I have 1 fan!

Today was an exciting day. Upon entering work and checking my e-mail, I got a special email from a friend letting me know he is the single person who subscribes to my blog via google reader. Oh joy I have made it big time. At least I know it isn't all for nothing. I think I am just going to blog about my day and try to leave out some details that might get me in trouble. First let me mention that if you are a teenager who owns a convertible I have a quick fun idea for you. Go to your local super market and pick up some bologna or any other fun lunch meat, but bologna works the best. Next plan a trip somewhere with some friends, enough friends where there has to be two cars. Be sure to take the lead and at some point start throwing up the bologna at the car behind you. If you are asking why it has to be on your friends car rather than a strangers, well because I don't want to suggest anything that might get someone killed. Anyways bologna makes for a fun smears across any windsheild it comes in contact with so go at it. Moving on to the day I had. This is my routine I wake up around 7ish to take a shower. I get dressed and do any other necessary grooming, get some yogurt and a beverage. I head into my car turn on the Score 670 and I am on my way. It typically takes me 40-50 minutes to get to my work as I have to travel roughly 26 construction filled miles. Once I arrive at work I either open the place up or just walk in prepare my waffles and yogurt and eat some breakfast while looking at the emails I got from the previous day. Depending on what day of the week it is I either go on to do random marketing/SEO/SEM stuff or I am out in the warehouse processing orders for the day. Small business is fun like that. No one really has a set position, you really just have to do whatever is needed for that day. Recently work has had some major lows, but also some major highs. I must say I really enjoy my job, from the sport I love that I get to deal with on a daily basis. To being able to work with a good friend everyday and not having any sort of dress code. To just learning new things everyday and making some huge decisions with companies I never though I would be able to deal with. Anyways, that is my day, everyday. Today I also decided I should probably hit the gym up again, while not really getting heavier I can tell I am getting a big more jiggly. Basically I think my muscle has returned to it's normal state of being fat. Not a big surprise as I just haven't had the motivation to get to the gym in over 2 weeks and have had even less motivation to do any sort of lifting. I think cardio is the way to go. I have no desire to get big, it just causes way more issues than I have time or money for. Mostly I would hate to not have all my clothing fit. I will now end this abruptly because well that is how things work, hopefully my one fan is not upset by this decision, but I am rusty at this and need to warm up to longer blogs again.

This blog doesn't exist

I mean seriously it has been almost a year since I have updated this blog. I am not sure why I haven't decided to delete it yet, but I think the main thing is that I find it rather amusing to read old entries. I however would not be to fond if actually my entire family new of this blog and also read those same entries. Anyways I think personal blogging like this is quickly going out the window with all the new social networks out there. In a world that lacks any attention span what so ever a blog is just not going to work. People hope to read no more than 140 characters or whatever the restrictions are on Twitter. I do however enjoy blogging even if I am awful at writing, I guess I just need to figure out a gimmick other than my personal life that I can write about. I mean I could write about my job and the crazy things that happen there, but being as it has only a couple employees it would hard to talk about people or events that happen there without people realizing exactly who and what I was talking about. Plus we like to keep our business a bit of a secret from the outside world and since there are probably competitors that have found this amazing blog I have to keep it pretty low key. I could write about getting ready for the wedding, but then I would just be writing about how Leighan is getting pissed at me for doing nothing and me not realizing how much stuff there is to do even though there is a ton of stuff to do. I could write about music, but I really haven't found much new that I really like, plus the people who might read this would have no interest in the music that I listen to or that I would review. Well perhaps when I figure it out I will return, but until then I'm out.

The Traveling (My Last Name's)

I just got back from Baltimore earlier this week on a bit of a family vacation. It was my second aunts 50th anniversary so my parents/tinches/grandma and leighan decided to head out there for it. My grandma surprised us all letting us know she was paying for the plane tickets out there which sweetened the deal even more. I would have to say it was one of the better vacations Leighan and I have taken together, and if I had to guess the reason would be because we limited our time with my parents. We came in on Saturday ate some lunch with my parents and then walked around the inner harbor for a while, due to the excessive heat we decided enough was enough and back to my aunts place for a little nap time. Once nap time was over it was time to party....but since Leighan and I really didn't know anyone we basically just talked to my immeadiate family ate dinner and then went to bed (as leighan got basically no sleep the night before). Sunday we decided to head to DC with my sister and Jason. First stop was Arlington Cemetary, once again it was like 101 degrees outside and there isn't much shade at Arlington so we saw all the important things like JFK's grave and the changing of the guard and then got out of there. It was then off to Georgetown which was a little more what I think leighan envisioned a vacation being. We ate a real healthy lunch at Five Guys a burger place that is simply fantastic and then started our shopping spree. I ended up being the only one to actually buy anything, but I was real happy with the store selection that GT had to offer. I just wish we had a little more time there as there were some stores we didn't get to. It was back to the car to allow Jason to see the rest of the highlights of DC which included the Washington Monument, Vietnam Wall, and the Lincoln Memorial...we could also see the white house from afar in which we saw 3 very large helicopters fly towards and only one land. Moving along we ended up back at my aunts to clean up. We then went for dinner at this Italian restaurant for my sisters anniversary. Sunday was a day of relaxation...watching tv, and going in the pool. We got back safely Monday night and on Tuesday Leighan left me to go visit her bro in Kentucky. Coming soon Long Beach, Minneappolis, Northern Wisconson and Boston for myself. For Leighan Phoenix, New York, and Boston....yeah we are travelling a lot.

Myspace and other social networking profiles bad idea

Yeah pretty much the title once again sums up my post, that is why I guess I preferred this blog pretitle. Anyways, I bring this up just because at work we are going to start interviewing some people for a position and so I had the great idea of looking them up on myspace. While their myspace and facebook might be private, there is always a way to find out information people. I can't believe in the 6 years that I have been writing in this blog I have only used my full name once, which is the worst mistake I could have ever made. Lucky for me I have a job with some people that I really think could care less about my blog now as long as I am not revealing any finacial number or any other secrets. Blogging as a journal gets a lot harder the older you get because there is really nothing to talk about when you spend your whole day at work and there aren't really any work related issues that you would like to discuss in a public forum. I didn't mind writing about my last job because it was a bit of a larger company, but I would just have to be stupid to write anything negative about my current job now. The funny thing is I really have very few gripes about my current job and those gripes are more just annoyances and things I can live with.

Google is a sweet place to work

No I don't work at google as all of you who are reading this know, but I did get to meet with them in their Chicago offices today and I must say it was quite an experience. From the very colorful reception area which contained around 6 very large plasma screens showing all sort of google things, like google maps, and just what people were searching in real time to the snack room that contained anything you sweet tooth could really desire even rock candy it was simply an amazing place. I also came to the conclusion that the people who work at google are top of the line, I was more then impressed with the presentation they put together for my company and just how friendly everyone was. Perhaps that is because of how I was treated when I used to go to meetings with important people for my last job, or it could just be because people at google are typically younger or it could just be because this time I was the client and they don't care who I am or what I look like as long as I got the dollar bills they are happy. I am not sure what else to say, I just was very impressed with every aspect of my first visit. The amazing thing is if the Chicago office was this amazing, I don't think I can even comprehend how great their So Cal campus could be.

Metal should be played at church

Now if you know me, you know that I love metal. Now most metal tends to stay as far away to Christianity as it possibly can. You could even go and say that metal was formed to oppose organized religion. However, music is music and whoever wants to make a certain style of music is free to do so. Obviously this means a lot of Christians started to make metal. I really feel no other style of music speaks from the heart more than a metal singer screaming at the top of the lungs, why else would they be yelling unless they were extremely passionate about what they were yelling about. Anyways, while my church plays fairly loud music for the standards of what typical churches play I can not say that I remember them ever playing any metal. My guess for why would be that most people are A. afraid of metal due to negative stereotyping and B. Can't understand a word that is being said. If those are the reasons I have though of a simple solution, display the lyrics on side screen while the song is being sung, I think that once people see that the lyrics aren't as scary as they may be presented they could appreciate the music for what it is much easier. Anyways, I am just listening to As I lay Dying and really wish that my church would sing the song "This is who we are"

Now this is who we are
I am no one's hero
For we are not the giant men
That some may think
You are faithful when we are not
So I'd like to tell this story
The way it is meant to be
Without the burden that's in our hearts
None of us would have ever found You
For You are faithful when we are not
You began a work
That only you can complete

Now this is who we are
I'll never know the answers
And I'll always wonder why

...Why we're given grace we'll never deserve
And a second chance that we will never earn
For there is nothing I can do to save myself

Now this is who we are
I'll never know the answers
And I'll always wonder why
But You have let me start again
I'd rather be called weak
Than die thinking I was strong


The other song that I feel would be awesome is one by Anah Aevia, who well is no longer around, but were a great small band while they lasted. Here are the lyrics for their song entitled "Emmanuel My Provider"

I will let your light shine to reveal such beauty...I will stumble but you
will pick me and I will say "oh father, my father, I am humbled before you. Your
grace strengthens me and I will walk with you all of my days. I will walk
with you thereafter."


As you can see both songs would be very appropriate in a church setting, but since they are screamed rather than sang they are deemed inappropriate. I don't quite understand this and probably never will.

New favorite birthday song

I have just started watching Metalocalypse again since living at the palace. Then I remember hearing something about them having the best selling "Deth" metal cds of all time. So I decided to get it and well little did I know it would contain my new favorite birthday song. This is just amazing.

Birthday Dethday by Dethklok

Many years ago today
Something grew inside of your mother
That thing was YOU!

You! You! You! You! You!
Did she scream? Did she cry?
Only those that are born are ones that get to die!

One more year closer to dying
Body organs ripping, frying
Biological discordance
Birthday equals self-abhorance
R S V P Please
For the death of me
You have little time
You're running out of life
Happy Birthday. You're gonna die!

Die-Die! Deth-day!
Birth-day, Deth-day
Die-die, Deth-day
Birth-day, Deth-day!
Die-die, Deth-day
Birth-day, Deth-day!