astrixd

2008-12-29T19:41:00.001-08:00

ok need to blog more but I want to let you know that I am now part of the facebook and myspace peoples if you would like to look for me I will probably check it a little more often than i have been in the past.

reading is fun

2008-09-10T16:13:00.000-07:00

I just spent the weekend in the mountains up by timp. It was an awesome trip I did a little fishing I did some reading. life is good. You know up in the clear mountain air you can see allot more, you can see the milky way, you can see farther in every direction you look, and you can see god staring you rite in the face with the majestic nature around you.

I was reading Isaac Asimov's foundation book that I think is very interesting. Something about a royal galactic empire, kings, and caste systems toppling, a new religion of science and technology being born and each chapter almost being a new generation in that story line is just amazing.

Tag!!!

2008-09-10T15:56:00.000-07:00

Bro tagged me...so here I go...The Rules:
• Link the person who tagged you.
• Mention the rules on your blog.
• Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
• Tag a fellow blogger by linking.
Quirk 1 - I like to eat stale marshmallows when they are hard and dry... hmmmmm sounds good I think I will have one now.
Quirk 2 - I greet each new day with a smile, and I go out of my way to say hi (in cheerful tone) to every one I work with when they come in.
Quirk 3 - I am a pretty calm laid back kind of guy but I like pretty heavy intense music (hard rock, industrial, techno)
Quirk 4 - When I drink from some kinds of cups/mugs I lift my pinkie and it isn't on purpose I just can't stop it.
Quirk 5 - I enjoy hearing about other people and love to listen to things that they have done, but I don't really like to talk about my self a whole lot.
Quirk 6 - I snore
I was tagged by http://www.fundamentallyfamily.blogspot.com/ and I tag drew

Thank you for reminding me to blog =)

2008-08-25T16:33:00.000-07:00

on this not so special day, really a day like many others... well really a day like almost all other work days where I don't have plans after work (doesn't happen often) I am catching up on stuff I haven't been able to blog about in a bit.

Reciprocation is something that I have been working on with a couple people. How I do this one is that I will emotionally respond in a similar way to what the person is doing, i.e. if they are being snooty, I am snooty to them. If they are being condescending, I am returning that sentiment. If they are being kind and loving, I am being kind and loving. I have learned that in most of the cases people really don't like the way that they act... well they really don't like the way that I act when I am reciprocating, but this is a two way street and I am very careful to make sure that I reciprocate the love with a little extra when I can. What started this interesting little experiment is that I was really getting annoyed with how a few of the people I know were treating me and others around them, (I have to admit it was a argh revenge kind of move but it is kinda working) I have kept this up for the most part of about a month, but I would like to hear a little input on wither I should continue the experiment or wither I should stop while I am ahead.
The pro's and con's:
Pro's
most of the time when I start to reciprocate the negative emotional input that I am getting it doesn't last long because they don't like the responses and they move on quick.
it doesn't always feel rite or good but in a way it feels like justice, like they are getting what they give so it should be ok.
when I get to reciprocate love (and I do get that chance often) it feels awesome because it is coming from both directions and it seems to overflow onto others around us.
and the last pro I can think of rite now is that I hope by me doing this the recipient of this act may notice what I am doing and may catch on to how they are behaving so that they can at least be aware of what is going on Evan if they don't want to change it.
Con's
it doesn't always feel rite or good
some times I feel like I am lowering my self to a level where I don't want to be that kind of person and most people that know me, know that I am not that kind of person.
and the last con I can think to write about now is that no matter how much I hope that they will notice what I am doing and be able to decide wither they want to continue behaving that way or not I honestly think that a majority of the time they just think I am being a jerk or just having a bad day.

what do you think let me know.

on to sparky news
for my loving and patient older bro, I have some ballast's (the things you need to get the lights working again) and I can install them we need to set up a time. [you may need different lights for the new ones] they don't make the old ones that you have in your place any more. and I love you man! I miss you guys so I think I will take you up on that offer to stop by any time.

for my sis whom I adore, yo gorgeous it was fun last night dropping by and playing games and stuff with your hubby, tell him thank you! and tell tom and jake Thanks too. have fun you guys and let me know when I get to run off with you to go get some coco.

for my little bro, Dude you rock I love you lots and I will see ya again soon, maby I can run off with you and your wife some time to go see a movie or to dinner.

for every one else, there is a good chance that I love you too and I may or may not miss you quite as much depending on when I last saw you but I always say if you ever need something or if you ever just want to hang out give me a call, if I ain't busy I will be there and we'll have some fun.

I am sparky

2008-06-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

I am sparky hear me fizzle =)

I have now been shocked 4 times once by 120volts, once by I don't know how much but it felt like 277volts, and twice by 277volts for sure. I love my job!
Now I work with some characters and most of them are harmless enough, some times just fun loving and some times just kinda there, there is a new guy that has given me a chance to stop and think about things again just because he likes to talk about lots of crazy stuffs, he likes to make it sound like the world is coming to an end and no one respects any one else and that things are just horrible. I don't really see things his way but I do listen to him and I try and get a feeling for that point of view even if I don't share it. I must say that when you get down to it he is complaining allot about not having things the way that they were or the way that he remembers. I know that life is great and I love life, but I also know that it is going to change and grow as people do and that the quiet little town you live in as a child will grow, I know that where you may have lived in a beautiful big city when you come back 10, 7, heck even 5 years later it may be a little broken down, maybe dirty, maybe even a city... an Dale insite on life "the life of people will change, peoples life's will change, every thing made by people will change like people" now I am not saying that personalty's change allot or fast, and I am not saying that habits change allot or fast, but I am saying that it is a pretty sure bet that part of life will be the necessity to adapt, and work with the changes and the world around you.

now to the fun parts of the blog where I try and tell a story with out a moral.

well maybe I will have to save that for my next blog time for me to be social with RL people.

travel

2008-05-26T00:52:00.000-07:00

it is great that I have traveled allot. Because of my wonderful parents I have seen every state in the US except Main and I plan on doing that before I check out of this world. I have seen many of the state parks and many of the natural wonders that this country has to offer. I have been to Hawaii, Alaska, Florida, Cali, you name it, and have seen battlefields, waterfalls, museums, parks, grand canyon, Yellowstone, half dome, great plains, black hills, rocky mountains, Alaskan trail, Kawaii, volcano's, forests, death valley, dunes, you name it. I have a great respect for the power, beauty, awesomeness of nature. I love this country and I love the great things about this country that I have experienced.
I really hope that the liberties and blessings that we have here will be here for my children and for their children as well,

I do lead a charmed life

2008-05-26T00:28:00.000-07:00

I just went to see another movie and got a group of my friends together to do it. I loved the movie and would love to talk to any one that wants to hear my opinion about it. That is not what this blog is about tho.
After the movie I was talking with the people that came to the movie with me and when they left I got to thinking about what a "charmed" life that I do lead (courticy of a statment that my sister made several days ago). I am surounded by people that I love, intelligent, kind, caring, and really good people. I am blessed and lucky that I have the family, and friends that I have. One of the things that I really like about every one that I know is that I don't really know just one or two types of people, I have gotten to know allot of people and some mix better than others but every one still gets allong well enough that I can bring together several diffrent minds. Most of the friends I don't bring along with the larger groups are still awesome but are just more comfortable with personal interaction. In my charmed life I have had the oprtunity to experience other peoples points of view, see the world the way that they might see it, and get to understand why they feel the way that they do about certain things. I love just learning about the views of others and where they are comming from, I enjoy seeing the cause and reaction that happens in life every day, I see the world in diffrent ways and grow a little every time another thought and another person shows me his point of view tells me his story. I know that every one has their secrets and I don't want to force those from others, but I do like to hear alot of what people might not say under normal circumstances... Yes, I have alot of fun and intresting conversation with others religon, politics, disasters, happiness, grief, silly stuff, ideas, you name it.

wow back again

2008-05-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

I found out that too many of my friends have blogs now and I may need to join in the fun to keep up with every one. so no promises about how long I can keep this up, but here I go again.

well I am back from Carson city. I loved working down there and when it was time to go I was wondering how much I would miss that place and I do a bit but rite before I left I was thinking I don't want to go and as soon as I was 1/2 hour on the road I was like I can't wait to get home. Now that I am back I am so glad to see my family and friends, I really haven't sat at home and had time to just relax for a while and since I have a min now I decided to blog a bit =)

my bro mentioned that he had a blog so I checked it out and I love it. I found some old games that I haven't played for years that are just awesome, and I can keep up with the family a bit more now. hopefully I can keep them informed about what I am up to also.

well other than talking allot of religion and belief's I haven't really done allot of cool stuff since getting home so I am just going to say that I have gone out to eat a few times. I have spent time with allot of the people that I love and I have made the resolve to go back to school soon as I can and to get a lawn mower to satisfy my next door gardner.

jobless

2007-02-13T22:06:00.000-08:00

now that I have no job I don't have a good excuse not to think or to share my thoughts, so I figured that i would blog them a bit.

I have had some inspiration and I am going to give this a try I want to collect peoples thoughts on different subjects, and I want to find out what people are thinking about in general, so I am going to do something crazy like ask them about it. and then with a little luck if I find people that are willing to share things about themselves I may be able to do something with every thing I find out.

tattoo's are cool, I am sitting next to some one that is talking about getting a tattoo and I am excited again about doing art. I think it is kinda cool believing that some one may one day walk around with a piece of my art on them, just walk around not thinking about it not even caring if any one notices just knowing that in the back of there mind they picked it, it is on them, they like it, and they want to share it by just being around other people. I love the idea of tattoos but i am kind cheep and I am a chicken I don't know if I will ever get one.

meet

2006-11-24T00:38:00.000-08:00

I meet people every day and every day I learn grow and because of the people that I meet I enjoy my life, I find that listening to others and learning from what they say gives me a joy that I would like to express to the world.

yesterday I meet a nice guy at lunch with a friend of mine and I start talking to him I notice that he has a tatto that says "Momma's Boy" I told him that I liked it and I asked him where he got it he let me know that he did it himself and that he did it while he was doing time. I talked to him more and later in the conversation he said that people in prison are really smart because they have so much focus time so they can do really intelligent things. I paused to think about that and that is what I learned from today that the time we focus we can create or make great miraculous ond genious things happen.

today was thanksgiving and I got to see my brother and all of his family, I love my family and I am thankful for them, after seeing them I watched a movie called the secret it was a very motivational movie and it went over alot of things I will try and remember I think I will focus on two of them now. The first is this, that with the power of thought we attract things, we make things happen, we create things. that alone isn't that hard to get but it is true for good or bad. Well that second part I just mentioned is the hard part if you focus on getting out of debt, if you focus on what you don't have, what you are mad at, why you are not succussful, then you will attract that to keep happening. and if you focus on joy, happiness, grattitude, you will attract more of that.
the second part that I want to keep in my mind is that we can create with thought, we can correct, we can make any thing happen evean the things that no one thinks is possible we can do them all. and more.