Tag Archives: Stuff

Major status update.

For those of you who are keeping track of my roadmap posted a little while back, you may have noticed one or two ‘complete’ flags listed. I’ve gone and done a full update on that map to bring it up to speed here, so that you can see where I’ve gone, and where I’m going [...]

Roadmap! Excellent!

Okay! Just to give you an idea of how I’m planning to handle the next six months, I’d like to present to you my mental roadmap. It is open for interpretation, suggestions, and the like. Get fully into the Transitional Program at Salvation Army — COMPLETE! Status: Paperwork is turned in, and currently #3 in [...]

Art isn’t just a pretty photo, or brushings of oil on canvas.

I’ve always had this thing for crafts done by hand, beyond someone smearing colors on a piece of canvas, or someone else with an unbelievably expensive camera snapping images. When I was very young, one of my older aunts (now deceased, sadly) had, instead of photos or paintings on her walls, wrought iron wall art. [...]

Why I’m beginning to hate WordPress:

I’d like to preface this entry with a short note to Ryan Boren: It’s not you or your fault, Ryan. You just happen to have posted the relevant entry to my rant in your blog, and the comment submission form there has some kind of unfounded hatred for me. I’m logging in earlier this evening [...]

Double Good News!

It is with great happiness that I inform everyone of these news tidbits. First: I have been struggling with my practice exams, with the Superman class exam consistently knocking me on my arse. It is with great delight that I inform you of my passing that practice exam on Sunday. I am currently waiting for [...]

Nearing completion…

I just have three practice exams to take (two of them are for the guarantee that the company I’m taking my practice exams from — should I fail, they’d reimburse me for the test). Here comes the stress, baby. Here comes the stress. Someone buy me some ice cream, right? :b

Career Updating: A progress report.

As of 2 PM today, I am 84% done with the curriculum for becoming a Life Insurance agent. I will attempt to finish the other 16% tonight, once I have eaten, for all I need today is chicken and (root)beer. The curriculum isn’t too bad, though it is a bit tedious. I had to learn [...]

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