| the new year |
[Jan. 15th, 2007|01:35 pm] |
Well it is 2007 now (I just realized it) and I feel that I am going to try to become a new person this year.
It looks like my three month contract in minneapolis is now a X month contract. This damn insurance company here has endless problems. Unfortunatly I keep thinking of things to sell them to fix these problems, so they are going to want me to stick around for as long as I can. Ive been offered other gigs, but I think that I am bound to this company for a while for ethical reasons. I'm hoping to start up my own company to take over some of the projects here, that is one of my primary goals for this year. It turns out that the most difficult thing when starting a company is finding employees.
I am buying a kayak, an tent, and a bunch of camping gear and I am going to start enjoying the outdoors on the weekends as much as I can. Instead of dropping $300-600 dollars a week on bar tabs, I am going to use that money fund outdoor adventures in the mountains or at sea.
This year I will learn german (I know the basics, I just need to finish it) and learn two more programming languages. I ended 2006 with a strong start on recreating myself. I got a new car, glasses, laptop, blackberry, suitcase/briefcase, clothes, title at work, etc. These things (along with the help of some outdoor gear) will drive who I will become this year. I am going to start eating healthier and getting more exercise too (the basic new years resolution crap).
This year I intend on traveling more too. I have so many free flights and free hotel stays from traveling every week for the last 7 months or so that I could travel to all kinds of places for free. I am going to take advantage of that this year.
Now I am off to work.
Happy marting luther king day everybody! |
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| election day blues |
[Nov. 8th, 2006|09:41 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | hotel | ] |
**Disclaimer: this is not an anti __________ rant, this is just what is on my mind as far as politics go at the moment....
Fuck Democrats.
Fuck Republicans.
Sharks and Lizards are better.
Some election after thoughts:
Well everyone, you got what you asked for. Republicans will no longer be in charge of the country. Although over the years republicans have made a lot of mistakes, I still think that the country was better under their control than it will be under the care of the democrats. Both parties have shitty ideas. Both parties are assholes. The thing that makes me lean towards the republicans is their attention and respect toward the economy and their respect for the basic ideas this country was founded on. They have some outdated ideas when it comes to social issues viz. abortion, but exercising their views on such topics was kept in check by the strong liberal presence in the country. Republicans have their some idiosyncratic beliefs, but over all the country did pretty well in my opinion over their reign.
Now that the Democrats are in power I think that everyone should prepare for what will come next:
The dow is has risen above 12,000, this is an amazing feat for the index. Liberals have always been an opponent of "big business". I know all my friends hate "big business", but like it or not we need it to sustain the lifestyle we are accustomed to. I do not expect this bullish market to maintain Its upward trend for much longer after investors' fears are factored into market prices. This collapse of this booming market will directly impact consumers and business owners (small and large), as will increased taxes that will be implemented to try to fund existing and new failed social programs (including public education).
The amount of federal money a school receives does not directly affect how much a child learns. Liberals tend to disagree, their view is the same as most large insurance companies: If you throw enough money at a problem, it will go away. Problems go away as you throw money at them, but from personal observations I have made in the business world I know the truth. As you throw money at a problem, it just covers it up. Like a wound, if you just cover it up and do not get it treated, it gets infected and then eventually gets to a point where it becomes septic and is completely untreatable. Similar to what our public education system is becoming.
Higher educational standards are what will drive the success of the nations children. Laptops, futuristic chalkboards, pizza hut in the lunch room, new football stadiums and higher paid school administrators will NOT improve the quality of a childs education. The "no child left behind act" will also not work, as we can see with all the teachers that have been caught cheating for students just so the school meets federal standards. We need to just keep failing students until they are able to meet the requirements to go to the next grade.
Bringing our soldiers back home from iraq will be the democrats first major order of business. The democrats feel that the same soldiers they hated a year ago are now their best friends and they need to get them home. If we pull forces out now then iraq will be fucked to a point of no return. We pull our forces and the world sees that we dont finish what we accomplish. It will look like clinton is in charge of the country again (like kosovo), and people will respond as such, in the style of the USS Cole attack and the first world trade center bombing.
Sure most of the failings of this new government will go unnoticed by the media, but if you pay attention I suspect that you will see some of the things I have mentioned to become true. I do not plan on proof reading any of this, but I hope that I was able to lay it out in a coherent and flowing manner (aside from the terrible grammar and run-on sentences which I am famous for).
and by the way. I am not happy about Amendment 1 getting passed in SC today. That is a great blow to the constitution and the foundation this country was built on. I sure do wish that voters were not as retarded as they appear to be.
-kevin |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 22nd, 2006|01:03 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | hotel room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | children of bodem | ] |
Snakes on a plane was really good. I got season 1 of House...the best show ever. Columbia was fun last week. I got paid. I bought a khaki sports coat. A 55 year old man tried to fight me at work today. Work is fun. I took some good myspace pics. My cellphone is dumb. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 7th, 2006|12:29 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | hotel room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | dinosaur jr./oaisis | ] |
I got into minneapolis last night at 1:45 CST and didnt get to my hotel until 3. I am getting tired of delayed flights...I dont get why airports cant just send people places on time...a little rain is not going to crash a plane. I found out a few days ago that they are building a lounge in my hotel...so now I will never have to leave the hotel for anything. My alarm didnt go off this morning, so I called my boss and informed him that I would not be in until 1 or so. not this week, but next I am taking off two days and I will be in columbia from thursday - sunday. that saturday I will probably take all of my real friends out to newbrookland for drinks to celebrate me getting my first paycheck..there will be a confirmed announcement of this event on myspace when I figure everything out. .which is taking forever. the movie lady in the water was not scary..the sprinklers were terrifying though....it was interesting though. On the plane there was this fat dork sitting next to me who wouldnt shut up about his travels to europe and japan. I blocked him out with 5 whiskey and waters and channel 67 on XM radio. Last week was shark week on the discovery channel....It was so awesome..there was a special myth busters episode about sharks. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 24th, 2006|07:57 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Hotel Room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | busy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | initial D | ] |
Minneapolis is a dumb place...It flooded today and all of these retarded yankees didnt know how to drive in the rain. After I got off work, me and the other consultants drove around in the flooding streets for an hour looking for a liquor store...we couldnt find one,so we went back to the hotel to ask the guy at the front desk where one was....we now officially have whiskey. (that we charged to IBM as an business expense). I will most likely be flying to columbia every weekend, which sucks because I have to fly into charlotte first and then get to columbia somehow every week. Snakes on a Plane is coming out soon...im excited about it.
I have an interview with an insurance company in philadelphia at some point this week or next week for a 4 month gig working for some indian programmers that are desparate for me to help them out(and are willing to pay out the ass for me). |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 30th, 2006|11:57 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | worrk | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | biggie and bone thugs - notorious thugs | ] |
A conversation between Drew and myself this morning:
Session Start (kevinatavera:Andrew Sheffield): Tue May 30 10:30:47 2006
[10:38] kevinatavera: DREW
[10:38] *** Auto-response from Andrew Sheffield: I am away from my computer right now.
[10:38] Andrew Sheffield: YES
[10:38] kevinatavera: I am only eating tacos for the next two weeks to honor my hispanic heritage
[10:39] Andrew Sheffield: i hoped you were making a documentary about taco bell food
[10:42] kevinatavera: I should....about how if you eat only taco bell for a month then you become: a better athlete, better dancer, lose 15 pounds, stronger, richer, and women find you more attractive
[10:42] Andrew Sheffield: i think that is probably try
[10:43] Andrew Sheffield: true even
[10:58] *** You have been disconnected. Tue May 30 10:58:01 2006.
[10:58] *** "Andrew Sheffield" signed on at Tue May 30 10:58:09 2006.
[11:32] kevinatavera: do you think snakes smoke menthol cigarettes or regular ones?
[11:33] Andrew Sheffield: menthol
[11:33] kevinatavera: Menthol non-filters
[11:33] Andrew Sheffield: do they even exist
[11:34] kevinatavera: I hope so
[11:35] kevinatavera: they are probably illegal
[11:37] kevinatavera: I assume that that is how dr. kevorkion killed old people....he convinced them to smoke a filterless menthol cigarette
[11:37] kevinatavera: captian picard also defeated the borg in a similar manner
[11:39] Andrew Sheffield: thank god you mentioned captian picard, i was having troulble following a sentance that didnt referance science fiction tv shows in some way
[11:39] kevinatavera: yeah...I find it difficult sometimes too
[11:39] kevinatavera: I think a good punishment for sadam hussain would be to make him smoke a filterless menthol cigarette
[11:40] kevinatavera: the punishment would fit the crime
[11:43] Andrew Sheffield: what if he managed to use the stargate as a filter
[11:43] kevinatavera: that would be amazing
[11:43] kevinatavera: we need to invent cigarettes that use mini stargates as filters
[11:44] Andrew Sheffield: it sends all the tar to ra's world
[11:44] kevinatavera: and all the good nicotine goes into your lungs
[11:44] kevinatavera: maybe tar is what that weird element is on ra's world
[11:45] Andrew Sheffield: do you think cigarette tar makes nuclear bombs more powerful
[11:45] kevinatavera: millions of years ago our ancestors smoked millions of cigarettes and used the stargate to filter out the tar
[11:45] kevinatavera: yes
[11:45] kevinatavera: I am sure of it
[11:46] Andrew Sheffield: have you ever watched stargate atlantis?
[11:46] kevinatavera: no....but I really want to
[11:46] kevinatavera: is it good?
[11:46] Andrew Sheffield: i watched 3 episodes yesterday, it was pretty good
[11:46] Andrew Sheffield: it was really conservative, in two of the episodes i watched they tried to bring democracy to alien planets
[11:47] kevinatavera: did they bring christianity too?
[11:47] kevinatavera: I want to lead a crusade to bring christianity to the moon
[11:48] Andrew Sheffield: haha would we fly in a faith powered dirigible
[11:50] kevinatavera: no....you know how every catholic church is supposed to have some of the remains of a saint?....well the dirigible would be steam powered and we would burn the remains of the saints to make steam
[11:51] Andrew Sheffield: and on the return trip we could burn the non-belivers we found on the moon
[11:52] kevinatavera: yes...we would probably be stuck there for a while, until non christian colonist moved there from earth
[11:53] Andrew Sheffield: hmm... then we would shoot down their heathern rockets with shoulder mounted bible launchers
[11:53] kevinatavera: yes....but the bibles would be coated in cigarette tar....to increase their destructive power by 10 fold
[11:53] Andrew Sheffield: of course
[11:53] Andrew Sheffield: well i need to go to work
[11:53] Andrew Sheffield: I will talk to you later
[11:54] kevinatavera: goodbye
[11:54] Andrew Sheffield: peace
Session Close (Andrew Sheffield): Tue May 30 11:54:18 2006 |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 19th, 2006|03:17 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | da office | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  thoughtful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Rush Limbaugh reruns | ] |
Every night I dream about work. ClassCodes, XML extracts, VBA code, and random numbers are all I think about. I've been working 10+ hour days for the last week. They have me on three different projects. Which means that I have three different bosses and multiple laptops to keep track of. And I have three times the amount of work to get done, but I dont have enough time in the week to get everything I would like to get done finished, because I am not allowed to work over 40 hours a week. So I have to tell my different superiors that I cant have different things done when they want them because I have other obligations to other projects I am part of. I've been getting headaches everyday and living off energy drinks. I sit in my uncomfortable office chair and stare at my dual screen computer setup (aside from various meetings I attend) for the entirety of my work day. Lunch breaks have not been in my volcabulary for the last week and will not be for weeks to come. My life is "The Office". I seriously love my job and I am glad I grew up faster than most people do. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 3rd, 2006|11:44 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | here | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | fucking amazing | ] |
| [ | music |
| | on green dolphin street - miles and coltrane | ] |
I decided im an a good mood again....I forgot that I dont get in bad moods. |
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| XsnakesonaplaneX |
[May. 3rd, 2006|11:19 am] |
I confirmed my assumptions that I am a devine being this morning. SO I woke up, still intoxicated, and decided that I should drink some water. I put on my jacket (no shirt of course) to walk out of my room and it felt really heavy. I looked in the pockets and realized that all the pockets were filled with unopened cans of beer (which I proceeded to drink). I realized that I was truely amazing at this point. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 1st, 2006|08:29 pm] |
shitty day + (box of wine + me)/front porch = <3 (and dinosaurs of course) |
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| Snakes on a WHAT??!?>!?!? |
[Apr. 30th, 2006|04:57 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | the crib | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | rattlesnake/lizard | ] |
| [ | music |
| | oaisis - dont look back in anger | ] |
Tonight was pretty sick. I have a new found love for some of Rod Stewart's songs viz. Maggie May....it is so sick.. I decided that Huger St. (the scene portion of it) is a black hole filled with uneventful occurrences. My olde friends dont call me ever, so I only hangout with my new friends now. Lizards are pretty cool. I like genies a lot. I still highly recommend listening to damian marley. Anyone who limits their musical tastes by genres or by what band is cool to listen to in their group of friends is a faggot (or for those of you who are offended by such language....the term douchebag could describe them too)....I am enjoying my life and have no complaints....people need to learn how to enjoy life instead of being miserable and complaining about things and being so fucking negative. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 23rd, 2006|02:36 am] |
So I would highly reccomend to everyone to go to Gervais & Vine at some point in their life (its next to carolina wings in the vista). The wine is extremely over priced and the food is absurdly expensive..its awesome. People went there tonight for Claire's burf-day and it was interesting. Since it is primarily a wine bar, all they have is appitizers, which I believe you are expected to order atleast two of but it is awesome.
I realized today that the acronym for snakes on a plane is SOAP, which was entertaining for about 15 mins.
Contrary to popular belief, dusty is not terrible. I ended up hanging out with him for a majority of the day and he is a decent person. This was my first time hanging out with him when he was sober. He got drunk on my front porch though....then he became kinda terrible.
My friend nick said the funniest thing ive heard in at least a month today: "dude, I would go down on pandora's box".....it was hilarious.
I'm still looking forward to snakes on a plane coming out..and Damian Marley's album Jamrock is still one of the best albums to come out in the bast 5 years. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 21st, 2006|09:50 pm] |
First: Past two days have been the best of this year. A) went to the beach and read alot.then went out B) Floated down the river with people with a cooler filled with beer. As joe walsh would say "life is good".
Second: Damian Marley's album "Jamrock" is so fucking good, even to non-hippies like myself. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 20th, 2006|10:35 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Oasis | ] |
In case you were not aware, today is a day to celebrate two very special occasions: First off, it is April 20th. Otherwise known as 4/20, as in 4:20. Second is that this glorious holiday for weed is also the birthday of Hitler. I speculate that when he was born he would have failed a drug test if one would have been administered. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 19th, 2006|02:03 pm] |
I finally got a subscription to rush limbaugh's website. So now at work I can watch/listen to his daily three hour live video cast on my computer. It is awesome. |
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| Snakes on a motha' fuckin' plane! |
[Apr. 18th, 2006|10:11 am] |
For a while now I have been trying to think of something to write about on here, but have drawn a blank each time.
I'm going to new york for a week during the latter half of May because I can. I'm working on an independent study of turbulance and complex systems to be an asshole. Work is going very well, im waiting on the projects in atl to start up (it takes forever for things to get going in a corporation). Most music bores me now.
SNAKES ON A PLANE starring samuel l. jackson is coming out this year.... www.snakesonablog.com is the best place to get hilarious info about it. The preview for it looks fucking amazing.
Im going to try to cut down the amount of chicken I eat and eat more red meat because of this scientist I read about, here is a quote from a book I read : "He worked two months without pause. His functional day was twenty-two hours.... His diet was strictly coffee. (Even when healthy and at peace, Feignbaum subsisted exclusively on the reddest possible meat, coffee, and red wine. His friends speculated that he must be getting his vitamins from cigarettes.)" This diet sounds like the most conservative diet ever. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 5th, 2006|11:27 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
I went to see Dinosaur Jr. and dead meadow last night in myrtle beach....it was the best show ive been to in a long time. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 10th, 2006|07:16 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  blah | ] |
| [ | music |
| | elliott | ] |
I am apparently an uncle X 2 now...my sister had another kid last night. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 2nd, 2006|06:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | blink 182 | ] |
So I think i might be moving to atlanta for a job. |
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