins

It's all of that stuff that makes me want to come back. But what if I go back and realize even more that its not for me. I can't quit twice. If I go back it will be for good. I just need to call my aunt and see what she thinks, and talk to Angie and Diany. I just don't know. I thought I knew.... If I do it would be cool and in the end it will be awesome knowing that I did something not everyone can do and made it above the challenge. I just don't know.....

There is no Arizona...

Actually there is an Arizona, its just the song I am listening to and I can't think of another good title. I got my test scores back. I got a 67 on my Zoology test :(, But...I got an 88 on my Sociology test so WHOOP!!!!! I have one class today and two tomorrow and I am done for the week. I think I am going home this Wednesday and I am scrambling to get tickets to the big game against t.u. on Friday(Hssssssss) I am trying to get them for my uncle, brother, and sister so they can check out A&M, and more importantly the BAND. If I do get them I will go home then come back with them on Friday, but then go back and come back here with my friend Kelly, who graduated from Boyd. I am very excited about going home. I have a lot of reading to do and two papers to write but I am going to have a great Thanksgiving. My weekend was good. Finished up the Medals conference on Saturday, listened to Victor Morales speak, (he is amazing, if you don't know who he is you should definitely look him up), then me and Steven went to a Thanksgiving dinner for one of my organizations, watched George Lopez (why you crying?)....then just hung out. Sunday was my busy day, just spent reading, sleeping, eating, and church. I have to start finalizing my schedule for next semester. I am not sure if I want to take 15 hours or 13 again. I guess we'll see. Well A&M is going to lose this week against t.u but thats alright. The Twelfth Man will never lose a game and the Fightin' Texas Aggie Marching Band will never lose a half time!!! Gig 'Em Ags!!

Harry Potter in 3 Days! Whoop!

Craziness. That is what my week has been comprised of, and will continue to be compried of until Thanksgiving. Things are going really good though. I had a Sociology test last week, and I had a Zoology test today. I am not sure how I did, I left confident, but with Zoology you never know. I haven't made above a C on the last two tests. I am crossing my fingers though for this one. I am now moved into a REAL room and I have a roomate, who is pretty cool. I am staying in Hart Hall, which is like the projects on campus. Its kind of sad but it'll do. I haven't stayed here yet and I've been here almost a week. I usually stay at Steven's apartment. Its nicer than it is here. I am a little upset because I haven't seen Angie or Diany in forever!! They went home this weekend, and I saw Diany on Sunday nght briefly, but that was it. CAMAC has been going really well. I got to attend a workshop with all the Exec's, so that was pretty cool because I was the only regular member. I am hoping to hold an office next year, but who knows. My MEDALS conference is this Friday and Saturday, so I hope that goes well. I will be a peer advisor for a bunch of high school students, so I hope I can be a good one. Harry POtter is almost here!!! I am excited about it. Next week is Thanksgiving. (Thank goodness!!) Logic has been cancelled for the week and all my Wednesday classes have been cancelled as well. I was thinking of leaving on Tuesday, maybe, but I am still not sure. I don't think I am going to go to the t.u game either on Friday. It'll be a big hassle, and I would rather spend it with my family at home. I've been thinking a lot lately, about a lot of things and I think I am going to write my thoughts just for kicks. I'm not talking about what I write on myspace, but other theories and ideas that I have been thinking about. I just want to write it all down and reflect upon it. I have one theory where I believe everyone is inherently bisexual. Hmm....weird huh? Then I have a short story I've been working on for a while, a theory on Mexicanism and Denationalization of the American culture, and a paper on discrimination, and how it is just as bad as it has been before and it will never end. I have stuff to back up all of my ideas too. Well thats all thats going on....boring, yes I know :) Take care.

Flush 2! Why you should vote no, by me :)

It's election day...the first opportunity that I, as an adult and as an American citizen, will be able to voice my opinion in a matter I strongly feel for. Proposition 2: making it illegal for same sex couples to get married. I used to be VERY conservative about this issue but now, I have grown up and taken off the frikin veil of ignorance that many people still have shielding their eyes from reality today! So now, I am going to rant and bitch about why (if you are 18) you should vote NO, against Propostion 2!! I don't know how many reasons I will end up having but here I go....First of all the author of the bill Warren Chisum states towards homosexuals AND I QUOTE, "My God is more powerful than their God, whoever that might be..." He says he has been Christian since age 12 and marriage should be between a man and a women because that is God's will and his intention. Okay I am going to stop myself there and argue against this. (Man, I miss debate:(....) First of all, I too have been Christian, for my entire life and have learned that times are changing. I think it is God's will for people to be who they want to be and be happy with the life he gave them. He is my savior, my creator, my father, He is the way, the truth, and the life!! He is not a hater of those who are gay, or black, or Jewish, etc..... He made them all. So yeah.... Secondly, last I remembered this country is no longer run upon the word of God....you are free to believe what you want, and free to be who you want to be, of course, unless you are gay. Have we lost the idea of what is meant by liberty?!! Jews, Japanese, African Americans, etc. have been oppressed because of who they are/were. It was seen as normal for the behaviors exhibited by some towards these groups. It was okay to beat your slave or to kill a Jew, and it was no big deal to deprive them of their rights. Now we look back and think to ourselves, 'Man, I can't believe Americans (YES AMERICANS) put people through that crap.' I guarantee you, once this state starts leaning a little to the left then we will think the same thing about denying gays the right to all the benefits of married couples. The main argument I am hearing is that it is morally wrong first because gays can't reproduce or raise children, second because of the whole man and woman thing in the Christian church. I know that there are gays, as there are heterosexual couples, who can raise children to be successful. Just because you have two parents who are of the same sex does not mean that your chances of a good life will be drastically diminshed, because I know of many heterosexual couples whose kids would be better off raised by their dog Biscuit. No gays can't reproduce but a lot of heterosexual couples can't either, so they shouldn't be married as well right???!!! Hmmm, something to think about. And also I am very much so Christian but I am also American and I cannot stand firm to believe that we should take away the rights of those AMERICANS whose ancestors also fought in the wars for the beliefs that our country was founded upon and for the freedoms that YOU have, lucky you who isn't a ethnic minority, or GAY. Voting yes will only allow for more oppression of minority groups in the future. Voting yes does not make it legal for same sex marriages to take place, it only allows it to become legal one day. So all I am saying to you is: Don't be ignorant AMERICAN!

Oh and Harry Potter comes out in 11 days!! Whoop!

Jarhead

Just some things you should know, for life in general:

1) JARHEAD is an AWESOME movie, and I recommend it. It is really hardcore and frikin motivating!!

2) Layne's has the best chicken strips in the world with the best dipping sauce....yummmmmm

3) A&M football sucks.

4) Trust is key!!!! Yup.....

5) Harry Potter is a kick ass movie!!

So tired...

What a 24 hours this has been. Well Thursday night, I spent it with Angie and Diany watching Zoolander because me and Diany hadn't seen it. It was so funny, I loved it. We also watched two episodes of Thats So Raven which was frikin AWESOME!! I love Raven she cracks me up......anyway, I slept through my first class Friday morning, then I went to Logic, and took a quiz, which I think I did good on. Then I went around taking care of everything that needed to be taken care of, and I got it all accomplished. Then at around 3 my friend Michael was like lets go to Houston, so I was like, alright!, so we did. It was really random, but so much fun. Well on the way there, there was this huge wreck on HWY 6, and we were stuck in traffic for over an hour...like seriously, not moving. We turned the car off and we were walking around outside. We talked to these two girls who were also from A&M, and headed to the Houston area as well. It was really random but cool. Well we got to Pasadena (south Houston, where Michael lives) we picked up Neal, on of Michael's friends, went to Whataburger (mmmmm), and then went to go to this place tht had putt-putt golf, bumper boats, laser tag, and (drum roll.....) DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION EXTREME, WHOOP! It was so much fun, I had a blast even though I suck at DDR. I won at putt-putt, though :) But yeah then we went to some park where Neal lives, chilaxed there for a while, then we dropped Neal off, and headed to downtown Houston. I was scared at times because I am a country boy and I am not used to the city, but I was so intrigued by how different people are, and how different the lifestyle is. I mean I've been to the city before you know, but it was just cool. We were looking for a certain area in downtown but never found it so we just walked around and checked out the city. It was fun, and we got home at around 7 or 8 this morning. I love being spontaneous like that. Today I just woke up and started cleaning, washing my clothes, and I ate. We are going to watch Jarhead at 4:15 so I am EXCITED!!! And....12 days until Harry Potter comes out, WOOT WOOT! But anyway, Jarhead should be awesome, so I'll let you know ;) Thanks, and gig 'em!!

Thursday in the Life of Danny

I am under so much stress right now. I have until 4 tomorrow to accomplish several things...I have to drop my Naval Science and band course that I was taking, I have to pick up my Corps uniforms from the cleaners, and I have to return the uniforms to the Military Property Warehouse. I have another round of tests and essays coming up...which I have to do GREAT on if I want above a 3.0, preferably above a 3.5. I am still contemplating on whether or not to return to the Corps. I want to its just that it is so dumb sometimes. I don't know if it is worth it to put up with it for four years. I was just thinking of maybe going to the Army next year. They offer so many more opportunities than the Marines, and the education sector is better too. But....I am so gung-ho about the Marines, I don't know if I want to do that. I was thinking, that if I decided to do that I would either take summer school, and leave for boot camp at the beginning of the fall semester, or I could go to boot camp at the end of the spring semester (during the summer) and return to school in the fall as a reserve. I would be doing reserves either way, I just don't know what is preferable. I also still wanted to be an Upward Bound RA next summer, and possibly study abroad in Costa Rica also. There is just so much that I could be doing, and I don't know what to do. I am so motivated about the military though, and I definitely want to do it some time or another. Yesterday I found out about this movie called Brokeback Mountain....it comes out December 9 and I am excited about seeing it. Jarhead comes out tomorrow, WHOOP! Harry Potter comes out the 18th, WHOOOOP! I was thinking about transfering to UT but I changed my mind and I am definitely staying here. I can't wait to get my Aggie Ring!! After this semester I will have 61 hours to go!! Woot woot! Then if I CLEP out of some Spanish courses I will have even less!! And I have made my decision as to what I am going to be studying....I am double majoring in Sociology and Spanish, getting my certificate in a specialization in Race and Ethnicity, and getting my teacher certification, and possibly minoring in something else....just not sure what yet. I'm excited :) I have Sociology at 12:45, so I am about to jet. Well have a great day to whoever reads this.....Take care and Gig 'em!! -Danny

Beautiful Day

Today has been better than most days, and most days are pretty good. I guess it is good to start out the day with someone lying next to you, and then the day gets even better when the weather is nice. Not too hot, not too cold, but sunny with clouds here and there. Beautiful. I would have walked to my west campus class if it wasn't 2 miles away, but I took the bus. In Modern Political Thought we got our ten page essays back....I made a C+ :( I have never done that bad on an essay, but I HOPE I can bring up my final grade. I don't want to get below a B in any class. Last night me, Angie, and Diany went to Silver Taps....it was solemn and moving as usual. I think it is incredible how many Ags come out to show their sorrow for having lost one of our own even if we haven't met them. It's like you always have a family here, even after you leave. I have been thinking about going home this weekend. Chicos del Barrio are going to be in Decatur and I had planned on going but I don't know how to get home. Margaret really wants me to go and Alex said he would give me a free ticket if I could make it home. I just have so much to do here and I know it would be worth it but I don't know if I should. And plus we had already planned to go see Jarhead this weekend, and I am really excited about seeing that as well. And we aren't going to see the Black Eyed Peas anymore cause Angie has a thing with her sorority the same night :( Right now I am looking for a new computer because mine sucks really bad. First of all it is really old so it doesn't support a lot of things. Also the other day it crashed on me so I took it to get it fixed and I got it back and now it is really slow, I have to restart ot constantly, I can't install my printer, and the worst part, I bought an iPod nano and I can't install the CD on my computer!!!!!! I am so mad! So, I am looking for a new one that is up to date. I figured it would be worth investing in something like that...its not like I am just blowing money for no reason. I think I am about to call my aunt and see whats going on back home. I miss everyone :( Wow, there are a lot of sad faces in my Xanga today even though I am in a good mood. Well take care and post me some comments!! -Dan <-- It's my 'That's So Raven' face.....you would only get it if you've seen the show....