Monthly Archives: March 2010
A little bit of everything!
I don’t know why, but I’ve been addicted to the new Train song called “Hey, Soul Sister.” It’s catchy and it just sounds cool!
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted anything that wasn’t a rant, so it’s time to break the trend!
Another thing I’ve been way too addicted to, is the show “Secret Life of the American Teenager.” It’s just about all of the issues teenagers this day in age go through, and it’s pretty similar (for the most part) to everything I experienced in high school. The second season just wrapped up, and I started watching it about halfway through this season, so now I’m going back on Hulu and trying to catch up to where I first started. I hate that! At least I have a good understanding of it now, but it’s so annoying having to start from scratch!
My phone hasn’t been treating me very well lately. I love LG, but I don’t know what their problem is! My last phone, the VX8300, was the best phone I’ve ever had, with the exception of it turning off by itself the last couple of months I had it. I have the Voyager Titanium right now, and my contract ends in August. The touch screen isn’t working anymore, the screen is peeling back, it shuts off by itself, buttons go haywire by themselves, and it’s annoying! I think my next one will be the Google Nexus One, since Verizon is going to be carrying it pretty soon. I love Verizon, and I love LG, but it’s time to divorce LG for now, or at least a legal separation!
I talked to Tracie the other night for the first time in several months, if not about a year now. She’s doing better now that her Mom is home and doing well.
Sarie and I have been talking a lot over the last few weeks now that we’re back in touch! We worked together quite a few years ago, and we’re still friends – we just lost contact for a while because of me moving and other things. It’s good to talk to her again though…we always have some random ass stuff to talk about, but I wouldn’t have it any other way!
This Weekend is supposed to be pretty nice, tomorrow being 54 degrees I think. Not sure what I’m gonna do, except go running outdoors for the first time this year! My fitness test is coming up in a couple months, so I really need to start training for the run again.
School is going well still. One of my instructors this block is pretty tough, and a stickler for the details, but fair. I think I’m averaging a B in her class at the moment, and about an A- in my other class. Three weeks down and six to go!
That’s about it for now! I hope everyone has a terrific Weekend!
If I don’t ask – please don’t tell!
I love my friends, but I hope people realize there’s a HUGE difference between friends and acquaintances. Friends talk; acquaintances just overhear the things that friends talk about. This isn’t the “thesis” of my post, but it’s the best place for me to start to get to where I’m trying to go here…
When I make a “friend,” I’m bringing someone into my life who knows they can talk to me about anything at anytime during the day or night. This is one of the privileges to being within someone’s “circle.” It’s a privilege for me to be in someone else’s, and it’s most certainly a privilege vice versa.
There are always people who think that they have earned “friend” status within your circle, when they are actually sorely mistaken. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to turn someone away if they offer up information and decide to spill their guts about something going horribly wrong in their personal life, but I’m not going to be the one to begin the conversation to find out the details either…this being said ONLY if the person is simply an acquaintance, not a friend. If one of my friends comes to me with an issue, I’m all ears for as long as it takes to get some sort of fix started to their problem, or at least hear them out so they can vent.
This being said, one of my pet peeves is when someone who is NOT a friend, hints that something is wrong during a conversation with you, and when you fail to ask them what their problem is, they continue to hint, and hint, and hint some more, until finally they just come out and spill the beans anyway. This is what I don’t like…by far. If I haven’t come out and asked you what your problem is, especially the first time you brought up a specific hint – don’t offer anything else up to me, please. It means I don’t care in the slightest what your problem is, or care to hear anything you have to say about it otherwise. Unless it’s a life or death situation, my friends stay separated from everyone else in my life, and only my friends are granted the privilege of using MY time to tell me things that other’s don’t have the privilege to do.
Don’t get me wrong, it is a privilege. The lowest, crummiest person on the face of the planet – assuming he or she has friends – shouldn’t need to waste his or her time listening to stuff he or she shouldn’t HAVE to listen to from people outside of his friendship circle. That’s just the way it is.
So the morals of this story are:
- Don’t offer details if the person you’re trying to talk to doesn’t ask about them, unless they’re a friend.
- Double check to make sure you’ve EARNED friendship status with the person before even considering the above point.
Am I right?
A little hard work and effort never hurt anyone. If you don’t have the motivation to complete something, don’t begin it in the first place. This goes for work, college, hobbies, whatever else you’re dumb enough to start and then give up on! Hypochondriacs always complain about health problems that they don’t have, but is there a neat word for people who complain about problems in life that they don’t have as well? Makes sense that there is one in existence somewhere out there…
Don’t get your panties in a bunch after you CHOOSE to read this one.
One thing that always makes me laugh, is watching how other people always choose to handle conflicts and other events within their lives.
There are a select few in this world who handle change and conflict well. These people take life as it comes, realize that most happenings are beyond anyone’s control, and continue pressing forward because they are motivated to make the most of themselves regardless of any setbacks or other issues that may interfere. I admire these people, and I’m not trying to be selfish or egotistical when I say that I belong to this group of people. Most won’t admit it for one reason or another, but people like being acquainted with other people who are at least equally as intelligent as they are, but normally they prefer to be friends with, or in a relationship with, someone who is smarter than they are on at least one or more levels. This could be because of many reasons; sometimes it’s a motivational issue, such as wanting to take an easy life path and have the more intelligent side of the relationship make all of the decisions and allow you to skate by with no worries or responsibilities. I personally believe a lot of it has to do with this, but the other main reason is because people wait too long to decide what they want in life, or choose the wrong path, intentionally or not. When a person waits too long to make important life decisions, it has a huge impact on quality of life as well as the satisfaction a great life can give you. When you put off making decisions that should have been made when you were 17 or 18 years old, until you’re 20 or 21 years old, I hate to tell you, but you’re gonna get what you deserve. A person who expects to succeed in the world we currently live in cannot afford to wait so long to make the decisions that need to be made in order to be happy and successful. What really annoys me, is when people who belong to the latter, start finding ways to try to sneak out of the “working class” group and finding excuses about why they can’t put forth a good effort to make up for lost time. They tend to forget that the longer they wait to make their minds up and finally get somewhere in life, the rest of the people within the working class are busting their asses and paying money to make up for what they aren’t providing. It’s not just monetary, either – time is another issue. When one person in a workplace spends two hours trying to find motivation to do something, someone else is putting in an extra two hours to do what you should have done in the first place.
So now that we’ve established some patterns and symptoms of being an unmotivated individual, let’s talk more about the “time” aspect I just mentioned above…
When I take the time to post a blog, screw around on Facebook, or go shopping, it’s because everything else in my life is prioritized to allow me to do these things. I’ve organized my school schedule, my work schedule and any other important matters in my life to allow me the time to have fun on the side as well. If my life wasn’t productive with school, work or other things, then I wouldn’t be wasting time on conveniences in life or activities that get me nowhere. If I was 18 years old again, and I had no life plan, I wouldn’t be goofing off, I’d be thinking about my life and making some decisions to impact my future in a positive way. I’d make sure that my career was a well thought out one, not a split-second “oh, I guess I have to” one. I’d like to think I’ve made the most of my life so far. I’m earning a college degree, serving in the greatest military on the planet, finishing two certifications in two different fields, and unfortunately, I still have to listen to those around me complain that they’re being made to work extended hours for one reason or another, both in Maine and here in North Dakota. Come on, seriously? My “work” doesn’t end when I get out of “work.” I come home and study as well, for 3 different programs. University of Phoenix takes up a couple hours of my time each evening, and my certification programs, together, take about another 4 hours of my time each evening. So, theoretically, after my 8 or 10 hour shift, I still work another 6 hours. Other people around me don’t come close to having this workload (don’t get me wrong, I know a couple that do) and yet they bitch, and bitch, and bitch some more that life is so difficult. But you know what? I’m still HAPPIER on a daily basis than anyone else is around me, and I LOVE having a huge workload. I don’t complain about how much work I have. Instead, I welcome it, because it’s satisfying to know that my workload is contributing to my success, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t view school and/or work as things that I HAVE to do, I view them as things I would do anyway, regardless if they were required or not. And yes, school is a requirement these days, even after high school…well, unless you want to be a drooling, no-good-for-anything waste of space for the rest of your life with no qualifications to do anything worthwhile. To wrap up this paragraph, it might be wise to use your time effectively and productively if you don’t already have a good life plan. Use your time going to a career fair, instead of posting things that say, “Ugh, I don’t know what to do anymore.” Sign up for more college classes instead of sitting there thinking, “Ugh, I don’t want to be here!” Easier said than done, I know, but well worth it!
There are certain and specific times when I will speak up against UNNECESSARY workloads, but if it’s truly justified to complete something, so be it! Don’t be one of those people who reads this and says, “I’VE HEARD AND SEEN YOU COMPLAIN BEFORE!” That’s not a response, that’s just a defensive “I can’t think of anything else intelligent to say” sorta comeback.
Before certain people have a hissy-fit over this post, like they always do, rest assured this isn’t directed to any ONE particular person. It’s directed towards everyone who fits the criteria to belong within it…and unfortunately, that’s about a few million people here in our country alone.
And, please – a good response doesn’t consist of, “you don’t know how bad I have it!” or “you don’t know me!” or anything similar in nature. Think about it and write a good response to this if you disagree. In a mature manner, I might add.
Denny’s and other random things…
Normally I’d have the weekend off, but I have to go into work for a few hours later this afternoon. It shouldn’t be all that bad though.
I mailed out my first certification exam the day after I made my last post on here. It probably made it to the grading center by now, so within the next couple of weeks I’ll be receiving an email telling me how I did. I think I did really well on it, but you never know I guess. I’ve been looking through my fitness text books before I start my next exam, which is all short answer…
I’m all settled into my next two classes at UOP. My instructors are interesting. One is a famous Hollywood writer which was just a tad intimidating, but he’s pretty cool.
This past week at work went pretty well – it was good to get back into the office after being away for two weeks helping out Security Forces. The weather over the past couple of days has been pretty nice too, which makes it even better since a lot of my job is out on the airfield.
The other night at Denny’s, this woman who was sitting at a booth behind the cash register, stopped us as we were walking out…and started preaching to us! She told us that we needed to go to her “Holy Ghost” revival or something (I’m not entire sure what all this means) and then she told us that the Devil could come and take us any moment after walking out of Denny’s. We were polite, shook her hand and started to walk out, and all of the sudden, she goes, “And may you go to hell if you don’t come!” That was a tad creepy, but apparently the Devil doesn’t care about me going to that…because I’m not dead yet!
Exams, Work, and Candy!
Hello! A few things have been going on over the course of the last few days, so I figured I’d go ahead and post about them while I had a chance.
First, I finished the first of my two certification exams. I’m taking two certification programs – Nutrition and Wellness Consultant Certification, and a Youth Fitness Certification program. Tomorrow, I’m mailing my my first package to have my Nutrition and Wellness exam graded and whatnot. I’m excited about it for sure. While they’re grading and reviewing that one, I’ll begin working on my next exam, and hopefully have that one done by the time my first exam is graded. I’ll keep you all posted on the outcomes of both!
I’m also starting my next set of classes tomorrow for UOP. I’m going to have a full plate for a little while, between work, the certification programs, and my UOP classes, but I love being busy and challenging myself. I feel that not only does it give me the chance to excel in everything I’m putting an effort into, but it also helps me better multi-task and work on my skills as far as organizing my tasks. That’s half of life’s challenge – keeping yourself motivated, organized and on-track with your long-term goals.
So, that’s what’s new around here and with me. Things are going extremely well, and I’m as happy right now as I should always be here. Not sure how that will change after getting back to work tomorrow (I’ve been working with other agencies for the last two weeks), but hopefully with the Spring weather moving in, and the longer and nicer days, things will balance out back to the way they should always be.
Oh, I have 15 pounds of candy that needs to be eaten…badly. I definitely cannot eat it all!
Kyle’s Writing A Book!
That’s right! On the day the Chilean earthquake occurred, I was intently glued to the television for most of the afternoon, waiting for the “giant wall of water” to come crashing into the Hawaiian coast. I thought it was going to be a catastrophe, but then I noticed how calm and collected the people of Hawaii were. They weren’t paranoid, scared or losing their minds over it. Maybe they had a hunch it was all just a bunch of BS – meaning the hype the government and the NOAA created to get them to clear the shelves of every store in the state.
Regardless, the book already has a title and two main sections finished for editing - “Waves Over Washington” – and it WILL be published this Spring. It’s a summarization of the different emergency preparedness agencies we have, and why we still haven’t perfected the technology to accurately predict, or at least properly warn people of approaching disasters.
For those of you that haven’t already guessed, nothing happened in Hawaii. The waves were about two feet…that’s it – lower than a typical surfing outing. Oh well, that’s the government for you!
