For your enjoyment, the reason I can't water the lawn with the dogs around
And just cause I been on a juggling kick, Here I am juggling 5 balls
Friday, April 2, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
1000 hits on the blog, 420 pushups
So yesterday I got all kinds of stuff done and it was great. I didn't have to go to work either so I could spend some time cleaning up the house, writing, and studying Japanese. I opened the back up of my 2nd year Japanese book and spent 2 hours memorizing words. I also met Miho-san for an hour so I got a lot of studying done. I also did a hell of a lot of finger push ups - 420 over the course of the day. I even did 40 straight after I passed the 200 mark. I was going for 1000 for the day to celebrate my blog passing 1000 hits but I didn't leave myself enough time. I think I could do it but I need a whole day to myself to get it done. Maybe I'll try to next week. Not today though that's for damn sure. I wasn't sore at all after doing sets of 10 finger push ups most of the day and thought that had I had time I could have hit 1000 easy since I wasn't sore. Today though my chest, arms, and even legs are sore from all the push ups.
Looking forward to taking care of some projects tonight
Looking forward to taking care of some projects tonight
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
This is why golf is the dumbest game on the planet...
As if golf wasn't lame enough check out this yahoo sports news story. After a terrible shot Michelle Wie let her golf club rest on the ground. Apparently this is called grounding and it's illegal because it can help you test the firmness of the ground or break sand up around your ball.
Now I've never had any respect for golf and this story doesn't help. Watch the video and you'll see after Wie's craptacular shot her club comes to rest by her foot. Really? The ref or whatever the hell he's called probably had to nitpick because frankly he didn't have shit to do otherwise. What a stupid sport. Ever watched a real sport? Like hockey or baseball, basketball? I was at a hockey game on St. Patties day and watched a player penalized for beating the crap out of a member of the opposing team. Now that's a reason to be penalized! Resting your golf club on the ground, you got to be kidding me.
In case you hadn't figured it out I absolutely despise golf. You have a bunch of well dressed pretend athletes who despite being some of the best in the world at what they do can't take a shot without the crowd being quiet and have someone else carry their clubs around. They work up a sweat by walking. I remember how my grandparents stayed healthy - they walked too. I wonder if they'd be good at golf.
What's the saddest part of this story is the penalty cost Wie $90,000. Now it's not sad she didn't make as much money. What's really sad is that for there to be so much money in pro golf, that many people have to be watching it on TV. And the fact there are so many people at home wasting all that time just sitting around watching some prepped up loser hit around a little white ball into a tiny hole in the middle of a field of grass instead of doing something that's actually fun or productive is damn near tragic.
The only good thing that has ever come from golf is Happy Gilmore
. Period.
I remain,
Damon
Now I've never had any respect for golf and this story doesn't help. Watch the video and you'll see after Wie's craptacular shot her club comes to rest by her foot. Really? The ref or whatever the hell he's called probably had to nitpick because frankly he didn't have shit to do otherwise. What a stupid sport. Ever watched a real sport? Like hockey or baseball, basketball? I was at a hockey game on St. Patties day and watched a player penalized for beating the crap out of a member of the opposing team. Now that's a reason to be penalized! Resting your golf club on the ground, you got to be kidding me.
In case you hadn't figured it out I absolutely despise golf. You have a bunch of well dressed pretend athletes who despite being some of the best in the world at what they do can't take a shot without the crowd being quiet and have someone else carry their clubs around. They work up a sweat by walking. I remember how my grandparents stayed healthy - they walked too. I wonder if they'd be good at golf.
What's the saddest part of this story is the penalty cost Wie $90,000. Now it's not sad she didn't make as much money. What's really sad is that for there to be so much money in pro golf, that many people have to be watching it on TV. And the fact there are so many people at home wasting all that time just sitting around watching some prepped up loser hit around a little white ball into a tiny hole in the middle of a field of grass instead of doing something that's actually fun or productive is damn near tragic.
The only good thing that has ever come from golf is Happy Gilmore
. Period.I remain,
Damon
Monday, March 29, 2010
The Long Road to Sucess & The Quick Path to Faliure
Yukiyoshi Sagawa is quoted in the book Transparent Power
as saying that even with intense training it takes 20 years before your body is conditioned enough. 20 years is damn long time. You could be doing great for 5 years and quit and it wouldn't be near enough. I'm having a hard time sticking to pushups and moping and it's been a month. Training every day for 20 years, that's 7300 days.
The bar is a similar thing, it'll take 5 years of work to make it worth it. 5 years - 1825 days. Doesn't seem so long when compared to 20 years. But it's still a long time. And a bad day at the bar can end it for good. A minor drinking, some kind of accident, fire, flood, etc could put an end to everything and I'd spend the next ten years digging myself out of debt.
It pisses me off when people expect things for free, as if they deserve for me to spend another day or minute in debt so they can save a buck. The road to success is long and hard and a misstep can erase years of work. Some people just can't appreciate that.
Apparently some gamblers aren't addicted to winning or gambling so much as they're addicting to losing - they are hooked on having their back to the wall and having to fight to stay afloat. I've been a part of a failing business for 3 years - maybe I'm the same way. Maybe it's difficult to work too hard because I can't deal with being ahead. Hope that's not the case.
Today was not a bad day. I cleaned my room, worked and made some money. But I just got by, another day. I need to get more out of each day, I can't get a head just having a normal day. I can't get where I want to be just getting by.
Today was not a bad day. But tomorrow has to be better to succeed. Each day has to be better than the last.
Guess we'll see what happens.
On a more enjoyable note, I'll leave you with a picture of Bulleit. He's apparently crazy
as saying that even with intense training it takes 20 years before your body is conditioned enough. 20 years is damn long time. You could be doing great for 5 years and quit and it wouldn't be near enough. I'm having a hard time sticking to pushups and moping and it's been a month. Training every day for 20 years, that's 7300 days. The bar is a similar thing, it'll take 5 years of work to make it worth it. 5 years - 1825 days. Doesn't seem so long when compared to 20 years. But it's still a long time. And a bad day at the bar can end it for good. A minor drinking, some kind of accident, fire, flood, etc could put an end to everything and I'd spend the next ten years digging myself out of debt.
It pisses me off when people expect things for free, as if they deserve for me to spend another day or minute in debt so they can save a buck. The road to success is long and hard and a misstep can erase years of work. Some people just can't appreciate that.
Apparently some gamblers aren't addicted to winning or gambling so much as they're addicting to losing - they are hooked on having their back to the wall and having to fight to stay afloat. I've been a part of a failing business for 3 years - maybe I'm the same way. Maybe it's difficult to work too hard because I can't deal with being ahead. Hope that's not the case.
Today was not a bad day. I cleaned my room, worked and made some money. But I just got by, another day. I need to get more out of each day, I can't get a head just having a normal day. I can't get where I want to be just getting by.
Today was not a bad day. But tomorrow has to be better to succeed. Each day has to be better than the last.
Guess we'll see what happens.
On a more enjoyable note, I'll leave you with a picture of Bulleit. He's apparently crazy
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Stupid Older Guys and Younger Smarter Girls Make Better Relationships
Found this video on yahoo or msn news. Apparently the ideal wife is 5 years younger and 27% smarter. This actually makes a lot of sense. Women for the most part are smarter and the only thing that keep us men ahead is our life experience and massively powerful upper body strength. Therefore it's in our best interest as men to find younger women who don't know any better. For example, today is my girlfriend's 22nd birthday(I'm 26). Had we met when we were both 24-25 she'd know she was way too good looking and intelligent for me. Over the past two years I've been able to slowly been able to stunt her emotion maturation to the point where she believes it's acceptable for a 26yr old male to sleep in till noon most days, Monday night is a great night to drink, having custom built 36 pound mops is cool, and my obsession with her breasts is very, very normal.
She will of course someday realize that she is (at least) 27% smarter than me but by then I'm hoping I'll have knocked her up, she'll realize she's stuck with me and we'll live happily ever after. She'll balance the check book and invest our money because she knows its better to buy stock than a PS3 and I'll move heavy stuff because of my massive superior upper body strength. A natural arrangment as God intended it..
This is what she puts up with...
In other news, I've discovered I can save the bar a $1000 a year by buying my limes and lemons from Sam's Club. $1000 in limes, thats a lot of cash! Going to see what other cost I cut next week both at the bar and in my personal life. Also hopefully starting a new project next week, more news soon.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Power Of The Mop!
I had my laptop at work this afternoon and while I was taking care of various things I watched Big Man Japan:
Freakin' weird man. Fun sometimes but very strange. I know the effects were poorly done on purpose but I haven't seen any movie from Japan that had what we would consider "good" stateside.
I've got class to teach and work.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
So much done, so much more to go
Looking back on the last two days I've got a lot done. I got inventory done, called in orders, took care of a wire transfer, updated show details for a few shows I booked, few other business things I been meaning to get done, took my dog to the pet store and had his anal glands expressed (Yep you needed to know), and took Old Town Jerry to the hospital for an appointment. Still a lot to do this week but I feel like I got a lot done.
Still way too much to do this week. But if I can keep this pace up I can be caught up and then some by next week. I wouldn't know what to do with myself it if that happened.
My girlfriend found a picture of me on the CSU rec center website from out jujitsu class in 2003. It's bit crazy it's been 7 years since I started. That was a long time ago. My girlfriend was 14 my first year of college. I'm robbing the craddle! Or as she put it she's "robbing the grave." As she matures so does her wit and me, slipping into senility am unable to respond quickly! 26 and I'm over the hill, maybe it makes sense I'm trying to retire by 30.
Speaking of which I took my sales sheet I use to track all my sales and expenses for Hodi's and modified it for home use. From now on I'll start to use it to track how much money I make and how I spend it. Hopefully it'll be helpful in reducing spending.
Well off to mop/workout, then Japanese, and finally work.
Jujitsu started at CSU last night, class went well, although it was small. Here's a pic of me about to be thrown by Banks Sensei few years ago
Still way too much to do this week. But if I can keep this pace up I can be caught up and then some by next week. I wouldn't know what to do with myself it if that happened.
My girlfriend found a picture of me on the CSU rec center website from out jujitsu class in 2003. It's bit crazy it's been 7 years since I started. That was a long time ago. My girlfriend was 14 my first year of college. I'm robbing the craddle! Or as she put it she's "robbing the grave." As she matures so does her wit and me, slipping into senility am unable to respond quickly! 26 and I'm over the hill, maybe it makes sense I'm trying to retire by 30.
Speaking of which I took my sales sheet I use to track all my sales and expenses for Hodi's and modified it for home use. From now on I'll start to use it to track how much money I make and how I spend it. Hopefully it'll be helpful in reducing spending.
Well off to mop/workout, then Japanese, and finally work.
Jujitsu started at CSU last night, class went well, although it was small. Here's a pic of me about to be thrown by Banks Sensei few years ago
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Still Decent But...
Good Show tonight, had few local hip hop acts. The headliners ended up canceling though, they had a head on collision on the way to the show. Thankfully they were ok. Still a decent show, decent turnout but never fun having a band unable to make it.
The weather wasn't terrible but visibility was very bad and it snowed most of the day. I picked Becca up from the airport and while the roads weren't slippery it still wasn't pleasant driving to and from the airport.
Nothing quite says spring like a snow storm. That's Colorado for you though, It always snows spring break week or around it. I remember freshmen year coming back from spring break and having 3 days of school canceled because Fort Collins got hit with the worst snow storm in 75 years. It was pretty cool we built a 13 foot all snow structure that I thought resembled some kind of rocket ship. Some perverted RA thought it looked like something else and had us knock it down. Some people...
Working at a bar is relatively easy and many times a hell of a lot of fun. However the hours and stress can be very tough on both mind and body. Staying healthy, getting good sleep, and managing stress are very difficult. The lack of good sleep really makes the other two things much harder. I find that my temper is shorter, I'm bit more emotional (although I think I do a good job of not showing it), more irritable, and very clumsy (which can be a sign of sleep deprivation). I'm hoping if I can avoid eating and exercise before bed and do some light reading I'll sleep better. I noticed when I quit drinking alcohol energy drinks, and soda for that week I slept a lot better too for a bit.
Given my rather lofty goals I need to be functioning at peak efficiency. I'll have to improve my sleep habits if I'm going to get anywhere.
Tomorrow is another day and sometimes thats a bit depressing.
Sure I'll feel better after some sleep.
The weather wasn't terrible but visibility was very bad and it snowed most of the day. I picked Becca up from the airport and while the roads weren't slippery it still wasn't pleasant driving to and from the airport.
Nothing quite says spring like a snow storm. That's Colorado for you though, It always snows spring break week or around it. I remember freshmen year coming back from spring break and having 3 days of school canceled because Fort Collins got hit with the worst snow storm in 75 years. It was pretty cool we built a 13 foot all snow structure that I thought resembled some kind of rocket ship. Some perverted RA thought it looked like something else and had us knock it down. Some people...
Working at a bar is relatively easy and many times a hell of a lot of fun. However the hours and stress can be very tough on both mind and body. Staying healthy, getting good sleep, and managing stress are very difficult. The lack of good sleep really makes the other two things much harder. I find that my temper is shorter, I'm bit more emotional (although I think I do a good job of not showing it), more irritable, and very clumsy (which can be a sign of sleep deprivation). I'm hoping if I can avoid eating and exercise before bed and do some light reading I'll sleep better. I noticed when I quit drinking alcohol energy drinks, and soda for that week I slept a lot better too for a bit.
Given my rather lofty goals I need to be functioning at peak efficiency. I'll have to improve my sleep habits if I'm going to get anywhere.
Tomorrow is another day and sometimes thats a bit depressing.
Sure I'll feel better after some sleep.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
You can tell you're in Boulder when...
Oh dear God, The Power of Crystals Compels Us. A story today from dailycamera.com reports that police were called to an apartment complex after a resident had a suspicious package delivered to him. The resident not knowing what the hell it was threw it in the dumpster and called the cops. After "disarming" the box with a water disruption charge the police discovered crystals with electronics embedded in them. The energy crystals as they're called are meant to energize the user, in this case the guy who lived one apartment over.
This just goes to show you what fake hippie posers live in Boulder. Embedding man made electronics in crystals? Come on, anyone who knows anything about crystals know that the power of a naturally occurring crytal is infinitely more powerful than anything man made. That's like putting a firecracker on a atomic bomb. Did you hear a pop when it went off? I think not.
The police spokesperson called the package "harmless". No shit, a bunch of soiled crystals aren't only harmless, they're worthless. I bet that misguided hippie who ordered them goes to CU, probably even graduated from one of their science programs and is going to grad school to get his masters in bullshit.
This ladies and Gentlemen, is why I live in Fort Collins.
I remain
This just goes to show you what fake hippie posers live in Boulder. Embedding man made electronics in crystals? Come on, anyone who knows anything about crystals know that the power of a naturally occurring crytal is infinitely more powerful than anything man made. That's like putting a firecracker on a atomic bomb. Did you hear a pop when it went off? I think not.
The police spokesperson called the package "harmless". No shit, a bunch of soiled crystals aren't only harmless, they're worthless. I bet that misguided hippie who ordered them goes to CU, probably even graduated from one of their science programs and is going to grad school to get his masters in bullshit.
This ladies and Gentlemen, is why I live in Fort Collins.
I remain
Day after St. Patties I should be hung over right?
Had a good St. Patties day. Buddy was able to score some free tickets to the Av's game in Denver. Tickets got us parking and and food too, I got some nice friends.
The tickets were free, and I was able to grab a beer and hot dog for free too. But I still broke a few of my rules.I bought some drinks, some whiskey and cokes so had soda. I did not break my rule of diet soda and liquor though. Pretty lame though, I came up with all this stuff I was going to do and then didn't follow through, got to start over. Today and from now on I guess.
Too much to do, not enough time to do it...But I feel optimistic today. And for all the rules I broke last night, it was a damn good time.
The tickets were free, and I was able to grab a beer and hot dog for free too. But I still broke a few of my rules.I bought some drinks, some whiskey and cokes so had soda. I did not break my rule of diet soda and liquor though. Pretty lame though, I came up with all this stuff I was going to do and then didn't follow through, got to start over. Today and from now on I guess.
Too much to do, not enough time to do it...But I feel optimistic today. And for all the rules I broke last night, it was a damn good time.
Today is another chance to get it right.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Just a Test
Just a test, playing with one of my side projects. Maybe I'll be able to do something with it.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Amorous Adventures of Ashida Kim and my Super Sexy Adventure
I don't always know what to blog about. It can't always be about how I'm going to save a little cash or mopping floors which makes it challenging to blog everyday. Every once and awhile though something falls in your lap and you have to share it with the world. A special thanks to Keith, how you found this I don't know but I could write about it for weeks. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you
I'll start training tomorrow for my fight with Ashida Kim. Or sleep in, who knows...
I remain,
Damon
From to DojoPress.com:
"The Amorous Adventures of Ashida Kim is the chronicle of his fifth trip to Africa in the service of Yudansha International as an intelligence operative. His "cover story" at that time was being a "bouncer in a brothel." These are the tales of the ladies he met and helped during that turbulent period, that provide a glimpse into how the "real" world works, behind the scenes, inside the secret meetings, and how real warriors behave, regardless of the venue of their employment. As a first person narrative, it also provides a certain degree of insight into the mind of martial arts master and soldier of fortune- Ashida Kim. Rumor had it at one time that this property would be the screenplay for a soon to be released motion picture. Those plans did not materialize because of political considerations. The script, however, is still available."
Yep, apparently this is a true story. According to Phil Elmore who actually read the book and reviewed it here, the story involves Ashida Kim being sent by ninja masters to South Africa to work as a bouncer at a brothel and if he can save the day he'll be allow to go take care of some other Ninja who went to Africa and opened a whore house instead of a karate dojo. The usual ninja thing, you know pupil breaks from clan and opens whore house so the ninja clan sends the closest thing to Patrick Swayze they have to a different whore house to kick some ass and make some sweet love to some misguided prostitutes with daddy issues. It's such a shame that "political considerations" kept this from becoming a movie. Who wouldn't want to watch suave Ashida and some lovely hooker "...wrapped in the throws of passion, driving, thrusting deeper and harder than before, reaping the complete joy of our union..."
Dear God what is wrong with this man? This is beyond bad. Not the enjoyable Showdown in Little Tokyo bad, I'm talking really, really, really bad. Not even Dolph Lundgren could save this book.
There is hope though. Despite stating that "I am forbidden by law and convention from engaging in personal combat, since my hands and feet are considered lethal weapons," Ashida Kim is more then willing to accept a challenge and "...embarrass you in front of all your friends." You just need to front $10,000. And play by his rules. Oh and you can't win $10,000 from him although he'll let you have a cut of the door since you'll be fighting at some kind of event center and it'll cost money to watch the fight. Maybe I should start trying to raise money to fight Ashida Kim. I can write a book to raise money. The cover will probably look something like this:
It'll be Super Sexy
For the complete review of this book go here
If for whatever terrible reason you want to buy it go here
For some other opinions on Ashida Kim go here or for a less serious take go here. The last link has a fun video of Ashida trying to levitate. Seriously he lifts his legs up and has a guy with a hula hoop try to show that he indeed is floating.
I'll start training tomorrow for my fight with Ashida Kim. Or sleep in, who knows...
I remain,
Damon
Lonely Night
Dropped the woman off at the airport yesterday, wish she were still here. Would rather fall asleep next to her then 4 dogs, one of whom (Tasha!) has terrible gas. I swear she's got a stash of dead squirrels she nibbles on in the back yard and then comes and farts it all over me.
On a much more pleasant note, I deposited all my jar money in my bank account and transferred it to my PayPal money market account. The interest rate right now is 5%. Between the $420 from my 6 bags and $216 from my jar I deposited $636 in my PayPal account.
Still along ways to go. I decided that I won't eat out or order food anymore except on Monday when Becca(The Woman) and I go out for .89 cent margaritas and chips and dip at Casa's. Plenty of times at work I'll order a pizza or whatever instead of bringing in lunch or eating before I go to work. I bet I can save on average $20 a week, so $80 a month, or $960 a year. Tomorrow I'm going to cancel my Block Buster plan too. It's $20 a month and I can sign up for Netflix, get 10 free days and pay $8.99 a month and watch an unlimited amount movies online and have one movie out a time which works because I'm usually too busy to watch more than a movie or two a week. I'll save $10 a month so $120 a year.
So between the Netflix deal, and if I can stick to no eating out and no lotto tickets I should save around $1500 a year. It's a start...
The dream jar (well dream paypal account) has $216 in it. Only $9,999,784.00 left.
On a much more pleasant note, I deposited all my jar money in my bank account and transferred it to my PayPal money market account. The interest rate right now is 5%. Between the $420 from my 6 bags and $216 from my jar I deposited $636 in my PayPal account.
Still along ways to go. I decided that I won't eat out or order food anymore except on Monday when Becca(The Woman) and I go out for .89 cent margaritas and chips and dip at Casa's. Plenty of times at work I'll order a pizza or whatever instead of bringing in lunch or eating before I go to work. I bet I can save on average $20 a week, so $80 a month, or $960 a year. Tomorrow I'm going to cancel my Block Buster plan too. It's $20 a month and I can sign up for Netflix, get 10 free days and pay $8.99 a month and watch an unlimited amount movies online and have one movie out a time which works because I'm usually too busy to watch more than a movie or two a week. I'll save $10 a month so $120 a year.
So between the Netflix deal, and if I can stick to no eating out and no lotto tickets I should save around $1500 a year. It's a start...
The dream jar (well dream paypal account) has $216 in it. Only $9,999,784.00 left.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Dreams of fake I.D's and do little weiner dogs taste like hot dogs?
I slept in till 2 today, how terrible is that? I think I'm getting sick though, so all that sleep was probably good for me. Emo Steve show tonight, should be quick easy night. I love Emo Steve, someday he'll be 21 and we can quit serving him shots of cranberry juice. Mmmm...cranberry
I had a dream about pulling a fake I.D. this morning. I put a uv light to it and also googled it to double check if it was real. It wasn't. How sad am I?
My girlfriend and her roommate left me their dogs for spring break. I've got 4 of them running around the house.
Money saving tip #2, eat the dog that barks the most...jk I love Copper
I had a dream about pulling a fake I.D. this morning. I put a uv light to it and also googled it to double check if it was real. It wasn't. How sad am I?
My girlfriend and her roommate left me their dogs for spring break. I've got 4 of them running around the house.
Money saving tip #2, eat the dog that barks the most...jk I love Copper
I'll bet he taste like a little hot dog.
Diet Coke and Whiskey?
It's definitely spring break in Fort Collins. The town was slow and Hodi's was no exception. I sat behind the bar bored and trying to stay awake for most of the night. For some reason there did seem to be a fair amount of larger girls walking around Old Town, as if half the people who decided to go out tonight were girls who didn't want to go anywhere for spring break where they'd risk being seen in swimsuits.
Maybe that was a bit mean. I'm sure they all have wonderful personalities.
Some asshole tipped $4 on a $42 tab. Most of those drinks were $3 well singles too, so I served him a fair amount of drinks, a lot of whiskey and diet cokes. What self respecting man mixes diet soda with boozes? Is he watching his figure? It's almost as bad as guys who order cosmos or wear scarves (Disclaimer: After much debate the Hodi's staff has decided that it's ok for guys to wear scarves so long as the temperature is under 0 degrees Fahrenheit). Hope that douche bag had to walk home with a cold neck and wakes up tomorrow feeling fat.
So I mentioned in last post that I'd blog about what I was doing to save money. After not winning the power ball I've decided that first thing I can do to start saving money is to quit buying $10 of lotto tickets a week. It'd be nice to win but it's probably not gonna happen and I'd like to earn my fortune anyway. At $10 a week thats $40 a month in saving and $480 a year.
More saving and plotting to come but it's late so I'll go with decision number one, no more lotto tickets.
The dream jar has $131.47 I've decided I should retire at 30 with $10,000,000. Only $9,999,868.53 left to go.
Game on.
Maybe that was a bit mean. I'm sure they all have wonderful personalities.
Some asshole tipped $4 on a $42 tab. Most of those drinks were $3 well singles too, so I served him a fair amount of drinks, a lot of whiskey and diet cokes. What self respecting man mixes diet soda with boozes? Is he watching his figure? It's almost as bad as guys who order cosmos or wear scarves (Disclaimer: After much debate the Hodi's staff has decided that it's ok for guys to wear scarves so long as the temperature is under 0 degrees Fahrenheit). Hope that douche bag had to walk home with a cold neck and wakes up tomorrow feeling fat.
So I mentioned in last post that I'd blog about what I was doing to save money. After not winning the power ball I've decided that first thing I can do to start saving money is to quit buying $10 of lotto tickets a week. It'd be nice to win but it's probably not gonna happen and I'd like to earn my fortune anyway. At $10 a week thats $40 a month in saving and $480 a year.
More saving and plotting to come but it's late so I'll go with decision number one, no more lotto tickets.
The dream jar has $131.47 I've decided I should retire at 30 with $10,000,000. Only $9,999,868.53 left to go.
Game on.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The Plan
I've have a fairly productive first 2 months of 2010. I saved the bar (for now), changed the way things were run to help us get back on our feet, started studying Japanese again, and I'm working out too.
While this a nice start, it doesn't really help me make the millions I'm going to need to accomplish my goal of retiring in 4 years to a custom built house on a beach in warm climate. So what the hell do I need to do to get where I want to be?
Most things in life at their core are very simple. A computer program is a great example, as complicated as it looks when you break it down, it's all 1's and 0's. On and off, do or don't. The process of understanding a situation or problem is hard sometimes. But the actual essences of most things are very simple.
My situation is no different. I got things I want to do but I don't have the money or resources. So how do I get what I want. I don't make enough at the bar to do the things I want to do so I need another source of income. I've got a number of small side projects I work on from time to time but to really make them happen I'll need some more time and money.
So first thing first, I need to save as much money as I possibly can. I've started to with a jar that I throw ten bucks in after every bar shift. The money was going to be for a trip to Japan but I think it'll be a dream jar. I should be able to save $150 a month on average in the jar. That's $1800 a year, which after every month will be put in my bank account and then transferred to my paypal money market account. It's a nice start and it'll help fund some side projects that should pay off but it's not quite enough. I'm going to have to start saving a hell of a lot more. I'll detail how I'm going to do that starting Monday in my next blog post.
Time is something else I'm bit short on. I need to be very efficient with everything I do so that I have more time to put toward my side projects. That means getting the bar running better so I don't have to be there quite as much. It also means living my a very strict routine. More and more I'll post to update on how that's going.
As for making more money, I'll detail how I'm going to do that just as soon as I've been able to get a routine down and save bit more. Need to clean house and get everything in order before I move forward.
Lots to do. Wish I had more details but will provide shortly. Not the greatest week at the bar and it'll be tough the next few weeks till April. I think we'll do alright but we have to learn to promote better. I've always believed that no week or month or time of year has to be bad. We just have to be better about reaching out to people and let them know what we got going on. Tough business, but I'm a bit masochistic so I guess it works.
While this a nice start, it doesn't really help me make the millions I'm going to need to accomplish my goal of retiring in 4 years to a custom built house on a beach in warm climate. So what the hell do I need to do to get where I want to be?
Most things in life at their core are very simple. A computer program is a great example, as complicated as it looks when you break it down, it's all 1's and 0's. On and off, do or don't. The process of understanding a situation or problem is hard sometimes. But the actual essences of most things are very simple.
My situation is no different. I got things I want to do but I don't have the money or resources. So how do I get what I want. I don't make enough at the bar to do the things I want to do so I need another source of income. I've got a number of small side projects I work on from time to time but to really make them happen I'll need some more time and money.
So first thing first, I need to save as much money as I possibly can. I've started to with a jar that I throw ten bucks in after every bar shift. The money was going to be for a trip to Japan but I think it'll be a dream jar. I should be able to save $150 a month on average in the jar. That's $1800 a year, which after every month will be put in my bank account and then transferred to my paypal money market account. It's a nice start and it'll help fund some side projects that should pay off but it's not quite enough. I'm going to have to start saving a hell of a lot more. I'll detail how I'm going to do that starting Monday in my next blog post.
Time is something else I'm bit short on. I need to be very efficient with everything I do so that I have more time to put toward my side projects. That means getting the bar running better so I don't have to be there quite as much. It also means living my a very strict routine. More and more I'll post to update on how that's going.
As for making more money, I'll detail how I'm going to do that just as soon as I've been able to get a routine down and save bit more. Need to clean house and get everything in order before I move forward.
Lots to do. Wish I had more details but will provide shortly. Not the greatest week at the bar and it'll be tough the next few weeks till April. I think we'll do alright but we have to learn to promote better. I've always believed that no week or month or time of year has to be bad. We just have to be better about reaching out to people and let them know what we got going on. Tough business, but I'm a bit masochistic so I guess it works.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wax On, Wax Off
Back when I use to mop the floors at my bar all the time we had one mop that was just a tad bit heavier than the rest. It was a different kind of wood or something like that. I'd use it sometime and think to myself, "I should make a weighted metal mop and use that every night, I'd get in great shape."
Turns out one of my friends is a welder so I talked to him Sunday and last night he delivered the greatest mop in the world. It is the Thor's hammer of mops. Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you
Eat it Ralph Macciho.
Turns out one of my friends is a welder so I talked to him Sunday and last night he delivered the greatest mop in the world. It is the Thor's hammer of mops. Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you
THE IMPOSSIBLE MOP
Please forgive the poor picture quality. I was using the same camera phone I use when I hunt for big foot. But back to the mop! Original it was suppose to be around 25 pounds but the guy cutting the metal made it a foot too big it's a 36 pound steel mop. The mop attachment screws off so I can replace it with a lighter or heavier pole.
Heavy or not, apparently I'm in terrible shape, this thing is a bitch to use and I could barely finish the dance floor today. Should be a bit easier in a few months...I hope.
I'll have some video to post on Youtube demonstrating the correct way to use the Impossible Mop. Someday it'll be an infomercial. It can't be any worse of an idea than this. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who work at or own bars and after a long day of work putting up with drunk patrons would love to take twice as long cleaning their floors.
Or not. But who knows, I remember hearing about this person who sold used plus sized lingerie to transvestites on Ebay. There really is a market for everything, it's just about reaching your customers. With all that said I don't think I'll be selling weighted mops any time soon.
Fear me for between my finger pushups and mopping I will soon be able to crush your heads like grapes.
Eat it Ralph Macciho.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
I've been in a bad mood today. The kind of mood where I want to wring someone's neck till they pass out and then start looking around to see if they have any friends around. Just had a few things set me off today I guess.
Things are getting better though, I did 30 finger push ups straight, which isn't much but I think I could do forty if I hadn't spread my hands much further apart then usual. Still a far cry from the 100 I want to be able to do by April 1st. I should get some help today in getting in shape from my buddy who has been preparing a special unique fitness tool for me. I should have video in the next day of two of this magical device that will set the fitness world abuzz. We're talking bigger then Bo Flex. Well maybe not that big, but at least bigger than this:
I don't think however, that anything can compete with this:
Wow I feel better already. I been having a hard time coming up with a birthday present for the lady too. What a great birthday birthday moment, "Happy Birthday baby, I got you a piece of exercise equipment to make your boobs even perkier!" When her parents call she can tell them all about it too. I think the secret of gift giving is to get something that you can enjoy too. That's why I make her chocolate cake every year
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Space Falls in a Hole in Time...
The 2nd stall in the Hodi's girl's bathroom. Someone's mom must be proud.
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