RadioShack Idiots

I'm having a really big problem with the radioshack employees. They know little to nothing about electronics. I go in today to buy some connectors/adapters and the gentleman asks me if there is anything he can help me with. I respond with "where can i find TRS adapters?". To which he replies in his "know it all" demeanor "what are you talking about, I've never heard of TRS before. To which I responded "Stereo 1/4in or 1/8in adapters... TRS is the technical term. Radioshack was originally supposed to be a store where you can go in and buy parts to build a radio but the knowledge of their employees leaves me lacking faith that anybody knows what they are talking about anymore. The employee's pretentious attitude came off trying make me feel like i knew nothing about electronics when in fact i knew 50 times more than him. the nerve.

FSC and the Government

I don't know how many smokers there are that will read this... but many people know about the new FSC cigarettes. FSC standing for Fire Safe Cigarette. The fire safe cigarette is actually a law adopted by most states.

People may also know that this is a piece of legislation that was filed 06/09 and passed 01/01/10 in Alabama. So far 99.8 percent of the united states are "protected" from FSC's. All states have adopted this legislation or legislation has been filed via the coalition for fire safe cigarettes. Usually the sponsor for this legislation has been the State Fire Marshal, with the obvious reasons that FSC reduces house fires caused by cigarettes and saved many lives.

The Chemicals used in the fire safe cigarette is called Ethylene-vinyl acetate or EVA which is commonly found in plastics. EVA is used in orthotics, fire safe cigarettes, surfboard and skimboard traction pads, and for the manufacturing of some artificial flowers. It is also used as a clinginess-enhancing additive in plastic wraps, a cold flow improver for diesel fuel and a separater in HEPA filters. EVA can easily cut from sheets and molded to shape. It is also used to make thermoplastic mouthguards that soften in boiling water for a user specific fit.

As a smoker myself i usually grow in frustration when i smoke because of the constant extinguish of the FSC. They are designed to go out within 30 to 35 seconds. As an everyday smoker the time that it usually takes a person between draws may be in excess of a minute. In order to smoke a full cigarette you would need to keep puffing within thirty seconds of each other to maintain a lit cigarette. In essence making a person smoke twice as fast increasing the addiction due to the rapid ingestion of nicotine. In theory people would be buying more cigarettes due to addiction and rate of smoking increased. The tobacco companies must be making a fortune buy implementing the fire safe cigarette. I guess they had to do something to maintain and supplement their capital from loss of sales due to the HUGE anti-smoking campaign that has been launched.

Has this been an agreement between the tobacco corporations and state governments? I intend to investigate this further.

caitlin is stupid

jessica is awesome.

the end


....but more soon

And so the pieces are finally falling into place.

Everything seems to be working. Things are finally looking up.

I've decided to start my own business. I am making bumper magnets. They have all kinds of stuff on them like redneck things or christian inspirational sayings. I'm going to capitalize on absolutely everything I can possibly think of. Not only that, but i can also custom make bumper magnets for anybody to say anything. I think I've already gotten some orders from "PC". I think they all want some. So this business venture is actually looking to becoming a profitable one. I'm also thinking into selling them to local convenient stores and the Mardi Gras stores in town to see how they do. The only thing i have to figure out is packaging them. I think i might have to come up with Bar Codes for it. hmm... i wonder how hard that will be. Not only am I working on bumper magnets but also refrigerator magnets that are picture frames. I bet those would sell pretty nicely too. You know what they say, "When times get tough you figure out how to make your bread and butter." It's time for me to move on from where im at. I've been completely complacent for the past year getting by on practially nothing. I'm sick of not having any extra after a pay check and still living at home. I wont be able to accomplish ANYTHING if I just sit here and continue on like i have been.

I think i only got half of that old life's saying... "live for the moment"
I think the other half was supposed to say something like "plan for the future"

Live for the moment, Plan for the future.

I have some SERIOUS goals that need to be filled.

BILL MOTHER FUCKING VARNEY!
Bill Varney lives in fairhope. He is the one source that i absolutely need. He is the one that can help me out with my real carreer. Hopefully soon I'll be able to meet with him and chit chat. If all goes well with him then I'll be set for California.

California.
California couldn't come quick enough. Hopefully if this whole crazy business idea of mine works out well then ill have the money to move out to California. Just take everything i have (which isn't much) and just bolt. I'll sell my truck here in Alabama and buy a new car out in LA. With the money I make doing this whole shin dig and the connection I made hopefully ill be in the Universal Studios recording music or any kind of sound for film. I think I would fit well in the sound design dept. really well. I love recording new sounds and blending them with other sounds and processing them to make something nobody has ever heard before. It's almost like baking. You mix the ingrediants and put it in the oven and out pops something completely awesome.

The most wonderful thing that ties everything together.
Jessica. I've found the most amazing girl ever. I love her so much. She is so beautiful and smart. She supports me 100% and thats awesome. Hopefully within a few months we'll be able to be together in the same house. Chet, Kristen, Jess, and I hopefully will be able to rent a house somewhere in Daphne or Fairhope. It would be so cheap for all of us to throw in on a house and we can all be together and be really happy with each other. Everybody would get along. Then when the time is right she is totally down to move with me to LA. She has carreer opportunities in LA also. So I think we will be happy together forever. I can't wait to wake up next to her. I can't wait to come home from work and say "hey honey how was your day?". I can't wait to take the three day drive to California and start our lives. I can't wait unil I can look her in the eyes and ask her the biggest question in her life. I can't wait to buy our first home together. I can't wait to be in the delivery room holding her hand while we have our first child together. I can't wait to grow old with her. But I can wait and I will enjoy EVERY minute i have with her. She is my love, and I will love her forever.

and so the pieces are finally falling into place...