Monday, August 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Commitment
Commitment - noun.
the act of committing
a pledge or promise; obligation
The word "Commitment" has been a large part of my life since high school football. We would yell it at every practice. I would write it on my weekly goals. We would touch a sign over the door in the locker room, every time we went through it. It was engraved into our minds!
So, where am I going with this? I don't remember it is late, but I am committed. I set my mind on something and I will do my best to finish it. I've told numerous people this, I never break a promise - hence I never make a promise I know has a large chance of failure.
the act of committing
a pledge or promise; obligation
The word "Commitment" has been a large part of my life since high school football. We would yell it at every practice. I would write it on my weekly goals. We would touch a sign over the door in the locker room, every time we went through it. It was engraved into our minds!
So, where am I going with this? I don't remember it is late, but I am committed. I set my mind on something and I will do my best to finish it. I've told numerous people this, I never break a promise - hence I never make a promise I know has a large chance of failure.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
F*ck, I was fat
Found this pic from Nov '06. I really let myself go a few years ago. I need to put this pic in the kitchen to remind myself to keep out or I'll be fat again.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
What happens in Vegas, never happened.
I know there is a saying that "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas", but I still need to share on some of the my activities to my recent trip to Las Vegas. My trip only lasted four nights, but plenty of things definitely happened. Let's see, where to begin...
Thursday, April 30
I get up at 3 o'clock. I get picked up by a shuttle to the Airport. I meet my friends at the airport (Krystle, Holly, Nick, Amy, & Julie). They have the 6 o'clock flight. I have the 6:15 flight. I watch them board their flight. I board my flight. I read a new book, The Time Traveler's Wife. I land in Vegas. I can't find my luggage. I call my Krystle, "Have you had lunch yet?" She replies, "We started, you have some catching up!" I need food. I take the snack bar I get from the plane. I drop it on the ground. FUCK! I need food. I take a cab to the resort. I get to the front desk. I meet the front desk staff, we all know each other, by voice. Nice to finally put a face to the voices. I go to our room. I take two shots. I need food. We go to the pool. We meet some guys from California. We play some volleyball in the pool. I need food. We cook up some hot dogs and turkey burgers. I eat one hot dog. We get ready to go out. We head out early, like 730pm early. The resort shuttle takes us to Ceasar's. We take a taxi to the Palms. We attend Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey's 1 year anniversary. We get access to Ghostbar, Playboy Club, & Moon Nightclub. We see Nick Cannon. We see Dijon and Marcus. We all get separated. We go home. I get Taco Bell. I sleep.
Friday, May 1
I wake up in the wrong bed. We eat some breakfast. We go to the pool. We drink some more. We go to the store to make some BBQ. We cook food. We eat. I get us on the list for Tryst at the Wynn. We go get ready. We drink some more. We go to the Tryst. We dance. We drink. We get separated. Apparently I cockblock Holly. I'm drunk I thought of other things. We go home. I end up in the wrong bed again.
Saturday, May 2
I get waken up at 645 in the morning. One of us is just getting home. I let them in. I go back to the wrong bed. I wake up a few hours later. We have some breakfast. We go to the pool. We take the shuttle to the strip. We walk around for a while. We get 48 oz of drinks (yardsticks) at the Rockhouse. We chill. We watch a bit of the NBA playoffs. We start heading back. I pick up some Vegas cards. We take the shuttle back to the resort. We get ready to go out. We head out to Poetry. We get separated. I gamble. I go look for some food. I roam around the strip. I find Del Taco I roam the strip some more. I go home. I sleep on the couch.
Sunday, May 3
We go to the pool. We go back to the strip. We go roaming around the strip. We have a few drinks. We go looking for food. We end up at some buffet. We watch the Bellagio fountain show. We miss the shuttle. We take a shuttle instead. We go get ready. We head back out on the strip. We walk around for a bit. We end up at the Rockhouse again. We play some beer pong. We drink a lot. We drink some more. We get separated. Me, Holly and Nick are left behind. We continue drinking and clubbing. I have to catch a flight in a few hours - Oh crap! We decide to head back to the resort. I go to sleep.
Monday, May 4
I get 30 minutes of sleep. I take a quick shower. I get all my crap. I get a taxi to take me to the airport. I get to my gate and fall asleep. I catch my plane.
So, that's what I can remember or what I'd like to share. I don't want to go into too much details because, well... What happens in Vegas never happened.
Thursday, April 30
I get up at 3 o'clock. I get picked up by a shuttle to the Airport. I meet my friends at the airport (Krystle, Holly, Nick, Amy, & Julie). They have the 6 o'clock flight. I have the 6:15 flight. I watch them board their flight. I board my flight. I read a new book, The Time Traveler's Wife. I land in Vegas. I can't find my luggage. I call my Krystle, "Have you had lunch yet?" She replies, "We started, you have some catching up!" I need food. I take the snack bar I get from the plane. I drop it on the ground. FUCK! I need food. I take a cab to the resort. I get to the front desk. I meet the front desk staff, we all know each other, by voice. Nice to finally put a face to the voices. I go to our room. I take two shots. I need food. We go to the pool. We meet some guys from California. We play some volleyball in the pool. I need food. We cook up some hot dogs and turkey burgers. I eat one hot dog. We get ready to go out. We head out early, like 730pm early. The resort shuttle takes us to Ceasar's. We take a taxi to the Palms. We attend Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey's 1 year anniversary. We get access to Ghostbar, Playboy Club, & Moon Nightclub. We see Nick Cannon. We see Dijon and Marcus. We all get separated. We go home. I get Taco Bell. I sleep.
Friday, May 1
I wake up in the wrong bed. We eat some breakfast. We go to the pool. We drink some more. We go to the store to make some BBQ. We cook food. We eat. I get us on the list for Tryst at the Wynn. We go get ready. We drink some more. We go to the Tryst. We dance. We drink. We get separated. Apparently I cockblock Holly. I'm drunk I thought of other things. We go home. I end up in the wrong bed again.
Saturday, May 2
I get waken up at 645 in the morning. One of us is just getting home. I let them in. I go back to the wrong bed. I wake up a few hours later. We have some breakfast. We go to the pool. We take the shuttle to the strip. We walk around for a while. We get 48 oz of drinks (yardsticks) at the Rockhouse. We chill. We watch a bit of the NBA playoffs. We start heading back. I pick up some Vegas cards. We take the shuttle back to the resort. We get ready to go out. We head out to Poetry. We get separated. I gamble. I go look for some food. I roam around the strip. I find Del Taco I roam the strip some more. I go home. I sleep on the couch.
Sunday, May 3
We go to the pool. We go back to the strip. We go roaming around the strip. We have a few drinks. We go looking for food. We end up at some buffet. We watch the Bellagio fountain show. We miss the shuttle. We take a shuttle instead. We go get ready. We head back out on the strip. We walk around for a bit. We end up at the Rockhouse again. We play some beer pong. We drink a lot. We drink some more. We get separated. Me, Holly and Nick are left behind. We continue drinking and clubbing. I have to catch a flight in a few hours - Oh crap! We decide to head back to the resort. I go to sleep.
Monday, May 4
I get 30 minutes of sleep. I take a quick shower. I get all my crap. I get a taxi to take me to the airport. I get to my gate and fall asleep. I catch my plane.
So, that's what I can remember or what I'd like to share. I don't want to go into too much details because, well... What happens in Vegas never happened.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Playing the Stocks
The world stocks plummetted like crazy over the last few months and only in the last few weeks it has shown some recovery. Normally, see these stock figures and don't give it a second thought. Lately thought, I have been keeping a much closer eye. I know my 401k is affected, but I'm not going to retire anytime soon, so I know my stocks will make a recovery and leave it as it is. I did make an adjustment to my 201k just a little over a year ago - I changed it to go from aggresive to conservative. It was around February, the Dow Jones has been going down the last few months and there were rumors there was going to be a big crash. Sure enough, there was 300 point loss in the Dow a couple days later. I kept it at conservtive while stocks slowly went down. Many blamed the cost for high gas prices, which they were to some extent. Anyway, the stocks started to slowly recover and I started thinking I should change it back to the aggressive plan - lucky for me, I didn't. After a couple months of recovery, it started going down again. Me and my coworker watched it go down and started wondering how low it will go. The thing was in the 14,000s, now it is down in the 11,000s?! We wondered, can it go below 10,000? Nah, no way! And of course it did. And it kept going down fast. When the Dow was in the 8,000s, I finally changed my 401k plan from conservative to aggresive again. I naturally though, this is as low as we can go. Of course, it kept going down some more. It finally reach rock bottom (I hope) at around 6,600 and it is slowy going up again.
This brings us to me playing the stocks. While the Dow was in the 8000s, I decided to start a Sharebuilder account and start investing into companies. My coworker and I both agreed, stocks has got to be on the way up soon. So many stocks were now a bargain. Looking over my bank account, I decided that I have some extra cash and transfered several hundred dollars into Sharebuilder. I initally bought three stocks, Phillips (PHG), United States Oil Fund (USO), and Tenaris S.A. (TS). PHG and TS have both gone up since I bought them, unfortunately USO has not. Overall though, I am up from these three stocks. Anyway, in the short four months, I have become an investor in seven different stocks/funds. It's been a rocky start, and there are they where I am down on one stock, but will be up on another. As of this morning, I have invested $1700 into stocks (I didn't even know I had that much money) and I am slowly making gains from them (Just 1% for now). It would be more, but I do have to pay a trade fee everytime I make a trade in Sharebuilder. Also, if USO wasn't down 22%, I'd have even more. Anyway, hopefully this recession is on the way out and the stocks recover.
This brings us to me playing the stocks. While the Dow was in the 8000s, I decided to start a Sharebuilder account and start investing into companies. My coworker and I both agreed, stocks has got to be on the way up soon. So many stocks were now a bargain. Looking over my bank account, I decided that I have some extra cash and transfered several hundred dollars into Sharebuilder. I initally bought three stocks, Phillips (PHG), United States Oil Fund (USO), and Tenaris S.A. (TS). PHG and TS have both gone up since I bought them, unfortunately USO has not. Overall though, I am up from these three stocks. Anyway, in the short four months, I have become an investor in seven different stocks/funds. It's been a rocky start, and there are they where I am down on one stock, but will be up on another. As of this morning, I have invested $1700 into stocks (I didn't even know I had that much money) and I am slowly making gains from them (Just 1% for now). It would be more, but I do have to pay a trade fee everytime I make a trade in Sharebuilder. Also, if USO wasn't down 22%, I'd have even more. Anyway, hopefully this recession is on the way out and the stocks recover.
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