I Can't Do My Job Unless You Do Yours

            Alright, so here I am, sitting in an empty hallway with 6 hours of nothingness ahead of me. Today must be some sort of secrete professor holiday or something because 2/3 of my classes are canceled. Normally this would be a good thing but when I don’t know about it until I get here it pisses me off. All of my proffers have access to every email address for everyone in their classes. Therefore, I mass email to everyone is only a click away. Simple and very obvious logic I think. But did anyone get an email? Nope! It would have been really nice to sleep in today and enjoy the fact that a couple classes are canceled rather than sit on the hard ass floor of this empty hallway for the next 6 hours!

            I always try to look at the positive side of things. Alright, so here I am, a ton of extra time, I’m going to knock out some of next week’s homework, get ahead of the game a little bit. Not a big deal, maybe do some reading and some research, take some notes. This might turn out to be pretty helpful come next week.

            Even though I’m optimistic about situations like this, I’m going to have to voice my opinion to my professors next Tuesday. This is not right, I’m here trying to do the right thing, be early, get things done and stay on schedule. By a professor missing a day or two that means the rest of the class will need to cram 2 days of material into one class period. That leaves no time to discuss or clarify anything. It makes it hard to succeed when your professors are setting you up for failure. And this isn’t the first time these professors have done this, no no no, this is # 3 for my reading class and # 2 for my math class in a short 11 weeks. They need to buckle down and do their job, setting a bad example is a horrible value to instill when molding todays youth. I understand things “come up” sometimes, it happens to all of us, but things shouldn’t “come up” this often and disrupt your professional life. That’s all I’ve got…..

What really is reality? Its a delusionary mental status caused by a pronounced deficiency of alcohol in the bloodstream. Well at least that's how i imagine it. Life is extremely simple. As I'm sure you have all heard of the circle of life, but i have a break down of how the circle of life really works. Life has a few successes that you try to accomplish by a certain age. Here is how it goes.

At age 4, success is...not peeing in your pants.

At age 12, success is...having friends.

At age 16, success is...having a driver's license.

At age 20, success is...having sex.

At age 35, success is...having money.

At age 50, success is...having money.

At age 60, success is...having sex.

At age 70, success is...having a driver's license.

At age 75, success is...having friends.

At age 90, success is...not peeing in your pants.

  Now as you see everything comes back around, so when you are on your death bed you share common goals with a new born. you may think that is a terrible way to think of life in general but who really cares what you think?..
  You can live your life as a great American hero like Chuck Norris or Forrest Gump, or live as a homeless crack feign on the street corner begging for change.  Either way you are still living in a brutal world that will never accept you. That's just how this devastating society operates. You can't win of you don't lose, and you can't lose if you don't try.
  So here is what i say, SCREW THE WORLD! Live for yourself, don't try to please others until you are completely satisfied yourself. Is that a bad way to look at things? Is that how life should be lived? Hell yeah! If you spend your whole life trying to make everyone else love the life they fucked up, your going to die pissed off. Never accomplishing the goals you had set for yourself.
  Am i selfish? Yeah. I would be content with the life I'm living before trying to waste my life on someone else. And as i have said in all of my other blogs, keep hating on me, tell me how much you hate me and my beliefs. I won't get pissed off. I will move on to fine bigger and better haters. No matter how much you try to put me down, my life will still be awesome and i will be living it to the fullest.
  So i will sign off with this, get as much out of life as you can while your still able to do so. Never regret the things you have done, regret what you didn't do when you had the chance.

Larry LaPrise

   Larry LaPrise. A considerably distinguished fellow. He is not known for who he actually is, but for what he has done. This gentleman brought liveliness and alleviation to every man, woman and child born after 1945. In the late months of 1912 LaPrise was born in a small hospital in Detroit. Growing up he followed his dream of being a singer/ song writer and formed a group known as theRam Trio.  This was an extremely successful group until the early 1960's then the group fell apart.
     The most famous song from Mr. LaPrise is still a hit today. You will hear it at every birthday party, celebration, and dance for today's youth. This song is calledThe Hokey Pokey. 
    Larry had a wonderful life. After the ram trio broke up he began to work for the post office in Ketchum, Idaho. He made an honest living for the 83 years he was walking this Earth.
     In April of 1996 Larry LaPrise expired. It was just his time to go. He didn't pass away from anything except old age. He will be missed daily by those who know and remember his work.
   I don't usually pass on sad news like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is all about. 
     With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of this very important person which almost went unnoticed almost 13 years ago.
It was extremely difficult for the family to put him in the casket.
They put his right leg in and they pulled his right leg out . That's when all the trouble started!  hahaha!!!

Hesitation Interpretation

     The point of hesitation is to delay your decisions until the time is right. Its an extremely uncomplicated concept to grasp, most of the time. Often you will find yourself in a difficult position unsure of when the right time may actually be. Not knowing if you will every get another opportunity to overcome that particular affair.
     Always pay attention to details while you are in those situations. You never know when this occurrence may reappear. But when it does you will be better prepared to handle the situation. Never force anything to happen too quick, good things always come with time. Moving too fast may destroy a marvelous value of your personal happiness.
     Sometime we just have to refrain from doing what we think is right at the time. Holding back will only make your accomplishments feel so much better when they are completed. I have personally had some experience with hesitation recently. Not only did it leave my mind tied in knots, but it also gave me physical pain. And as we all know physical pain only lasts a short while and by refraining I hope to make my happiness expand to a state of complete satisfaction. Now I’m not going into details about my personal life but I just want you all to know that life is so awesome, and if someone can make you constantly smile and be blissful keep that person around. Life is way too short to be unhappy.

To Quit Or Not To Quit...

I’m kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place at this point in my life. I have a job that has been going really well for me since I got out of the army. When I started school I asked them if they could drop me down to part time so I can still make a little extra money. They agreed and everything this was working out as planned, school 2 days a week, work 2 days a week, and 3 day a week to study. Perfect right? Well it was for a few months, but now they expanded their hours and hired a lot of new people and they cut my hours even more. It’s not a huge problem but I’m going to be missing out on some money I was getting used to.

My work is 65miles from my house so making that drive isn’t worth working one day a week. I’m sure they would lay me off but they don’t want to pay me unemployment. I don’t know what I want to do about this, the money is nice but I don’t think it’s worth me wasting my weekend by going to work on Saturday.

By the end of this week I’m going to make a proposal to my employer. I’m going to suggest that I become the “go to guy”. Anyone they needs a day off or is planning a vacation can use me as a fill in. this way I don’t have to wasted all of me weekends, I can keep my job, and I can make some extra money every now and then. It’s not the best plan in the world but I think it will work just fine for now. I just hope my employer thinks it’s as good of an idea as I do. If everything takes a turn for the worse and I loose my job, at least I have my GI bill that still pays me. Ahh feels god to have a flawless plan. 

blogging about blogging... hmmmm..

     This is the way I blog… I’ve been blogging for a few years now via myspace and I love every minute of it. it’s a simple and some-what confidential way to express my thoughts and feelings without repercussion. After high school I had lost track of  the “proper” way to compose an intelligent piece of writing. Only recently have a realized that my blogging technique is/was completely improper. But isn’t that what blogging is known for? That’s what makes it so interesting and out of the norm, otherwise it would be called a personal essay or something boring like that. Those who are new to the blogging experience get pretty confused about the thought of having a “web log” to express themselves. A blog is just a 21st century journal or diary that can contain anything you want, personal or not, and can be written in any form you choose. After reading over my a couple dozen blogs that I composed over the past 2 or 3 years I realized that I am the man when it comes to using sentence fragments. Ha-ha, not the greatest thing to be good at but it just happens to be part of my blogging style. I write my thought as they pop into my brain, without proof reading or editing. I mean, really, how fun is expressing yourself through a personal web journal when you have to follow strict guidelines? Boooriiing! 

     I have better things to do then worry about the format, grammar and spelling in my personal internet blogging space. I would rather be spending time with the wifey, drinking a few beers, or playing with my puppies. Yes, I can compose a nearly flawless essay by a given date on a given subject, no problem, but my personal writing is exactly that, personal. Meaning that its mine, I can do whatever I want with it. Knowing that I will not be reamed for ending a sentence with a preposition, misplacing a comma or (as I know Ms. Murphree is always worries about) misspelling the word misspell. ;) ß and I can use a smiley symbol anywhere in my text that I want, even though I’ve recently saw it done in a college level English class. (not saying names but I‘m sure some of you know who I‘m talking about)

     This is me, and this is what I do to express my thoughts and feelings. Some punch holes in walls while others scream, yell and get violent. Me, on the other hand, I blog… I direct everything that I have bottled up inside of me to an unknown audience and they can put their 2 cents in if they would like to. I enjoy the criticism as well as the compliments from people who take time out of their busy lives to bask in the glory of my personal life. Blogging is just one of those small things in life that have no restrictions holding you back from any thoughts you might be having. So, after 9 hours of work, 2 ½ hours of driving and 3 hours of homework, this is how I decided to whined down for the evening. Well, its been real, and its been fun but apparently there is this little thing called “sleep” that is a requirement for motivation so I’m off to the lush pillow-top that awaits me..  J ß  another smiley just for good measure.

Recon

            Today my puppy turned 5 months old. He’s pretty awesome, a mix between a German shepherd and some kind of retriever. I have no idea how big he is going to get but when I got him at 8 weeks old he was tiny, weighing in at an astonishing 3.8 pound. That was then, now he is just over 35 pounds and still growing. He is on his third collar and is finally starting to look like a real dog instead of a puppy.

            I gave him the name Recon. The name had a personal meaning to me. While I was serving in the united states army my job was reconnaissance. A very proud and traditional job title, it’s very uncommon and difficult to accomplish. To me Recon isn’t only a shortened version of reconnaissance but it stands for strength, loyalty, and dedication. All the qualities I would want my dog to have.

            I also have another dog, she’s a little over 2 years old and like recon, she is a mutt, boxer lab mix. She’s a very cool dog and listens very well but because she was rescued from an abusive family she has some fears that will never go away. Her name is Kahlua and she loved to play the motherly role when Recon was a new member to the family. But now that recon is almost her size they do a lot more running and playing opposed to nurturing. These dogs get along sooo well its amazing, they never leave each others sides. They do everything together including eat, sleep and go for walks.

            I’m excited to see how big Recon will actually get but I’m going to enjoy his puppy stage as much as possible for the short amount of time is left. We will have years to enjoy each other when he is full grown so I have to take advantage of this short puppy stage.