Jump to content

Blogs

Featured Entries

  • Aditus

    Talk Talk

    By Aditus

    Conversations. Sometimes it’s too much, sometimes too little, formal, informal, clumsy, artificial, with another word: difficult. Let’s practice, Shall we? #253 Someone is on the bus. The guy beside them fidgets the whole time with an irritating tinkling bangle while telling them, it seems, their entire life story, including very personal things. It’s time to pop in the earbuds. When it’s time to get off the bus, the talker has disappeared and the strange bangle is now on th
    • 2 comments
    • 60 views

Next Week

Next week is gonna start some major changes for me. I'm going back to school to start my MCSA/A+/Network+ computer certifications which is going to be a big step for me given my past history. These certifications will let me get a decent IT job and hopefully let me pay off my debts, student loans, get a car and ultimatly move out of the house (yay!).   For those who don't know, the past three years to me have felt like an on going episode of House M.D. where I came down with a mysterious illne
Phantom

Phantom

3

School Certification

Okay so I lied, I won't be going for my A+/MCP/CCNA. It turns out that Brookdale offers a better course then that for the same amount of money, which my Grant covers.   The program which I will be starting is the MCSA/A+/Network+ Certification course... which means I can be the uber computer geek I always knew I could be lol.   Well... i'm off to blow up my printer... I need to start getting stuff done for school... which is in 1 month
Phantom

Phantom

1

It's been awhile!

Wow, it's been awhile since I last blogged, but then again, life has been keeping me busy (and so has World of Warcraft). Just cus I've been quiet on Chat and the boards doesn't mean I haven't been around, just.... lurking really     Anyway...   I'm going back to school, vocational school that is. I got a grant to go for my A+/MCP/CCNA certification which is geek speak for being able to fix computers, network homes and small businesses, and troubleshoot windows. It's a good course which sh
Phantom

Phantom

2

Toothache

I have a massive toothache coming in, called my wisdom tooth. It's the last one, but the most painful one, thankfully it's coming in normally (and being a pain).   I would've had my wisdom teeth taken out awhile ago, but since I was suffering from seizures, my dentist didn't want to risk the pain and such to yank them then. By the time they were under control, I lost my dental coverage and have no way to pay for them to be taken out. FOr now, all I can do is just take a vicoden when the pain g
Phantom

Phantom

2

Crazy Little Thing

Well, I have a job interview Monday with a program that deals with developmentally disabled people. If I get it (and I hope I do) I'll be working as a substitute and work with these people at various group homes. It'll be challenging and a lot of fun, better pay, and hopefully better hours then I get now at my old job. On another note, I also have an appointment with my rehabilitation job coach to start looking at different programs I can get in and basically go back to school. It'll be fun ther
Phantom

Phantom

2

Happy Blog Time!

Well... be aware everyone... well mainly those in New Jersey.... I got my license back! It's been two years since it was taken away from me due to a medical condition but after a struggle to get it back, I have it again! I'm really happy with it because I finally have the ability to drive (with a car and insurance that is lol) and can start making headway on becoming more independent.   A lot of job's that I was seeking required someone to have a license, and now that I have it I will be going
Phantom

Phantom

4

Chaotic Nights

Enter Eric... your typical average guy who love to have fun in his home away from home... Red Bank...   I got to Red Bank, and while the train was crowded, it was normal for holiday traffic. I ended up going to my job and see what was going on, and to hang around with the people I work with (the area manager and my manager). They asked why I was there and I said I don't do well with small places and large amounts of people, and I rather hang here if that's okay. They both said sure, and I ende
Phantom

Phantom

3

Career Goals part deux

I've been thinking a lot lately, which isn't a good thing sometimes (things tend to blow up ).   Career wise, I know what I wanna do, which is great. How I'll get there is gonna take some time, but it'll be worth it. Over the next year or so I'll be going for medical training (Not sure which programs yet) and I'll also be going for my CADC (Certificate in Alcohol and Drug Counseling) which will hopefully get me a decent paying job at a hospital or doctors office. From there, I plan on going b
Phantom

Phantom

1

Black and White

Symbolic no? Black and White... odd and even... that's what it's been like for me lately.   Yesterday I was happy as a clam, planning on taking a vacation with Matt, making plans to goto a gay prom with him, and best of all spend some time with him. He's been kinda down, and we decided that taking some time and sleeping over and such would be good not only for him, but for us.   Then my mom comes into the picture, the she-devil of a bitch. She calls me three times in a row, and she knows whe
Phantom

Phantom

3

Gay Prom and other stuff....

I got a call from a friend of mine today saying that there's gonna be a gay prom next Friday and that I (and Matt lol) were invited. He's gonna be hosting it as Lady Eve (one of the Drag Queens I work with lol) and it should be fun. Last prom I went to was 5 years ago at my High School, and Matt never went to one, so I'm gonna convince him to go with me   Also in a month, me and Matt will be taking our first vacation by ourselves probably to NYC or Ocean City, NJ. It should be fun and excitin
Phantom

Phantom

1

Military Rant - Be Warned

Lets get the hell out of the world politics and just focus on us. It's not like we have any credibility left after the Bush Administration, so why bother trying to make the world a better place? I mean for god sakes, what gives us the right to meddle in the affairs of other countries? Is it because we have a stable governemnt elected by the people? Well, la de frackin da. We have NO right what so ever to get involved in another country unless we are asked to. That's basic civility.   Now onto
Phantom

Phantom

5

Everyone... chill....

It seems lately that everyone I know both on GA and IRL is just going nuts!   Seriously... just listen to me and CHILL!   Take some deep breaths... do some yoga... drink some tea... just do something... cus it's annoying me!   Eric
Phantom

Phantom

7

The Day After my Birthday

Well... yesterday was fun... a nice change of events compared to what's happened over the week.   Me and matt went to a vegan resturant near my house, and I had tofu meatloaf (still trying to figure out if its an oxymoron or not lol) and it was rather good. We spent about an hour or so there just talking and such, when one of the owners came over with a cupcake and a candle on it (Matt told them it was my bday) and I blew it out.   Later that day I went out (yet again lol) to another restura
Phantom

Phantom

1

Missy

Missy was the sweetest dog I ever owned. She may have been quiet, but she had quite a personality. She'd always come over to me when I got home from work wagging her tail. She's a survivor as well, we resuced her from our family friend who rescued her from an abusive household. We had her for six incredible years, and now she's gone.   A week or so ago, she lost the use of her front let, but was still able to get around. We brought her to a vet who said that it might be cancer, but it could al
Phantom

Phantom

7

Memorial Day weekend

Have you ever had so many story ideas bouncing around in your head that it's hard to focus on one story? Well that's what's going on with me, and its filling up my flash drive like crazy! I do the classic thing of just writing down an idea and running with it till I stop, then I save it into a folder that says running ideas (which over the past three weeks went from under a meg of data to close to 5 megs now).   Other then that, I got my hours and benefits cut at my job so i'm looking to go ba
Phantom

Phantom

0

Sunday is gonna be busy

Well this weekend is gonna be super busy for me...   I'm gonna be working all day tomorrow (7am - 1am) so I can get Sunday off where I'll be participating in two things... The AIDS walk Sunday morning and the Gay Marriage Rally Sunday Afternoon.   I didn't raise money this year for the AIDS walk, but I'll still be doing it in support of my friends and everyone one else.   After that we'll be going over to the Marriage=Equality rally to show our support for New York to allow gay marriage (l
Phantom

Phantom

1

New Day... New Journey....

I moved back into my parents house today before heading back to work. We agreed that some things on both our sides need to change, and tomorrow we're going out to dinner to talk about them. My parents want to meet Matt and I think that it's a good thing.   While I'm at home, I'm gonna start looking for a better job, various trainings for jobs, and hopefully get out of the hole I'm in now and move out. My parents agree with this because they want to see me happy, and that's the important thing.
Phantom

Phantom

4

Fighting Back

NOTE: This is a true story that I felt I had to share. While I know the names of the guys, in order to protect there identites I'm going to be vauge on the names. I'll lessen the violence and the graphic nature of it, but you may be offended by it. Don't say I didn't warn you!   I was sitting at work today (got here a little early... around 12) when I heard a large comotion outside on the street, so me being nosy went to go investigate it and I found two larger guys beating up on a smaller guy
Phantom

Phantom

27

News... some good... most bad....

Well... things are on the up and up with me and Matt. We've talked about what happened and why it did, and while he knows i'm still disapointed in him and the situation, we're taking steps to prevent it from happening.   My friend and I also talked about what happened and while he says he's sorry, he knows that im dispointed in him, then Monday happens.   Monday I invite matt over and let him in while I get ready for us to go out. We start watching TV and my mom calls me on my cell and tells
Phantom

Phantom

5

Is it cheating?

Me, my friend and my boyfriend went out tonight and had one to many drinks. We ended up leaving the clubs early and headed over to my friends house where I ended up crashing on his bed. I woke up with my boyfriend and my friend fooling around and when they noticed me awake, they went downstairs to my friends basement and continued having fun. At this point I went downstaris told my boyfriend that I was leaving for home and that I loved him.   Now before you jump the gun, this is my fault. I kn
Phantom

Phantom

8

Fun times

Well... i'm gonna be heading to NYC today and doing retail therapy (and possibly job hunting)...   Pics to follow tonight
Phantom

Phantom

0

To my readers

It's been awhile, but I wanted to let you know that I will be editing my old stories an reposting them as I can. After reading them, I came across a lot of errors with spelling, grammer and plot holes (some large enough to make no sense at all).   In the mean time, you'll notice things on my eFiction account dissapere and come back. If you do, re-read them! Things have changed, for the better I promise   Currently Lost in Pain is gone from eFiction and will be replaced with the same story a
Phantom

Phantom

1

Open Source/Closed Source/Both

After a night of not being able to sleep (bleh to that) I did some research concering both areas of software development.   For those who are scratching their head with what I'm talking about, Open Source is programs formed under the various GPL licenses authorizing people to distibute/edit/add/detract from software under the condition that the source code (the mechanics behind what makes software work) is made available as well. Closed source programs are what prevails on the market right now
Phantom

Phantom

1
×
×
  • Create New...