Being On the Road.

Well due to the lack of a cooler and what not, living on the road has killed my diet and exercise program. High blood pressure sucks. Plus my brother is an asshole and purposely pissing me off beyond belief. One cannot ignore a person such as him, it is impossible. I have tried.

WW2 Vets.

"The greatest generation" my ass. The World War II vets are what screwed this country up as far as moral and values. When they got back from fighting it is like they took a vacation for life. They are the ones that produced the baby boomers and hippies. Which led to slacked parenting and kids having kids. Teenagers lack the mentality to raise kids or make wise decisions we all now that, and when they have kids they tend to not care or allow their kids to make stupid decisions same as they would. Had those WW2 people been more assertive with their kids, the present would been a lot better for everyone. Sure they "put up a great fight" in the war. But once those veterans came home they killed America's Core Values. It does trace back to them. Before then the family was a tight unit leading to kids being brought up with more common sense.


To clarify (for those arguing and calling me names)...

Good soldiers (fought bravely and honorably)...shitty parents. Women spent more time away having joined the work force than raising kids, the soldiers slacked in parenting as well. Hence the following BABYBOOMERS and HIPPIES, ETC. it traces back to WW2.

On The Road.

Well being back on the road sucks. Especially riding in the passenger seat with a brother that throws tantrums driving the truck. Makes me on edge. How is one not to dwell on the negatives or relax is someone is constantly yelling and breaking things while always constantly talking about the negatives. He claims it is what keeps his blood pressure down and says he is not going to change for anyone for any reason. He knows is aggravates me and does not even care. One moment we are talking about setting up payments to be taken out automatically towards debt then within the same hour talks about quitting this very moment or within a few days. You cannot do both. He does not care about the debt. I agree this truck sucks, crappy AC and whatnot. But, you cannot make a commitment and not be able to pay it when dealing with those creditor bastards.

I Want These Lenses.

I at least want the small Pentax Star lens. I plan to do some nature photography and telephoto lenses would help out a lot. I have no money though. Disappointing and fun to think about at the same time.

Halloween.

I am thinking of costume ideas that are ghetto cheap. I do not want to put a trash bag on me and go as a California Raisin. I am looking for something movie inspired. Nothing else to write.

Blood Pressure.

My F'n blood pressure is up again to 164/95. I canot win. I have tried everything. I have no insurance. Going to be living in a truck on the road so no steady doctor visits I am screwed.

Blonde Joke I Found.

First Google result actually.

Two blondes went to the pound where each adopted a puppy. The joy of their new best friend was quickly overshadowed when they got home and the first blonde said, "I think we're in trouble, how are we going to tell them apart?"
Funny Blond Jokes

This lead to several hours of concentration until finally, the second blonde said, "I've got an idea. We'll tie a red bow around my puppy and a blue bow around yours."

The next day the first blonde comes running up to the second when she got home, "Oh no, I can't tell whose puppy is whose... they've pulled the ribbons off while they were playing."

"OK, we need to find a better way to tell them apart," says the second blonde. After several more hours of concentration, they came up with the bright idea of getting different colored collars.

Again, the next day, the first blonde comes running up to the second as soon as she gets home, "Oh no, I can't tell whose puppy is whose... they've pulled their collars off while they were playing."

"There's got to be some way to tell them apart," says the second blonde.

After several more hours of concentration, the first blonde finally comes up with another idea, "I know! Why don't you take the black one and I'll take the white one!"

Packing.

Well once again I am forced to pack up and move. Each time I end up having to leave behind possessions that I cannot carry along the more important items. Tons of clothes though they are cheap generic jeans and shirts they are all need, dishes/pots and pans, books and other miscellaneous items. Just to start over again with a cluttered slate. It is just as well, I want to leave everything that is me or was me behind. No one can stand me, not even myself. I'll make sure to have my laptop and camera and hopefully I can make money with them. Other than that and a few pairs of clothes, I do not need much.

Procrastination Blog...

Three things to blog about. #1

Celestial Teas.

Celestial Seasonings True Blueberry caffeine free herbal tea is awesome. I sweeten mine with honey. Of course by the time I am done sweetening the tea it has become blueberry syrup. Why am I writing about teas? Well, I had to give up coffee and caffeine at least for a little while because of blood pressure. I been trying herbal teas that are caffeine free and the price happens to be more affordable with Celestial Seasonings. I plan to try others over time. Celestial's "Sleepytime" tea taste like someone spit their Wigley's spearmint gum into my cup. The Madagascar Vanilla Red is sort of an acquired taste and is alright when sweetened right. Their popular Mandarin Orange Spice is decent as well.

How To Mod An Xbox 360 To Play Burned Games.

I am not endorsing this, just sharing a link that I found. It shows step by step how to make a Xbox 360 modded to play burned games. It is a fairly complicated task and should not be done by beginners. Anyway since the subject is often mentioned by people in the gaming world here is the link.

Giraffe Final.

Lost some detail of the mane when finishing it as a night scene. I left the light spots to mimic moonlight rather than darkening completely. I sent it off today.

Giraffe Update/

Here is the giraffe with a little more work done. It is as good as I am going to be able to get it.

Send Me Your CafePress Sucks Stories.

Have you been screwed over by CafePress either as a customer or a shopkeeper? If so send me the stories I will be more than glad to post them. Just please keep them clean of swear words. Their latest marketplace and linking format has really hurt a lot of people's income and supplemental income. I encourage you to abandon press go to Zazzle or Printfection.

Blogging Is Not For Me.

Apparently I am not any good at this blogging thing. It seems to be a waste of my time. I never know what to write about or what to say and wonder why do I even bother. I think I shall let this blog fade into obscurity.

Back of Commissioned Piece.

Here is the back artwork of the previous post. Sorry about the flash the pic without it was blurry. I am not happy with it.

Commissioned Giraffe Update.

Here is the update of the Giraffe Pyrography so far. It still is not done at least not where I want it to be. I attempted a second giraffe on the back based on the first photograph that I had posted but I screwed up making the head. I hope to correct it.

Inflation.

I love how they are blaming only the high prices of oil for the cause of inflation. As if the minimum wage increase has nothing to do with it. For those of you that did not read my rant on "Increasing Minimum Wage Is Stupid.": Please pull it up from my archives and read it. Oil prices is only part of the problem.

Phase One Giraffe Commission.

Trucker Joke.

A truck drivers duty

A truck driver was heading down the highway when he saw a priest at the side of the road. Feeling it was his duty, he stopped to give the priest a ride. A short time later, he saw a lawyer with a briefcase on the side of the road and aimed his truck at him. At the last second, he thought of the priest with him and realized he couldn't run over the lawyer, so he swerved, but he heard a thump anyway. Looking back as he drove on, he didn't see anything. He began to apologize for his behavior to the priest. "I'm sorry, Father. I barely missed that lawyer at the side of the road."

But the priest said, "Don't worry, son. I got him with my door."

Chef Died Again.

Isaac Hayes died...South Park's "Chef". At least he was before they killed off the character due to all the Scientology crap. Not trying to sound insensitive but I was wondering who else is going to die, since celebrities seem to die in three's. Bernie Mac, Isaac, who is next?

Advertising That Bugs Me.

McDonald's usually holds this honor of annoying advertisements. They even pale compared to the creepy "King" of Burger King, and the talentless band of the FreeCreditReport.com commercials. Match.com, Eharmony, and Chemistry.com are all dating sites that advertise and all their commercials are crappy. But the most annoying advertisement that bugs me is the Enzyte commercials. I am sorry but if you are like "Bob" of that commercial you deserve to not get laid with the E.D. that Blackhole Sun (Soundgarden video) type smile and Old Navy style acting deserves the hall of shame induction. Sorry again for the rant, not much else happening at the moment. Please send me your nominees for worst advertising/commercial.

A Zebra Named April.

Norfolk Zoo had one zebra. The zookeeper called it April. I could not get close to it and I do not have a zoom or telephoto lens. This is the best shot of it I could get. The lighting sucks, but the trip was a whim. Was not planned and was last minute. I think I want to do some kind of artwork using this maybe pyrography, but I do not know. Anyway I said I would post some images taken with my Pentax K10D and this is the second one I have posted thus far. It is severely cropped as to just show April.

08/08/08

WTF is the big deal about the date August 8th 2008? The only half way interesting thing happening today is the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Eight the number for prosperity and luck in Chinese Culture apparently. But this is not the eighth year in fact its 2000 years too late just since the A.D era, not to mention all the years gone in the B.C. and C.E. eras. Hell at least last year casinos were pimping 777 as time to gamble and leisure. Even plane tickets to Vegas from just about anywhere were only $7.77. What do people get today? Higher gas prices? It would not bothered me so much if there was anything practical or significant to people's fascination with the date. The only good for people gettign married today is the fact it makes anniversaries easier to remember. Sorry for the rant. I will try to have more raves in the future.

Playing Dungeon Siege.

I have been playing Dungeon Siege lately (its 5 years old or so) it is a cool game. I started playing after finding out there is no point in job hunting here anymore, because my brother the truck driver is getting rid of this apartment. I am not sure how I will keep up the diet or exercise on the road. I am hoping we end up in the Pacific Northwest and that I can find work there. Even if it is fast food at least I would like the area. Nothing really to post today either.

Blog Explosion.

I decided since my blog is a general one that I would try out Blog Explosion to generate non-targeted traffic. I do not count the visits as my own either being a blog explosion "frame" within their own page so people do not see your URL. It is a complete waste for a marketing angle unless you just want "hits" and again I am not sure if they count as real visitors.

IT Training.

When browsing for career opportunities and blog sponsorships I came across one from Cisco to be in a Cisco certification IT program. This sounds doable especially if online training is available. My friend is an IT professional and she says the market place is continuing to grow rapidly with increasing pay. Cisco grabbed my attention because of the name/brand. They are very huge and reputable. Since, the chef training did not work out for me because I was phased out/laid off (after only one month) I need something desperately to pay off debts. If anyone out there has anymore information on this please send it my way. If you are an IT professional please tell me what I can expect.
IT is short for Information Technology, which has to do with both computer hardware and software. It can involve anything from SEO, networking, computer hardware engineering, database and software design, as well as the over seeing of entire systems and much more.

Cisco Systems Inc. is a company with 63,000 employees divided into 5 children companies (Cisco, Linksys, WebEx, IronPort, and Scientific Atlanta) that earned $35 billion dollars annually.
They are responsible for the "router".

Writing a Fiction Novel.

I decided that I a going to write a fiction book since there are no jobs in this area and I am going on tad again next month, in search of a new home. I hope I get up to the Pacific Northwest. The book I hope to be controversial, with a little luck might get published and earn me some scratch to pay things that I owe. What is the book about? I am not going to tell you except it is among the Man versus Nature theme.
Other than that, I am not doing anything.

I Want a Concession Trailer.

I am looking fora concession trailer that is a fixer upper, mostly because I cannot afford one that is not a P.O.S. for a gut truck purpose. The way I figure it, I can sell lunch to people in a city and be self employed after I cover cost. Even my A$$4*1e brother wants to do this with me. IF you have one for sale or you just want it removed from your property let me know.

I Love This Joke.

One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer, and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer, and started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU BASTARD!!!!"

I could not resist posting that here. I keep looking for an Irish joke to top this one but I have yet to find one. Feel free to send me any jokes Irish or not.

Another Worthy Charity.

This time it is for adults. Normally, I only opt to promote kids' charities but having known people both from association and that are in my own family that have or had (the latter being dead) Alzheimer's disease I feel that I need to blog to this. Alzheimer's is a form of dementia. People who have it get to where they do not remember anything such as loved ones, their own name, where they are at, or anything important.

Since people are living longer lives thanks to industrialization, the chances of getting Alzheimer's is increasing as tends to target the elderly. While some things such as experimenting with spider venom seem promising it is far from a cure.

A fundraiser that is basically the same principle as a St. Jude's Walk-a-thon except for Alzheimer's patients will be taking place very soon and can use all the participants it can get. Check your local community to find out what is being done in your area.

Here is the official fundraiser press release for the Memory Walk program:

The Alzheimer's Memory Walk® is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research – and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against Alzheimer's. There are walks in more than 600 communities. A typical Memory Walk is a 2-3 mile walk held on a weekend morning in the fall.

By teaming up with the Alzheimer's Association, you can walk with a purpose – and move us closer to a world without Alzheimer's. Together, we can MOVE a nation.

It is not asking for much and participation is a trivial amount of time for a significant cause.

Global Warming Solutions.

Due to global warming the reflective snow caps are disappearing. Aside from painting roofs white to help make up the area now gone, people or scientist can start making floating islands and let them loose in the oceans. They would not harm the environment. They would be light weight and cannot penetrate ships of any kinds. They can be uniform in size and color (white/crystal to mimic snow/ice). They could serve dual purpose to test weather patterns of various degrees with attached sensory equipment. Some of the coastline models could be stationary and equipped with solar panels. That is the best I can come up with being broke as I am.