Archive for January, 2008

Amie Street Wednesday #19

Posted in Personal on January 30th, 2008
Amie St. Music Wednesday

OK, I know that it has been a while since I have posted for ASMW and I’m sorry about that. So, Get over it already!

Today we have Nudeswirl. I know it sounds like a wonderful enticing orgy. In fact, it is not. Nudeswirl as a sound close to Guns and Roses, NIN, Aerosmith, and Nirvana. It is a great mix of everything rock, punk rock, and alternative.

I really dug the song potato trip. Potato trip just rocks. Heck, I’m listening to it again right now and I think that I hear a little Lenny Kravitz/Jimmy Hendrix. The rest of the songs are great as well. You can hear influences though out the entire album. It is a great listen if you are looking for a great rock sound.

Just Say NO! to D.A.R.E.

Posted in Personal on January 29th, 2008

Well if that is not backwards. Really, people should say No! to D.A.R.E. and here is why.

D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Their message is, “Just say No!” What has this really taught anyone. From my understanding when children are told not to do something, they are more likely to do it. So if you have several hundred people saying don’t do drugs, then more than likely they will try it.

I feel that the education systems of the War on Drugs has it wrong. The new D.A.R.E. now shows children brain imagery of how drugs affect the brain. The patterns so a decrease in motor skill, and brain activity. This is supposed to show children how bad it is to do drugs.

To me, though I’m not a child, would make me want to do drugs. The stress of everyday life takes a toll on anyone. Some people are disciplined enough to keep partying down to once a year, and other just enjoy a beer or a joint everyday after work.

I feel that what really needs to be taught is irresponsible drug use. They are trying it in the sex education classes now. Education of “Just say No!” will never work. Showing someone images of lunges and brains will not prevent people from doing things. The peer-pressure that goes on in schools would not happen either.

If we will educate our children and our selves to respect someone else decision as well as be responsible, then we wouldn’t have the drug problem we have today, because there wouldn’t be a problem.

Yes, there are people that will have issues with drugs, just like they do with booze. What you can think about is people will not do as much as they do to impress anyone.

I speak from experience. I lived with a roommate that would empty a white-out bottle in to a sandwich bag just to get high. I had enough respect for myself and was responsible not to say “Hey man, let me have some.” Some things are just stupid, just like miss information will cause a panic.

The first time I did acid, I only took half of a hit. This is because I wanted to see how a small dosage would affect me. This helped me to also decide if I wanted to take more or not touch the substance again.

Now, well now, I will not even take Advil, or the like, for a headache unless I have had one for more than 2 days. Why? Advil, and the like, are over the counter and are they are ok to take. Well really they are not. They are chemicals just just pot, acid, ice, and many other drugs that are made to target a part of the body. They change chemicals just like the “bad ones” do.

That brings up something else I can’t stand either. The mixed messages that are sent out to the public. Don’t do drugs! but take this little purple pill if you would like that have a bigger cock. Don’t do drugs! but take this little blue pill to keep you harder longer. Don’t do drugs! but take this pill and that pill… oh but wait, some of the side effect of these medications are.. lets list a few recent ones…

Enzyte - Other issues that people have reported while using Enzyte include painful urination, genital pain, reduced appetite, and flushing. The herbal remedy can also cause stronger reactions to alcohol, morphine, and insulin. source

Viagra - Common - flushing, headache, nasal congestion, stomach discomfort following meals
Less Common - abnormal vision including blurred vision, seeing shades of colors differently than before, or sensitivity to light, bladder pain, cloudy or bloody urine, dizziness, increased frequency of urination, pain on urination, diarrhea
Rare - bleeding of the eye, convulsions (seizures), decreased or double vision or in extreme cases blindness, a blue tint to your vision, prolonged, painful, or inappropriate erection of penis, redness, burning, or swelling of the eye, anxiety source

Levitra - You must stop taking Levitra and seek immediate medical attention if the following serious side effects of Levitra occur:
Closing of the throat, Irregular heartbeats, Swelling of the ankles or legs, Breathing problem, Prolonged or severe dizziness, Fainting, Priapism, a prolonged (lasting longer than 4 hours) or painful erection; Nausea, Back pain

There are some less serious side effects; with occurrence you should inform your doctor about these too;
Flushing, Mild dizziness, Headache, Nasal congestion, Stomach upset, Sensitivity of the eyes to light, Temporary blue tint in vision or other vision abnormalitiessource

After reading some of the above side effect of these drugs, do you really want to take them. I’m not saying that there are not any side effects to Pot, I mean getting the munchies is a side effect of pot, wanting to build shit is a side effect of pot. We are talking about life and death here from something that the FDA has approved. Wake up people!

So I D.A.R.E. you to take a challenge, do it of your own free will or just don’t do it. If you accept the challenge then good. Enjoy it.

Challenge 1: If you have never smoked pot, go buy a bowl and some pot and smoke out. Smoke out with people that have smoked out before. Start off a little at a time. Make sure you do not have an allergic reaction to it. Be responsible about it.

Challenge 2: Be responsible for your actions. Try not to control others actions when they are not effecting you. If they have the chance to cause harm to you or someone else, That is the only time in which you should interfere. This also means stopping someone from drinking to much and dieing.

Challenge 3: Do not do any of the other challenges. Do this one. Just piss off. Don’t come back to this site. If you can not respect people enough to let them think for themselves, then I really don’t care if you visit this site again. So really, have respect or piss off.

MWTSS - Sex Ed

Posted in Personal on January 25th, 2008

I don’t really know the range of people that view read my blog. I think that it really matters that much. Maybe I will get a survey out and see what become of it. Why would I talk about age range of my readers, and why would I want to know? Not sure but I filled one out for the MWTSS a while back, and watching the CBS clips makes me wonder. Now on to the topic.

The Mid West Teen Sex Show is about education. This is not a porn show of any kind. The show is raw and funny. It also tells the truth about sex. You really can’t beat truth when it comes to something as touchy as teen sex and parents.

One of the shows covers masturbation(#8 Beatin’ It) while another one explains to parents(#12 Parents) how to talk with their child about sex. It really is a must see show, if not for the education you can receive, then for the entertainment value it has.

I have watched all of the show. I can say one thing about MWTSS, it is a show that I would allow my 6 year old to watch, if I had one. Education can never start to early, and I don’t feel telling anyone “Don’t Do It” is going to stop them from, well doing it.

You may also be wondering why I would let a 6 year old watch such a show. The fact remains that I first heard about sex when I was in the 3rd grade. I also know now, that when I was younger I had see sex videos, but didn’t understand them until I was older, then I realized what they were, thanks dad for the way early education. I just feel that it is never to early to start a child learning about something that they will run into very soon.

Also at 6 years old that child has lived half the number of years before it will be a teen. Think about an 11 year old for a second. Double their age and they are out drinking and partying with friends. You say a lot happens in 10 years, well there is a lot that can happen in 6 as well.

If you have not watched MWTSS before, please take the time to do so. I am sure that it will be an eye opener for everyone, well at least the prude. After you watch a few episodes please come back here and let me and the rest of Mouse Clone reader know what you think. I feel that if you are not educated you will find a great entrainment value in MWTSS.

Staying Focused

Posted in Personal on January 25th, 2008

I have been losing focus on a lot of things lately. I have all but stopped posting on my blogs across the board. I feel really back about Amie Street Music Wednesday. I mean it is something that I started and I have just not been doing lately because, really, I just do not want to be bothered with it. I’m sure that I will pick things back up soon. Maybe I just over whelmed myself with Atlanix. I don’t really know, and it doesn’t really matter to me right now.

I really want to just regain focus. If I can get the focus back that I had I feel things would be great. Juggling too many things at once is always bad. You spread yourself thin. When you spread yourself thin, something is going to give. That something is you. I feel that I reached that point the other day.

I have been busy plotting and changing the way that Atlanix will start off. I really want to see it do great things. So I’m going to start with video and then continue from there. This will give everyone the ability to see it. I eve though to day about getting someone between the age of 10 and 12 to do the system build part of it. This way I feel that people will be able to see that it is easy enough that a child can do it. I really want someone that has never took apart a computer before. That will make it all the more interesting.

I have not touched Building Observer in quite some time. The same as Mouse Clone. I think that I will leave it that way. I really, at this point, do not see any reason to post on that blog. I don’t even really know why I started the blog in the first place. SEO and blogging about making money is just not for me. I ran out of things to say fairly quickly, and it started to seem that it was getting repetitive. I’m a good bull shitter, and I don’t think that I could continue bull shitting my way though that site. What is there is good and truthful from the sources that I gathered the information from. We shall see though.

As for the task ahead. I think that with my focus on Atlanix, I will start posting here again more. I did not feel over whelmed when I was running Mouse Clone and Building Observer at the same time. Maybe I can keep things together better this time.

So what do you all think about just don’t the classes on videos first and then trying to get a class room of people that would like a more hands on approach latter on? Please let me know your thoughts. I will be working on getting more post up and I think that I can safely return to the world of Mouse Clone with out harming my health.

Where have I gone?

Posted in Personal on January 15th, 2008

do you ever feel like you have lost yourself. lost who you used to be, never intended to do so, but you did.

I feel like this right now. I remember back to the times when I first started my party life, I was 20. I didn’t start off drinking so much, I started off smoking pot. the first major night that I had parting was at a ladies home by the name of Dixie. yes that was her name.

I was invited over by a person that I was hanging out with at a local bar. (yes I went to a bar but never drank) I went with them over to Dixie’s and was introduced to everyone. some I can remember and some I cannot. the point is, this was the first night that I ever really drank, and I got hammered.

the next day we left to pick shrooms at Dixie’s farm. first of all, I didn’t have an idea of what shrooms were or anything about them. I set off on this journey with several people that stayed the night at Dixie’s. I learned how to tell which mushrooms were shroom. I walked around the cow field that morning with a hangover and a headache. the morning sun was starting to turn hot. it was beating down on the back of my neck and causing my headache to become worse, still I pressed on.

later on, back at Dixie’s, I learned how to make shroom tea. I even chopped up a cap and rolled it up with a piece of ham lunch meat. I wasn’t really sure of what was supposed to happen. I had a half hit of acid a few years before but never really experienced anything from it. I can’t say that I really experienced anything from these shrooms. the grass felt nice, and the rain was also wonderful.

as the day started to give way to night I was just enjoying the day with people that I never knew. I was just living. for the first time in my life I was just living. I don’t think that it was because of the shrooms or the booze. I think that it was because I was just enjoying life.

from there, I met a guy named Nick. this guy was a pot head. I had smoked pot maybe twice before I met him. Nick was not just a pot head though. he was a get high any time on any thing he could head. I remember watching him sniff lighter fluid. if this guy wasn’t fucked up on something he was trying to fuck some chick or fuck over someone he knew.

so while I was hanging out with him and another guy, the name escapes me right now but it started with an R, I think. anyway, Nick wrecks my truck, I take the insurance money and get Rich’s crap from the cops, because his house had be raided before. loaded all the crap up and moved to texas.

when I got to texas I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do for a job. I found one a Everyone’s Internet. I don’t think that it is in business any longer, but that is where I worked for about 3 months. I smoked pot on the way to, during, and from work. I was really just enjoying life and I was not threat to society or myself from what I could tell.

This went on for a while and Rich got kicked out a short while after Nick moved to texas with me and R. after all, Rich and I were living with one of Nick’s high school friends. she was a good hearted person. I think Nick was jealous of the relationship that Rich and her had. that is why I think that the kicked him out. I really felt bad for the guy but didn’t really know what to do at the time.

so later own I changed jobs from Everyone’s Internet and went to work for someone that told me I needed to take out my ear rings and my tongue ring, I was going to meet the president of the company the following week.

this guys name was Rick. Rick has been a good friend of mine. he hired me on at NNI and left during the merger of NNI/Lantel. I got laid off and went to work for a retail computer store called GAP Computers. I was the tech that was also a sales man. we had a 24 hour turn around period on all repairs, unless we had to order a part that we didn’t have in stock.

I left there to do consulting work for a company. when I first started working for this company I was busted by the Harris County cops for position of pot. 13.2 grams. that was almost a felony offense. I spent about 48 hours awake sitting on a concrete bench. by the time that I was bailed out of jail I was given a blanket and all of us were laying on the floor lined up head to toe. you had a choice. you could lay on the concrete and cover yourself or you could lay on the blanket and still be cold. either way you were going to be cold.

Rick bailed me out of jail and he was hurt and upset. I felt bad. but at the same time I felt that I had done nothing wrong. I wasn’t being done wrong either. it is just the way that the laws are. I had not hurt a single person, other than someone else feelings and pride in me. my girlfriend at the time was really upset at me as well.

so I am able to keep my job with the consulting company that I just started with and because of having a 2 car insurance party twice, they decided to let me go. that company did a lot of great things to help me out as well. I think Brian for all the help that he provided me back then.

because of the let go with that company I called Rick up to see if he knew of anything going on. he had an opening with the company that he changed to in the NNI/Lantel merger. I accepted the offer because it would get me closer to my family. I may have been a little home sick. I also left my girlfriend behind. I don’t know if I just needed out from under everything or not. I really just needed to start over again.

i’m no longer working with Rick. in fact I don’t hardly ever talk with him. it is a shame really life has led us to grow apart. just a year ago Rick married me and my wife. it really is crazy to think about how fast life starts moving.

so I have been with my current company for almost 4 years. I dread going into work on a dialy basis. it is not the people that I work with so much as it is the policies and the stupid shit that happens at the office. hell lets be honest, I just hate the office. it is not a fun place to work. it is a stiff collar environment that just doesn’t fit me very well. the walls do not change color. I have been staring at the same color yellow for 4 years. what the hell is wrong with me? that is what is wrong with me. the color of the damn walls.

no really I just can’t get a grip at work very much any more. the security policies, or I should say the lack there of. the fact that people just do not want to learn at all. this alone will drive anyone crazy. I don’t feel that people should grab computer concepts as fast as I do or someone that is better than me. I do think that they should try. these people don’t even care to try and the company, I feel, has made them that way. and that is sad.

so if I don’t seem to be posting much any more, or doing the ASMW there are reasons. the reasons are that i’m working on really finding my calling in life. one that I have yet to be able to find. the rollor coaster ride that I am on with life sucks. I love my wife, and life with my wife is wonderful. I feel that i’m 110% good to go there. I think that we can both work on things, and we are. and that to me matters a lot.

so you may be wondering what am I going to do with my life. what is really my calling. well right now I feel that it is teaching people about computers. I have found myself just sitting and talking with people and helping them out when people want to learn. I can take time and help people understand things if they are looking for answers. i’m not going to waist time with people that don’t care any more, i’m tired of fighting that fight. I am just going to focus on the people that are looking for help. I just need to find the people that are looking for help.

if you are looking for help, please let me know. I don’t know what I will be able to do if you are not local to me but I will try to help. if you are local to me, i’m working on getting a school going, or at least something during the evening hours. you can find the website at http://atlanix.org. if you want to make a donation, please feel free. if you want to contact me please fill out the form. it is not the best website right now, but it is getting there. please feel free to ask any questions you like.

your welcome to drop me a comment here if you like as well. i’m hoping that the journey that i’m taking to help others will in turn help me to find the joy that i once had when i was hanging out with friends, smoking pot, and just enjoying life.


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