Monday, November 28, 2005
Beginning My Tradition
So this being the first Christmas living on my own, I wanted to do it right. I felt this was important thing for me to do b/c I wanted my kids(future kids I should say) to grow up with a rich Christmas tradition, and whatever I start doing now will carry over to when I actually have a family. So I felt responsible to do it right now so I know that I'll do it right later. I don't know if that makes sense or not. Anyway...
I got a tree stand, some lights, and some ornaments from Target, and then went and got a tree from the tree place in front of Randoll's. My first tree, I was pumped!
I was always jealous of people who got to drive around with a Christmas tree on their car. My turn:)
So I got all my stuff inside and the tree set up. But it was unlevel, and I already tightened the screws so much that one of them was stripped. I had to think of something to help it level the tree. Then I thought about my favorite professor at UL, Dr. St. Pierre. He always told us not to sell our books back after the semester was over b/c we could use them in the future. What do ya know, he was right.
I got most of the tree done tonight but I have to get a tree skirt, some type of blue ornaments, and something to put on top and I'll be done.
My favorite thing to do during Christmas is to put on some Aaron Neville Christmas , get some hot chocalate with the fake miniature marshmallows in it, turn the lights off and the tree on, and sit in front of the fireplace. Hmmm, Christmas rocks!
I got a tree stand, some lights, and some ornaments from Target, and then went and got a tree from the tree place in front of Randoll's. My first tree, I was pumped!
I was always jealous of people who got to drive around with a Christmas tree on their car. My turn:)
So I got all my stuff inside and the tree set up. But it was unlevel, and I already tightened the screws so much that one of them was stripped. I had to think of something to help it level the tree. Then I thought about my favorite professor at UL, Dr. St. Pierre. He always told us not to sell our books back after the semester was over b/c we could use them in the future. What do ya know, he was right.
I got most of the tree done tonight but I have to get a tree skirt, some type of blue ornaments, and something to put on top and I'll be done.
My favorite thing to do during Christmas is to put on some Aaron Neville Christmas , get some hot chocalate with the fake miniature marshmallows in it, turn the lights off and the tree on, and sit in front of the fireplace. Hmmm, Christmas rocks!
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Stealth
Watched a DVD tonight. It was the movie Stealth. If you like intense CGI (computer generated image) driven movies and aviation stuff go check this movie out.
And by the way, yes it has its typical Hollywood things in it. No nudity though, and comparatively speaking it had a lot less of the negative Hollywood stuff.
And by the way, yes it has its typical Hollywood things in it. No nudity though, and comparatively speaking it had a lot less of the negative Hollywood stuff.
Step 2
Friday, November 25, 2005
Self-discovery vs. Spoonfed
Here's a conversation I listened to in a movie the other night.
"-Should I go get him?
-No, just let him get himself.
-Well maybe he doesn't know how?
-Well then let's give him the opportunity to learn. Nothing like self-discovery for turning a boy to a man."
Man, I don't know what I'm gonna do when I'm a dad. B/c everything in me is the type that tries to think for people. And it's all out of good motives but I know it's not always good. It's still something I'm learning about myself, and hopefully figure out when and where it's a good thing and when it's a bad thing.
I have a lot more to say on this topic but I'll finish it later. I want to hear some comments from some parents on this. And please don't do it under "Anonymous" unless you have to. Peace out!
"-Should I go get him?
-No, just let him get himself.
-Well maybe he doesn't know how?
-Well then let's give him the opportunity to learn. Nothing like self-discovery for turning a boy to a man."
Man, I don't know what I'm gonna do when I'm a dad. B/c everything in me is the type that tries to think for people. And it's all out of good motives but I know it's not always good. It's still something I'm learning about myself, and hopefully figure out when and where it's a good thing and when it's a bad thing.
I have a lot more to say on this topic but I'll finish it later. I want to hear some comments from some parents on this. And please don't do it under "Anonymous" unless you have to. Peace out!
Thursday, November 24, 2005
2 Hooks In The Water
Check out:
Walker Boys Auction #2
We didn't want to have the exact same thing offered, doTim and I changed this one up by adding a gam and an extra controller, and changed it to end Friday night instead of Friday around noon. We're hoping to target parents who get home from shopping and thought they'd be getting a 360 that day and decide to check on eBay. We'll see if it works.
Walker Boys Auction #2
We didn't want to have the exact same thing offered, doTim and I changed this one up by adding a gam and an extra controller, and changed it to end Friday night instead of Friday around noon. We're hoping to target parents who get home from shopping and thought they'd be getting a 360 that day and decide to check on eBay. We'll see if it works.
True or Not True?
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Inspiration or Instruction?
What is more important, to inspire someone or to teach them? How do you do both? What if you had to choose one, which one would you rather do for someone? Does is depend on the person? Does it depend on the task at hand, if there is one?
I'll mow your grass if you can answer these questions. Seriously!
I've watched people do both of these things for/to me. While my initial reaction is to say that when someone inspires me it is better than instructing me but after I chew on it, I really couldn't confidently say that.
I'll mow your grass if you can answer these questions. Seriously!
I've watched people do both of these things for/to me. While my initial reaction is to say that when someone inspires me it is better than instructing me but after I chew on it, I really couldn't confidently say that.
Blogger Birth
Me filming at sTm football game with my Ragin' Cajuns/Where's Waldo Beanie
The depth of the rabbit hole... I think the most important thing someone can learn in today's culture is, don't get comfortable. I heard it repeated over and over again in my university classes from teacher's who were still using monochrome apple computers, "The only thing that is consistent in today's world, is change itself." My favorite professor said it this way, "You can never step in the same river twice" So I kind of listened, but not really. Stepping out of the college world and into the real world, if that's what we're still calling it, was like stepping out of a quiet garden, and stepping into Interstate 10 during rush hour. Wow! I used to struggle with staying awake in school. Now that I'm out, I struggle with figuring out how to go to sleep. Job opportunities, and health insurance, and financial security. Craziness. I didn't learn about that stuff in school. But I do have to admit it's worth it all.
I think for maybe 5 seconds one night I wished I was back in school. Then I remembered that I can drink out of the milk carton b/c it was my milk carton and no one else's. Then I went and actually filled up my SUV with gas instead of just putting $1.25 in it b/c now I had a job that actually paid. I'm not sure where I'm headed in this blog and what I'm going to talk about. I'm sure I'll share personal stuff, and work stuff, and God stuff, but I learn every day that the rabbit hole always gets deeper with me.
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Made The Switch and I Aint Looking Back
Over Priced Xbox Anyone?
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
XBox 360 Madness 2005 Step 1
I'm in the parking lot of Wal-Mart waiting to get the brand spanking new XBox 360. The night began when Heath Hudspeth called me at 6pm and told me that he was thinking about waiting in line to get one for $400 and then resell it for at minimum double that. One today that someone got in a giveaway sold today on eBay for $1200. So I laughed and didn't think about doing it. Then later my brother Tim and I were talking online and I pitched the idea jokingly to him that we should go wait in line until the morning to get one and then sell it on eBay for at least double. And Tim said, "Let's do it" And I said, "Crap!" b/c I was really hoping that he'd say no. So we talked about it and I called Best Buy at 9pm and they said they had around 25 people there waiting already. And so we scrambled out there and got our spots in line. After much speculation from everyone and their grandmother, and everyone's stories contradicting others, I told myself not to believe anyone's info %100.
Then while Tim held my spot at BB, I drove across the street to Circuit City to see what was up over there and they told me that they had only 12 premium xboxs and there were already double that in line. So then I drove to Wal-Mart to see the status over there. I asked a guy in a lawn chair that had started the line there what was up and he said there were only 30 xboxs there and there were 20 people in line. So I went inside Wal-Mart to ask a manager what was up. She told me there were 60 xboxs and she didn't know how many were premium and how many were core. So I went back to best buy to talk to Tim and nothing had changed at Best Buy. Well Mark Rinberger called us a few minutes later and said he was confident that we'd get one at Wal-Mart on Ambassador. Tim asked if I wanted to go and I said I didn't.
3:07 am
Then Tim told me a convincing point, Best Buy opens at 9am and Wal-Mart opens at 6am. Hmmm? So we went to camp at Wal-Mart. It was freezing there. They had roughly 35-40 people there most of the night. Everyone there was cool. We created a list of who was in what order. Even though WM said they wouldn't recognize the list, we used it to enforce ourselves. Tim was pretty much the creator and the keeper of the list. He did a good job with it.
(battery ran out while waiting, the rest was written 2 days later)
The List
Well about 4am more people started showing up and we passed the list around to show them that they couldn't cut or they'd have to fend themselves against 40 ticked off people. Most of the new people were cooperative. There were 2 problems. One older guy showed up at 5am and I walked up to him to ask him to sign the list, and he asked if I worked for WM and when I said that I didn't he looked at me rolled his eyes and walked away. I guess he won't a morning person:) See the problem was that it would only take on person to mess this up for everyone. WM said that if the door was rushed at opening time that they would refuse service to everyone and no one would get and xbox.
Well about 5:15am after we had over 60 people in line some college aged white kid showed with his friend and I gave him the list to sing and he signed it and said, "I don't care about no $#!@ list" and I thought, oh no, this guy is gonna screw it up for everyone. I told him that you had 55 people who had been here for 7 hours in the cold that he'd have to answer to if he tried anything and then he said, "oh I'm just messing." Well he didn't try anything, thank goodness.
Well at 5 until 6am they started letting us in the door at 5 at a time. We walked 10 feet into the store and up to a table and they handed us a ticket there. Tim was 24th in line and I was 25th in line. Well when we walked up to the table we still weren't sure how many premiums there were and how many core. Well we walked up to the table and they handed one of the 2 types of tickets they had but I didn't know if it was a premium. Well I looked on it and I saw the price of whichever one we were buying was $399 which meant that WE WERE GETTING A PREMIUM!
6:12 am - Tim's Ticket
Now Tim and I although we'd definitely enjoy getting a new xbox, they were too expensive, and we were more interested in the fact that xbox 360s were going for as much as $2,000 on eBay. We wanted to make some kwon:) So we stopped up to the customer service desk with out tightly held tickets and paid $431.58 exactly for our little money-making experiment. The wait in the cold was over. We had done step one, no we had to start thinking about eBay.
When I was thinking about whether or not it would be worth it to go wait outside a store for 7 hours just to make a few hundred bucks, I honestly didn't want to. The only reason that got me out there was that I wanted to hang with my brother. But after we got our xboxs I realized how much fun I actually had hanging with Tim and all the other people out there. We played cards, played some hack, and really hung out just like at a party. It was worth it even if Tim and I don't bank on these things when they sell.
I'll post and let you know what happened on eBay.
Then while Tim held my spot at BB, I drove across the street to Circuit City to see what was up over there and they told me that they had only 12 premium xboxs and there were already double that in line. So then I drove to Wal-Mart to see the status over there. I asked a guy in a lawn chair that had started the line there what was up and he said there were only 30 xboxs there and there were 20 people in line. So I went inside Wal-Mart to ask a manager what was up. She told me there were 60 xboxs and she didn't know how many were premium and how many were core. So I went back to best buy to talk to Tim and nothing had changed at Best Buy. Well Mark Rinberger called us a few minutes later and said he was confident that we'd get one at Wal-Mart on Ambassador. Tim asked if I wanted to go and I said I didn't.
3:07 am
Then Tim told me a convincing point, Best Buy opens at 9am and Wal-Mart opens at 6am. Hmmm? So we went to camp at Wal-Mart. It was freezing there. They had roughly 35-40 people there most of the night. Everyone there was cool. We created a list of who was in what order. Even though WM said they wouldn't recognize the list, we used it to enforce ourselves. Tim was pretty much the creator and the keeper of the list. He did a good job with it.
(battery ran out while waiting, the rest was written 2 days later)
The List
Well about 4am more people started showing up and we passed the list around to show them that they couldn't cut or they'd have to fend themselves against 40 ticked off people. Most of the new people were cooperative. There were 2 problems. One older guy showed up at 5am and I walked up to him to ask him to sign the list, and he asked if I worked for WM and when I said that I didn't he looked at me rolled his eyes and walked away. I guess he won't a morning person:) See the problem was that it would only take on person to mess this up for everyone. WM said that if the door was rushed at opening time that they would refuse service to everyone and no one would get and xbox.
Well about 5:15am after we had over 60 people in line some college aged white kid showed with his friend and I gave him the list to sing and he signed it and said, "I don't care about no $#!@ list" and I thought, oh no, this guy is gonna screw it up for everyone. I told him that you had 55 people who had been here for 7 hours in the cold that he'd have to answer to if he tried anything and then he said, "oh I'm just messing." Well he didn't try anything, thank goodness.
Well at 5 until 6am they started letting us in the door at 5 at a time. We walked 10 feet into the store and up to a table and they handed us a ticket there. Tim was 24th in line and I was 25th in line. Well when we walked up to the table we still weren't sure how many premiums there were and how many core. Well we walked up to the table and they handed one of the 2 types of tickets they had but I didn't know if it was a premium. Well I looked on it and I saw the price of whichever one we were buying was $399 which meant that WE WERE GETTING A PREMIUM!
6:12 am - Tim's Ticket
Now Tim and I although we'd definitely enjoy getting a new xbox, they were too expensive, and we were more interested in the fact that xbox 360s were going for as much as $2,000 on eBay. We wanted to make some kwon:) So we stopped up to the customer service desk with out tightly held tickets and paid $431.58 exactly for our little money-making experiment. The wait in the cold was over. We had done step one, no we had to start thinking about eBay.
When I was thinking about whether or not it would be worth it to go wait outside a store for 7 hours just to make a few hundred bucks, I honestly didn't want to. The only reason that got me out there was that I wanted to hang with my brother. But after we got our xboxs I realized how much fun I actually had hanging with Tim and all the other people out there. We played cards, played some hack, and really hung out just like at a party. It was worth it even if Tim and I don't bank on these things when they sell.
I'll post and let you know what happened on eBay.
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