So I’ve got several people complaining that I haven’t written in here in a while. I’ve been extremely busy with all kinds of things. Work and play. So, here is a review of the last week.

Berns was amazing. The food was excellent. And it really was not as expensive as a I thought it would be. Of course, it was also fun to be pulling up in a limo. I wore black pants and an ElectroNerdz orange shirt. I LOVE the shirt. It is in the wash right now, hopefully not getting destroyed. I also wore a tie and black jacket, which I hadn’t done in a while. I did not get drunk like I wanted to, but I did get a little tipsy in the beginning since I was drinking something, and hadn’t eaten in a long while. The limo ride home was also very interesting in ways. You can see a few pictures from the night here.

On Monday, I helped Danielle move into her new apartment. It’s actually a very nice location for the price. So many things are within walking distance, except for an actual full blown grocery store, but is accessible by a short bus ride.

On Tuesday, I attended an InfoSec World expo. I walked through about half of the exhibit until I just got completely disgusted. I did not see a single computer running Linux. All of them Windows, except for one Mac. I was there to meet some of the sales team for Astaro, a product that we sell.

On Wednesday, I had my teeth cleaned. It was kind of messy, as their cavatron was spilling water all over me. And my hygienist was constantly thinking I was in pain, when honesty, I very much wasn’t.

On Thursday, I finally took my Concealed Carry class. In about 3 weeks, I’ll be able to carry a concealed weapon. The class was amazingly easy. I told her what I knew of gun safety in the beginning, and she said that I’d have no problem. I also learned a better way to hold my Glock and seems to make shooting a little easier. I can’t wait to practice more. And when I used the range there, at 9 feet, I hit every bullet (nine total) in the black (pretty much the bullseye) center of the target… from behind (the target was turned around so you couldn’t see the center)!! After that, I had the utmost fun driving around in downtown Tampa making wrong turns and trying to find parking and almost forgetting to put quarters in the meter. I had to go to Tampa to get my fingerprints scanned. When I got to the station, and walked up to the desk, before I even opened my mouth, the officer said “Getting your finger prints scanned?”. I asked him later if it happens a lot. They said they get about 25 people a day for various reasons, Concealed Carry, real estate, etc.

Today, I saw an accident minutes after it happened where a small car was crushed between two tractor trailers. I think the guy in the car was alright, as his door was open, but I didn’t look inside, because I was too busy driving, unlike everyone else in front of me, who were too busy looking at the accident.

In other news, Danielle and I are technically dating now, “casually” that is. I had some interesting run-ins with her family and friends on Monday. Such as the crazy uncle whom looks like my old boss, but without the ponytail, and her friend Greg, whom was a very nice guy, among others.

Well, that is the weekly update. I hope you enjoyed your reading experience. Be sure to check back in the future for more interesting stories from the life of Jason.

So here I am at home at 11:45pm on Friday night. And what am I doing? Cleaning. Yep, cleaning. I cleaned the showerhead, now all sprayers spray. I went through my fridge for old food (such as milk that expired on February 5th… yes, over a month ago… and no, I was not still drinking it). I am about to grab the vacuum. I washed almost all of my clothing. I washed all my mirrors. Speaking of mirrors… I’ve had the same mirror above my sink in my bathroom for five years now. For five years, I could never see the top of my head. It just wasn’t tall enough. I’d have to lean down. So I was washing it tonight, then I stopped in the middle of cleaning it. My brain started making connections. Synapses were firing. Then it felt like someone smacked me in the face. I grabbed the longest flexible object around. I got an idea of the length of the mirror going across. Then I checked it for the height of the available area before me. I stopped for a few short seconds with my mouth gaping open. I immediately ran to my truck to get a screwdriver. I ran back and unscrewed the plastic holders on the mirror. I grabbed the mirror from both sides and rotated it 90 degrees. I set it in its groove, and gently pushed it against the wall. Perfect. Fit. I couldn’t believe it. For five years, all I could see was from my nose, down. I can now see my entire head (maybe I don’t want to though!! HA!). Why did it take five years for my brain to recognize that if I rotated it, the width of the mirror would be the perfect height? I wonder what else around the house I will have epiphanies with.

Well, I must continue my cleaning. It’s time for a vacuuming. I will do it while listening to electronica music on The System on XM. I finally hooked a cable from my computer to my stereo system so I can play music loudly and shake the house and wake the neighbors (at midnight). I am thinking of plugging my computer into my TV and using it as a monitor. I am unsure of what the resolution will look like, as I am used to a nice high resolution on my laptop. I would also need a wireless keyboard and mouse. But this achievable.

Ugh. I haven’t written in a while. It’s been crazy. I’ve been unbelievably busy lately. I’ve got a few things going on my life that take some of my non-working time (but they are good things). I’ll get back to writing soon, and get some debates going. I also hear that I should be getting lots of baked goods soon, so I’m a little excited about that. Oh, and Saturday…. can’t wait.

Well, as proposed by Bobby, the 5 Year anniversary will be more simply celebrated (and those of you who know me, know I am a fan of simplicity). So here is how the night will go down:

7:30: Limo picks me up
7:45: Limo picks up Bobby and Brittani
8:00: Limo picks up Danielle
8:10: We head to Tampa for Berns Steak House
8:50: Arrive at Berns Steak House
9:00: Dinner at Berns Steak House
10:00: Night is open to… whatever happens!

Edit: Had to update some times… dinner is at 9:00 instead of 8:30.

So I was driving down South Florida Ave this morning, and once again, I saw the abortion protesters. They’ve been out there every day for a few weeks now I believe. But this one sign just got me thinking. It said “Adoption: The Loving Option”. Adoption. Are you kidding me? As if there are just millions of people looking to adopt children. It’s quite the other way around. Most people who adopt are doing so because they are unable to have children. How about signs such as “Adoption: Put your Child in the System” or “Adoption: Does ANYONE Want Him?” Now, I am not advocating that I am for abortion, nor am I against it. I am against protesters. I mean, do they really think that I give a [expletive deleted] about what they have to think? I feel like going out there an joining them, but holding signs that are against protesters.

So on March 3rd, 2008, ElectroNerdz will officially be 5 years old. Over the hump. If it can survive 5 years, why not more? ElectroNerdz has increased is revenues dramatically, and is just about out of whatever debts it currently has. The number of customers has grown to possibly be between 100 and 300 people and businesses.

So to celebrate, ElectroNerdz employees and their significant others (which is I guess is just me, Bobby and Britanni) will be taking the weekend of March 7th off. I am not quite certain doing what yet, but all I feel like doing is… nothing. Sitting on the beach doing nothing or something similar. I am open to ideas. I don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on it, but I want to do something. And I’d like it to not be more than 5 hours away. So please give me ideas.

Ok, so I’ve made it no secret that I find Sarah Silverman strangely hot. She is currently “dating” Jimmy Kimmel, formerly of The Man Show, but now hosts his own talk show. A while back, I found a video on YouTube via a friend of his show, where Sarah was on and had to tell Jimmy some sad news, so she made a video of it. It was hilarious. Well, apparently, Jimmy Kimmel decided to make a video of his own in response to her video.

Please note, these video are a little long, 5+ minutes each, and contain a lot of “bleeps”. Not for children. Although, it did broadcast on national television, so who knows.

So, Friday night, I took Robert to the Castle. It was the weekend of his birthday, and I owed him for helping me out the other weekend. We stopped at Applebees on the way. I got a Mac and Cheese with chicken thing. So we get to the club. A little empty at first, but the goths start coming in. Lots of “dominating” women and gay looking guys. The Senator was not there that night, but the night before. One of the most interesting girls was this one whose shirt consisted of 4 pieces of black tape. Well, this entire time, I was sitting on a couch. I wasn’t feeling too good, and my stomach kept getting worse and worse. At about 2:30, I couldn’t take it anymore, and got up to go tell Robert that we needed to go. I get up to him, tell him, then get dizzy and have to sit down. Next thing I know, I am on the floor looking up at a bunch of people looking over me. Robert helps me up and we get out to the street. I lay down on the sidewalk while he goes and gets my car. The entire time back, I am shaking from chills. As soon as I get home, that’s when it happens. My body decided to evacuate everything every which way it could. Fast. Yes, it sounds gross, but, hey, it happens. It had to have been food poisoning. It has to have been the worst experience of my life. I have never felt so bad. My guess is the cheese in the mac and cheese dinner used some bad milk, but I can’t be sure. I am still sticking to mostly soup and rice at the moment, but am actually moving about now. Robert stayed with me that entire night, so special thanks goes out to him for being a good friend. I owe him a dominating woman (whom I toppled onto when I passed out).

So in the past week, the issue of “guns” has come up with two friends. The first said he would shoot someone in the leg and then hold the gun to him while he called 911, or run to the neighbors and call 911 from there (after shooting him in the leg). My response is shooting him in the leg will only piss him off. The reason this came up was because I said I use hollow points, which, well, leave a huge mess inside, so they don’t get back up. The other friend said the only use for guns (as if it were a “tool”) is to “kill things”. This might be true, but the reason I would be killing them, although I hope I never have the need to, would be to protect myself, or my family. My family (parents, sisters, future wife and children) are my top priority. And I will use all means necessary to protect them. And I would risk my own life for them. I think of the recent shooting that happened at a couple of churches where a gunman was going around killing people in churches, until one lady in the last church pulled out her weapon and put him down (Article). The day I found out about that, the pastor at the church I go to said how he would protect his own family at all costs and if someone tried to hurt his family, he would “tear them limb from limb”. I may not be able to express the way I feel very well, but I do feel strongly about it. Education is the best tool to keep guns safe.

Sometimes I feel like I go to far. That I say too much. When it is not the right time. But when is the right time? Will there ever be a right time? I certainly hope so. I must hold back or else it may become too powerful. Or are things already too much too fast? Do I want to hold back for now?