army notice, and things to do

[katsaris]

Got my army notice yesterday, finally. Am to present myself at May 11, in Corinth. Gonna spent time next couple weeks gathering the things they want -- x-rays, copies of diplomas, copy of criminal record. I wonder if that old quadruple murder conviction is gonna keep me from positions of trust. :-)

Anyway, I'll be discontinuing my Otenet account at May 10, and keeping only my gmail account for email purposes. Gonna also have to see about transferring my old page from Otenet to some new website provider by that time. IIRC verizon was recommended to me by a friend, does anyone else have any more suggestions?

Also gonna see if I can write a small fanfic I have in mind by that time -- there's nothing like a deadline to get me writing fast. Come to think of it there's several more things I want to do internet-wise: I have half-written comments on Kyzlowski's red movie, as well as a comparison on the developments of nations in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien vs Robin Hobb vs George R.R. Martin... And there's also one or two specific Wikipedia contributions I want to make while I have the time. Will see how many of these I can do. :-)

And also need to get myself the series finale of "Friends" ofcourse. :-)

Which reminds me: Tilemache, we need to meet some time to lend you those DVDs we had talked about, if you're still interested.

Got myself a collection of Ursula Le Guin's shorter (and more recent) Earthsea stories today as I was returning from requesting a copy of my diploma. And an issue of Asimov's maganize. And an issue of Analog. Between sleeping (barely slept last night) and reading these, I think this day is done, though it's still just 3:40pm. The next one too, possibly.

And as a sidenote, it's always very annoying when I lose a post and need to rewrite it almost from scratch, as was the case with this one now. Am just glad it wasn't longer.

Btw, new Bleach eps keep on being very cool -- it's almost a different series now, compared to how it begun and the meaningless "Hollow" fights.

Comments

[homasse.livejournal.com]

Waargh! Army!

And yes, Bleach is teh awesome. I should send you a link to where you can dl all of FMA, too. Just because. XD

[evilstorm.livejournal.com]

*yelps* Army! Ohnoes*

Yes Bleach is very cool please don't remind me I have a friend jumping on my back periodically trying to get me to dl the scanlations and read it but scanlations are a PAIN why doesn't someone make'em into a pdf? >.<

Agh, it seems like you achieve so much more than I do. -.- My daily life is stuffed with half-formed desires and thoughts and plans.

[skaly.livejournal.com]

Quadruple murder convictions? That was you?

Argh, I'm always the last to know...

Malista

[(Anonymous)]

Ari, ari, ari!
My brother got his notice also.
Well, what can I say, just try to "enjoy" this year,
cause I'm sure that while you're in you're gonna be
hating it but when you come out you're gonna be
missing it... there is no other explanation why so many
guys exchange and bond over army stories :D
Please, try not to change, everyone says that the greek army
turns you into a "typical neoellinas", so try to avoid becoming that!!!
I had the Friends last episode but I erased it like a month ago, if I had
known you wanted it I would have burned it on a CD and given it to you
when I saw you in Athens. BTW, it's not that great...
Last, I read the Da Vince Code, and the only way I can describe it is by
saying that the plot followed a Gaussian Distribution with a big variance,
it started low, reached a high fairly quickly, sustained the high for
quite some time and then it just fell, again quickly. I would recommend it
though, buy it and read it while you're in the army.

Cheers and keep in touch,
stav

[alternativa.livejournal.com]

OMG, a friend of mine is going on 11th of May in Corinthos!
Should you find him, tell him you know me, he's a great guy:)
It'll be a bummer not reading your posts for a while, but when a man's gotta go, a man's gotta go:)
It will be what, 12 months in total?