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I’ll stop there before I start running for congress or something. But in short, I thank God every day that the US army has even given me the chance to go SF. I may be 29, but I feel like a kid in a candy store.
I know I’m preaching to the converted but just needed to share some of my enthusiasm with you. Hope that’s OK.
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Sean, from my experience, unsolicited displays of unbridled enthusiasm are likely to be met with skepticism, cynicism, sarcasm, and derision...facing an endeavor where the gray man approach is favored, you are emoting like the first runner up at a beauty pagent...
excuse my ignorance, but what does being 29 have to do with anything...? i was 29 when i went to Ranger School...a friend of mine in the class was 39...lah-ti-dah, do it or don't, don't think about your age (or lack thereof, at a young 29) because the cadre does not care...you can either function or not...
a kid in a candy store needs a parent to keep him out of trouble...SF is not a candy store and there is damn sure no one to curb your enthusiasm...motivation is great, but the reality is there will be many hours where you will feel like you are insane or at least, deluded...if not, then Pete's understudies are falling short of the mark...
you stopped too late...you are not preaching to the converted...we are beyond converted...
maybe i'm cranky, but it seems like the solstice has brought out some real doozies tonight...maybe it's the moon phase...
enthusiasm such as you profess tonight is often considered false motivation...give yourself a minus five, go to the gig pit and do push-ups until i get tired...
and you picked a real sh*tty thread to express your enthusiasm...Bah, Humbug...