Do you know anything about the Army?

I have an awesome new job...I'll have to tell you about it all later. But, in the "Coles Notes" version of it, I help newcomers and youth find jobs. We work out of a RV mobile trailer..it's awesome!

This is what transpired out of a person who hopped aboard today--word for word:

LuigiLover: Hi there, how can I help you?
CrazyGuy: Yeah, you know, I'm looking for a job
LL: Oh, ok...what kind of work are you looking for?
CG: I want to work at that moneymart over there....
LL: Ok...sure..do you have a resume, I can look it over and we can get you to apply there
CG: Yeah...I'm just tired
LL: Tired of what?
CG: You know what? Do you know anything about the army?

*enter coworker from lunch...thank GOD*

LL: The army?
CG: Yeah. I wanna shoot a gun
LL: A gun?
CG: Yeah. I'm tired of waking up and paying bills
LL: And you'd like to join the army because...
CG: Yeah, cuz I'm tired of waking up and paying bills.
CoWorker: You can get out of that vicious circle and you don’t have to shoot a gun
CG: Yeah, but I think going over seas and shooting a gun and shooting the Taliban would be the best for me.

Abnormal Psychology

I've started working towards getting my Master's Degree in Counselling through Athabasca University. Not the most prestigious university in the world, but I can do all my classes online and do my practicum in my own town. That was the selling point. Afterall, after I win the lottery, I can go to school full time, but not right now.....

After doing some investigation, I've realized that I don't have all the pre-requistes to apply for the program, so I'm going to have to brush up on some psychology classes prior to applying. With that being said, I've started "Adult Developmental Psychology" and "Abnormal Psychology".


Abnormal Psychology has been facinating. A lot of the stigmas and misconceptions about different diseases/syndromes/disabilities have been put to rest. It's great how education actually EDUCATES you, eh? Depression isn't just sadness; suicide attempters are seriously wanting to hurt themselves and not just craving attention; and phobias about things/objects/places are REAL and not a cry for attention.


The one negative thing about this course is that I've single-handedly convinced myself of the following:

1. I'm manic depressive/bipolar
2. I'm agoraphobic
3. That I'm mentally challenged
4. That I need a PET/CAT/MRI done on myself
5. I suffer from some kind of Post-Traumatic Stress disorder
6. I'm due for (my first) anxiety attack any second now
7. I will faint if I see blood (Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia)
8. I'm unipolar depressed
9. I'm hearing voices

I wonder how many psychiatrists go and see other psychiatrists?