As a kid, I used to call today "Novemberance Day" and even wrote a terrible poem about it, once. I dunno, I never had a particular attachment to Remembrance Day. In school, one of my good friends, Diane, had/lost family in the World War/s, I can't quite recall.
But as a member of the Canadian Forces, I was at one of the many Remembrance Day ceremonies across the city. Of course, I have no training as of yet, so I was, at most, a spectator standing with some higher-ranked personnel who told us untrained Privates when to stand at attention, remove our headdress and so-on.
A few things were prominent today...
I know it shouldn't be funny--especially not today--but it can be rather hilarious when you actually see soldiers--mostly Cadets--pass out while standing on the parade ground. I was told that it's quite common, especially with the Cadets, for soldiers to get dizzy and pass out from standing for about two hours--especially the Cadets, who are often so nervous that they "thunder"; fall, stiff as a board, flat on their faces. One guy from our unit even fell on his face; and then began crawling about as though uncertain of where he was. I was told he lost a contact lens in the process.
My "boss" is disgusting. Really, she is. She's short, skinny, butch, loud, irritable, vulgar, and disgustingly, disgustingly hetero. I really did not want to hear her talk about condoms nor "sword-fighting" in her mouth. She reminds me of a girl I knew in high-school, except she's an adult. I want to believe that she's just disgusting when she's in uniform, it's her coping mechanism or something, but she makes me want to vomit--I can't believe she's a soldier! Does she have dignity? IT SURE DOES NOT SEEM SO!
I do not have to adopt a new lifestyle. Here is (sort-of) a summary of my thinking:
Remembrance Day is important! This I already knew! It just feels... more ceremonial--of course--now that I'm in the CF.
The Remembrance Day ceremony was Christian! Some of our speakers were very... "We are fighting Evil!" which made me a little uncomfortable. We fight Evil, yes, but it is not... We don't... We aren't to be "Holy Warriors", I think. I think we should never be "Holy Warriors". ... Sheesh, this is difficult to put into accurate words!!
In other news...
I found out something interesting the other day. I'm not yet going to say what, because it's not my story to tell; but it made me both excited and... Clingy. I mean, it's a bad thing to be excited over this. HONESTLY.
Also, at the Maths school, we gave out a rather fun-looking assignment. I do and don't look forward to marking these! They're all long-answer involving Trig Identities. Sigh. While it'll be exciting, it'll also be messy and headache-inducing, I think. Woots!
Also, I took out a book on Modular Origami from the library! I've already made a stellated icosahedron. Woots! I think, after I finish making some of the models in this book, I'll move onto this project! Bwahah!
That's all for now. I might update later with fun trig stuff.
--Charissa
