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I love to travel, I have talked about it enough, so I am sure that you know that by now. I love road trips, I’ve talked about them too. I’ve gone from New Jersey to Ohio through four states and back to New Jersey only going through two states. The problem I have with going from state to state is that the online maps are sometimes wrong. One time I was stuck in Delaware because I was supposed to make a left, instead of a right like the directions said. Well I found a website that offers much more than maps, they offer real time traffic information, bus routes, and walking times. Say you are in Seattle, but you’ve never been there before. You go to the site, get a map of Seattle and then find out how long it would take to get from point A to point B, and if the traffic would justify you walking there.

We need a bed because we both have really bad back pain on the bed we’re currently on. I’ve even thought about going to a massage therapist because of the pain. I found out that water massage beds are supposed to give more relief than other ones. A “water massage” is a bit more expensive than a regular one, but it also feels much better in the end. My friend Jovan up in New Jersey got one pnce and she told me that it was the best massage she had ever gotten. I don’t want to go all the way up there, so I need to find a place around here that offers them.

I need to go shopping. I have a limited number of pants without holes in them and it is really annoying. I don’t want people to see my Kool-Aide covered butt (Krissy got me Kool-Aide boxers for Christmas). I’ve been thinking about picking up some Hugo Boss jeans. I’ve always liked Hugo Boss clothes, and their jeans are very comfortable.

I remember when Hugo Boss was all the rage and that’s all anyone wore. Of course that was like ten years ago now, back when I was in middle school (has it been that long?), but they’ve still remained a very popular name. The jeans are expensive, so I’ve been doing some comparative shopping. I didn’t really see any that I could afford right now, but I did see a jacket that I liked. If I didn’t need a chair and monitors, then maybe I would buy myself a new Hugo Boss jacket.

Krissy’s family lives in New York, and I am going to Ohio at least once a year it seems, plus my aunt lives in New York as well, so as you can imagine I spend a signifigant amount of time in my car. That isn’t even including the everyday things that I am in a car for, so is it any wonder that I like my music to sound the best it can. Well I have a blown speaker, so the music sounds horrible right now. I’ve been looking for a place to get one and I came across Electra Warehouse. They only sell things $1-$2 above cost, so everything they sell is really cheap. Usually cheaper than anyone else.

I’m still playing Legend of Zelda: the Twilight Princess. I just got passed the first level where you get the boomerang and have to work with the monkeys. I am hoping to finish this game (I didn’t finish The Wind Waker) by September 25th. Yes that is the day that Halo 3 comes out, and I am hoping to have it beaten by then.

I’ve given up on getting Metroid Prime 3 on the release date, or even before Halo 3 comes out at all. Why you may ask? Well I want to finish Zelda, and I just don’t think that I will have it done by the time Halo 3 comes out, with the way my schedule is. If Metroid Prime 3 had an online concept, then I might be a little more inclined, but the lack of an online play, I am really thrown off.

I got a call today from my friend up in New Jersey. It’s the one who was in Drug Rehab for the last few weeks. He seems to be doing fine, but it is always that way when he gets out, then a few weeks later he falls off the wagon. Hopefully this time will be different.

In middle school he was completely straight edge, I was the more rebellious one, then we lost touch in high school. He moved away and then I moved, and we didn’t see each other, he went to the high school that I got kicked out of the year before, but we didn’t speak again until I moved to Delaware. It isn’t that I didn’t want to, it was that there wasn’t any opportunity, we lost touch. Then I heard from his brother who told me what was going on. Then I talked to him.

If he doesn’t stay on the wagon, then I just know that he will die before it is his time, which would really suck.

I’m constantly saying that my website is much more than a blog. If you look at the menu then you will see what I mean. So because my website is much more than a blog, I care about things like search engine optimization, load times, how well all the pages fit together, things like that. One of my most important concerns is my search engine rankings. I have even thought about going to a website optimization firm to increase my rankings. Most people use at least one search engine everyday they are on the internet, and if you are on the front page of their query, then your website will most likely get visited.

I don’t think I would go to a website optimization firm just for some SEO work, though. I’d probably incorporate Flash into my website if I did go to one. Nothing where the whole site is Flash based, but little bits of it here and there to spice it up a bit. Nothing like a little bit to make your visitors go wow right? I don’t think I would have one build me a new design though. I’d consult with them, but in the end I think I would do that myself, but I’m happy with the way things are turning out now, so it isn’t too much of a concern just yet.

Ian Clarke always loved writing and he always wanted to be a journalist. In his home town Ian was famous for his news stories. One day he decided to take his articles to one of the big city papers that got delivered to his town every few days. So off went Ian to the big city to see if they would publish his articles. The editor took one look at it and laughed. While Ian may have been famous for writing stories in his own little town, the newspaper required something that Ian knew very little about – correct spelling.

Ian was crushed, but his dream of being a journalist was not destroyed. If the corporations couldn’t see his potential, then maybe the common man would. He decided on that day that he would put them online available for everyone to see. He decided on a name for his little venture, it was to be called The Poof. Poof meaning that it wasn’t the corporate shell that so many news stories had, you know the kind, the kind where a paper takes the side of a corporation rather than the on strike workers, but more of a personalized news venture. There was only one problem. When Ian went to register thepoof, he didn’t double check to make sure he had spelled it correctly and registered thoof.

This didn’t stop him either, he wrote stories and made it into a very successful online newspaper.

I’ve been calling places in Ohio all morning, one place seems perfect, the only problem is there is only one apartment left so I am going to wait until Krissy wakes up and talk to her about it. The thing with this place is that it would be less than $600 a month rent and all the utilities are included, we’d just need to pay for cable and a phone.

If we decided to move into that place then I think we’d be able to put money in our Checking and Savings accounts. Right now Krissy doesn’t have a bank account and I have one that I use to pay off credit cards, everything else is through cash, and that’s because I don’t want to use Bank accounts (even though a credit card is a lot worse). I’m just glad that I dont have any of those bad credit bank accounts thaty so many people have. Hopefully I will be able to get out of this hole soon enough to get out of here.

Krissy bought me Zelda the Twilight Princess for the Wii yesterday. The day before, we picked up Monkeyball and a rechargeable battery and charger for the XBox 360. Now I can play Halo 3 for 24 hours and not have to worry about batteries.

I’ve been looking at games for the Playstation 3, and the only one I could find that looked cool was Warhawk, but I am not spending $600 for one game, all the other games that will be on the Playstation 3 will also be on the 360, so it really isn’t worth it. I just wish Warhawk would make its appearance on the 360.

We want to move. The only problem is that we need a loan, and my credit is less than satisfactory. I’ve been paying back my other Loans very slowly. I’ve gone from $2500 down to just above $1800 in the last few months. That’s good considering that I’ve had them since I was in high school. We don’t own a house, so it isn’t like we could Refinance it. We don’t want to be losing money in an apartment, although I think we’d end up saving money in the long run if the utilities were paid for. It would be perfect if we could actually find an affordable house, but the cheapest ones we’ve found were in Ohio and they were still up in the $50,000 range so we would need a Mortgage Loan. Krissy never was to Ohio, so we might be planning a trip there soon, maybe we could find some place to live while we’re there.

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There is a version just for you. It adds the character count to the write pages page and the write posts page both on the side bar. You can get it here.

This WordPress plugin will to count the visible characters in your post (including the spaces). After you unzip it, upload the plugin to your plugins directory and activate it. When you wish to count a character, just hit Count Characters, that’s all there is to it.

Note: If you are worried about it interfering with the Leprakhaun’s Word Count plugin, don’t. Both plugins work together or separate.

You can download it here.