Request: Help with my .sig

Hi everyone! I've been trying to work on a .sig for a while that uses 
Uncle Sam. I was wondering if anyone could help me make it look better, 
or smaller (preferably both :)
So far, I've got this:

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  _--++------++----_   | "JOIN THE ARMY!
   \\  \\  //   //     |  Travel to exotic, distant lands;
   ||   || ||   ||     |  meet exciting, unusual people --
   |+---++-++---+|     |  and kill them."
  //____||_||____\\    |
   ::: __   __ :::     |                          -- Northern Sun
   :;  O ||  o  ;:     |
   {     ||     }      |-----------------------------------------------------
    \   (__)   /       |  Shreyas Ravishankar is Fel...@JHU.edu
    |  .____.  |       |  finger: sra...@newton.cs.jhu.edu
    (    ...   )       | 
     `~ ::::: ~'       |  The Johns Hopkins University
         :::           |  Baltimore, MD 21218
          :            |
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Any help would be appreciated.

shreyas ravishankar :)