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I was recently visiting a popular sports site looking for information about wakeboarding. In this search I came upon an interesting little quirk. I like to do many sports but there are a few that are near to me because I have done them the longest and feel free when doing them. The odd part is that all of them are labled as etc.. Except for sport climbing, those are the sports that I love to do the most. I hate to see them shelved in the etc. category. Especially when they are compared to the other sports that get their own site. Such as skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX and motocross. They are all good in their own way. I jsut hate how the networks decide what sport is cool enough to get air time while another sport, better sport, remains enigmatic. With that, I just thought that I’d share that I completely fit into the etc. category.

During work today I was pondering about my future…again. I was wondering what possible jobs I would like to look into (assuming JRCA doesn’t become extremely lucrative.) I realized that I need a job that has these qualities:

-Different every day
-Adrenaline involved
-Requires brain power
-Allows me to be creative
-Pays enough or provides opportunity to let me do what I enjoy most

Those are the main qualitites that I could come up with to be happy. I came up with Action Photographer/Cinematographer, seeing as I have a past interest in film and acting and could continue it with more expereince. Now the bad part is that life style probably wouldn’t provide the best child rearing environment. Also it would take a very understanding woman or one who enjoyed the same things to create a solid marriage. I don’t know much about what is going to happen. Like I said this is a back up plan to JRCA/Business Major. If all else fails I could become a comedian, had success with that once and if I stoop to that level I will have plenty of material. (I mean no disrespect to comedians, it’s just a hard life and I give them plenty of respect.)

Go shatter a cube

My life right now revolves around one thing — Wakeboarding.

While I am not sure if this is healthy, I do know that it provides me with a temporary relief from this crazy mixed up world. Things are a little chaotic right now. I don’t know how everything is going to turn out and I know they will not turn out the way I want them to right now. Already, I have begun to formulate reactions to the series of events that are going to happen within the next year. There are about 4 main events that I can think of and each relate to each other and yet are independent. I just have to remember to remain calm, keep my seat belt fastened and keep my tray table and chair in the upright position. It does no good do run around it a crazed frenzy. Either way the plane is going to crash and you are going to end up in a charred heap spread out over a few miles. Of course, there is always the possibility that you get bumped to first class in compensation for the minor turbulence.

Every time I go down this road I come to the same conclusion and I realize what I want to do, but I don’t see that it is within my grasp. I’ve come to terms with myself and will evaluate my situation in a year and if it’s not where I want to be then I may be forced to drastically alter my life. I apologize for being so enigmatic but I’d rather not open Pandora’s box until the time comes.

I’ll end this post with an open invitation. If you want to wakeboard, live in my area, and want to have a fun time I will gladly arrange a weekend where a group of us can get together and escape from the world for a bit.

Until then shatter a cube

I swear those lawn gnomes steal everything. I went to brush my teeth tonight and my toothpaste is missing. The usual people in my family who steal things claim they haven’t touched it and that leaves only one solution…lawn gnomes. It could be that my family did move it and forgot to mention to themselves that they moved it. This happens quite often and is an occurance I wish to observe more closely.

I don’t have much time to post so I will keep this brief. I posted myself to hotornot.com. This will to no doubt end in a bad way for soemone, most likely me. Although I can’t help but say that I like the clever idea that the hotornot people did and did well. They based a site on something every person has and spends lots of money to improve, their vanity.

Well, I am off to bed for I need to get up. Work is work and school is all wraped up in vector spaces and eigenvectors, both not as fun as they sound. I’ll be back sometime soon with a longer post.

Till then go shatter a cube

On a cassette player you can find one button for play and pause. When you want to pause the tape you push the button and when you want to resume you push it again. It’s quite an interesting little metaphor for what I have done.

The soundtrack of my life was flowing along with an almost mellow repetitive melody. It had a strong bass beat that melted you into your chair accompanied by the gloomy hollow sound of the French horn playing in D minor. This tune met its timely demise two and half weeks ago. (This is where the metaphor comes into play.) I had to put that part of me on pause while simultaneously putting another part into play. This new part carried the same repetitive nature but was livelier and had the strong sound of a trumpet playing lead. No longer in the minor key, the tune changed cascading into a full robust major key. It signaled the triumphant arrival of a job. This meant money and an end to the struggles that I was having previously.

The job, though some would consider humbling, was working at a Girl Scout camp for a week as a cook. You may laugh, but I got near 40 hours at $13/hr. Compared to the wasting my time I had done previously this summer this was infinitely better. You see, I need $1300, in addition to what I already have stored in the great monetary institutions of our society (aka. bank), for this upcoming school year to cover rent and food.

The really interesting part is that during the week I was working there I continued to apply for jobs in within 2 days I had 4 possible job offers. Keep in mind that I have been applying since April and have had zero, zip, zilch, nada offers until now. I picked the most promising and best paying one and I still have one of them on hold. I’m waiting for them to get back to me and if they do it will be higher pay than the one I am at now and it will be on campus so I can hold the position during the school year and fund my wealthy appetite.

The job that I have now is in a cabinet making shop in Wisconsin. It’s repetitive work and the work environment is loud (auditory safety is key) but it is entertaining and I like to build things. That seems to be the theme in my life right now, repetition. Everything seems the same and I feel like I am slowly being dipped into the adult whirl pool of death. I go through the same routine pretty much everyday and have the same thing to look forward to tomorrow with a slight break on the weekend which I don’t always spend in the most awake condition. I find myself realizing that I can’t live like that. It is really making me contemplate what I want out of my life and where I see myself in 5, 10, 20 years from now. To cure that fear for now, I have joined the University of Minnesota Water-ski and Wakeboard Club. This looks to be a “sweet ass” time. I can’t say I’m looking forward to skiing on the Mississippi, but I think that we are in a part that is not polluted to the point where scum won’t even live there. Aside from the possible carcinogens I will be exposed too, this should improve my abilities as a wake boarder, skier, and a ski jumper (as for I have never done this).

I’m starting to run out of things to say so this is normally a good point to stop. Look to the future for what I will be doing with this website and other internet related items. Planning to post my pic on hot or not, updates on that whenever. Also JR Computer Associates, Inc. is a done deal and we are open for business. If anyone is looking for professional web design or competitive, reliable and customer service oriented hosting then send me an Email at Richard@shatteredcube.com and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Until then go shatter a cube