it is the first of four days of speeches and presentations i need to give in an attempt to secure the election to the soon to be vacant seat of Student Government Association Secretary. Over the next 4 days i will be speaking to the individual classes alone, in an attempt to secure their vote.
I have 2 contenders in this election, and tomorrow the three of us will face off in front of the Freshman class....
yes, as ashamed as i am to admit it, i must stoop to the level of trying to impress the freshman class tomorrow morning
Here's what i got so far... bear in mind i'm making this up as i go... :
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Good morning, My name is Third Class Justin O'Donnell, and i'm running for your SGA secretary.
Alot of you know me, and for those who don't, it's only a matter of time. whether or not that is a good thing is a hotly debated subject amongst your squad leaders and company level officers, but i digress.
one major thing to know about me is that i'm a realist, i don't confuse myself with a diluted fantasy. I'm not going to stand up here and tell you all about my amazing school spirit, and my drive to represent you all to the best of my ability, and all about how i'm some miraculous survivor of an atrocious accident that should have left me crippled for life, yet here i am, a story of inspiration, and an individual possesing such personal courage that you should all aspire to emulate my very attitude and methods of living...
no, because if i got up here and told you any of that then i'd be lying, simple as that... and i'm not here to deceive anyone, least of all myself. so for the record, i am not going to sail to an overwhelming victory in this election based upon my heroics in Vietnam, or my current ongoing struggle with skin cancer... besides i think John McCain already tried that last year...
and as i try not to deceive myself about my own intentions, i don't want to let anyone, myself or anyone else here be deceived by yours.
seeing as how its not even 0800 and you're already awake dressed and sitting listening to boring speeches, i'm going to bet that you aren't too enthused to be here right now.
theres over 300 cadets in you're freshman class, and i'm willing to bet that 80% of you could care less what the results of your election are. and of the other 20%, well i'm sorry if this speech is disappointing you. but lets deal with it and move on why don't we?
Now in preparation for this speech i sought advice from several people, before eventually falling back on my first instinct to just say whatever the heck came to mind when i got up here.
Mr Merz asked me what i thought i could bring to the SGA, and honestly its simple,
i'm a man if ideas. and i'm full of them, some rotten, some extraordinary, but all of them unique, and guaranteed to break the mold. maybe my ideas can bring a little more success to the SGA, like o i don't know, getting the ED heroes more enthused about school activities. Sparking interest in whats going on to a point where maybe at the next election, those 80% dozing off right about now actually give a damn and come here interested in who's going to take over and what they can do to help?
just so you know, on a serious note, i'm an open book, a sympathizer with you underclassmen, and i was in your shoes just last year, and i have a multitude of ideas that would be of great help in increasing the standard of life at the academy, especially on weekends for those of us who live here full time...
i'm also a man of action. this is a big deal with me. my biggest pet peeve is someone with great ideas who doesn't act upon them. when those ideas come to mind, they may make the difference between success and failure, and sometimes the absurdity of them drives people to disregard their own ideas. this is unacceptable.
sometimes this stuff goes through and makes for an amazing outcome.
you may not all be aware of the fact, but this year some people attempted to start a LARPing club on campus. and just an FYI, they succeeded, because they didn't let a crazy idea go unspoken.
so before any of you go off on a brainfart trying to figure out what the heck LARPing is i'll tell you... it stands for Live action role playing... just like in Role Models...
now i don't know about all y'all, but i think Role Models was an awesome movie, and how sick do you think it would be if the SGA worked with the LARPing club to put together a battle Royale on campus sometime in the spring?
C'mon no kidding here, i know i made fun of those kids in high school too, but then i saw that movie and it changed my life. imagine, Battle Royal on the Parade Field in the spring with 7 armies... company rivalries get medieval, now that's what i'm talking about.
now thats just one absurd idea, but imagine we could do it as a fundraiser and suddenly it ain't so absurd anymore.. just think about that one for a bit.
but to clarify my point, ACTION is where its at, ACTION is where the problems are solved, ACTION is what we need, you need someone who is going to DO, not just get up here and talk.
and i promise you i am the man you need for following crazy ideas... just look at my record, i'm running for SGA secretary on a whim of a belief that i have a chance?
and i'm enlisted in the United States Army....
who gets crazier ideas than that.??
i'm gonna leave you with a quote right here, because i recognize the fact that you really did all come here just to get out of inspections and MoFo, and i don't want to force you to listen to me much longer.
last night i got China Chef, Combo D, you know, the maritime standard. and my fortune cookie i found oddly fitting.
it read as follows : "Action is the root of all Victory"
So i ask you to vote for me and support my venture and my crazy idea.
again, if you dont know me yet,
my name is Justin O'Donnell
My Friends call me TRIP,
hopefully next semester you can call me Mr Secretary...
lots of love y'all,
TRIP
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