Timothy Lia:  

after H.S, I didn't know what I was going to do but I knew I wanted to do something. So I decided to join the army, which was ironic because I never did like authority and tended to question their motives. But the army turned out to be the best thing for me. I got to do some cool stuff, repelling out helicopters, firing some pretty cool weapons, they paid for my education, va home loan, and yes a little disicpline, fortunately there were no major conflicts, thank god for that. I was stationed in Heidelberg germany for 2.5 yrs and had a blast. I went to the october fest in munich 3 times, visited paris twice, went skiing in the bavarian alps, partied in amsterdam, went to the 40th anniversary of D-Day, toured a lot of battlefields, went to switzerland for a blues fest, went to the berlin wall and just hung out with the germans drinking quite a few brews. I played on a traveling softball team throughout europe. I was involved in quite a few adventures, but I can't mention those as I don't want to incriminate myself. After the military I came home which was cool, worked some bogus jobs and decided to leave again. I moved to Denver for a year and that was pretty neat as I always enjoyed the mountain scenery. I came home again picked up a bartending job and preceded to start my college education, 5.5 yrs later I had a B.A in marketing. I worked a couple of jobs, but the pay was low and I decided to go in a new direction. As of now I am a building engineer working in downtown chicago. But I don't believe I...Expand for more