wow, I thought i was over with all these drafting parties a year ago... it's always so sad to see another one going down..
kidding, it's much worse in your case, you're signning yourself for five years...
don't worry though, the time of trainning just flies by, it's the routine service that draggs on.
you might want to take a DVD portable player and a bunch of anime discs, since it doesn't seem you'll be home on a regular basis (at least now) and you'll probably have some free time on sundays (or whatever off day you crazy canadians have)...
don't forget to brush your teeth each day, and change underwear at least twice a week.


keep a notebook and a pen on you 24/7. you never know when you might hear a cool song you'll want to download when you get back, and all kinds of stuff.

whenever you see something that you don't know who it belongs to, and chances are that it doesn't belong to someone you know/care about - TAKE IT. i can't count the number of favors people owe me for filling up gaps they had in equipment.....

Also, get a good leatherman, it's priceless, there are only a few things that can't be solved by using one, and those thing simply require a hammer or a mallet.

don't forget to smile, but don't do so during bootcamp - the officers there hate all light and exist only to create misfortune. they smell happiness and it gives them allergies.

If you're ever around the neighberhood, come by, I'll get you some batteries and a