So the past few days haven't been that uneventful, but at the times I usually use to go blog, I wasn't in the mood or I was too upset too write. That happens I guess.
We (my sister and I) went to the movie theater matinee the other day. It was only $5, and I was really expecting it to be a lot more expensive. After all, a movie ticket at the theater in my college town is $8 (although you can get one for $4 if you're a college student on Tuesdays). We had a choice between Sherlock Holmes 2 and the new Muppets movie. After watching both trailers, we decided to watch the Muppets movie. Let's just say that watching that film was certainly worth my $5. I LOVED that movie. It was so funny and so optimistic and it certainly put me in a better mood after I watched it. My sister and I loved the Muppets growing up, and we watch A Muppet's Christmas Carol every year to this day. So this film was an awesome tribute, skillfully made, to the characters we all know.
Now, Fox News (you know, that extremely biased right winged news channel) said that the Muppets movie was Communist. Perhaps naming the villain "Tex Richman" sounds communist, but honestly, the Muppets are not socialist, and the fact that news station have to bring politics into EVERYTHING is just a little disgusting. Just my opinion.
Anyways, I have only two (technically one and a half) days to spend at home before I take the bus trip to my boyfriend's house. I'm leaving Wednesday at 1 pm. Of course, I don't get to the town my destination is until nearly 7 pm, and then it's another half an hour to his place. Have I mentioned yet how much I hate public transit? They really don't have any respect for the people riding, in my humble opinion. I mean, the last time I took the bus (down here, to home) I thought I was going to miss my bus from one city because we had to hang around for 45 minutes in a single station. I am just disappointed in Trailways, really.
One of my friends says it would be better if there were more passenger public trains around New York State. I have no idea, but trains, freight or otherwise, have run through this town since the flood in 2006 damaged the tracks. They are still there, though, rusting away like an old relic. Honestly, like most of this town. The economy has been so bad here all of the storefronts are closing up... We're the county seat and we don't even have a thriving city... It's kind of sad, really.
So anyhow, leaving in two days and I'm not really ready. I need to realize what to pack and what I can leave here, which will probably take all day tomorrow. I really need to get more organized, I guess.
It's just been hard--several crummy things have happened to my boyfriend over these past few weeks, the most recent one being disqualified from Air Force ROTC (warning, rant ahead). Whatever could get you disqualified from ROTC, you might ask? Doing something really bad? Punching someone? Nope. He got disqualified because of several cognitive disabilities he was born with. He had to give them his medical records, it said right on there he had them. If they didn't want him in the program due to those problems, they should have told him right there. They shouldn't have let him enjoy the program for one semester and then disqualify him. That's like giving a kid who has a mild allergic reaction to peanuts, giving the kid chocolate covered peanuts (you know they are allergic), waiting for the allergic reaction, and then saying the kid can't have them. A tad exaggeration, I know, but that was how mad I was when he called me up very upset at 11 pm at night. And they didn't even have the decency to call him--no, send him an email to crush his career dreams, why don't you?
Sorry about that rant there. However, if you took the time to read that whole wall of text I'm sure you would have agreed with me to an extent...
As I attempt to organize and pack for yet another journey (and this next entry will more than likely be at that destination), I will try to keep being productive, now and when I stay with my boyfriend's. We'll see how that goes.
To be fair, depending on the medical problem, the ROTC program may have been saving his life by taking him out of it. I believe the most common disabiities are not having 20/20 vision and being anemic or diabetic. My bro was in ROTC for years and the paperwork actually does take that damn long to process, which is likely why he got that semester. Trey scored a 95 on the ASVAB (the TOP 1%) and the paperwork still would have taken a minimum of 4 months if he'd decided to sign on (he didn't, because he has a new baby :3). And it would have been prolonged even longer because diabetes runs in our family and could have presented problems in the future.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't really a "medical" problem, more like social disabilities which prevent him from acting appropriately under pressure and uncomfortable situations. And Christopher did know that he might be disqualified from the start. So you are probably right in saying it was the best. He was just mightily disappointed.
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