October 2007

Krissy’s grandfather has prostate cancer and apparently he had been displaying prostate cancer symptoms. It sucks, because a lot of times if something changes in our bodies we just say it is natural and we put it off until it annoys us to a point of going to the doctor, at which point it might be too late. My grandmother was the same way. She had trouble breathing and blamed it on a cold, even doctors said it was pneumonia, but in the end it ended up being lung cancer, which if she had gotten looked at sooner, things might be different. There’s a thin line between knowing when something is due to age or if it could be a serious problem. I guess you just need to listen to your gut and be well informed, what else are you going to do, run to the doctor everytime something new happens?

I just found out about justin.tv. It is a site where people live cam, what is strange is that some people have a live cam on them 24 hours a day, while they are sleeping that are being filmed. It kind of reminds me of Edtv, I sleep when Ed sleeps so I don’t miss anything. I’ve thought of having a live cam here, but I wouldn’t do it 24 hours a day, that is really a bit much, plus it is a huge invasion of privacy. I don’t know how people can do that.

I lived in New Jersey most of my life, only in the last few years have I been living in Delaware. I moved a few times when I lived in Jersey, and each time was a huge pain. I mean between getting boxes, trying to figure out how many boxes you are going to need, finding a mover, it is all stressful. Find movers in NJ is easy, finding one that won’t rip you off is the hard part. Homebulletin has a list of movers in any given county in New Jersey. Say you are looking for Hudson NJ Movers, go to the Hudson County and then click a city and the movers from that city will be listed there. It beats going to the phone book trying to find movers.

I was looking through My Documents last night, trying to show Krissy pictures of Ohio, but I realize that I don’t know where half my pictures went to. I mean granted my computer isn’t the most organized of machines, and most files are thrown anywhere (something that I have been meanign to change for a while), but I usually know where I put my pictures and what folder everything is in, but now I don’t know. I have to sit down and really go thriough everything and find it and then organize it. Maybe I will be able to once we move, maybe even before hand, but who knows?

A while ago Krissy showed me this DVD managing software that was fairly inexpensive. It allows you to write a synopsis, or if you want enter the title of the movie or UPC code and it will find it online and download the details for you. What I thought was cool about it was that you could attach a bar scanner to it and it will read in all the information from the code. Ever since then I have been thinking about getting some ibm pos equipment. A used point of sale system would be great for what I need to do with it, plus Krissy can use it when she mails out invoices and gets back payments, she could just print a bar code on there and then scan it in and it could be read instantly without the need to type anything, or go looking for a file. An NCR point of sale system would really make life easier, but then again anything that is automatic makes life easier doesn’t it?

I’m thinking about expanding my website into a full blown business. I have the ideas, and the drive to do it, I just need the time to do it all. After I found some time to make my dreams a reality, I think I would find a marketing firm that specializes in small business. Maybe one that has a custom web design package. Not that I hate my design, but I have had it for a few years and I think it is time for a change. Maybe something with lighter colors, but still dark, I don’t know, but I do know that there has to be a change and more things before I can pursue my idea though.

Krissy had my casrd and she gave it back to me when I didn’t have my wallet on hand. I put the card in my pocket and then later I washed those jeans, that’s how my credit card got ruined. Now I need to wait until the money transfers to my bank account and then I can take it out and then get my car fixed. Hopefully by the time all this happens we get the paperwork and then we go out to Ohio around the 20th and maybe we can be out of here by the 31st. Let’s see what happens.

I love Halloween and this year I might be in my own place and a different state, so to celebrate if I am out there I am going to dress up for Halloween. I’ve been looking at some Halloween Costumes and I think if I do dress up for Halloween I will dress as Wolverine from the X-Men. I love the X-Men comic books, and I wish they would have incorporated the costumes from the comics into the movies, so I would be the traditional yellow and blue Wolverine. I mean I could go around pretending knives are coming from my hands, who wouldn’t want that power? Besides if you get hurt, your healed moments later anyway, so you have a hard time dying. I always thought it would be cool to have his powers, so the next time I dress up for Halloween I am going to be Wolverine.

I was declined for the bad credit auto loan, but I don’t know why yet. It looks like I am going to have to spend the money to get my car fixed, which is all right since I have the money. I was waiting on a few payments to come through from PayPerPost and my job and whatnot, but everything went through and I have enough money to get the compressor fixed. A couple weeks ago I was spending money on my brakes, now I need to spend money to make my car work to make it to Ohio. UGH.

I would like to go back to a real college, maybe after we move I will go to Youngstown University, or another college out there. The problem with this is that money will already be so tight, that I will probably need to get a scholarship. After I apply I might try for the Hope scholarship, I found it on scholarships, a site that is constantly updated with all the scholarship information you need to know. They have scholarships for just about every person, no matter what your interests are, or what type of work you do. Many of them don’t even go on your income, so that won’t be an issue.

Krissy and I have been loving the Jeff Dunham specials and I think I would like to see him live sometime. He is going to be in Ohio a few times over the next few months so we might go see him after we’ve moved out there. If you’ve never seen his comedy act, it is genius. He is a vantrilloquist and the way he gives each puppet their own personality is crazy. There was one show where he stopped for two minutes because one guy went up to use the bathroom. He called him out on it and continued doing so until he returned. Definitely a comic genius.

Krissy got me an ipod last Christmas, and my car doesn’t have a ciggerette lighter, so getting any accessories like that right now is pointless. Though I have seen some ipod accessories that I want, like skins for it, and the cleaning kit. When I get a new car though I will invest in an ipod charger so I can go on long trips without it dying on me, afterall the video uses more battery because of the backlight and the fact that it is color, so it is a good investment, when I get a new car. For now I have to settle for listening to it at home though, and not on long trips.