Hey everyone,
Hope everyone has been doing well for those who read this. Well, things on my end have taken a bit of a interesting turn yet again, well, health wise for me. The stomach condition that I've now lived with for the last two years (or longer considering how long they believe it went unresolved or noticed.) Well, it's decided that making itself known on a very high level at the moment is a good idea. With it I have flare-ups, which basically take me out doing anything and limit me to bed rest and sleep along with what I can eat. At this point, I've figured the current flare-up has been happening for the last two weeks or so, this being the first one I've had in about three months, so things have been interesting. Adding to what's the key trigger for the flare-ups (stress), I'm currently in the middle of a move to my fiance's apartment for the next month or so. After that we have a month of not really exactly knowing where we're going to be living, until our apartment is ready in late August. Hence, future updates from here on out in the next few weeks may be even more random than they currently are.
Anyway, it's almost 4 am here in Radford, and I actually have a job interview later today (wish me luck!) at a Temp. Agency while also waiting to hear back from two jobs I interviewed for last week, so we'll see. Keeping my fingers crossed is all I can really do at this point.
Alright well, off to try and get a little bit of sleep I guess, hopefully my stomach can settle down for at least an hour or so.
Night all!
Josh
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
So far with the Gaming Bracket
Greetings everyone this fine very late evening/early morning!
First of all, hope everyone is doing rather well. I'm okay all things considered. I've had two job interviews this week and now it's just a waiting game hoping to hear back from them or the other jobs I've applied for. Along with all of that, just packing and prepping to move next week. (On a side note to that, I'll let everyone know how trying to fit a 50inch flat screen tv into a 1992 Nissan Sentra works out.)
Moving on, it seems that the Gaming Bracket may have hit a bit of a snag, due to the fact that when I grouped the different games together I used a program I quickly threw together to seed them against each other for both the Modern and Classic divisions. This has caused a bit of confusion where certain games such as Starcraft and Madden are so vastly different that it's hard to choose for those of us who play both. I'm still trying to work out how I might want to change things up to make this a bit easier on everyone, but feel free to still send in votes. I hope to have the first round completed by next Friday the 29th of June. So please share your thoughts in the comments below on what you think should happen. Remaking the bracket isn't overly hard to do, but isn't something I truly wish to do at this point.
Thanks everyone,
Josh
First of all, hope everyone is doing rather well. I'm okay all things considered. I've had two job interviews this week and now it's just a waiting game hoping to hear back from them or the other jobs I've applied for. Along with all of that, just packing and prepping to move next week. (On a side note to that, I'll let everyone know how trying to fit a 50inch flat screen tv into a 1992 Nissan Sentra works out.)
Moving on, it seems that the Gaming Bracket may have hit a bit of a snag, due to the fact that when I grouped the different games together I used a program I quickly threw together to seed them against each other for both the Modern and Classic divisions. This has caused a bit of confusion where certain games such as Starcraft and Madden are so vastly different that it's hard to choose for those of us who play both. I'm still trying to work out how I might want to change things up to make this a bit easier on everyone, but feel free to still send in votes. I hope to have the first round completed by next Friday the 29th of June. So please share your thoughts in the comments below on what you think should happen. Remaking the bracket isn't overly hard to do, but isn't something I truly wish to do at this point.
Thanks everyone,
Josh
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Video Game Bracket!
Hi Everyone!
First of all, sorry for the time it's taken to finish this, but it's finally done!
Within the Modern side, the four top seeds are: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft, Xenoblade Chronicles & Assassin's Creed: Revelations!
The bottom four seeds are: Zelda: Skyward Sword, Kingdom Hearts 2, Dark Souls, & Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Within the Classic side, the four top seeds are: Star Wars: KOTOR, Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64 & Super Mario Bros. 3.
The bottom four seeds are: Paperboy, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Paper Mario & E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.
The link so that you can view the entire bracket can be found here at the bottom of the post. I'll give it two weeks before I end the first round of voting and you can vote either on here in the comments or shoot me an e-mail, Twitter or Facebook.
Thanks everyone and hope you enjoy the choices!
Josh
Video Game Bracket!
First of all, sorry for the time it's taken to finish this, but it's finally done!
Within the Modern side, the four top seeds are: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft, Xenoblade Chronicles & Assassin's Creed: Revelations!
The bottom four seeds are: Zelda: Skyward Sword, Kingdom Hearts 2, Dark Souls, & Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Within the Classic side, the four top seeds are: Star Wars: KOTOR, Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64 & Super Mario Bros. 3.
The bottom four seeds are: Paperboy, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Paper Mario & E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.
The link so that you can view the entire bracket can be found here at the bottom of the post. I'll give it two weeks before I end the first round of voting and you can vote either on here in the comments or shoot me an e-mail, Twitter or Facebook.
Thanks everyone and hope you enjoy the choices!
Josh
Video Game Bracket!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Yet Another Quick Update
Greetings everyone,
Okay, so long story short, the whole Army Reserves thing both Courtney and I had been planning for me to do has officially hit what could be a fatal road block. Apparently when I was discharged from Ft. Sill, OK, my paper work was given the wrong discharge code and that has caused for the current problem. So all things considered at this point, my only options are to either consider the Army National Guard or possibly the Marines. The last option as well was mentioned that if I could get a Senator to have the discharge code changed, which might be possible.
Anyway, besides all of that now being taken care of and decided, for the moment, at least. I'm starting back on the whole job hunt I had suspended before the Army Reserves Recruiter decided to wait long before hand to apply for a waiver for all this and waste my time and energy doing all of this. Oh well. On the job front, my main thing at the moment is getting healthy so that hopefully I can find a job that's more along the lines of possible law enforcement or what not, but no matter what getting back in shape is a huge goal to accomplish.
Last little update here is something I've been thinking about. Superheros. I've been thinking a lot lately as I continue my work on the Gaming Bracket that some form of Superhero one needs to happen again. The problem is, I don't want to limit the Superheros to those only found in comics, but I think expanding it to those found in novels, movies and tv shows would be interesting as well. Just imagine the battle which could be found between Jean-Luc Picard and Yoda vs Batman and Superman in a team up sort of fight. Thoughts?
'Til next time everyone,
Joshua
Okay, so long story short, the whole Army Reserves thing both Courtney and I had been planning for me to do has officially hit what could be a fatal road block. Apparently when I was discharged from Ft. Sill, OK, my paper work was given the wrong discharge code and that has caused for the current problem. So all things considered at this point, my only options are to either consider the Army National Guard or possibly the Marines. The last option as well was mentioned that if I could get a Senator to have the discharge code changed, which might be possible.
Anyway, besides all of that now being taken care of and decided, for the moment, at least. I'm starting back on the whole job hunt I had suspended before the Army Reserves Recruiter decided to wait long before hand to apply for a waiver for all this and waste my time and energy doing all of this. Oh well. On the job front, my main thing at the moment is getting healthy so that hopefully I can find a job that's more along the lines of possible law enforcement or what not, but no matter what getting back in shape is a huge goal to accomplish.
Last little update here is something I've been thinking about. Superheros. I've been thinking a lot lately as I continue my work on the Gaming Bracket that some form of Superhero one needs to happen again. The problem is, I don't want to limit the Superheros to those only found in comics, but I think expanding it to those found in novels, movies and tv shows would be interesting as well. Just imagine the battle which could be found between Jean-Luc Picard and Yoda vs Batman and Superman in a team up sort of fight. Thoughts?
'Til next time everyone,
Joshua
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Updates...
Greetings everyone,
First of all, I want to apologise for the lack of updates lately. Things have been more than a little bit hectic around here lately, with a lot of changes happening very quickly and plans which we supposed to have been completed and done with long ago flying back and smacking me up side the back of the head for lack of better terms.
To start with my whole school situation has now been resolved in a manner I never had wanted it to be resolved in. Mainly, since I kept having so many different technical issues and being lied to by the Classroom Support (IT Department) about what was causing the issues after doing my own research and talking with others who work in the same field, I was never able to submit any of my class work without something (or one) going back within and deleting the work after I had posted it. Needless to say, I've now filed multiple complaints with pretty much anyone and everyone I can think of to get this issue resolved.
Next, the whole military situation has come up on me a lot sooner than I realized it was going to do so. Currently, I'm just waiting on a waiver to go through for my prior military service and after that, I head up to MEPS (Military Entry Processing Station) where I'll go back through the medical checks and what not before I pick my job, sign my contract and do the first initial swearing in. From there, it's a matter of just getting a few things ready before I leave for Basic and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for the Army Reserves. This of course, comes to my next issue I realized the other day. What job do I go for with the Reserves this time? The last time, I was an 89B or Ammunition Specialist, which while a pretty cool job for the military, isn't something I can easily transfer the skills from to the civilian world. Hopefully, I'll figure it out, but currently I'm leaning more and more towards trying to get a job either as a Paralegal, Carpenter or Medic, all of which would require me to be gone at AIT for a bit longer, though if I were to try the 89B again, the AIT isn't that long and is actually based here in VA now, unlike when I was last in.
Along with all of this, since I now have so much free time on my hands, I've been slowly starting to ween my body off some of the things I won't get at Basic or while I'm doing the whole Army thing, including trying to workout a bit more often. Whew let me tell you, I considered myself in sill kind of decent shape, now? I realize that was a huge mistake after trying to jump back into one of my very old workout routines from when I played soccer in high school. Another part of this, was trying to cut back on soda and drink more water, and wow did that have an effect. Never realized just how addicted to caffeine I was until recently. Seriously, migraines from lack of caffeine suck.
Anyway, that's my partial update for now, I have more news, with having some more progress on that gaming bracket idea I had a while back after having to start over when my laptop crashed and it had the only copy. Plus, since I have so much free time, I've been writing some more again after spending so much of my time reading (though it has mainly been fan-fiction). Alright, well, since its 2 something in the morning on a Sunday, I'm going to get some sleep and will hopefully have another update here soon.
Night all,
Josh
First of all, I want to apologise for the lack of updates lately. Things have been more than a little bit hectic around here lately, with a lot of changes happening very quickly and plans which we supposed to have been completed and done with long ago flying back and smacking me up side the back of the head for lack of better terms.
To start with my whole school situation has now been resolved in a manner I never had wanted it to be resolved in. Mainly, since I kept having so many different technical issues and being lied to by the Classroom Support (IT Department) about what was causing the issues after doing my own research and talking with others who work in the same field, I was never able to submit any of my class work without something (or one) going back within and deleting the work after I had posted it. Needless to say, I've now filed multiple complaints with pretty much anyone and everyone I can think of to get this issue resolved.
Next, the whole military situation has come up on me a lot sooner than I realized it was going to do so. Currently, I'm just waiting on a waiver to go through for my prior military service and after that, I head up to MEPS (Military Entry Processing Station) where I'll go back through the medical checks and what not before I pick my job, sign my contract and do the first initial swearing in. From there, it's a matter of just getting a few things ready before I leave for Basic and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for the Army Reserves. This of course, comes to my next issue I realized the other day. What job do I go for with the Reserves this time? The last time, I was an 89B or Ammunition Specialist, which while a pretty cool job for the military, isn't something I can easily transfer the skills from to the civilian world. Hopefully, I'll figure it out, but currently I'm leaning more and more towards trying to get a job either as a Paralegal, Carpenter or Medic, all of which would require me to be gone at AIT for a bit longer, though if I were to try the 89B again, the AIT isn't that long and is actually based here in VA now, unlike when I was last in.
Along with all of this, since I now have so much free time on my hands, I've been slowly starting to ween my body off some of the things I won't get at Basic or while I'm doing the whole Army thing, including trying to workout a bit more often. Whew let me tell you, I considered myself in sill kind of decent shape, now? I realize that was a huge mistake after trying to jump back into one of my very old workout routines from when I played soccer in high school. Another part of this, was trying to cut back on soda and drink more water, and wow did that have an effect. Never realized just how addicted to caffeine I was until recently. Seriously, migraines from lack of caffeine suck.
Anyway, that's my partial update for now, I have more news, with having some more progress on that gaming bracket idea I had a while back after having to start over when my laptop crashed and it had the only copy. Plus, since I have so much free time, I've been writing some more again after spending so much of my time reading (though it has mainly been fan-fiction). Alright, well, since its 2 something in the morning on a Sunday, I'm going to get some sleep and will hopefully have another update here soon.
Night all,
Josh
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