the military wants YOU (not me)

towards the end of my Senior year circa 2007 I (like everyone else) got the call from the military, in hopes to recruit me.

there were three calls, The Army, The Navy, and The Marines.

The Army was the first to call.

-Hello?

-Hi can I speak to Andrew Nguyen please?

-This is He.

-Hi Andrew, this is So and So from the US Army, we're wondering what you were planning on doing after you graduate.

-Well Financially speaking, I plan on going to NOVA, then transfering to GMU for my Bachelors.

-ah well did you know that if you joined the army, the army will pay for your school once you finish?

-yeah but, by the time I graduate NOVA i'll have the money I need.

-...

-...

-well what are you majoring in?

-At the moment Art.

-oh.

-...

-Well Andrew, thanks for answering my questions and if you're interested just call me at ***-***-**** (I don't actually remember the number.)

I was relieved I wasn't forced to sign up for the Army. at the time I couldn't see myself joining it. I couldn't survive.

a few days later the Navy calls me up.

-Hey this is So and So is Andrew around?

-one second ANDREW PHONE (this was daniel)

-Hello?

-Hey Andrew, this is so and so from the Navy, I was going to ask you a few questions if you don't mind.

-sure.

-what are your plans after high school?

-I plan to go to NOVA for the first two years then transfer to a local university like GMU.

-Smart Man, have you considered the Navy they pay for yo-

-Sorry to interupt but the Army guy already called and told me your story, I'm not really interested, plus I don't see myself being FIT enough to be in the NAVY.

-Well you don't have to be That fit, plus that's what the training is for, it gets you to shape so you get used to all you have to d-

-I'm sorry, I'm not interested.

-Well I understand Andrew, and if you ever change your mind, and I hope you do. just call med at ***-***-****.

-Alright.

"why do they keep calling, this is really getting annoying..."

a week later guess who called? YOU GUESSED IT (oh god I pulled a Jeanine Voicemail)! The Marines had called me.

-Hello is this Andrew Nguyen?

-yes.

-I'm Major So and So from the Marines Corp. I was hoping you'd take the time to answer a few questions.

-does it have to do with college?

-just some of them.

-well I'm going to NOVA then plan on transfering to GMU once I finish.

-Oh that's good. what do you plan on doing?

-I was thinking Art, or some sort of Art History, I really like teaching.

-That's great we could use more of those in the world. now let me ask you a few questions about yourself.

-go ahead.

-How long does it take you to run a mile?

-well from high school records, It usually takes me about 10-15 minutes.

-oh... yeah the marines require you to be below 8

-that sucks.

-how bout push ups?

-I'm decent.

-how about pull ups?

- HA I wish.

-Oh. well from the sound of it, I don't think you'll be qualified for the Marines.

-what about training?

-No. have you tried the Navy? they're looking for recruits too.

I got denied by the Marines when they asked to join....

end of story.

Kirby the Alien boy

This is the story of Kirby (if that is his name).

he wasn't as pink but he was definitely shaped like him.

We walked into Panera, and as we were ordering he runs by and tells us "hey guys, watch out, there's a knifeist running around, but I'm on the look out so it'll be ok." then he scampers off.

We had found our table, and started to down our food, Dan H. had his soup and sandwich, Omar with nothing in front of him, and I don't even remember what patrick had, but it was toasted. I myself had the Turkey Artichoke toasted, because it's ridiculously delicious.

as we all finished our last bites, Kirby, had made his way over to our table.

"Do you guys work for NASA?" he says.

quickly we all decided to play along with it. "Yeah we do." Omar replies.

"have you guys met aliens?"

"of course."

"have you ever been to space?"

"I've been to space." Dan says quickly holding 4 fingers in the air. "4 times."

"wow."

Kirby decides to continue the conversation talking about how he met Aliens, I'm a little bit shady about this because I was so anxious to post stuff onto Twitter about it.

"I've got the brain of an alien." kirby says.

"woah. we can't be seen talking to you, kid get out of here." Dan says.

"no I got the brain like one."

"we can't be talking to each other dude, NASA employees and Aliens can't be seen together." Omar says.

"why not?" Kirby asks.

"do you know what the A's in NASA stand for?" Omar points at the A's in the NASA logo. "America, and America."

Kirby walked away.

we started cracking up, we've never met a kid like this before, I thought to myself, the kids mom is right there, should we be messing with him?

Kirby found his way to the table again and started asking us more questions, we tried to shoo him away this time, one of the employees yell to Kirby telling him to go back.

but before he did, Dan had passed him a button. the button of team 116.

"theres a secret message on there kid. try and figure it out."

I decided now was the time we record some of this, so you know we're not lying.

after that third go with Kirby, it was close to nine o'clock, the guys had to get to Reston Town Center in time for Alice in Wonderland, I unfortunately could not make it. so we started to leave.

we had forgotten Kirby still had the button.

"do you guys want the button back?"

"Keep it kid, you still need to figure out the secret message."

"how do I figure it out?"

"try talking to it under a full moon."

we exited the building, the door was about to close, and I look back, Kirby stood in the Foyer. the last words I heard were.

"What will happen?!"

new posts soon!!

I've got three posts pending in the near future, I just got to rewrite them in my "story telling tone."

see you all soon.