Well, since I'm so happy that my character App got approved, I'm going to share with all of you the story of how I came to be a Brony.

It was around early September 2011, and I was in school to become a Submarine Electronics Technician, Navigation Specialist. I had gotten in trouble the first day of A-school, for reasons that I thought were stupid. Turns out it was destiny. Utter, and complete destiny. About 2 weeks into A-school, I was assigned to Manditory night study, and the fitness enhancement program (Even though I blew my physical fitness assessment out of the water). I was also set to the lowest liberty phase, which meant that I couldn't drive or even ride in my own car (Trust me, it adds up.) Well, here's where things get messed up. My schedule was as follows:

0415: Wake up

0530: Be in class

0600: Galley opens (I'm already in class. No breakfast for me.)

1200: Released from Class. Return to barracks to change for PT/FEP.

1230: Leave for PT/FEP (Which meant I had to walk across base in 30 minutes or less.)

1300: PT / FEP

1400: Released from PT / FEP. Return to Barracks, and Change for night study.

1430: Leave for Night Study.

1500: Night Study Begins.

1600-1800: Galley open for dinner.

1700: Released from Mando study. Return to Barracks so I can study. (Yeah. No food for me.)

2000: Report for Liberty expiration. (This meant that I couldn't leave the barracks except to smoke.)

2100: Bed time.

So, in short, I went three weeks living off of nothing but crackers and Ginger Ale. During those three weeks, I frequented Memebase in my free-time. I saw the pony memes, but didn't really think about it, due to all the other random stuff I had seen on Memebase. Around the third week, I actually visited the site, and saw all the awesome memes, and it actually made me smile for once in the three weeks that I had suffered. At the end of the third week, I was dropped from training, and was being sent to the surface fleet. I was extremely sad, especially since I had spent over a year trying to make it through school, and become part of the submarine force. That day, I was moved to the Transient Personnel Unit barracks. I was still depressed about having my dreams ripped out from under my feet just like that. Then, one day, I was standing watch in the CO's building with another TPU guy, and he started talking about this girl that he was dating, and mentioned the word Brony. I referenced a meme that I had seen, and he was like "Dude. You need to watch that show." So, I went back to the barracks, and watched the episode "Luna Eclipsed" on Youtube. I had never smiled so big. It was the greatest thing I had ever seen. In fact, it was downright beautiful. That night, I went to the pub, and leeched off their wifi, and bought the entire first season on iTunes. Ever since then, my life has taken a turn for the better. I was sent to my new ship in Norfolk, and sure enough, all of my friends from school are here, too. I've managed to convert a few of them into Bronies as well. In fact, one of them helped me record my cover of "September" by The Living Tombstone. When I got here, I started writing my first fanfic, and then after that, I discovered the Youtube Brony musicians, The Living Tombstone, Glaze, and Mic the Microphone Zero. I realized just how amazing they were at what they did, and I wanted to do the same. So I got a DAW, and begin making techno style tracks, with rock structure. Then after that, I bought a sketchpad for my computer, and started Drawing. If not for Ponies, I would've never discovered my love for writing, music, and drawing. Thank you, ponies. I owe you my life.