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I really feel like the hamster in the wheel. I am not having fun with the J-O-B thats for sure.

just give this asshole some time I am going to prove to everyone what I can do.

I am on Fire today. After some deliberation I have decided in 2 to 3 years I want to start a record label. And by record label I mean a way for me to press vinyl.

I also have decided until that time I am going to stop buying vinyl for myself. Instead every time I want to buy a piece of wax I will put some money away. I bought Less Than Jake Hello Rockview on Pink Marble the other day. And The Ataris next 12 exits on black in the past week I have a problem I swear. Its like I am trying to replace everything I had on cd when I was younger on vinyl when I am older.

Today is going to be good I can feel it in my every essence I have been doing some thinking and have decided that in exactly one month I will get a car. By then I should have enough for a pretty good down paymemt. I am thinking about getting a Honda Element.

I was also thinking about the burnt orange color above as well. I have issues with how boxy it is but also I like the shape. So its all good. Plus that beast will be able to carry everything I have. All it needs is the optional bike rack so I can drive it somewhere and ride my bike while flipping off everyone driving around in their SUV’s destroying the enviroment.

Another one of my options I was discussing with teh_horst is of course a classic little beauty seen here:

The Suzuki sidekick. lol wouldn’t that be some funny stuff. This also could store everything I own. Also gotta love the optional 2nd row seating and 4 doors.

All in all I don’t really know I am really inclined to get the cheapest thing that doesn’t fall apart as soon as I drive off the lot. I am making sure to bring someone that knows what they are looking at.

So yeah my credit is pimp my fico score is in order and I am ready to jump face first in a mountain of debt now to get approved and trade the shit back in a year for an upgrade like the rest of the world.

And yes I dont buy the sticker value I of course know to haggle the hell out of the guy like a widow at an estate sale.

And sometimes I think I’m the only one
that feels like going nowhere is like giving up
Al said to me a few days ago
that he just thought for the first time in his life
he feels the last 10 years were only a waste of time
and that it was only a compromise of what he always felt inside – LTJ – Al’s Crash

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Yeah I have been doing this old grind of mine for so goddamned long and the things and life are getting so old and rundown I wonder why the hell am I wasting my time with this routine. But then every time I stop and think about it for longer than a second I realize this is life and I should stop waiting to be surprised when things don’t turn out the way I want. I should try and make something of my life instead of just expecting it.

“I think that an education makes a person more valuable. Not more valuable than another person necessarily, but more valuable than they were previously. It’s not just a piece of paper, the degree that is. It’s the culmination of however many years it took a student to complete a goal that they promised to their self they would. It’s a goal realized. It’s progressive growth. Like a friend once said and I often repeat, positive upward growth like a redwood tree, not a kudzu vine.
Any goal that someone achieves is a good one.” - Hunter Raffetty

“I cant wait to get back to school next year so I can take life to the win!” – Jonas Sykes

Goals and Objectives Late 2007 and 2008

I want to start out by saying that these are some of the things I have been meaning to do for quite sometime I have only just recently in the past few months started taking the steps to actually accomplishing them. I will begin by separating my goals into two categories, first there are those that are the much more important and will lead to making better decisions in regards to the next list I will make sometime in 2008. The other is the short term goals list, which are things of less importance in the long run. However these are the important as well because they will lead to a fuller life now. (My short term goal list will not be discussed in this entry until I formulate a step by step plan to accomplish the larger objectives at another time.) Okay enough of that here is my list of goals and objectives, I will be adding things to this list as I see fit periodically. I will also leave certain items off this list as they do not need to be discussed in such an open forum. This list is mostly for me to reflect back on and to check off what needs to be accomplished the weight of these items is not something I take lightly they are running through my mind at almost all times as if it’s a personal mantra of mine. Remember I am never too proud to ask for help with any of my goals and anything my friends can do to help me is encouraged sometimes I am stubborn but at this stage in my life I am willing to listen to those that give me the advice I need to have to be succesful.

· I NEED to finish school sometime in the next year.

As I originally took a hiatus on school in 2006 after I figured out exactly how much I was paying to go and to finish up paying some of my student as well as non-student related debt. I am all done in regards to most of this and have been in better habit of making my money work for me.

· I NEED to find a job that isn’t service industry/retail related.

While this may seem like a typical no brainer for some I have been lucky enough to fall into a sort of slump where I am paid a comfortable ammount of money to live and still save 25% of everything I earn before taxes. Unfortunately I know my job is not going to be a lifelong fulfillment and I feel I have wasted enough of my time and talents in this place.

· I NEED to be with those I care about and those that care about me.

While there are those that feign indifference to people who are successful and shun those that do something meaningful with their lives there is at least just as many who encourage you to do something positive with your life and to strive for real fulfillment. Those people are your friends.

· I NEED to surround myself with positivity in all its forms.

As of late I have been taking brave steps into the unknown and leaving my comfort zone. This is important as I am more proud of myself than probably most people are of themselves but I lack the confidence in the ways others relate to me. I plan on destroying this self repression in my mind. I need to start expressing my inward feelings of confidence to others so they can also see it.

This is all I have for now, I will try and type out some short term goals and things that need to be re-evaluted later on. I am serious about making a functioning list.

I think I am going to just write something until something comes up in which case I will write that here.