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Andy

I choose the life I live.

About Me

Where do I start???After a deployment to Iraq and being home for a few months, I've been trying to figure out where I am in life and start building from the ground up again. After getting home, I finally cashed in my saved up money to pay for my entire pilots license training and had some left over to invest in a home.I now work at the Oak Park Heights supermax prison. Very very interesting job, but I love it. It's closer to the career path that I'm considering, and if I want to, I could easily just stay in this career and make out pretty nicely. I'm a corrections officer, so I do all around facility security and try to maintain the peace and order of things in the prison.I also love Dane Cook and especially his take on alcohol and drugs since I also do neither. Here is what he says about them: "This has nothing to do with who I am. I would be lying if I thought I would enjoy drinking. I like feeling feelings. I like feeling pain, I like going through fear, joy and I don̢۪t like to put anything in my body that either enhances it or skews it." - Dane Cook....

My Interests

Lately I've had to put my entire life in the Army. After finishing an 18 month deployment, it's time to get on with the rest of my life. I will always look back and remember the hard work and dedication that I put into my position and responsibility while serving our great country.

Aviation is my thing. I've loved the concept and have revolved my life around it. Hence my position in the Army as Aviation Operations Specialist. Flew planes myself a bit when I was 14 when I had the time to do it. Now I'm officially flying like a madman as much as possible expecting to get my license before the winter hits. I love it.

Since I volunteered for the deployment I knew that I'd have to keep a lot of people informed of what's going .. thinking about it I realized that the best way is through a website. With this I have continued to learn webdesign as I am continuously adding onto my website. andylevesque.com Once I started seeing how many hits I've been getting lately, I've taken up quite an interest in improving the design. Now it's become a regular daily task for me to update it.

When I have the time, I love to pull out the snowboard. Yup, one of them guys. Been doing it for a few years now and love the sport. The best times are with large groups of friends when we all can afford it.

A rare sport that I love to do is called Snakeboarding. An easy way for one to kill themselves for sure. :P Basically strapping yourself to a modified skateboard and hitting ramps without any way to bail. Good mixture of snowboarding put with skating and surfing. I recommend everyone gives it a try, but they are hard to find. The sport is mainly located in the UK. I bought mine online for the nice price of $200 or so. I consider myself somewhat experienced in the sport. Been at it for 5-6 years or so.Every once in a while I like to play my XBox 360 online. Still able to while I'm here. It's a good escape sometimes and I'm able to play against my friends back home. It's a fun pastime and I enjoy the kicking back.

Andy

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can get past the drama and see life for what it really is: enjoying the moments. I like to be surrounded by people that can enjoy life even in the hardest moments, because that's what life is about. We won't get this time back, why waste it???

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Music:

I like to listen to rock, country, and everything in between (whatever that means?). Queen is awesome and Bohemian Rhapsody is a great song. No Rap, big no. Red Hot Chili Peppers are the best!

"The Reason" by Hoobastank
"When September Ends" by Greenday

I'm a true soldier and love the good songs put out for us. I'd like to thank the artists that make sure we are remembered for what we do and the sacrifices we make.

Movies:

It's takes a lot for me to not like a movie. I love my comedies and action however.

Television:

Not a huge fan of television. Never have the time to sit in front of the TV. I grew up on Simpsons of course. Whenever I do have time I love to catch the newest "Mythbusters" and "Who's line is it Anyway?" My friends have also gotten me into "Family Guy." Great show

Books:

Michael Crichton is my favorite author. "Airframe" "Travels" "Sphere" "13th Warrior" and "Timeline"

Of course, the Bible is always my #1 book to read when I need Him.

Otherwise, my second favority is Stephen King's "The Stand"

Heroes:

Anyone who knows what they want to do in life and pursues happiness is my hero...

There also was a person who had no clue what she wanted to do in life, but she knew what made her happy. Even to this day she is still on that pursuit not willing to give up. That is something that I wish I could always live on. I feel sometimes I have to give up the things that make me the happiest for the sake of my future. I never know which is more important though. That is one of my faults. You know who you are. Keep happy!

My Blog

I’m buying a house!

It's time to put my money to use and become a homeowner. I got a great deal on a brand spankin' new lakeview home in Lindstrom. I signed paperwork today, down payment next week, and close when it's do...
Posted by Andy on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:51:00 PST

Around the next bend

As I get closer to coming home, I try and find out what I'm coming home to. I've heard things, and I've seen things. It seems like every time that I connect to the other side of the world, outlook on ...
Posted by Andy on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:14:00 PST

Race

When I would sit down at home, waiting for this deployment, I would think about how it will put my whole life on pause while everything else keeps going. It took me a while to realize that I've been l...
Posted by Andy on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:39:00 PST

Check out this event: Andy's Back from Iraq and 21st Birthday Party!

Hosted By: Andy LevesqueWhen: Monday May 28, 2007 at 9:00 AMWhere: My Mom's Place (same as my going away party)Andover, MN 55304United StatesDescription:Andy Levesque Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:42:00 PST

Finally Coming Home

It's getting closer and closer to my time to finally come home for a 15 day break. When I get home I will have been in Iraq for 9 months strait without seeing my friends, family, safety, the trees, la...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:10:00 PST

no subject

What am I doing here? I'm not here to kill someone, to do "cool shit", to make money, get college benefits, or any shit like that. I want to be here. I want to be here because I want to do my part in ...
Posted by Andy on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:16:00 PST

www.andylevesque.com is new focus

It's official, all my focus has now transfered from myspace to www.andylevesque.com. I am still on myspace more than ever, every day, too much, cause I'm a myspace whore like that. :PI just posted 127...
Posted by Andy on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:07:00 PST

Iraq Update

Doing well here. Crappy keyboard right now so this is going to be realitivly short. Every is going great to summarize! I am loving the job here, will get to do some insane stuff, and have time to wor...
Posted by Andy on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:51:00 PST

Time to kick some ass

I made it to Iraq safe and sound. Work has begun, and we are not holding back. Everything has led up to this, and I finally get to do what I've been waiting for. This job is everything I could have im...
Posted by Andy on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:44:00 PST

Blah Blah Blog

Just another update. If you read this, check out my webpage. A lot of the items are fixed except for the new guestbook. Check out the new pictures also. From now, the front of my updates will be comin...
Posted by Andy on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:32:00 PST