END OF AN ERA

WELL...AFTER 400 POSTS AND COUNTLESS TIMES TALKING ABOUT ENDING THIS BLOG OR CHANGING OVER TO SOMETHING ELSE... GUESS WHAT... ITS FINALLY HAPPENING. THIS WILL OFFICIALLY BE THE VERY LAST POST THAT I WILL EVER WRITE. I CANT BELIEVE I KEPT THIS THING GOING FOR MORE THAN 7.5 YEARS... ITS BEEN QUITE A RUN... THIS THING STARTED OFF STRONG AND WITH SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND THEN IT JUST GOT KILLED BY TIME. OH THERES GEMS HERE AND THERE BUT SOMETIMES THE POSTS ARE JUST SAD... LITERALLY SAYING NOTHING, YOU KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THAT TOO. SO MANY POSTS WERE FORCED JUST SO I CAN KEEP THAT ONE A WEEK POST GOING. I HAVE SO MANY TOPICS THAT I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT BUT EITHER ITS HARD TO WRITE, TOO LONG TO WRITE, JUST DIDNT FEEL LIKE IT, TIRED, OR WHATEVER THE REASON WAS AT THAT MOMENT. I REALLY DONT EVEN KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ACTUALLY KEPT UP AND READ ALL THESE POSTS. I KNOW THERES A HANDFUL OF YOU, AND AFTER THE LAST POST I REALIZED THERES A FEW MORE. HOWEVER... THERE WOULD BE MORE READERS IF I DIDNT TYPE IN ALL CAPS FOR THE WHOLE DAM THING LOL. SOMETHING ABOUT ME SCREAMING AT EVERYONE OR IT BEING HARD TO READ... WHO KNOWS LOL. EVERYONE THAT I KNOW WHO BLOGGED AND EVEN JUST RANDOM PAGES THAT YOU GO TO MOST OF THEM HAVE STOPPED AS WELL. ITS HARD TO WRITE, ITS EASY BUT AT THE SAME TIME ITS HARD. IVE FLOATED THE IDEA OF A YOUTUBE CHANNEL BUT THAT TAKES EVEN MORE TIME AND EFFORT AND WOULD BE A BIGGER PRODUCTION, AND I ALREADY DONT EVEN WANT TO WRITE THE BLOG, SO HOW WOULD I MAKE VIDEOS... LOL... IVE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEARS BLOGGING AND ITS FINALLY TIME TO MOVE ON, TIME FOR A CHANGE. EVEN WITH ALL THAT SAID IL NOW BE STARTING UP A PODCAST!!! SO NO MORE READING POSTS AND IMAGINING MY VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD, NOW YOU CAN LITERALLY LISTEN TO ME TALK AT ANYTIME YOU WANT!!! NOT MANY PEOPLE READ ANYMORE BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE LISTEN TO PODCASTS, SO I FIGURED YOU KNOW WHAT... LETS SEE HOW THIS GOES. THE PODCAST OFFICIALLY START NEXT WEEK... LETS SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS... COULD IT GO FOR ANOTHER 7.5 YEARS... WITH WEEKLY EPISODES... THAT WOULD BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE LOL. I GUESS THERES ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND YOU, AND THATS TO GO AND LISTEN!!! THE LINK IS BELOW, SO GO AND BOOKMARK IT NOW!!! LOL

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AND WITH THAT, I THANK ALL MY READERS FOR KEEPING UP AND PUTTING UP WITH THIS. IT SURE HAS BEEN A TRIP. IVE CERTAINLY ENJOYED IT... MOST OF IT... SORTA... LOL... BUT I GUESS ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. THIS MARKS THE END OF AN ERA. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS JOURNEY.



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THINKING BACK

... TO AN EASIER TIME... LIFE SURE WAS SIMPLER. FUNNY HOW THINGS CHANGE, HOW YOU CHANGE, HOW LIFE CHANGES. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO LITTLE I ACTUALLY WANT TO WRITE... MAYBE SOMEDAY... UNTIL THAT DAY... 

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RUNNING LOW ON MATERIAL

SOOOO THIS WEEK THE POST IS LITERALLY ABOUT A POST TO HAVE A POST. I DIDNT WATCH A MOVIE, I WATCHED THE NEPHEW, I HUNG OUT, I WORKED AND I DIDNT DO MUCH ELSE... IT WAS A PRETTY QUIET WEEK. EARLIER TODAY I WAS THINKING I AM GOING TO FINALLY WRITE A MORE MEANINGFUL POST TONIGHT! THEN ALL THE MOTIVATION AND WILL TO WRITE JUST FADED AWAY LOL. TOO TIRED AND TOO LAZY... BUT I NEEDED A POST SO YOU ALL GET A HALF-ASS POST. NOTHING REALLY GOING ON IN HERE AND NOW IM JUST ADDING MORE WORDS IN TO FILL UP THE PAGE. SAY I WASNT TIRED AND WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO WRITE SOMETHING... IM SORT OF NOT SURE WHAT I WOULD WRITE ABOUT LOL. I HAVE A LIST BUT A LOT OF THE TOPICS OR ISSUES I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT SHOULDNT REALLY BE WRITTEN LATE AT NIGHT WHILE IM PASSING OUT. THIS BLOG HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS... YES... THATS RIGHT... 7 YEARS! I HAVE WRITTEN WEEKLY FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS. OF COURSE THERE WERE A FEW POSTS THAT I HAD TO FUDGE BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE I WASNT AROUND OR WHATNOT. LOOKING AT SOME OF THE POSTS IVE WRITTEN YOU CAN TELL THAT I LITERALLY WROTE IT JUST TO GET SOMETHING OUT... JUST LIKE THIS ONE... THE TOP PART WAS JUST THAT... BUT NOW IM REALLY QUESTIONING IF I SHOULD CONTINUE... ITS GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BUT AT THE SAME TIME SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE A CHORE... BUT SOMETIMES I REALLY WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING. RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SPARK IS GONE... I USE TO REALLY GET INTO MY TOPICS, GET INTO ARGUING WHATEVER, THINKING DEEPLY AND HOPEFULLY GIVING EVERYONE SOME INSIGHT INTO MY THOUGHTS AND MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT IT TOO. NOW THE REVIEWS ARE JUST LIKE FILLERS... ITS JUST THERE TO TAKE UP SPACE UNTIL THE REAL POSTS COME BACK. THERE ARE THOSE REVIEWS THAT I REALLY WANT TO WRITE ABOUT BUT I STILL DONT REALLY WANT TO SPOIL THE MOVIE FOR PEOPLE. IM NOT A SPOILER AND I DONT REALLY REVIEW IT PROPERLY. THE LEVEL OF EFFORT I PUT INTO THOSE REVIEWS IS MEDIOCRE. MAYBE IL JUST STOP WRITING THIS BLOG... MAYBE IL JUST WRITE ONCE IN A WHILE... WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK I SHOULD DO? ITS NOT LIKE I HAVENT DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE... BUT I ALWAYS END UP JUST KEEPING ON... I REALLY THINK THIS TIME SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE... SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE... YOU KNOW WHAT... SOMETHING IS CHANGING! IVE MADE MY DECISION, MOVING FORWARD THE NEW POSTS WILL BE SHORTER AND ABOUT WHATEVER. I MIGHT DO A REVIEW BUT IL ACTUALLY DO A HELPFUL ONE... MAYBE... OK. THATS MY DECISION. LETS SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT... THEN AGAIN I MIGHT JUST CHANGE MY MIND NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE WILL BE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN... IN THE MEANTIME... IM GOING TO SLEEP. THINK ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK LOL. OH AND HAPPY BDAY FRED! LOL LETS SEE IF YOU SEE THIS HAHA.

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HAVING AN OFF DAY

STRANGE... I DONT HAVE MANY DAY WHERE IM NOT FEELING MYSELF. IM NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING SICK OR ANYTHING BUT THE WAY YOU FEEL. TODAY I JUST FELT LIKE THAT I WASNT ALL THERE AND THE SMALLEST THING WOULD SET ME OFF. THATS WHY YOU JUST PUT IN YOUR HEADPHONES AND FORGET ABOUT THE WORLD AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOUR WORK.

THIS ISNT REALLY GOING TO BE MUCH OF A POST SINCE THERE ISNT A REAL TOPIC AND THAT IM TIRED AND SLEEPY LOL. HOWEVER I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN... YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. THIS TOPIC SEEMS TO BE LOST IN THE ARTICLE THIS GUY WROTE THAT I READ RECENTLY. I POSTED IT ON FACEBOOK AND SOME PEOPLE COMMENTED, AND I REPLIED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST SETS ME OFF AGAIN... LONG STORY SHORT, HES 26 AND IS WORKING IN A BOOKSTORE FOR $11 AN HOUR AND COMPLAINS HOW HE CANT LIVE OFF THAT AND $15 WOULD BE NICE. WELL... LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!! YOU GET PAID FOR THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT YOU PUT IN. IT DOESNT TAKE MUCH EFFORT TO TAKE A PAYMENT FOR A BOOK. WHY SHOULD YOU BE PAID MORE... I GET PAID WHAT I GET PAID CAUSE OF EVERYTHING I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. THIS GUY I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPATHY OR FEELINGS FOR. SERIOUSLY IF I EVER MET HIM I WOULD JUST TELL HIM TO GROW UP AND STOP YOUR BITCHING!!! DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO AND SHUT UP. IM PISSED THAT HES BITCHING BUT IM ALSO EVEN MORE PISSED THAT HE HASNT TRIED... WHEN YOURE IN A TOUGH SITUATION YOU JUST HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR SURROUNDINGS OR CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IF IT ISNT WORKING. THE GUY ISNT DOING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO GET OUT OF HIS SITUATION. EVEN IN THE COMMENTS SECTION HE GETS CHEWED OUT FOR BEING A LITTLE BITCH. I WONT COMMENT ON OTHER PEOPLE BUT FOR MYSELF IVE WORKED CRAP JOB FOR CRAP PAY AND THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL SO I CAN GET A BETTER JOB AND WAS APPLYING TO JOBS LIKE MAD. THIS GUY HASNT DONE ANY OF IT. HES JUST THERE DOING WHAT HES DOING AND EXPECTING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. EVERYTIME I TALK ABOUT THIS IT JUST PISSES ME OFF. IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE THEN JUST GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE AND READ THE POST. IF NOT THEN JUST READ HIS SIDE OF IT AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK YOURSELF:

>>>>>>>>>>GUY WHO BITCHES AND COMPLAINS!!!<<<<<<<<<<

ANYWAYS WITH THAT SAID IM GONNA GO SLEEP. WORK IS FINALLY LOOKING BETTER SINCE I FINISHED MY LAST MEETING FOR THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE. FOOTBALL GAME THIS WEEK THAT WE GONNA CRUSH. THEN THERES THE TONS OF RANDOMNESS IN BETWEEN BUT THATS FOR ANOTHER TIME :)

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BE HAPPY

WELL ON A LIGHTER NOTE COMPARED TO LAST WEEKS POST... LETS TALK ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPIER. TWO SIMPLE WORDS THAT ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW:

BE HAPPY

WHY IS IT SO HARD? WELL WE ALL KNOW WHY... THERE IS JUST TOO MANY THINGS IN THE WORLD TO PISS US OFF!!! DAM BUG FLYING AROUND YOUR FACE, STUPID DRIVERS ON THE ROAD, YOUR SPORTS TEAM LOSING, CUSTOMERS ARE RUDE TO YOU, SOMETHING DIDNT WORK OUT, WORK RELATED ISSUES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND EVEN THE THINGS YOU DO TO YOURSELF. THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH TO BE PISSED ABOUT. SO HOW CANNNN YOU BE HAPPY??? THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS? TAKE A BREATH? I SAY DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO, TO BE HAPPY. DO WHAT YOU NEED TO, TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO, OR TO THE RIGHT STATE OF MIND. ITS ALL ABOUT YOUR STATE OF MIND. IF YOU CAN BE HAPPY THROUGH TOUGH TIMES THEN NOTHING CAN PHASE YOU.

IVE ACTUALLY BEEN HAVING A GREAT TIME LATELY. SOMETIMES I JUST WAKE UP AND HAVE A GOOD DAY, FEELING GOOD ABOUT LIFE AND EVERYTHING. THEN... GETS RUINED OR I GET CAUGHT UP WITH EVERYTHING THATS GOING ON... AND THAT JUST RUINS MY MOOD, AND BACK TO SQUARE 1...  THEN AGAIN THERE ARE THOSE MOMENTS THAT I JUST LOOK UP TO THEY SKY AND REALIZE HOW GOOD THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW. WHEN LISTENING TO MUSIC AND KNOWING THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT OR WORK ITSELF OUT. JUST THOSE SMALL LITTLE MOMENTS WHEN EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER AND YOU ARE A HAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING. THATS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN LIFE.

AWWW YEAH!!! LOL STARTED TO BEFORE I TOOK A PIC. BEEF SASHIMI!!! SABA, SALMON, MISO AND OTHERS THAT WE JUST DEVOURED

AWESOME LEFTOVERS LOL

WE WIN GOLD... AGAIN... BIG SURPRISE EH? LOL

JUST FOLLOW YOUR NOSE HAHA

HOME COOKED MEAL :) LASAGNA, SCALLOPS, PEAS, ROAST BEEF 

MY PLATE... X2 :) WOOOOOO

SO MUCH FOOD THAT I HAD LEFTOVERS FOR WORK :) AND DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH CHEESE SO PUT SOME CHEESE STRING ON IT HAHA

YES YES YESSSSSSS SNOW!!!!!!!!!!! :)

SO THIS WAS A SHORTER POST... THERES LOTS TO SAY ABOUT IT AND A LOT OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS POSTS. ALSO THE FACT THAT IM PASSING OUT TRYING TO POST THIS, SO WE SHALL SEE... PERHAPS IL POST THIS IN THE MORNING AFTER I TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

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OH WOW... I ACTUALLY MADE SENSE WRITING THAT... YA... I WAS PASSING OUT AND FOR A WHILE I ACTUALLY FELL ASLEEP WRITING THAT AT 3AM... BRAIN WAS NOT WORKING AFTER WORKING A 12 HOUR SHIFT... BUT ANYWAYS... BACK ON TOPIC. SO WHATS GOING TO MAKE ME HAPPY? HARD TO SAY... CAREER? MONEY? LIFE? TOYS? PEOPLE? UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW MONEY IS A BIG FACTOR... IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE HAPPY I NEED MONEY TO DO THIS, MONEY TO DO THAT, MONEY TO BUY THIS, MONEY TO BUY THAT, MONEY TO GO HERE, MONEY TO GO THERE. IN THE END SOMEHOW IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO MONEY. PROBLEM IS WITH THIS CAPITALISTIC-MATERIALISTIC SOCIETY IT CANT BE HELPED. WE ARE BOMBARDED WITH IMAGES OF WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE OR BE, THAT IT JUST DESTROYS US TRYING TO GET THERE. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO GIVE UP A PART OF YOURSELF TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. ITS ALWAYS LIKE CHOOSE 2 OUT OF 3 SITUATIONS WHERE THE ONES YOU PICK ARE AWESOME BUT THE 3RD CHOICE IS THE ONE THAT IMPACTS YOU AND IS THE ONE YOU LOSE OUT ON.

HERES THE EASIEST EXAMPLE: PICK 2 OUT OF THE 3

1. SLEEP
2. SOCIAL LIFE
3. SMART (DOING WELL IN SCHOOL)

YES YES I KNOW WHAT MOST OF YOU WILL SAY... THAT ITS NOT THAT HARD TO BALANCE THEM OUT AND THEN BAM!!! THERE YOU GO YOUR SMART WITH A SOCIAL LIFE AND GET ENOUGH SLEEP. JUST FOR ARGUMENTS SAKE YOU CAN ONLY PICK 2... THAT LEAVES YOU WITH EITHER NOT ENOUGH SLEEP, NO SOCIAL LIFE, OR NOT DOING WELL IN SCHOOL. ITS ALWAYS A TRADE-OFF, ALWAYS WILL BE. SO WHAT CAN YOU DO...??? THE ONLY THING YOU CANNNNNN DO... DO WHATS RIGHT FOR YOU IN THAT MOMENT IN TIME TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. EVERYTHING CAN BE CHANGED, JUST A MATTER OF HOW YOU APPROACH IT.

TRUE HAPPINESS IS A HARD THING TO ATTAIN, HELL... EVEN BEING HAPPY IS A HARD THING TO ATTAIN, BUT IN THE END IF YOU ARENT HAPPY FOR YOURSELF WHO WILL??? END OF THE DAY IT STILL COMES BACK DOWN TO YOU AND HOW YOU FEEL. SO BE HAPPY, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

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