You're a very talented artist. I think you need to get out of Houma, LA, and move to a big city where there are bigger gay communities. If your mother doesn't understand you now, she never will. You are a smart, and attractive young woman. Please don't give up on your dreams. The army was just an experience, which wasn't right for you. There are so many art colleges, from 2 to 4 years, that can help turn your talent into a career.
shareI just watched the appendage to THE RECRUITER. I sense someone has drilled pejorative connotations, to the fact that you were born gay. Love is not a sin. Why God created us the way we are is just between God and ourselves. The bible is suppose to be magnanimous. Instead it is used as a tool to judge, and discriminate.
I wish you the best. You are wise beyond your young age of twenty.
Seriously Lauren if you read this, you are way talented and beautiful if it is an education you seek go out there and get it. Move to a community that is far more cultured and far more open minded. San Francisco is too expensive Portland, Oregon is beautiful, and the College scene even at the community college level is real nice. Try any large city and persue the your dreams sweetheart you only live once. As if being young isn't hard enough you have alot on your plate. But, you can ge tthrough this. Any major US city can have an oppurtunity if you plan it right and get a roommate. Also go to FAFSA web site look up as many grants as you can get thats how i went to school..........The world is your for the taking. You can do it.
shareLauren is the prime example of a kid that thinks he or she knows what's going on in the world and all about adult life, but when it smacks her in the face she runs away from it. We've all been there. We think we know all about life, but we don't, we can't. The teenager brain really does work differently from an adult brain, and that's not just some tired phrase, but neurologically true. What she should have really considered was that she wants to be open about loving another woman, but she joined the Army. Not exactly a bright move, even for a teenager. On top of that, she went AWOL and the epilogue refers to "disciplinary action". This is probably what we in the Army call "getting chaptered"; it means getting kicked out. I did not catch the date this was filmed, but judging from the uniforms, equipment, etc, I guess around the 2005-2006 time frame. At that point, a soldier had to be a REALLY BAD screw up to get kicked out. So, using that knowledge, she certainly had to keep that bad attitude she displayed in the film. The Army is not hard. People take care of you as a brand new private. If you get kicked out and end up working at a fast food chain, I can't really say that you're ever really going to be a pillar of society. I know that sounds cold, but for anyone that has been in the Army in this last decade, it is understandable. The Navy, Air Force, and Marines can kick people out, but the Army can't unless you're really a useless human being that is truly an oxygen thief.
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