New laptop!

So recently, I've been attempting to reinstall windows 7 ultimate on my old HP pavillion tx2500 series laptop, BUT failed tremendously and ended up causing an error 17 on the system. For those of you who have no idea what that even means, basically the system HALF installed, thus leaving a ton of "registry" files un-installed and missing. So, in desperate need for a functional laptop, let alone the machine itself, I set out to find a decent and affordable netbook. Time passed and boxing day came, and all the netbooks were out of sight. I was getting desperate. Then one night I was working and saw a netbook on display at my store, and noticed the chiclet-like keyboard on it, and decided, "fuck it. I'll buy the damn thing." and what started off as a jokeful comment, turned into an actual purchase. Hours pass and I actually get to turn it on to test it out. I'll tell you now, I was skeptical at first, but I was surprised at how much this little machine can really do.

For the record, the netbook I ended up purchasing was the Samsung N220. And on that note, i was never a fan of many samsung products, but they lately have been proving to be very useful products! this machine in particular allows for full instalation of a 64bit operating system, as well as a hefty battery life! in addition to that, it comes with this samsung added feature called "chargable USB" which dedicates one port off the device to charge things via USB when the machine is completely powered off! so aside from being a nice, compact, little netbook, it also serves as an external battery charger!

I'll tell you what, this machine can prove to be EXTREMELY useful. and even if you're using the crap out of it, with bluetooth and wifi enabled, you can still get 8-10 hours of use out of a full charge.

now, like all good products, there is bad. in this case, i dont like the fact that it comes equipped with only 1GB or DDR memory like most netbooks, but its nothing i can't fix/change. also, in regards to the keyboard, its very cleverly spaced, but in my experience thus far typing (even as I type this!), my biggest problem/issue has been the right handed shift key. why? its wayyy too small! if they would have just placed those extra buttons near the other shift key, it would be the ideal netbook keyboard. but as of yet, every capitalization and question i have input manually has been a pain in the ass.

... I also just noticed that the key next to the shift key, and the one diagonally from it are exactly identical.... therefore elimenating the use of that key to begin with... so wtf samsung... wtf.

Well, I'm tired, and I have a day off tomorrow, which I dont feel like sleeping away, because I want to go shopping. until then!

-L

Dear Internet

How are you? I am good. Sort of. It's been quite a journey. Ever since I last updated my last post, a lot has happened. And yet, a lot has also stayed the same. A lot has simply changed to stay the same now, and some things have changed for good. All I can say now is that I don't know what is to happen in the future.

So, what has happened so far?
School is still a task I need to complete. I started learning korean, and have learned up to the point of reading and pronouncing the words and alphabet. Also, my job has become a slight bit more steady. I guess to some extent, jobs are sort of like relationships. And in my case, I seem to have have these long term relationships with these jobs. I know that in the end, it will be hard to let go. I'm not good at these sorts of things. Heck, I HATE making food. And to be making "mexican" food again? it becomes draining. I want another job. One I'm more comfortable with. One I dont have to complain about when it comes to doing my so called duties. It's not that I HATE my job that I have now. It's simply the fact that I'm in the food and beverage business, and I'd much rather be eating the food, as opposed to making it.


So, plans for the future?
Yes. I'm planning on using this blog to express my opinion on things ranging from tech reviews and suggestions. And if I get around to it, I'll host live sessions assisting anyone with tech help and things relevant of that nature. Also, anything personally related such as art, im planning on starting a comic soon. What's it about? just my time in Toronto. You see, this city is full of weird fucking people. And I plan on sharing them with the interwebz. So EVERYONE can bask in their weirdness. And just for fun, I'll take pics of them and compare them to my "cartoon" versions of them. Well, that's all I have for now. Stay tuned for next time when I post something actually worth seeing/reading about.



-L

Post 18: The Start of Something Bad.

So as of today, my life has turned a new shit point, and has now slid further down the stream of piled crap. Listen, all I want is for me to get my damn paycheck, then buy her the ticket so she can come here. Not that complicated. But no. Life, being a bigger asshole than me, threw a slimy shit ball right at me about 2 days ago, and what happened was the manager screwed up my paycheck.

"But Leo! how did he mess up your paycheck?? He's the manager; shouldn't he know what he's doing?"

Yes, audience, he SHOULD know what he's doing, and I strongly weigh emphasis on the word "Should". See, what he did was he pretty much did not include a good chunk of my hours worked. Thus in result, my check added up to be a total of $143.55. Now, that's not all. Not only did he miss a huge portion of my hours, but he also didn't pay the agreed upon rate for my position. It was indeed a huge mess, and the fact that I didn't even know the first thing about fixing it, worried me that I wouldn't be able to. Eventually, the assistant manager told me that they fixed my paycheck, and that it should amount in the next paycheck. Now although I did complain to him that the paycheck was short of hours, I did however fail to mention the fact that the agreed pay rate was also no included in the paycheck. At this point I don't know what further action to take upon having that fixed. Hopefully I can work something out while it's not too late.

Once I can straighten my check out, and all is good on that end of the issue, then I will immediately proceed to the near Starbucks coffee shop. From there, I will negotiate for an interview and see if I can score a position within the facility. If I triumph, then the result will go as follows: I give Taco Bell my oe week notice prior to resignation, inform Starbucks of my transfer within the following days, and if I'm lucky, I should start there as soon as I quit my job at Taco Bell. Now, if none of that occurs at all (if not by order), then I suppose the next taken step is to search for a job (using the same methods as for the Starbucks) until I find one with a higher paying wage than My current job. Of course, I wont quit until I have another job I can hop to.

And for the record, I am doing this job for the paycheck, but above that, I was also rather curious of what occurs within the confines of that fast food restaurant. In addition to my curiosity, I also learned quite a bit as to how most fast food facilities should behave and should manage. Although I was the one on the outside, sort of just watching everything occur, I got a pretty good idea as to what should and should not be done. Therefore, with the benefit of getting paid, I also learned quite a lot about a field/area in which I was positioned in.

Aside from all the work shenanigans, my family is also in quite a bit of turmoil. Heh, I can't even call it that anymore. Honestly, I don't know what it is. My dad, above all, is being stupid. I don't know when he would realize that his reasoning is irrational, and that out of all the possible answers to a question, his is always the wrong one. He has to learn that just because you give an answer that has relatively more words than it should, and includes some sort of philosophical sounding saying within the response, does not make it any more right than someone answering each question with a question. There's things in life which you do, and things which you don't. The ones which come in between, relatively are the ones based within our own psyche.

All this and more, honestly, I don't even know if this is only the beginning, or the progression of misery, furthermore leading to a horrific outcome. I just want this all to be good again; to maintain an acceptable equilibrium is simply fine by me. Like I mentioned earlier, all I want to do is work to fly her over here, and so I can eventually go over there for school. That's my plan. That's what I want to do. Ironic you may say, for a kid who dropped out of school, I still want to go to it. My reason for dropping out wasn't to just rid myself of high school. I just hated the school I was attending and they left me no other choice but to drop out and get my GED. So far, most businesses and "professional" establishments I've witnessed withing the Florida confines is anything but professional.

Tomorrow I work until 10pm. Someone please kill me. Or at least offer me a better job. I can't stand this fast food restaurant that I work at. Starbucks will do. Much appreciated.

Post 17: Some sacrifices...

I hate my life. What a lovely four words to start off a blog. But seriously, can I really love my life at this point? Let us keep in mind that, despite the current circumstances and other inconveniences, I have in fact improved since the very beginning and even before that. Improved in what you may ask? Well of course i believe i mean moving forward within life; overcoming the obstacles and derailing ones self from daily mundane activities, into... well... another order of daily mundane activities. That being said, let us recap what has progressed: I'm out of school, I have my license, and I have a job. Furthermore, I have a better idea of what I want to do in the future. But, there is a downside to it all. Although I am done with school, the future in my education has nothing to do with the past year of my american education. Even though I have my license, I still don't have a car. Therefore, owning a license to some extent is pointless and has minimum purposes. And the job I have, haha, well, let's not get started on that, shall we? All I will say is that it's by far one of the worst experiences I have ever had working. On one hand I am paranoid that I will get fired for something completely ridiculous and unreasonable, yet on the other, I would be glad to get rid of such a burden.

True, life for me this past (almost) year has progressed quite a bit. I'm just disappointed that it could have gone faster. Knowing that all that has been done, has been done so with ease. I simply wish my laziness hadn't intervened and slowed me down to such a point. And I guess with improvements in life being mentioned, my job hunt continues as I seek a better job, a more comfortable environment, and friendlier employees (although I am aware that there's always one who is going to be a total asshole).

In all honesty though, I don't work well under pressure. Nor would any wanna-be ruses inflict any sort of immediate and accurate action from me. In fact, all that would do is intimidate me, thus forcing me to step down my guard. Maybe I should just work at Google (: then again, scripting PHP is such a hassle.

Post 13: The Long Awaited Update

I apologize for the elongated hiatus I've been on. To be frank though, I haven't really felt like updating this much, since I really didn't know what to put or even say. But seeing as to how I'm now more willing to update on my life thus far, I'll attempt to put it as simply as I can:

I recently came back from my trip in Ontario, Canada and it was A M A Z I I N G! I'm definitely more than considering on living there by summer of '09. I also got to see her and my heart began to beat like no other. For about 1 month I lived with her and it was the highlight of my trip. Also at the time I was there I made it official, so yes, I do now have a girlfriend. The downside: she lives far, thus making it long distance. But no matter, I will (like i said earlier) move there and hopefully study there as well. Besides, I like the north WAY more than I do the south. Also, aside from relationship status, I'm 18 which means I'm now eligible to get a somewhat better-ish job than before (if I can even GET a job that is). Unfortunately though, my luck hasn't been too striking in the employment department. Yet no matter that, I still will try hard for some employment, whether it be part time or full; freelance or factory job, I will do it. I am VERY determined at this point to get what I want and to live my life like I would want to. And I wont stop until My life is the way I'd like it to be. Meaning if it NEVER happens, then I'll never stop.

That's pretty much as New as my life gets, but on a side note, I'm trying to make it into college but tuition fees have been killing me. So if you would be so kind and donate some money (could be 50 cents if you'd like) to my paypal, I will be ever so grateful. And If you identify yourself via e-mail, then I will surely reward with as a thanks! The donate button should either be located on the bottom of my blog page, or you can also find it on the left column on my myspace page.

Well folks, I suppose that's about it for today! check back soon, for I WILL be updating this time as much as I possibly can.

P.S. Hurricane Fay is a bitch. I wanna bitch slap her. That is all.

++ Post 7: Change is Good

   Hey guys! It's been a while since I ACTUALLY wrote in here, but let me keep you up to date as to what's new.

++- Well in recent news, I've attained 3 more designer programs to my ever so dying batch,: Flash 8, Illustrator CS3, and DreamWeaver CS3 which came with several programs itself. Reason i got a little outdated version for flash was mostly because it's the version im more comfortable with. I didn't feel like learning NEW tools and NEW rules to the AS (Action Script) and rather just stick with what I knew.

++- Another new this is, you may have notices my top banner for my blogspot is actually flash integrated and so is the navigation bar underneath it. Now, the banner of course works, but currently I'm working on fixing the navigation bar for it doesn't seem to actually work when you click the links (even though on my own computer offline, it seems to work just fine). So I'll fix a few bugs here and there and see how it all goes.

++- Currently STILL unemployed so please please PLEASE, if anyone out there just so happens to be reading this, please let me know if you'd like me to work for you, or even freelance, since I do freelance as well. I'll post my resume soon as well as my freelancing contract but if you are interested, then simply email me at ltrademark@hotail.com and I will send you a copy myself (maybe even conduct some business. Sorry to say, but I am in desperate need of a job and am willing to do whatever it takes to make the costumer/consumer happy and content with their product (whether it be website design or art, ill do it). I also accept payment in paypal or in checks. If you live in the Fort Lauderdale (Florida) area, I am urged to have you contact me A.S.A.P. I will be available for work immediately! If this does happen to occur recently though, I will have to be asked to possibly be excused April 2nd and 3rd, for that day I have my last Graphic Arts exam which I need to pass in order to full-fill my course expectations. For more information please email me.

++- Lastly, my birthday is in 3 months, Canada trip is supposedly in 4 months, and anything and EVERYTHING else is undecided. In other words, time is an essence, and I seem to be running short. I will try to succeed, but who knows where that will get me.

(In refferance to the fist point, If you would like to obtain any of the programs above, then for a limited time only, I'll be giving it away for FREE! so come get a copy now before it's TOO LATE!)