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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TOO MANY IDEAS...

WELL HERES A SURPRISE... QUITE IRONIC ACTUALLY... LAST WEEK I WAS OUT OF IDEAS, THIS WEEK I HAVE TOO MANY... NOW I DONT KNOW TO WRITE ABOUT... I GUESS IL JUST WRITE A BIT ABOUT A FEW... SOME TOPICS WILL PROBABLY OVERLAP WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE PAST BUT MEH... ITS MY BLOG AND IL WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE WRITING ABOUT :)

ASPECTS OF LIFE
FOR ME THIS IS THE WEIRD THING... IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS... ONE ASPECT OF MY LIFE WILL BE GOING WELL AND ANOTHER WILL ALWAYS BE GOING POORLY. THATS JUST THE BALANCE OF LIFE... CANT FORCE AND CANT DO MUCH ABOUT IT. KARMA IS BIG ON THIS. THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE. THEN WHILE TRYING TO TIP THE BALANCE TO ANOTHER ASPECT OF MY LIFE, A DIFFERENT PART OF LIFE WILL ALWAYS SURELY FALL... ITS JUST THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS. YOU CANT HAVE IT GOING WELL IN ALL ASPECTS BUT YOU CAN MOST DEFINITIVELY HAVE ALL ASPECTS GOING BADLY. MURPHYS LAW ALL THE WAY. WHILE SEEKING TO MAKE ONE ASPECT BETTER, YOU LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WAS REALLY IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT REALLY MATTERED, AND WHEN YOU REALIZE IT... ITS TOO LATE. THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO GO BACK TO IT... THE DAMAGE IS DONE OR EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED SO MUCH THAT THE ASPECT NO LONGER EXIST. I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO GET TO THAT BETTER SPOT, AND I FINALLY THERE, FINALLY IN A PLACE WHERE ONE ASPECT IS GOING WELL, BUT LOOKING BACK I REALIZE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT, SOMETHING CHANGED, SOMETHING LOST. AT LEAST NOW KNOWING THAT I CAN TRY TO GET THAT OTHER ASPECT BACK AND BALANCE IT BACK OUT. THIS TIES INTO MY THOUGHTS ON TRADE-OFFS, YOU ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL AND ITS TRUE. EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A TRADE-OFF, EVERYTHING YOU DO IS A TRADE-OFF. ITS JUST A MATTER OF WHAT YOU ARE TRADING OFF.

REALIST
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AS WELL... OR MAYBE NOT BUT WHO KNOWS THESE DAYS... A LOT OF POSTS WILL OVERLAP AND THAT CANT BE HELPED. I USE TO BE A DREAMER, THEN A OPTIMIST, AND NOW A REALIST. I KNOW WHATS POSSIBLE AND WHATS NOT EVEN FEASIBLE. IM NOT JADED... WELL SORTA... BUT IM MORE OF A GUY THAT HAS SEEN ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IN THE END EVERYONE IS LOOKING OUT FOR #1... YOURSELF. ITS TRUE AND DONT EVEN TRY TO ARGUE WITH ME ON THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL LOSE. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO THEN TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS IN REAL LIFE BECAUSE IT CAN GO ON FOREVER. I DONT SEE A POINT IN CARING ANYMORE... NOT TO SAY THAT I DONT CARE BUT MORE THAT IF IT DOESNT AFFECT ME THEN IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER. THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE. THERES NOTHING MORE TO IT. AFTER THEY ARE DONE, THERES NO POINT IN ANYTHING AFTER IT.

LETTING GO / MOVING ON
EVERYONE AT ONE POINT IN THEIR LIVES HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF HAVING TO LET GO OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, TO MOVE ON AND MOVE PAST WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU... EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THAT OR COPING WITH IT. SOME PEOPLE GET DRUNK, SOME PEOPLE EXERCISE, SOME PEOPLE WORK, AND OTHERS JUST DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT OR DWELLING ON IT. THE ONLY CONSTANT THAT DETERMINES HOW LONG IT TAKES IS TIME... TIME DETERMINES EVERYTHING. THERES ALSO STAGES... THAT EVERYONE GOES THROUGH BEFORE BEING ABLE TO LET GO AND MOVE ON. IT JUST HAPPENS OVER TIME... THE PAIN GOES AWAY... THE MEMORIES FADE... THE FEELINGS CHANGE... EVENTUALLY SLOWLY YET SURELY YOU WILL LOOK BACK ONE DAY AND REALIZE THAT YOURE NO LONGER WHERE YOU WERE BEFORE, AND THAT YOURE AT A BETTER PLACE NOW, AND WONDER HOW YOU WERE EVER AT THAT POINT. AS USUAL... EVERYTHING TAKES TIME...

WHY... WHY NOT...
IM ALWAYS ASKED THIS QUESTION... WHY... WHY THIS... WHY THAT... WHY... WHY... WHY AND THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE... WHY NOT. YOU NEVER HAVE TO HAVE REASON TO DO ANYTHING. NO ONE CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. WHO CARES IN THE END ANYWAYS. THE ONLY PERSON THAT WOULD CARE IS YOURSELF. SO DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND DONT CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY OR DO. IN THE END ITS YOU LIVING YOUR LIFE AND NOT THEM. 

FOCUS / GOALS
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A GOAL OR SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON. A FINISH LINE OF WHERE YOU WANT TO BE OR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO DIRECT YOUR ENERGY INTO. YOU DONT WANT TO JUST STAY STAGNANT... YOU ALWAYS WANT TO STRIVE FOR SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU THAT MEANING YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR. SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT ALL THAT TIME AND ENERGY SPENT WAS NOT WORTH NOTHING AND THAT IT ALL MEANT SOMETHING.


SO THERES A FEW THOUGHTS THATS BEEN ON MY MIND THE PAST WEEK. WORKS BEEN BUSY WITH MEETINGS AND REPORTS AND WHAT NOT. BESIDES THAT WE ALSO MADE A FOOTBALL TEAM :) SO NOW IM GOING TO BE PLAYING AMERICAN FOOTBALL OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT "HAND EGG" AND EUROPEAN FOOTBALL OR AS MANY PEOPLE CALL IT "SOCCER" LOL. ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A FOOTBALL TEAM BUT NEVER FOUND ENOUGH PLAYER OR GIRLS TO PLAY. SO ME AND A FEW COWORKERS JOINED UP A MENS LEAGUE AND AFTER LOOKING AROUND IT TURNS OUT THERES ENOUGH INTEREST IN PLAYING SO WE MADE OUR OWN TEAM :) ITS GOING TO BE GREAT. ITS ALSO GOING TO BE TIRING... PLAYING BOTH FOOTBALLS IN ONE DAY... YAY... BESIDES ALL THAT NOT MUCH ELSE HAS BEEN GOING ON. WELL TIME TO CALL IT A NIGHT. GOT MORE WORK TO DO TOMORROW... SEEMS LIKE THE WORK NEVER ENDS EH... LOL

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NOTHING LASTS FOREVER...

SIMPLE AND TRUE... NOTHING LASTS FOREVER... WHAT CAN YOU NAME THAT CAN LAST FOREVER??? NOTHING... YOU KNOW WHY??? CAUSE EVERYTHING WILL EVENTUALLY... IRREVOCABLY... INEVITABLY... END!!! THE EARTH WILL END ONE DAY, THE UNIVERSE WILL END ONE DAY... TREES WILL DIE... THE MOUNTAINS WILL ERODE AWAY... ANIMALS WILL DIE... BUILDINGS CRUMBLE... EMPIRES FALL... EVERYTHING WILL END OR DIE. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL SIDE... IDEAS DIE... LOVE DIES... MEMORIES DIE... WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO THE TITLE OF NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. PRETTY DARK AND EMO EH LOL. HEY DONT TAKE ME WRONG... I WISH IT WASNT TRUE BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS... NO MATTER HOW BAD YOU WANT SOMETHING OR THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE AROUND... SOMEHOW IT WILL END... MAYBE NOT TODAY OR TOMORROW... BUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD IT WILL... EVEN WHEN IT DOES LAST "FOREVER" OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IT WILL ONLY LAST AS LONG AS SOMEONE REMEMBERS IT. SO BASICALLY UNTIL THAT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ENDS OR DIES. THEN IT WILL LIKE ALL THE OTHERS... FADE INTO DARKNESS AND BE FORGOTTEN. LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT EMPIRES OF THE WORLD... THEY TRIED TO MAKE IT LAST FOREVER AND ALTHOUGH IT LASTED A LONG TIME, THEY ALL STILL DIDNT LAST FOREVER... THE EMPIRES STILL ENDED. WE HAVE MEMORIES OF IT OR DRAWINGS OR ARTIFACTS OR WHAT NOT BUT NONE OF THEM REMAIN... THEIR THOUGHTS AND DREAMS AND THINGS ABOUT THEM ARE GONE. ITS INTERESTING HOW IN THIS SHORT MEASLY LIFE OF OURS WE TRY TO MAKE OUR MARK IN HISTORY SO TO SHOW AS LONG AS THERE IS STILL A WE HERE THAT WE EXISTED. WE TRY TO MAKE THAT SMALL BLIP OF A BLIP OF A BLIP SIGNIFICANT AND TRY TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WE HAVE. DOES ANYONE EVEN REALLY CARE IN THE END??? ITS OVER AND GONE WITH... I GUESS WE REALLY CANT ASK ANYONE SINCE THERES NO ONE LEFT... WELL... HERES TO US TRYING THE IMPOSSIBLE FEAT OF MAKING IT LAST FOREVER... HOWEVER LONG THAT FOREVER IS...

SO LUCKY YOU!!! EVERYONE GETS A BONUS THOUGHT OF MINE FOR YOUR PENNY... WELL... ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE A NICKEL SINCE WE STOPPED PRODUCING PENNIES LOL. THIS COULD EASILY BE ANOTHER POST SO IM JUST GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS... LIFES A BITCH... AND TRYING TO BE A GOOD GUY OR A NICE GUY IN IT JUST DOESNT WORK... YOU TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND YOU CAN TRY NOT TO MAKE A MISTAKE BUT SOMEHOW BY TRYING TO BE THE GOOD GUY YOU END UP BEING THE ASSHOLE. SOMETIMES DONT YOU JUST WISH COULD DO THE BAD THING ABOUT IT... THAT WAY EVERYTHING IS MUCH EASIER... BUT THATS JUST NOT WHO I AM.

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