7 December, 2006

So, I’m reading [tag]Doc Searls[/tag] this morning, and he posted a small batch of links. One of the links is to a video on Atom Films, entitled “[tag]My Name is Yu Ming[/tag]“, which is about a bored Chinese shopkeep who learns Gaelic, so he can move to Ireland. However, the effort he put into learning the language seems to be in vain — Everyone’s speaking English, and thinks he’s speaking Chinese.

I watched that movie, and could only smile. It was excellently executed, and makes you think about [tag]language barrier[/tag]s that others face, as well as ‘dead’ languages a little more. I think you should hop on over to Atom Films, and give this one a watch.

As for things to watch for, all I’m going to say is: [tag]Live Action Evangelion[/tag], and [tag]Rebuild of Evangelion[/tag]. I want them. Make them REAL.

[tags]Shin Seiki Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shinji Ikari, Gendou Ikari, Evangelion Movie[/tags]

I’m tired of crawling through life, living paycheck to paycheck.

I’d love to be able to save some money. Y’know, bank it off, have some reserve to work with, so I would be able to meet my needs should I ever have a problem. You know… sorta like the way life insurance works.

To that end, I found that Liberty National (perhaps the best Life Insurance company I’ve ever dealt with on a personal level) is hiring, but I have to be licensed to sell insurance first. So, all I need to do is figure out how to pay for the licensing class, and then give them a call back.

This would be awesome on so many levels for me.

As a person with one thing far too important to lose, I have more of a reason to get up every day, and follow my leads to try to sell life insurance (and the other products). Everyone in America has a need for Life Insurance. In fact, thanks to my mother having a life insurance policy, the unexpected cost of having to purchase a wider coffin, and additional burial space to fit it was able to be paid for out of the insurance money, rather than my aunt and myself having to find some way to come up with the cash.

Small businesses always need some sort of insurance benefits for their employees. I’d be able to come to them, and show them how they can save money, and insure their employees. That, too, would mean I get paid.

If I get paid, then I can pay my monthly bills, repay my debts to a couple of excellent friends who have spotted me loans, get someone to help me manage my budgeting properly to allow me to: clear up all my other outstanding debts one by one, repair or replace my car with a slightly less dated vehicle (I drive an ‘89 Mazda 323, of which some of its parts are becoming nearly impossible to find and replace; I can probably replace it with a vehicle that’s used, but in far better condition, or depending on how well financed it is, a new vehicle).

So… starting goal marker: $99 to take the licensing course.
Once licensed, reapplying at Liberty National.
If rejected, then I can still apply at other insurance companies with a leg up on the competition.

Moving forward… I think I mentioned a bit back that I had started going to church. I’m enjoying the services, and the time I spend with the members at Manhattan Avenue Church of Christ. I am starting to feel that maybe the Lord’s Word is having an impact on me again, now that I have watched people who truly believe what he says in the act of worship and praise. The church is a small, quiet one, but it proves that you don’t have to shout three city blocks to reach the person sitting in the same room.

Our church has no musical instruments, other than our voices, and the occasional toot on one of those little tuning wheel thingies (which I detected by ear, but haven’t seen) to get us going. We do not need musical instruments to praise God, as it was explained to me by Marcus, our preacher at Manhattan Avenue Church of Christ.

Spiritually, I think I am becoming calmer.

Now, if I can transfer that to financially, I will be able to move forward, and get out of the rut that my life has been in for the past six years.