Dusting the cobwebs...

I thought long and hard about coming back to the blogging world. I was unsure if I wanted to continue writing/blogging or simply let it fade into the sunset. But I have to admit that a good and close friend of mine, made me realize that when it comes to writing that I do have a certain gift to state the obvious while saying it in a dry sarcastic way (it must be due to all the years I've watch the BBC). But, I have come to a sort of enlightenment about the whole blogging. Not all blogs have to be negative, one-sided, acerbic or offensive. I will take a side and give my reasons why I support that position. However, I will take the time to listen to the counterpoint of that argument as long as it is constructive and supported with facts.

So today, I dust off my cobwebs and pick up my pen (or desktop keyboard) and start going back to what made me feel good. Writing.

The Awakening Part II

It's almost the end of July and what a rough past few months it has been. True I cannot say it has been as bad as those of us out there who have lost their jobs, loved ones or sanity. But in how I live my life, it has been truly somewhat stressful.

First, I will make this my first, last and brief comment about my job. Last thing I need is to get fired over something as minute as a blog entry, but as I have said in the past this blog is my thearpy. In regards to work, it's just that work and they sure do work us. Right now I am on the edge of my seat wondering if I will have a job in the upcoming months. But I know there has to be a light at the end of this tunnel...there just has to be.

Second, dating life. I thought I had finally met someone. Been out on a few days. Dated for what seemed like a month, but got that "let's be friends" bullshit. Every time I hear those words being muttered, I wonder if people truly believe in them. Am I angry...yes and no. I should be glad I found out now and not months down the road with her around the arms of another guy.

Why did I call this blog the awakening?

Easy, you come to a point in your life when you have to realize if you are doing what you are meant to do or sitting on the sidelines watching the game go by.

I choose to get in that game, and make a name for myself.

Until Next time,

The Awakening

It has been a very very long time since I had last posted a blog entry. And every time I come back with a post I make the same promise that I will post with due diligence and update everyone with some insight into what I am thinking. But with the invent of twitter, facebook, and other social websites. Trying to update everyone is becoming a chore and not fun anymore.

For a long time now I have never knew what to do with this blog account. I've had a bunch of ideas bopping around my head. Everything from political opinion blog to personal thoughts. But when I start to write down those thoughts, the original idea becomes muddle somehow.

In a few weeks I hope to have this piece of the puzzle solved. I am working on one idea but want to make sure all the pieces are in the right place.

Well until next time.

The Inauguration of Barack Obama

How can one write down words to express about what went down today. I feel honored and blessed to be a part of history.

To look at out sea of people all cheering for one guy and an African-American (well sort of) at that is just amazing.

The only bad thing about today was that I could not be out in Washington D.C. for this snapshot in history. Where did I spend this momentous day....sitting at my desk, watching it all unfold on a computer with headphones on. One thing that was made perfectly clear at the office was those who voted President Barack Obama and those who voted for John McCain. Even though I feel very proud of how far one man can come, all I have to do is turn my head around and be realized again how disappointed I am of man. You can feel and see the hate that burns inside of those who did not vote for President Barack Obama and I do not understand where it comes from.

Well now it is the time to move forward and change the tracks of where this country is heading. Because honestly, things are not looking real good right now.

Until Next Time.

Gainesville becomes Titletown, Once Again

What a game.

A game that caused me to have an ulcer and a heart-attack throughout the game up until the fourth quarter. Unlike everyone else who thought that either Florida was going to blow Oklahoma out of the water or that we were going to get creamed by the Sooners. I knew the game was going to be close and tight, but I was not expecting it to be this close and that tight.

So congratulation to Urban Meyers and Tim Tebow. They were able to do something that not even Steve Spurrier was able to do, win two National Championships and create a quasi-dynasty here in Gainesville.

Until Next time.

The 2009 Obligatory New Years Resolution

Here is a list of what I hope to accomplish in the year 2009. 

• Go back to school and start earning my second Bachelor Degree.

• Stick with my Kung Fu class
• Loose weight. If I stick with that Kung Fu class I should shed the pounds.
• Start making my own sushi. 
• To Travel and see more of the country and of the world.
• Start writing that novel that has been bouncing around in my head.
• Work at a job that I love and not just being there for a paycheck.
• Keep up with this blog on a regular basis
• Go to an Orlando Magic game.
• Have a steady girlfriend this time.
• Get involved with local politics.
• Read a book a month.
• Study and understand Zen
• Start Researching my family tree.
• To enjoy life.
  

A New Year...A New Beginning

Well...it's 2009. And I feel it could not have come any sooner.

I thought no other picture would be more appropriate than "Doctor Who" to ring in the New Year. He is a Time Lord.
I should be thankful for a lot of things that 2008 brought. I was able to move out of Gainesville to Lake Mary [Orlando area]. I was able to find a great new job even while everyone else in this country was losing there. I finally achieved one of my main goals of becoming financially stable and being able to support myself without the help of my family. I have meet great new friends and have grown distant from other ones [luckily there is facebook and myspace to keep in touch].

Even though this years had it "up" moments, there has certainly been a few "down" moments to. But I made it through, and that is all that counts.

I have been neglecting this blog and every time I come online to say how I am going to rededicate myself to maintaining it. I usually find an excuse not to write. Sitting in this chair while my fingertips type of way is probably the one cathartic thing I could do when I do not understand the things that are happening in this world. Instead of complaining that I have a voice online I should be trumpeting it.

So we will see how I treat this blog in 2009. My main goal, and I won't steal this away from the New Years Resolution blog post I'll make any day now, is to somehow make this blog grow. I have some ideas of where I want this to go, I am even entertaining the thought of adding a secondary blog, but still that is up for debate.

So here's to 2009, may you bring better tides than your predecessor. The same could be said about the incoming president.

Until Next time.

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