Year: 2011

Hey

Leah posted something the other day on her blog about how things use to be back when she was on Xanga.

It was a while ago. When we were new to the blog-o-sphere.

Back when people use to blog to speak to complete strangers across the internet. It was when people invited you to learn more about them, albeit in their own private manner.

And to be honest- I’m not so sure the blogging thing seems nearly as cool to anyone now as it was then. Plus now on many levels there is censorship. Corporate or individual. Teacher or Child. Employer or employee. The internet is no longer a blogging safe haven or something you can turn to for complete anonymity.

It’s just a sign of the times. Facebook posts and tweets can hold up in the court of law as much as a blog.

It makes me – even if only a little – miss the days of what seems so long ago but is actually just a few years at most. I admit it, from time to time I’ve checked up on blogs from my subscriptions on Xanga, but hardly anybody posts anything anymore. I can’t really blame them. When they do it doesn’t always feel the same…

Even I went underground for a while, but hey at least I’ve surfaced. No longer attached to Xanga or worried if anyone reads my words as they type out- just back to the basics.

Until next time

just Pray

Yes, again.

I couldn’t sleep last night/tonight so right now it is something like 4 am & I’m still tweaking the final bits of this layout.  I like it- plus it is giving me something to do and focus my mind and energy on.  I’ll take it!

It should make it easier for navigation and everything really, if you need help with the navigation – just mouse over the arrow to the left – you should get the rest.

🙂

just Pray

Hey

So how is everyone? It’s still warm outside but other than the temps things seem to be fine.

I had an annoyance today. Maryia was on the phone with her friend and comes out with a calendar in her hand. She asks if we are busy at the end of the month. Upon further explanation she says that she was planning on visiting her friend in NY state during those days. After checking we confirm that there is a dinner we are going to otherwise that time was free. She replies that she will text her friend and ask her if other dates will work.

And it begins. So with what I’ve said you can see a plan had already been made for those dates without asking myself any thoughts on it. Tentative or not. That’s fine and dandy. I wouldn’t have been annoyed if say this were brought up differently and if her friend didn’t already make plans for those dates.

Anyway. It winded up being a semi-small event and I told her any time she picked was fine with me. I just wish she would have talked about it with me first. Sometimes I guess it just seems like she makes plans and checks later if they’re alright. Not sure how to explain it. It doesn’t happen all of the time, but when it does it bugs me.

Alas, at the end of the month she will be off to NY state.

Yep.

Other than that.. there hasn’t been a whole lot going on. I’ve stopped job searching as I am semi in limbo for places to look… and I don’t have the skill set to demand places to hold a job for me… even if I may have once been able to do as much, I lost all of that with the fall of the economy.

I have had time to revamp: [{ SkySail Photography }]  so you should check it out. I think it turned out nicely.

That’s all I have for this time.

just Pray

Where oh where has the time gone?

This year is nearly spent, I can’t believe we are almost half way through October. In another couple of weeks we will finally be able to edge out of these hundred degree temperatures that we have been living in for the past 6 months. It will be nice.

See what I mean?

Many things have the opportunity of changing in the next couple of months. I am not sure what will happen – it should be a fun roller coaster. I am sure there will be highs, lows and in between.

Azusa hasn’t gotten back to me yet. I have sent them transcripts from both Cascade and MCC, now I am just waiting to hear back from them. I believe the deadline for this semester was on Monday. So now it looks like it I wouldn’t have the opportunity to start until the first of the year.

On the job front there really isn’t any news. My applications are out there *looks* somewhere way out there in the deep abyss. Someday someone should get back to me, right? I hope. I wish I already had found a place. Everyone says things are improving but I see no such signs. I don’t think the stocks going up or down should be an indicator. They are so finicky that they go up on “hopes” and not actual data. Oi vey…

Let’s see.. in sports news the Yankees lost and are out of the playoffs. It sucks. We had a lot of chances, but in the end we couldn’t close Detroit out. On the NBA side they are still in a lock out and have recently officially canceled the first two weeks of the season. They’ll probably cancel the whole thing before this masquerade ends.

Finally the big tech news is that 7 days ago Steve Jobs died from complications with his cancer.

I suppose that is all of the update I have for now. More later as additional news rolls in.

just Pray

This blog has officially been ported.
Moved from www.jshox.com/jay to the main website at www.jshox.com

After much debate, I have decided this is the best option for the website and this blog at this time.

Woohoo!