WORD item - Will Never Let Relationship Emotions Drive The Bus

I give my word now and forever -

I will not let any emotions related to relationships, love, & attraction "drive the bus" when it comes to my decisions, choices, and actions.

It's okay to have CRAZY feelings.  But it's not okay to see them as "the truth" automatically.  These feelings aren't "always right" or even representing accurate information or my true wants, needs, and desires.  They appear that way at first and it would seem MANY people aggressively defend them as essential to the relationship without even questioning them.

I feel like I am programmed to do the same.

It's the same thing as not letting complaints influence you and drive your work eithic or not letting your justifications limit your potential.

So along the same lines, emotional reactions to any relationship, love, attraction related areas need to be regarded as what they are -- reactions -- and then I will think through what my true pre-determined ideas are for what I want in my relationship and if these emotions aid those things, hurt them, or don't apply.  I will think about how accurate they are and if they seem "crazy".  Then once I've thought it through and decided what I really want in the long term, I will CHOOSE an action.

I will not have a reaction and let it build and grow and rationalize itself - I will question it more deeply first and ask if it's really what I want and if it really holds up.  Is it supported on the most fundamental level, or does it boil down to "I feel therefore if they love me they'll honor my feeling."  I will see if it's foundation is truly granite, or if it simply appears to be but then breaks apart a little too easily when hammered.

That's proaction for you.  Kabbalah may have found the greatest single discipline you can have with regards to all areas of your life and happiness with their reaction vs. proaction training.  That would explain why they've been around so long.

Signed,
Jaimie Montague

Loyalty and Relationships

At the end of the day, all you have is your desire to be with your companion and their respect and desire to be with you as well.

Rules are great and all, but if you're having deeper problems with your relationship, those rules will break fairly easily.

Constant reinforcement and growth is the only way through.  The rules aren't going to matter much in the end.  So if the relationship needs to be redefined, redefine it -- don't try to hold to rules that won't hold up.  At the end of the day, you need to be working on the core, and the rules are built upon the foundation of that core as a tool for guidance.  That is all they are.

Classical Music to Match Your Mood -- Repost off Tumbler

violaboss:

I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

• battalia a 10 in d major (biber)
• brandenburg concerto no. 5
• brandenburg concerto no. 3
• symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

• rondo alla turca
• fur elise
• anitra’s dance
• in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

• moonlight sonata
• swan lake
• corral nocturne

if you need to wake up:

• morning mood
• summer (from the four seasons)
• buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

• pomp and circumstance
• symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)
• 1812 overture
• symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)
• american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

• hoedown (copland)
• bacchanale
• spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)
• la gazza ladra
• death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

• dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)
• winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)
• symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)
• symphony no. 5 (beethoven)
• totentanz (liszt)
• quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)
• young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added byiwillsavemyworld)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

• fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)
• adagio for strings (barber)
• violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)
• aase’s death
• andante festivo

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

• an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

• danse macabre
• russian easter overture

if you want to study:

• eine kleine nachtmusik
• bolero (ravel)
• serenade for strings (elgar)
• scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)
• pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

• capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)
• blue danube
• le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)
• radetzky march
  

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

• hopak (mussorgsky)
• les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

• hungarian dance no. 1
• hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

• firebird
• in the hall of the mountain king
• ride of the valkyries
• night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

• rhapsody in blue

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

• introduction and rondo capriccioso
• unfinished symphony (schubert)
• symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)
• canon in d (pachelbel)
  

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

• st. paul’s suite
• concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
• l’arlésienne suite

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

• symphony no. 40 (mozart)
• cello suite no. 1 (bach)
• polovtsian dances
• enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)
• perpetuum mobile
  

pieces that just sound really cool:

• scherzo tarantelle
• dance of the goblins
• caprice no. 24 (paganini)
• new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

• concerto for two violins (bach)
• concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
• violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)
• violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
• cello concerto in c (haydn)
  
• piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
• harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

• 4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology and iwillsavemyworld for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

A real "dom" or a real man?

Not sure what I think of this particular style of dating, but these dom's really know their shit.  Just some golden natural training about dating and attraction on these blogs.

http://lovemysub.tumblr.com/post/121212296361/been-reading-ur-blog-u-need-to-stop-calling
http://lovemysub.tumblr.com/post/123356738241/hey-your-blog-has-been-a-huge-help-for-me-im-a

http://toodomforyou.tumblr.com/

Last Comic Standing Season 9 -- Personal favorites

SCORE #/5

Ryan Connor - 4 - 4 FINALIST - 4.5 LOST H2H

Taylor Tomlinson - 4 - 4.5 FINALIST - 4.5 LOST H2H ****FAVORITE

DC Ervin - 4.75

Moses Storm - 4.25

Ian Bagg - 3.5 - 4.5 FINALIST - 5 H2H WINNER -------------- 4.5 

                                                   ****FAVORITE

Mike Lebovitz - 4.25 - X out Round 1

Ms. Pat - 4

Ambrose Jones - 4

Ester - 4

Sam Moril - 4.25 - X out round 1

Crystian Ramirez - 4

rhea butcher - 4 - X out Round 1

amy miller - 4.1

Bryan Kellen - 5

KT Tatara - 4

Andy Erikson - 4.25 - 4 - FINALIST - 4.25 H2H WINNER ------ 4.5

Sammy Obeid - 4

David Tveite - 4.25 - X out round 1

Tony Baker 3.75

Joe List - 4.5 - 4.25 FINALIST - 4.25 LOST H2H ****FAVORITE

Sheng Wang - 4.25 -- 4.75 FINALIST - 4.5 LOST H2H ****FAVORITE

Shakir Stanley - 4

Mike Palascak - 4 - 4.75 FINALIST - 3.75 H2H WINNER ------- 4.5 

Sierra Katow - 4 - X Out round 1

Harrison Greenbaum - 4

Jessi Campbell - 4.25 - X out round 1 -- too bad

Clayton English - 3.5 - 4 FINALIST - 3.5 H2H WINNER ------- 4.5 LAST COMIC STANDING

Amir K - 4

--didn't pass Jaimie's initial round, but became finalist 

or passed Jaimie's 2nd round--

Francisco Ramos - UNKNOWN - 3.75 FINALIST - 4.5 LOST H2H

Andi Smith - # - 4

Dominique - # - # FINALIST - 4.25 H2H WINNER -------------- 3.5

Capitalism and Socialism Go Hand in Hand

It's wrong to be against or for either one.

I've long looked at capitalism as not a political stance, but a pure characteristic of nature -- people will always trade.

And for some reason, I didn't see Socialism the same way.  It is a pure characteristic of nature -- people will always look out for eachother.

If you aren't selfish enough to take care of yourself, you won't be fit to care well for others.  Happiness leads to selflessness.

If you aren't selfless enough to take care of others, you won't be taken care of.  Selflessness leads to happiness.

These go together.

Drive profit.  Make a good deal.  Make people pay you well and they will value their money well spent and they will see that their investment goes to good use.

At the same time, don't let the profiteers destroy the planet.  Don't stand for a con.  Watch out for people and people will watch out for you.

They go hand in hand.

The confusion is where they conflict.  There's issues in the grey zone where lines need to be drawn and decisions made.  But it should never be one over the other.  A win win solution is always going to be the best one in the long term.

It's time to stop casting a blankets over this issue.  Let the bias go.  Explore each issue, be indifferent, and lay back until you understand the whole issue and all the sides.

I dont remember uploading this

https://goo.gl/photos/5ja42D8KwuFumirh9

50 Best Strategy Games PaperShotgun

1 Civilization IV
2 Alpha Centauri
3 Crusader Kings II
4 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
5 King of Dragon Pass
6 UFO: Enemy Unknown
7 Total War: Shogun 2
8 Endless Legend
9 Homeworld
10 Jagged Alliance II
11 Europa Universalis IV
12 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
13 Distant Worlds: Universe
14 Dominions IV
15 Solium Infernum
16 Master of Orion II
17 Neptune’s Pride
18 Company of Heroes
19 Panzer Corps
20 Men of War
21 StarCraft II
22 Unity of Command
23 DEFCON
24 Galactic Civilzations 2
25 AI War
26 Dwarf Fortress
27 Gary Grigsby’s War in the East
28 Rise of Nations
29 Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
30 Wargame: AirLand Battle
31 Championship Manager: Season 01/02
32 Startopia
33 SimCity 4
34 Warcraft III
35 Age of Wonders II
36 Tropico IV
37 M.U.L.E.
38 Frozen Synapse
39 Heroes of Might and Magic III
40 Combat Mission: Battle For Normandy
41 Myth
42 Ground Control
43 The Settlers II
44 Battle for Wesnoth
45 R.U.S.E.
46 Warlords II
47 Master of Magic
48 Stronghold
49 Rollercoaster Tycoon
50 Transport Tycoon

Droppin' G's

I feel like I need to post a quick description how awesome things are right now in case I ever need to look back on these times.

My Wells totals for June and July thus far are:

Income $13,398.88
Expenses $9,765.22
Current Cash $11,999.82

Those expenses are pretty high.  Actually, they're WAY TOO HIGH.  I am blowing waay too much money droppin' G's...

Father's Day: We're taking you to the highest end resort in town.  1 night, a few bars, dinner, and brunch... even after help from Mom... over a G.

Steven's Wedding: flight + an extra 200 to extend it, staying an extra day for an extra 200, excursion wedding gift of 200... ended up around 2 G's.

Bryan wants me coming to Chicago for Riot fest.  Fine, I'll do it.  Dropped another G.

All those expenses are in the reports for only the LAST 6 WEEKS.

And yet, my bank account has still grown over 5 G's to become 5 figures again.  And I have documents in on over 15 G's in more deals expected to book in the next 6 weeks.

Just gotta stop droppin' those G's... it's time for ROARS to begin its return.  That's where the G's need to go.

Top 10 "Binge-Watch Worthy" shows

www.onthesnow.com

in case you forget again: http://www.onthesnow.com/

Utah's Brian Head vs. California's resorts

http://www.edcutah.org/ut-ca_comparisons.php

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/561-S-Vasels-Rd_Brian-Head_UT_84719_M27368-28473?row=60

Why bring it up?

Brian Head resort was purchased just 1 year ago and the new owner has already invested heavily into increasing the value (new high speed quad lift and night-skiing lighting), and the resort just had one of it's busiest seaons on record.

Fully booked Cedar Brooks and The Grand Lodge indicates that there is a significant demand for rentals during the ski season.

Year round resort & best ski resort local to southern Utah, Northern AZ, and Las Vegas.

Talking with several owners, they appear happy and say things are going well, value seems to be on the rise.

Healthy economy indicates more traffic and demand.

Texas Rising

new discovery show looks awesome

Ski Trip -- President's Day Weekend

Alright potential skier and snowboarder homies.  It’s midwinter madness time.

What: ’15 Ski Trip

Where: Near Salt Lake City, Utah!  You vote:

Brighton – best prices around $75 a ticket and 5’ snow. 66 runs on 1,750 vertical ft.

Snowbird – most runs and vertical terrain given the 5’ depth of snow.  89 runs on 3,240 vertical ft.

Park City – this is where they train for the Olympics.   Only 4’ snow, but 114 runs on 3,100 vertical ft.

They’re all close.  Maybe 1 per day?

When: 2/14 – 2/16 (President’s Day weekend… paid holiday at LEAF.)

Price:

Lift tickets about $200 (2 days), $300 if you want to ski on President’s Day as well.

Gas – only asking for $50 round trip, but it is optional (I’m going up either way, so I will pay for gas 100% if money is tight for you… because I’d rather have you there.)

Room – Lance apparently has friends up there, so possibly FREE here.  If not, probably going to be $100 per head.

Total: $300 – 400 (before food & alcohol)

Deets:

Friday we head up after lunch.  Drive is going to be around 10 hours including about 3 stops.

Check in Friday night.

Saturday and Sunday – hit the slopes.

Monday – optional hit the slopes some more before driving home.

Salespitch:

So were talking about world class resorts, some of the absolute best, most powdery snow in the world (and it’ll be snowing a fresh layer for us this week at all 3 resorts), on top of a 5’ base, and just about everything is open.

Even if you’re not a big skier, these are world class views up in the world famous Rockies… so it’s great place to bring your girl or friends and hang out.  There are few places better in the world to kick back and have a few.

Since So. Cal is having it’s 4^th year in a row of terrible snow, this may be your only chance this season to get some real snow!

Anyone you want to invite is invited… please RSVP by Thursday if possible… better to reserve rooms a week in advance if we need to do that.

Remembers are backed up

Just backed them up.  See draft (not published)

It Is Time. You Are Ready.

To get better (or BIGGER) you need a challenge that pushes your limits.

It's valuable to consider your biggest goal to live outside your comfort zone.  To make that happen, you need to face circumstances that demand it regularly.

Examples:

• Up against Brian in a Blitz?  Suddenly my calls per hour have doubled or even tripled.
• Best in your clan at SC, but still suck?  You're playing against noobs in a noob clan.

The theory behind becoming a consistant 5-6 size is you must be that big to handle the challenges of "both" and the challenges of growing a business.

Without any of those challenges, you're living in a field of inspiration that seriously lacks ACTION.

ACTION is what makes change.  

It's like raising the blinds in poker -- it forces that action, and puts you in more situations where you have to rely on reading abilities and not just stacking odds.

Without the challenge of BOTH, you'll never be able to achieve the goal of "Become a 5-6 and do BOTH."

Right now you're "become a 5-6 and do both, but do both later, maybe with a lot of money and just get an easier job and be a 4-5 and kind of handle them individually"

That old goal -- one that I've been preaching is wrong for the last 90 days -- is still very alive and "go to" in your mind.

Deep down, you just want to get the money together, buy a big rocket, strap it to the back of the plane and hope it flies.

That's not how businesses are built.  That's not how you get a plane off the ground.

You CAN'T work at petco and be building a business on the side, because you wont be faced with challenges all day that constantly put you to the test like LEAF.

(Leaf is like: cold call FASTER GO GO, now close this deal, get this paperwork done, COLD CALL GO GO, get this approved, SHIT GOTTA COLD CALL AGAIN FUCK IM BEHIND)

LEAF trains hustle all day.  Compared to LEAF, getting an extra hour in on my business is too easy, and it's not a hard challenge to take on.  It'll be easy to get going most days if I really want it.  I won't feel like I'm hustling enough every time, and that'll push me to get even bigger, creating a cycle of growth.

Petco trains victim behavior all day.  Everything about it degrades me, is slower, is mundane standard work with bottom barrel people surrounding me... going home and building my business compared to that is a huge challenge every time and I'm not going to feel up to the challenge, so just getting myself to do it only happens here and there and then I spend that time acting more like a victim than a hustler.

As long as your actions don't reflect your intentions, nothing is going to change.  Action is much stronger than inspiration, and it's the only way you actually grow.

It's not "get bigger first, then build a business".  That's like going to the gym every day to prepare to be a good construction worker.  It's not nearly as effective as actually building shit every day... that's how you get there.

It is time to actually do BOTH, so that there's a new challenge I am tested against, and new daily objectives and failures to overcome.

Right now, I am trying to overcome being a 4 and wanting to be a 5 every day.  But since I'm not actually building a business and I'm not even trying to focus on more than one thing, it doesn't mean much.

When you fail it's like, well, yeah I was small but I found 3 warms and got an app in, great day.  

Does that really move you closer to having your own business?  Or does getting more money in the bank just lead to more "failure of success"?

So I will begin.  It is time.  BABY STEPS for sure... but just SOMETHING to start.  

15 minutes, as soon as I get home, Tuesday - Thursday this week.  That's less than 1 hour for the week.  

Objective: Get an amazon-based website setup so that I am ready to port over.  Also check other's experience with web hosting through them, if necessary, just upgrade the gator.

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Happiness and Doing Both

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Directv  BBY         LEAF          Passed the 50: Not reliant on the corporate ladder.

Good analogy here is being in the food chain (first half) and not being in the food chain (second half.)

SO LONG AS YOU ARE RELIANT ON A JOB OR CAREER PATH, YOU AREN'T REALLY CONTROLLING SHIT AND WILL NEVER BE OVER 50% HAPPY IN LIFE, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE JOB GETS, NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE.

You must have a sense of CONTROL OVER YOUR DESTINY to feel wholesome deep down.

That is who I am as a person.  Whether it was always there, or it's just who I became, there is no going back.

If I don't do BOTH, I will never feel CONTROL, because I'm NOT DOING SHIT to really be in control... I'm just collecting money to be able to float for a while should the ship sink.  Just widening the safety net.

THE MORE YOU WORK ON BOTH, THE MORE CONTROL YOU WILL FEEL, AND THE HAPPIER YOU WILL BECOME.

It will feel like you're WAKING UP.  Like it's just been the lonely, cold warrior shell for the last 3 years and my inner spirit has finally returned, and I feel filled with guts and glory and life again.

No guts, no glory.  Do both.  Do whatever it takes.  Find yourself once again.

Try to remember what it felt like back when you were crazy and knew what life you really wanted and were excited to learn every trick in the book.

Except now you know all the tricks.  It's like Luke from Episode 5, leaving yoda... now it's been years later and it's episode 6 back in Degoba, and yoda is like, "No more training need you.  Vader.  You must defeat Vader.  Only then will your training be complete."

In my world, Vader is the corporate ladder.

And to complete my training, I must become free -- I must be making enough money on the side where I can choose to do whatever I want.  It's not about telling LEAF to f* off... it's about knowing that if I did, it would only help me along the path (right now, it'd add a major detour to my path.)

It Is Time.  You Are Ready.

EntrepreneurIsBack.blogspot.com

The Cure for Aids

So in 2004, a man who'd been testing postive for aids since 1995... tested negative:

http://nymag.com/health/features/aids-cure-2011-6/index1.html

It wasn't because he took a certain aids medication.  It was because he had a bone marrow transfusion to help him with his leukemia.  A significant portion of europeans are resistant to HIV due to genes that make their antibodies have different CCR5 receptors, meaning HIV essentially cant affect the antibodies.  The donor he got the bone marrow from happened to have a very potent version of these anti-aids genes.

Doctors saw multiple, consistant negative tests for HIV in this patient, and obviously, some light bulbs wents off.

So began research, and in 2009, a human trial began.  Results came out in 2014.

"HIV RNA became undetectable in one of four patients who could be evaluated. The blood level of HIV DNA decreased in most patients."

Read the article on said study below:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1300662

Buy lockheed martin stock

not sure if you can or w/e but they are expecting to have working fusion in 1 year and a prototype up by 2017.

What did I do last night

1. Saddleback after work.  Nick convinces me and Kris to goto downtown LA.  Says he'll pay for the room.
2. free train ride to downtown LA (not including the drinks on the train), we hang out with a cool guy on the train, buy him a drink at the bar at the grand station along with Kris and Nick.  Jameson and coke.  free ride to Omni from their town car.
3. get to the omni.  they have a fruit salad in their water coolers.  the water tastes really good.
4. Nick gets manager special at the Omni, our room is on the 16th floor.
5. goto bar on the third floor of the Omni. Nick gets into argument with bartender about how to make an old fashioned...bar tender smart ass replies that cherries are expensive.  I still think it's a really good old fashioned
6. Nick storms out of bar with drink in hand.  Me and Kris follow.  We wonder if having drinks outside is okay.  Nerves rise as we near the street.  Pretty sure this is drinking in public.
7. We run into semi-pro skateboarders, doing HUGE 360's, (3 sets of 3 stairs with huge gaps separating them.)  They are filming and have lights.  Kris asks the security guard about the skateboarders.  He is mad and says this is private property and that everyone needs to gtfo.
   Nick talked to them and got them to send him a video clip:
   
   
8. We get to the standard.  Nick skips line and starts talking to the security guard.  Me and Kris realize he's trying to get us in and just start talking to eachother and acting like we're supposed to be there.
9. Nick gets us into the rooftop at 'The Standard' party, skipping the cover charges and line.
   
10. Sick party, we are 30 stories up surrounded by the massive banks that we compete with every day for financing.  At one point a big dude asks me if I threw something over the edge of the building or if im friends with someone who did.  I insist hes got the wrong person. 
11. Kris and I hit on some girls.  He's got good opening game and has a little skill.
    
12. We are escorted out of the building by security because appearently Kris thought it was cool to toss ice over the edge of the building, and it almost does serious damage when it lands 30 floors down on the street.  They reviewed the footage carefully, it was an hour after the act.
13. We head back to Omni.  Blackout mode from there.
14. Next morning Nick wants to drink more.  It's 7am.  Bars are all closed and room-service says no to alcohal.  We call for the towncar.
15. There is a psycho-analyst convention in town, many psychologists are getting on the elevator.  Nick explains that he is a psycho and they can analyze him.
16. Robert, the town car driver, recommends a sports bar for drinks.  The Real Madrid vs. Barcelona soccer game is about to start and there are over a hundred european fans there, all chanting and yelling and beating drums and going nuts whenever anything happens.  They are so insane the bar is split into two sides, one for each group of fans.
17. Our side wins (real Madrid).  Crowd goes nuts.  Nick's trainee, Kevin, has a girlfriend that is wearing a real madrid shirt and is surprisingly hot.
    
18. We try to ride to catch another free train ride, but it doesn't work out.  Fortunately you can buy tickets digitally from your phone.  Problem solved.

Very Adventurey

Game calleed on Eidolon Steam.

Looks cool enough that I want to try it but will need to wait until a time in which i am smoking weed.

A LOT of weed.

Moar on "Raising Kids"

Here's how I'd like to teach this concept:

Echoshot: holy shit and these kids fight
Echoshot: think of killer and me time 50
Echoshot: and like the youngest kid (Fucking 13 yrs old) is treatred like a baby and whines
Echoshot: and talks in a Nasly voice when hes upset and cwwwwies all the time and whiines and scweems when he doesnt get his way
Echoshot: The daughter the oldest is a mess and is all like pissed off and doing weird shit like comicon and goth even though she failed all her classes (Rising senior)
Echoshot: and the middle child is a dick that gets everythign he wants
Reaver: wow, so they're all spoiled as shit basically?
Echoshot: yes
Echoshot: like
Echoshot: the children are doomed spoiled
Echoshot: if any of my siblings got even a c god forbid D and F we would not be going to commicons and shit hell we wouoldn't get to do anything fun
Reaver: im learning how to raise kids
Reaver: this is good

Reaver: "if you take a career that starts at $8/hr and ends at 18/hr, you wouldnt be able to afford that shit.  likewise, since your not 18, if you get Ds and Fs, you arent allowed to do shit, but if you can earn the A, you can have all kinds of shit

Reaver: and drugs and getting the As and the shit you want are like oil and water.  you might stir them up and think youve mixed up a new kind of drink, but in the end theyll always separate and youll just have one or the other

for later: Find out if you're sleep deprived right now

good sales tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YtD86bio5U

RUST -- New Hardcore Survival Free Loot Free Build Indie Game

This game looks amazing, it screams my name more than Darkfall in a lot of ways.

You can build pretty amazing bases... there's no combat logging... you can blow up other people's bases and take all their stuff... when you kill, you take everything they have... the graphics are phenomenal... multiplayer servers mean running into action.

Only difficulties...

1. It's in Alpha stage.  And they want $20 for it... in this stage.
2. Graphics look AMAZING but that brings into question whether my computer can handle it or not.

Check out this raid on "bandits":

Is Global Warming Real? And is it Man Made?

After watching "Chasing Ice", a documentary that films and time lapses many of the worlds glaciers, there was no doubt left in my mind -- the world is warming up -- how else would it be that 90-95% of all glaciers are shrinking at hundreds of feet per year?

This was all FILMED and TIMELAPSED... it's a little hard to yell "conspiracy" when the proof is so incredibly solid.

So man made or not... I used to say "we don't really know" or "not necessarily US that's doing it"... until I saw the ice core data.

And now I'm serious about making sure other people know the truth too if I hear them going around talking about how "we don't know if man is the reason the world is heating up."  Because when it gets critical and it's time to vote on some things that have serious consquences of the economy of industry... it's important as many people as possible know the truth.

http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ftp/trends/co2/lawdome.combined.dat

(Note: Government site. ^)

The DATA:

"The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which causes about 36–70% of the greenhouse effect; carbon dioxide (CO₂), which causes 9–26%; methane (CH₄), which causes 4–9%; and ozone (O₃), which causes 3–7%"

(Prepare yourself...)

 Mean Air Age,    CO2, 75 Year Smoothed,
   year A.D.               ppm


     1010                 279.5
     1015                 279.6
     1020                 279.7
     1025                 279.8
     1030                 279.9
     1035                 280.0
     1040                 280.2
     1045                 280.3
     1050                 280.5
     1055                 280.7
     1060                 280.9
     1065                 281.1
     1070                 281.3
     1075                 281.5
     1080                 281.7
     1085                 281.9
     1090                 282.1
     1095                 282.3
     1100                 282.5
     1105                 282.7
     1110                 282.9
     1115                 283.0
     1120                 283.2
     1125                 283.3
     1130                 283.5
     1135                 283.6
     1140                 283.7
     1145                 283.8
     1150                 283.9
     1155                 284.0
     1160                 284.0
     1165                 284.1
     1170                 284.1
     1175                 284.1
     1180                 284.0
     1185                 284.0
     1190                 283.9
     1195                 283.8
     1200                 283.6
     1205                 283.4
     1210                 283.2
     1215                 283.0
     1220                 282.8
     1225                 282.5
     1230                 282.3
     1235                 282.2
     1240                 282.0
     1245                 281.9
     1250                 281.9
     1255                 281.9
     1260                 282.0
     1265                 282.1
     1270                 282.2
     1275                 282.3
     1280                 282.5
     1285                 282.6
     1290                 282.8
     1295                 282.9
     1300                 283.0
     1305                 283.1
     1310                 283.2
     1315                 283.3
     1320                 283.3
     1325                 283.2
     1330                 283.1
     1335                 282.9
     1340                 282.7
     1345                 282.4
     1350                 282.1
     1355                 281.8
     1360                 281.5
     1365                 281.2
     1370                 281.0
     1375                 280.7
     1380                 280.5
     1385                 280.4
     1390                 280.3
     1395                 280.3
     1400                 280.3
     1405                 280.4
     1410                 280.5
     1415                 280.6
     1420                 280.7
     1425                 280.8
     1430                 280.9
     1435                 280.9
     1440                 280.9
     1445                 280.9
     1450                 280.8
     1455                 280.7
     1460                 280.6
     1465                 280.6
     1470                 280.6
     1475                 280.8
     1480                 281.0
     1485                 281.3
     1490                 281.6
     1495                 281.9
     1500                 282.2
     1505                 282.5
     1510                 282.7
     1515                 282.9
     1520                 283.1
     1525                 283.2
     1530                 283.2
     1535                 283.2
     1540                 283.1
     1545                 283.0
     1550                 282.8
     1555                 282.6
     1560                 282.2
     1565                 281.8
     1570                 281.2
     1575                 280.5
     1580                 279.7
     1585                 278.8
     1590                 278.0
     1595                 277.1
     1600                 276.4
     1605                 275.8
     1610                 275.5
     1615                 275.3
     1620                 275.3
     1625                 275.4
     1630                 275.6
     1635                 275.9
     1640                 276.1
     1645                 276.3
     1650                 276.4
     1655                 276.5
     1660                 276.5
     1665                 276.5
     1670                 276.4
     1675                 276.4
     1680                 276.4
     1685                 276.4
     1690                 276.5
     1695                 276.6
     1700                 276.7
     1705                 276.8
     1710                 276.9
     1715                 277.0
     1720                 277.0
     1725                 277.0
     1730                 277.0
     1735                 276.9
     1740                 276.9
     1745                 276.9
     1750                 277.0
     1755                 277.2
     1760                 277.6
     1765                 278.0
     1770                 278.6
     1775                 279.3
     1780                 280.1
     1785                 280.8
     1790                 281.6
     1795                 282.3
     1800                 282.9
     1805                 283.4
     1810                 283.8
     1815                 284.0
     1820                 284.2
     1825                 284.3
     1830                 284.4
     1835                 284.5
     1840                 284.6
     1845                 284.8
     1850                 285.2
     1855                 285.7
     1860                 286.3
     1865                 287.2
     1870                 288.2
     1875                 289.4
     1880                 290.8
     1885                 292.3
     1890                 293.7
     1895                 295.2
     1900                 296.7
     1905                 298.2
     1910                 299.9
     1915                 301.5
     1920                 303.2
     1925                 304.9
     1930                 306.5
     1935                 308.0
     1940                 309.3
     1945                 310.5
     1950                 312.0
     1955                 314.1
     1960                 316.9
     1965                 320.5
     1970                 324.7
     1975                 329.4

We are currently around 394.

The Problem with Facebook

HOLY SHIT -- Photoshop in REAL TIME.... WTF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHPirL-X4f0

People just don't get trolls -- "Racism" over Cheerios commercial

KAT IS BACK!!  Kat Williams is finally coming out with a new stand up special.  (I'm sure that video will end up getting taken off youtube, fyi)

And he's funny as ever... I was watching a cam version of it on youtube when he made a point about getting rid of racism... and brought up a mixed family cheerios commercial that had become a big race issue.

So... I had to go look this up to see wtf was going on.

The issue was that there was a flaming race war over this video..... on YOUTUBE.


And this just reminded me how people just don't get trolls.

The comments on youtube that were the WORST of the racism... at least 80 - 90% of those were written by people who aren't even racist.

And it becomes a major issue because most people don't understand youtube, internet culture, or trolls.

Huffington post: "Commenters on the cereal's Facebook page also said they found the commercial "disgusting" and that it made them "want to vomit." Other hateful commenters expressed shock that a black father would stay with his family. "

"It's 2013, and People Are Still Getting Worked Up About Interracial Couples in Ads"
says another article on Adweek.

Nope.

Not what's going on.

Just trolls trying to illicit emotional responses.  This comment sums up perfectly what most of those comments really were behind the scenes: "DrinkElectrolytes 1 second ago
Comment by random troll that states unrelated, misspelled racism and bigotry in a meager attempt to evoke a raging emotional response from idiotic newcomers to youtube."

People think there's this huge race issue surfacing in the country because they don't know what trolls are, or what their purpose is.  They're purpose is to piss you off, because it's funny to them.  Which is low, personally I don't believe in trolling unless someone is asking for it, but there's actually some good new age witty toughness in principle behind this new phenomenon.

I love trolls because I get them and have become fairly untrollable... and therefore I'm not sitting around ashamed of the country.  Actually, I'm pretty impressed by some of the funnier racist jokes... because I don't take any joke seriously, ever.  You can not find it funny, but to get offended at a joke is generally stupid and always means you're being hard headed.

This black facebook commenter from the "black father / family" link above sums it up perfectly:
"Steven Blackwin You people do realize that this person is a "troll" just trying to get everyone upset and laughing at the comments you are making. The best thing to do is ignore the attention seeker. Never reward bad behavior with attention. The saddest thing is people are feeding into the hype by making comments. There is always going to be people, in your life, who make comments you don't like or agree with. It is your responsibility to ignore them and give them the "attention" they truly deserve."

Most Common Interview Questions

http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/common-interview-questions/

I just saw this while reading the Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions and realized that it's kind of essential that I save this, just in case, for the future...

When it comes to the interview process, research and preparation for the interview can often times determine your chances of making it to the next step.  One of the best ways to get ready for a job interview is to practice your responses to any and all interview questions – even the downright weird.

To help you get started, Glassdoor sifted through tens of thousands of interview reviews to find out some of the most common interview questions candidates are getting asked in recent interviews. So, if you have a job interview lined up, practice in front of a mirror or ask a friend or family member to listen to your answers to the following questions so you’ll be ready to put your best foot forward.

Most Common Interview Questions

1. What are your strengths?
2. What are your weaknesses?
3. Why are you interested in working for [insert company name here]?
4. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
5. Why do you want to leave your current company?
6. Why was there a gap in your employment between [insert date] and [insert date]?
7. What can you offer us that someone else can not?
8. What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?
9. Are you willing to relocate?
10. Are you willing to travel?
11. Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of.
12. Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
13. What is your dream job?
14. How did you hear about this position?
15. What would you look to accomplish in the first 30 days/60 days/90 days on the job?
16. Discuss your resume.
17. Discuss your educational background.
18. Describe yourself.
19. Tell me how you handled a difficult situation.
20. Why should we hire you?
21. Why are you looking for a new job?
22. Would you work holidays/weekends?
23. How would you deal with an angry or irate customer?
24. What are your salary requirements? (Hint: if you’re not sure what’s a fair salary range and compensation package, research the job title and/or company on Glassdoor.)
25. Give a time when you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.
26. Who are our competitors?
27. What was your biggest failure?
28. What motivates you?
29. What’s your availability?
30. Who’s your mentor?
31. Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss.
32. How do you handle pressure?
33. What is the name of our CEO?
34. What are your career goals?
35. What gets you up in the morning?
36. What would your direct reports say about you?
37. What were your bosses’ strengths/weaknesses?
38. If I called your boss right now and asked him what is an area that you could improve on, what would he say?
39. Are you a leader or a follower?
40. What was the last book you’ve read for fun?
41. What are your co-worker pet peeves?
42. What are your hobbies?
43. What is your favorite website?
44. What makes you uncomfortable?
45. What are some of your leadership experiences?
46. How would you fire someone?
47. What do you like the most and least about working in this industry?
48. Would you work 40+ hours a week?
49. What questions haven’t I asked you?
50. What questions do you have for me?

Rich vs. Wealthy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWERzwbobOk

Starting MC Server VS. Joining Factions

So, I'm getting back to that point where I'm running out of good things to do in my free time...

And now that I'm making more money and I could use a new project, I've been playing with the idea of starting my own minecraft server to recreate my own version of that old Jadon server.

I love the concept of a 1000x1000 server where x-ray / maphacks are allowed (but obviously other hacks like invisibility, speed, flight, etc, aren't), and you can build wherever you want, but you can only have your place protected if it meets the size requirements and entrance requirements (basically would mean if you accidently leave your door open or something they can get at your chests, you're never 100% safe from your own foolishness or the sneakiness of a really good rogue.)

And with such a small map you'd run into pvp all over.

The following is what I saved to my remembers file once I found out about how easy it might be...

"Own your own minecraft server for $10 - 50 / mo. 8 - 72 players.

Make a 1000x1000 world!

multiminecraft.com"


On the other hand, this is just a dream and the real work behind it would probably never be worth the effort.  I don't play minecraft enough for that, nor do I smoke enough weed.  So to be realistic, it's time to explore something new... and that new thing is the pvp mod that has taken over the minecraft community... FACTIONS.


FACTIONS GUIDE:

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/970503-the-ultimate-guide-to-factions/

So what I plan on doing is:

Find a faction server with a reasonably sized map (5,000 - 10,000), live online HTML map if possible, NON-MMO mod, with high population, and then I want to use the guide above to succeed by building my 1-chunk faction base nearby other high-value-target factions.  And of course, my base may be more mobile than most.

Asians ARE Elves...

I watched the video below and this thought came back to me.  And although people have argued this against me before... I am now 100% convinced I'm right... Asians ARE Elves...

-Elves are the smartest of the races.  Asians are too.
-Elves are slender and have the best dexterity.  Same with asians.
-Elves have pointy ears.  Asians have pointy eyes.
-Elves are renown for their bizarre and stunning arts and architecture.  Just like asians.
-Elves are the most stealthy fighters.  Asians have ninjas.
-Elves are the most noble race and stubborn in respect to their traditions.  Same with asians.
-Elves are the wisest race and closest to nature.  Asian beliefs and religions mirror this, i.e. Confucius, Taoism, Shinto, etc.
-Elves tend to keep to themselves and their part of the world.  Like how China built a wall, Japan cut off all trade at one point, and north Korea has completely isolated themselves.
-Elves are the most magical race.  Asians invented fireworks.  And neither figured out how to turn that stuff into gunpowder.

Pretty amazing places

http://www.viralnova.com/places-to-see/

Reasons to read the article: