Pointless Pontification

Fucking Northwest Weather

2007-02-20T11:50:00.000-08:00

This is what it looks like if you don't believe the hype:

The pic isn't the clearest it could be. But it was sunny on the left. Raining on the right. Welcome to Western Washington Bitches.

Sheer Boredom Prompted This Post

2007-02-19T15:06:00.000-08:00

Prez day. I have the afternoon off. And I've been dinking around myspace and such lately. And thought. Oh shit. Yeah. I have a blog.

And I went back and just read about 80% of all the posts I ever made.

It's really made me see how much of the same person I was when I was 18 and started this blog. And also, how I am nothing like the person that started this blog two years ago.

I have grown so much. And feel so differant. But I still retain the same spirit and values that I wrote about 2 years ago.

More experiance as an "adult" is continually changing my views on the world. Which I assume is only to be expected.

I will let the long time readers know:

My only get rich quick ventures never turned into anything over a couple of a hundred dollars over several months.

I lost the bet to Eric. He made about quadruple the amount of money I did. (This year will be a differant story)

I am no longer working for the school district. I have been a mortgage broker since June 2006.

I quit the first mortgage company I worked for on October 15th, and have since been working out of my home office, partnered with Eric trying to run the show ourselves. AmericaOne Finance represent!

I have only dated for a combined total of 1 month in the last 4 years. Which was September 2005.

I have a really big crush on this girl name Krissy K. Some may say she's unobtainable. I say "ye have little faith".

I wear sweats to work everyday.

I am disappointed in my progress professionally. My work ethic, and self-disiplice are lacking. I need to find something to help me improve.

I still love life.

Guiness is the best imported beer.

Harmon Brews are the best locally.

Piggy B's New Pad

2006-11-17T14:29:00.000-08:00

Well the Benis has moved out. And got a "career" (aka Mortgage broker. I've been in the business about 4 or 5 months now.).

So here's this is what it looks like where I work AND live. Lets take the virtual guided tour:

Then as you walk down the hallway past the two bedrooms. You'll enter the Office. Notice the view of the entire downtown industrial tacoma. Port of Tacoma is either the 2nd or 3rd largest port on the west coast. I believe it brings in every Kia sold on this side of the Missipy. Also notice the Tacoma Dome. And due to the overcast you cant see it. But just to the left of the Dome, we have a view of Mt. Rainier.

Next we turn around. We see the humble kitchen with an island. Then we move on back toward the door, and we see my humble room. It has an attached 3/4 bath. And my bedframe is on backorder but have been assured I will recieve it sometime in the month of November. And the Entertainment center is also on its way.

This concludes our tour. Refreshments are available in the virtual lobby.

Posting

2006-09-25T14:34:00.001-07:00

The fact that KOW can post daily for over 2 years astounds me. I'm always thouroughly entertained by his writings, and it makes me sad that I can't take the time to be interesting, at least a couple times a week. So I can write about it.

Maybe I am interesting. And I just don't notice the interesting, enough to think to write about it. But then doesn't that just make me uninteresting by default?

Oh well, I guess I'll continue to live a life of unnoticed dull and "uninterestingness".

*sigh*

Posting

2006-09-25T14:34:00.000-07:00

Random update.

2006-06-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Wow. May 3rd was the last post?

Since then...

... I have become a non-teenager
... I quit a job.
... I got a completely new job
... I got an Xbox 360... and become the Grey Fox and Dark Brotherhood Listener
... Have not had sex
... Have wished I have had sex
... Sold a Loan
... Puked Dominos Pizza
... Drank a decent amount of my favorite beers Michalob Ultra Amber and Guiness
... Prepared to move out of my parents house
... Drank an excess amount of bad beer

again. Like I said my life is pretty boring right now.

Hiatus

2006-05-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

It seems my life has been exceptionally boring as of late. And i've been somewhat busy doing boring things. So for now, I'm going to take a hiatus from blogging until my life becomes more interesting.

And a week has passed

2006-04-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

Wowza. It doesn't seem like a week has gone by since I lost my window!

Turns out I wasn't insured for glass coverage. BLAH

But I was actually able to convince my agent, that he should cover out of his pocket, anything above and beyond my deductable. So I still only have to pay $100, not to bad. But not to great either. Oh well. At least I'll have a rear window soon.

Good news is. I've finished writing my course. I've been knocking on the key board for about 3 or 4 weekends now, pounding out my own course on internet marketing. I'll let you all know when I get it up on the interweb.

And uh... what else. I'm reading tons of books. Learning so much about the world of information marketing. I may land my first client for a Direct Response Mailing campaign this month. So that's pretty exciting. Once I develop the plan, I have it set up so I can make somewhere between $30-70k/year risidually. Which wouldn't be a bad start for my first official client.

Everything is finally coming together. I figure I'm on track to be making over 100k a year by the end of september.

Maybe Iwill be a millionaire by the time I'm 25. (which was my goal that i set when I was 14.)

Past financial issues,

I saw Lucky Number Slevin. And loved it! Go see that. Funtimes.

And...

Um...

I think...

Oh right! I went to court for my ticket and got it deferred... I'm boring. And I'm done.

... And what a Friday it is!

2006-04-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

I guess I'll have to start this story out about a year ago. When my Camry was stolen for the first time. And so was my trombone--about at $3000 trombone.

The car was recovered. The trombone was not.

Then about 6 months later. Again, the car gets stolen, and ANOTHER trombone (this time lent to me from the school).

The car was recovered. The trombone was not.

ARGH. Well I bought new trombones. One for the school. One for me. I buy a new car.

That brings us to this morning. Now thinking I had learned my lesson, I no longer leave trombones in cars... or so I thought.

Last night, after I got back from rehersal... it just slipped my mind. First time in about 6 months. And then I wake up this morning. VOILA! There's my car. Ok so far so good. I get in, and shut the door trying to make it to my 7 am meeting.

*SLAM!**Shadder*

What the fuck!? I look back, there's a giant hole where my window should be. And an empty space where my trombone WAS.

FUCK!

So I grab a stick, knock out the remnants of glass shards. In the pouring fucking rain. Grab a 50 gallon grabage bag, cut it down the seams, patch up the hole. And come to work, to tell you about it.

You're welcome. Happy Friday Everyone!

Tevin

Business Idea of The Fucking Century

2006-04-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

Ok check this out.

My best friend is a mortgage broker. A pretty good one at that--his first month in his new office he'll be making between 12-17k. In one month of working. Not bad for the first month. Next month he's aiming for 25k. Not bad for an 18 year old college drop out. Anyhow...

But his system of gaining clients is cold calling. Calling you during your dinner time, and convincing you to refinance your house. Now, he's good at it. But hates doing it (every salesman hates cold calling. It's the hardest thing to do in sales).

So he came to me and asked for a direct mail campaign. A way in which he'll be able to aquire credit applications and leads without ever having to pick up the phone. We came up with a plan. Next month we'll mail out 2000k pieces to see how it works.

We agreed I'd make 5% of whatever his gross comission is. Meaning if the mailing I create for him creates 10,000 in gross comission for him. I would make $500. But in direct mail campaigns, you mail monthly. So I make 5% every month he mails my campaign.

But here's what makes it the best business idea of the fucking century.

If it works for Eric, I'm going to create a system. With instructions on exactly how it works, and give it to another mortgage broker in another state with the same deal as Eric. 5% gross comission, every time you mail it (which is a great deal if you have any idea what hte price of an ad campaign and copywriting.).

If it works for him. I'm going to go national. Make a national license for it.

But here's the best part. The license will be for 1 year. You have the right to use my system for one year. But if you buy it, no one else in your state will be allowed to use it. So no one else will be using the same incredible techniques as the person that buys it.

And you can buy the license for $10-15k a year (haven't decided the best price yet.). But you can imagine, if this system guarentees that you will make 10-30+k every single month you use it. I think it'd be worth it.

But now look at this plan. Every year, I can sell this license to mortgage brokers, NATION WIDE. Even fi I only get 30 of 50 states. That's 300-450k a year, for basically past the initial time investmetn of putting it together. No work. I can hire a mailing house that sends out the letters. I can hire a fullfillment company to send out the orders. And I collect the checks, once a year.

The potential for this is huge. There aren't very many opportunities to sell a product that costs esentially nothing to product for $10,000, unless it provides incredible value.

But would you pay 10k for something you knew would make you at least 100k every year, but probably closer to 200-300k? I think you would.

And I'll be living in my Condo in Hawaii, with my 300k every year. Working on the next plan. Maybe plastic surgeons? Real-Estate Agents....

I love potential. I let you know how rich I am next year.

Why Not Me?

2006-03-29T00:18:00.000-08:00

I read that in a book in a bookstore the other day.

"Why Not Me?" - Donny Deutsch

And it really rang true for me. So simple. Yet so profound. I read that, and I stopped dead in my thoughts and asked myself that very question.

Why not me?

And I didn't have an answer. I had no reason at all for why not.

And that made me realize that I had nothing in my way. And nothing can stop me. Success is inevitable, as there is no reason for Why Not Me.

Other people are making shitloads of money selling stuff online, why not me?
This job needs to be filled, why not me?
That girl is going home with a guy tonight, why not me?

I guess it was a realization for me to stop making fucking excuses and to get to work!

Why not you?

A Huge Apology!

2006-03-27T15:13:00.000-08:00

Agh. I just re-read my post, two posts down!

"The Importance, and how to differant ideas properly goal set."

I should be shot for constructing a sentance that reads like that. My only excuse is, I was at work, and I type fast, and I don't proof. Oh well, to everyone I appologize.

Here's a cookie.

*The importance of goal setting, and differant ideas on how to properly set them.* <<-- I think that's what I wwas trying to say... but who knows.

What to pontificate today about!?

2006-03-27T14:51:00.000-08:00

The job is going... interesting. It's not at all what I thought was going to be. I'm more "action" orriented. Meaning, I like to see results from things that I am doing. Rigth now what's happening will give more of a risdual return. Long term effects... fuck that. I want the now.

So I got offered a job as a mortgage broker as soon as I'm done here in June. I'm going to take the job for the summer and see how I do.

My best friend his first month on the job not only made 2000 in salary, is also going to make around 10-25k in commissions depending on how many of his loands clear through the bank. But nonetheless, he's really good at it. And I hate it when my best friend is better than me at something. And I want to beat him!

And on top of that! He and I have a bet. The person with the lower of the two Year To Date Income, must PAY the other persons rent/mortgage AND take the winner to dinner at a resturaunt of their choice. And I cannot let him win!

The end.

Prosperitas - A Dailly Dose of Success

2006-03-26T16:46:00.000-08:00

I've started a new blog which will serve three purposes:

The first being to talk about marketing a business ideas.
Second to promote new product ideas
Thrid to clear this blog of some of the business/promotional talk, and give it more of my person thoughts and ideas.

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/blog

There it is, check in from time to time and to gain some business insight, and my thoughts on all sorts of subjects from:

The Importance, and how to differant ideas properly goal set.
Time management.
Marketing tips and ideas.

etc... more of a business focus, that can be truly valuable to anyone who is interested in business and business ideas. If you have a business related blog and want to link to each other let me know...

I saw this on Dave's Page and it inspired me...

2006-03-23T11:15:00.000-08:00

I took the test once before, and got slightly a differant result. But it's pretty much the same.

You are a
Social Liberal
(63% permissive)

and an...
Economic Conservative
(61% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Centrist

Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Pointless Promotion

2006-03-18T23:17:00.000-08:00

So check it out. I burned through this saturday to put up a really neat new product. And DON'T WORRY!! It's not another product on how to make money on the internet!!! HOORAY!

I've actually got my hands on a few products with the right-to-publish Dog Care books.

We have a set of 4 books that we're selling in a package on how to find a good dog if don't already have one, and when you do, fun activities and how to train your dog. How to keep your dog happy and healthy, and another with cool treats you can make for your best friend at home. I've been doing alot of work on this. And if you own a dog, just check it out. You don't have to, but I'd love to hear what you think. EVEN IF IT'S NEGATIVE!

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/dog

Thanks everyone,

Tevin Out

*Listening to this awesome band Aud Fauce (http://www.audfauce.com)*

St. Patty's Blowout Sale and Free Download

2006-03-17T09:45:00.000-08:00

Hey

It's St. Patrick's Day! I hope you enjoy it as much as me
(but can someone tell me what's IN the green beer!?).

All this geen has inspired me to help you make some money. So it
just seems like a good time to give a gift and also a
good time for a sale.

Green is good and saving some is even better. Especially when it's the
green of your money.

But before I go into the sale let's talk about your gift. Actually this is
just the first of many gifts I plan to make available to you over the
next few months. And all of these gifts will be absolutely free.

This particular gift has been around a while but it's really a cool little program.
It's the '3 Minute Headline Creator.'

As you probably know the headline for your ad is one of the most important aspects of your ad. This is true online or offline.

This program will have you give a little info about whatever you're selling and presto you'll have instantly one hundred headlines to choose from. You'll love this and it will save you a ton of time. And it's yours as a gift from me just for joining our little family.

Now for the big sales news.

As a special sale you can save $20 OFF the regular price. That's right. The entire
program and all the bonuses are yours for only $77. Plus I'll throw in a pdf file of one of my favorite marketing reference books. A giant book by
Bill Meyers called 301 Direct Mail Tips Techniques and Secrets.

This book was written for traditional direct mail but most of the tips apply to online
marketing as well. I predict this will be a constant companion for you as you grow your business. And remember...This is yours at no extra charge.

I hope you gained some real value from the 7 Part Information marketing course you got from us. The course was created by a friend of mine, Dave Dee. If you still haven't checked it out, make sure you do:

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/part1.htm

I met Dave through a course he created for magicians (truly a niche market).

He had studied the marketing principles of Dan Kennedy and many more. Using
those principles Dave went from broke birthday party magician, to corporate
entertainer, to marketing guru to magicians (I know hundreds of magicians who
attribute massive business growth to Dave's systems). In the last few years I've seen
Dave grow form the niche of magic into a full-fledged online and offline powerhouse.

Dave Dee is the real deal. He did not just take someone else's ideas and tell other to
use them. He's actually done it all himself first then let's you know what works.

If you really want to start or improve an internet marketing business (I assume that's
why you downloaded the 7 part course) Dave's course is a must have. And don't let
the low price fool you. I've paid two and three times this amount for many programs that didn't offer near this level of instruction.

I really believe in this program and how it will help you explode your business which is why I got the rights from Dave to sell it. It's why I give you a 90 day guarantee to take away all your risk. And it's why I am making this special offer to you now.

But to get the $20 off and the extra bonus you need to act now. It's strictly a St. Patty's day special. At midnight it's over. Don't wait.

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/orderonline.htm

to Go to a download page to get 3 Minute Headline Creator go to:

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/special.htm

REMEMBER! This page is ONLY available today, tonight at midnight...
the $77 price tag goes back to $97, and the free 3 Minute Headline
Creator offer page is gone. So don't hessitate, do it now.

Thanks,

Rick Anderson
owner, Prosperitas Publishing
'Publications to Help You Succeed.'

PS I have some great marketing tips I'm going to share over the
next few weeks and months. Be sure to watch for my e-mails and
to 'white list' me in any spam filter lists you have.

PPS Remember, Today is a ONE DAY SALE for St. Patty's Day! The 3 Minute Headline Creator and the $77 Internet Marketing Success Toolkit price tag, are ONLY available today:

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/orderonline.htm

to Go to a download page to get 3 Minute Headline Creator go to:

www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/special.htm

A Free Moment...

2006-03-16T09:00:00.000-08:00

My 8:30 was cancelled, and so I'm left with a free few minutes before I head out to the next meeting.

First, I would like to appologize for my spelling in my last post. It sucked. And for that I suck...

Today is super busy, except for now, I'll be in meeting/class until about 8 tonight. But the good news is, SOMEone is paying me a LONG awaited visit tomorrow, and it should be very special. I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. I can't go into anymore detail because I promised I wouldn't.

I laugh, at how much I talk about here, and the fact that the people that I know in real life, never take the time to read it. I know it's probably totally boring, but those that mean the most in my life, might just understand me a little bit more if they would just take a few minutes a week to learn ME... oh well

Man, my head is spinning so fast lately, with all this shit going on.

And KOW, how on EARTH am I supposed to get on XBL I hardly turn on my xbox!? And when I do, it always seems to be morrowind... for some weird reason. I'm retarded. Oh well...

This has been a stream of consioucness post unabridged and unedited for your pleasure... Tevin Out

Pointless Pontificating

2006-03-12T18:30:00.000-08:00

When will I ever gather up the courage? We've been friends for so long... but something just tells me she's the one. The ONE. Someone who is incredibly intellegant, beautiful, and just fun. I love her as a friend, but every time I'm around her, I feel like there should be more. That when we are hanging out, something is missing. Like we should be one.

*ok done being sappy*

So did you guys miss me?

... Yeah I didn't think so...

I've been pretty darned busy. This business isn't growing like I anticipated, but we're still chugging along making sales every now and then. But not the 2 or 3 a day I would LOVE.

Work has been really amazing, the contacts and people I meet everyday is astounding. I meet life changers, and community evolvers every single day. Truly people who care about the way studets succeed, and the community they life in.

Working full time, and school full time is tough, as such my compupter time is WAY limited. Hence the lack of posts in the last month. :S. I was getting in the swing of it too. I like just venting and dumping my thoughts here, so I'm going to try and do it more.

Other than that, I saw Pink Panther... or actually about the first 17 minutes before I couldn't TAKE it anymore. It was awefull. AND Jason Statham was not in it nearly long enough. We hopped to see 16 blocks. Now that was great. I loved it. Thought it was a fantastic movie, and I love Mos Def in almost everything he does. If you haven't seen it yet, make a plan to do so.

TTFN. (Ta-Ta for now)

What a totally uneventful weekend...

2006-02-20T20:08:00.000-08:00

... But relaxing nonetheless.

Because I now work for the government, I got a 4 day weekend. Which was nice, knowing Friday and Today, we paid days off. But since I still owe my dad some money, I couldn't just skip town and blow a few hundred bucks.

So I parked my ass at home.

My mom and dad have been in Vegas for their 20th wedding Aniversary last week. And my sister had a soccer tour. So I sat at home, watched some TV. Played some ping pong, and poker. Movies. And just generally was a lazy ass. Which was good, because I'd bee working hard, and I start again tomorrow.... but just for a day.

On Wednesday, my bad leaves for a contest in Moscow idaho. Lionel Hamptom. Which is a great contest. With some great pros there too. So that shoudl be fun. I don't get back until Saturday afternoon.

So I guess this next work week won't be too bad.

And and and... I'm yammering so I'm done.

I'll leave you with this.

This is my hopefully $500 letter:

2006-02-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

So this will be sent out to my approximately 50 people that have opted-in for my free ecourse:

"Hey <$firstname$>,

Because you are one of the early adopters of this
astonishing business opportunity, I'm going to
my give you 'Easiest Business Decision You've
Ever Made' special to you. So make sure you read on...

I hope you've gotten a ton of new information out
of Dave Dee's 7 part info marketing course. I knew
the moment I read his course, and purchased the
information he was offering, I had to spread the
word to anyone who may be interested in starting
their own information marketing business, but just
didn't know where to start.

Because this is the PERFECT place to start.

If you haven't read all 7 parts yet, or you need
a refresher course check it out again here:

http://www.prosperitaspublishing.com/astonish/part1.htm

I've known Dave personally for several years
now. You see, we both started out as Magicians,
with a passion for marketing. And it was the passion
that brought me to Dave's products. He started
out by releasing information to Magicians on how to
market themselves better. The information he
published helped me (and hundreds of other
magicians) quickly grow my business as a professional
magician.

Just a few years later, taking what he's learned
marketing to magicians, he realizes that the
information that applies to them, applies to nearly
every other 'niche.' So he's branched out, and
makes hundreds of thousands of dollars every year
selling information products both online and offline.
I've purchased virtually everything he has published,
and been to many of is marketing bootcamps
and seminars.

And let me tell you he knows his stuff.

Dave has recently been a featured speaker at
marketing events with Dan Kennedy,
Yanik Silver, Matt Fuery, Ken McCoy and
others. Not to mention the incredible event he
put on in Atlanta last November.

His material is 'rock-solid' with no 'fluff.'

Which is why I bought the rights his 'Information
Marketing Riches e-Course' and his 'Mega Information
Marketing Success System and Toolkit.' It is literally
an all inclusive course on starting your own
information marketing business. Whether you want
to operate entirely online or offline, or a combination
of both. Whether you have your own product, want
to create your own, or just want to sell other people's
products, or again any combination of these. All the
information you need to become successful is
RIGHT THERE. Downloadedable from a Member's
Only Website.

Included in 'Mega Information Marketing Success
System and Toolkit' at the bargain price of $97:

- The 'Ultimate Insider Secrets To Making An
Outrageous Amount Of Money' manual

- 'Dave Dee's Collection Of White Hot Ads,
Sales Letters And Other Marketing Documents'
manual

- 'The Real Secrets For Making Money On The
Internet That The So Called Internet Marketing
Gurus Don't Want You To Know' manual

- Fast Start mp3

- Million Dollar Rolodex

- 2 Consultation Certificates

- 2 Marketing Review certificates

- The Moneymaking Package From Your Mentor

- 'Your Shortcut To Wealth' CD

- 'Ultimate Success &Prosperity System That Never Fails'
manual

- 'Millionaire Marketers' manual

WOW! WOW! WOW!

Many of those products listed are EASILY worth more than
$100 by themselves. The 2 marketing review certificates,
can prove to be invaluable. Dave Dee directly critiques your
copywriting, and provides suggestions to make your copy
infinitely more effective and profitable. Consultation from a
Guru like this could potentially cost you thousands of dollars.
You get 2 reviews free with this course.

++++++++++++++++++++
+That's One Hell Of A Bonus! +
++++++++++++++++++++

The other courses include information for you to
start a business from scratch. From market
research, to publishing your own products in a
weekend, to selling them for maximum profits.
All the information you could possibly need to
become a successful entrepreneur is here. For less
than $100.

This should be a 'brain-dead' purchase decision at this
price for ANYONE seriously interested in learning real
world marketing secrets.

But I'm gonna make this business opportunity an
even EASIER decision. Because as I promised at the
beginning of this letter I'm going to give you the:

'Easiest Business Decision You've Ever Made' special.

Seriously. I am going to give the first 17 people
who respond to this email by ordering this
ridiculously low priced program even cheaper! The
first 17 people who to go to:

www.ProsperitasPublsihing.com/astonish/orderonline.htm

Can get this amazing Toolkit for $69!

You read that right. I'm going to give you more than
$25 off, if you are one of the first 10 people to get
in on the 'Easiest Business Decision I've Ever Made'
special.

Why am I doing this?

Because you guys are the first wave of adopters,
and since we are just releasing this amazing
brand new program. I don't even have a full-blown
merchant account set up yet! So to place your
order you will need a free PayPal account. Don't
worry everything is secure, and Paypal won't
charge you a dime.

If you don't have a Paypal account yet, you can
get one free at: http://www.PayPal.com

Again, since I want you to be truly successful in
your endeavors I am going to give the first
17 people, over the next 3 days, to respond
to this promotion the $97 'Mega Information
Marketing Success System and Toolkit' for
only $69 -- over a $25 discount! Make sure
you act now:

http://www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/orderonline.htm

This offer is only available to the first 17 people, but you
HAVE to order by February 13th, before this offer vanishes!

Best wishes,

Rick
President, Prosperitas Publishing

PS If you are one of the first 17 people to order the program
for only $69, not only will you receive everything mentioned
above but I'll also include free my special report 'The 11 Most
Common Marketing Mistakes Made by Businesses Today' by
Rick Anderson, free! You won't find this information anywhere
else.

PPS But, seriously, this offer is done on Feburary 13th, or
the first 17 people to buy it for $69, don't take this offer
from granted. This is a one time shot before the program
goes back to $97.

Why are you still reading this, hurry up someone has probably
already taken the first couple of $69 courses:

http://www.ProsperitasPublishing.com/astonish/orderonline.htm"

Hopefully that makes me at least $500 this weekend. That's the goal, if so. I"m onto something. If not, I have no idea what works....

Blog Crawling

2006-02-10T00:17:00.000-08:00

KOW mentioned this in a comment on my last post.

Lately I've been crawling through layers of peoples blogs, and the blogs they read, and the blogs they read, etc.

Never before have I really been into reading other peoples crap that I really didn't know. But so many of the bloggers out there are such fantastic and entertaining writers, and I've been getting drawn in.

So even though I may not have the most entertaining or witting blog on the planet, I greatly appreciate everyone out there who keeps things fresh in their blogs, and keeps me entertained!

Thanks everyone! Keep it up.

Life Turned Inside out.

2006-02-08T14:08:00.000-08:00

As of Sunday, I was a man that went to bed at 5 am and got up at 3 pm.

Why?

Because I could. Classes were at night. TV was at night. My friends were up late. It was a perfect fit for me. Oh, and my online enterprise hours work great from 1-5 am. No bothersome people bugging me!

But last Thursday I was informed that I would (FINALLY!) be hired by the School District. My old high school. I had applied sometime in Decemeber. So they got right on my application *heh... yeah right*.

But after the wait, and the sleeping in. I finally got it.

Briefly what I got hired to do is "Community Outreach Coordinator". Kind of ambivolent? Yeah. It is. But after three full days on the job I think I finially have the basics of the job nailed down:

I go out to local businesses, and coorperations that may want to contribute directly to the well being of public schools. Lincoln in particular. And convince them to give whatever they can to our school.

Then I"m also suposed to go out and get parents involved with the teachers, and the students involved with the teachers, and bring the community together. Based on the assumption that a closer community, makes students more accountable, and every little thing that you do for kids in school, helps to build a stronger future for everyone.

It's really fascinating. And I found out today who my parter is. We will be working directly together, and it should be some really interesting work for the rest of the school year. She is a black woman that has deep roots with community leaders, and religous orginaztions. And my stregths are in the sales, and motivation as a high school alum.

But anyhow, I just thought I'd let you know that I'm not a complete bum. And now my days are completely full with a full time work schedual, a full time school schedual, and a full time being awesome schedual.

Full Time Job

2006-02-06T12:26:00.000-08:00

It's official, I am gainfully employed. My former high school, as hired me as a "Family Outreach Coordinator"... oooooo... Yeah, the job title is about as vegue as what I am supposed to do.

Honestly, I don't think anybody here actually knows what I'm supposed to be doing. Thus, I get to write you this message. Hopefully, someone figures out what I'm supposed to do soon, because I'm gonna be bored out of my mind otherwise.

But in anycase, I'm going to be actually making money now, so that's good. So Viva La Jobs!

bwhahah!!! Whoooops!

2006-02-01T01:55:00.000-08:00

*Like Zoinks!*

So uh. I totally fucked up. On my main opt-in page. For prosperitaspublishing.com/astonish/freecourse.htm I didn't put the right opt-in code. And with over 50 visitors to my site in the last 3 days, I was a little perplexed as to why NONE had opted-in to recieve the free course.

And when I tried to opt-in myself. I noticed that the opt-in for had been implemented incoorectly, and instead redirected to someone elses mailing list! FUCK!

So, if any of my friends here joined up, but didn't hear from me. That's why! I fucked up. So who knows how many sales, and names I've lost because of this error.

I'm glad I Found out about it now though, and not a month from now, when I still had no clients. That would've sucked.

Anyhow, I don't know how I made such a huge oversight. But it's fixed now, and if you like to try again, and get the free 7 part course. Go for it.

And if you still want to get the $97 course for the 19 bucks, let me know personally, and I'll see what I can do.

Tevin The Happy Bowler.

2006-01-31T01:31:00.000-08:00

I completely suck at bowling. But it's so much fun. How many other places can you, girls, and your best friends, all enjoy themselves, while betting on everthing in site.

I bet a friend--who mind you has "perfect" form. His own ball, and claims to bowl--a game. Meaning whoever lost paid for the others game. Pretty standard bet for my crew.

Now the funny thing about my friend is, he CAN bowl a 250 or better. But he's so damn inconsistant, it's great to show him up wiht my house ball--I call her Pepto Bisball cause she's shiney, pink, and 14 pounds--and my crappy form.

Eric told me to day, my bowling form makes him want to puke it's so ugly.

Well any case. Terry, being the nice guy that he is gave me 10 pins. I won the first round, but only with my handicap. As he scored at 132 and I scored like a 125. But with my 10 pins, that puts me +1. He goes double or nothing, and I come out strong with a turkey in the 2,3,4 frames, but then choke and leave the next 5 open. And he takes down match 2.

Match 3 comes along, and I decide to demolish him. This time the bet was a whopping 5 dollars. 2.5 games! Yeah, we're crazy. And I decide to clean out frames 6-9 all strikes. And I get robbed on my 10th frame and leave the 10 pin, and can't pick it up. Being even not doing so, I still beat Terry--with my house ball 147 to 136.

Boo ya. Maybe that'll teach him to mess with the shittiness that is Tevin's bowling.

Sale is over. Time to go live!

2006-01-30T02:24:00.000-08:00

Ok guys, I told you it would be short. The sale is over, and the product is going LIVE. Advertising started tonight. We'll see how it all pans out.

In other news. ...

There is no other news. This is pretty much all I've been doing. Learning. Reading. Implementing. Rinse. Repeat.

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2006-01-27T01:39:00.000-08:00

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Busy Busy Busy

2006-01-27T00:15:00.000-08:00

Wow,

I've been spending the better part of this week at school and putting everything together getting ready to launch the new product and website. Everything is coming together nicely. I should be ready to launch this weekend.

Exciting stuff. This program is really amazing, Ican't wait to share it with you all. Anyone who reads this who has ever considered trying to make money online, the information offered will be INCREDIBLY valuable. And re-readable. I'm going through the information for the third time, and still picking up new ideas. Great GREAT stuff.

Well, back to work.

Wow Wow Wow

2006-01-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

This weekend has been truly amazing. The information I received is worth literally tens of thousands of dollars. I’ve read things before on information marketing before. I’ve read things on making money on the internet before.

But this. THIS.

Wow.

That’s pretty much the only word I can use to describe. The information I received during the 16+ hour seminar with Dave Dee, has truly changed my life. This is a guy who regularly does $30,000 every single month. On his BAD months, his great months are 70-80k! Seriously.

And he gave us EVERYTHING he does and did to build his business, and become as successful as he is today. And what was great about it. He was so passionate, and so true and real, it just really put things in perspective.

First thing, he made no bones about it. It is WORK. It’s not a “get rich quick” endeavor. It’s more of a get rich quicker endeavor.

But it certainly wasn’t a “do this one thing one time, and watch the money pour in forever”. We can realistically assume that most of these claims are complete bullshit.

It was based on regular emails to your customer base. It was about writing sales letters. It was about creating your own products, courses, and toolkits.

It work. And sometimes a lot of it. But it’s how to take that work and how to properly implement for almost guaranteed success.

At the beginning of the seminar, Dave said we could realistically set a goal to be making 10,000 dollars a month, 12 months from now. I thought realistically I would expect to be making only 5,000. That seemed reasonable to me. But after this session. I know that would be silly. I know I can at least triple or quadruple my original goal, when I implement all the information I received at this seminar.

In the next week—go figure—I should have a course up, that will cover a majority of what I learned this weekend.

I’ll make sure to tell all of you first, before I release it to the public so ya’ll (I’m still in Georgia) can check out what the hooplah is all about.

Realize

2006-01-21T04:14:00.000-08:00

Today is the day I realize I can

Today is the day I realize I will

Today is the day I realize I am not confined to a nowhere job

Today is the day I realize it is possible

Today is the day I realize it will be impossible for me not to be successful

Today is the day I realize I have unlimited potential

Today is the day I realize I am truly loved

Today is the day I realize I have what it takes

Today is the day I realize I want it

Today is the day I realize it is great being me

That is what I realize

Welcome To Atlanta!

2006-01-20T13:17:00.000-08:00

I'm here!

So after I very uncomfortable 5 hour flight, in a window seat over the wing. I'm here.

Took the 25-30 minute Marta ride, and 5 minute Van ride to the Westin:

The room is FANTASTIC. At which point I realized I forgot the camera! I have a pretty goog view, and a KING SIZE bed with, FIVE! count them 5 pillows. Schweet.

Notice the dual shower head. Freaking awesome! It's that nice.

Turns out the lobby/lounge has free wi-fi so that's where I'm at:

______

After a few phone calls, I finally fell asleep "early" at around 11 EST. Because I was BEAT from travelling and only sleeping about 3 hours the night before. Well then, my weird ass boligical clock woke up awake at 12:45 am... hmmm. So I called Liz and talked for a while about absolutely nothing of consequence. Then got tired again, got off the phone and fell asleep imediately.

Then to make the night even stranger I woke up at 4 am. What in the HELL!? I need help. I was wide fucking awake. So I boot up the laptop and check out the movie I purchased just for the trip; 2 For the Money.

It was a pretty damn good movie. My type of stuff. I love movies on betting, and that sort of subject matter. And I'm sure I'll be watching it several more times. It was just a fun movie.

So, I'm still tossing and turning after the movie, until about 8 oclock. Then I get knocked out until I'm awoke by a phone call from my dad at 2. I teach him how to upload a website. And I decide it's time for a shower. Ahhhh.... the shower head.... mmmm....

Anyhow, my conferance starts in an hour and a half at 6 tonight. Will go until 11:45, and starts again the next morning at 8.

If I have the energy, which I'm sure I will, I'll blog about how it goes!

New Look. Same Boring Content

2006-01-18T22:46:00.000-08:00

The formatting got screwed up in my old code. So I picked a new look, and I like the change.

Sadly, it's the same ole boring posts for now. I'll trying to come up with some exciting stuff with to share with ya'll soon!

To Atlanta!

2006-01-17T21:41:00.000-08:00

At 11:42 am PST Thursday morning of January Nineteenth Two-Thousdand-And-Six, I'll be boarding a plane for Atlanta Georgia.

I'll be going to an internet marketing bootcamp. The guy that is putting it on, Dave Dee, is actually a very successful direct marketing specialist, and magician. He has then proceded to move into direct online marketing and other things.

Well, my dad happened to be busy on the date of the conferance, so he's sending me in his stead. So this weekend I will be spending 12-15 hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday working with about 30 other people, and (I think) 3 experts, putting together verified, tested websites that are "guarenteed" to make money. I also think we'll be discussing how to properlly do implement a sucessful Good Adwords campaign, and other tactics. It should be very interesting. If I get the opportunity, I'll try to blog on what I am learning, while it's still fresh in my mind.

It will probably just be a memory dump, and brainstorming session. But should prove to be very educational. Hopefully, it actually makes a couple dollars.

Rain Rain

2006-01-17T02:45:00.000-08:00

It's starting to be depressing anymore. Over thirty straight days of rain. Oh how I love it. I don't usually mind the rain. But when it's 30 days, pretty much nonstop. It gets on your nerves. Ugh. Somebody make it stop.

Also, I ended up (mostly) watching the Notebook finally today with Liz. I don't see what all the hooplah is about. Everyone I talk to says it's a cry fest, and yadda yadda. Sure it was touching, but I felt they did the same movie with Adam Sandler. It was called 50 first dates. And that one was funnier.

I am officially never leaving my room again...

2006-01-15T03:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, I got my HDTV hooked up. I have my Tivo hooked up. And I have my HDTV Cable Box with 900 channels hooked up. I am officially... hooked up. Thanks Mom and Dad! You officially have permanatly attached me to my room. I may never move out at this rate...

I found this cool feature on my TV where I can split the screen in half. So I can check my email AND watch comedy on TV... at the same time.... Hell. Yes.

On a side note:

Trojan Ultra Thins suck... seriously. Any ideas on better ones? And don't say ribbed for her pleasure...

The 3 year drought is over!

2006-01-14T23:50:00.000-08:00

Well after nearly three years. My dry spell is over.

*sigh...*

I'd like to take this moment to thank Liz (who never read this). And everyone of my friends who supported me through my dry spell...

uh yeah....

Thank god for ipods

2006-01-11T19:43:00.000-08:00

Man, my iPod helps me make it through the class day! I used to hate hate HATE goign to class. But with my ipod in one ear, and a pen in hand. I can take notes. And jam at the same time. It makes life bearable!

What's keeping my attention?
Check out Blue Orchid and Denial Twist by the White Stripes... This band is amamzing. He can sing about anything and everything and make it sound awesome. Seven Nations Armies? Check. Doorbells? Check. Blue Orchids. Check. This guy rocks.

*seriously now. To class.*

Algeblahblahblah

2006-01-11T19:36:00.000-08:00

A number is multiplied by five then subracted from the sum of fourteen and eight times the number.....

The quotient of a number and two less three times the number is five....

Oh please. I hate algebra. I've always sucked at it. And this is why^^^ Look at that mumbo jumbo. Someone please string me up now!

*goes to class*

Post New Years Resolution.

2006-01-09T06:47:00.000-08:00

So, I've been meaning to practice my writing lately. So my goal is to post at least 4 times a week here. If I can't think of anything. Then that's when my writing will have to start being creative. And I promise to do my best to make this shit interesting... even though, I'm not particularly so.

Yesterday... I'm calling it yesterday because I haven't slept yet. But basically Saturday night slash Sunday Morning made one hell of a weekend.

After I get back from a fun filled afternoon at the mountain skiing, 'n stuff I get a call to hang out with a friend, and a couple girls. One of whom I like. They show up to pick me up at my house. And they girl I have an intrest in BRINGS A GUY! Fantastic. I'm not gonna let that ruin my night though.

So we hang out la di da. Taco Bell. Borders. Starbucks. Porn Store. Ahh a fantastic evening. It's about midnight, and they're like "lets go to this Death Metal party..."

"Uh no, I'll pass"
"Dude."
"Nah, I'm tired I've been up since 6:30 this morning. I want to sleep."
"Dude."
"Just drop me off."
"dude."
"I'm glad we understand each other."

That about how the conversation went. I get home. Do some computer things. Hit on this girl. Then decide it's time for bed...

O was I wrong!

I get a call. 12:40.

"Tevin. This is abbie. I just got pulled over. I don't have my license. I can't drive home. My mom is coming to get me, can you take marcel and Danny back to tacoma"

"uh.... *sigh*... Yeah fine. I"ll be there in a minute."

I get there... about a 6-7 minute drive. They say:

"Abbies mom can't come get her, can you take us to Olympia [a 30 minute drive]... We'll pay your gas money PLEEEEEASE..."

"Uh, yeah I suppose"

Ok, so now I"m driving them to this death metal party I didn't want to go to in the first place. I"m beat. We get there. I drop them off. I leave. It's over. Finally time to go to sleep! I'm about 3/4 home at 2:15 in the morning. I get a call.

"Tevin. This is abbie. You're going to shoot me. Danny and Marcel are stranded. Theres no room in Abra's car. They have no way home. Can you come get them"

!!!!!!!

"Ugh... Yeah, I guess I'll come back."

So now, I drive BACK! 20 more minutes of driving. A 40 minute circle. FUN.

I get back, and am like fuck, I might as well hang out. I'm here. I'm awake now. Might as well make the best, and at least have a little fun.

So I get introduced to this girl, Liz, at this death metal party. And she is probably more out of place than ME! Cutesy clothes, jeans. Normal (cute) hair. And she was just super nice. And beautiful! Seriously. I thought she was cute as hell. So I talked to her for about an hour, we had a social beer, and I crashed and burned. I was going on hour 21 of my day. And I was WIPED THE FUCK OUT. I just became a zombie all of a sudden and ran out of all my energy. I couldn't think of a single thing to talk about. I just stood there in scilence. Not talking about anything. Eek.

We went and sat in a group. Where I remained a zombie, and at the end of the night. I had enough sense to ask her for her number. And rumor has it she actually really liked me. And I thought she was awesome. So maybe this initially horrific night, might turn into somethign great. And that's how things work out I suppose.

Karma right? I do something nice. And something good happens to me. I'm by no means a person to believe in the supernatural. But I think it's kind of weird, how I keep doing these favors for my friends, and I run into a girl my type in the most unlikely of places, at a place I really didn't want to be at in the first place.

So I'll update you on Liz as soon as I call her. :-D
IN OTHER NEWS

I had my job interview at my old high school on Friday. I should know if i get the job today. *crosses fingers*

Family Guy continues to be hilarious. And the best cartoon ever.

The End.

Christmas = Great (as usual)

2005-12-26T16:48:00.000-08:00

So it's now the 26th and Christmas is "over".... but you couldn't tell by all the people at The Mall today... took me 15 goddamned minutes to find a parking space!

Any how, despite my best attempts, this was not my most lucrative of years. And I had no "extra" money lying around this holliday season for presents after my car payment, insurance and basic shit that I had to buy. So I decided to give the gift of love. I cleaned the kitchen, bathroom, and put together a bookshelf for my mom. Did some stuff for my dad that I'd been putting off for a while, that he wanted done. And I'll get my sister an outfit sometime next month when I have some mooonay.

But that didn't stop my parents from outdoing themselves for christmas... as usual. I got things to the tune of a 40 hr Tivo. A cable box for my room, the new Family Guy DVD set. Sin City Special Addition (which freaking ROCKS! check out the special addition if you're a Sin City fan). 40 year old Virgin.

But the highlight. The last present of the monring; which was originaly labled to my grandparents. The "magically" changed to Tevin. My dad is a sneaky one.

Was THIS:

A 26' LCD HDTV.... OH YEAH BABY! I'd been asking for one for years now. Ever since the advent of big screen LCD technology. I never thought I'd actually get one. So this shocked the crap outta me.

What's funny, is I didn't even see it coming. I never watch TV in my room, so when I got a Tivo and a promise for a cable box, it never occured to me there would be a TV to go with them.

So, as of now, I've hooked it up at my computer moniter. Which equals the baddest ass moniter EVER. And it will soon have my cable, DVD, and XBox (and soon Xbox 360), all hooked through it as well... OH man... Life is great.

State and Main

2005-12-12T02:14:00.000-08:00

I just watched State and Main (came in through Blockbuster Online)

And I must say it is a freaking excellent movie. The writing is just hilarious. So many hilarious call backs, and awkward moments, it had me rolling on the floor at times. If you have not seen it check it out.

Sugar, We're going down.

2005-12-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

The title refers to a song that a) is extremely played out b)comes from a band I don't really like c)I seriously can't get enough of it anyway!

But it also refers to my college career.

I've decided that I will not be going back for winter quarter. So I've been trying to map out the career plan I really need to take if I indeed am not going to get my education through college.

And then recently all the sucking up I did in high school. May actually pay off. I just got a job offer. I didn't even ask. I was recommended by a highly respected and long standing teacher at the school. Which is kind of weird, because I think I got a C or B- in her class. But beyond that, she thought I would be perfect for the job.

It's a liason position. Basically I would liase between people I guess. The job discription paper if very vague. But, it pays 27k a year plus benafits.

Not a great sum. But it'll be a nice transistion job.

So here's my plan.

Take the job. And save save save for about 6 months. Try to get about 6 grand in my bank account, then find a place to live. And some roommates. Continue with the job, but also start taking real-estate training.

Then I'll spend the next couple months doing some real-estate on the side. Getting a feel for it. Then come the start of next year, when my job with my old high school is done, go into real-estate full time.

I've always been fascinated with the real-estate. Especially the investing aspect. And hope to move into that and development as well.

All the while trying to build and online enterprise to suplement my income. Should be an interesting couple of years...

I just don't think I can make it in the college atmosphere. It's just not for me. Every single day I go in there, learning absolutely impractical things. It's obnoxious and a waste of my time.

But I'm really excited for the future. And I really think this job offer will slingshot me to success.

*raises a glass* To the future.

My First Sale

2005-11-27T20:44:00.000-08:00

After 4 days and about 11 dollars in pay per click advertising costs. I made my first sale. Astounding? No. But I still make a profit. If I can keep this up, at least it won't be a total loss. And I can keep building on my knowledge.

One sale. It feels so damn good. Knowing that what I have been trying to accomplish has not gone to total waste.

Now I have to continue to build on this success.

It's finished!

2005-11-19T18:04:00.000-08:00

OK! I've done it!

Phase 2 or 3... I'm not sure... Maybe It's Preperation H... whatever

In any case, I've got a site up. Next step is to advertise it. But I thought I'd let you all know that I've at least got something up. Check it out. See what they say. Who knows maybe even read their websites, you might be inspired.

In anycase here's my new ecommerce website. Exciting times:

Avoid Get Rich Scams

www.avoidgetrichquickscams.com

2005-11-17T00:41:00.000-08:00

Well today, I've took the second step. I've registered my domain, and got a hosting company. I just did something really cheap. Like 7 bucks a month or something. Nothing is up yet. But by tomorrow there should be.

So here's my plan:

That site is going to be an affiliate sales letter. I am going to sell someone else's products. And I get a comission. I plan on driving traffic to the sites using Google Adwords. And that's it. Simple. It's really just a test. I have the site designed. I'll prolly spend a few weeks tweaking things to see what get's the best response.

I'm not looking for anything amazing. If I can sell just ONE product. Just one. Then I'm on to something. Hopefull I sell more. If I can sell four products in a single day. I'll be set. I'll have figured out the key I believe and will expand. I will register more domains in differant niches. This website happens to sell online internet marketing products. It's somewhat of an inbred plan I know... "Get rich. Learn how buy my book! And the book says: Get rich. Learn How Buy My book", and it's just a vicious look. But I think I've found something that isn't just that.

The book I will be promoting, applies to marketing all sorts of niches (golf, fishing, investing, gambling, anything), and the concepts can be applied to any of them. So if I can get this website to even just sell a couple of products everyday, I am going to expand and make a series of niched affliate websites. That sell other peoples things for a comission. This can potentially make tons of money... now:

I know no one that I know would actually buy this. I don't think... And I don't expect any of you to. And many others I'm sure will give me flack, for promoting such a "get rich product". And who knows maybe it won't work, and I'll be a total sucker. But I won't know until I try. And it's not a significant investment. All said and done, if I don't sell and single product. I'll only be out about about 100 bucks (including marketing costs), and six hours of my time.

So I guess we'll just see in a couple days. I just wanted to keep you updated on my venture into online marketing.

There are many more strategys that I have been studying, and cannot wait to implement. This is just the quickest dirtiest, one I've found. This will be an interesting couple of weeks.

I love sleep! Probably too much...

2005-11-15T17:33:00.000-08:00

If I could get paid to sleep I'd be a millionaire. The only problem is, I have trouble sleeping at night. It's during the day that I'm so good at it. Today for example. I went to bed at about 4 am. There was a heated game of Lumines that I was playing, and got to about level 80 before I implemented sleep mode. I then woke up at 6:50, and got ready to go to my volunteer job, as esentially a High School Economics teacher. I do it one day a week for 8 weeks... anyhow...

Since I only got about 3 hours of sleep, I was naturally tired. So after my college classes at about 11, I had about an hour and a half to kill. So I went to my car and turned on the heat and some coldplay and took a nap in the backseat! It was fantastic, my new car has an excelent backseat. I could almost be homeless in that thing.

The at about 12:30, my friend Terry gets out of class, and hit my windows and scares the shit out of me. I make him drive us home, cause I just don't really wanna. I get home, and sleep some more. From about 1... to 5 freaking pm. Yeah, that's right. A totally unproductive day. Now, I'm not gonna fall asleep till about 3 or 4 again, cause I'm silly.

But tomorrow, I have no time for naps. Have to work all day, so maybe that'll turn me around, and I can get a decent amount of sleep at night... prolly not. I never seem to.

Holy Crap. I'm back.

2005-11-10T04:04:00.000-08:00

I'm back. Let's get right to it.

The entrepeneur in my wants to make it on my own. I KNOW there is a way. I keep wanting to build a business. I want to do something I love. Don't I? Maybe I want to do something that makes money. I love money... well I actually like the things that money brings to me. But what about what they always say: Do what you love, and the money will follow? Well I'm doing that. And I'm still poor. There doesn't seem to be much of a market for sitting and chatting on AIM, while surfing poker forums, and myspace. But maybe I can combine some intrests, into something I like doing to make some money. I like my computer. I like to learn about marketing and sales... Maybe I can sell shit on my computer. Ahh! The make money in your sleep dream.

Get Rich Quick.

That's it! But isn't that a cop out? You can't actually get rich quick. That's for people that are lazy and don't want to work. They're all a scam. Which is true. Well not all. But many. And others are just a rip off. So many are: "What to learn how to make money on the internet? Sell this book to other people that want to learn how to make money on the internet. And watch the money flow in while you do absolutely nothing!"

Yeah, whatever. I'm not about scamming people out of their money. What shmuck would buy that book anyway? Oh yeah! Me... fuck.

But what if there are other products out there that aren't an inbred marketing scheme. What if there are other people products out there that I could affiliate market, that actually have real value? There's got to be some of those. Who wouldn't want me out there selling their awesome product for a small pitance?

I think I'm on to something.

But how do I go about selling somebody else's shit. What I don't have a website, or a list of potential prospects? Shit... I'm gonna have to work on that.

I guess there's always Amway...

Wait a tick! It's not Amway anymore it's Quixtar!. The E-Amway. But that shit's a multi-level-marketing scam! Oh yeah. But I'm smart. I'm not a sucker. I can buy that shit, and work my way around their system.

Hmmm...

< end stream of conciousness >

Now, maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I AM a sucker. But I still think there is a way to make money, and LOTS of it, by providing value to people, via online products. You don't have to be Amazon or Ebay to make money. I don't want a billion dollar a year business. A few hundred thoasand will be alright by me!

All those possibilties that I listed above have been running through my head like crazy the last couple weeks. I've been devouring written products on how to market, and affiliate products. I've attended Quixtar motivation seminars, and am seriously considering buying into it to see what it's about. Maybe I won't make any money. But then I'm no worse off than I am now. But maybe, I find that thing. That thing that sparks financial independance.

I'm certainly not thinking I want to make money in my sleep by not doing anything, and expect the money to just ROLL in like it's so easily pitched. Quite the oppisite. It seems the reason why these programs get such a bad rap, because they are so "hypy" and promise the world. And always seem to underdeliver when you buy it and your bank account just doesn't magically fill up. Imagine. What if I took one of these concepts, and applied as though it were my full time job. I made every effort 40-50 hours a week, to become finicially successfull with a "get rich quick" or "make money in your sleep" program. Could I fail? Possibly. Maybe there is absolutely no market for this at all. But I seriously doubt it.

There are many MANY people that do this and claim to make money. Could the be totally full of shit, and prove me a total sucker? That's also possible. But I doubt that too. The people that make money with these, are the people that treat it like a job. Put effort forth, and it will return.

So, that's what's been running through my head. I'm sure you'll see me in a week or two promoting something that I'll be expecting to make some $$$ off of in the near future. And if you don't buy it. Then I will kill you. You decide.

A mind bending teaser.

2005-10-20T12:49:00.000-07:00

Ok, sometimes as part of an anylitical exersize as not to go stupid I try brain teasers. But this was one I found over at Full Contact Poker (http://fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forums/viewtopic.php?t=32929) that I'm really having a hard time wraping my mind around it.

Here's the basic problem:

You're on a game show and there are three doors. Behind two of the doors is a goat, behind one door is a car. The host asks you to pick one door. You pick door 1. He then opens door three to show you a goat. Now he gives you the opportunity to change your mind, would you rather keep the door you have, or move to door 2. The question is:

Is it to your advantage to switch doors?

Keeping in mind, that every time this situation arises, the host will always open one of the incorrect wrongs you did not choose, and will always give you the opportunity to change your mind.

________
before you read my answer. Try to figure it out. Tell me what you think of the answer.
_________

Now the obvious answer is: it doesn't matter if you change doors. Because once the Host eliminates a wrong door, and now gives you the option to change your mind. Your chances are 50-50.

And that was my gut reaction, and people say that you should switch, just didn't make any sense to me.

So I mapped it out visually on paper for myself. And gave myself two scenarios.

If I do not switch doors:
(keeping in mind W stands for the winning door, and L stands for the loosing door, and doors are in order 123)

WLL

I pick door 1. He show's door three. I stay. I win.

WLL

I pick door 2. He shows door thee. I stay. I loose.

WLL

I pick door 3. He shows door two. I stay. I loose.

In other words. I win one third of the time. But now, doing the same thing. But switching the doors when giving the opportunity.

WLL

I pick 1, he shows 3, I switch to two. I loose.

WLL

I pick 2, he shows 3, I switch to 1. I win

WLL

I pick 3 he shows 2, I switch to 1. I win.

In the second scenario. I win 2/3 of the time by switching instead of 1/3 of the time by staying. I'm slowly begging to understand this. But the mathmatical concept behind it is weird.

Just thought I'd share that with you all. Hope you enjoyed it.

Good mood? I love it.

2005-10-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

Holy crap. Considering the circumstances. Those of you who know. Know. Those who don't. Don't. But alot of shit all at once, including this damn cold, has hit the industrial strenghth oscilating fan. And for some reason I'm in a great mood. I just really feel relaxed and free at the moment. Maybe it's because when all this shit goes wrong at once, you can't help but realize, that life's not over yet. And I still have so much ahead of me. I'm really looking forward to the future (as versus look forward to the past :-P... "here's my sign".). And am just excited as to what the future holds. Unlimited possiblities, and I'm in control of them all. A very freeing feeling. Yay for me.

Bruno Photography Dot Com

2005-08-29T15:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I've finally completed it.

Bruno Photography: Tacoma Washington

That is the studio my parents own. And I've finally completed it. We have new gallaries in the senior section. And I'm routinely updating where I need to.

But the main reason for this post--because I know no one really cares--is to get a higher google rank. We're not showing up even if you search "Bruno Photography". So I'm trying to link the site in differant places, to get a higher page rank. We'll see how it all turns out in a few weeks.

Busy Life + Broken Computer = No blogging

2005-08-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. It's been forever since I've done any sort of blogging. I've had this draft of my most amazing week. And just decided, I didn't feel like typing the rest of it. It was too damn long. And no one would really care. So basically, I'll sumize my last two and a half weeks.

Work. Eat. Hang out with old friends, until they go back to college. Repeat. This has been one of the most amazing summers in memory. And I thank all my friends for that. I love every single one of you.

I don't know how much blogging I'll be doing for the rest of the summer. But expect a full blog force when fall hits. I should be buying a new computer that doesn't suck. And I'll have more time, as I'm cutting back my work hours. And I won't have any friends that live within an hour from me. So...

Until Next Time:

Currently Listening: Coldplay - X&Y
It's really growing on me. Especially since I saw them in concert.

Bands Who?

2005-07-28T00:22:00.000-07:00

On my quest to find fun music. I'd like to share these bands with you:

Monty. I talked about these guys earlier in a blog post about warped tour. They were cool enough to give my friends and I their album. So I want to spread the word of their awesomeness.

Aud Fauce (official site). This band is quite entertaining. The stuff they have on their Pure Volume page isn't their best. If you're even remotely interested in their sound let me know on MSN or AIM and I'll share with your their best song: Folk Song. It's wonderful! My friends and I can't get enough of it. Just fantastic.

Enjoy.

Donnie Darko?

2005-07-28T00:16:00.000-07:00

Ok, I watched Donnie Darko again tonight. I saw it a few years ago (maybe two), but didn't remember it very well. Something about a plane...

Anyhow, by the end of it, I remebered what I thought last time I saw that. "What did I miss?". I was definantly intrigued, and I can't say I didn't like the movie. I just need someone to explain it to me. Help me...

Currently Listening To: All Alone - Gorillaz

Tevin Wilde?

2005-07-27T03:28:00.000-07:00

I'm thinking of adopting the pseudonym Tevin Wilde. I think it has potential for branding purpose. And a coolness factor (in my oppinion). It could make both a cool stage name for my magic shows. And branding companies I wish to start in the (near) future.

I like the Donald Trump approach of naming everything after yourself. But Anderson just doesn't brand well. And Tevin doesn't roll off the tounge. But just imagine: Wilde Aces Poker, Wilde Marketing, Wilde Advertising. Sounds fun. What do you think of the name chage?

Girls. Strip Clubs. And other BS.

2005-07-25T03:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the long time since my last update. I blame MSN messanger! It's hard to chat and write blogs at the same time!

So it's been an interesting last couple of days. I hung out with a girl I had a "thing" with a while back on Saturday. She kinda fell off the face of the planet for a few months. And comes back and tells me shes inches away from getting engaged. Good for her. But she also said she wanted to hang out and catch up. She also said she wanted to go a strip club. She had never been, so I enduldged her. Now for those of you that know me, I"m not a big strip club kinda guy. But hey, going once a year can't hurt me. My best friend and I bought her a lapdance, and it was good fun, minus absolutely zero good looking girls (even a seven or above!).

The next day I hung out with another girl. We used to be neighbors. But then I moved during my 6th grade year-- but still kept in touch, and then didn't see her for a few years when high school started. Then she actually found me through myspace, and we started hanging out again. And let me tell you... She's a knockout! Fww... Really fun to be around as well. I don't know where it's gonna lead she's "sworn of guys and sex" for a while, until she can get her own act together. So I'll respect her wishes as a friend, and continue to be "just friends" and not push anything. And besides....

There's someone else. I don't want to go much into it though. I don't know who reads this, so I don't want anything to float around. I'll make my move when the time is right. But I have known her for several years, and I find her incredibly awesome. Personality, body, brains... whole package imo. I'll fill you in if I can take anything "public". :P

Past That I've seen several movies lately. Wedding Crashers (twice!) and it's FANFUCKINGTASTIC! I love it. Better than any of the other the Crew* movies out there. It's like Meet the Parents on crack-concaine... yummadumdum. And a few DVD's. Boondock Saints, is in a single adjective: Amazing. If you have not seen it. Check it out. Definantly worth the watch.

Cold Justice gave me a great deal on a couple of his excess games. I've yet to play Metal Arms. But Midway Arcade Treasures, is great multiplayer fun! Thanks for the great deal CJ!

Thanks about it for this post... Until next time...

*Crew consisting of the usual suspects: Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, etc.

Shopping "spree"

2005-07-21T02:55:00.000-07:00

I call it a spree because I'm broke, and this is the most amount of stuff I have aquired in the past month in a half in one shopping session. I made my rounds at Best Buy and picked up these Gems:

Demon Days-Gorillaz

Here's to the Mourning-Unwritten Law

Employment-Kaiser Chiefs

All are fun CD's. I also grabbed:

Boondock Saints

I've been told by all my friends it's an awesome movie, so I'll tell you my thoughts in a day or two when I watch it. I was also thinking of picking up The Cincinati Kid and The Hustler but decided to put them on the Blockbuster que before picking it up. Even though I know I'm postive I'll love them--then force me to buy them in about a week.

Someones gotta go first....

2005-07-21T01:52:00.000-07:00

So today I sat down at a poker table for the first time since I got back from Reno (A couple weeks now), and played in a tourney. 35 buy-in. First hand I look down at 10-10. Not a bad first hand. Maybe I'll take first blood... always a good feeling. So I make a standard raise to 150 (35-50 blinds). I get a raiser. To 300, then two callers behind him. Not wanting to screw around I make a huge raise and go all in ($3000 total). I figured him for AK, and figured why not race him (pocket 10's vs. AK, is about 50-50, with the slight edge going to poket 10's.). He calls. Everyone else folds. He asks me if I have Aces, I say no, and he flips over kings. Ouch... not looking good. Now I have to draw a ten on the flop, to have any sort of hope. But to add insult to injury, not only does he have the best hand, he takes away all hope, by flopping two MORE kings on the flop. For a 4 of a kind! Grr... So for the first time in my poker career. I busted out on the first hand! Hey... someone's gotta do it.

To Do Lists?

2005-07-18T20:51:00.000-07:00

Well I've been doing a couple things I have [edit: make that "hate" not have... Now back to your regularly schedualed programming.] lately. So it's time to change!

I've noticed myself stagnating and falling into paterns. Now it wouldn't be so bad if those paterns were productive and making me tons of money. Then I'd be fine with it. But it's just the oppisite. I've been not sleeping well, feeling really lathargic, and all sorts of other shitty stuff. So, it's time to get my ass into gear so I can start being an "adult"... psh..

I had a meeting with my dad last night, and we decided that neither of us like the way we've been treating our lives lately (not exersizing regularly, and esentially no structure to our days), so we decided to propose a challege. Every day we create a to-do list of things we need to get accomplished. These include long term, and short tearm goals, so we can both better ourselves. So this means, less internet time, and more getting general shit done. Self-motivation is the hardest hump for me (along with many other people) overcome. So I'm just biting the bullet and doing it. Hopefully soon I will be blogging about all the things I am accomplishing.

And because of popular demand I'll tell you guys a little bit more about that IBM convention.

First the reason I didn't talk much about it. Because the technical jargon is even WORSE than talking poker (and I've never quite had the passion for Magic as I have poker. Weird.)

But.

The IBM convention is one of the BIGGEST magic conventions in the country. But that's both a good and a bad thing. It's good because there's tons of great magic. It's bad because it tends to be less personal that smaller conventions held by indivdual clubs (any where from 50-500 people tends to be a typical size). Less people just "hanging out" swapping things. Which is alot of the fun of a smaller convention. But that aside...

There were four stage shows. Amazing world class magicians, and some not so amazing. But that's part of the fun... both good and bad magic... Isn't that why American Idol is so fun to watch the first few episodes? Anyhow, my dad had decided he was going to compete this year. About 20 years ago was the last time he competed and lost by one point. Took 2nd. This year he was detirmined to win. However, because he's now running a fairly successful business, and we were RIGHT in the middle of getting things going for the senior portrait sesion, he didn't have quite enough practice. So when he went to compete, he wasn't polished enough to do it in his sleep, and had a few stumbles in his first room, which was enough to not get him into the finals. But after he saw the finalist, he wasn't too upset anymore as they were FANTASTIC. There was some amazing close-up that day.

One guy produced a full size solid pool cue from a cracker-jack bag... yeah it was that amazing!

Past that, the lectures were unimpressive. And they were held in a HUGE hall. Not my cup of tea. Most all of the lectures I've been to in my life were with about 30-50 people. So a lecture for 500 just wasn't very informative.

I hope that helps those that were curious about the IBM a little more...

I just like to take one more second to say how awesome Burnout 3 is.... that is all...

Where the heck have I been?

2005-07-14T02:42:00.000-07:00

Holy crap. I know noone reads this drivel but still... geez. I'm a slacker!

So much has happened since I last did any sort of an update.

Lets see. I went to Reno. I snuck in a card room and played some poker.

What follows is a detailed explination of a card game. If you don't like cards, or don't get card jargon. Skip aheard to the line where i continue with non poker stuff.

Started at a No Fold 'em Hold 'em 3-6 table. And totally it was a total suck out fest. Disgusting after two days straight of loosing a C-note each night. I had to have a change of gameplan. I hit up the ATM for another 200. This time I went to the Reno Hilton. They had a couple of sweet games going. The one that caught my eye:

The $1, $2, no-limit hold 'em game. $50 minimum, 100 max buy. This game sounded right up my Alley. I may be able to do some damage with a $100 bill. Would just have to sit tight... and if you've ever played me. You know that's not exactly my style. But I promised myself i would...

But what do you know the 2nd or third hand in I hit A-Q suited in late position. I HAVE to raise with that. I give a solid 5 dollar raise (which I soon would find out is chump change in that game). I get about 4 callers. Not ideal. But I do have last action...

It's checked to me on the flop. But I don't hit. But I bet out any way. I fire a $25 bet into the pot. Get's folded. Woo! My first no limit pot in Reno... it felt good. Now I have about 150.

Just two hands later. I have Ac Js. the flop comes J, 8, 3 all clubs. Checked to me again. I bet. get one caller. turn: rag. I bet again. And he folds. I turn it up. So now I'm up to almost 200

wooo! I keep playing pots, not caring about the money. Just trying to outplay and win. Eventually I get up to 450. Now some say I shoulda cashed out. But I was there to play, and there was no reason I thought I woulda start to loose. I was getting pretty hot. So I keep going. I get in big pot. Here it is:

I look down A-Q hearts. I make a big raise. $15 to go. People were getting crazy calling with all sorts of hands to small raises. So I wanted to make a big raise to weed out the semi-limpers. But mind you... this was probably a dumb move as I'm in first position. I get 3 callers! ugh...

Flop j, 8, 2 rainbow. I come out and bet like 40 bucks. Representing an overpair. I get the one guy to my left as a caller... I think hmmmm... Oh well. I'm commited now. I"m never scared. He has about 200 left.

Turn: 6

I come out and bet again 80. And he calls..... OUCH! *What the hell does this cat have? A-8? J-10? 9-10? Why would he call 15 bucks in early position with those hands... hmm...

River: Q

Now, thinking he had 9-10 or some weak pair, that I may be able to push him around. I pushed him all in for his last 120. He calls. FUCK! I say: "A-Q high". He turns over.....

8-6!

Eight fucking Six... Why couldn't he have raised me on the turn!? If he had pushed in on the turn. I could have folded and saved 120 bucks. But he was smart enough to know, I was a bully, and was bound to push in his chips for him. And I did, and he got paid off... ugh.

I still had chips. Not alot though... and it was all down hill from there. I worked it up to about 200 again. But then just got caught on a few more hands. And that was that. The entire night, I didn't show down a single winning hand.

The last night i"m there. With my last 100. I buy in a MUCH bigger game. Mistake. It was the only no limit game in the hotel I was staying (The Elderado). the Blinds are 2 on the button, 3, and 5. And it's 10 to go (Have to call 10 dollars to see a flop). Minimum buy in 100... how conveniant. I lasted exactly two hands dealt to me. First one I folded on the flop. So then I have 90 bucks left. I have 9-10 hearts. I call in late position.

the flop comes two hearts. and one ace. It's checked around. The turn: 5.

Checked again. I fire away, in this big ass game! Not even scared (guys have about 1000+ in front of them. I have a measly 90) I put in 75. A pot sized bet. Leaving me with 15 bucks... not good. Should have gone all in. But oh well. I guy re-raises me all in. Now, I have 15 bucks. I have a flush draw. The pot is about 200 bucks. I"m getting almost 18 to 1 on my money. 4 flushes need only 8 to 1. So I'm pot commited. I through my last 3 chips in. Turn is not a heart. I loose. WHEEEE!

That was my Reno experiance... and sorry for the poker jargon if you're not into it.

But the reason I was really in Reno:

The IBM convention! The International Brotherhood of Magicians conferance. It's a place where 1200-1400 magicians gather in one place, and are complete and total geeks! It's a blast. There's tons of magic and all kinds of stuff. I was able to see four stage shows that were AMAZING. I had such a blast.

In other words. Eventhough I lost 400 bucks. Reno was a GREAT time. That was last week.....

This week. Things have been back to normal for the most part. My parents have finally started dinging me for rent. It sucks... But whadda gonna do? 600 bucks a month. Which includes all family activities, and household shit. (movies, going out to dinner, groceries, toiletries, etc.). 200 bucks a month can be traded out for chores such as mowing the lawn and dishes.... shit I was already doing. soo... basically 400 bucks a month... not too terrible.

The remaining 400 they take straight outta my paychecks (I work for them at their photo studio).

The only part that really sucks. Is this month I just owe a ton of money... (damn. Why couldn't i Have won in reno... it'll would've made this month easier.). So that's just an extra 400 bucks i have to earn on top of my already existing debt... shucks!

But hopefully I'll catch up, and be debt free for next month.

OH! Warped Tour!. That's right. I went. And it was fantastic! Eric called me at about 7 pm the day before, and told me we were going camping htat night. And we were going to Warped the next day.... OK! Sounds good to me. Spur of the moment camping trips are the BEST! Anyhow:

We spent about two hours in the parking lot. Roaming to differant groups of people, getting their stories. IT was good fun. Then we ran into this band just chillin' in their van. They were called Monty and they hooked us up with a CD, and autoed it. They kick serious ass. I loved their set, it was probably the best of show for me. Even better than all the big names (Atreyu, My Chemical Romance, All American Rejects, etc.). I'll find a link to their stuff, later, and give it a post here.

And interesting addendum to the Monty story (who's from Providence Road Island... and they're just a small indie group). I was going to the computer store in Tacoma. And I see their van and trailer parked outside Red Robin. They must've pit stopped on their way to Portland... Just found it interesting...

but that's about it for now. I'm glad I finally updated. I should get back into the swing of things now. This is fun....

Expense Paid Trip to Las Vegas

2005-06-08T23:23:00.000-07:00

Full Contact Poker is offering a Logo Design Contest. Who ever submits the best logo for FCP wins a trip to Las Vegas to hang with Daniel Negraneau, and play him in a bunch of "challege matches". Here's the info straight from his blog:

"An all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for a weekend where you and I would play a series of challenge matches for $500 each. We'd play each of the following:

Golden Tee
NBA Showtime
NFL Blitz
8-Ball
9-Ball
Limit Hold'em
No Limit Hold'em
A Game of H.O.R.S.E.

You'd win $500 for every game you beat me in! "

*Drool* Now i have to find some creative tallent in me. OH and if anyone wants to donate Full Contact Poker Logos to my cause... feel free :). LOL!

Ugh.. I should really get on my school projects.

2005-06-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

Ahh man. Two days left of school, then it's summer time baby! Woo.

All is not great in Tevinland though. It's just been rough lately. My parent's threantened to kick me out if I continue to drink. I don't want to live at home anymore anyway. But I need to. I realize that it's just smarter, to not have to pay rent, and all that shit. If I could get a steady gig, and save a few bucks. I can buy my own place that much quicker. So it looks as though I have a couple sober years ahead of me here at home.

I'm kind of dissapointed in myself lately as well. I'm not taking action on things I should be. I'm stagnating and I don't like it. I need to get on a few personal projects to better myself, and start making some good money. But I haven't been due to severe laziness as of late. Ugh.... someone kick me in the ass.

I have two finals I should really get to work on though... blah. Bring on the summer, and the poker tables.

Oh yeah... I should update :P

2005-05-30T23:46:00.000-07:00

Ahh, well. I guess I do have a blog. So I guess I should blog every now and then.

Not much had happened since E3. I've been going to school. Had my Bday. And all is well. Finals are approaching. And surely not prepared. I still have a 10 page paper due on Wednesday, and I've barely started. Should prolly get on that. But it really breaks down to this:

I hate school. I hate it. Community College is probably the WORST invention on the planet. It is high school all over again (with out the pre-teen drama and shit) that prepares you to drop out of school. It's really in the air if I continue. I just don't see what I'm going to get out of it? I have so many ideas, that I want to get started on but keep being told to wait until I'm done with college? Why!? I want to get out there and be something. I feel I can teach myself more in a week, than I learn in an entire quarter in school. It's a bunch of BS, money grubbing time wasters. I see no correlation between immensely successful people and college. Some went some didn't. The only thing a degree will get you is a steady paycheck, and a boring 9 to 5'er.

Blah. Not for me.

Here's the deal (and sorry for the incomprehensible rant):

I want to be an entrepreneur Mogul. Thinking big is the only way to go in life. You can only get bigger--take chances. That's how I live life. Getting a job just puts you in on place. Predictable is boring. My life goal is to own a Casino in Las Vegas with my name on it. I'm building a plan on how to get there.

College doesn't teach you what you need to know. They teach you what they think you need to know. You learn by doing. It just seems to me why not spend all the time you waste on school learning things you know you need to know, and getting something done while you're at it? Instead of me spending 80 hours of my life in Computer class that teaches me how to use a mouse and keyboard that I learned when I was in the womb. I could be 80 more hours closer to a successful business venture. Or I could've read another book on sales, or I could've read a book on real-estate investing. But no, I'm stuck reading how shift-tab can make you go backward on text fields, and word is "word processor" and Excell is "spreadsheet software". Seriously, that's the shit I was "taught" for 10 weeks. A requirement for Business majors!

Fuck YOU! (the figurate school "you")

Ugh. It just pisses me off thinking about the system. And how much I'm being ripped off. Not my money (I'm not even paying for the schooling, I got a scholarship). But they're ripping my time off. I can't help but think how much of my time has been wasted by schooling over my lifetime. UGH.

Full Contact Poker

2005-05-24T01:04:00.000-07:00

Wow, I'm addicted to Daniel Negraneau's site Full Contact Poker. It's a great source of information. And really lets you inside the mind of one of the greatest pro's out there. He keeps a really detailed blog of what's going on in his life, and the games he plays. Fascinating stuff! Check it out if you're into the poker scene and have not yet.

E3. A Jaded and Biased View of the Show Floor.

2005-05-22T01:22:00.000-07:00

Wow! Finally, I time to sit down and type out my thoughts. I’ve got so much to talk about. I’m on the plane back to SeaTac and figured now’s a good time.

Ok, here’s my complete coverage on this fantastic event. First let me say, I was only there for the last two days, so I didn’t get to play or see EVERYTHING. Damnit. Oh well, next time I know how to better plan for my trip.

Number one best thing of show: Gizmondo. From their booth to the booth babes, as I touched on before; it remained my favorite of the show. The technology is great too! It runs on the Windows CE platform—which makes it better than the Tapwave right of the bat. It has a built in camera, it plays early Playstation 2 quality graphics (and those are the early titles), I suspect it can rival the PSP in graphics—or at least come damn close. The feel of this little giant is great. The D-pad feels incredibly responsive, with just the right amount of stiffness. It doesn’t use crappy proprietary media, a standard SD card will do just fine. It supports GPS software (although no announcement on how much that’ll cost), and games can even be programmed to discover where you are, and build the level around your current location! How badass is that? Who knows if it’ll be immensely successful, but I’m going to do my part and buy one. It’s freaking fantabulous.

The Xbox 360. Oh man, it is gorgeous. I still don’t like “360” but I’ll live, I also didn’t like the design when I saw it on MTV and in pictures, but it’s definitely sexier in person. I want them to come out with a metallic black version though. Then it’d be fucking awesome. And the controller. Oh baby. The controller just—fits. It’s perfect. Cynn says it sucks to his hand—that’s the first thing he noticed. I just loved the play in the triggers, and the addition of the LB and RB above the triggers. Replacements for black and white, and are in a perfect position. If the PS3 or Revolution can design a better controller I shall allow them to perform sexually naughty acts to me. But they won’t. So they can’t.

Next would have to be the EA booth. They had panorama projectors of the awesome new 360 games coming out—how fitting 360 degrees of projected games of 360 games. It was loud and awesome. They had Need for Speed playable, and I thought it felt great. I loved it and I think with some polish it will be a great game—Ram, you’re just wrong :-P.

In Sega’s booth, they had a playable demo of Condemned for the 360, and boy-oh-boy did it look freaking graphic! I like the way it played—probably won’t be a killer app, but definitely something to keep a look out for.

In Sega’s theatre they showed some amazing footage of a new mech game—that looks to blow MechAssualt out of the water, and a jet-fighter game that looks like a throwback to the old-school, and it looks fantastic. Unfortunately I don’t remember the names of the titles, so you’re just gonna have to guess.

Xbox’s booth however—other than their theatre—was disappointing. The had games, and they had kiosks to play those games. So drab if you ask me—which you didn’t. Maybe game kiosks alone worked in 2004, but it’s time for the 360 revolution, and I just expected more. Maybe more schwag, more babes, or more “features”. They were slacking in my opinion. They could’ve made a much cool showing. But their theatre…

Oh man, their theatre was cool. First they did it right, they handed out tickets for showtimes. You didn’t have to wait in line if you showed up at the time of the ticket. I wish the 3 hour line for Unreal would’ve thought of that. It’s the Disney Fastpass idea at work (although my dad came up with it years before, but that’s irrelevant). Anyhow, you walk in and get a set of wireless Dolby headphones, then there’s a padded sloped floor to chill on. As soon as the movie gets started you feel the bass booster underneath the padding kick into high gear. The movie then went through a multi-racial rundown of everything cool about the 360. The specs. The Xbox Live capabilities. How it even looks good on a shitty TV (like 95% of us have). I was thoroughly impressed with the 20 minutes to keep that hype train moving.

Atari’s Path of Neo looked and played great as well. I’m really looking forward to playing that. It really stays true to the original movies. The demo I played was the “Lobby Scene” from the first movie. I felt like I was playing the movie, and it was cool. Fully destructible environments, and smooth/fast animations really give you the feeling that you too are as bad ass as Neo. I’m really looking forward to this one as well.

World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Letterer. Um… no thanks. I’ll take Stacked with Daniel Negraneau any day of the week. I couldn’t find Stacked anywhere, but WCP2 looks like balls. And plays much similar to how it looks.

Animal Crossing on the DS. Um, the game is probably good. But, I’m just not a fan of the DS (especially after playing the Gizmondo), so it’s not gonna make me go out and buy a DS, even though I like the game on the GC.

Prince of Persia 3. The movie they show looked really good. You can no “burn” yourself to bring out the Dark Prince—“everything the Price hates in himself comes out in the Dark Prince”. It looks very similar to the gameplay in Ninja Gaiden, but as that game rocked my socks, another good one like it wouldn’t be so bad. On a side note—secondary characters seem to be an interesting new trend. Raiden, the Arbiter, to a lesser extent Shadow the Hedgehog, and now the Dark Prince. I like how they are changing up the franchises to not make them stagnate and freshen them up a bit with a different take on the same characters. Tomb Raider; take note.

Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to check out Zelda, PS3 footage or Unreal 2007, due to lines in excess of three hours. But from what I heard, Zelda was “good”, but not worth the three hours. The demo was a dungeon, a horse ride, and a boss battle, about 20 minutes. But the few people I talked to that played it weren’t raving. But they weren’t balking either. The PS3 footage I heard was worth a 40 minute wait but not 3 hours. It was 10 minutes of pre-rendered footage. Nothing special. I’d’ve much rather of seen the PS3, and a controller in action. And I really didn’t hear anything about Unreal. But I’m guessing it was cool. Anyhow, that’s about all that comes to the top of my head. That’s nearly all of the stuff that struck my fancy. But if there’s anything else you want to know about, ask, and I’ll see if I remember. I did a lot of stuff.

E3 blogging.

2005-05-21T13:01:00.000-07:00

Well, so much has happened in the last three days. And I haven't really had the opportunity to update live. But I kept true to my word and wrote something every day. So here it is (late), but my experiances as I remember them. There is plenty more info to come when I get home. Probably by tomorrow afternoon.

The Stillwell.

Well it’s been an adventure. From stolen cars, to delayed flights. I’m finally here. Slick’s been nice enough to “take me in” :D :D, because the girl I was supposed to stay with has officially bailed for the first night. Oh well.

I’m in the room and it’s about 1:17a. And the Stillwell is fantastic! It’s probably a 4.5 star RESORT. Unflipping believeable. Well 4.5 out of 400, and resort=hobo paradise, but it’s all the same in my book. It’s a floor to sleep on and it’s just minutes from the convention center which is nice. Well anyhow I need to get some sleep to be up early tomorrow for the show at 9. I’ll Let you All know how it goes.

E3 virgin. No more.

Today, I popped my E3 cherry. It’s everything I had imagined it would and could be. I accomplished my goal of collecting tons of shit. Oh boy did I get tons. Four free t-shirts, CDs, pamphlets, fliers. Anything you could imagine they gave away, I grabbed it.

And the booth babes… oh baby. I’ll let my picture do all the talking.

The Gizmondo so far as been the highlight of the show for me, although it’s not a game. It’s amazing. It’s truly a mondo gizmo. GPS, Camera, D-pad, early PS2 quality graphics. It was amazingly responsive in the games, and the other features were blow your socks off. Not only was their product amazing, so was their booth. They had rappers, and three sets of booth babes, a roulette table to play with fake chips, and a urban theme. It was great. I will defiantly be picking this up.

As far as games go, I haven’t gotten a chance to check them all out and play all the ones I want to play, so I’ll report my favorite games, and movies of games tomorrow after it’s over, and I get to see everything.

But now it’s 12:30a, and it’s time for sleep. Another early morning ahead tomorrow. See you guys then.

Game Over?

It’s seems like it’s over before it even starts. Even though yesterday morning seemed so long ago (so much has happened since then!). But as usual, I am freaking way to tired to hardly even for sentences. So I have a few stories to tell. I’ll tell them as soon as I get back tomorrow evening. See you all soon.

Anticipation!

2005-05-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

Holy Crap! I'm getting so freaking excited. I leave for Los Angels in just 2.5 days. My flight takes off at 6:30 on wednesday baby! Woo. The guys from Gamertag.com are already there living the life! For those of you that don't know. I'm going to E3. An industry only event where all the hottest and newest game shit to ever hit the planet is introduced. And I am going to be there. Yah baby!

Different People Have Different Personalities? You're Kidding!

2005-05-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

I'm in a creative sales class, and it is probably one of the most interesting classes I have ever taken. It's almost like psychology, but how it pertains to selling to people. Fascinating stuff.

A major part of the whole course are personality types:

There are people who are drivers, who are usually down to facts, don't like to small talk or "waste time", they are usually quick decision makers and will make a decision based on their instinct and gut reaction. There are others who are analytical who deliberate over everything, they want lots of information, then they want to "sleep on it". These people are much slower to make a decision. There are amiables--people who like other people, and like to talk about other people. Liking and trusting you is their number one priority, if they don't like you, you're not getting anywhere. Small talk is usually up their alley, and they want to know about you and your family. Then there are expressives. Expressives are dreamers. They try and see the big picture, they want to know what stuff will do for them, and how it will improve them and their life.

Now, almost everybody has one of these traits that are dominant, and then another one that acts as a secondary personality trait.

Now it may seem simplistic, but I bet you can find yourself in a combination of those two personality types; one being more dominant than the other. Now it's not a revolutionary idea that there are different personality types out there. But what was really epiphanizing to me was the realization that you need to present things differently to different people to keep their full attention--and for them to be able to form a suitable opinion in their mind. And it goes way beyond sales. It pertains to dealing with people in your everyday life.

If you're talking to a driver (Like me; I'm a Driver/Expressive. What do you think you are? Tell me in a comment.) most of the time we don't care to hear in a story about a tech support incidence, "I was talking to Amber--she's really nice, she just had a kid that graduated from high school and a new one on the way--anyhow, she was talking to me on tech support...". We could do without the whole back story. It just doesn't really "matter" to drivers alot of the time; unless it has to do with the story. But the realization came when I started to understand, it goes both ways, I now realize if I can pinpoint what someone's personality type is, I can better cater a way to talk to them. If I can nail down that they are a amiable/analytical. Someone totally opposite of me. I know I'll have to really think about what I say, and how I say it to cater to their interests. I'll have to tell "about me", where I went to college, and other things I may not find important, that person will. I will also have to give them time to think about something, as they are probably not one to make prompt decisions. Unlike me.

Then it occurred to me that many guys are Drivers or Analyticals. While many girls are amiable. Maybe that's why we can never understand each other.

New Game

2005-05-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

Adam "My Wife" has generously allowed me to put up his Xbot Helicopter Game that he made on my blog! It's at the footer and it's tons of fun!

Since he let me use his game I'll plug him:

Helfet.com: For some silly flash games
N3mesis, his sweet looking design firm.
SB.org: For all things awesome in steel battalion.

Thanks bro.

They make money when you win, not when you loose.

2005-05-11T12:45:00.000-07:00

Now I don't to name names. So I'm going to have WAY to many indefinite pronouns.

I had a tiff with a friend recently over an incident that happened while our band was Reno. He maintains that a member of our band got kicked out of the casino because he "won too much money"--only $1800 at craps. After I nearly laughed in his face for thinking that was "a lot of money", I--as politely as I could--disagreed by saying: "That's fucking bullshit"... OK maybe not quite as polite as I could've been. But the notion was just absurd. Maybe it was my tactlessness, but he continued to stand by this claim. So being the non-confrontational guy that I am, I just dropped it right after he asked me "How do you know so much about casinos you're only 18 anyway!", and let him believe this BS story. But I for some reason I always want to have the last word. So I figured I'd explain WHY this story is BS, and a little bit about how casinos work, and why I "know so much about casinos anyway".

First a little background:

I've grown up fascinated with gambling. I went to Las Vegas for the first time when I was around seven. Once I stood on a balcony at the Rio and watched people play Roulette for just over an hour. The way odds, the style, the allure. It's all very fascinating to me. I've read several books on games. On which games have good odds, which bets are bad, which are sucker bets with a HUGE house edge, and which are the "smart" plays.

But here's how it works. "Vegas" or gambling works on odds. This means they know they are gonna pay out that huge jackpot, it's bound to happen sooner or later. And they won't scoff when they have to pay it. Because they know that for every $100 they give away, they've take $110.

Here's the easiest example: Roulette. There are 38 numbers on a typical wheel 1-36,0 and 00. Now this is an example of how they make money when you win and not when you loose. Standard odds give 35:1 (read 35 to 1, meaning 35 dollars for every 1 dollar bet) if your number comes up. Now this may sound like a lot. All that has to happen is the number you bet has to show up on the wheel, and you get payed alot of money. And that's why Roulette is so popular. But if you think about it, what are the chances that your number comes up? 1 in 38 right? Because there are 38 numbers, probability, and the law of large numbers states, that given an infinite number of spins, each number will come out an equal number of times.

So therefore the odds for Roulette should really be 37:1, to make it "even". Because in the long haul, if the odds payed out 37:1 you would not win or loose any money. You would exactly break even. Follow? Statistically, you'll loose 37 out of every 38 spins. So if you lost the first 37 spins but won on the 38th spin you'd get all $37 that you lost on the first 37 spins. Clearer now?

But that's not how it works. The odds still state you'll still loose every 37 out of 38 spins. But on that 38th spin you only get 35 dollars. Netting a loss of two dollars.

Still Confused? Think about this. You're playing roulette, and you place a dollar on EVERY number. All 38 of them. You are guaranteed to win right? I number can't come up that you didn't place a bet on. So, #1 comes up! Woohoo! You won! They take the 37 dollars you placed on the rest of the numbers, and give you 35, and your one back that you placed on #1. Where'd they other $2 go?

Ahhh... it's so clear now.

Are you starting to see how Vegas (or casinos, but I'm gonna stick with "Vegas" from now on cause it sounds cooler) make their money. The CAN'T loose. No matter how much they're paying out. It's all the same. With a 1% "edge" (which is much lower than Roulette which that is something around 12%, but I don't remember exactly)the house can't loose. Because for every $101 played, they pay $100 of it out. For every $1010 they pay 1000, for every $1,010,000 that is played, they pay out a $1,000,000.

There isn't a single game that doesn't have a "house edge" (unless you are cheating, or card counting properly in blackjack, which can sometimes tip the edge slightly in the players favor). Something that gives them the advantage. Some are less that 1% (like the pass and don't pass line in craps) and some are much MUCH larger than 1%, like roulette or "sucker" or add-on bets.

I hope this explains why they don't "kick people out" when they are winning. Because, that's how Vegas works. People win. People loose, but the house always comes out ahead. And interestingly enough, if you win enough (take make a blip on the radar... which is MUCH more than $1800) they will give you free shit. Room, food, anything to keep you in their casino. Because they know eventually you will loose your money back to them if you play there long enough.

So maybe "they make money when you win, not when you loose" is a little misleading. But the "you" in that statement would be the general gambler. Because Vegas isn't based on winning and loosing, it's based on the house edge and the odds.

Get it?

Any Questions?

Next Topic.

A couple of updates

2005-05-10T00:55:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm in the continual process of making this blog "cool" and interesting. I'm still on the basics, but I just put in a field of blogs that I like to read. If you have a blog, and want me to read it and link to it. "Talk to me" (my new phrase for comment) and give me a link.

I also put up some pictures. But as you can see... those are quite working yet. I'll figure it out later.

Also, if anyone knows how to put polls up. Lemme know. I want to put up polls and show the results of the and that sort of fun stuff.

One last thing, what do you want to hear aboutfrom me? I want this blog to be fun and interesting to read, and I want my readers to get to know me. Get information. And Get naked... ummm ... right. Anyhow. Tell me your thoughts so far.

Poker Win

2005-05-09T22:54:00.000-07:00

I put up another W on the poker tournament win chart. Today it was only a 19 player field, and a really exciting game. I knocked out the scariest/most wreckless player in the second hand with the nut flush. It started as Pocket Aces, and turned into the nut flush on the turn, he had the king, and that was it for him. And I was really glad about that, because it gave me a solid chip count for the rest of the tourney.

I got to the final table about third in chips, and slowly built it up to take on a dealer Jason. He's a purely "lucky" player--by his own acknoledgement. And he was REALLY lucky today. He took second place, and boy did I have to put up a fight. He had a HUGE chip lead probably 4:1 against me at one point, when I was second in chips. So I had to knock out three players to even get close to him. I had to keep telling myself "don't bluff him, don't bluff him" because he'll call ANYthing down. He's got a new nick: Chasin' Jason (CJ). And boy did he catch today. Finally we get to heads-up, he goes all in, i have him covered by a few thousand bucks (tournament money. Not real money) I have A-Q hearts. He's got the dueces! A classic showdown. Luckily the ace came on the flop and it was all over.

I think I'm really getting a hang of these tour's. I can't wait until I get "good". Maybe even pro. I'd love to do this for a living, I have a real love for the game, and can't stop talking about it!

Anyhow, it was a "small" win. 220 bucks overall, on my 35 buy-in. But that makes it the 3rd win in three weeks. One a week.... I can dig it. And I can pay my car insurance :-D

R.I.P Purdy. 5-9-05

2005-05-09T12:45:00.000-07:00

This morning, Purdy did not make it.

I will miss you and love you forever.

My Cat

2005-05-09T00:19:00.000-07:00

Purdy. She's so special. I got her when I was seven. So that would make her 12 or damn near. And tonight may be the last night of her life. I am being brung to tears writing this. But I need to say it. She is an incredible cat, with the coolest my most garfield like personality ever. She thinks she is queen shit, and may do what and where when ever she pleases. And that's becasue she can. Her schedual was from 10-3 in the afternoon she would sleep. Then she'd get up to walk around the perimeter of our house on a ledge made by the brick. But she expected to be let in in any of the window's whenever she damn well pleased! And we would cater to her every need. Then about 8, was "pet me" time. This when she wanted our attention, and she'd come and nuzzle around our legs, or sleep above or head on the couch. And she never stopped purring... hence Purdy.

And tonight, Purdy, my cat. Who I grew up with, and love to death. Is sick. We don't know what's wrong, but she's not moving, and going in and out of consiousness. In pains me so much to see her like that. And I can only hope that she is a trooper and will at least make it through the night to get to the vet tomorrow morning.

This is so shocking. Because she has always been healthy as an ox. Never has she been, sick or gotten in any accidents like the rest our dogs--whom seem very sullen too, as they know their sister is sick. I can't believe this is happening. I don't want it to be. I don't deal well with death. And my understanding of it is quite distant to me. And coming to copes with it is VERY hard. And I'm being consumed by the emotions I am feeling right now. And don't know how to feel. I smile at the thoughts of the times I have had with her. And that's how I want to remember her forever. I don't want her to suffer. I just want her to be well again. Purdy. Rest well, and make it through the night. Good night. And I'll see you tomorrow. I love you. Your Friend.

Tevin

Moving Out?

2005-05-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

Well it's time...

I love my parents very VERY much. However, there comes the point that after 19 years of living with them. I just can't do it anymore. I need to get out. I need to "make it on my own". Whatever the fuck that means.

It's weird. I had a GREAT childhood; trips, toys, great birthday's and Christmas's. And now I'm still getting everything from my parents. I don't have to pay rent. I don't have to buy groceries. Nothing. Easy street. And I'm tired of that! I want to be on my own. It's time. I think that my lackadasicalness comes from everything being handed to me. And I need to do it. But the odd part is, I feel guilty for wanting to. I don't know why.

I have big dreams. I want to achieve. BIG. I have never, and will never, work a minimum wage job. Retail blows and is a waste of time. I have the skills and abilities to get paid very well. But my current attitude and motivation are low, mostly because everything is easy. I've never experianced massive "pain" to make me want to move-my-ass. I feel that if I know I HAVE to get out there and pay my bills, my creative genes, and need for money will kick my ass into high gear.

So I am going to go out and try to become a resturaunt magician-- and if you're reading this and you're a resturaunt, or know a resturaunt manager in the Tacoma/Seattle area, I'm a very talented magician looking for a job ;)--and as quickly as possible, get out of here.

I also need to find a roommate. So if you wanna get an apartment with me. Lets talk! And if you're resturaunt manager who wants to hire me, and you need a roommate. I'm your new best friend ;).

Jazz Expo

2005-05-07T00:44:00.000-07:00

Today (well yesterday technically, because it's after midnight) was the Jazz Expo for Pierce College. Gretta Matesen (sp?) performed and was AMAZING. She lives up to the hype as the "best female jazz vocalist in the Pacific Northwest". She's quite honestly one of the best singers I've ever heard, ever. And the best part was: she wasn't boring! Usualy jazz vocalists bore me to tears, but Gretta put on a GREAT show. A+ from me.

My band? Ahh... It's the infamous living the best performance in the rehersal room. Ugh. Oh well. We still did quite well (even counting the few clams), and my family really enjoyed it, and that's all that matters to me.

Welcome to My Pointless Pontification.

2005-05-06T23:49:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm starting this up. I feel that sometimes I have things to say. And I want to say them damnit. I know no one will actually read it. That's fine by me. But if I can provide just an ounce of entertainment for myself, getting ideas off my chest. Then that's what I'm going to do.

Pointless Pontification

Fucking Northwest Weather

Sheer Boredom Prompted This Post

Piggy B's New Pad

Posting

Posting

Random update.

Hiatus

And a week has passed

... And what a Friday it is!

Business Idea of The Fucking Century

Why Not Me?

A Huge Apology!

What to pontificate today about!?

Prosperitas - A Dailly Dose of Success

I saw this on Dave's Page and it inspired me...

Pointless Promotion

St. Patty's Blowout Sale and Free Download

A Free Moment...

Pointless Pontificating

What a totally uneventful weekend...

This is my *hopefully* $500 letter:

Blog Crawling

Life Turned Inside out.

Full Time Job

bwhahah!!! Whoooops!

Tevin The Happy Bowler.

Sale is over. Time to go live!

A 19.95 Money Making Gift To You, Plus, an ULTRA secret blog reader special

Busy Busy Busy

Wow Wow Wow

Realize

Welcome To Atlanta!

New Look. Same Boring Content

To Atlanta!

Rain Rain

I am officially never leaving my room again...

The 3 year drought is over!

Thank god for ipods

Algeblahblahblah

Post New Years Resolution.

Christmas = Great (as usual)

State and Main

Sugar, We're going down.

My First Sale

It's finished!

www.avoidgetrichquickscams.com

I love sleep! Probably too much...

Holy Crap. I'm back.

A mind bending teaser.

Good mood? I love it.

Bruno Photography Dot Com

Busy Life + Broken Computer = No blogging

Bands Who?

Donnie Darko?

Tevin Wilde?

Girls. Strip Clubs. And other BS.

Shopping "spree"

Someones gotta go first....

To Do Lists?

Where the heck have I been?

Expense Paid Trip to Las Vegas

Ugh.. I should really get on my school projects.

Oh yeah... I should update :P

Full Contact Poker

E3. A Jaded and Biased View of the Show Floor.

E3 blogging.

Anticipation!

Different People Have Different Personalities? You're Kidding!

New Game

They make money when you win, not when you loose.

A couple of updates

Poker Win

R.I.P Purdy. 5-9-05

My Cat

Moving Out?

Jazz Expo

Welcome to My Pointless Pontification.

This is my hopefully $500 letter: