It's alive! Alive I say!!

I've been screwing around with the colours on the site... so far it's looking better than it was. Tossed up a new profile pic for now.

Job situation still the same. Applied.. they will hold the resume for six months.. blah blah...

JJ class on Sat was good... clocked BigBen pretty good, he didn't expect me to come in that quick (and it was a left hook/haymaker too, not my best punch), but he got me as well with an even quicker elbow to my jaw, nothing serious rattled a few teeth, no biggie.

Overall it was a fun day.

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Quote of the Day:

CoderMike: "I've never seen a guy lose in poker with 4 Aces?"
Vx: "What beat him? A full-house?"
CoderMike: "No... another four aces.. .they were wild cards..."

Ok, so then the Ace isn't the highest card in a poker game... it's the players themselves that are the high ones... I'm thinking I could make some major cash then off these guys... lol

Vx Out

Are you excited about what I just heard? No... hmm, it's just me then

You know you are a hard-core gamer, or med-rare gamer when a friend MSN's you out of the blue and says: "You know Ensemble Studio is making Age of Empires III?"

This would be the point in history that you would wipe the drool from your mouth with the back of your hand... get a towel (to clean up the water you just dumped onto the floor)... and go immediately to the Ensemble Studios website (which I'll gratiously post here, http://www.ensemblestudios.com/ )

For those of you that haven't read that far back (and I recommend that you do.. there are times that I can be quite humourous.) I created campaigns for Age of Empires II and the expansion AOEII: Age of Kings.

They were met with acclaim and creatively were some of my best works. I'm especially proud of Alexander the Great: Quest for Glory and my other campaign The Voyager.

Single	396	05/06/00	Charles I Quest	B&D		270k	here	Vertigo Extremist	781	-
Campaign	213	06/18/00	Alexander the Great: Quest for Glory	RPS	6	1956k	here	Vertigo Extremist	7412	4.4 (2)
Chinese	9	02/15/01	The Voyager	Mix	3	759k	here	Vertigo Extremist	746	3.6 (2)
Campaign	4	11/10/99	King Arthur vs William Wallace v4.0	RPS	6	1420k	here	Vertigo Extremist	8594	3.0 (1)

Old campaigns for sure, but truly a good time... If you have this game, or have DL'd it, or a friend has it, give these a shot. You won't be disappointed.

Don't worry about Charles I Quest.. I can't remember what I was doing for that....

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I had JJ class on Wed and was fortunate enough to lead the class in the kata of 27 handmovements. That was truly amazing. The whole class was dedicated to drills on punching, kicking and the other aspects of our style.

Yesterday, I watched a show on Brazillian JJ about the Gracie family in Brazil. There is no such thing as Brazilian JJ. JJ is a Japanese martial art pure and simple. I was told that by my Sensei (paraphrased obviously) and there was one sentence that this annoucer said:

"It was taught to Helio Gracie in the early 1900's by a Japanese JJ master (can't remember his name), and Helio took the style (do to his frail nature) and modified so much that it became Brazillian JJ."

Interesting to say the least.

Vx Out

 

Sorry but my skin seems to be a bit off...

 

If you haven't noticed, I've been fooling with Xangian Skins to get my site to be more to my liking... It isn't working... So pardon the delay...

University review came today. They have my application. Before they can look at it they need my high school transcript... more money for an evaluation fee... and I have to fill out a CO-OP form. Fun stuff.

Top it all off with no job and you've got yourself a great day...

But the good news is, my mage got to lvl 40... props to me! lol

Vx Out

Today is a day that will live in infamy..

Well, I'm not sure if infamy is correctly spelled, got to love the english way of spelling things, it is truly one of the most screwed up languages that I have ever spoken. In fact it's not even an original language.

Go Figure.

No, about a week ago, I applied for University. I just didn't get around to saying so here.  So, now it's a waiting game.

I've also applied to about fifty jobs today alone. Something has to fall my way eventually.

I've also used the word So at the beginning of so many sentences it is almost like I have forgotten to use the English language whatsoever.

Finally, I have set up a Gym appointment (to quote a Dodgeball phrase) 'going to switch it up, shock the abs, legs get the biceps burning...' etc etc.

And it is a sad note to say that fellow Xangian, Minty_78 is closing down her Xanga site... She will be sorely missed for her witty humour and interesting life. Adios mes amie, adios.

Vx Out

Know when to hold them and fold them...

As you all know, I've been out of work for going on three weeks now. Not a big deal, I'm not stressed, but just a bit depressed.

I went into town over the weekend, on Saturday in fact and it was after the funneral that I stopped by CoderMike's house. He of course was playing WOW (no big surprise there.). For the past few weeks he's been trying to get me to go out to the boonies (the other boonies, east of the boonies in which I live) to play Texas Hold 'Em poker...

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Poker. I've played it a few times and I have won and lost chips. But, money on the other hand is a different story. Especially when you don't have a job. CM on the other hand, has a job (albeit a shitty one) but a job nonetheless.

He keeps saying to me:

CM: "Look you always bitch and complain that I never ask you to go out and do things with my friends...(Ya, ok... New Years Eve, and the fact that you go out for sushi and never call me... ) You have to become more social, you know get out and meet people..."

*brief interjection*
Now, I have you know and I'm sure that you've read it here as well that I am in no means a recluse. Hardly. When I do go out, I enjoy the time that I have and try to get into conversations,etc. You ask CM out, it's either (and you can count on these responses, like clockwork): "Too Tired. Nah, I'm programming tonight. That's ok, I don't have any money on me."
*Interjection ended*

Vx: "I appreciate you offering, but Poker just isnt' my thing, especially out in the boonies there..."
CM: "Fine then, don't come to me complaining that I don't ask you to come out."
Vx: "Not a problem. But, I really wanted to see a movie tonight."
CM: "What one?"
Vx: "Ong Bak: Thai Warrior"
CM: "Huh? What's that?"

I show him the site and the trailers..

CM: "Oh, cool... ya we should do that tomorrow. Got to go."

I played a bit on his computer, logged into my WOW account and looked at the times for the movie. I asked his brother if he wanted to go, he didn't. Called up RacerSteve, he was heading down to the Timmy's to see what 'Drama' unfolded there. So I went alone. It was one awesome movie that is for sure! Tony Jaa, is definitely the next Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Truly amazing. It just put my JJ into perspective that if I train hard everyday, to become technically perfect that I could achieve anything.

The Gym is my second obessession... can you guess what the first is?

I replied to an email that one of the JJ students sent me about a possible job lead and asked if he wanted to go to the gym (that and the fact that the WOW was down for server maintenance). Just because it was easier to go with someone and the fact that the 2 hour workout went well. I showed him the 27 hand movements (kata) for JJ and then did a 30 min cardio on the eliptical machine.

The time flew by. I've got to find a workout partner (preferably female) so that time flys by quicker.

Vx Out.

Happy belated Hearts day.

Well, for this overly commercialized day that basically says to single's everywhere in the world: "Sucks to be you" It was a relatively quiet day for me.

Looked for work. Went to the Gym (4500 steps, avg heart rate or 156, Calories burned 350), that was about it.

Slow day to be sure, even got in a few levels of WOW between searching for work and the gym.

Productive day indeed.

Vx Out.

25 and feeling like a kid again...sort of...

They say that you cannot go back to your childhood. Everything was much simplier back then. You got up, ate breakfast played with your tools and did whatever you wanted.  Then you grew up, went to school, lived, laughed and loved life and went on...

But, what-if you didn't have a choice about your childhood and were forced to become independant? To grow up and not really have a childhood. I did. I had too. I mean, being raised in a single-parent family is hard enough, you make due with things that you don't need or couldn't afford and I was fine with that... But, at what point do you or rather are you able to make your own choices? Independance is a hard thing to give up.

I was independant for three years during college and it was the best time of my life.

I'd go to school, study, do my work, play games, pay rent eat what I wanted and enjoyed my life.  Then I graduated, moved in with the folks because I didn't have a job at the time...

Then my independence was slowly taken away... I was asked where I was going, what I was doing on my computer, etc etc... 25 years old and because I don't have a job right now and I'm applying to everything, I am 'forced' with an ultimatum yet again... I do what I am told or I look elsewhere for a place to go, with no incoming income to support myself...

So I'm up shit's creek without a paddle.

There is a funeral that I 'have' to go to, it's a family event... a person died that I did not know personally and I have to show respect to a person that has unfortunately passed on. In my mind I'm not showing respect by offering condolences that are fake. I'm not showing respect but just being there. To me it just does not seem right to be at a person's wake when you did not know that person. To me that is disrespectful to the family that has survived that person.

But, I go anyhow, because of an ultamatum.. Because I have no job.. because I have nothing else to do...

If that sounds calous I truly apologize... But, I'm just speaking the truth.  As men, we can show the 'stiff upper lip' but, this goes against my nature to just be at a place that I know I am not comfortable with.

I've been to too many funnerals in my lifetime... My father's side all passed on due to Diabeties. I went to 7 funnerals in 5 years. These things make everything uncomfortable for me.

The last one was my Uncle Andy. A truly great man that I was truly sad to see go...

My Emotions are all in a mess still and for me that is extremely nerve-racking... It is like because I have had to grow up as quickly as I did, that I am crying over sad situations... On TV last night, I was watching the Wrestlemania 1-9 series... and I don't know why, but I cried when Randy the Macho-man Savage and Miss Elizabeth were married and then when they got back together again...

Am I truly that weird?  What is really happening to me... It's freaking me out that's for sure and this isn't the first time...

VX pondering...

When tossing people about, remember to keep your knees bent and your back straight

JJ class was fun tonight... an hour and a half of hip throws and other varieties as well. I'll see how my knees are tomorrow...

Too tired now...

Vx in and out of pain lol

Remember that girl.. .you know the one that I mentioned about that thing I did a few weeks ago?

Just got an email from Becca today, lunch is going ahead as scheduled, sometime this week or next.  Funny thing is how I thought she wasn't married (must of been my blind ambition or the fact that I was just hoping too much) turns out she was... Go figure, as I always said, the good ones I'm always looking at, are always taken.

But, lunch should still be a good time, catch up on old times, etc.

That is all for now, carry about your lives in whatever fashion you choose...

 

Vx Out

I'm really 25.. but I sound like a teenager... grow up already...

I honestly hate sounding like that on the post yesterday. Really immature on my part, but I am just frustrated with the fact that there are no jobs... University is a few months away... My life (albeit still healthy one) is just a big, timeless mess...

I mean, Dave (my best friend) said it best...

"When you wake up in the morning ask yourself: 'What do I feel like doing today.' not 'What should I do today, or could I do today.'"

And he's right, and I have been...

Tomorrow I'll hit the gym and then goto JJ class... lately my rolls and flips have been sloppy (in my mind...and sensei has pointed that out as well...)

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Quote of the Day:

If anyone has seen Blazing Saddles, this is a perfect line for me:

"Badges? Badges!!! We don't need no stinking badges..."

Oh, wait.. sorry wrong line....

"I'm tired... oh so tired.. "

Vx Out..