Bandoo's Xanga

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:57:49 GMT

I'm bringing Xanga back - drop a comment if you're with me!

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:00:29 GMT

Wow, Stephanie was right: Xanga has died!

As the Greeks were owned by the Romans, Xanga was owned by Myspace...

RIP Xanga - You were good while you lasted...

Monday, September 12, 2005

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:26:13 GMT

I was at neighbor's pool party today and I was sitting in their hot tub. I noticed a chain the guy sitting across from me was wearing. It was a gold chain with a globe, eagle, and anchor piece on it, which immediately got my attention. I told him I liked his chain and asked him if he was enlisted or commisioned. He told me he was enlisted, and that he dropped out of college in the early sixties after seeing a John Wayne movie and joined up. I then asked him what he did in the Corps. He told me he was Force Recon and he served THREE tours in 'Nam. I was dumbfounded. He told me about how he still can't talk about a lot of things he did and how he buried many of his friends. He spent all of 1965, 1966, and 1967 in that miserable Southeast Asian country. He told me all about Tet and how he dealth with that. On his 3rd tour, he got four purple hearts and from that, realized the he wouldn't come home from a fourth tour. And after everything he told me, all the pain he endured, all the nightmares he had after that, all the friends he buried, all the separation from his family, all the readjustment back to civilian life, all his secrets the world will never know, and all the tears he shed (even the ones he shed telling me his story), he would not trade a day of it; the seven years that he gave to the Corps and his country would never be traded by him for anything. He would do it all over again if he had the chance. As I listened to him I realized: this is what it is all about. This is why I want to serve my country. I am willing to bear the crushing burdens, to watch friends die, to do things others cannot stomach, to make sacrifices so great that my life could never be the same, to endure perpetual emotional and physical pain, and to do all these things without anybody else knowing, without ever asking for thanks or help or gratitude. I am willing to sacrifice and suffer so others don't have to. That is the true spirit of a serviceman; one that I can only hope to fufill.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:35:01 GMT

Good luck to everyone looking to be Academy bound... and those looking for ROTC scholarships... let us kick ass on our DODMERBs, PFTs, CFAs, and our recommendations. If everything goes well, we will make our generation proud. We aren't doing it for money, we arent's doing it for the fame, we aren't doing it for the glory, and we aren't doing it for the safety. We do it so you can post your xanga, drink your starbucks, listen to your ipod, bash your president, and all the other things you are able to do. We are the future Guardians of Freedom. We are the future selfless servants to our beloved country. We are the future righteous hammer of God, and that hammer is coming down in 2010. Good Luck, God Speed, and Go Big. Hoo-rah...

Friday, August 26, 2005

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:16:32 GMT

So begins the Senior year... what is in the future for me? chasing Cubans off of floats? storm the beach and then I die? Hoyas? Bulldogs? berets? white shoes? Marine greens? who knows... but we will see soon enough...
Hoo-rah

Semper Fidelis

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:33:57 GMT

Well, I am back. Still gotta finish my summer reading. This summer was incredible! From 3 weeks in Europe to DC to the Keys, it was an unforgettable experience. The new school year will be my last. Then its off to college. With cross country, SATs, ACTs, college applications, track, and maybe lacrosse, this year will be even more excited than last year. I hope you are ready, cuz it's on!

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:38:42 GMT

Off to the Keys today... for 5 weeks... I just got back a week ago and now I am leaving again. At least I don't have to deal with airport security anymore since we are driving. It will take about 11 hours, so the trip time is about the same. I'm sorry Angie.
And to all those wondering about the David Opp video:
I am trying to figure out how to transfer it from the camera to the hard drive of my PC and either posting it online somewhere or distributing it from there. I will make it available somehow for your viewing pleasure.

Monday, June 27, 2005

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:26:54 GMT

Its is Monday, May 27th, in the year of our Lord 2005. This is where it stands:
    I just got back from a 3 week trip to Europe. As was expected, it was amazing. I saw many beautiful things, from the Vatican to Prague and Ancient Rome to Paris, it was incredible. I made lots of friends with people I never would have expected, even the Dems. I saw many interesting things, from students kissing bus drivers to David Opp singing drunken Dashboard Confessional while drinking Johnny Walker (I have video). I have become more embarassed for Americans while at the same time become prouder to be one.   I am glad to be back so I can drive my V8, eat large beef burgers, shoot my guns, wear clean clothes, and most importantly, see Angie. I will miss the close companionship, the Venice beach parties, the late night chill sessions, the beautiful and new place and the adventures in alcohol land. In short, I had fun. Can't wait till next summer.
    The long-haired Weed you once knew and loved (maybe) is now gone. As of June 25th, I no longers have the brown lockes. So it goes
    A lot has changed in the past year, and it was probably my most dynamic year yet. Who knows what this next and final year of high school will bring? Coming soon: Third Battle of the Scholastic Aptitude test, Battle of the ACT, the Search for the Perfect School, the Trials of the College Entrance Boards and the Culmination of our High School Careers. It will be a year full of fireworks. Are you ready?

Friday, May 06, 2005

Fri, 06 May 2005 01:19:13 GMT

The Rime of McDuffie

Noble, friendly, soft-spoken is he

This is the rime of John McDuffie

Assess the validity, write the long essay

For I have written my last for histo-ray

Lecturing quickly, rocking his pulpit

Will I ever need all this bull-shit?

Read the chapters, but I have no fear

For I have not read a chapter all year

Poor old McDuffie, the subject of prank

At least the tea in his pool won't be rank!

What a crazy year has come to pass

For his evil essays have kept me from my lass

Monday, May 02, 2005

Mon, 02 May 2005 21:05:21 GMT

Did anyone else think the AP English Lang. and Comp. AP test was deceptively easy today?
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...
School almost OVER!!!!!
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Weed-OUT