What a Way To Start The YEAR! (Good & Bad)

Well, its been a somewhat CRAZY start to 2007 for me. January 2, 2007 was my first day on the job for the City of Los Angeles, General Services Department, Office of Public Safety. So one can say that it was the best start of any year for me. I am really happy and excited about this new page in my life. Working here has opened a room with tons of doors to various good jobs. And most if not all of them, are high paying ones. For example, the one I have now, is High Paying but compared to other jobs in the City, its sort of at the mid-range level. But nonetheless I am happy. We are called Security Officers, but unlike private security where I was at before. We can do alot more than just observe and report. Here we have more responsibilities, and as "First Responders" we have more training to handle more incidents. We can also give parking tickets, we can detain people, arrest them and in some cases book them with GSD Police. We are not regular security officers. And thats what I also like about it, that we do not get looked down upon by others at our work site. In fact its the complete opposite. So yea its a good job, and its a very feel good type of work, you know? And oh, the start pay is 19.44 an hour! and the highest it goes from there...well its about 23 an hour. And for me thats like WHOA big time money. The only downside to this job is that who I work for GSD, is in the middle of a power struggle with the Managers of the work site. GSD just took over, and are going to change things to the way THEY run it, but the people at the work site who run the place don't like it. For example, all other GSD sites require that the officers wear the dark uniforms. Here all the officers wear white shirts. Which makes us look like private security. And also, they want us to put their labels under the GSD patches on our shirts. That to me is not right as we are not working for them but for GSD. If GSD ever decides to pull out, I'm staying with GSD and not them. You know? but we'll see what happens. But for now I'll just enjoy my new job and my new High Step up in life.

Final Friday of 2006, Final Thought of 2006.

Well, its December 29, 2006. The Last Friday of the year. For me, this year was both good and bad. It equally effected me negatively and positively. I began the year good, working at the RRSB. And I'm ending it on a bittersweet note. I'm leaving RRSB for a better job, but I am leaving a job that I really enjoy. The year also saw my heart broken twice. One just today, the other earlier this year. As I won't be able to bear that pain, I will not discuss it. Well, at least one. Today was my last day at RRSB with everyone there. I said my goodbyes, I said my farewells. But one goodbye was quite the hard one to make. You see, in recent weeks. I've been talking to Irma, this girl I met while on lunch a few months ago. At first it was a sort of a hello and bye. But it grew beyond that. She began to seem interested in me, she even came 2 days in a row, which was a shock as it was only a few days before that. The weeks went on and we began to grow closer. And she then got my number and I got her's. It then went from just text messages to actually talking on the phone. And me having a weak heart, began to fall for this girl. And as the weeks went on this fall began to increase in speed until I finally hit the bottom of the crush well and was completely crazy for her. Well during this "fall" I got the call from The city, for which I will be starting on Tuesday. And the news was great, I got hired for work at a job where the pay is good! I was happy. But it wasn't until later that I realized, that my days with Irma, were numbered. I then began to have a confused heart, happy for the job, but sad for the loss. When I left today, I left also confused in emotions. I was happy that I got to see her, but sad that I might be the last I will. I was happy that I got a hug and a kiss from her, but sad that I got the a kiss that till this moment, is still fresh on my lips and cheek. I was happy that I got this better job, but sad that I wont feel her arms around me again. The tears almost came out at one point, but I held them back. I continued my work and fought them all afternoon. After my goodbye's to all my co-workers, I finally said my final goodbye and left. Its not my actual last day, I go back on Monday for my FINAL day, but it was my last day with all my co-workers. And after a year of up's and down's, and just alot of shit....I can say that they are some of the best people to work with, and I will forever miss their company. I now sit here at home. Dwelling on these thoughts that are just churning in my head. What a day it has been, really. What a day. I loss a girl who I was never with, I said goodbye to some amazing workers, and I am about to leave a job that I can honestly say, I enjoyed almost all my 8 hours there. But its Friday, its 11:08 and I guess I'll go for a ride. Whatever it might be, I'll just end it with. My new year's wishes and thought are this. No matter what happens in the future, I will forever look back and remember everyone and everything that has had some sort of effect on me, either good or bad. Its all on how you look at it, and as hard as it is going to be to fight these emotions which are building by the hour, I will look forward and face these new challenges with open arms. And if need be, a closed fist. Happy New Year!

Thursday Night......

Well, today was a somewhat crazy day, both good and bad. The bad part first. Today Vortex came by our building today to replace a broken gate that has been in that state for about 2 weeks now. The ONLY good thing to come out of this was the 12 hours of over-time I was able to get :) yay! But anywho, yea they came and DID fix the gate, but when I left at 4pm...they said they weren't done so hmmm....well thats pretty much it for now. More to come later. :)

Wensday Night Thoughts.....

Well, its been a while since my last post. Not that anyone reads this anyways....but I guess I'll keep posting. Any who, so alot has happened since my last post. My process into becoming a City of Los Angeles employee is currently active and if all goes well...its looking good. My current job is in a state of recovery. We went through some rough times these past few months, but now its all getting better. In a matter of 1 year, we went through 2 different captains, and 1 sarge. We now have one captain, one who I have worked with in the past. And we have a new sarge. One who I have been working with since I began working there. I am going through SOME rough times.....financially. I am short VERY short on cash, down to my last 13 bucks. But its ok, my car is payed and thats what matters. my next bills are going to be tough too...too tough because I have about 6 bills due...and its just a BIG mess right now. Well, thats pretty much it for now. Its getting a little late, and I have to get up early tomorow. ....goodnight anyone who reads this. :D

My PlayStation Family

I have 3 PlayStation 2's. One of which is of the old model. The FAT one in the middle. I would have had 2 FAT ones but the one I bought when it first came out died back in 2004, and I wasn't able to revive it. I still have its remains, they just sit there in the garage, dead. But the other two you see there in the image are of the new ones. And THOSE are having problems. One of them turns on, and starts up ok...but when you put in a disk, it wont play it. It doesn't even say the dreaded "Disc Read Error" and I kind wish it would say that as I know how to fix THAT particular problem. But it says some other crap and I have no Idea how to fix it. The other PS2 does work and I use that one for my daily gaming. Usually after work I'll sit down on the laptop for about 2 hours or so, then switch to gaming (I have have no other things to do) and I'll play for a good 4 hours. I love gaming, always have, and always will. Anywho, I also have 2 PSP's. Yea I'm a PlayStation-Addict, I love everything playstation, but one of those PSP's isnt mine. One of those PSP's belongs to my brother, and I have to say that he really loves it, and I think he's becoming a PSP or PlayStation-Addict like myself. Anywho, the point I'm trying to make is that there is no point. I have 3 PlayStation 2's....2 that kinda dont work, so it sort of makes them paperweights, and one that does work but studders a bit. And 2 PSP's that one belongs to me and the other belongs to my little brother. By the way, MY PSP looks as if it feel between to cars during a car accident. But it still works, still holds my movies, pictues and music and also is great for gaming. I dont care what ANYONE says. And that little dark square thing in the middle is my ipod. I've had it for little less than a year now, and I really enjoy it. The only problem is carrying all this crap (PSP and iPod) around. The PSP is huge compared to the ipod, but it has some movies I like to see. And the ipod is small..but the movies are crappy to see on it as the screen is very small. Well All I can say is that although I love my PS2...I have to make room for the next beast from Sony...the PS3, which I'm going to try and get on launch day, although I think I'm a bit late. But I'll see what I can do.

2006 Petit Le Mans

An amazing race is taking place right now in Atlanta. The one most exciting has to be between the panoz and the BMW. The race is currently being shown on Speed Channel, and boy is it exciting. For about 5 minutes, the panoz and BMW went at it back and forth, passing and re-passing. It was pretty close. The race still has quite some time to go, and as current: (5:42PM PACIFIC) the race has 18 laps to go. Up front is the usual. McNish in the Audi R10 followed by the Zytek prototype. This is the 3rd time I see this event on the television. And I must say, it gets better every year. The racing is exciting. The cars are amazing. and the tracks are historic. Right now I'm in the middle of 2 cars I really like. The Chevy Corvette C6.R and the Austin Martin DB9R. Both look amazing, both SOUND amazing, and although one is faster than the other, its only by a margin. Well the race still has a while to go so I'll post up after it finishes. RIght now Im going back to spectating. :)

Horrible Accident, Awesome Ending!

For those of you who watch motorsports, you'll definetley know about Katherine Legge's crash at last Sunday's Champ Car event at Road America. Well, I saw it too and I have to say, I was shocked. My first reaction and thought was, how it looked in a way like Greg Moore's crash at Fontana in 1999. The way the car broke apart and how only the driver's cell was left in place. Of course, the only difference between then and now is that we didn't loose a driver. As it was obviously stated, it wasn't her fault. Her rear wing came off and caused her car to go out of control. But the crash showed something very positive in champcar. The sport is safer than it ever was, And I think after this year, it will get only better. 30 minutes after legge's crash, she was out and about walking like if nothing happend and its something amzing to see if you see how bad the crash really was. She's lucky that she did not hit the the wall head on, and lucky that the car did what it was suppose to do. The sidepod's, nose and engine all collapsed and broke apart to absorb the engery from the crash. It was all an amazing sight, but scary and heartstopping non the less. I'm glad she came out ok, and that yea it was bad, but it just goes to show how far saftey has come in terms of surviving a crash that just 5 to 10 years ago, would probably been fatal. I know some may disagree with me on this but her crash looked FAR worse than Ayrton Senna's crash...but out of respect, his crash was still very horrible. I guess my point would be that motorsport saftey has greatly evolved into what it is now. And it will only keep evolving. Maybe someday they can develop a technology, a new type of system that will in turn prevent a crash from happening in the first place. But being that I doubt that will EVER happen. All I can say is, motorsport will forever be dangerous, no matter what car what track or what driver is involved, the danger level will always be high. Its a dangerous sport, and one that will never be safe...or atleast 100% safe.