Ive decided that turboing my car just isnt worth it where i live. Right now the tuner scene here is dead and cops are pickin on the seldom left and givin em tickets left and right. SOOOOO ive decided Im going to buy a sportbike with the money i would have used on a turbo. I was thinkin a suzuki GSX-r 600 and get this ill call it the GSeX-r lol. plus i wont have enought time to turbo my car. Ive decided im going to enlist into the Marine Corps after high school.

why do ya want to join the Marine Corps? just curious?

Because ive always wanted to. And theres nothing for me where im at. It would give me structure in my life and i would know what im going to do with my life.

::EDIT:: I forgot the most important thing. I could call myself a United States Marine.

once you graduate... If you don't like your place in life ... move. Its scary, but you have the power to make change in your life without having to be shot at. I did it. I was all set on being an MP and then I went out to Colorado, Just picked up and moved. I found a job and met allot of really nice people in the process. It just takes courage to do it for yourself. but if you lack discipline and direction the service is probably the way to go. they will beat you into shape and make you think like them and how to "Follow" authority without question. just my .02 I don't mean to rant .. but we are at war and we would all miss you if you died, not saying you would but... well I'm glad I'm to old to be drafted. Bottom line is Life is short, make every second count.

Thnx man its crazy how people you never met still care. thnx again. I dont lack disipline and i want to move but i want to live my life with no regrets also and if i dont enlist i believe i would regret it every day. I have only 6 months until i can make the decision. im going to live life as much as i can and with no regret. telling everyone how i feel. sorry its kinda sinking in. its kinda scary. sorry i didnt know where else to put how i feel.

I know what you mean about getting pulled over here. We went out drinking one night in my 95 and all I did was park and a cop came up to me saying I have no reverse lights. I didn't even back up lol. I think he just wanted to check my ID, but it happens haha. But if semper fi is the way you wanna go then do it up. If I wouldn't have got in my accident on my BIKE I would have gone into the air force. I always wanted to be a pilot, which means you need a BS in Math, which I will have this quarter finally. But now I can't because of my knee thats why I am gonna teach, actually at Ridgeview most likely. My mom teaches there and it was my H.S. And I coached there for the last four years, just not this year.

Kool kool. if your ever there look for the red eagle lol.

I just suggest giving it a year between school and "enlisting" When I wanted to become an MP I was all about it. Every one told me not to do it. I didn't want to listen to "them" I had passed all my tests and the Army had my social security card, and birth certificate. all I had left was a physical. that summer I got a hernia while lifting a 5 gallon buck of water out of the lake to put out my camp fire.. and boom I had to wait. I was forced to think about it. after my surgery I recovered for a few months, found out my girl friend wanted to break up, because she wasn't sure who she "was" anymore, and she wanted more freedom for collage. Bam another shift, so now I decided if no one wanted me here ( including the army MP because of my hernia for at least a year or more) I had do do something. So I moved to Colorado to work at a guest ranch. It was a great experience! I met lots of people from around the world who came there to vacation. I did allot of true mountain biking at Winter Park Colorado. Most fun I have ever had on a bike in my life! and in the early spring when I got out there there was still snow everywhere! So I got to ski the switchbacks down the continental divide (IMG:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/LovelandPass_CMM.jpg/480px-LovelandPass_CMM.jpg)

Seriously Moving changed my mind, and my whole perspective in life. I experienced so much the couple of years I lived there. It made me realize how much there was out there for me to experience, I just had to be brave enough to try. That summer I went white watter rafting for the first time in my life. Now I try to do it whenever I get the chance.

Just think long and hard about what you want to do because whatever you do can be life changing. just depends on if you want to do it for yourself, or have someone tell you how to do it and when to do it. just my opinion but kinda sounds mildly like jail to me.

Just remember once they train you they own you! Your tour of duty length is really no longer your choice. They will tell you they wont extend it, but they are lieing . You are to valuable to them to just let the training you receive leave when you want. Its war time and different rules apply LOOK HERE

sorry again about ranting... maybe to much caffeine tonight lol :blink:

that sounds and looks freaking awesome. thnx for all your advice. and its not ranting lol. to be honest everyone else just gets sad i havent really talked to someone who was close to enlisting. I might take a year between i might not. it all depends on what life deals me.

cool keep us updated. We care. DSM is an Family :grouphug: :P :blush-anim-cl:

I will For sure. hell yea DSM fo life. but i really want a Suzuki GSX-r lol.

hey man i just wanted to say good luck hope all goes okay so you can come home to your family in one piece.what ever decisions you make its up to you.my dad always tought me tht you make decisions and you dont look back.wether good or bad you made them and thats all. good luck man in life and semper fi. :gunsmilie:

Thnx you guys Everyone for their support and advice. Wont forget it. :gunsmilie: :grouphug: :banana: <cant forget the banana

my brother a marine for the past 5 years has changed alot but still fun and enjoys fixing cars.one thing he said to me before he ship out was, you always have authority on what you decide to do,but its always good to take time to listen.

you be moving to bigger engines and turbos some tanks have them.should be fun

lol helll yea. gotta love those disels lol turbos the size of my torso lol

I want a Suzuki GSX-r too. Maybe one like this SMART GSX-R
I think my wife is gonna let me get one ;) See I still gotta answer to someone lol . My wife actually wants me to get one ... makes me wonder if she took out life insurance on me lol. But get a bike and pack up what you can carry in a pack and go explore! I really wish i had done more of that before I got married. Time flies once you are out of school. OR Go to Europe and backpack.... stay at some youth hostel's http://www.hostelworld.com/i
experience life :) :grin: My friend did that. He loved it! :gitara:

lol THAT IS EFFIN AWESOME LOL. and yea im for sure buyin one mom hates em but gotta live life right. AND HELL NO I aint goin with no hostels havent you seen taht movie lol. haha jk. i wanna go to europe and japan.

If thats all ya want go to Wyo-Tech. ;)

oo no i was just sayin lol. i use to unload big 18 wheelers and i saw the turbo on one of em and nearly craped myself lol.

Now with my job I may go to China sometime soon. All I had to do was wait and experience everything else in my life that led me to here... Now today I was offered the new "Buyer" position at my work. hmm another thing to add to the list of things I've done.
I do agree that joining the service can give you great direction in life. Just think if you want that target painted on you. It can happen. My cousin is still affected from the first gulf war. he will never be the same. When you kill another human, It affects you in a way you can never be explained. You are forever changed. Just think if you are willing to take that gamble. or take the gamble that I did and see where it leads you. You have a few year before the Marine's won't want you. ;) :thumbsup:

at least wait till Bush is out