tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90698533675577572242024-03-19T01:53:56.778-07:00cjames37.blogspot.comThis is going to be a running blog of things that interest me and hopefully everybody else also. I'll put up new music links, skiing/snowboarding stuff, workout articles and helpful stuff, and just about anything else I come across that I think other people will enjoy.Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-49743703210124460482010-11-05T22:26:00.000-07:002010-11-05T22:29:30.158-07:00back in action<a href="http://photobucket.com/images/thumbs%20up" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee401/stuckgifs/Thumbsup-Disney.gif" border="0" alt="Thumbs up - Disney Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Yes, I'm back you dirty hamsters. Lots to talk about. Check back soon. </div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-54259403596855688372010-06-19T14:14:00.000-07:002010-06-19T14:53:04.129-07:00Refresh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm313/Xm3buX/PDN/Refresh.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm313/Xm3buX/PDN/Refresh.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Big week. Real big. Big changes. I find that I feel refreshed, and newly energized. After all, as I said in my last post, when something really shitty happens you have 2 choices - to let it bring you down and ruin you, or to step up and say fuck this I'm going to rise above it. I'm choosing to do the latter. Earlier this week I felt like absolute crap and couldn't feel anything but upset. The thing that was strange was that I had anticipated the feelings for a long time prior and it honestly did not even matter at all when the time came. It hit me ten times harder than I thought it would and I had a very rough week overall. I came into the weekend realizing that it was pretty crucial to turn things around and get back to being me...the me that people like and want to be around. I think I had lost myself for a while this past year and that's not going to happen again, and it's certainly not going to continue any longer. <div><br /></div><div>I find that some things really just anger me. Some of the things that made me sad just aggravate me when I think about them now, so I just put it out of my mind whenever those thoughts sneak in...or I just use it as fuel during workouts. People are amazing sometimes, both in disappointing ways and in positive ways as well. Certain people, 2 to be exact, have been instrumental in helping me get back up and helping me to feel good and just really kicking my ass to get out and get back to being myself. I think I've lost track of the countless hours I've spent talking things over with firefly and my parents and it's just so cool that some people are willing to take so much time out of their day to talk to me. It makes me feel good to know that people care that much about me, it's a great feeling. I owe them both big time and I definitely need to return that favor (labor day weekend firefleez!). </div><div><br /></div><div>I think I'm going to start packing, I have some moves to make! Cheers~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-55658457510228691412010-06-13T19:10:00.000-07:002010-06-13T20:46:35.923-07:00LatelySo what's going on lately....well let's see here... I've been working a lot lately. I don't mean a lot like 9-5 everyday and omg I'm a little baby and can't handle it and life is just so hard. I mean 12+ hours working everyday, I mean getting to work at 6:30 or 7 and not leaving until about the same time or later in the evening. As you would imagine, that's pretty tiring and it definitely took me about a full 2 months to get used to it and to be able to stay up all day without really dragging in the afternoon. Finally I have gotten used to it though, and it's been a great time since I started and overall it's just been an awesome experience and a very lucky thing for me to have happen. It's been very humbling, and it's already taught me a ton about myself and other people so I honestly don't have any regrets. <div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, and expectedly, when you work that many hours a day it affects your personal life. I mean how could it not? On the average day when I go to work and then go to the gym on my way home, I don't get home till 8:30 or 9 p.m. Not exactly ideal for having a personal life or social life, but it's getting easier to make that work. It's funny how much more productive I am when I have so much less time. Anyway, thank god that the people I work with function as co-workers, friends, and therapists all at once. Without them being willing to listen and give me advice on things I would probably be on my phone with people back east all day everyday. </div><div><br /></div><div>I suppose it's a little tough to write on here because I don't really know who reads it. So I'll discuss something non-personal. Positive attitude. I cannot even begin to explain how important having a positive attitude has been for me lately, without it I don't know that I'd still be here right now writing this. In the past 2 months, a whole lot has gone wrong. Seriously, a lot. Conversely, a lot has gone right. But you know what? The stuff that goes wrong has a stronger effect often times...it's just human nature. The important part though, and the skill I've recently developed, has been to have a positive attitude and to have emotional composure. The ability to have everything falling apart around you and still be standing there with a smile on your face having fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's hard, it's really hard actually but at the end of the day you quickly realize that you have 2 options when you wake up each day. 1.) Let the shitty things bring you down and have a bad day. OR 2.) Put a smile on your face, put the awful shit in the back of your mind, and promise yourself that you're going to have a good day and have fun. I've been choosing number 2 for awhile now, although every now and then number 1 does get to me and I have a really rough day. What's tough for me, is that other than the people I work with I don't really have a physical support system out here. My support system is 99% on the east coast...and for any and all of you reading this who are one of the amazing people that I talk to everyday - thank you for being there. I know I remind you guys of how important your presence in my daily life is, but seriously - thank you for saving my life. Thank you for making me laugh, for being a wall to bounce ideas and thoughts off, thank you for your constant counseling and therapy, for everything. Mom and dad, you're both fully included in all of that. You guys all give me so much to look forward to and honestly a reason to wake up in the morning and keep working my ass off even though I feel totally alone out here most of the time. The one thing that combats those feelings and makes me forget about this situation - is you guys. Firefly, Hollywood, you are both second to none and I love you guys. </div><div><br /></div><div>Things to look forward to....</div><div>I'm moving in about a month and a half, or possibly less. That's exciting, a new city will be cool and I need a physical change anyway. I need to hit the refresh button on my life and that will help to do so, and then a little after that I'll really hit the refresh button hard. </div><div><br /></div><div>I get to go home for a week in august!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what I'm looking forward to most, it happens to be for my birthday but who cares, I just want to be at home and spending time with my parents and friends. I'm looking forward to playing golf with my dad, going to the beach, going out with friends, eating good food that I can't get here, all of it. That basically keeps me going everyday, I talk about it so much it probably annoys the hell out of people but whatever I'm excited. </div><div><br /></div><div>I guess that's about it, we have a company picnic/drinking festival and a rockies game to go to soon so that will be cool. And possibly a trip to the BlackHawk casino resort in the mountains paid for by the company....limos, hotel rooms, cash to gamble with...if we win this contest which we are in strong contention to win. That would be unreal, so I'm hoping we pull it off. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think I'm out of ideas to write about for now, so I'm going to go get my laundry and probably go to bed. Have a great week everybody, cheers~<br /><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-67188182195961796142010-06-12T12:14:00.000-07:002010-06-12T12:15:44.349-07:00It's been awhile!Wow yeah it has been quite awhile since I've written anything on here but a certain somebody, firefly actually, recommended I start writing again. I've referenced firefly before haven't I? I think so.<div><br /></div><div>Anyway, I'll start writing again soon so stay tuned. </div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-6999411890932370332010-02-19T16:03:00.000-08:002010-02-19T16:16:19.088-08:00A collection of my favorite quotes about the importance of hope.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9K30e9O3Nng&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9K30e9O3Nng&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;">"Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours."<br /><br />"What're you talking about?"<br /><br />"Hope."<br />-Shawshank Redemption</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;">“I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it life is not worth living.”<br />-Harvey Milk</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“</span></span></span><a class="sqq" href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/learn_from_yesterday-live_for_today-hope_for/156547.html" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">”</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">-Albert Einstein</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#C0C0C0;">...just some things to keep in mind when you're really feeling down. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-89941212648842380042010-01-26T16:13:00.000-08:002010-01-26T16:49:30.627-08:00Why workout? What's the big deal with the gym? I'll tell you.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigW_q7gkSVA5gCY3eRBovVE4WnFRCW68uNRBnI4fP_QPoTTeu3LhmKkE0p4lr9FTnjXeywH7tN-7UFJ3oqQq0aRr11vM_m8IraU6fqZ9OC-SqkFA0j8QqIqzj1s6D8bVyZ-_bWGZ_NOpQ/s1600-h/weight-room.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigW_q7gkSVA5gCY3eRBovVE4WnFRCW68uNRBnI4fP_QPoTTeu3LhmKkE0p4lr9FTnjXeywH7tN-7UFJ3oqQq0aRr11vM_m8IraU6fqZ9OC-SqkFA0j8QqIqzj1s6D8bVyZ-_bWGZ_NOpQ/s400/weight-room.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431214538626462082" /></a><br /><i>Lately the topic of why I enjoy lifting weights has come up a few times with more than one person; more specifically why I'm a bit obsessive over it. I'd like to address the whole topic of people working out and the passion behind it. Maybe that will help people who don't get it to understand better. I have been asked a whole bunch of times why I'm so into working out, and what's so special about going to the gym, etc., etc., etc. so I'll see if I can explain. Now then....</i><div><br /></div><div>The weight room is a place where people go to better themselves, and for that reason alone anybody I see in the weight room with me deserves my respect and I deserve theirs. It says something about a person if they are committed to going to the gym multiple times a week to exercise and better themselves physically. It says something about what kind of person you are if you are dedicated enough to go to the gym the majority of the week and sweat and work hard and push on through the pain to get the results you want. I have seen bad reactions from people when I say this, but honestly, I have a special respect reserved for other people I see at the gym all the time because they're driven to better themselves and they are there all the time as I am, pushing their limits and reaching for more.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the weight room, everybody is equal. A lower class man could be working out next to the CEO of a fortune 500 company and in the gym it's all about work ethic, strength, and the will to push through the pain and sweat. That CEO may have all the money in the world, but that means nothing when it comes down to who's willing to sweat more and work harder and lift more. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the weight room it's you versus the weights. It doesn't matter if other people don't think you work out, it doesn't matter if they can't tell you love lifting more than anything, what matters is the weight you put up week in and week out and the fact that you're busting your ass in there to get stronger. The satisfaction of setting a new personal best with an exercise is something that nobody can take away from you, and the strength it takes to do it is something they can't touch either. The years of working out for hours a day, almost every day, the constant drive to better yourself, and the countless amounts of sweat you put into working out is something that people who don't work out will never understand. They will never understand the determination you have and the work ethic you possess, and they won't understand that huge smile on your face when you finish a workout and you've benched more than you ever dreamed you could or you leg pressed over 4 times your own weight. They just won't get it, and that's alright.</div><div><br /></div><div>The weights don't change, they don't take it easier on you, they don't give in if you're not having a good day. They make you work for everything you get, they make you earn it. The weights teach you lessons about yourself. You learn what you're really capable of in the gym, you learn that just because your muscles are burning and the lactic acid is building up and you can't catch your breath doesn't mean you're finished. It means that you're in your zone, and that you're putting in some serious work. It teaches you not to give up on other things, it teaches you to stick with something until you get the results you want, it teaches you not to settle for anything less than what you want. </div><div><br /></div><div>It reveals your own inner character, because at the end of the day, you're either going to grit your teeth and crank out that last set or you're going to make up an excuse and quit on yourself. When you find that you're tough enough to work yourself to exhaustion and even nausea at times, you'll find that you develop self-respect and confidence. The physical benefits will come too, but more important than anything else - you'll know what you're capable of, you'll know how hard you're willing to work, and you'll know just how strong you can be. And nobody can ever, ever take that away from you.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-78993469915038603982010-01-19T16:58:00.000-08:002010-01-19T17:31:15.437-08:00The seemingly-never-ending quest for a job.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOP6IoDU0McRvmGhL2I7sWrgSGLWJuIn_xxUNhij2HzCykyBcxwJowNT16M4HWiK1Wd0S2VpI4rwbVizyqO0CURsvT9QCWT-XrQ_E8eh-8G2hrSSyzi-z-QdKE6IiAr1X8MoO0c-rHsE/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4077Es2onuYTmiAvB4srZ1HuN9pNaES1Sw5EXT9umL_B6IiZDw_YwJhMTgeWI5yWH_4A5q-bsNa87TsDc7NnKOSoE_M7WszCveCmFxQY05HWCOJPqgEkv6kC6MrmibUUIxJ4iA6znkis/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4077Es2onuYTmiAvB4srZ1HuN9pNaES1Sw5EXT9umL_B6IiZDw_YwJhMTgeWI5yWH_4A5q-bsNa87TsDc7NnKOSoE_M7WszCveCmFxQY05HWCOJPqgEkv6kC6MrmibUUIxJ4iA6znkis/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428623439076073810" /></a><br />Hello there ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. This post is about me and my search for a job, or rather, the string of rejections that compose my, "job search". I left my job as a financial advisor in early December because as I may have mentioned before, it paid me absolutely nothing. Since that first week in December, I have been looking for a new job with very little luck. Granted, it has only been about a month and a half at this point of looking...but it's still a very large pain and quite humbling. Seriously, nothing makes you feel quite so useless as getting rejected from jobs more times than you can even keep count of. I send out a few apps a day, and so at this point I've truly lost track of a lot of them. The fun part is when I get e-mail rejections from jobs that I forgot I applied for (end sarcasm). That always brings me back down to earth, but motivates me to apply more too. <div><br /></div><div>On another note, college is worth the money and effort. It is. I know this, you know this, we all know it, but I have to tell you - until you have a job and more importantly until you have $$$ to show for it...having a college degree doesn't really make you feel like anything is different about you. And in reality, it's not. But still, it'd be nice to get something for all that hard work wouldn't it? Someday.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Ok so I have 2 different hypotheses as to why I can't get a job. We'll start with the one that makes me seem less like a useless idiot for the sake of my self esteem. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>1.) "The economy and job market are in a bad place" reason:</i></div><div>-This is true and all, but everybody thinks they're special and so that shouldn't apply to us. I was like that for awhile...until I forgot how many times I got shot down for a job I applied for. Now I realize I'm just like anybody else, and I'm not special or anything. Humbling, seriously. I could go on and on about the economy and this country but it's boring and too much to write. Simply put, our country really really really needs to get it's f-ing act together. This isn't news to anybody, but honestly when was the last time things were good in this country? I mean good as in unemployment rates and the state of the economy and financial markets and when we weren't sticking our hands in every other country's business constantly. Before 9/11/2001? Probably still a few more years before that even because we have to account for the tech bubble bursting and all that fun stuff. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>2.) The "you really suck and are dumber than a fake leg" reason:</i></div><div>-Hopefully this isn't true, but I gotta tell ya...it sure feels like it sometimes. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>So what's a guy to do?</i></b></div><div><i>NPH has the answer. Oh and italics won't turn off now, maybe I really am dumber than a fake leg. Anyway here's the answer, and here's what I do.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOP6IoDU0McRvmGhL2I7sWrgSGLWJuIn_xxUNhij2HzCykyBcxwJowNT16M4HWiK1Wd0S2VpI4rwbVizyqO0CURsvT9QCWT-XrQ_E8eh-8G2hrSSyzi-z-QdKE6IiAr1X8MoO0c-rHsE/s400/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428628281385842482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 321px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Thanks for reading my stupid stories and thoughts, have a great day!</span></span></i></div></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-36327983211070854492010-01-13T12:33:00.001-08:002010-01-13T12:35:36.284-08:00Epic Win FTW (for the win). Super funny collection of pictures that just scream win.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPeEl7vSOPMER4ZgNRYKFRv6C5TPc15CVu_bL58hd9PZljUuXQVhNZI7YYeHQNXgBudqiN2BkkpLQTGHjJhjzO41VgMAlAyPUevGABiAIJq5vEZzNL_yOtaWEobIlAHgmxExXpWPiiVg/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPeEl7vSOPMER4ZgNRYKFRv6C5TPc15CVu_bL58hd9PZljUuXQVhNZI7YYeHQNXgBudqiN2BkkpLQTGHjJhjzO41VgMAlAyPUevGABiAIJq5vEZzNL_yOtaWEobIlAHgmxExXpWPiiVg/s320/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426325781075701042" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>This was passed along to me by my friend SnowBird, and it's seriously full of awesome and funny pictures....definitely worth a quick browse.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://epicwinftw.com/">Click me for lolz</a></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-68258066385907030372010-01-13T10:09:00.000-08:002010-01-13T10:10:36.389-08:00if you can watch this whole video without laughing, i'll give you a dollar.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8bE_90IEVX4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8bE_90IEVX4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-48181500102679501862010-01-12T18:20:00.000-08:002010-01-12T20:14:42.247-08:00Betsy the Potted Palm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTirB0cDaIa1RdP_4d_guYZuAS1IkYobQAKiMm57U6xRWVnNkPULY_-CQGg385uV8ips9S66rA5Y-3L1QbKPZO80jjnZvUGEkLLuSs60mOzfYvi4w69VyziHbG8gsUBAJVCdCohXZXCQ/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTirB0cDaIa1RdP_4d_guYZuAS1IkYobQAKiMm57U6xRWVnNkPULY_-CQGg385uV8ips9S66rA5Y-3L1QbKPZO80jjnZvUGEkLLuSs60mOzfYvi4w69VyziHbG8gsUBAJVCdCohXZXCQ/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426057051449786258" /></a><br />Ok so since my last post I resigned from my job as a financial advisor because it was not paying me any money and was actually going to start costing me a few hundred dollars a month to work there. Since I am not Uncle Pennybags from Monopoly I could not afford that and I chose to leave in search of a job with a salary rather than commission. <div><br /></div><div><b>So how's that going you ask? </b> </div><div>-Well I left in early december and as of today (january 12th) I do not have a job yet. I've applied for a bunch of jobs but I've lost track of how many e-mails I've gotten telling me that "other candidates qualifications more closely match our requirements" or something along those lines. Annoying, but it's all good. Now you might be wondering, well cjames37 you should probably get a part time job. You'd be correct, and I am trying. Interesting enough, I cannot manage to do that either. I was rejected for a bank teller position for an unnamed company that uses a red and yellow logo with a horse and carriage, even though I have almost 12 months of bank teller experience. Go figure. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have decided that because I have a bit of free time currently, with the whole being unemployed thing and all, that I will write about my daily or weekly life in a way that I hope will entertain anybody who reads this and ideally make them laugh. If not, then you suck and have no sense of humor. Just kidding, sort of. Ok so now in doing this I'll be talking about my personal life and those around me, and to protect their privacy I'll refer to everybody as a nickname. Some nicknames will be obvious, and some will be random names that have nothing to do with who I'm talking about. For instance I may call a girl "Hubert" or "Cletus" because that will confuse you (the reader) and because I think those are funny names. Moving on...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What do you do on a daily basis?</b></div><div>-So happy you asked. My day generally consists of a few simple things. I go to the gym and workout and pretend that I'm super ultra strong and huge, but in reality I'm not. I mean, i'm not skinny, but I would just say i'm athletic looking rather than "that dude looks like he could lift me over his head and throw me out the window" big. After the gym things just get more boring. I go home, put on techno music, and apply for jobs. Why techno? Because techno makes me type faster and apply to more places. There's no real correlation between the music and why I do that, so don't ask. It just works, and my neighbors can think I'm weird, but they're right so it's ok. Now as of today the applying process is a mixed experience because while I feel good about being productive and applying for jobs, I have been getting e-mail rejections for other jobs I applied for. So if the day is like a game score where I get points for each app and lose one for each rejection, I finished today at about 4 maybe. 3 rejections in 36 hours. Either I such something awful, or this country sucks, or a nice mix of both. Probably that last one.</div><div><br /></div><div>It gets better. After I do my applications and workout, I'll do errands or whatever, or I'll just say I'm doing errands so that people I talk to don't realize how boring my life is currently, and then I'll play Playstation 3, more specifically Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for....oh...more hours than I'm willing to admit to on here. Because COD: MW2 is so incredible, I'm going to start a new paragraph and bold it to explain it's awesome-ness. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>COD MW2:</b></div><div>What I'm about to write will probably make you lose respect for me or think that I am a total loser, and that's ok, because if you think that then most likely you don't know what I'm talking about or you haven't tried it and therefore you haven't lived. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ok so the game is basically a first person shooter and it's set in present day and what matters is that you can play this game online on the playstation network against other nerdy guys who won't admit they're nerdy when it comes to this game but cannot wait to get home and play each evening. You can also play with your friends online, and because all of my friends are scattered around the damn country, we play together often and in a strange nerdtastic way, it helps us keep in touch. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now I play this game with one particular friend almost daily, we'll call him....Hollywood. Hollywood is getting that name because it fits his personality and his desire for glitz, glam, and the like. Hollywood and I are a pretty legit team, and to further kill the image everyone has of me I'll let you all in on a secret. Hollywood and I play this game, while video chatting on Skype. We're like 2 teenage asian kids and to be honest, it's awesome. I know how incredibly lame and nerdy this all sounds but really it's just 2 dudes playing a game and staying in touch. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Today:</b></div><div>Now today was rather uneventful I suppose but I feel good about it because at this point of being unemployed and not having much to do, when I actually do something, I feel pretty productive. Don't take this to mean that I actually do much besides my normal routine, I mean like little stuff that a normal person would not even think twice of. But when you have become as cool as I am (end sarcasm) the little stuff gets to be pretty fun and enjoyable. So after the gym I decided to go Home Depot and buy something because my sister had given me a gift card. I ended up buying a palm plant and a pot for it (pictured). Her name is Betsy, Betsy the Potted Palm.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, interruption, my friend MetalLegs just posted something on my facebook and she sent me this awesome link the other day. It's a blog where some woman writes down her husbands crazy rantings and comments while he's sleeping. Very funny, go look at it, now, ignore what I'm writing because that site is way funnier.</div><div><a href="http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/">MetalLegs' funny link </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Back to the story of Betsy, so I bought Betsy and I bought a pot for her. Naturally I bought a pot that is too small as you'll notice in the picture because....well because I'm not a botanist, not a gardener, and generally just have moments where my common sense tells me to f--- off and as a result I make dumb decisions...such as buying Betsy a pot that reminds me of a fat girl wearing a belly shirt. It's just not ok and nobody should be subjected to it. I'm currently developing a backstory for Betsy because I'm awesome and that's what I do. I make up stories for inanimate objects, what do you do?</div><div><br /></div><div>PS- sparkling water is really delicious and you should all go get some. It's cheap, has no calories or sugar, not that I care but you might, and it tastes like Awesome and Righteous got together and made a bad decision and sparkling water was their love child.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That's about all I've got for now. Besides, I think it's time to play COD. Ziiiiing!</div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-84649234907777817262009-11-16T12:58:00.000-08:002009-11-16T13:01:19.584-08:00New MusicCame across these recently, pretty catchy, interesting mix of trance and r&b / hip-hop.<div><br /></div><div>Check 'em out.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYTrMEFOivw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYTrMEFOivw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2UiLaoLAIQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2UiLaoLAIQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-75502820375244083522009-10-24T19:54:00.000-07:002009-10-24T20:00:30.649-07:00New music from Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin<div style="text-align: center;">Today is awesome, I found out this morning that both the new Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin albums had come out. They're pretty good, I love working out with this stuff in my headphones. Check them out if you like heavy rock/metal.</div><div><br /></div><div>Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M0fcAr8GXtvY4BsS4ng_qusHFBEoMLv06JmQiz7clTmKO6nSISQQclx1IGRxYfpX84DfLHzwkjvkuAA1E_tT1uAihhllnXZ4ZU98f5GQe4jyqZ9PUlG-6Y29jw891IP55nPuEBNbJ0I/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M0fcAr8GXtvY4BsS4ng_qusHFBEoMLv06JmQiz7clTmKO6nSISQQclx1IGRxYfpX84DfLHzwkjvkuAA1E_tT1uAihhllnXZ4ZU98f5GQe4jyqZ9PUlG-6Y29jw891IP55nPuEBNbJ0I/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396366161618276610" /></a><div>One of the singles off the album, "break" </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cZcoQvtNYYs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cZcoQvtNYYs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Their lead singer's voice is unreal, such a sick voice for just screaming over heavy music. Love it. I would love to see these guys live. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYk6q0tAhW-E00b8IfOI9K_aGi6Km3NFisiLr4dvVKqXqnjBmG21KASVd5cnFX-JODpZu_yrlV0xmZ5dUWRdNonTLHeY5B3aTDwxiDRk1uZjJl6a13PlQXCk3H6_s7FLOGJdBCoGuHEyk/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396366508198668338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and one of their new singles from Dear Agony, "I will not bow"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YFHN0gcMUf0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YFHN0gcMUf0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-46257046811144788692009-10-10T10:10:00.000-07:002009-10-10T10:11:48.681-07:00First legitimate snow here in CO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmHapwnkVeyMHAbkvEuUoSp-TCDnUMVG1LAQRWmEi5SCuME3smhPSwZnWo7T4LX_aPctbWMXdhvnPOZlh6GUtU_pYzreaMB_r8FzCgUdrdzNyIhyWaK-vAMwHtNlU3unAMMk91TXWqq4/s1600-h/firstsnow+in+boulder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmHapwnkVeyMHAbkvEuUoSp-TCDnUMVG1LAQRWmEi5SCuME3smhPSwZnWo7T4LX_aPctbWMXdhvnPOZlh6GUtU_pYzreaMB_r8FzCgUdrdzNyIhyWaK-vAMwHtNlU3unAMMk91TXWqq4/s320/firstsnow+in+boulder.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391020190297477810" /></a><br />Woke up this morning to this, quite the surprise...Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-88969661386940333392009-10-09T14:43:00.000-07:002009-10-09T14:47:53.640-07:00Wall Street looking better<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wall Street on Friday recorded its first full week of consecutive gains since November 2006 after strength in technology stocks added to this week’s rally.</span><br /><br />"Positive economic data, the weak dollar and rising commodity prices pushed stocks higher this week. After Wednesday’s close, Alcoa set a positive tone for the third-quarter earnings season by posting a profit and, on Thursday, leading US retailers reported their first monthly sales gain since September 2008.<p>Bruce Shalett, founder of the Wynston Hill Capital boutique investment bank, said: “There’s reason to feel cautiously optimistic . The retail data that came out resonated very positively with investors who are hoping upon hope for reasons to believe that the recovery is sustainable.”</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So this is good news to hear obviously, hopefully the recovery is indeed sustainable as they said. If this continues maybe the public will be more willing to invest and less inclined to withdraw all of their money from the market. In any event, good stuff. Oh and Apple's stock is still rising, which I suppose isn't that great of a surprise. I remember back a few months ago when it was at $88.00/share, and today it's listed at $190.47. Incredible. If only I had a few thousand dollars back then when it was low. <br /></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, have a nice weekend! </span><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f2012c8-b4ca-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html">Full story HERE</a>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-85436805887233781442009-10-04T19:55:00.000-07:002009-10-04T19:58:54.978-07:00Transformers 3! confirmed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIpzJUfqSRSDxqjbnoPuSTsP-z-6biBMXunTROS7spN4AWteQgIuYx-gqPz_2kbgyXUzBB54XWO5O3t_8xTvMADL4jm6JgEelQfk8_PTs39uljcj6U3DYvcStBiq8vmlnfZ4liHxSCso/s1600-h/transformers-optimus-prime-theme-682.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIpzJUfqSRSDxqjbnoPuSTsP-z-6biBMXunTROS7spN4AWteQgIuYx-gqPz_2kbgyXUzBB54XWO5O3t_8xTvMADL4jm6JgEelQfk8_PTs39uljcj6U3DYvcStBiq8vmlnfZ4liHxSCso/s320/transformers-optimus-prime-theme-682.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388944982843871522" /></a><br />There WILL be a Transformers 3, which is amazing in my opinion. I'm pumped to hear that. It's slated to be released in 2011 so it will be awhile but still.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/10/02/transformers-sequel-confirmed.html">full story HERE</a></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-85147878724718992132009-10-02T20:55:00.000-07:002009-10-02T20:57:25.899-07:00DMB - Crash Into Me live at Folsom Field, Boulder, COWell unless you've been living under a rock for quite some time, you've heard this song. This is a video of the live performance at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado at CU. It's a really good live version, and the song is just amazing, no matter how many times I've heard it. Absolutely an all time favorite song of mine. Enjoy~<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sw_x8XtngGM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sw_x8XtngGM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-44501824754280087132009-10-01T09:50:00.001-07:002009-10-01T09:50:21.274-07:00Crazy Freerunners<object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6495648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6495648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6495648">OUT OF TIME</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/dree">Андрей Скурьят DREE</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-27080588809830503692009-09-29T20:12:00.000-07:002009-10-01T09:49:59.911-07:00AFI's new album "Crash Love" released today!!!!!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip69pdqqkF027znBFUwSjFIFaR1DjgKj3efFebbIkOmmSPcIetnpHzH_yuzvxZbuLykCNLfCyfGNGl4ONi4-zmzSj5X_Z0-I4cvIhVEjlL1lcgF0wGpwSPCvFoYd18Ksmp8PwT3gyv8Jo/s1600-h/Davey+Havok.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip69pdqqkF027znBFUwSjFIFaR1DjgKj3efFebbIkOmmSPcIetnpHzH_yuzvxZbuLykCNLfCyfGNGl4ONi4-zmzSj5X_Z0-I4cvIhVEjlL1lcgF0wGpwSPCvFoYd18Ksmp8PwT3gyv8Jo/s320/Davey+Havok.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387674788756550146" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br />FINALLY! Afi's new album, Crash Love, is out today!!! ...and it's absolutely awesome, as I knew it would be. <div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:14px;">"Produced by Joe McGrath and Jacknife Lee with the band, "Crash Love" is AFI's most confident, enjoyable album yet. Though there remain echoes of the Cure, the Smiths and many other morose pop heroes from the 1980s, the result feels more organic now, rooted in the genuinely bleak and hopeless rather than the simply theatrical sounds of My Chemical Romance.<br /><br />Within the collection's tightly crafted 43 minutes is music of gloom, force and energy. The band finds hope and something approaching joy in the rousing, anthemic "Beautiful Thieves," and Jade Puget's guitars sound bright enough for endless radio rotation on "Veronica Sawyer Smokes." Hard-core riffs lurk beneath the pleading vocals on "Sacrilege."<br /><br />The music of AFI wasn't always as daring as its fashion sense, but the NoCal band has grown with accelerating sophistication, stepping further beyond easy pop-punk thrashings to something grander, with music to match the mopey melodrama of Havok's words."<br /><br />-- Steve Appleford</span></div></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-54446167248769654732009-09-25T20:33:00.000-07:002009-09-25T20:43:05.920-07:00friday.Hey there interwebz world.<div><br /></div><div>I don't think anybody even reads my stuff, sooooo I haven't posted in a few days. </div><div><br /></div><div>I started reading for my last licensing exams to be an adviser...the life & health insurance licenses...super exciting. Anyway, it's beyond boring but it shouldn't take much more than a week and after that I will finally (after 5+ months) be a financial adviser and I'll be able to start making some money which will feel fantastic once that happens. After 18 years of school and 4 years of college, it will certainly be nice to see hard work turn into dollar signs. Being able to support myself someday, and having the money to do what I want to and to treat myself for working hard will feel .... I don't even know to be honest, but I certainly hope it will feel as good as I imagine it will. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, the evening here went.... predictably so. Yes, predictably so you could say. I shall leave it at that. So I'm going to put in a little more time with this material, and then probably relax and go to the gym nice and early. Thank god for the gym by the way, I think I would have lost my mind years ago had it not been for the ability to go and work out and blow off countless volumes of steam. Some people play sports, some people knit, some people draw, some people do drugs, some people go ride a bike, some sit around and eat, but I enjoy lifting weights. </div><div><br /></div><div>That's enough rambling for now, have a lovely weekend mystery readers/followers. </div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-55621755713963647692009-09-21T18:39:00.001-07:002009-09-21T18:39:33.571-07:00Scuba dive in your lotus!<object width="368" height="500" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="SFID1253576425757"><param name="movie" value="http://videos.streetfire.net/flash/SPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="FlashVars" value="&video=423875b3-98e8-45a8-aceb-9af600992e12&servicecfg=386"><embed src="http://videos.streetfire.net/flash/SPlayer.swf" flashvars="video=423875b3-98e8-45a8-aceb-9af600992e12&servicecfg=386" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="428" height="352" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br/><a href="http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Fifth-Gear-Rinspeed-Squba_176742.htm">Fifth Gear - Rinspeed Squba</a></object>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-41267118840873707942009-09-21T09:27:00.000-07:002009-09-21T09:30:39.816-07:00so what's new?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhK0-s2GWQp18xhse8omjVlFgdqGIXtWIEqg4ddq1L9PAkoIQiVE5M-cZeB3p2hUMFKq6iAMjbZYDYcD5ns-J-yxYd2JuY0mTBYRpE-GcOo0lP1iNQfo7vkKwpRBTi0E24Kc2lE0VNK4/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhK0-s2GWQp18xhse8omjVlFgdqGIXtWIEqg4ddq1L9PAkoIQiVE5M-cZeB3p2hUMFKq6iAMjbZYDYcD5ns-J-yxYd2JuY0mTBYRpE-GcOo0lP1iNQfo7vkKwpRBTi0E24Kc2lE0VNK4/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383958649733827426" /></a>So this morning I passed my Series 66 - Investment Adviser licensing exam, and I'm pretty excited about that. It's super rainy out, and unseasonably cold, and the sky is grey and basically it's a perfect "lounge around the house" type day so that's exactly what I'm going to do. <div><br /></div><div>Hope everybody had a nice weekend, and cheers to a good week as well. </div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-63230889114179092282009-09-21T09:22:00.000-07:002009-09-21T09:26:52.282-07:00Hilarious.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/81szj1vpEu8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/81szj1vpEu8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-73523572212329802062009-09-21T09:19:00.000-07:002009-09-21T09:21:06.603-07:00Junction 133 Presents "What's Hood?"This is a sick ski edit from Mt. Hood summer ski camp, filmed by Junction 133 aka Duncan Lake. <a href="http://www.junction133.com/"> (www.junction133.com)</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6671391&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6671391&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6671391">Junction 133 Presents: "What's Hood?"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/junction133">Junction 133</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap;">17 minutes of goodness, check it out. </span></span></div>Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-61876627431277301452009-09-18T08:34:00.000-07:002009-09-18T08:35:06.354-07:00tgif !Ladies & gents, it's Friday finally. I hope you've all had a good week, and I hope you have an even better weekend!Cjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069853367557757224.post-42022860267579083052009-09-17T16:05:00.000-07:002009-09-17T16:07:13.873-07:00just checking in...Hey everybody,<br /><br />So I haven't been updating much this week because I'm pretty pressed for time. I have to study for my Series 66 licensing exam that I have on Monday so I've been spending most of the day, every day, working on that. The exam will license me as an investment adviser if you're curious. <br /><br />Anyway, I apologize for the lack of activity. It's extremely frustrating not having as much free time as I'd like, and I'll just leave it at that. Have a great weekend.<br />-cjCjames37http://www.blogger.com/profile/00584305319751913497noreply@blogger.com0