A couple of things today!
First of all, happy 4-year anniversary to Laura. I can't believe it's been that long, but yeah, it's 4 years.
Second, I forgot to write about my Phantom of the Opera experience last Saturday. Overal it was good. The 1st half wasn't as good as the second, I really liked the second, but it was good nonetheless. There was an idiot, big head in front of me and his wife or whatever that *THING* was next to him had an ass 10x the size of his head. But like I said, it was good, but nothing I would see again. I might catch the movie version or something. I'm not much of an opera guy I've decided, but some of the songs I did like...is opera called songs? For some reason aria keeps coming to mind. Anyway, it was fun!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
So 2 more days until you know what. If you don't, well, too bad and you can try to figure it out. ;)
I've been fiddling with the layout of the blog the last couple of weeks. I think I like it better now. I like the diagonal lines in the background. Subtle, yet noticeable...sort of.
Work's been good. Overnights aren't getting as hard. My friend Allen's been really into Halo and just last night he wants me to help him with a website. I was like, ok, I have fun doing it, so.
It's been so cold lately. The wind is just killer. It's not THAT bad without the wind, but with it, I would rather die. Really. Among other news, we received Chris'...well, his parents' invitation to his graduation. Hopefully I don't have to work, but oh well, not a big deal, at least for me. Other than that, I haven't had time to talk to anyone really. Been sleeping during the day, hanging out with Laura for the little time I have each day. I have the next 3 days off, so that's good, unless another cottage calls me to work, but I hope not, haha.
My csuconnection.com website is doing good, actually. My site's Alexa ranking (popularity on the internet) is like, 220,000...that's damn good I think considering there are over 16+ million websites out there. The statistics say I reach ~10 per million every day. Woohoo!
I took off the videos from my site for now since it was using too much bandwidth, but I'll get those up. I REALLY want to make a commercial website, like have commercial clips from TV and stuff. That'd be funny, but I need to get a new computer with a TV tuner and stuff to do it. No money right now. I have to pay off my loans and then another big expense will be underway most likely.
Oh well, I might be started on some cooking now. Tyler Florence on the Food Network was making this awesome artichoke/sausage dish that just looked awesome. I don't know how it tastes, but it can't possible taste bad!
I've been fiddling with the layout of the blog the last couple of weeks. I think I like it better now. I like the diagonal lines in the background. Subtle, yet noticeable...sort of.
Work's been good. Overnights aren't getting as hard. My friend Allen's been really into Halo and just last night he wants me to help him with a website. I was like, ok, I have fun doing it, so.
It's been so cold lately. The wind is just killer. It's not THAT bad without the wind, but with it, I would rather die. Really. Among other news, we received Chris'...well, his parents' invitation to his graduation. Hopefully I don't have to work, but oh well, not a big deal, at least for me. Other than that, I haven't had time to talk to anyone really. Been sleeping during the day, hanging out with Laura for the little time I have each day. I have the next 3 days off, so that's good, unless another cottage calls me to work, but I hope not, haha.
My csuconnection.com website is doing good, actually. My site's Alexa ranking (popularity on the internet) is like, 220,000...that's damn good I think considering there are over 16+ million websites out there. The statistics say I reach ~10 per million every day. Woohoo!
I took off the videos from my site for now since it was using too much bandwidth, but I'll get those up. I REALLY want to make a commercial website, like have commercial clips from TV and stuff. That'd be funny, but I need to get a new computer with a TV tuner and stuff to do it. No money right now. I have to pay off my loans and then another big expense will be underway most likely.
Oh well, I might be started on some cooking now. Tyler Florence on the Food Network was making this awesome artichoke/sausage dish that just looked awesome. I don't know how it tastes, but it can't possible taste bad!
Monday, November 28, 2005
It's officially "Christmas season" I would say. I can't wait to get the few DVDs that I ordered from my bro's friend in Paramount/Disney. That brings me to the topic that those DVDs, coupled with Laura's that she's probably getting for Christmas, will overwhelm our DVD rack. Doh! Don't know what to do.
Been playing Halo with a new friend at work. It's pretty fun. The FUNNY thing is, that he's black and his friends are too. Lol. They're all street fighters and stuff, fighting with sticks, knives and stuff around the country...scary, but they're nice, but if anyone fucks with me, I'll send them off, haha.
But yeah, the weather's been mucho cold lately and the winds aren't helping. It's like 20s, but with the wind it's like in the single digits. Cold, cold, cold.
I work overnight tonight...I slept overnight last night and not sure if I should have done that. Although, it's only a 6-hour shift, so yeah, it shouldn't be too bad if I take a nap this afternoon.
That's it for now.
Been playing Halo with a new friend at work. It's pretty fun. The FUNNY thing is, that he's black and his friends are too. Lol. They're all street fighters and stuff, fighting with sticks, knives and stuff around the country...scary, but they're nice, but if anyone fucks with me, I'll send them off, haha.
But yeah, the weather's been mucho cold lately and the winds aren't helping. It's like 20s, but with the wind it's like in the single digits. Cold, cold, cold.
I work overnight tonight...I slept overnight last night and not sure if I should have done that. Although, it's only a 6-hour shift, so yeah, it shouldn't be too bad if I take a nap this afternoon.
That's it for now.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
This blog is for TJ. Sorry I haven't answered the phone in a few days/the couple of times you've called. I've been either working or sleeping, but I have the next few days off, so I'll try and give you a call then. Thanks for the reference check...if I get fired, I'll blame it on you! Haha.
Anyway, hope you had a good Thanksgiving if you celebrate it. I can't remember if you do, but yeah, talk to you soon.
Anyway, hope you had a good Thanksgiving if you celebrate it. I can't remember if you do, but yeah, talk to you soon.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Ok, as I sit here and listen to some Carbon Leaf, I'm going to make a milestone blog.
What milestone? Well, today is the, not 1, not 2, but 4 year anniversary since I started this thing called blogging. Back then, blogging was sort of new. Not anymore, but that's a tangent.
Anyway, wow, 4 years ago. SOOOO much has happened in 4 years that it's really hard to even think about it. I can put it in a list, but that would take a long time. Haha, just now the song from Rent came into my head. 525,600 minutes in a year...that means over 2 million minutes has passed. That's crazy.
Here are some big events during these years:
1. Got kicked out of CSU ;)
2. *something* made me shape up at FRCC
3. 12/1/01 - Laura and I officially start dating
4. The Rod/Derek/etc. fall out
5. Ben/Chris/roommate fall out
6. Ashley/TJ stuff
7. Camp stuff
8. Alaska internship (whoa, big jump in time!)
...um, I don't want to write anymore, lol.
I guess not much happened between, oh 2003 and 2004, but I can't even think about it it's so far back. Think about it, I was 19 still...a teenager! I had a lot of problems going on late 2001/early 2002. Turned out for the better, though.
Lots of stuff has happened, like I said, but then again, lots of stuff has still stayed the same.
I think I've been pretty good in the blog thing. I'm pretty sure that I lost a good amount of blogs like from 2003, June-October or something, but not counting those, I have around just under 400 blogs. That's about 1 every 4 days. That's amazing! This is so much better than a journal, you know? You know I would never write that much out, and some of these are long!
But looking back, I don't think I regret anything from when I was 19. Things happen for a reason you know. Have I grown up? Lol, I would like to think so. I think I'm definitely more responsible. One thing that I would have liked to do is to have started bloggin when I started college. That would be a better starting point. Oh well.
Sometimes it's hard to think where I've lived:
Fall 2000/Spring 2001 - Dorms w/ Chris
Fall 2001/Spring 2002 - Chris' house with Ben
Fall 2002/Spring 2003 - Sumac house with Laura and Ashley
Fall 2003/Spring 2004 - Collins West with Laura
Fall 2004/Spring 2005 - Chris' house with just Chris
Fall 2005 - Laramie with Laura.
That reminds me, the big ordeal with Chris telling Ben to leave. Wow, I remember that night pretty good. I think Ben and I are still in good terms, though I haven't seen him in a while. I should call him or something. I think Remi is done after the Spring semester, so before then. He will probably move out to Seattle or something. At least wherever Remi goes for sure.
But anyway, I have to admit, it was fun back then. Smoking up (lol), hanging out with Rod/Derek/etc...through all the things that's happened, they were pretty good friends. They really were.
Another interesting thing that I could do is look through the e-mails that I have from back then. I have this weird habit of saving ALL my important correspondence e-mails from friends, family, etc. My earliest saved e-mail is from like Oct/Nov of 2001 I believe. It's interesting to see how Laura and I talked and stuff like that. We talk A LOT different now. It's a weird change. We were like, sort of giving attitudes to each other via e-mail. Haha.
I should put all these things, including this blog in time capsule or something. I've always wanted to create a time capsule, but I never knew where to bury it. I mean, what if a building was built above it? I don't know.
Well, what now? The next 4 years? 10 years? 20 years? Will I be blogging then as well? Who knows. I very well may be. I think the next few years will be a lot more change-ridden then the last, if you get my drift. My life is starting to become just that, a real life. College days are like, you know, having fun, working jobs, and just eeking through. The next few years will really get you thinking I think. Hardships will follow for sure, but then the rewards are that much better I think.
I can't wait to get started on my life. I really can't. I love Laura so much and I am lucky to have to her love me back the same. Sometimes things are hard, like school, bills, etc., but it's good that we're there for each other.
I'm grateful, as well, for all the support that I've gotten from friends and sort of family (mostly my Mom since I don't really talk with any others, maybe my brother more recently these past few months).
Here's to the next stage in my, and everyone else's, life. Let's not try to regret a single thing that we've done. Just keep in mind that stuff happens for a reason, even if you might not think it. It could be for better or for worse, but in the end you'll be a more *complete* person, if you get what I mean. Let's all try and have the opportunity to experience all that life has to give us.
What milestone? Well, today is the, not 1, not 2, but 4 year anniversary since I started this thing called blogging. Back then, blogging was sort of new. Not anymore, but that's a tangent.
Anyway, wow, 4 years ago. SOOOO much has happened in 4 years that it's really hard to even think about it. I can put it in a list, but that would take a long time. Haha, just now the song from Rent came into my head. 525,600 minutes in a year...that means over 2 million minutes has passed. That's crazy.
Here are some big events during these years:
1. Got kicked out of CSU ;)
2. *something* made me shape up at FRCC
3. 12/1/01 - Laura and I officially start dating
4. The Rod/Derek/etc. fall out
5. Ben/Chris/roommate fall out
6. Ashley/TJ stuff
7. Camp stuff
8. Alaska internship (whoa, big jump in time!)
...um, I don't want to write anymore, lol.
I guess not much happened between, oh 2003 and 2004, but I can't even think about it it's so far back. Think about it, I was 19 still...a teenager! I had a lot of problems going on late 2001/early 2002. Turned out for the better, though.
Lots of stuff has happened, like I said, but then again, lots of stuff has still stayed the same.
I think I've been pretty good in the blog thing. I'm pretty sure that I lost a good amount of blogs like from 2003, June-October or something, but not counting those, I have around just under 400 blogs. That's about 1 every 4 days. That's amazing! This is so much better than a journal, you know? You know I would never write that much out, and some of these are long!
But looking back, I don't think I regret anything from when I was 19. Things happen for a reason you know. Have I grown up? Lol, I would like to think so. I think I'm definitely more responsible. One thing that I would have liked to do is to have started bloggin when I started college. That would be a better starting point. Oh well.
Sometimes it's hard to think where I've lived:
Fall 2000/Spring 2001 - Dorms w/ Chris
Fall 2001/Spring 2002 - Chris' house with Ben
Fall 2002/Spring 2003 - Sumac house with Laura and Ashley
Fall 2003/Spring 2004 - Collins West with Laura
Fall 2004/Spring 2005 - Chris' house with just Chris
Fall 2005 - Laramie with Laura.
That reminds me, the big ordeal with Chris telling Ben to leave. Wow, I remember that night pretty good. I think Ben and I are still in good terms, though I haven't seen him in a while. I should call him or something. I think Remi is done after the Spring semester, so before then. He will probably move out to Seattle or something. At least wherever Remi goes for sure.
But anyway, I have to admit, it was fun back then. Smoking up (lol), hanging out with Rod/Derek/etc...through all the things that's happened, they were pretty good friends. They really were.
Another interesting thing that I could do is look through the e-mails that I have from back then. I have this weird habit of saving ALL my important correspondence e-mails from friends, family, etc. My earliest saved e-mail is from like Oct/Nov of 2001 I believe. It's interesting to see how Laura and I talked and stuff like that. We talk A LOT different now. It's a weird change. We were like, sort of giving attitudes to each other via e-mail. Haha.
I should put all these things, including this blog in time capsule or something. I've always wanted to create a time capsule, but I never knew where to bury it. I mean, what if a building was built above it? I don't know.
Well, what now? The next 4 years? 10 years? 20 years? Will I be blogging then as well? Who knows. I very well may be. I think the next few years will be a lot more change-ridden then the last, if you get my drift. My life is starting to become just that, a real life. College days are like, you know, having fun, working jobs, and just eeking through. The next few years will really get you thinking I think. Hardships will follow for sure, but then the rewards are that much better I think.
I can't wait to get started on my life. I really can't. I love Laura so much and I am lucky to have to her love me back the same. Sometimes things are hard, like school, bills, etc., but it's good that we're there for each other.
I'm grateful, as well, for all the support that I've gotten from friends and sort of family (mostly my Mom since I don't really talk with any others, maybe my brother more recently these past few months).
Here's to the next stage in my, and everyone else's, life. Let's not try to regret a single thing that we've done. Just keep in mind that stuff happens for a reason, even if you might not think it. It could be for better or for worse, but in the end you'll be a more *complete* person, if you get what I mean. Let's all try and have the opportunity to experience all that life has to give us.
So I just had to write this. I've been watching the All Star Thanksgiving on the Food Network and man, I CANNOT stand Paula Deen...I had it on while I was playing Halo and her Thanksgiving special came on...my god!!!!!!! I just about broke my TV because I couldn't stand it. I don't know why. Maybe it's her attitude. Maybe it's her accent. Maybe I just don't like her??? I really wish they would discontinue her show...I would rather watch Emerial Live over this show. And that's saying a lot.
Sunday, November 20, 2005
It's 10:42 and it's time to stay up until the wee hours of the morning. Why? Because that's my new schedule. Sleep during the day so I can do overnights without falling asleep! Last night we good. I don't think it'll be a problem. Now to get other shifts.
Got an iTunes gift card from my bro. I'll have to look around and see what kind of new albums are out and stuff. I haven't been really keeping up with the latest music and stuff. I need to do that.
This is pretty short, I don't have much else to write, so. See ya later!
Got an iTunes gift card from my bro. I'll have to look around and see what kind of new albums are out and stuff. I haven't been really keeping up with the latest music and stuff. I need to do that.
This is pretty short, I don't have much else to write, so. See ya later!
Saturday, November 19, 2005
I think this is my first blog from Laura's new computer. I really like the way text appears on this laptop. It's really, well, smooth.
Laura is having fun I think on her trip to D.C. She was a little scared of the subway, and who wouldn't since D.C. is such a crime ridden place. :) Anyway, I think she gets back tomorrow and she's going to stay in Denver until next week. I'll be going down there (what a looooong drive!) on Friday and spending the night and Saturday is Phantom of the Opera time. Should be fun since I've never seen it before.
What else. I stayed up until around 4 am today so I can sleep most of the day (I woke up at 2pm actually) so I can be ready for my overnight shift tonight, beginning at 12am until 10pm. It's a long day! Yeah, I think I might actually take another nap because another hour or two would be better than none. I don't want to be yawning all day. I just hope the suicidal girl doesn't run away or kill herself. lol.
The Christmas season is starting to bloom. I sense it everywhere. Grocery stores, commercials, shows. They're all Christmas themed. It's pretty cold out right now, it snowed a bit last night, so. Not at all today though.
I'll end it right here. I'm going to see if I can sleep after a bit of Halo.
:)
Laura is having fun I think on her trip to D.C. She was a little scared of the subway, and who wouldn't since D.C. is such a crime ridden place. :) Anyway, I think she gets back tomorrow and she's going to stay in Denver until next week. I'll be going down there (what a looooong drive!) on Friday and spending the night and Saturday is Phantom of the Opera time. Should be fun since I've never seen it before.
What else. I stayed up until around 4 am today so I can sleep most of the day (I woke up at 2pm actually) so I can be ready for my overnight shift tonight, beginning at 12am until 10pm. It's a long day! Yeah, I think I might actually take another nap because another hour or two would be better than none. I don't want to be yawning all day. I just hope the suicidal girl doesn't run away or kill herself. lol.
The Christmas season is starting to bloom. I sense it everywhere. Grocery stores, commercials, shows. They're all Christmas themed. It's pretty cold out right now, it snowed a bit last night, so. Not at all today though.
I'll end it right here. I'm going to see if I can sleep after a bit of Halo.
:)
Friday, November 18, 2005
I thought I'd do a quick post. Today while I was visiting my cottage and getting off work, I look outside and see the best sunset I've seen yet here in Laramie. It was the most purple-rich sky I've ever seen. It was crazy. I was inside and I wanted to go out to see it but I couldn't. I think tomorrow I'm going to head out there and take a few snapshots and post it. It was just awesome. Sort of gave me the feeling that living here isn't so bad. ;)
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
I have some time before I head to bed and get some stuff done online. Things are going good though, life overall that is. Laura left today (tomorrow morning actually) to head down to Denver and then off to D.C. for about a week for a conference. I miss her already! I'm pretty bored right now, even at 11pm. I might even head to bed before 12pm...I don't think so though. I'll probably end up watching some TV (I found the Sci-FI channel recently, although Laura insists that we've had it here AND in Fort Collins...). They have some good UFO stuff sometimes.
Work is good. Tomorrow is my policy quiz, which I hope I pass. I've read over all the material except the last couple of packets. And then Friday's the last real training for meds and diabetes stuff. I have a couple of more things to get checked off after that and then I'm off training. Things are starting to pick up, though. I picked up 40-hours next week for some people taking time off for the Thanksgiving holidays. It's at the girls cottage and they're all overnight shifts, but oh well.
Once the regular schedule starts, I am hoping to pick up part-time overnights at the girls cottage and some day part-time at the boys cottage which I'm familiar with so I can have some interaction with the kids. We'll take it one by one I guess.
But that's all for now. I'm going to go read the rest of my packets.
Work is good. Tomorrow is my policy quiz, which I hope I pass. I've read over all the material except the last couple of packets. And then Friday's the last real training for meds and diabetes stuff. I have a couple of more things to get checked off after that and then I'm off training. Things are starting to pick up, though. I picked up 40-hours next week for some people taking time off for the Thanksgiving holidays. It's at the girls cottage and they're all overnight shifts, but oh well.
Once the regular schedule starts, I am hoping to pick up part-time overnights at the girls cottage and some day part-time at the boys cottage which I'm familiar with so I can have some interaction with the kids. We'll take it one by one I guess.
But that's all for now. I'm going to go read the rest of my packets.
Monday, November 14, 2005
So I've got some time this morning since I woke up early so I don't have to give Laura $1 (a bet that I couldn't get up when she did). I'll write a bit about what's been happening.
So training is ALMOST over for my job. Just a few hours this week and I'm done and I can finally be an ER/on-call. I have to study for my quiz though, make sure I don't fail that!
This past Saturday I trained from 3-11 and wow, that was an experience. I don't want to talk about it too much since if my employer HAPPENS to find this on the 'net, it would be a no-no, but it was interesting to say the least. It was overall fun though and go to interact with the kids more. I was tired though!
Today Laura is coming back sometime and getting the refrigerator that my Mom bought for her for her office (yeah, weird huh?). I'm heading to the bank sometime today to deposit some checks and maybe do some budgeting for bills and stuff. We'll see. My loan payments start in March I believe, at $40 a month for one of them and probably the same for the other. I'm not sure what or where my other loan is, so I'll have to dig up papers and stuff to find information on that. My goal is to get the damn loans paid off in 6 months or less, which I should be able to do once the spring time rolls around and I possibly get another part-time job for the city parks and recreation, unless I am working full-time at the Cathedral Home. We'll see about that when I'm done with training and the hours are filled up with the new employees.
Other than that, just chugging along. Thanksgiving is almost here...and then shortly afterwards Christmas. That time of year again. Comes and goes faster each year.
I hear TJ got a new car. A Ford Contour. lol. I think it fits him, although I could have seen him more in a station wagon. ;) He needs to get a digital camera (unless he has one already) and take pictures and most importantly, get an internet connection! Perhaps he can do the AOL thing again over and over. Better than nothing I suppose.
But yeah, I'm gonna go. See ya later and I'm going to start picking up writing because I want to hit 400 blogs by the end of the year...like 19 more to go I think. :)
So training is ALMOST over for my job. Just a few hours this week and I'm done and I can finally be an ER/on-call. I have to study for my quiz though, make sure I don't fail that!
This past Saturday I trained from 3-11 and wow, that was an experience. I don't want to talk about it too much since if my employer HAPPENS to find this on the 'net, it would be a no-no, but it was interesting to say the least. It was overall fun though and go to interact with the kids more. I was tired though!
Today Laura is coming back sometime and getting the refrigerator that my Mom bought for her for her office (yeah, weird huh?). I'm heading to the bank sometime today to deposit some checks and maybe do some budgeting for bills and stuff. We'll see. My loan payments start in March I believe, at $40 a month for one of them and probably the same for the other. I'm not sure what or where my other loan is, so I'll have to dig up papers and stuff to find information on that. My goal is to get the damn loans paid off in 6 months or less, which I should be able to do once the spring time rolls around and I possibly get another part-time job for the city parks and recreation, unless I am working full-time at the Cathedral Home. We'll see about that when I'm done with training and the hours are filled up with the new employees.
Other than that, just chugging along. Thanksgiving is almost here...and then shortly afterwards Christmas. That time of year again. Comes and goes faster each year.
I hear TJ got a new car. A Ford Contour. lol. I think it fits him, although I could have seen him more in a station wagon. ;) He needs to get a digital camera (unless he has one already) and take pictures and most importantly, get an internet connection! Perhaps he can do the AOL thing again over and over. Better than nothing I suppose.
But yeah, I'm gonna go. See ya later and I'm going to start picking up writing because I want to hit 400 blogs by the end of the year...like 19 more to go I think. :)
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Friday, November 11, 2005
Hello!
I know, I didn't write like I said. Things got busy.
New happenings:
Motogolf.com sold our first sale! lol, pretty cool, although all the profits are going to the company again.
Work is going good. I am still in training until next Thursday when I take my policy quiz. I might take that Monday, depending on if I'm ready.
I don't remember if I wrote this, but I opened up http://www.thefinaldish.com so if you want, visit, register, and write a review about restaurants you've been to!
That's it! Nothing really big. TJ got a new place of his own, another studio. I would do that, but no money for me. Haha, oh yeah, he got his PERA and he only go $850 or something like that. I could have SWORE he would get like $2000 haha. I don't know why I got $985...I still have some left since I graduated in the PERA account, so I might take that out again. We'll see how much it'll be.
Hm...other than that, that's really it. I am going to training in about 40 minutes. Today's a long day, learning about securing and restraining the kids. The second part is tomorrow too. Long!
Oh, I guess I'll put one more thing. I've been into the band Carbon Leaf lately. So much in fact, that when I couldn't find good versions of their songs online, I went on iTunes and bought their latest CD. lol. $9.99 is pretty cheap I guess. That's the first CD I've bought since like, early 2001. Wow! But yeah, check them out:
http://www.carbonleaf.com/
Laters.
I know, I didn't write like I said. Things got busy.
New happenings:
Motogolf.com sold our first sale! lol, pretty cool, although all the profits are going to the company again.
Work is going good. I am still in training until next Thursday when I take my policy quiz. I might take that Monday, depending on if I'm ready.
I don't remember if I wrote this, but I opened up http://www.thefinaldish.com so if you want, visit, register, and write a review about restaurants you've been to!
That's it! Nothing really big. TJ got a new place of his own, another studio. I would do that, but no money for me. Haha, oh yeah, he got his PERA and he only go $850 or something like that. I could have SWORE he would get like $2000 haha. I don't know why I got $985...I still have some left since I graduated in the PERA account, so I might take that out again. We'll see how much it'll be.
Hm...other than that, that's really it. I am going to training in about 40 minutes. Today's a long day, learning about securing and restraining the kids. The second part is tomorrow too. Long!
Oh, I guess I'll put one more thing. I've been into the band Carbon Leaf lately. So much in fact, that when I couldn't find good versions of their songs online, I went on iTunes and bought their latest CD. lol. $9.99 is pretty cheap I guess. That's the first CD I've bought since like, early 2001. Wow! But yeah, check them out:
http://www.carbonleaf.com/
Laters.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Monday, October 31, 2005
Happy Halloween to all.
I can't believe it's already November tomorrow! 2 more months and the year is over with. I'll be doing my annual reflecting probably near the end of the year. This year was the best year in blogging for me I would say, seeing from the number of posts that I did. Wouldn't it be great if I could do 365 posts next year? lol, yeah right.
I've been downloading music videos from Yahoo music the last few days. I'm watching O.A.R.'s Hey Girl right now. One thing that I would love to have done is be in a band, trying to make it big. In the video, it looks like they're having so much fun. I think it'd be fun to be in a band for sure, travelling around and stuff. Oh well, maybe in my next life huh?
The next 3 or so weeks I'm going to be doing training a few times a week and I'll probably be finishing up the 17th or 21st of this month, depending on when I want to take the last training. And after that, I HOPEFULLY will get a good shift that'll give me some hours and get my bills paid, find a house to rent and getting a dog. I can't wait for that yo.
Hopefully TJ's interview went well. Maybe I'll call him this week.
Other than that, I think Chris and Ashley are both doing their own thing lately. I haven't talked to either in a while. I'll have to head down to Fort Collins one of these times.
I can't believe it's already November tomorrow! 2 more months and the year is over with. I'll be doing my annual reflecting probably near the end of the year. This year was the best year in blogging for me I would say, seeing from the number of posts that I did. Wouldn't it be great if I could do 365 posts next year? lol, yeah right.
I've been downloading music videos from Yahoo music the last few days. I'm watching O.A.R.'s Hey Girl right now. One thing that I would love to have done is be in a band, trying to make it big. In the video, it looks like they're having so much fun. I think it'd be fun to be in a band for sure, travelling around and stuff. Oh well, maybe in my next life huh?
The next 3 or so weeks I'm going to be doing training a few times a week and I'll probably be finishing up the 17th or 21st of this month, depending on when I want to take the last training. And after that, I HOPEFULLY will get a good shift that'll give me some hours and get my bills paid, find a house to rent and getting a dog. I can't wait for that yo.
Hopefully TJ's interview went well. Maybe I'll call him this week.
Other than that, I think Chris and Ashley are both doing their own thing lately. I haven't talked to either in a while. I'll have to head down to Fort Collins one of these times.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Ah!!!
I hate my host. I've loved them for a long time, but now the errors are getting out of hand...so, I've made the decision to switch to Site5.com instead of Powweb.com to host CSU Connection and CSU Forums. I'll be doing that later tonight.
Other news? Well, I got the job at the Cathedral Home for Children! Cool huh? I start training next Tuesday. Hopefully this'll become like a full-time job after a while. I need the money and there's been super cute Border Collies around on the net that Laura and I have been looking at and torturing ourselves with.
TJ has an interview at a similar place where he's at. That's today. Hopefully he gets it.
I'm just chillin' right now, probably going to get some Sprite here in a minute. I wonder what everyone's doing for Halloween I wonder?
Oh yeah, and Laura and I carved a pumpkin last night. Pictures here:
http://www.csuconnection.com/halloween_pictures.php
Laters.
I hate my host. I've loved them for a long time, but now the errors are getting out of hand...so, I've made the decision to switch to Site5.com instead of Powweb.com to host CSU Connection and CSU Forums. I'll be doing that later tonight.
Other news? Well, I got the job at the Cathedral Home for Children! Cool huh? I start training next Tuesday. Hopefully this'll become like a full-time job after a while. I need the money and there's been super cute Border Collies around on the net that Laura and I have been looking at and torturing ourselves with.
TJ has an interview at a similar place where he's at. That's today. Hopefully he gets it.
I'm just chillin' right now, probably going to get some Sprite here in a minute. I wonder what everyone's doing for Halloween I wonder?
Oh yeah, and Laura and I carved a pumpkin last night. Pictures here:
http://www.csuconnection.com/halloween_pictures.php
Laters.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
While surfing the Navy SEAL website, one of the guys (a SEAL I presume) wrote this in response to someone asking "what drives a SEAL to do the things he does?":
"Aggression, pride, the desire to do what ever it is you do to the absolute pinnacle of performance, the Brotherhood, respect and self respect, honor, integrity, inner strength. All internal motivators.
In the dark of night when you're standing on the windy beach in wet cammies, grinding sand against your raw skin with every movement and colder than you've ever been before, there is nothing else that will keep you there. Everything outside seems suddenly small and insignificant, you focus on yourself, you dig within. You find these traits and you build your character on them, they keep you warm, they keep you going. They keep you motivated when your classmates drop beside you one by one, you hear the bell ringing, ringing, and you keep going. You see the sun rise and you see it set and rise again, and you're still going, you persevere. When you finally reach the end of that long, dark gauntlet, you look around at the few steely eyed men still standing beside you, and know that you are a man among men.
You have it in you or you don't."
Pretty well written if you ask me.
"Aggression, pride, the desire to do what ever it is you do to the absolute pinnacle of performance, the Brotherhood, respect and self respect, honor, integrity, inner strength. All internal motivators.
In the dark of night when you're standing on the windy beach in wet cammies, grinding sand against your raw skin with every movement and colder than you've ever been before, there is nothing else that will keep you there. Everything outside seems suddenly small and insignificant, you focus on yourself, you dig within. You find these traits and you build your character on them, they keep you warm, they keep you going. They keep you motivated when your classmates drop beside you one by one, you hear the bell ringing, ringing, and you keep going. You see the sun rise and you see it set and rise again, and you're still going, you persevere. When you finally reach the end of that long, dark gauntlet, you look around at the few steely eyed men still standing beside you, and know that you are a man among men.
You have it in you or you don't."
Pretty well written if you ask me.