Oh, this again.

Plans, that again. I have to make plans. Of course, I'm the one doing it rather than having my parents do it for me, but still. While I find it completely necessary to make plans so that I may attend TCC come January it's also kinda depressing to think that I won't be able to sit and do nothing anymore. So first things first, I need to register to take the SAT. Apparently the score I earned on the writing portion of the TAKS, while passing, was not high enough for me to simply enroll straight off at TCC. Which is sad since TCC has such incredibly low standards when it comes to admission. So yes, the SAT. I decided to take the SAT since that was one of the tests you could take to get into TCC, but more than that I figured I may need them later on to gain admission to a Real college. Also I wanted to see how I compare to my peers.

Back in February I found out about a test that the military gives to the people applying to find out what they're good in and all that. I decided I wanted to take this test just to see where I ranked. So I pretended I was interested in the Army so that I could go and take the test. I went and spoke with the recruiter and took the practice test, which just gives you a general idea of where you fall. I scored in the 92nd percentile, as in, I scored higher than 91% of everyone else that took the test. Somehow somewhere in all this I got it into my head that joining the military would be a Good Idea! Which now I realize means the recruiters are damn good at their jobs if they can make Me interested in the military. So I went and checked out the Navy and the Air Force as well, but not the Marines, because for some reason they just don't appeal to me. The Air Force didn't really capture my attention, but I did become interested in the Navy. So I did some research into various aspects of the Navy, looked at what Boot Camp was like, all the fun stuff. The scary thing is I came very close to actually joining, I even set a date to do so. I have my mom to thank for making me think twice about it, even if she did have to cry to do so. All that because I wanted to see how I ranked compared to others.

There's a part of me that thinks that joining the Navy really would have been good for me, what with learning discipline, which I severely lack, and all. But what I don't know if I could live like that, what with the anti-gay policies and all. It's not so much that I don't think I would pass as a straight guy, since I pretty much already do, but it would just be too awkard, especially in places like the showers.

I can imagine, "Uh...why do you have a boner?"

"Oh! Uh...just thinking of the last time I spent the night with my girlfriend."

"Ah, gotcha."

Not the best way to live, and to keep that up for four years...

In other news, NaNoWriMo starts November 1st, and while I had wanted to have the plot outlined so that it would move along more smoothly I have yet to even finish creating the characters. The character profiles that I've created already have been posted here, so take a look if you'd like.

Finally, switching to another completely unrelated topic. Last night I threw up. It was unpleasant. I have reason to believe that it was due to the dessert that I made last night, but of course what caused it doesn't seem all that important whenever you're dashing for the trash can. At the moment I only feel slightly nausious(spelling?) and I'm hoping it doesn't go beyond that again. That'll teach me to wash my hands when handling food.

Mreh - Orious