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Name: Nick
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: Vallejo
Gender: Male
Interests: Marine Corps, music, books, physics, math, history, fishing, running, swimming, working out, firearms, collecting, debating, people watching, Korea
Expertise: sadly, none
Occupation: Student
Industry: Government
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Member Since:
4/9/2004
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| I lied. I'm back. Cold turkey is too tough, and besides, still got the Xanga Commercial Contest. I do plan on being much less active though. Besides, I need a place to dump all the crap that gets stored up in my head every day. | | |
| good bye xanga. i'm leaving this open, but don't try to contact me | | |
| Edit: So far, two participants. C'mon people, you know how this works. It's no fun for anyone if more people don't join in. Besides, I'm offering as prizes, Xanga premium (depending on how many credits I'm able to rack up will determine the amounts).
Xanga! You have spoken! And I, your benevolent dicta... kiiin... er, blogger, have listened! So here are some ground rules for the Xanga Commercial Contest!
1. Three categories
a) Xanga
b) Personal Xanga site (yours or another's - please get permission before advertising someone else's!)
c) Commercial of your choice! Make it creative, but please keep it (somewhat) clean! You ladies advertising your services can send me a private message later 
2. Videos should be the length of a regular commercial. I'm thinking about 30 seconds, please nothing longer than a minute! Put as much time into these as you like - I'm hoping we get some really neat videos here, and I know a lot of you are pros when it comes to video editing and such. Also, bonus points if you include another Xangan or introduce your friends to Xanga while making your video!
3. Please upload your videos to Youtube so that they can be embedded elsewhere. If you don't have a Youtube account, get one =]
4. All video submissions will be due by 2359 30 NOV 2009 (aka before December hits). This should give everyone sufficient time to make a quality video, edit it, and what not. You also have the luxury of using Thanksgiving break to work on your video.
5. Once all video submissions have been received, there will be a one week voting process. Every Xangan may cast a for a video in each of the three categories. There will be one celebrity guest judge, who will be voting as well; this person's vote will be weighted 3x. The celebrity guest judge will be announced at a later date (yes, I already have one picked out).
That about does it. Questions, comments, concerns? Then let's get started! Oh, and please message me so I can add your name to a list of participants (and what category you're doing - or do all three!) | | |
| I have made many acquaintances and friends both on and off Xanga. Some of them are still close, while others have fallen away. Then there are those few that I feel the need to cut away.
Perhaps it is cliche, but sometimes I feel like certain people weigh me down in life. To be honest, more often I have hurt them or vice versa, and we're too stubborn to apologize. Or perhaps there are just too many differences between us. Whatever the reason may be, I feel compelled to remove every aspect of that person from my life. Is this childish? Possibly. But I do what I need to in order to not dwell.
So what do I do in order to "erase" a person? Well, unfortunately mind erasure is not available yet (unless you've seen an alien) so I have to rely upon other means to have eternal sunshine in my spotless mind. To begin with, I first weigh out whether or not a person is worth it. Worth putting in the time, effort, frustration to maintain some sort of relationship with. This may be dragging out the inevitable, but I am a fan of closure. I want a definite yes or no, and no ambiguity.
Once I have determined that a person is to be cut out, the next step is to remove any connection to them from my life. This can be difficult with some people, especially if you have a lot of mutual friends. However, most people are respectful enough to not mention said person if they know you are trying to avoid/forget someone.
Removing connections means exactly what it says. All connections must be deleted. Facebook. Address. Phone number. Screenname. Don't try lying to yourself saying there might be some vague reason where you'd want to contact that person in the future. You're just hurting yourself.
After this, one step remains. Let them have the last word. Don't argue. Don't try to stretch the conversation out. Once it has been decided that you will not be compatible, just stop. No replies, no good byes. This is one time when you do not want to have the last word. | | |
| But pretty darn awesome. Had the 8-12 watch this weekend. I thought that my weekend was dead. Nope. One of the guys I stood watch with was 21. We decided to check out a local bar in town called Gentleman Jim's. Now this is in Vallejo. The bar looks seedy, and we're afraid of getting jumped. But heck, it's close by so we decided to check it out after watch. Not a bad joint. Not too lively, but they got booze. Went there with his friend on Friday night, then again on Saturday night. After Saturday night we were hella craving food, so we drove out to an In 'N Out maybe 30 minutes away. We pull through the drive-through around 0140, hoping and praying they're still open - we see the car two spaces in front of us get served but then the next car and ours were DENIED! But persistence pays off. After watch tonight we drove out again, and this time... SUCCESS! Double-double with animal style fries FTW! My first time at In 'N Out, OMG to die for! I felt like I might die while eating hahaha. Anywho, pretty awesome weekend despite having watch. Except I lost my student ID so I have to wake up early to get in the computer lab to finish some work. Post with substance coming up.
P.S. - Don't forget the Xanga Commercial Contest! | | |
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