*Watched On The Town, Primal Fear, One Battle After Another, The Machinist, and Sentimental Value.
*Finished reading The Explosive Child by Ross Greene, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and The Hawthorne Legacy by Barnes.
*Replaced my worn out phone case.
*Worn Greg Norman golf shorts for the first time.
Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
The following wisdoms I shall learn in the future. One month later. One year later. Two years later. Or three years later. I learn the wisdoms today. I'm wiser beyond my years. My regular readers shall read these blogs soon.
1. Selective Maintenance. We choose what we maintain ourselves. We decide how we maintain ourselves. There is no correct way. There is no incorrect way.
2. A Nothing Person Doesn't Need Permanent Indoor Residence. The person is a nobody. He or she doesn't need a house or an apartment. Live in a car. Live outdoors.
3. Highest Grades For A High School Education Is A Lie. Grade point averages are important for college applications. Otherwise, high school grades are nothing in real life. A high school student with a 4.0 grade point average is nothing in real life. College life is another league. The workplace is another league. High school education ill-prepares high school graduates for real life. Moreover, the value of a high school diploma has been decreasing for decades.
4. There Is Love And War Every Minute. Love is who we want to be. War is who we really are. A single person is at war with himself or herself if he or she is not in love.
5. Depressed? You Might As Well Clean The Residence. A zero cost temporary cure is cleaning. Cleaning is an example of staying busy.
6. More People Fall Down Through The Cracks. More people are going to be unsuccessful through no fault of their own. Blame the systems.
7. Lonely With A Purpose. More people are lonely by choice. Finding good people to become friends or to become lovers has been getting harder at any age and recent generations. These people take their chances being alone.
8. Innovate Infinitely Is A Lie. The people who question infinite innovation are correct. The innovation returns are diminished the innovation should stop. Incompetence is front and center.
9. Smart People Are Stressed Out Or Smarter Not To Be Stressed Out. Why are some smart people stressed out? These people may not be as smart as they think.
10. No Complaining When Arrived Early. The early bird didn't complain getting the worm first.
11. It Works Out Most Of The Time. The sun rises in the morning. The moon rises in the evening. Life finds a way to make it happen for better or for worse.
12. The Theory Money Buys Happiness. The theory is true. Money. Buys. Happiness. Anyone who disagrees needs a brain scan.
13. Dependent On The Miracle. More people are dependent on the miracle to become successful in today's Information Age. I'm concern most of the miracle successes the receiver screws up.
14. I Forgive Myself For Being Stupid. Better late than never. I forgive all my past stupidity my fault and somebody else's fault. First party, second party, and third parties are forgiven.
15. The Bad Is The Truth. Truths don't care about feelings.
Update On A Past Blog
The Pareto Principle is the 80/20 rule or 80:20 rule. The law of the vital few. The principle of factor sparsity. 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes for many outcomes. Economist Vilfredo Pareto wrote about the 80/20 teaching at the University of Lausanne in 1906. Pareto showed that approximately 80% of the land in the Kingdom Of Italy was owned by 20% of the population.
The Preto Principle reminded me of the blog Today I Want To Talk About The Numbers Greater Than Zero And Less Than Or Equal To One written on Jun 17, 2020. I said, "My life is better if I have 20% more good luck." I also said, "It's my intuition and it's my opinion the world is a better place for everyone when there are small changes." A 20% positive change can affect 80% of a person's life. The short summary is any percentage change can become bigger changes than anticipated. A 20% change is one numerical percentage change.
*Flushed and replaced my car's antifreeze.
*Ate Protein Cinnamon Cheerios for the first time.
*Cleaned the house.
*Watched The Final Countdown, Perfect Blue, Love Exposure (2008), and Silverado.
*Finished reading A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
*Watched the short TV series Whites.
*I voted.
*Finished reading Number The Stars by Lois Lowry and Find A Stranger, Say Goodbye by Lowry.
*Watched Rolling Thunder (1977), Nobody 2, Cashback, and 100 Rilfes.
*Cleaned the house.
*Updated my web page Innovate Infinitely.
*Ate at China Lounge, Sushi Arashi, and Anikis Sushi restaurants for the first time.
*Watched Jermiah Johnson, Sorcerer (1971), MASH, The Boys In Company C, and Pumping Iron.
*Drank saki for the first time. It was yaegaki sake.
*Finished reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
*Ate Punalu'u Bake Shop Macadamia Nut Shortbread cookies for the first time.
*Ran an official 5K run for the first time. It was the Moreland Education Fund's Wild For Moreland Community 5K Run/Walk fundraiser.
*Wore Pro Tec Athletics 3D Flat Elbow Support compression for the first time.
*Watched Perfect Days (2023), The Killer (1989), God Of Gamblers, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
*Super Bowl LX.
*Cleaned the house.
*Sold all my eBay auctions.
*Played Mahjong on a Queyi portable automatic Mahjong table for the first time.
*Finished reading The Peter Principle by Lawrence Peter and Raymond Hull.
*Cleaned the house.
*Watched Dark City, Super 8, Ritual (Shiki Jitsu), Thunderbolt And Lightfoot, New Jack City and Gleaming The Cube as a rewatch.
*Finished reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Heroes by Alan Gratz, The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon, and Verity by Colleen Hoover.
*Ate Bahlsen Contessa German gingerbread cookies and Bachan's Japanese BBQ sauce for the first time.
*I ate potato chips with chopsticks for the first time.
*Replaced water pump, timing belt, idler pulley, drive belt or serpentine belt, and power steering belt for my car using OEM parts.
*Learned back stitch and blanket stich stiches.
Blogger's note 1: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
Blogger's note 2: Today's blog is edited minimally for grammar.
Today's blog is a life status update. These updates are in no particular order.
The Negatives. I start 2026 with an upper left arm injury since Nov 2025. The injury is not shoulder related. The injury is muscle related. My research leads me to a left tricep muscle injury. I think it's a strain. More research needed. Treatments are rest, ice, and Diclofenac Sodium Topical gel. I tried Biofreeze. Advil didn't work after five days. Consulting a sports injury doctor is possible.
Another negative is no new job skills to learn. A friend suggested the open source machine learning PyTorch. My quick research tells me PyTorch is not a fit for my career. I need more research. I learned everything I could learn including PowerBI, HTML, SQL, Linux, and Power Pivot in the meantime. Python and Excel are reviews.
My car needs to be serviced by an automotive technician. An initial check is my car needs a new fan belt. I anticipate more problems for my 2005 Toyota Camry.
Another anticipation is the household eats more take out food. The household eats more processed foods. The household maintaining the daily meals quality declines. I must be more proactive unnecessarily through no fault of my own.
Grew Up On Sat Oct 4, 2008. I realized I must grow up on Sat Oct 4, 2008. The growing up changes I made paid off immediately; for example, new clothes, new mattress, new physical workout plans, and new Gaming PC. Similarly, the changes I made since Jan 1, 2026 also paid off immediately; although, they were smaller changes. I rearranged my desk, I used a longer USB cord to charge my phone, I coated the baking pan with butter to roast chicken to experiment, I played classic arcade games, and I played the Puerto Rico board game with four players as a solo player.
2009 Again? 2026 began with a partial 2009 feeling. Ignorant bliss. Less than too much free time today compared to 2009. Fewer friends, family, and acquaintances to support me today compared to 2009. More serious non-income generating work today. Less serious non-income generating work in 2009.
I bring back the beginner mentality. I need to find new life skills to learn. I tell myself, "I don't know what to do" multiple times. Be a beginner again intelligently. Be ignorant intelligently.
All previous personal projects were completed. Some personal projects are maintained by reviewing or by practicing. Maintenance is not new projects.
No anime, no ballroom dancing, no Accutane treatment, no vacations, no hiking, and no college classes. However, video games are significantly reduced. Counter Strike 2 is the next video game for which I play for the first time. Yes reading books, yes exercise, and yes cooking.
Money. Money resources are not a problem. I continue keeping my expenses in check. I spend intelligently. However, no budget restrictions like the Sat Oct 4, 2008 when I made changes growing up. Black Friday 2025 was like Black Friday 2008. Black Friday 2025 was goods upgraded or goods replaced.
My Foundation. I either improve my existing foundation or create a new foundation. I'm going nowhere. I'm regressing slowly. I'm losing the ability to live an awesome boring life.
The current life path destination is an unsuccessful life. There is failure at the end of the road. Blame life. Nobody wants to live a failed life. No rational person wants to live a George Costanza. There are successes; there must be failures.
I did everything correctly. I learn professional skills. I learn life skills. I ate heathy. I helped the family. I don't buy junk. No rewards. I'm an example of a person who did everything correctly and didn't get the desired results.
On the other hand, I speak up for myself. I share my thoughts and my feelings. I choose the timing. Be tactical. Speak intelligently.
No 2025 Momentum To 2026. 2026 is the first year since I don't know when the last time no momentum from the previous year. No carry over. No ideas, plans, and unfinished projects continuing from 2025 to 2026. My usual activities reading books, writing blogs, and exercising are excluded. Mahjong is excluded. The Counter Strike 2 next video game is excluded.
However, the Black Friday 2025 purchases a 14TB external hard drive and a new gaming PC mouse were upgrades which could have been purchased years ago.
I'm Out Of Bullets. The totality of my life is empty clips. Inside and outside the house. Inside and outside my body. There's nothing. The mini gun is dry. Reloading is possible. I don't know where to find ammunition.
Blogger's note 1: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
Blogger's note 2: Today's blog is edited minimally for grammar.
Christmas 2025 was a bad Christmas. No need for a detailed explanation. The one sentence explaining a bad 2025 Christmas was my family did a bad job being boring. Dec 25, 2025 changed my family's lives for better or for worse. Dec 25, 2025 initialized permanent changes. I write bullet points to share my thoughts and my feelings in no particular order.
*I played Portal 2 for the second time. I finished the video game in Sep 2025. I planned to play a second time. I choose to play the second time during the holiday.
*There was one lucky moment. The moment was small. I play Riichi or Japanese Mahjong on Riichi City. I paid $7.99 to support the video game paying for one out of four new characters guaranteed. The guaranteed new character was my first choice Toho Nagi.
*I read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. I ate like the French during the German occupation in World War II. Food was distributed with ration cards. I ate poor meals after Christmas. No appetite.
*I cleaned the house.
*I watched the beginning scenes from the movies Saving Private Ryan and The Godfather Part I.
*Eat intelligently regardless of proper meals or improper meals. No appetite. Still eat intelligently. There were some days I ate meals like I had the stomach flu.
*I didn't want to cook for the household. There were no reasons to eat well. On the other hand, I admit I completed tasks I delayed months ago with the free time. No cooking was another protest to express my anger Christmas was bad.
Did everyone feel Christmas was bad? My answer is most of us felt Christmas was bad. Nobody verbally expressed it.
*I trusted nobody with my thoughts and my feelings. The family was weak. The family was not strong enough to handle me.
*The world didn't come to an end.
*The cure is stay busy. Stay busy relieves the depression pain. Be active relieves the depression symptoms. Motivation is the key. Motivation is more important than knowledge. Motivation > Knowledge. Hope the depression is cured like taking medication for the common cold.
*There is no reason to be a jerk. There is no excuse to be impolite. Bad behavior is intolerable.
*The feelings and the thoughts no wants and no desires to do something, anything are valid. The feelings and the thoughts must be temporarily.
*The Christmas holiday was effortlessly boredom. There are people who live good boring lives with effort.
*I silently protested how my family celebrated Christmas 2025.
*There is work every day. Work can be a positive distraction to a negative feeling. Work is not necessarily financial or earned income. Household cooking, cleaning, and organizing are examples of work with zero pay.
Personal intelligence is also work. Reading, learning new skills, and doing personal maintenance are work.
*No sex desire. I understood better how depression repress the human sex drive.
*Choose the cure. Choose the distraction. Choose wisely.
*The human being is like an engine. All parts must function well to live a good life. Any parts go down or weaken a negative chain reaction starts. Other parts of the engine compensate. More stress. Life is harder to live.
The engine must be maintained. Sleep is important to rest the engine. Sometimes the engine needs upgrades. A tragedy can disable the engine. Hopefully, the engine can be repaired.
*Backups can be available. Complements, supplements, and substitutions must be effective to keep the human living his or her best.
*I ate one good meal during the depression. It was like the late Steve Jobs while he attended Reed College who said, "I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple." The one good meal was at Panda Express. I ordered fried rice, broccoli beef, and string bean chicken.
Outdoors can be good. I was out of the house. I was out of the bad boredom household. I understood better from decades ago I read an article about multi families staying in a single residence due to low income. Each family spent private time at a fast food restaurant.
*Depression time should be temporary. Depression passes.
*Must eat good meals to live a good life.
*Permanent changes happen afterwards due to self-discovery. Be aware to correct the ongoing mistakes.
*I read my personal bible. Click Inspiration Cheer Up File to download the .pdf file. Continue to live life finding what you want to do. Jobs said, "Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
*I played my all-time favorite board game Puerto Rico solo. I played with four players being solo. I rolled dice to randomly determined the roles.
*I rearranged the PC and tech cables in the computer desk.
*I stored the Christmas tree on Sun Jan 4, 2026. I initially wanted to keep the tree displayed for months as a reminder for a bad Christmas. I changed my mind which was the correct choice. Out of sight, out of mind.
Update On A Past Blog
There were blogs I mentioned my personal bible I didn't include the link to download the Inspiration Cheer Up File. I posted the link again. The blogs were Top 50 Most Memorable Moments written on Sep 18, 2024, The Green Steno Notebook 8 written on Apr 22, 2023, Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog 1 written on Jun 2, 2020, Top 40 Most Memorable Moments written on Sep 27, 2016, My Spirituality Discovery written on Jan 11, 2015, and Exercise Your Body From Head To Toe Inside And Outside written on Jan 6, 2015.
*Played FreeCell card game on the computer for the first time.
*Watched Night Of The Living Dead (1968), Fist Of Legend, Take The Money And Run, and My Lucky Stars(1985). I also watched Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Gigan, and Destroy All Monsters.
*Jogged wearing Hoka shoes for the first time. The Hoka was the Bondi 9.
*Updated my web page Innovate Infinitely.
*Finished reading The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum as a reread.
*Ate O&H Danish Bakery Danish Kringle and Celebrations British version Mars brand candies for the first time.
*Riichi City. Lucky draw the character I desired Toho Nagi.
*Cleaned the house.
*I voted.
*Played Puerto Rico four players as a solo player. I used dice to determine which role to choose.
*Replaced old steering wheel cover grip with a new cover grip EZ Stretch On Core made from Custom Accessories.
*Wore a compression arm sleeve and a bicep brace compression for the first time.
*Finished reading The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
*Watched The Importance Of Being Earnest, The Substance, Capote, The Great Train Robbery (1978), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and The Bodyguard From Beijing.
*Played Spider card game for the first time.
*Finished reading The Lessons Of History by Will and Ariel Durant and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
*Watched Yojimbo, Memories Of Murder, and Flow.
*Got the COVID-19 vaccine booster.
*Ate CJ Foods bibigo Chicken & Vegetable Steamed Dumplings for the first time.
*Cleaned the house.
*Flashlights first-aid kit, and smoke detectors checked.
*I voted.
*Visited Gamers Heaven Bay Area for the first time.
Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
I'm running out of time. I'm running low on the number of chances. Resources and support dwindle. Permanent quitting time is near. I've exhausted everything I can think to earn my freedom. There are winners in life. There are losers in life. I belong to the losers. Nobody's fault. Blame life. I receive bad advice. Some knowledge are acquired incorrectly. I reverse setbacks as much as I can. I did my best. The narrative is I didn't do enough.
I'm tired. I'm exhausted. I think of my past self job training from today to 2015. Some may say my training was too good. Completing some training faster didn't guarantee a job. Time is no longer my friend. I'm not going to succeed.
No Longer Awesome Boring
I'm running out of ideas to keep my life fresh. There are more stale days lately. There are more rotten days recently. The present life is getting old. The general routine is unchanged for decades. I fear the present general routine becomes too comfortable I'm unable to adapt to better changes.
Reject The Alternate Life
Fortunately, the otaku life or the anime and video game life is forbidden. No fat man life. No eight hours of video games a day life. The lifestyle eating healthy and exercising is clear and present. I read books. I maintain the household. Self job training continues; although, what else can I learn which matches my strengths? My choices are few. I sleep well. I move forward.
Update On A Past Blog
I wrote an honest blog Permanent Unemployment on Jan 24, 2024. I spoke for some long-term unemployed people like me frustrated with the job hiring system. I mentioned AI replaces human jobs. Job training costs continue to increase which includes money and technology tools. Timing and luck are factors getting hired and getting rejected.
Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
The title speaks for itself. Also, I'm tired of being at the short end of the stick too many times. If people want to make me happy, then do better yourselves. Unfortunately, many people lack motivation. It's okay to be angry. Angry is a valid feeling. Angry people don't act like jerks. There are boundaries.
*Performed squats on a freestanding barbell with bumper plates.
*Finished playing Portal 2.
*Watched American Psycho (2000), Arrival, Stalker (1979), Mutiny On The Bounty (1962), The Seven Ups, and Incendies.
*Changed my car's motor oil.
*Finished reading American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
*Watched An Officer And A Gentleman, City Of God, Superbad, and When Harry Met Sally.
*Finished reading The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark and Holes by Louis Sachar.
*Updated my web page Innovate Infinitely.
*Played tabletop games at the Guildhouse for the first time.
*Ate Metro Deli kettle cooked potato chips and strawberry flavor Craisins for the first time.
*Drank Sparkling Ice Classic Lemonade for the first time.
*Watched Once Upon A Time In The West (1968), Unforgiven as a rewatch, Margin Call, Uncle Buck, and Caddyshack.
*Finished reading The Circle by Dave Eggers and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
*Ate Sanders Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels, pink lady apples, and MJM Maple Waffle grahams for the first time.
*Cleaned the house.
*Visited State Street Market Food Hall and ate at Konjoe Burger restaurant for the first time.
*My 2005 Toyota Camry reached 100,000 miles.
*Wore a hip compression sleeve for the first time.
*Finished reading A Separate Peace by John Knowles, The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, and Feed by M.T. Anderson.
*Jogged wearing a running cap and arm sun sleeves for the first time.
*Watched The Best Years Of Our Lives.
*Ate Belvita Dark Chocolate Creme and Diamond Bakery Hawaiian Shortbread Korna Coffee With Chocolate Chip for the first time.
Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
I connect the dots from yesterday to today. The following moments were down and out. There were no permanent downs and outs. The following moments could be a catastrophe. Disasters were prevented. The following moments could be negative life changes. I'm fortunate these negative life changes were temporary. The following moments were potential failures. Failures became satisfactory successes. Life found a way to bounce me back up. The system worked at the end of the day. Destiny, intuition, karma, going with the flow, divine intervention, whatever. A bad luck moment was countered with a good luck moment plus more goodness.
Faith, good luck, and/or good choices saved me from a permanent down and out. Many of these moments were luck. Few of these moments were good decisions. I needed help from family, co-workers, and friends. All assistances were appreciated. Here are the moments from oldest to newest. I categorized the moments good luck or good decision. I want to tell the story. Some of these moments connect.
*Changed Majors (Fall Semester 1995). Good decision. I changed majors from Mathematics to Economics as an undergraduate at San Jose State University. The preparing, volunteering, reading, and the guidance to become a high school math teacher were falling apart. I couldn't pass my math classes. I lost my desire.
One could say the change in majors were killing two birds with one stone. The first was switching majors my grade point average went up every semester thereafter. The second was I'm not teaching in high school today. I graduated with a Bachelors Of Science in Economics and a minor in Mathematics. I didn't waste my lower division math classes.
*First Job (Jul 1998). Good luck. It took me six months to find my first job after graduating at San Jose State University. I was a Research Analyst in a commercial real estate company. My parents pressured me to find a job naturally. I thought about going back to San Jose State University to earn a master's degree.
*Second Job (Feb 1999). Good luck. The manager who hired me at my first job hired me for my second job. Same job title in the same industry. I was a Research Analyst in commercial real estate. The second company was better than the first company. A total of five employees quit from my first company to work at the second company. Moreover, the second company saved me from the first company because I thought about quitting the first company.
*My Second Boss Was Fired (Sep 2002). Good luck. My first boss who hired me at my first job and my second job moved to Australia. My second boss was nothing. Officially, she found another job. Unofficially, she was fired.
I warned the office manager she was ineffective. I waited two years for her release.
*Full Metal Alchemist Midnight Marathon (May 2004). Good decision. A Fanime Con 2004 anime convention event was a midnight marathon showing the anime series Full Metal Alchemist. I watched 17 episodes from midnight to 7am. I stayed awake. The end of episode eight I said, "I'm going to cosplay Edward Elric." Edward Elric was the main character. I thank my mom for making my Edward Elric cosplay.
I contemplated retiring from anime for the remainder of 2004 because I talked to a friend much younger than me. He retired from anime. Watching the marathon delayed my retirement for nine years and four months. I officially retired in Sep 2013.
*Third Job (Mar 2007). Good luck. The second company started going downhill in late 2006. People began quitting. My third job was my first tech job. The company was the largest employer in San Jose, CA. I belong working in the tech industry.
*Grow Up (Oct 2008). Good decision. I remember the day for the rest of my life. I was lost in Aug-Sep 2008. I was weak. I realized I must grow up. My life changed forever. The life changes were immediate. I built a new Gaming PC, I started to read fiction books, I wore new clothes, I purchased my first fine watch, and I slept on a new mattress. I found new hobbies which included hiking, ballroom dancing, and listening to classic jazz. I started following new gym workout plans.
I include going back to school earning an Associate Of Arts degree in Accounting at De Anza College and vacationing in the state of Washington and visiting Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
*First Job In A Start Up (Nov 2013). Good luck. I was a data entry and bookkeeper in a retail start up selling high end beer, wine, and sake at a discount price. Timing was good because I needed a distraction.
*Another Tech Job (Nov 2014). Good luck. My contract job at the start up company was satisfied. I found another contract job supporting an engineer at a networking server company.
*O'Connor Hospital (Apr 2017). Good decision and good luck. I experienced stomach pains since Mar 2017. The pain was too severe. My parents took me to the emergency room. The wait time was minimal. I was admitted as an in-patient requiring two surgeries. The hospital was not busy. The hospital was quiet. I was the only patient in a double occupancy room for three out of the four nights. The first surgery was Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography which removed gallstones. The second surgery was Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy which removed my gallbladder. The doctors diagnosed me with Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis.
The moment was the first time I was an in-patient and first time doctors performed surgery.
*Safe At Home Plate, 50 Years Old At The Age Of 45, or Self Trained Genius (Aug-Sep 2019). Good luck. I can't choose a title for the Aug-Sep 2019 moment. I include any of the three. Choose any one.
I began hiking again devoting one day per month. I hiked the Montara Mountain Trail in Pacifica, CA for the first time on Labor Day weekend. I started to read Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. I watched The Shawshank Redemption for the first time. My soul was saved. I became a genuine adult at the age of 45. I began training to become a self trained genius.
A Song And A Genius On The Uncontrolled Life
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you; When you think everything's okay and everything's going right; And life has a funny way of helping you out when; You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up; In your face. --Ironic, Alanis Morissette
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. --Steve Jobs
Update On A Past Blog
The Top Ten Saves blog written on Apr 25, 2020 mentioned four moments from above: my second boss was fired at number ten, number seven mentioned The Shawshank Redemption, number four was the Fanime Con 2004 Full Metal Alchemist midnight marathon, number two was O'Connor Hospital, and number one was growing up.
Three high school saves happened in my sophomore year. I took Geometry after my sophomore year in summer school to take Algebra II in my junior year. I played chess during the lunch hour. I played softball in Physical Education.
Another moment in Fall Semester 1995 which was a save. A shoutout to my Physics 61 laboratory partner who majored in General Engineering. He saved my ass.
*Watched The Getaway (1972), Hocus Pocus, and Queenpins.
*Cleaned the house.
*Finished reading The Whispers by Greg Howard.
