Low Tech?

Happy Monday to all you out there in cyberspace.

I am here at work and the one thing that I did today was downgrade my phone. I was using the BB Storm with Verizon, but as much as I love bb's and I was getting used to the storm, it just wasn't doing it for me. I think it was the accelerometer on the storm. I would go to answer the phone, and I would hit the answer button and the screen would just shift to the horizontal view. The other issue is size of the phone. Well maybe it was because I had a clear case covering the phone, but it was still huge in my pocket. It is somewhat heavy. Also, the price for this phone plan was somewhat expensive for me at the time. I have 5 lines on my plan and I need to downsize to 2 lines, one for the phone and the other for the Internet. So this is why I chose to "downgrade" to a regular cell phone. I think I have had my fill of smart phones. But we shall see. I kind of flip-flop between phones but this is a good look for me. Hopefully I can keep this up so I can start saving money for the future. It is about time I realize what is priority and finally deal with it. I need to do this. Low tech? Naw, I'll say perfect for me tech.

Present wrapping

Last night I think we finished buying all our xmas presents. Well, except for one person. After that then I will be done. One thing that I do not enjoy doing is wrapping presents. It is actually the fact that I do not really know how to wrap presents. But with the patience of a doctor, my girl showed me how to wrap. I have not yet used my new found skills to wrap more presents but maybe when I get the last item on my list I will use my skills. Other than that, all is well. It was raining and cold this week, but it looks as if the storm is over. There is snow on top of the mountains and the air is brisk. It does feel a lot like winter! I just wish it felt like xmas. Maybe it is the times now, but money is tight and presents are unfortunately limited. At least I'll get to see my family for that one day. Work is on Friday. No calling in sick. Oh well!

My Weekend 12-13-08

It is Monday, the 15th of December and I am on my 2nd cup of coffee. What is going on you may ask? Well this weekend was pretty cool. Well kind of but its all good. I left happy on Friday after work. I got to my area of the valley in a relatively quick time. I decided to go get a hair cut. I went to my local supercuts and was taken right away. I knew it was not gonna turn out good when I told the lady that I wanted a number 1 fade and she asked me if it was with or without the guard. (side note: a hair cut without a guard is referred to as a Zero) I just said, let me have a zero fade. She said ok and got me ready for my hair cut. She started with the clippers with no guard and went up kind of far up my head. (side note: I am trying to grow my hair out on top) To balance this out she used the other guards to blend into my head but instead of going straight up, she kind of went up and then curved in. She cut some of my bangs and the rest of my hair on top. You should have seen my face. I was kind of upset, but I blame myself for telling her not to go up so far. Any ways, I got to my car, poured water on my head to see if my hair looked that bad. I really couldnt tell. I rushed home, got to my bathroom, and rubbed some gell in to my hair. Since I am growing my hair out my hair is usually flat. When I styled my hair I put my hair straight up and then in a faux hawk. That looked good. Ok I am happy!! I took a shower and finally relaxed after a crazy start to the weekend.

On Sat, was my friends' engagement party in Newport Beach. I left my house early so that I can pick up my girlfriend at her place. There was no traffic so I got there on time. I dropped off my bags in her room and watched some tv as she finished getting ready. Once she was finished we hopped into my car and left. I put the addy correctly into the gps and we were on our way. As we got closer to the place there were a few obstacals. One, I didnt read the gps right so I turned right when I should have went straight. Knowing me, I made a quick left into a structured parking lot as cars were trying to exit. I made a u-turn, didnt want to back up so I curb-jumped unto some grass and made my right turn. That was fun! I guess in Newport there is a group of houses that is built on an island. We crossed the bridge and entered the island per the gps instructions. As soon as we hit the "auto ferry" we knew something was up. Thank goodness for my baby girl. She quickly decifered our way out of that stupid island and back on the right track. We got to our destination without further incident. However, there was valet parking and metered parking. We looked for the valet but there was none. So we found some nice metered parking. Not to bad, it was close enough for us to walk. However, it was only a 2 hour meter. We entered the restaurant and we were one of the first couples there. Once everything got started it was fun. We ate we laughed and I gave a toast. All in all the day over there was great. We then left to go back to my girl's house. She had class in the morning so of course there was homework to be accomplished. We got to her place, she did her work and I watched tv and slept! What a great day!

On Sunday, I pretty much just chilled in her room as she left for class. I got to see her when she came to visit for lunch and then right after her class. We hung out for a while, then got ready to go to Redondo Beach to my other friend's 30th birthday party. It was at her parents' house. It was good eats. I saw her family again, which was nice. We left around 8:30pm and got to my freezing house. We unloaded my car and got ready for bed. Now she is there for this whole week! I have something to look forward to when I get off work.

That was my weekend.


Now...Back to Work..Blah. and Christmas Shopping.

Recycle Thy CDs

Cd Recycling

As I was surfing my usually sites during the day, I came across this site, www.cdrecyclingcenter.com What they do, is recycle all used cds that are in the field. You know all those AOL free cds you can pick up or the install cds from the electronics that you have purchased but dont need any more. Or with the digital age, the cds that you have ripped into MP3s and use those instead of the cds. I figured since I am on my organizational mode again, I would rip my cds to MP3s and recycle those cds. I know for sure I have extra cds from my phones that I have purchased. I dont need them any more. I have other cds that I have copied onto my flash drive so if I do need them, I'll just plug them into my computer. No More need for cds that are taking up space in my drawers.

I think this is a good start to make my Carbon Footprint Smaller!

Have a good day!!
Happy Friday!!


btw, the site I put up has a list of supporters. Look in Cali and you will find my name!! WOOT!!

havent sent any cds yet, but I intend to do so!!

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!

 

Yup I know it is Monday @ 7:31am. I am up early. The reason I am up early is the fact that I started a new job! WOHOO! Technically I started on Oct 20th. So in all actuality this is my 3rd week here. I am working at a company called MDL. This is a medical diagnostic lab. Whenever you get your blood drawn or you pee in a cup, the doctors send the samples to my company. This company then performs all the necessary tests that your doc has requested. My job is to support the 1 and only IT tech person here. We have about 50+ computers that we support. My job is to take all the small things that happen around this office so that my boss can handle all the big jobs that are required of him. I like this job. It is right up my IT field. I am learning a lot with a lot more to learn. I can't wait. My hours are 7a - 4p which are good so that I can go home before the sun sets. I also have a lot more time to do stuff I want to do. Or stuff I need to do. ya know, work out, fix up my room, and get my learn on. I think I will try and start up my Tagalog training again. I bought the Rosetta software a long time ago but haven't picked it up yet.

 

This is where I am @ right now. I left WaMu and now I am working here. I could not be happier. Even though I miss my peeps over at WaMu, this is a better place for me. I am much less stressed out and I even enjoy going to work.

 

OK, I am done for now. I will try and write back sooner.

 

 

 

@work

I am at work just hanging out. I am waiting for the boss man to come to work. I like this job. Its cool and so far the people are nice. And the boss man is a berry user too. Wooot!
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Some Changes

There comes a time in a person's life where change is unavoidable. Today happens to be such a change. This may not be visible to the outside world but those who have read my blog will understand. A while back I branched off from Ryan's 3 R's and created 2 more blogs. I felt that I could divvy up my time and create 3 blogs at the same time. Well my friends, that has not been the case. I found it harder to write 3 blogs at a time and to put real thought into each blog. With that in mind, I have deleted my other 2 blogs and will now be combining them into my 3 R's blog. Joygasim!

I will tag them with the appropriate names so that way each entry can be filtered out.


Coming up on my blog:

Being a Bank Teller.
More Randomness from the Mind of Ryan.

happy 5th of july

Hey all. Hope that everyone had a great 4th. I did. Well mine started on thurs. When darouny graced me with her presence. Man she is such a cool gf. Friday we went to jerrys for lunch. The wenrt to the mall to get her moms watch fitted. After that we went to go watch Hancock then we hopped on over to watch Kung Fu panda. That was good. We then cruised to a nice japanese store and perused their mechendise. Once we were finished we ate dinner and chilled to watck more movies on the movie channel. We saw some fireworks. But none that amazed me.

Today the love of my life left to go home early today. I miss her. Now I'm sitting in the waiting room of supercuts to get my hair cut. 45 min wait. I should have left but its all good. After this madness I'm on my way to the mall to get my girls ring fixed. Hopefully I can get out of supercuts soon. Blah. Anywho have a great rest of the day.

The first of the month

Wow it is July 1st already. Where has the summer and the days gone. I'm sitting in the break room waiting to start work. I normally stay in my car but it was too hot. For those of you who don't know I don't like the heat or being hot. Its a winter baby's thang. Haha.

My weekend was good. I got to see my girl who just came back from japan. Lucky ass. We hung out all weekend it was very special bcause I haven't seen her in a long time.

Ok I'm done. I'm blogging on my bb but my fingers can't take much more. Will post later.

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first post on the curve!

Good morning and happy friday. This is the very first post cominig at ya from the front seat of my car via my brand new curve. I am just getting used to the keyboard but when I am familiar with it I'll be posting like mad! Just wanted to test it out before I have to go to work. I will try and post later.

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This Week....

This week has been somewhat of an up and down one for me as of late, and it is only Wed night!!

Monday: My dad's birthday. Happy Bday day!! Yay! That day I had the day off so I slept in for a little bit. When I did manage to get my self up and grabbed my laundry and finally cleaned them. They are folded and still sitting in the laundry basket in my room! haha.
On a sad note that day, I found out that my dog passed away that morning. So sad. I want to let loose and cry but I just cant. I am just thinking about all the good times we have had with each other. They say it was a heart attack that took her, but in a way I am glad it was now instead of having her suffer. I will miss you and I love you. My dog of many year. When I find the courage I'll go ahead and write down some antidotes about my dog.

Tuesday: My gf came home that night from Hawaii. Even though we didn't talk that evening I was still glad that she was home safe. During the day it was work as usual. Not really wanting to work but somehow I found the drive to do it. I also found out that the Blackberry curve for Verizon went on sale that day! You know I had to pick it up. But none of the stores have it yet. So we shall wait and see. If you dont know, the curve has been on my top 5 list for a while now. That night as I was perusing through the job ads on craigslist, I found one that caught my attention. It was for purchasing position for this merchandising company. Their site is somewhat similar to that of tigerdirects'. Its pretty cool. Hope I get a call back.

Wed: Today. Not much. Just work and coming home from work. Finally got to talk to my girl for about 10 mins. She was on her way to HG as she was talking to me. Hope she has some luck there. As for me, I am just using the time to catch up on the technology and my blog.

Thurs? Friday? Who knows what is in store. I know for a fact Friday we are going to dinner for my nephew's birthday. I just dont know what to get that boy. Any who, hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week.

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Sunday Sunday Sunday!!

I started this blog because I was missing something. A main part of what I was looking for was love or a lasting relationship. I would bitch and moan about this and that. How sad I was or how lonely I was. During these crazy posts, I would sprinkle in some seasoning of job bitching, gadget wanting and my undying need to better myself. I just came to realize that the posts following my come back haven't been with much negativity. Granted I have found the perfect girl, my relationship is great. I couldn't ask for anything more. But there is always more. Right now I am trying to find a better job. Better = more money. I am past my twenties and it is time to start looking toward the future. Sure, my twenties, were the days I was supposed to save for the future. But coming out of college, having a somewhat good job with good pay, responsibilities were not there. Now I need to do what I should have done earlier in my life. Any ways, as I was saying, these posts are now about my daily rants and raves. And since I have a boring life aside from my relationships with my girl and my friends what is there to talk about?

Well today, I did some stuff for me. I went to the mall, picked up some shampoo and some household items. Used my gift cards!! Stopped by and got my hair cut. Got some eats. Finished laundry and sorted the mail. Man, i did a lot today. I even had time to watch the Laker game, watch the ending of some movie and take a nap!! haha I'm telling you, If I were rich, this is all I would do...well ya know, besides going to the gym to better myself!! HAHAHA!!

ok, I am done. This post may have not made sense to you, but it has cleared up some things for me.

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I have a Cold

Yes, that is right. I have a cold. I think it is due to the rapid change in the weather these past few days. First on the weekend it was wicked hot ( wicked haha) and the following days it has been somewhat cooler. Now because of all that I have a nice stuffy nose and headache and all this craziness. I don't like it. I have been taking Emergen-C for whatever for the past two days. Not really working. But it may be a good substitute for my dinners, which as of today are not that frequent. WHY?

Well, first I am lazy. I spend money on getting lunch so stopping and buying food for dinner may be out of the question. Also, my mom is in TX for work and my dad goes to meetings at night. When I get home, no one is home and I am too lazy to heat anything up or may anything. Whatevers! I need to lose weight anyways!

This week has been full of ups and downs. Mainly downs. I went to a job interview on Monday. I don't know if I'll get the job. She, the interviewing lady, kind of said that I don't have the right skills for the job. So the following days I have been kind of upset and down. But thankfully for my family and friends and my lovely and understanding girlfriend, I am getting back to my old self. Now if I can just kick this cold we are good to go.


Well I think that would be all for today. I wrote down some subjects that I want to talk about so when I have time and I feel better I'll go into more details about my subjects. But for now, thanks for reading. I AM BACK!!!

Almost 30

Well, as I type this I am officially getting closer to my 30th birthday. I have no idea what to expect when this day comes. Just the other day, Sat, I had a nice get together with my friends and family to celebrate my 30th birthday..party. It was fun. I had my high school friends mixed with my college friends mixed with my girlfriend's friends. It was a real trip. It was fun and exciting to see everyone again. I want to thank each and everyone of them for coming out to share in my maturity.

D came by Friday on my day off to spend time with me. Little did I know that there was more work to be done. She bought me new sheets and a comforter and some pillows for my room. She helped me organize my room and the other room as well. She has done a lot for me and I am grateful for her help. I truly love her to death.

As Tues, draws closer what am I going expect when that big 3-0 rolls in. I have seen so much that I am really too scared to see what the future has in store for me. New years is a time where everyone says they are going to do this or to do that. But my resolution starts on Tues. I don't want to be that guy who is still over weight and lazy. I want to be more energetic and have the lifespan to get married and have a family. I should have done all this in my 20's but I didn't. Most of those years were spent trying to find out who I am and what I want to do. I still haven't found out what I want to do, but I know for the most part who I am. I just have to drive myself to become a better person. I will become better organized and more helpful. I just do not want to be lazy anymore. 30 is a time for change and a change for the best. Wish me luck. I will really, really need it!