Well the time has come..... To POST!


Well the other half and I have gotten back into dancing full swing actually. We are currently specifically learning Bal swing to which now everytime I listen to a song I keep thinking to myself what speed and timing can I Bal swing to the song? Its almost rather annoying since I enjoy listening to music and not actually thinking anything and letting my imagination run wild with it.

I've been feeding the desire to my brain and have been listening to more big band music than I thought I would ever listen to. I used to play most of this music back in middle school in my jazz band. Like right now I'm listening to Blue Skies by Irving Berlin... You wonder what I'm thinking while I write this? How much speed can I achieve with the toss out as I send my partner out and I spin around coming back into contact with each other.... Yea....

In other news nothing much else going on, signed up for ballroom classes again since we are drastically out of practice. We have the hussle, east coast swing, and cha cha down pretty well. We are so rusty its not even funny. I remember seeing beginner students that started after we did and thinking wow I used to be like that, now since we took a year off from it those same students are dancing pretty damn good now! Don't let anyone lie to you, practice makes perfect! Let me tell ya.

Currently looking into buying some Stacy Adams shoes and getting them resoled with hard leather bottoms and heal. I said we jumped back into dancing full swing didn't I?

Hard to believe I'm still alive.... It has been a LONG while since I've posted and I feel I have a certain need to post again. I've noticed a large change in my moods since I haven't been able to vent properly where I just want a one sided conversation with a keyboard that doesn't offer any suggestions just the tapping of keys that my ears need to hear.

Life has been really busy lately, for those of you not in the know I recently gotten engaged this past January and the planning has been kicking up. I'm pretty excited to see what we come up with for our wedding. She doesn't want anything real big, but I want something to celebrate! I feel we need to party, dance, and gather all our friends in one spot and have a good time. To me the ceremony isn't the biggest deal; I feel the reception is where it needs to be! One idea that I came up with is for a 40's style theme wedding since we both love swing dancing and have started taking up Balboa Swing (A popular style of swing back during WWII.) We will see, she seems to be keen on the idea as well but we'll know more as time marches on, we have nothing but time on our hands as our wedding date is set to September 10, 2011. This should prove to be a very interesting wedding. I do want Scott to shoot the bridal pictures and wedding, so I hope he will find a 40’s theme interesting!

I'm currently working over at the EPA as a contractor.... I honestly can't say I agree with most political views and such here but it pays the bills and I don't have to discuss politics! With the new roll out of computers to refresh the older computer systems it has added nothing but headache after headache. New things keeping popping up with bugs and/or our old way of doing things that made sense now no longer work. Such as, Windows has this great feature when is BSOD's on you that it creates a small mini-dump file. We have debugging software from Microsoft that will run the source and tell me or the tech running the script what happened to the system and what was the last thing that could have taken the computer down. Well this feature is by default turned on when you make an installation off a regular OEM version of the Windows OS you would buy in the store but is currently turned off which leads me to believe the person that made the image decided to turn this feature off. A real headache when BSOD’s are quite common right now.

Still trucking through school, I started up summer term last night to which I will say this…. OMFG what did I get myself into? I know level 300+ courses are supposed to in nature be harder but holy hell…. This class tonight is going to be even worse as the instructor is from main campus and obviously knows only how to work with students whom do not have a job and live on campus itself. I will get through it though and move on to bigger and better things. I’m also looking into master degree program. I was shown that ECU has an Information Security masters program online that I can take I think I will probably will be going there. I never actually thought I would be attaining any type of college degree and now I’m just under half way done with my current degree. If everything goes to plan I should have my undergraduate in spring of 2011.

Other then all of this not much else has been happening. Susan and I are going to take a much needed vacation up in the mountains tomorrow and Friday. Adding to that I’m coming down with a hell of a head cold, thanks NC weather patterns…

Yes, I plan on posting regularly again and yea, you're going to see some rants and raves and well anything else that crosses my mind. Hope everyone is having a good day as at least someone has to make up for my crackpot day I'm having.

Found a program online that makes custom motivational posters for me. Below are some I made.




Story to this poster I made
The one thing that stuck out on the picture was this guy's use of makeup. If it isn't makeup he sure does look like someone that will be a pretty bitch in jail!


( The rest under the cut )

So it has been a long while since I've done an update.... Yes, I've been hiding of sorts.... I had a bunch of personal crap crop up on me and had to quit my part time job in not such a way that I wanted to. Needless to say that chapter and bridge is pretty much burned. Not that I needed it and nor am I making that an excuse, it is no excuse in my book to quit a job by just leaving it.

Anyway, enough of my guilt session thus far and onto business I guess....

I start back school on Tuesday to finish up my undergraduate and hopefully also do some side work as well. I always need the extra monies, it makes the world go round what can I say?

In other news, my job is going pretty great and haven't any complaints so far with my job itself. With others around me and processes the government takes to do things is another matter all to itself. Maybe one day I'll express my views on this but today is not the day. I've gotten a new car, new computer, and a new phone. Sounds expensive eh? Let me tell ya..... It is....

( Cut for her pleasure )

So there you have it.... A current update of my life at the moment. Not too much happening, although I'll update on my Atlanta trip and future upcoming events and possibly some pictures soon as well. I know how you all are dying to see pictures of my ugly mug ;)

Currently, posus9 and myself have taken to eating on the healthier side of life.... With going to the gym and still doing our dance thing. Most people at this point that know me know my whole mind set with diets etc...

( Bah, I don't like long posts without a cut or two )

Right now we're doing the circuit training at the gym and honestly I want to go do my own thing. When that day comes that posus9 feels comfortable on her own I'm gonna so love doing my own thing. We feel so much better even after a week getting back into the gym, but I want to start looking the way I feel. Circuit training to me is a great thing if you're running short on time and need to exercise that at least can keep your endurance going.

( You knew more was coming didn't you? )

So I'm getting into a much healthier me and so far it isn't so bad. I'm gonna hate when I take my already large calorie base of 1800 and jack it through the roof when I start to lift. I'm gonna have to look into protein supplements or something. Anyway, if anyone else is on a diet and/or a life style change as some would like to call it let me know. I like getting a well rounded opinion of other ideas as not all diets work the same for everyone.

Well I was working last night at the fruit stand (Apple store) and had a rather good night up until clock out time. Where I asked a co-worker how he was doing as I didn't get to talk to him most of the night. He in I quote, "Man I don't talk to fucking racist's." Taken aback by this I question why does he call me this.... Apparently I'm a racist because I specifically replied to him this past Tuesday night that we worked in I quote, "Yeeeeeaaaahhh and Aaaiiiight." Apparently these are new racial terms I am unaware of. So he proceeds to call me a racist in front of all of our co-workers and doesn't even feel the need to talk to me about it. He said I was playing it down and that he would forget about it in a month or two. My initial reaction was shock but in the end I know exactly what I'm going to do.

First thing is to get a manager involved and we will discuss how it is not appropriate to call others names especially racist in front of our peers. Secondly I am going to explain to him the definition of being a racist, a bigot and what I believe him to be ignorant.

I don't need this part time job, I just got it for extra monies and thats it. I generally like working there with all the people and honestly I thought this person and I were fairly cool with each other. But apparently I need to be speaking more white than any other color because apparently he believes those two words I said were labeled for black people only.

Can't we all just get along? For crying out loud....

Sorry I watched, 'PS. I Love you' last night. Great movie, and yes for those of you asking... I watch chick flicks as much as I watch action movies. From my ever growing collection of movies I can say I'm fairly well rounded with my likes and dislikes according to movies. One thing I will try never to do is tell someone NOT to go see a movie. I hate professional critics. How do people like this even attain a job like this? Do they just all of a sudden one day crop up there own opinion polls and boom their a movie critic? Now there are a whole host of movies I hate and will probably never stand to watch them either ever again or ever which ever the case may be. I love a good story and also like the movies with an underlying meaning to them.

I will gladly give my opinion of a movie to anyone even if they don't care to listen. Like Cloverfield I'll say the movie sucked and made me almost vomit from camera movement. Seriously, when you have motion sickness from simply watching a movie it isn't worth watching. Can we say I never watched the Blair Witch Project? I knew that movie would give me problems so I just didn't watch it.


Anyone have any movies they would recommend? Again, I'd prefer a good story line, action is not really needed but wouldn't mind.

Never thought I'd actually see anyone wear Utilikilts outside of a select handful of friends but I see I was mistaken. My co-worker at my second job was wearing a utilikilt sporting around tools of his trade. Which struck me as cool, least someone finds it worth wearing.... But then it hit me.... There were 2 other guys in the store wearing utilikilts, granted one looked like a paper white ghost with black eye liner but still.

Anyone have a scottish avatar I can throw up instead of a sparta avatar? ;)

I love reading web comics, and this is no exception for my love of the guys that are so creative in making these strips. Anyway, if everyone around on the net has been paying attention, they'll understand the joke behind this one comic.




http://lfgcomic.com/page/latest



Have fun :)

After reading some fictional stories and actually reading an article on the subject I find myself at a moment in my life where I stopped and thought about a serious subject.... Sex.

( Cut so those who care not to read won't have to, just answer the question below. )

So the reason why I wrote all that out is simply this.... Why do some use sex as a tool where others use sex for pure pleasure?

I've pretty much learned that relationships (ie. one night stands, fuck buddies, and committed) are all games to be played. Some are set on easy difficulty where others are set to nightmare mode. Oh and cheat codes do not work as it was never programmed into the game.

So I owned a Wii for roughly 17 hours this past weekend.... I took it back without even opening it and got my money back.... I couldn't justify spending $260 (w/tax) on a game console that I barely will be home to play. Granted I've wanted a Wii for a long time I just couldn't justify the cost nor the willingness to just keep it. So after training on Saturday I took it back literally 17 hours later, to which I made someone else's weekend because they stood behind me and saw I was bringing back a Wii. They asked if something was wrong with it and I explained it wasn't even opened. They promptly bought it after I returned it.

So fast forward through the weekend and to Monday. I played hooky Monday from work to get a bunch of personal stuff done. I technically didn't lie about being sick because I was and got progressively worse after the crappy lunch I had. So me and the misses switched our phone plans to a single family plan and got new phones. I'm still debating on my phone if I like it or not. I got the new razor 2 phone and it looks nice but I'm still undecided... I now have 13 more days to mull over and debate on the phone. I also bought a new bed finally. For those of you that have seen my bed or layed in my bed know that it was time to kill it. Springs sticking me in the back and having it sag in the middle and side just wasn't cutting it anymore. So the price of the Wii didn't compare to the bed nor the phone but these are items I will pretty much use everyday/night. Justified :)

In other news 2 jobs are killing me but when I hopefully see more savings being put into my bank account I'll be happy.

I want to know something.... How hard is it for a man to flush and wash his own damn hands after using the toilet?

I get every excuse in the book.... Oh I washed my hands before I touched my johnson, or my favorite I don't touch my johnson when I'm taking a leak.... I've heard and seen it all....

What peaked my freaking last nerve on this was while here at work at the EPA building someone decided to leave the next tenant to the stall a small gift.... When I mean small I mean he didn't flush and looks like he didn't even wipe himself when he got done.

Is this where we have come as a society? Not washing our hands out of courtesy for others, not flushing because we are to lazy to do it ourselves? I mean really folks, you're taking 10 to 30 minutes, depending on how long you stay in the bathroom, out of your day to relieve yourself. At least have the common courtesy to think about others around you and wash your freaking hands ALONG with flushing.... The last thing I like smelling is what you left for me to find when I need to use the bathroom. Next time, think and just take an extra 5 minutes and wash those hands and flush behind yourself. It literally takes no time and I almost bet you'll get less colds to!

This thing is going around like the plague and I've been infected...Responses are screened for privacy purposes just in case you feel the need to talk smack.

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 34 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ... You're on my list, so I want to know you better! BE HONEST! COPY FROM HERE THEN SEND DIRECTLY TO ME IN A COMMENT THEN, REPOST THE EMPTY QUESTIONS.

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
2) What was your dream growing up?
3) What talent do you wish you had?
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
5) Favorite vegetable?
6) What was the last book you read?
7) What zodiac sign are you?
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
9) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang at?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Do you believe in God?
34) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

Many have actually asked themselves this question over the course of their lives trying to answer the age old question that defines a person as being a person. Now I'm not the best writer, hell not even the best audience at times but I feel as if I've come to the end of a long line of questions that I have one simple answer. I am me.

I am defined by my family, posus9, friends, and associates and people I randomly meet off the street. The definition of me does seem to be stretched among the masses. I've been a jerk, a loving son, a caring friend, someone that'll stab someone in the back or even simply just being a good listener. I have been all these things and more in my very tiny fraction of a life span in this wonderful place called Earth. I find myself wondering what my future holds but will always remember what has happened in my past will most certainly define how I enter the future. Whether it be with conviction or a small dose of caution I know my future will be for the better.

I may have stammered in my growth as of late, but that is simply because I've think I've found myself and what kind of situations I am accepting myself to be in. I'm not the richest guy nor the poorest. I may be unemployed but I am certainly not out for the count. Certainly I've overcome my slight depression of being unemployed granted now I need to battle the insomnia my depression had caused so I can actually sleep a normal schedule at night. For a guy that was depressed, sleep deprived, hell even scorned I've done pretty well with finding myself into interviews and looking at all options of employment. Now I'm at a junction to where I can possibly find something I truly love doing versus something that will simply bring home a paycheck.

( Unemployment Crap, cut for her pleasure! )

I don't define myself through my job. I've found out past the ripe old age of 20 that most people don't give a shit what you do. I thought I was some hot shit being one of the two youngest employees at Alphanumeric. Truth is.... This was only the beginning.... Starting at Glaxo as a contractor I learned so many things about myself. For one I couldn't keep my damn mouth shut about my job. Little did I realize that I inadvertently pissed off multiple people just being employed where I was because they thought I went well over their head into a position above theirs being much younger than them. Hell I thought I was being friendly. Apparently that came at a cost... But I learned, and my boss at the time God bless him he took me in under his wing because he said he saw something in me. What that was I have no clue but I learned what I could and made myself better.

Here I am almost 6 years later from that point in my life and I feel as if I'm still a green horn wet behind the ears rookie. I see so many people in higher positions and so much more educated than myself yet I still can put some of my friends in awe with what I know or can do. I don't feel smarter than anyone, I just feel like I've been exposed to many more different things in my life that allows me to adapt to situations better than others.

Where I've come from was a kid that knew what it was like being a well off middle class citizen, to the poorest teenager in school that saved his lunch money during the week so that he could hang out with his friends on the weekend to being a blessed young man that has been given many options in life and I believe I took the right path. Although I've humped my way through certain parts of my life I still find myself on the better end of the stick.

Here is to starting a new life, a better track for 2008.

I am proof that if you at least do the stupid ass assignments in a class you'll come out with a B. Thats right folks I nailed myself a B in my final English class! HELL YEA! I only need to take one more literature class but I doubt I'll hate it as much as I hated ENG112....

Moving on up! Hell yea! Next class! Bring it on!!!!

Due to being a very long entry and having someone remind you that it's long.... ( cut for her pleasure )

Okay for an awesome person and photographer I highly suggest getting this book. Also get me one while your at it, you know for christmas! :)

Spicy Chili Smell Leads to Evacuation

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
Associated Press Writer

I just wanna know which Texan is gonna fly to London now to get the recipe for that chili so they can start winning some chili contests!

So yea, weeks ago I promised a slightly more up to date posting.... Well here it is....


Nothing new is going on other then trying to get posus9 moved in to her new spot and then quickly moved back out. Long drawn out story that doesn't need to be retold for the 5 thousandth time! Hopefully I'll be trying to move out soon enough. posus9 and I will be hopefully looking for a house middle of next year and by the end of next year hopefully moving into said new home. Currently I'm just trying to get more debt off my back and save up some dough for future things needing to take place.

Still currently working at the same spot I've been working out. Nothing going on here thats all that important other than getting certifications and some extra training that will do me some good in the future.

Yea meaningful post, I know....

Anyone know how to fix the shutter on a Canon PowerShot SD500? I've pulled thing apart 2 times now and still with no luck trying to get the damn thing functional. I found the original issue with the gears not turning because of a gear getting stuck with a small plastic piece. I cleared that out of the way but I'm still getting a shutter error.... I feel like getting a new camera but I don't have the money for one. It seems when I don't really use a camera much I end up needing it the most when I freaking don't have a camera to use.... I could kick my own ass for giving away my old camera. As crappy as it was at least the damn thing worked and I could get the quick shots off. May not have been the best artistic shots but at least I could have gotten a picture.

Other little tech things, I've been able to hack into my new work phone. It's a Motorola W385, which is a baseline model of a phone that has bluetooth, camera, and a couple of other nice little things. The best part is that it came with a USB connector. Well it plugs into a PC just find with the USB! :) So a day or two later I completely knock out my new phone and had to get it replaced :( I had a bunch of funny pictures on there and modifications I liked. So with the replacement phone I went a few steps further with the modifications and such so it should be interesting to see what else I can do with this phone. Wish I could do this with my personal phone. Maybe in June when I start looking for a new service I'll see about getting the Motorola Razr n3m, least that phone I know is expandable with memory and features that I can modify heavily.

Also trying to set up a blade switch in my room and get everything onto a battery backup supply for when we get brown outs my computers won't be stressed every time the power shuts off and on. Gotta fix my multi-function printer, setup the LJ 4000 printer I got and sell the LJ 5 hosse of a printer I've fixed up and maxed out with features.

WOOHOO!!! I can get a WHOLE $35.00 if I file for the class action lawsuit! WOW!!! I can start that college fund for the kiddo's like I've always wanted!

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  5.     WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT?

     On October 12, 2005, Robert Anthony ("Plaintiff") filed suit against Yahoo!, Inc. ("Yahoo!") in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. Plaintiff alleged various claims against Yahoo! (specifically, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, Florida statute ?501.204 et seq.,fraud, and negligent misrepresentation), by virtue of his allegation that profiles posted for purposes other than dating appeared on the Yahoo! Personals website. Plaintiff brought suit on his own behalf and on behalf of all Yahoo! Personals paid subscribers in the United States since October 1, 2004. Plaintiff sought recovery of damages, various forms of equitable relief and attorneys' fees and costs. Yahoo! has denied, and continues to deny any and all claims and allegations of wrongdoing asserted in the case and has substantial factual and legal defenses to all claims alleged in the case. Yahoo! has maintained and continues to maintain that it has acted in accordance with governing law. Nonetheless, the parties have concluded that further participation in the case would be protracted and expensive, and that it is desirable that the case be fully and finally settled in the manner and upon the terms set forth in this Notice and in the Parties' Settlement Agreement.

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Okay first off your a dumbass to think that ads online wouldn't be fucking spam ads for people to spam you with. Second I knew full well what to expect when trying to date ONLINE. Here is a news flash, there are women out in the real fucking world that you can meet everyday in person. Stop being a little piss-ant and fucking suck it up and move on with life. I pray Yahoo doesn't have to pay out but they will because the justice system is stupid.

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     B.     Attorneys' Fees and Class Representative Compensation

     Counsel for the Settlement Class have pursued the Action on a contingent basis and have paid all costs of the Action. These attorneys have not yet been paid or recovered any of their expenses associated with the Action. As part of the Settlement, Class Counsel will request that the Court award them attorneys' fees and expenses. They intend to request $1,000,000 in attorneys' fees plus reasonable costs. Class Counsel's petition for fees and expenses will be filed with the Court no later than October 5, 2007, and may be reviewed by any interested party. The Court will determine a reasonable fee and expense award at the Fairness Hearing based on Settlement Class Counsel's Fee and Expense Application and responses thereto. Class Counsel will also ask the Court to approve a $20,000 Incentive Award to the Class Representative Plaintiff in this case (Robert Anthony). Any money the Court awards Settlement Class Counsel and the Plaintiff will be paid out of a settlement fund created by Yahoo!

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So let me get this straight, the attorney's here get a cool million? For what? Jerking off to spam pics of women on yahoo? And the plantiff gets a $20,000 settlement on top of this. Now if you read earlier I am entitled to $35.00. A WHOLE $35.00. Great deal! I swear!

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     6.     DO I HAVE TO DO ANYTHING?

     If you are an eligible Class Member and you wish to receive a one-time payment of up to $35.00 under this Settlement, you need to complete and submit a certified and authenticated Claim Form in a timely manner. This form is necessary to ensure that Yahoo! and Settlement Class Members' privacy rights are protected and to ensure that only eligible Class Members receive a monetary benefit. The Claim Form is available at the Settlement website at www.AnthonySettlement.com.

     The fully completed, certified and authenticated Claim Form must be submitted via U.S. Mail to the Claims Administrator at Anthony, et al. v. Yahoo!, Inc. Settlement, c/o The Garden City Group, Inc., P.O. Box 9148, Dublin, OH 43017-4148. The deadline for submission of the Claim Form is December 15, 2007. Accordingly, to be valid, Claim Forms must be postmarked not later than December 15, 2007 and addressed to the Claims Administrator at Anthony, et al. v. Yahoo!, Inc. Settlement, c/o The Garden City Group, Inc., P.O. Box 9148, Dublin, OH 43017-4148. You may attend the court hearing described below if you wish, but your attendance or non-attendance will not affect your eligibility to submit the Claim Form. You do not need to appear in court, and you do not need to hire an attorney in this case. You may object to the proposed settlement if you so desire.

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I think I'll pass, my time is worth more than $35 and on top of this I didn't care about yahoo personals.... I got laid more through eharmony and craigslist than I did with yahoo. I met one girl off of yahoo and that was a scary experience. My current girlfriend I met in person, which happens to be the most stable of all relationships I've had with women online.


I hope Yahoo can win this. I would gladly sit up on the stand and fucking say the plantiff needs to get a fucking life if he can't score a woman outside of online dating. Fucking loser....