"Sometimes it may seem girl I'm neglecting you,
I'd love to spend more time.
But I got so many things to do" - The Isley Brothers
Hello, WORLD! Smokke Singleton here and I should be celebrating because I just turned 38 yesterday. But I'm not. Why? For one, I'm battling a nasty flu bug and I'm kinda twisted off this medication. As soon as I recover though, I'm gonna party for at least for a few days. Hell, maybe a week.
Then for the most part my partying in 2013 will be done.
Everything for me can go back to normal 12/01/13. Maybe. Depends really on what I have accomplished at that point.
I won't drag this post out. Like I said in my previous post Happiness, 12/01/13 is a very important date to me. It will be 10 years to the day that my mother, Jeanette Singleton-Thomas, passed. For me to say that I'm not living for anybody's approval is the absolute truth these days but to say nobody's approval ever mattered to me would be an out right lie. Her approval mattered. Still does. I live my life with no regrets whatsoever but there's tons of stuff that I wish I could go back and change. My mom at one point was so proud of me. I messed all of that up being a typical young black male/knucklehead/dumbass growing up in Chicago. I made mistakes, no doubt. Too be honest, I didn't really see how messed up I was until after she had passed. So I made a point to make a better me. For the most part, I'm somebody my mother would be proud of again.
But she can't see that now, can she? (Religious people may beg to differ but blow it out yall asses!) So, what can I do now that she's not here? Well, my thinking is if I made a real success story of myself by 12/01/13 maybe I can atone for what I wasn't able to do when she was alive. I sound kinda stupid right? I'm human, I'm allowed to have some stupid beliefs. Nevertheless, I have to strive to be a success by that time or I'm gonna feel like I let her down for a 2nd time.
That's basically the thing. It's what's gonna push me to make this my best year ever. And really, that's all we can do, right WORLD? Catch yall later. I got work to do.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Funny (2/10/12)
"And it's funny you should call today..." - Gerald LeVert
Hello WORLD!!! Smokkee Singleton here. I gotta tell you about the dumbest security system I've ever encountered. This past Sunday, I was chilling at home with my family before the NBA games come on when suddenly my phone rings and I don't recognize the number but it's a local number so I answer. It's one of my coworkers Chucky, he's a little older but still a pretty cool white boy.
But why's he calling me out the blue though?
He goes "Ay Smokke. You're something like one of those mechanical geniuses right?" I go "Something like that. Yeah. Why? Waddup." He says "I just found an brand spanking new iPhone!"
Now he got my attention.
"You found a who?", just to make sure I heard him right.
"I found a brand new iPhone. Not a scratch on it."
"You gotta cut that thing off man. If it cuts back on by itself, the owner had something set up so that he/she can get back ASAP."
"Oh, OK." He said he cut it off and it stayed off. That's one good sign.
"OK So what are you trying to do with it?"
"Thats the problem! I can't do nothing with it. It's asking for a security code."
"Oh well, nothing you can do with it. Might as well try to find the owner. Who knows, you may get a reward for that." I reply with waning interest.
"That's the thing! I don't know how to figure out who's phone it is. Listen man, you're the techie. Can't you hack into or something?"
"Sure. I can do that for ya. No problem. You'll bring it to the job tomorrow, yeah?"
"I got one better. I'll be at your house in 20 minutes."
I guessed my relaxation period was quickly coming to an end. "..........OK. See you in 20."
Sure enough, Chuckie 's on the Southside of Chicago where I'm at about 20 minutes after that. He hands me the iPhone, and it's a beaut, alright. I'm assuming it's an iPhone 4 or 5, one of the ones I'm not to familiar with but no biggie. Can't be THAT different from the earlier models, I assumed. I hit the standby button and the first thing it's asking for is the security code, sure enough. I go ahead and try to gain entry with 2 quick default numbers, 4321 then when that didn't work 0000. No luck. I woulda tried another set of numbers but it might have locked the phone so I thought it might be best if I didn't try.
"So what are we gonna do, Smokke?"
For some reason, I don't know why I did it, I just held the button on the bottom of the phone. Guess who decides to speak up.
"Hello. I'm Siri." Yeah? I say "Siri, what's my passcode?" She says "I don't know you. Please..." yada yada yada something. I gotta try another route. I say "Siri, what's my name?" & she repeated that IDKY message. I then say "What's my mom's number, Siri?" and she reply's "Mom's number is..". WTF?!?!? I couldn't believe it was that simply to extract personal information from a locked phone just by talking to this CPU chick and it took all of 5 minutes to do this. Before I gave Chuckie back the phone, I go "Siri, I think I love you." She says "All you need is love. And iPhone!" In the end, Chuckie wound up turning it in and got a reward. And I wound up learning some new stuff.
Like never trust Siri. She'll turn on you in a minute if the right man sweet talks her.
Hello WORLD!!! Smokkee Singleton here. I gotta tell you about the dumbest security system I've ever encountered. This past Sunday, I was chilling at home with my family before the NBA games come on when suddenly my phone rings and I don't recognize the number but it's a local number so I answer. It's one of my coworkers Chucky, he's a little older but still a pretty cool white boy.
But why's he calling me out the blue though?
He goes "Ay Smokke. You're something like one of those mechanical geniuses right?" I go "Something like that. Yeah. Why? Waddup." He says "I just found an brand spanking new iPhone!"
Now he got my attention.
"You found a who?", just to make sure I heard him right.
"I found a brand new iPhone. Not a scratch on it."
"You gotta cut that thing off man. If it cuts back on by itself, the owner had something set up so that he/she can get back ASAP."
"Oh, OK." He said he cut it off and it stayed off. That's one good sign.
"OK So what are you trying to do with it?"
"Thats the problem! I can't do nothing with it. It's asking for a security code."
"Oh well, nothing you can do with it. Might as well try to find the owner. Who knows, you may get a reward for that." I reply with waning interest.
"That's the thing! I don't know how to figure out who's phone it is. Listen man, you're the techie. Can't you hack into or something?"
"Sure. I can do that for ya. No problem. You'll bring it to the job tomorrow, yeah?"
"I got one better. I'll be at your house in 20 minutes."
I guessed my relaxation period was quickly coming to an end. "..........OK. See you in 20."
Sure enough, Chuckie 's on the Southside of Chicago where I'm at about 20 minutes after that. He hands me the iPhone, and it's a beaut, alright. I'm assuming it's an iPhone 4 or 5, one of the ones I'm not to familiar with but no biggie. Can't be THAT different from the earlier models, I assumed. I hit the standby button and the first thing it's asking for is the security code, sure enough. I go ahead and try to gain entry with 2 quick default numbers, 4321 then when that didn't work 0000. No luck. I woulda tried another set of numbers but it might have locked the phone so I thought it might be best if I didn't try.
"So what are we gonna do, Smokke?"
For some reason, I don't know why I did it, I just held the button on the bottom of the phone. Guess who decides to speak up.
"Hello. I'm Siri." Yeah? I say "Siri, what's my passcode?" She says "I don't know you. Please..." yada yada yada something. I gotta try another route. I say "Siri, what's my name?" & she repeated that IDKY message. I then say "What's my mom's number, Siri?" and she reply's "Mom's number is..". WTF?!?!? I couldn't believe it was that simply to extract personal information from a locked phone just by talking to this CPU chick and it took all of 5 minutes to do this. Before I gave Chuckie back the phone, I go "Siri, I think I love you." She says "All you need is love. And iPhone!" In the end, Chuckie wound up turning it in and got a reward. And I wound up learning some new stuff.
Like never trust Siri. She'll turn on you in a minute if the right man sweet talks her.
Monday, January 21, 2013
ZOOM
"I'd like to fly far away from here. Where my mind can be fresh and clear....." Commodores
Hello, WORLD!!! Happy 2013 to all of y'all. I haven't said too much in the blog universe & I feel like maybe an explanation is due. Maybe not but any excuse to blog is a good one, right. I had all kinda good excuses to blog last year but last year was probably my quietest year, blog-wise.
Why is that, you ask? Last year was probably one the best years I've had in a long time. I reconnected with my family on my maternal side who I never should have lost contact with. I caught up with a lot of my cousins in July for a family barbecue and then again at my first Thanksgiving with my family in 10+ years. Some of whom met my some of my children for the first time ever while I met some of my newest cousins who I didn't know existed either. I can try to explain why I felt I didn't want to be bothered with them but I'd be lying my ass off. It was only after I reconciled that I realized the reason I stayed away from them so long is that I felt like I didn't want them to see me when I wasn't a success. Pride is a mother.... So, I stayed away until I felt like I was good enough to come back home. Of course, using that logic, I guess I feel like a success now. When I think about it, I realize I'm not but I am right there though. I'm so close, so so close though. And even if I do become the success that I want to be, it will still be 10 years to late for reasons I'll get into real soon.
Going back to the biz of this post, another thing about 2012 that made it so great for me is it also was the year a lot of things just clicked for me. While I already
knew what I wanted to do, it didn't really sink in til last year how I
could go about get everything accomplished. The blogs have been my main focus over the past few years but I never wanted to be identified as just a blogger. Couple that fact with the fact that my blogs weren't going in the direction that I wanted them to plus the fact that I was happily doing other projects and bam, there's the reason for the long absence. I'm re-energized again and ready to guide my blogs into the right direction. Which means changes, of course. And there's one (or maybe I should say 12) big changes in store for the SWBs that I didn't even realize I had to make.
The blogs themselves have been more therapeutic than profitable up to this point and while I'm grateful for that too, I've always had much more in mind for them and myself than just that. For instance, I'd also love to be recognized as an author as well. My book of short stories, IS THERE A THIRD OPTION has also been a long time coming and in all honesty is nowhere near completion. I have only three of the 13 stories I want to put out with this book complete so far and have not started working on the others as of yet. I was busy compiling information for my first non fiction book, THEY SAY CHI CITY. What is this book about? It's a history of my beloved city's rise, fall, and rise again in one of the most misunderstood businesses out there. That's about all of the info I'm willing to give up on that subhect for now but trust when I say I'll give you the full scoop on this within the next few months, maybe this one.
Now that I think about it, I do have a lot more to fill you guys in on so I can't spend too much time dwelling on 2012, can I? Not while 2013 is in full swing plus if you read the last post, you already know I got a deadline to beat and why I'm racing to beat it. In fact, my next SWP post is aptly titled "Deadline' & I promise it will shed a light on why some of the stuff I'm doing now is so important and why I the success that I become really doesn't even mean as much as it could. Since time keeps zooming, I need to be too. Later, WORLD!
Hello, WORLD!!! Happy 2013 to all of y'all. I haven't said too much in the blog universe & I feel like maybe an explanation is due. Maybe not but any excuse to blog is a good one, right. I had all kinda good excuses to blog last year but last year was probably my quietest year, blog-wise.
Why is that, you ask? Last year was probably one the best years I've had in a long time. I reconnected with my family on my maternal side who I never should have lost contact with. I caught up with a lot of my cousins in July for a family barbecue and then again at my first Thanksgiving with my family in 10+ years. Some of whom met my some of my children for the first time ever while I met some of my newest cousins who I didn't know existed either. I can try to explain why I felt I didn't want to be bothered with them but I'd be lying my ass off. It was only after I reconciled that I realized the reason I stayed away from them so long is that I felt like I didn't want them to see me when I wasn't a success. Pride is a mother.... So, I stayed away until I felt like I was good enough to come back home. Of course, using that logic, I guess I feel like a success now. When I think about it, I realize I'm not but I am right there though. I'm so close, so so close though. And even if I do become the success that I want to be, it will still be 10 years to late for reasons I'll get into real soon.
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| My children (from left to right) Peyton 3, Nathan 4, Adria 6, & Thonequea 21 (taken at my Aunt Betty's house, July 2012). | . |
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| Thanksgiving 2012 with my cousin's April (clockwise from top), Vanessa, Cindy, and Aunt Darlene. |
The blogs themselves have been more therapeutic than profitable up to this point and while I'm grateful for that too, I've always had much more in mind for them and myself than just that. For instance, I'd also love to be recognized as an author as well. My book of short stories, IS THERE A THIRD OPTION has also been a long time coming and in all honesty is nowhere near completion. I have only three of the 13 stories I want to put out with this book complete so far and have not started working on the others as of yet. I was busy compiling information for my first non fiction book, THEY SAY CHI CITY. What is this book about? It's a history of my beloved city's rise, fall, and rise again in one of the most misunderstood businesses out there. That's about all of the info I'm willing to give up on that subhect for now but trust when I say I'll give you the full scoop on this within the next few months, maybe this one.
Now that I think about it, I do have a lot more to fill you guys in on so I can't spend too much time dwelling on 2012, can I? Not while 2013 is in full swing plus if you read the last post, you already know I got a deadline to beat and why I'm racing to beat it. In fact, my next SWP post is aptly titled "Deadline' & I promise it will shed a light on why some of the stuff I'm doing now is so important and why I the success that I become really doesn't even mean as much as it could. Since time keeps zooming, I need to be too. Later, WORLD!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Happiness
"All I really want is to be happy....." Mary J Blige
Hello, WORLD!!! Smokkee here again FINALLY because it feels like its been ages since I last posted anything. I must got something to say again, huh? It ain't like that. I haven't been slacking at all but this ain't the post to get into all that. If you're curious about what's been happening with me, I'll start getting into it in my next post, 'Zoom', basically a run down of how 2012 was for me. Then you're gonna wanna read about why December 1st, 2013 is a very, very important date for me on my 'Work To Do (Deadline)' post. And I should mention the BIIIIIIIG changes in store for all my blogs as well for my online presence in general that I'll detail in 'Where Do We Go From Here' and 'Public Service Announcement".
So why this post? I just wanted everybody to know that I'm not only still alive and kickin, I've never been so focused in my life. I'm also happy with my life. I've always been that but I feel that maybe I was TOO happy over the course of 2012. I did the one thing I said I would never do: I felt content. Happiness does that to you every time if you let it. Happiness is a funny thing, WORLD.
The funniest thing I hear about happiness is that it is supposed to be a secret to it. I don't know any secret to it, personally, but I find that phrase too funny. Seriously. If there was a secret to happiness, wouldn't everybody know it anyway? Who can really keep a secret?
But happiness ain't always a good thing. Like I said, I got content with my life and the way things were going, the way everything that I've been planning is finally falling into place and whatnot. Bottom line: I stopped doing what has put me right at the doorstep of where I wanna be and just started to enjoy the view on the other side from there. Ain't nobody got time for that. We all have our deadlines and I'm one of the lucky few to know when mine is and 12-01-13 isn't as far off as it seems. So lemme get back to grinding right now. I'm more than happy to do so. Later, WORLD.
Hello, WORLD!!! Smokkee here again FINALLY because it feels like its been ages since I last posted anything. I must got something to say again, huh? It ain't like that. I haven't been slacking at all but this ain't the post to get into all that. If you're curious about what's been happening with me, I'll start getting into it in my next post, 'Zoom', basically a run down of how 2012 was for me. Then you're gonna wanna read about why December 1st, 2013 is a very, very important date for me on my 'Work To Do (Deadline)' post. And I should mention the BIIIIIIIG changes in store for all my blogs as well for my online presence in general that I'll detail in 'Where Do We Go From Here' and 'Public Service Announcement".
So why this post? I just wanted everybody to know that I'm not only still alive and kickin, I've never been so focused in my life. I'm also happy with my life. I've always been that but I feel that maybe I was TOO happy over the course of 2012. I did the one thing I said I would never do: I felt content. Happiness does that to you every time if you let it. Happiness is a funny thing, WORLD.
The funniest thing I hear about happiness is that it is supposed to be a secret to it. I don't know any secret to it, personally, but I find that phrase too funny. Seriously. If there was a secret to happiness, wouldn't everybody know it anyway? Who can really keep a secret?
But happiness ain't always a good thing. Like I said, I got content with my life and the way things were going, the way everything that I've been planning is finally falling into place and whatnot. Bottom line: I stopped doing what has put me right at the doorstep of where I wanna be and just started to enjoy the view on the other side from there. Ain't nobody got time for that. We all have our deadlines and I'm one of the lucky few to know when mine is and 12-01-13 isn't as far off as it seems. So lemme get back to grinding right now. I'm more than happy to do so. Later, WORLD.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
4 Cellphone Mistakes, Learned From Experience
Hello, WORLD!! Smokkee Singleton here, loving Chicago's gorgeous weather yesterday, freezing right now. Cest le vie. Anyway, I've been doing a lot of thinking about cell phones lately because due to some billing issues, I've had to leave US Cellular whom I still feel is a great cell company. I'm now with Boost Mobile but I can't say for how long. Cellphones are now more of a requirement than a want for most people, especially us tech saavy people. With that in mind, one must choose wisely when deciding which phone to get, what cell company to get yours from, etc. Here's the 4 biggest mistakes I've had to deal with.
4) Smartphones aren't for everybody:
Life becomes so much more easier when you become Internet saavy, trust me. Paying bills online, shopping, staying post on the latest news, etc are all so much more easier & faster online. Using that logic, life became easier after the arrival of the laptop and easier still with the arrival of the smart cell phone. BUT just because it can make your life easy doesn't mean you absolutely need one. Sometimes the basic, "ancient" phone is exaactly what you need. I got 2 buddies who prove my point exactly. My boy Antione has a flip phone and he loves it! Facebooks, texts, calls, browses the web, he does almost everything with a basic phone that's possible, just a tad bit slower. I tease him a lot bout his dinosaur but its all good if it does the job and it does for him, I guess. Our guy Nard has an Android that besides using bus tracker, texting, & making calls, he never uses it. Antoine does more for less with his phone while Nard is paying for additional cellphone features that he won't ever benefit from enough to justify. The thing most people don't know is that most cell companies charge an additional fee for data plans specfor smart phones. Even Boost's 'only $50 a month' plan adds $5 for smartphones. If your not gonna use it, why get it?
3) Everybody CANNOT use your smartphone:
If you are using a smartphone, you know as well as I do it's not really a smartphone; it's a slightly dumb computer that makes phonecalls. It does the same thing a computer can do. That means it has the same strengths as a CPU and the same weaknesses. One of the worst of the weaknesses: viruses. I remember getting my first Android phone. The first problem I encountered was a virus. I couldn't figure out where it came from at first but then one of my guys asked to borrow my phone after I had it cleaned & I just happened to glance at my screen in time to notice this fool was looking up porn! Porn lovers & illegal downloaders get CPU viruses quicker than anybody else for some strange reason (I think Christian programmers are some of the virus makers because of this). Plus, with all these banking apps, social sites, etc, why would you freely give up your phone to people? Bottom line: If they ain't using your phone to make a phonecall, and it better be quick phone call at that, they need to get there own phone.
2) Signing up for text? Watch those fine prints:
Know why I had to leave US Cellular? Well, there's a number of reasons but they all started when I added my wife Leiatonia & one of my stepsons Navarris to my plan. Actually my plan, which was $69 unlimited everything a month plus charges that came out to bout $95-120 after taxes, was eliminated and I started a family plan. The family plan was supposed to make my bill lower. I would be paying about $225 or $75 per line vs the $95 I was paying for myself. The first bill came and it was that $225, plus taxes of course, and "other" charges, totaling $350 more than what I was expecting or willing to pay. The other charges turned out to be from numerous updates like NBA & MLB that Navarris' phone had been subscribed to, each at a charge of $10 a pop. He responsed that it wasn't him & it might've been one of his friends who he let see the phone who did it. I'm telling you to watch what you to pay attention to what you subscribe to but you see what I mean about letting people use your phone? Whatever the case, it was a costly lesson indeed.
1) But It Said Unlimited: Apparently, unlimited data plans are slightly inaccurate. By unlimited, most companies mean you'll have access to about 4 gigabytes or more pf data. That's enough for most people to browse the web, send texts, etc, for a month & still have some data left over out of the 4 GBs. But if you're a streamer, a downloader, or a pirate (you know who you are), that 4GBs could be gone in a day. At US Cellular, my service on my Galaxy Tab was interrupted because of this. Of course, US Cellular doesn't offer unlimited data on tabs but they have it on their phones and a few times, my phone was shut down because of an "abuse of data". How can I abuse data if I have an unlimited data plan?
That's it for now, WORLD.
4) Smartphones aren't for everybody:
Life becomes so much more easier when you become Internet saavy, trust me. Paying bills online, shopping, staying post on the latest news, etc are all so much more easier & faster online. Using that logic, life became easier after the arrival of the laptop and easier still with the arrival of the smart cell phone. BUT just because it can make your life easy doesn't mean you absolutely need one. Sometimes the basic, "ancient" phone is exaactly what you need. I got 2 buddies who prove my point exactly. My boy Antione has a flip phone and he loves it! Facebooks, texts, calls, browses the web, he does almost everything with a basic phone that's possible, just a tad bit slower. I tease him a lot bout his dinosaur but its all good if it does the job and it does for him, I guess. Our guy Nard has an Android that besides using bus tracker, texting, & making calls, he never uses it. Antoine does more for less with his phone while Nard is paying for additional cellphone features that he won't ever benefit from enough to justify. The thing most people don't know is that most cell companies charge an additional fee for data plans specfor smart phones. Even Boost's 'only $50 a month' plan adds $5 for smartphones. If your not gonna use it, why get it?
3) Everybody CANNOT use your smartphone:
If you are using a smartphone, you know as well as I do it's not really a smartphone; it's a slightly dumb computer that makes phonecalls. It does the same thing a computer can do. That means it has the same strengths as a CPU and the same weaknesses. One of the worst of the weaknesses: viruses. I remember getting my first Android phone. The first problem I encountered was a virus. I couldn't figure out where it came from at first but then one of my guys asked to borrow my phone after I had it cleaned & I just happened to glance at my screen in time to notice this fool was looking up porn! Porn lovers & illegal downloaders get CPU viruses quicker than anybody else for some strange reason (I think Christian programmers are some of the virus makers because of this). Plus, with all these banking apps, social sites, etc, why would you freely give up your phone to people? Bottom line: If they ain't using your phone to make a phonecall, and it better be quick phone call at that, they need to get there own phone.
2) Signing up for text? Watch those fine prints:
Know why I had to leave US Cellular? Well, there's a number of reasons but they all started when I added my wife Leiatonia & one of my stepsons Navarris to my plan. Actually my plan, which was $69 unlimited everything a month plus charges that came out to bout $95-120 after taxes, was eliminated and I started a family plan. The family plan was supposed to make my bill lower. I would be paying about $225 or $75 per line vs the $95 I was paying for myself. The first bill came and it was that $225, plus taxes of course, and "other" charges, totaling $350 more than what I was expecting or willing to pay. The other charges turned out to be from numerous updates like NBA & MLB that Navarris' phone had been subscribed to, each at a charge of $10 a pop. He responsed that it wasn't him & it might've been one of his friends who he let see the phone who did it. I'm telling you to watch what you to pay attention to what you subscribe to but you see what I mean about letting people use your phone? Whatever the case, it was a costly lesson indeed.
1) But It Said Unlimited: Apparently, unlimited data plans are slightly inaccurate. By unlimited, most companies mean you'll have access to about 4 gigabytes or more pf data. That's enough for most people to browse the web, send texts, etc, for a month & still have some data left over out of the 4 GBs. But if you're a streamer, a downloader, or a pirate (you know who you are), that 4GBs could be gone in a day. At US Cellular, my service on my Galaxy Tab was interrupted because of this. Of course, US Cellular doesn't offer unlimited data on tabs but they have it on their phones and a few times, my phone was shut down because of an "abuse of data". How can I abuse data if I have an unlimited data plan?
That's it for now, WORLD.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
RELOADED, 2012
HELLO, WORLD!!! I guess you're wondering where I been..... LOL!! I've been recharging my (writing) batteries. I haven't even worked on a short story or blog post since I completed posting my 101 goals on my SMOKKEE'S WORLD 101 blog (http://smokkees101goals.blogspot.com/). More on that in tomorrow's post. Well, what's good? I just wanted to let everybody on Google + who supports me that nothing has happened to me, that I'm still alive & kicking, & that I won't be on break much longer. I'm recharged now and it has come at the right time too. Tomorrow, I got a lil crow to eat, #SadButTrue... Well, that's it for now, WORLD but make sure y'all catch me tomorrow on my SMOKKEE'S WORLD 101 blog for that crow eating I just mentioned. Hell, I might even throw in a movie review on my SMOKKEE'S WORLD FAVORITE'S blog too. I told y'all I was recharged! Dueces!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Embracing Imperfections: Will My Biggest Flaw Be My Downfall?
Hello, WORLD!! Smokkee Singleton here. Yall know who I am right? A blogger who's just now getting in the groove with his blogs as well as an author who's first book will be out somewhere between the summers of 2012-2013. In the meantime, with the blog money coming in but not enough to support my family, how do I earn a living? I got a job. Well, I got a job for now. I just signed some this notice that went around to all of my coworkers & me regarding being absence. I signed it & moved on. I'm like an iron man; unless I'm not able to move period, I don't miss work. Then I find out it wasn't just about absences... it also was refering to tardiness. Now I know I'm not a perfect person. I don't pretend to be even if I strive for it. You'll never be perfect but why not aim for perfection, right? I even know what most of my flaws are. My biggest flaw is I am not an on time person. Right now, I don't have a car & depending on the CTA here in Chicago is hit or miss. Anyway, the noticed says that 4 "absences" (read: absences or tardies) equal 1 occurance and 4 occurances... well, yada yada yada. I won't not try to get to work on time. I've never tried to be late on purpose (who do that stupid shit?) but to say that I'll not get an occurance, probably before 1-2 weeks past would be overly optimistic. My point: if you know what you're flaws are, try to polish them a lil bit. It doesn't hurt anybody none trying to better themselves. If I can't polish this flaw of mine, I'll only be self employed way before I'm able to support myself like that. That's it for now WORLD. I'll definitely keep you posted on this.
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