Posted on September 3, 2005 by Brian under Life.
Well where do I start. I guess I should start with my friend Feifel. I am happy to say the he escaped Kansas and now lives in Idaho. He got a great job as an assistant manager for a Radio Shack their. Way to go Feifel, I’m very proud of you.
I guess next I could say that I lost a friend, someone that I considered a brother. Jason left for Atlanta a week ago, I found out that his last day was Sunday the 21st of August. My sister in law told me and I was pretty upset. I messaged him but I didn’t get any response. I’m trying to decide what hurts most, the fact that he left with out so much as a good by or the fact that he left without any word at all (almost like he was sneaking away). I guess everyone has their reasons and someday I hope to find out his.
Then recently my mother lost her job. Normally people that loose their jobs are upset for a few days then they get over it and move on. My mother on the other hand was really tore up over the whole ordeal. I’m probably going to get yelled at for writing about this event but I guess their are always negatives when writing about life. So anyway, she is really tore up that she got canned and no amount of reassurance is cheering her up. One thing that has made me stronger in this work world is the realization that I am not invincible and that if I don’t keep my nose clean and my act (relatively) straight then I get my ass kicked to the curb. I think that some of the times that I have been fired I truly deserved it, some of the other times was purely politics and I don’t play politics. However, as my father has recently pointed out, I tend to turn the worst of events into the best thing that has ever happened. My last job was the perfect example of that. I left my job due to some personal reasons and some political reasons, I was out of work for almost six months and this put a hugh strain on my wife and I’s relationship. We worked threw everything and our relationship is now stronger than it has ever been. We also have a better grasp of our finances and we don’t “Needlessly” throw money away like we used to. I also have a better job (I don’t make as much money but money’s not everything)with less stress and a better overall work environment. My stress level has diminished so much that my Doctor recently took me off my solved because it was making me sick and I apparently didn’t need it any more. He said that my body was beginning to reject my current level of medication and that it wasn’t necessary for me to be on it. This has made my wife happy because she never liked me being on it to begin with. Others that know me are probably going to stay far far away because I tend to be somewhat of a prick with out my meds, Feifel can attest to that. I have been trying to point out to my mother that things happen for a reason and that if she lets this tear her up she will never be successful again. However, if you look to the bright side of things and believe that this is good and that you can overcome this and make a better life then you will and it will be everything you want.
Other things that have been going on. My friend Branden and I are currently training to be firemen for the City of Wichita and my alliance in OGame is up to 10 members now. Other than that the one thing that I thought would never happen finally happened, I have been suckered into playing a role playing game. Anyone that knows me knows that I despise role playing games and have never wanted to play role playing games. I took on a favor for Branden and drew his character for his “Rifts” game. I decided that I was going to draw my character from the stuff I had learned from the books he let me borrow, I guess that meant that I was going to play. Now I am drawing everyone’s characters. I love the characters and the books are pretty cool, character development is something of a passion of mine and I love that form of creativity. I’m just not sure how I will like the whole roll play aspect of everything, guess well see.
Other than that I don’t have much else. I’m sorry mom if my blog offends or hurts you it wasn’t meant to, it was meant to inspire and energize!
Posted on September 3, 2005 by Ching under Toys.
It arrived yesterday. Been playing with it. Still can’t get regular email to work, however, I can upload pictures to Flickr the same way that I was doing it with my old D415 – just send it via MMS. It is annoying because I really want to be able to send regular email to people. I will just have to deal with it though because if I want regular pop email, I’ll have to sign up for T-Mobile Web. It’s pretty cheap actually at just $5.99 a month for the service. So it’s not the cost that is the obstacle. The problem is the necessary settings I need are not listed on the web. I cannot call T-Mobile for help because they don’t support this phone. Besides, most of the T-Mobile customer service reps are clueless anyway. I tried calling yesterday and was asking for POP settings and the girl on the other hand was so confused you’d think I was speaking a different language. So I’m kind of stuck. MMS it is, I guess.
Posted on September 3, 2005 by Ching under Babies, Sex.
Posted on August 27, 2005 by Ching under Toys, Wishlist.
I ended up getting my birthday present a couple of months early. For the last couple of months, I’ve been lurking around eBay in search of a good deal on the phone that I’ve been wanting.
For those of you who don’t know, I’ve had my eye on the Sony Ericsson s710a after some very careful consideration. Seriously! I did phone comparisons and read tons of reviews and did way more research than I normally do. Of course, me being my impressionable self, the fact that famous photographer Robert Clark uses this phone factored into the desicion making process quite heavily. Also, I like the fact that it looks more like a camera than any other phone I’ve ever seen. It will serve as a great conversation piece and ice breaker with strangers.
So anyway, the biggest hurdle has been the cost (upwards of $700 through Expansys). You all know I don’t have that kind of money because no one will friggin’ donate to my cause. What is the deal with everyone donating to sister and not to me, anyway?
But I digress.. Getting back to the phone situation..
I’m not going to sign up for Cingular phone service just so I can get my phone for cheap. I am actually quite satisfied with the service I’m receiving from T-Mobile so I’ve been looking for deals on eBay. I’ve bid on some of the s710a auctions, but since my birthday is not until the end of October (a hint to those who want to make my day and send me a surprise birthday gift) I really hadn’t been taking them seriously. I hadn’t really won any of the auctions so no big deal.
A couple of days ago I found an enticing offer for the phone on eBay. I sent an email to the seller to confirm that the phone is, in fact, “unlocked” as advertised in the description and I could, in fact, use it with my T-Mobile phone service. The seller replied, that the phone is indeed “unlocked” and all I would need to do is put my SIM card in to start enjoying my new phone.
I think the starting bid was pretty high ($299.99) because after a couple of days there were no other bidders still. These phones have been pretty popular so that struck me as a surprise. I decided to place a bid on it this morning because the auction was about to come to close. I fully expected to get out-bid by some jerk at the last ten seconds of the auction process as I have in the past with other items that I have bid on. But, much to my amazement, I found an email confirming that I had won the item when I arrived home after my waxing appointment this afternoon.
I didn’t really expect to win the auction because I didn’t really plan on buying the phone this early. However, so as not to get bad eBay karma and so as not to piss people off, I went ahead and paid. So there you have it. I should be sporting a new phone next week.
I’m excited to get my new phone and start playing with – the only downside is that since I’m getting it early, I’m not going to get anything to unwrap for my birthday. Oh, well. Maybe some nice blog reader will send me something and I will still have something to open (hint-hint). 😉
Posted on August 27, 2005 by Ching under Family, Life.
Brian and I treated his parents to lunch at Granite City Food and Brewery today. They have had a rough couple of days so we wanted to take them out to lunch and maybe get their mind thinking more positive thoughts, like good food and good brews. LOL. I took the opportunity to try the mussels on the appetizers menu. One would think I would’ve learned a thing or two from the whole Siam Cuisine experience yesterday. But you know me, I can’t help being adventurous when it comes to food. Anyway, these were excellent! I love mussels, but I hadn’t had mussels in several years. We used to have them all the time in the Philippines, but since Brian doesn’t really like seafood we don’t ever go to any seafood restos and I don’t know of any other regular restos around here that serve mussels. I like Granite City because their prices are pretty reasonable. Our damage was well under $100. Of course, it was lunch time and no one really drank any alcohol – except for me. I had another Hawaiian vacation. I’m not sure what’s in it, but it’s so yummy! Anyway, drinking is normally what drives up your dining bill. At $8 a pop, by the time your fifth drink rolls around you can plan on eating ramen noodles the rest of the week. Ha! Ha! Ha! Of course, that just applies to us poor folk. All you filthy rich people out there who can afford to eat at Cibola once a week can bite me. LOL. Maybe that’s why I like champagne brunch at Legends so much? Those mimosas rock and they’re only like $2 or something. So for about $25 a person you eat all you want and get a good buzz going. What a way to start the Sunday weekend wrap up! Geez, I wandered off topic again! Anyway, Brian mentioned at lunch that mussels are an aphrodisiac. Too bad he doesn’t like them. Isn’t it ironic that I’m the one who loves to eat mussels? Like my libido needs any help! I ate every single one today (and then I ate pork chops; I know, I’m a pig) so now Brian is hiding from me. He’s probably worried that I’m going to rape him or something. Ha! Ha! Ha!
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