Watching Kids and Colorado Prep

I think yesterday was really good for me. Jacinda and I went over to watch my siblings while Dad took Mom to the Albertville outlet for her birthday present. Lately it feels the days go by all too fast and I'm just sort of going through motions kind of thing. While we were at my parents watching kids, I was really sort of forced to just live in the current moment and not have to worry about anything else beyond what took place at that house. So that is what I did. I hung out with my family and took things one at a time. It was great. Mom's probably going to laugh when she sees what I am going to say, but it was actually really peaceful. My family is great.

While I was there, I was also given a couple hours to change the oil and fix a few things on Jacinda's car. It runs like a champ and will definetly make it to Colorado and back. Can you believe it? We are actually going, like, this time tommorow, we'll be somewhere in Nebraksa! Yikes!

Tags: Archive_Blogger, Car, Colorado, Family, Jacinda, Nebraska

posted at 8/26/2007 Open this article in a new window.


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Unsocial Networking

I'm not sure I like where the Internet is going.

This social network stuff has ultimately been a double-edged sword in my mind. They are absolutely convenient and fun. It's an easy way to keep people up to date on your life, fill your calendar with events your friends are going to, get the skinny about your favourite bands, just about any information you could want. I remember in late 2003, when I first joined MySpace, I was excited. It was a great way to share photos and information for a person with little to no experience in web development. This finally meant all of my friends would be able to join me online. Wonderful?

Long before any sort of talk about social networks, beginning around 1998, I kept consistent with my own website, shaped with my own blood and tears. I kept everyone close to me up to date with my life, utilising blogs, pictures and graphics. It was truly exciting and very rewarding to be able to do that. It was fun because I was unique and it was something not everyone could have. I was also doing it long before any of this was coined as "Web 2.0". A certain skill set was required to have a fully functioning website.

Come around 2005, inevitably, everyone I knew owned a MySpace account and/or a Facebook account. At the time, it was really nice to see everyone online. I could keep tabs with close friends that were away for the school year, have a full calendar of events I could choose whether or not to go, get the latest gossip on who's going out. It's amazing how much I could know about friends, family, acquaintances and strangers without even speaking a word.

Let me ask this... How much information is too much information? Facebook is the king grapevine report with their mini-feed. There is so much information that goes through that thing that I'd have rather learned from the source directly. There's also a lot of information I would rather not have known at all. A said this to B, C is sad, D is flying to X, E broke up with F, G is interested in men, H added "Titanic" to their movies, J joined the group, "Pray for 35W survivors", K joined the group, "Minneapolis Bridge Collapse", L is now a Zombie.... The list of personal and stupid information goes on for gigabytes upon gigabytes. The Rumor Mill does not run dry.

I swear, it's going to make our world socially retarded. Every conversation will be some form of gossip, or every coffee-talk will start with "So I saw on Facebook you blah blah blah..." Most casual pictures are already ruined as they are seldom printed (which are great conversation pieces) and always whored on the Internet to tally up a couple comments. Who knows, People may forget how to carry an authentic conversation all together. It will make you wonder who you are even close to.

I had a direction I was going with this, but I'm drawing a blank. I guess I'll end on the basis that I am going to spend less time scrounging around Social Networks and spend more time connecting with people on a more personal basis. I am also going to elaborate on my own website. I got the skills, might as well use em'!

Tags: Archive_Blogger, Facebook, Internet, Myspace, Social Networks, Websites, Technology

posted at 8/14/2007 Open this article in a new window.


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Over the Weekend

Welp, another weekend's past and I'm feeling fine. We got a few things done on Saturday, despite the grueling heat and humidity. We purchased 144 landscape blocks for around the house. We were unable to lay them down, however, due to the rain we got the night before. Loading and unloading was a long task, however. I also got to shovel a trailor of dirt. Woohooo!!!

Sunday was very enjoyable. Just sat around, played video games, bought some new jeans. Pretty enjoyable. w00t.

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posted at 8/13/2007 Open this article in a new window.


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Back In Action

Alright! TKD and Kickboxing is back after a roughly three month break. It's absolutely fantastic and exiting starting this up again. I'm really excited that there are three TKD classes and two Kick Boxing classes for adults every week now. I could use the extra class time with TKD since I will (hopefully) be getting my Black Belt this winter. Kickboxing is great because it's a great workout and really makes you sweat. Tons of fun! I woke up really sore today and it feels great. I'll be back in shape in no time.

If anyone IS interested in joining, get a hold of me! I'm also trying to assemble a website for the whole deal, so once I have a decent template and more information on everything, I'll post that at a later date.

Tags: Diet, Excersize, Kick Boxing, Martial Arts, Tae Kwon Do

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Wrapping things up

  • Tune Up Jacinda's Car
  • Finish Websites
  • Complete Trim
  • Work on Landscaping

These need to get done and I absolutely need the time and clear mind to complete them.

5 MINUTE UPDATE:

I would like to complete these for three reasons:

  • Jacinda would be pleased.
  • Summer's running out of oil.
  • So I can develop my extra curricular activities: Tae Kwon Do, reading, graphic designing, coffee roasting and perhaps pick up guitar again.

O' Fall, how I love thee~

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posted at 8/10/2007 Open this article in a new window.


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Welcome to August

It's August. The eighth month of 2007. Simply incredible.

Alright, just wanted to get that out. The rest of the blog will most likely suck. Points of interest last week were seeing Grandparents, learning more duotone shiz in Photoshop, changing spark plugs, rain, fishing, Super Smash Bros.... That's about it.

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posted at 8/1/2007 Open this article in a new window.


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