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Well its time for 4th of July fun in the sun and all that!

Me and the wifey are going out to buy some fireworks with my friend from Tech school and some buddies from work. Then we are going to go watch Transformers 2 and get some dinner. It’s going to be a good day and tomorrow we have a BBQ and whatnot with my boss from work.

I had a really trying day yesterday I kind of gave up in my mind about mid job, it’s such a dangerous way to be. I was sick and tired of what I was doing and it made me really sad. But as soon as I was released I said FUCK THAT. I seriously feel great because regardless of whats going on and what people say and their expectations of me I am awesome.

I think regardless of my job I am enjoying everything else going on in fact I have personally a lot to look forward to. The BossToneS are done with recording the new album and are mastering now here is what will be on the new album cause I am a ninja like that.

Caspian is releasing a new album Tertia and have been dropping the occasional song on the internet here and there to pump us up! Amazing stuff

My wonderful wife has promised to buy me a record. So I am having her pick me up a copy of the newly re released Slapstick discography on 2XLP ON clear. Isn’t she great?

So yeah it’s a good day I picked up a new video card and ram for my computer just waiting on that. I bought 512mb of ram and got a sweet ECS cheapo 512mb Nvidia video card. So my computer can get over itself.

good last week financially back to saving some money which is always good I am back to about 30%. of my take home

so Al Franken finally did it (that is just out of control)

also I think I need to promote one more album,

I cannot say enough about this Neon Creeps by the Band O’Pioneers I absolutely LOVE it, I think it might be one of my top 5 listened to records of the year. The lyrics are honest and heartfelt and really well wrote. I think the music matches the sort of manic personality of the words. You can download it for free and read the lyrics here I plan on getting this thing on clear green pretty soon probably in another couple weeks. Enjoy!

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you’ve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it’s now or never
Everybody knows that it’s me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you’ve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it’s moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you’re in trouble
Everybody knows what you’ve been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it’s coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows

This week at work has been sort of arduous. I am really looking forward to a little downtime.

So let’s see I am upgrading my computer in a week or so. As some of you know I am working with ancient technology. I have dual screen monitors but I don’t have a graphics card that supports it in the computer I am currently using. I am also getting a another stick of ram so I can finally have a gig of memory. I must say though it’s only slightly noticeable that I am using 504mb of ram.

I have been messing with my phone a little more than normal. I updated the OS and have been downloading a few new apps to help me keep up with my life. I notice I have a lot of improved memory usage with the upgrade. Youmail visual voicemail is pretty amazing I must say. I also notice that with the BB Storm putting most of your Home screen icons into folders so that it doesn’t have to continuously load 40 icons everytime I go to my home screen helps with memory usage.

I also found a sweet new app called Mobiola xPlayer Lite that helps run streaming radio online. It’s pretty amazing I can stream DI.fm stations on it at 96kbps pretty seamlessly. Speaking of which I have found a couple pretty sweet stations I absolutely love Psy Chill and Chillout Dreams

I have been doing pretty well at work, other than it being super hot. Of course I am still treated like an idiot. But that’s all with good reason since I really have no idea what I am doing still. Other than that really life is pretty easy going for the moment.

Next month should be more of the same I don’t really foresee any big changes. I am going to get my CDCs and pretty much start them immediately the sooner I get my upgrade training the sooner I can go back to school and get my life underway. Well that’s about it I suppose.

I figured I made a pretty useless post so let’s fill this baby up with a little of that ol filler material..

First of all Iran

DAMN RIGHT! BRING THE RUCKUS!

Secondly I have a few records in the que waiting to be delivered.

Of course I am still waiting for my damn Bomb The Music Industry on blue clear vinyl. My two Streetlight Manifesto pre-orders. My damaged copy of Windmills by the Ocean and a new record which I purchased yesterday which I am absolutely stoked about.

Classics of Love

This if you don’t know this is Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy, Common Rider, Big Rig new band. Take a listen below the full album is up for streaming. It’s pretty solid stuff for it just being an EP Demo basically. It’s a band called Hard Girls with Jesse Michaels on Vocals and his phenomenal writing style.

Let’s see work has been going better I notice the less I expect to learn the more I do. Haha I been hanging out a little bit with some of the guys from the truck at work a little more. They kind of approach me cautiously and are still trying to place me. I find myself interjecting and it works pretty well.

I been finding I am a bit more proficient in my job and am a bit more envious of those who know more than me. The weather sucks to be in but whatever I lived in AZ most of my life a little humidity won’t kill me. Friday is a down day so I get the day off from work even though I still have to show up for a squadron picture and a mandatory picnic. (yeah you read that right)

Oh and I want to tell you if you are paying for services that you don’t use on your cell phone and they say YOU CAN’T GET YOUR MONEY BACK even though you never used them…even if YOU added them…hang up and call someone that can help you.

I want to share with you a email I got today proof that if you call the right people you can get what is rightfully yours REMEMBER YOU ARE THE ONE’S THAT GIVE THESE GREEDY ASSHOLES JOBS!

in review of your billing statement I have found you were billed for a total of two $30.00 Mobile Broadband Feature Charges. The first $30.00 charge was reflected on your May 7, 2009, monthly bill statement, which my office has taken the liberty of crediting to your account. The second $30.00 charge was reflected on your June 7, 2009, monthly statement and point out that our billing system will be providing your account with an automatic full credit of this charge, based upon June 8, 2009 removal of this feature. Both adjustments will be applied and reflected on your upcoming July 7, 2009, billing.

In conclusion, it is our sincere hope that the above actions have fully resolved your presented concerns and we appreciate you bringing this information to our attention. Should you have any further questions and/or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Please respond with your acceptance of these adjustments.

Thank you,

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Verizon Wireless
West Area Executive Relations
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if you feel justified say something, don’t let them get anything from you! Your complacency makes this worse!

Anyways yeah I am in a good mood I hope it lasts.

enjoy!

I been neglecting this thing for awhile because I have been busy and at a loss for what I would say. So let’s not make this a habit and remember that I am not writing for you I am writing for me and if you believe anything else you are an idiot.

I been thinking I need to start reading more so if you know of something I must absolutely read and I won’t be bored to tears with please let me know. I am thinking I need to restart up because after I get off work most days I don’t even want to look at my computer. Also if anyone can think of something I can use this space for other than blabbering on I would love that.

I am still waiting on my upgrade training I will post my progression with that and when I enroll in school. I want to take some Clep tests but I have to get over there in my off time to schedule the things. Anyways I am done.

As of today we have been married for an entire year. I am so happy with my life and I really have about 80% of that to thank on my beautiful amazing wife Amanda. AMandy you are the inspiration for me that drives me everyday to make the most of out what I have and strive for better things not only for myself but for our future together. Some people see relationships as something not so static. In fact about 40% of all marriages end in divorce. Newlyweds in America face serious problems during the first year of marriage. A study of several hundred newlywed couples found that 63 percent had serious problems related to their finances, 51 percent had serious doubts about their marriage lasting, 49 percent had significant marital problems, 45 percent were not satisfied with their sexual relationship, 41 percent found marriage harder than they had expected, and 35 percent stated their partner was often critical of them.

Comparing myself to the statistics multiply that exponentially by the mere fact that my wife waited 7 months for me in the first year of our marriage while I got my new job and our new life in order. To the most important person in the world: Amanda we will not become a statistic. If there was ever anything I was positively sure about its that you are the person I want to be for the rest of my life. In these transition times it means even more to me that you are willing to stick it out with me until the end. When things get hard we have to remind ourselves of what we were thinking in the beginning and what it means to us now. To the rest of our lives together!

Thank you for being my wife and putting up with me. You are my favorite person in the entire world.

I love you always and forever your husband!

here is a detailed list of what I want when I can afford it to keep track of what I want. This is to stop compulsory spending. Keep in mind my birthday is the 26th of July :0) ) I don’t expect anything though this is for me and someone who might be half interested.

1. The Mighty Mighty BossToneS – Let’s Face It (red)
2. The Constants – The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension (3XLP SET ON BROWN, GRAY, AND CLEAR VINYL)
3. The Constants – The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension 3XLP SET ON CREAM COLORED VINYL
4. AVAIL – Dixie (2XLP ON CLEAR)
5. BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE – Fluent In Stroll” (2XLP clear/clear blue vinyl )
6. FiFTEEN – Survivor (2XLP)
7. A Storm Of Light / Nadja – Primitive North [split] – PHOSPHORESCENCE COLORED VINYL 2×12″+CD
8. THIS WILL DESTROY YOU & LYMBYC SYSTYM – Field Studies LP (clear)
9. Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull” (2XLP)
10. The Slackers – Better Late Than Never LP+ 7″ white vinyl

I figure I should probably just update to let people know whats going on in my life.

I am done with FTAC and I should be going out on the flightline any day now. I have been taking it WAAAY to easy with my life. I come home and I sit and do a whole lot of nothing. I blame it my readjustment period and the lack of internet in my life over the past 7 months and am catching up with the rest of the world. I am anxiously awaiting my CDC’s I want to learn as much as I can in the month or so they give me to take the test and go in there and DESTROY the thing. I have been thinking I want to attend Embry Riddle after I finish my CDC’s and I have some free time. From what it looks like now I will be on day shift 7-3 Mon-Fri.

Another thing is I need to establish another job this time for reals. I am talking about just a J-O-B job to save and spend on unimportant things. I don’t have enough disposable income and I get sort of frustrated about money pretty easy especially when I work so hard to save it. I know life is not all about working and spending and saving but I don’t feel myself advancing as quickly as I would like. I might update with more later but I figure this should suffice.

“Give me wit, give me bad taste, give me poor humor.
Give me keyboards, give me sarcasm, give me blah blah blah.
How can you criticize someone when you don’t even try for yourself.
In independent culture, we get so bored.
Type your witty comments on a little keyboard.
I can cut you down to size.
I can put you in your place.
FIRST!” – O PIONEERS!!! – “Punknews Is Stoked”

So I am finally sitting in front of my computer in my new home and I couldn’t feel better.

I of course want to start off by stating the theme of this blog entry.

I have always been a person that is concerned with others perceptions of me. I know that I got some fans out there that would like to hear nothing more that I have failed and am a real tragic social loser. And I know there are some people that thing I am sort of an inspiration and look to me to keep them motivated in their own pursuits. I don’t really set out to be hated or loved. What I have always been just a whee-bit concerned about is my station and how I rank up with others of my age group, financially, education, talents, skills etc. I know that these things don’t really mean a lot to most people, or they say they don’t. The truth is we are all constantly judged and we have every right to shape the other persons opinion about us. I am constantly self-monitoring when I meet and am talking to a new person. After I get to know someone I am a little more relaxed about letting personal things slip.

I had a sort of skeletons in the closet experience a couple days ago and I thought enough about who I am and how I have changed since I put that skeleton in the closet so many years ago. I feel I am a pretty decent person, but isn’t that everyone’s self-image? Do you think Adolf Hitler thought he was an asshole and people hated him. I try and be a nice guy and give people a chance. Haha I am pretty quick to point out when I don’t like something its mostly because I am such a strong person in regards to my own opinions….

But seriously I hate when people pretend it doesn’t matter what people think or they care too much.

You are the only one to make decisions in your life to better yourself. Don’t hate those that are trying we are all in the same boat and need the same things: Social acceptance, financial security, and to be loved.

Think about all of that because its most likely what you need. Regardless of what your life outlook is like.

“….They let up when they knew they got through They knew I’d never be the same With little left to say or do They left as quickly as they came The life was scared half out of me Some way somehow I survived A part of me was proud of me The day my skeletons arrived You’re not being honest really You’re really not and ought to be Take an honest look at yourself Try a little honesty try a little honesty.” – Mighty Mighty BossToneS