I've seen time and time again where men will be very forward with girls. I won't go into extreme detail but it seems like those who speak it often get it. I've seen one guy continuously say that he wanted sexual favors around girls and he ended up getting his way. Well, I figured I'd give it a try, but I don't want sexual favors. I want money.
I'm not begging, I don't want people to give it to me for free. But I need a lot more money than I'm earning now, so I want money. I want money by doing what I've been trained to do through college. I am getting paid for doing what I've been trained, but not nearly as much as I feel like I'm due.
I want benefits. No not just a free subscription to Game Developer magazine. I want health insurance, a retirement plan, paid vacations, and whatever else this wonder company wants to give me. I don't expect that I'll ever really be rich, but I want to feel comfortable. I want my own place, and to get that I want money. I invite tips on how to make money, which stocks to invest in, what kind of IRAs, CDs, what to collect and sell for higher prices... you get what I'm saying. I want money because I need money, not because I'm greedy. If I were to be rich, I would definitely be a giving person. But until I feel comfortable, I want and need money.
Believe me, I'm really going to try to make it happen without aid, but I realize a lot of people get in good with certain groups of people to make their money. And that's why I wrote this blog.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
How to make a peanut butter sandwich
How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich:
Materials: Spoon, butter knife, 2 slices of white bread, 1 jar of peanut butter, 1 jar of jelly, paper towel or small plate.
Take the slices of bread and place them side by side on either a paper towel or a small plate. Open the jar of jelly and stir the jelly with the spoon. Once jelly is at the proper consistency for spreading, place 1 piece of bread in one hand and spread desired amount of jelly with the other using the same spoon you stirred with and then place the bread jelly side up next to the other piece of bread. Put the spoon in kitchen sink when finished and close jar of jelly. Put the jelly back where it came from (usually the refrigerator).
Open the jar of peanut butter, place the other piece of bread that does not have jelly on it in one hand and butter knife in the other, extract desired amount of peanut butter from the peanut butter jar and spread onto the piece of bread that's in the other hand. Place peanut butter side of bread down on top of the other piece of bread that has the jelly side up, being careful not to squeeze any jelly out of the sides of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Close the jar of peanut butter and put the butter knife in the kitchen sink as well. Then put the peanut butter back where it came from.
Eat.
There are two reasons why I wanted to do this. The first is to try my hand at instructional writing again as it can be very difficult to do right if a person were to follow the instructions exactly. The other reason is to show how I like to minimalize mess when I make a PB&J. Notice the seperate utensils for the peanut butter and jelly. That way no jelly gets in the peanut butter jar and no peanut butter gets in the jelly jar. The reason for stirring the jelly is so that you don't tear the bread as you spread the jelly, which is usually kept in the refrigerator making it more difficult to spread since the cold makes certain liquids more viscous. The plate or paper towel is used to catch any crumbs that come off the bread and also to catch any jelly that comes out the sides of the sandwich.
Materials: Spoon, butter knife, 2 slices of white bread, 1 jar of peanut butter, 1 jar of jelly, paper towel or small plate.
Take the slices of bread and place them side by side on either a paper towel or a small plate. Open the jar of jelly and stir the jelly with the spoon. Once jelly is at the proper consistency for spreading, place 1 piece of bread in one hand and spread desired amount of jelly with the other using the same spoon you stirred with and then place the bread jelly side up next to the other piece of bread. Put the spoon in kitchen sink when finished and close jar of jelly. Put the jelly back where it came from (usually the refrigerator).
Open the jar of peanut butter, place the other piece of bread that does not have jelly on it in one hand and butter knife in the other, extract desired amount of peanut butter from the peanut butter jar and spread onto the piece of bread that's in the other hand. Place peanut butter side of bread down on top of the other piece of bread that has the jelly side up, being careful not to squeeze any jelly out of the sides of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Close the jar of peanut butter and put the butter knife in the kitchen sink as well. Then put the peanut butter back where it came from.
Eat.
There are two reasons why I wanted to do this. The first is to try my hand at instructional writing again as it can be very difficult to do right if a person were to follow the instructions exactly. The other reason is to show how I like to minimalize mess when I make a PB&J. Notice the seperate utensils for the peanut butter and jelly. That way no jelly gets in the peanut butter jar and no peanut butter gets in the jelly jar. The reason for stirring the jelly is so that you don't tear the bread as you spread the jelly, which is usually kept in the refrigerator making it more difficult to spread since the cold makes certain liquids more viscous. The plate or paper towel is used to catch any crumbs that come off the bread and also to catch any jelly that comes out the sides of the sandwich.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Ahh yes, the art.
I figured I should share what I enjoy in art. There's usually a cringe factor involved because I gravitate toward the macabre and uncomfortable. I'm not too ashamed to admit that I play Magic: The Gathering, and I've been fortunate enough to meet and get in touch with several artists. Here's some of them:
Ron Spears
RK Post
Terese Nielsen
In other art:
Margot Quan Knight (contains nudity)
Ron Mueck (contains nudity):
I'll post more later.
Ron Spears
RK Post
Terese Nielsen
In other art:
Margot Quan Knight (contains nudity)
Ron Mueck (contains nudity):
I'll post more later.
Friday, November 2, 2007
This Place is a Mess!
I think I know why Walmart does so well. Yes, they have stores all over the world and that surely helps, but for the most part their stores are clean. I've seen the store contradict me on that statement but I would say that 75% of the time they're clutter free (restocking time doesn't count). The reason I bring this up is because 3 stores come that just made me very uncomfortable because of their problems.
K-Mart - The one in my home town seems to be the only one that's just completely unkempt and they surely know how to do that right. The toy isle is the worst of all. They had plastic shelves that stood about hip high up in the middle of the isle with an abundance of unsorted toys strewn about all over the top of them. Then in the food section where the drinks are there was a big puddle of soda pop being blocked off with over turned empty boxes. Let me tell you, the entire store has similar problems as well.
The another thing that truly irks me about K-mart is that friggin alarm that sounds when you walk into the claustrophobic electronics section. Why can't they just expand that section or maybe make it so that the employees that are in charge of the section can see the customers that are looking at the electronics.
Another funny thing about the K-Mart here is that they still have an N64 and Xbox display up that no longer functions. Furthermore, the Xbox part of the display still dawns the bear controller that Penny Arcade famously made fun of. In fact if I ever get a chance, next week I may photograph the display and show you. Keep an eye out for an update.
Random Consignment Shop: This shop is stacked from floor to ceiling with Everything! That's how thrift/consignment shops work of course. This one mainly focused on media like books, movies, and music but the problem with this store is not that it was cluttered exactly. They have things pretty well in order. It's just that they have decided to pack the store with SO MUCH. It's so claustrophobic in there, you barely have shoulder room to walk through it all. I guarantee that if a Fire Marshall stopped by they'd have a problem with the place. Plus it seemed so packed that it might even be dangerous in that something may fall on someone. Just thinking about the place makes me feel uneasy.
Old Retail Store:
I recently watched Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices and they showed how a local retail store was going under because Walmart moved into their town. It had thrived and did quite well for many many years. They showed footage of the inside of the store and it just seemed so barren. I don't know if it was because they didn't have the money to pay for any more merchandise or if it had always been that way, but to me having very little merchandise is a big turn off. I just find it so depressing and because of that I won't go back to a store like that. A big reason for having a store is so people can go there, look around, and to buy things, but if there's nothing to look at it kind of defeats the purpose.
So if you decide to get into the retail business, walk around in a few others first so that you can know what works, and what doesn't work. Now, off to contact someone at K-Mart HQ to tell them that something needs to change. It won't be the first time I've contacted companies about their products. More on that subject later.
K-Mart - The one in my home town seems to be the only one that's just completely unkempt and they surely know how to do that right. The toy isle is the worst of all. They had plastic shelves that stood about hip high up in the middle of the isle with an abundance of unsorted toys strewn about all over the top of them. Then in the food section where the drinks are there was a big puddle of soda pop being blocked off with over turned empty boxes. Let me tell you, the entire store has similar problems as well.
The another thing that truly irks me about K-mart is that friggin alarm that sounds when you walk into the claustrophobic electronics section. Why can't they just expand that section or maybe make it so that the employees that are in charge of the section can see the customers that are looking at the electronics.
Another funny thing about the K-Mart here is that they still have an N64 and Xbox display up that no longer functions. Furthermore, the Xbox part of the display still dawns the bear controller that Penny Arcade famously made fun of. In fact if I ever get a chance, next week I may photograph the display and show you. Keep an eye out for an update.
Random Consignment Shop: This shop is stacked from floor to ceiling with Everything! That's how thrift/consignment shops work of course. This one mainly focused on media like books, movies, and music but the problem with this store is not that it was cluttered exactly. They have things pretty well in order. It's just that they have decided to pack the store with SO MUCH. It's so claustrophobic in there, you barely have shoulder room to walk through it all. I guarantee that if a Fire Marshall stopped by they'd have a problem with the place. Plus it seemed so packed that it might even be dangerous in that something may fall on someone. Just thinking about the place makes me feel uneasy.
Old Retail Store:
I recently watched Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices and they showed how a local retail store was going under because Walmart moved into their town. It had thrived and did quite well for many many years. They showed footage of the inside of the store and it just seemed so barren. I don't know if it was because they didn't have the money to pay for any more merchandise or if it had always been that way, but to me having very little merchandise is a big turn off. I just find it so depressing and because of that I won't go back to a store like that. A big reason for having a store is so people can go there, look around, and to buy things, but if there's nothing to look at it kind of defeats the purpose.
So if you decide to get into the retail business, walk around in a few others first so that you can know what works, and what doesn't work. Now, off to contact someone at K-Mart HQ to tell them that something needs to change. It won't be the first time I've contacted companies about their products. More on that subject later.
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