NostalgicPony

In theory

 

Just for some clarification, it's a little more complex then that, the idea that you can just randomly start dating anyone you choose too is not what polyamory is. True, it is the idea of having more than one intimate relationship, but, all relationships must be honest and open, the idea of obsessiveness and lieing is a vice and that all individuals would have to knowledge and consent to these relationships.

I have one of those LG C555's with the keypad. It's quite nice and does the job. It's an Android too.

I think I can see the similarities between an Asexual's philosophy and the way a Pansexuals sees people, the connection is that both parties don't look at the gender or the sex but looks for the personality/emotion/traits in people. Even though one may not fall in love as much as the other, but they both surely don't look for sex first.

My favorites were:

Diddy Kong Racing (first N64 game I ever played)

LoZ: Majoras Mask

LoZ: OoT

Donkey Kong 64

Super Mario 64

Lot's of other titles I can't even remember...

I once saw a video of a guy who has a daughter and he was dissapointed with what she did and so he shot a few rounds into the daughters laptop, I'm sure that pretty much destroyed the laptop.

I tend to lean more as a Pansexual because I usually love people for who they are and not what they are.

But I don't know really..

Whoa... Freaky O.o

Glad I didn't see this last night at 2am.

To answer your question about patching up Marines Nostalgic, I've become desensitized to most of the graphic things you could image. The worst injury I have ever treated was.

 

Censored because its gorey & may not be suitable for children. Don't click that spoiler if you are sensitive to graphic descriptions.

 

A TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) where a Marine's skull had been split, it wasn't from a combat injury either we were at high seas in the middle of the atlantic ocean and he fell from the fourth rack (about 8 feet high) while he was sleeping in a wave's surge, he impacted the steel deck of the boat with his head first. I responded to him first because it happened in the rack aisle just two down from me, I wrapped him up with gause and splinted as much of his skull as much as I could because he was unconscious. We got a stretcher team in there and rushed him to our surgical bay. It took 14 staples to put him back together but he made it out just fine because we were able to treat him within just 30 minutes of the injury. The guy is a good friend of mine today, I was the one who actually put the staples in too.

 

Wow, that is really intense. Loss of words on this one. But I'm very thankful that you were able to save him and that he can continue to breath and function.

2W2 is a nuclear warhead builder

 

Interesting, so you never went overseas then?

That was Alaxandir with the Libyan/Syrian stuff. I was the Iraq, Afghanistan guy. I was never shot at (that I know of), but there were IEDs that went off near out convoys from time to time. And my base was attacked by a rocket fire in Afghanistan.

 

Oh my apologies, I got mixed up. That's now a question for Alaxandir.

A rocket fire huh? O.o That's crazy..

Somewhere there is a thread like this...but anyway. I am a veteran. Nearly a decade in as a 2W2 in the Air Force

 

What's a 2W2 exactly?

Well to be honest, a lot of my deployment was spent on a ship, I deployed with the 22nd MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) which consists of a GCE, ACE, and CE(SOC). Those acronyms all mean Ground combat element, Air combat element, Command Element (Special operations capable). To set the stage for you we deployed early in March, in response to the killings in Libya and the civil unrest. We never actually set boots on the ground in Libya we mostly just supported the operations there with our air power and performed TRAP (Tacical recovery of aircraft and personnel).

Howevery you should know that I am a corpsman, which is essentially a medic. Most of my time was spent fixing broken marines Long story short there is some classified stuff and I cant really go into details about it other than we were there in support of coalition operations. We did however do some NEO (Noncombatant Evacuation Operations) in Syria whenever there was a boming threat on the US embassy, we went boots on and provided security and got all the US citizens out of there!

 

Now if your after the ridiculous kinds of stories that happen when we weren't doing anything (which is most of the time on a deployment) I can share some of those dumb moments with you. But as to the scheme of our grand plan. My role was pretty minimal, I just treated the casualties that were evacuated. I've never killed anyone and had the good fortune to never see someone (I know) killed.

 

Wow, that's a really neat story. I'm familiar with what a Medical Corpsman is after reading about some information regarding the Navy/Marine Corp and those guys are pretty courageous. It must have been a bit graphic though trying to fix together wounded soldiers though. Glad to know that you're still safe and your friends as well.

Also I think I'll pass on the ridiculous stories for now, but another time! Thanks for sharing!

Sorry, it is usually the first question asked.

I never actually patrolled. As a Gun Truck Chief, we rolled through various towns and villages protecting 30 vehicle convoys. By and large they were made up of buildings constructed of mud bricks (not all, but some). The people I encountered were just trying to get through life as best as they could, the best defense towards them was a smile and a wave. Nothing catches someone off guard than waving at them....they almost always waved back. The ones that didn't smile back, those were the ones you worried about.

 

That's interesting. I've seen some videos where soldiers and the children in those villages are quite kind (and some where it's really dumb and or sad). But you guy's do a pretty good job for what you do.

Have you actually encountered a minor conflict with the insurgents/rebels/Syrian/Libyan military? But did not kill anyone in the process?

Ask away. But I'll go ahead and answer the first question: No, I did not kill anyone.

 

Well, that wasn't going to be my first question really.

What's the life like in the Middle Eastern towns/cities that you and your men when you patrolled them?

What do you want to hear ? :3

 

It's tough to just start talking about it heh

 

I have no doubt there are probably some stories that you refuse to share, and that's completely understandable.

I'm curious to know what you did in Libya/Syria, seeing that it's such a big thing today in the media.

Hospital Corpsman serving aboard Camp Lejeune, NC with 2d MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force)

Been serving for four years and deployed to Libya and Syria in support of operation Odyssey Dawn and OEF.

 

Rah.

 

Well, most of you have seen me around before, but here we go:

Joined 1988 in the South Carolina Army National Guard as a 13F (Artillery Forward Observer) Unit, 1/178th FA (Field Artillery)

1994: Left the Guard to join the Regular US Army (Active Duty), Fort Hood, TX, 13F; Units 1/3rd FA, 2nd Armored Division; 4/42nd FA and 3/16th FA 4th Infantry Division

1997: Left Active Duty, went back to the Guard, same unit (1/178th FA)

2002: Got hired on as a Full Time Guard (AGR) member (kind of like Active Duty, but with the Guard).

2004: Deployed to Kuwait / Iraq. Served as a Gun Truck Team Chief and escorted convoys all over Iraq

2007: Promoted to Sergeant First Class (SFC, E-7)

2008: Added 13B (Cannoneer) to my MOS list

2010; Deployed to Afghanistan. Ran the Base Defense Cell at one camp; Assisted in Base Operations at another.

2011: Added 42A (Human Resources Specialist) to my ever-growing lit of MOSs.

Currently the Battalion Human Resources NCO for my Battalion.

 

There, that's Ol' Sarge in a nutshell.

 

I'm honestly eager to hear some stories about some of your adventures out there, especially in the Middle East.

Speaking from a perspective as a moderator on a few forums I work at, I have seen many forums in the community I work with fall and crumble. Much of it comes from the fact that there was a lot of drama and conflict, but it was mostly conflict between staff and members and relations with other forums.

But one big thing that has caused the forums to die out is when an important figure to so many members decides to leave and go to another forum, the members follow that person causing the forums activity to shrink. It's unfortunate.

I'm a military enthusiast. I've been studying the military for a few years now (especially the naval aspect) and I personally love learning about those kind of things.

Plus, I have quite a collection of militaria.

I look for inner-beauty when talking with people, sure many girls I've seen look attractive on the outside, but inside they are really rude and negative. However, I also beleive people change, so while I at times hold first hand judgements they eventually evolve with the person as they progress.

This goes for any person, regardless of gender.

I love to collect old items (such as military, coins, antiques, etc.) and I love to draw and play video games.

But I do love to read books when I can.

I've managed to convert at least... 2 or 3 of my friends at school to become Brony's?

I tend to save my earnings more than spending it, I don't really buy much stuff anyways.

When I was very little my family had these cool, fluffy old native-looking blankets and they were gifted to me and I still have them to this day and sleep with them, so cozy~

But other items I still have when I was a younger child are old Pokemon figurines, plushies, and some cards. As well as some other miscellaneous items.

I was familiar with the show for a bit last year in the summer, though, I wasn't a huge fan of it at the time. I found Rainbow Dash my favorite and that was the only name I could remember back then. But then in November of 2011 I came across a few funny Pony/TF2 Garrys Mod videos and it had me going. Eventually I was curious and decided to watch a few episodes, I was then hooked.

The high level of British Columbians here is astonishing.

I live in Maple Ridge.

 

I'm quite serious. Arrange something with Feld0 perhaps. We could have our own hang-out randomly in Vancouver.

 

I do know that there is an active BC Bronies group on the Rainbowdash.net and they do hangouts and stuff on a frequent basis, but I lack the ability to drive or go anywhere near the Vancouver area at the moment. But a big hangout would be amazing!

I'm not too sure if there is one of these threads out there already but if so, then I'm sorry.

Anyways, I'm not much into dubstep and most mainstream electronica out there. I'm more into the underground music that's not even on the radio. The really calm and relaxing/nostalgic electronica is my favorite kind. Especially the music from the group, Boards of Canada.

Of course there's many more bands out there I like in the electronica world. What are some of yours?