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Not analyzing it any further. I am happy that I was motivated, and probably wouldn't have given a thought to going to the school today if it hadn't been for the encounter. Then, i'd have been too far behind to catch up on the classes I didn't even know I was in. And would have had to pay back the grant, too. So, it was definitely a good thing. And, i'm feeling very motivated! Angela.

Cool, sounds great! I am jumping a Sabre II 170 canopy now, I know you said you all jump 170s, so now we match:-) hehe. let me know when you are getting together and i'll definitely get out there if funds/time make it possible. Angela.

Buck, no, I do not wish to stand in one place all day and disburse pills to complaining medicare patients. This is why I was considering engineering or another career. I always wanted to go into brain surgery, but thought it would be too much school for me. But, i'm feeling enthused and I think i'm gonna shoot toward it. This is great! Marks, thanks! I am feeling so.. something. I don't know. Maybe enlightened. It's a great feeling. I do feel very lucky. I will shoot toward a career in medicine, and we'll see where it takes me:) thanks to all who replied to my post:) angela.

Thanks!! I will keep that in mind and keep on working on it! Angela.

Thanks, Tamer! I will do that tomorrow after purchasing the chem book with the funds. How are Cocoa & Mary Jane doing? Must be gettin' big, huh? Hiya, Bodypilot! I've got 25 jumps in so far. Trying to get some RW in, i'd like to do some tracking dives with people, too, maybe just following around a good tracker. What's up with getting into CRW? You ever get that together in Sebastian? I thought you guys were gonna start CReW days or something.? I'd like to get in on that sometime if you're willing to teach, though right now it's costing me a lot less to jump in Z-hills so I might be frequenting there a bit more. I will get up to Deland next month sometime to do canopy coaching. Angela. Angela.

Cool pix from Jumper03! Can't wait to go on a trip like that! :) Angela.

ahhhh... nice! amen... but anyways... if you go back to talk to her again she will not be there..... her mission was to give you this info and now she is on another..... the spiritual world is a weird place but it is fun to wander throughout it... \ \ like stated above.. whatever path your on enjoy it.. Are you being sarcastic? Because I actually thought about that. I thought, gee, what if poof she's gone now. I could of course attribute her absence to her being transferred to st pete to be a paremedic, but what if she really was just meant to tell me that? She said she'd worked there for 16 years, tho! Ahh! I know I am too gullible... how do I stop that? ! Everyone probably thinks i'm weird now. I mean, yes, maybe she just wants to be something she's not. And, I do happen to have a love for medicine and so it kinda freaked me out when she said that even though i'd kinda been down on pharmacy and more up and up on engineering or geology. She could've gone with something I sounded more enthused about, but instead said that medicine was my calling. Ok, I sound stupid, think i'll stop now. Angela.

I am not going to judge someone for where they work. otoh, I understand that it's quite unreasonable to trust someone who tells you they are a prophet, and I know I am extremely gullible. But, yeah, I will see how I do in org chem. I am in chem II this semester, so theoretically, I should take org I next semester. Thanks. Angela.

I was awarded financial aid this semester via federal pell grant. Some money went toward classes, other $$ i'll use for books. What happens with unused funds? Do I get a check for those, or do they disappear? I already have the calculus book, but i'll buy a new one and sell it for cash in order to get xtra $$ if I have to, i'm broke! Anyone know if I get any of this in cash? angela.

Thanks to everyone at z-hills for holding the awesome competition! It was a blast to watch; some really nice swoops, an awesome competition (very close between 1st & 2nd place)... not to mention some very cool (and very sexy) competitors, too! Angela.

Just got it! Took me 43 days, 23 jumps. YAY! Angela.

That sux. Hope you heal well. Take calcium and whatnot and eat well and follow doctors orders. Try to judge more for yourself when to flare. Before I figured out to flare according to the canopy's reaction, I had just listened to the instructors and did a full flare when I was told. This lead to lots of problems. Sometimes the flare was too late, other times I needed to not do a full flare all at once and ended up back in the air quite a bit then plopping to the ground for a hard landing. I don't know if you're canopy is zero-p, but if so, the flare really is a gradual thing that goes best if you just feel the reaction of the canopy out as you flare. Practice in the air. Heal fast! :) Angela

I don't know what i'll do. I'm definitely freaked out. What if this is for real and i'm meant to be in medicine? I always wanted to be a brain surgeon, but then thought, well, pharmacy isn't nearly as much school so I might do that. Then, I became somewhat uninterested in pharmacy and thought about other fields. Then, this... this woman tells me this is my calling. Something in medicine. What if she is a prophet? I am really freaked out. I think next time I go to z-hills, i'll take 75 and stop at the same exit and see if she is there. I know she transfers to become a paramedic soon, tho. This is so freaky. I have met people that have said they had psychic powers, etc, and have been of course in disbelief. But, this woman claimed to be a prophet. You'd likely go to hell for saying that if you weren't. And i've never wanted to turn the car around to go back and chat with a McDonalds employee before. I am thinking she might be for real, and I should probably listen. Angela.

Wow! Thanks so much to Kramer for his help and encouragement! And thanks to everyone for the congrads! It does feel great to have a license Kramer is a really cool cat and someone i'll be spending lots of time chillin' with in the future. A very generous guy, too! It was also nice to meet Ron and Marc & Alysse, too! Thanks to everyone for letting me be a part of their family up in z-hills, and of course on this forum and in the entire skydiving community! I love you all ! Angela.

Ok, driving back from Z-hills last night, I stopped at a McDonalds to get some food after getting gas. The woman who served me was oddly kind and talkative. There was no one in line, and I had to eat my nuggets b4 getting on the road, so I stayed in the Drivethru and chatted with her for a while. She's gonna be a paramedic, she's done with school. I told her I wasn't sure what I was going to do, and that I had planned on going into pharmacy, but might go into engineering or geology. She said that my calling was in medicine and that I would be very good at it. She proceeded to tell me that she is a prophet and asked if I knew what a prophet was. I said I wasn't sure, but maybe someone who could foretell things, she just said yes. I told her i'd see her around in St Pete one day I am sure, and I left. This event really got me thinking. I have always liked the medical field, watched the surgery channel(s), etc. I said, well, maybe not pharmacy but something in medicine would be good. Today I went down to the college I attend, and was trying to find out about next semester's financial aid status because I didn't get it this semester. I had been thinking recently that I hope I don't get out of the swing of thing with a whole semester off, and that it really sux that I won't get any credits. Well, the woman told me that I was fine and that i'd already rec'd aid for this semester and should be attending classes that started last Tuesday! I SWEAR to you that I checked the computer after the classes would've been dropped if i'd not gotten aid, and it appeared they had, and my aid status didn't have any $$ in it. Turns out she said it was granted on the 12th and that I did have classes. I swear they were not there, this is really weird. I attended Chem lab today and i'm a week behind in Chem II and Calc II, but i'll attend tomorrow and try to catch up. Sorry for the lengthiness of this post. I am just really freaked out about this turn of events. I thought I didn't have classes and was planning on getting a second job to save some $$, and i'd even thought in the back of my mind that I hope that i'm strong enough to go back and give up the extra cash in January. Turns out i'll be going to school every day b4 work again, no 2nd job, no xtra $$, and no worries about being out of the swing of things. In addition, i'm fairly focused on staying with medicine in some way or another. Any thoughts? I wonder if this woman was for real or not. It would be pretty terrible to tell people you're a prophet and not be. I have a feeling she really is a prophet. I almost turned around, after getting back on the highway, to get her # or talk more. Maybe I should have. Angela.

I don't see how it is immoral to jump naked. I don't think it is digusting at all. If you don't approve, well, who cares, really? Just don't go watch. I'm very comfortable with my body and just because your moralness wouldn't do it doesn't mean anyone who would skydive naked is digusting. BTW, do you really feel that we have some duty to project a clean image of skydiving? I mean, how about other sports? Do they have a bad name because some people do them naked? http://inlineskating.about.com/cs/nudeskating/ Hey, look.. a nude sports website.. http://www.nudistsportsnetwork.com/ I guess all sports on here have a bad name, too, right? How about those who skinnydip? Does that give swimming a bad name? How about nude beaches? Guess those who go to nude beaches make all sunbathers look bad, right? How is it any different if some people want to skydive naked, how does that make anyone who doesn't look bad? sheesh! Angela.

whew, that was a close call!! The bear notices the freeflyz and the swooper carrying the gator, he then stops chasing the other swoopers and heads that way for some tasty fresh killed gator. The plot thickens. . (dun dun dun)

The last swooper lands in the pond, with that nasty gator... " **helllllppppp!!! ** " exclaims the not-so-hot swooper as he begins to climb out of his rig and head for the edge of the pond. Luis is feeling a little better about his hanger landing, but what fate will befall the swooper in the pond? Angela.

feeling a bit sick must drive to z-hills tonight hope i'm well to jump its been two weekends must make jumps to keep current; student status sucks really want a rig mirage offers financing; god this can't be good

I think that she's pretty. I do not like her music at all, though... kinda like Christina Aguilera. Anyhow, I don't think she or anyone else is perfect, and I don't know her well enough to know if she is close to perfect. And, I do know what a hot chick looks like... So, apparently I can't vote in this poll. The options should've been HOT or NOT? Angela.

Kathryn, now finished with her beer, answers her radio.. .. "not beer, a BEAR!!! " (Hmmm, what will she do now that she's already consumed the supersized beer mug of Guinness?)...

.... As the sky junkies set themselves up for a fun swoop landing over the 800ft long dz pond, out of the woods beyond appears a giant monstrous bear!! (Where's crapflinger2000 when you need him? ) ...

ok people... i'm off to go get smashed now. Nighty night, sleep tight, dream of pork. Angela.

I personally have a lot of fun drinking alone. (but, shhhh, i've been told that makes me an alcoholic). I'm getting confused, ok, is his partner Jimmy beam, and his brothers are black&red, and who is this John Daniels character? ! Angela.

na ahh!! Jack is not a sibling, is he? He has parteners, blackie & red, but I don't think that he has a brother. ! angela.