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Carrûn · 07-07-2003, 02:52 PM

Name (that you go by): Jake

Age: 18

Occupation: Broke College Student

Future Aspirations: U.S. Army Officer, Writer

Goal in life: Write a novel, make a difference, graduate from Airborne and Ranger School.

Short term goals: Maintain Sanity/GPA, decrease two mile run time, get an Airborne School slot.

Passion: I'm a little too laid back to be passionate about anything.

Hobbies: Reading, ROTC-related activities, Computers, Writing, Intelligent Discussion, Sports.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Most recently, running 40 feet on a log blindfolded in 4.03 seconds.

Fave book: Too many; just about anything by: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Ernest Hemmingway, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, James Web, Tom Clancy, Sun Tzu, most other "classic" authors.

Fave movie: (I Guess in Order) Band of Brothers, We Were Soldiers, LOTR, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Platoon, The Matrix (1&2), The Bourne Identity, Full Metal Jacket, Lethal Weapon 1-4, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The History Channel (Does that Count?), Counte of Monte Cristo, Braveheart, The Usual Suspects, & about 100 others or so.

Fave sport: Gymnastics, was actively involved for 14 years, travelled across the U.S., damaged every part of my body possible, permenately ruined.

Fave store: Hah! (No that's not a store)

Fave music: Rock 1970's-Present, Techno, etc. excluding country/bluegrass/trendy pop crap.

What you can't stand: Political Correctness, Hypocrisy from all sides, Brown-nosing, "Sensitivity."

What you plain dislike:

Who you admire:
Ghandi
Jesus Christ
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Luther King Jr.
George Washington
James Madison
Sun Tzu
Any American KIA, MIA, POW.
Any American who served in some form or another.

What you most love to do: Nothing in particular.

Your self-confessed flaws: Sometimes too laid back.

What intrigues/fascinates you: People who say one thing and do another, HALO, Nature, The Afterlife.

What scares you: Overall stupidity and herdlike tendencies of a populace, people who have no desire to learn anything about History.

Quotation to live by: "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes
dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur." (Stranger, tell Sparta that you saw us lying here, as we obey the sacred laws of our fatherland).

Additional comments: !..!

[ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: Carrûn ]

07-07-2003, 02:52 PM	#15
Carrûn Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind you, counting to 3 Posts: 234	Name (that you go by): Jake Age: 18 Occupation: Broke College Student Future Aspirations: U.S. Army Officer, Writer Goal in life: Write a novel, make a difference, graduate from Airborne and Ranger School. Short term goals: Maintain Sanity/GPA, decrease two mile run time, get an Airborne School slot. Passion: I'm a little too laid back to be passionate about anything. Hobbies: Reading, ROTC-related activities, Computers, Writing, Intelligent Discussion, Sports. Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Most recently, running 40 feet on a log blindfolded in 4.03 seconds. Fave book: Too many; just about anything by: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Ernest Hemmingway, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, James Web, Tom Clancy, Sun Tzu, most other "classic" authors. Fave movie: (I Guess in Order) Band of Brothers, We Were Soldiers, LOTR, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Platoon, The Matrix (1&2), The Bourne Identity, Full Metal Jacket, Lethal Weapon 1-4, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The History Channel (Does that Count?), Counte of Monte Cristo, Braveheart, The Usual Suspects, & about 100 others or so. Fave sport: Gymnastics, was actively involved for 14 years, travelled across the U.S., damaged every part of my body possible, permenately ruined. Fave store: Hah! (No that's not a store) Fave music: Rock 1970's-Present, Techno, etc. excluding country/bluegrass/trendy pop crap. What you can't stand: Political Correctness, Hypocrisy from all sides, Brown-nosing, "Sensitivity." What you plain dislike: Who you admire: Ghandi Jesus Christ J.R.R. Tolkien C.S. Lewis Thomas Jefferson Martin Luther King Jr. George Washington James Madison Sun Tzu Any American KIA, MIA, POW. Any American who served in some form or another. What you most love to do: Nothing in particular. Your self-confessed flaws: Sometimes too laid back. What intrigues/fascinates you: People who say one thing and do another, HALO, Nature, The Afterlife. What scares you: Overall stupidity and herdlike tendencies of a populace, people who have no desire to learn anything about History. Quotation to live by: "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur." (Stranger, tell Sparta that you saw us lying here, as we obey the sacred laws of our fatherland). Additional comments: !..! [ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: Carrûn ] __________________ "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."