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Site Announcements – Things to Come and Healing of the Self

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I know I have spoken about the site revamp… but as some can tell… My aesthetics are somewhat weak. Want proof? I am was using the default WordPress layout for readability and stability reasons. I have been trying to pen out the framework of ZeroXR 13mg v.2 and I know my vision for the site. A haven for guys and/or geeks who want to have a more human point of view on the things I or my staff write about within the vectors of technology, rants, and male style/grooming. I have conferred with Wyno on this matter and have commissioned the revision of this site’s style to her. I would like to be able to give her a work she can show off to the world as a prospective designer. I just need to pen down some “rules” for her to try to bend and break… as she has stated she likes trying to break out of constraining rules.

As far as the site goes, lacking a tech budget sucks and even more with respect that I soon start college soon. I have talked with Wyno about maybe trying to do yet another contest… but on what… I have no idea. I muse and say that I could always do one on World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King when it hits this November… but that would mean shelling cash on buying the game myself and then buying a copy for the ZeroXR Loot Chest. If anyone has some contest ideas to try assisting a creative spark, please let me know.

For my interview gig… I have found my guest editor to pen out the interview. The only remaining business to take care of is finding a photographer to capture me at my best and at my finest. If you’re a local photographer (or know one) to the Dallas area who wouldn’t mind being recompensated with meal and drink, please drop me a line at info@zeroxr.com or feel free to Skype me.

OH! Which reminds me… In light of things… I would like to make mention that I have gotten on board with people who like to do VoIP calls. This avenue also opens things up for things like interviews and queries with me on a personal basis… In other words… those who are too ghetto to spare minutes in the daytime but wish to make a call with their computer and internet connection are more than welcome to. I am on Skype as ZeroXR13mg so don’t be shy to request an audience with me. I encourage networking if anything!

I haven’t quite been myself lately with a few things in the material world causing me a bit of panic… I know my sister Alice when she did her holistic healing lab on me had asked if I had considered seeing a doc to be dosed on anti-anxiety drugs, though that concerns me as I don’t like the idea of being on Xanax or any benzodiazepines to the point that my body becomes co-dependent on it. I have been venturing to holistic healing paths lately with a combination of prayer and positive thought which has helped, but it has not cured the heart of the matter. I am debating on possibly taking a hiatus of the site for a week or so and possibly leave Miss Wyno in charge of things here while I try to grapple with my personal demons. More than likely… I’ll discuss that with her later today.

I bid you all adieu for now… I am going to attempt to dose myself with a shot of Vitamin D, healing breezes, and the whispering sun all from the comfort of my chariot… Devil, with the top down of course!

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Grateful Appreciation, Reminders, Meet-n-Greet Event!

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Dear and loyal readers of ZeroXR 13mg, I am thankful for your very touching feedback lately with regards to stuff like the contest or just letting me know what all is good and what needs improvement. I am also thankful that in my time of need, you all have been supportive of me to help me stand tall once again. To you, loyal readers, fans, and associates… I say thank you!

I would like to remind readers that my Bluetooth haiku contest has been extended, if you have not taken notice, I advise you to take a gander at this link for the details: ZeroXR 13mg Bluetooth Haiku Contest The main point is to have fun and be snarky or creative… I am hoping to give some of you potential contestants some time to construct your haikus due to some people saying the 1 week time frame was “unfair”.

As far as tonight’s frivolities at Times Ten Cellars, I’d like to extend that event to EVERYONE who wishes to join. Let’s just call it a ZeroXR 13mg Meet-n-Greet event, you can meet up with me and possibly get some Ubuntu related door prizes if I can scrounge around for them… Be you enemy, comrade, or a peer of mine… I shall welcome you with my sincerity and maybe even offer you a glass of delicious wine if you can put aside your differences. What good is it to hold grudges or be xenophobic when life can be tragically short, bitter and dull? If you wish to come, please feel free to drop me a comment or even give me a phone call if you have my contact information.

Let us laugh, drink, and be merry to forget and forgive things depressing events of yore to temper and forge new and much happier memories. For when the day passes, what good is it do enter a somber sleep while harboring thoughts and musings with considerable pain and anguish? Let us seize the day while things are still ripe. Let us imbibe the essence of fragrant berries and feel alive once more. Let us just be humans who are living like today is the end of the world.

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“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”

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With a hellish year like 2007, it’s hard to turn around and be happy on “the most wonderful time of the year.” I realize that it wasn’t all bad, but most of it was pain and writhing. I would not find solace until the end of this year. My debts finally coming to an end. Family relations are not much better, unfortunately. Some claim that when we are born into the world, we are born cold, miserable and frustrated. I can see how that idea could come to mind with what I have learned with Buddhism: “All life is suffering”.

In my city, the temperatures keep dropping or rising… Rather than the “traditional” image of a northern Christmas with snow and cold temperatures, it’s just cold days dropping to the 40’s or warm days rising to the high 60’s. It is a pain, but I am not a deity with any gift of meteorological control. I just would like for a “consistent” winter, not this odd fluctuation. Like today and tomorrow are supposed to be somewhere close to the 70’s but somehow Saturday is going to be close to 40’s and 50’s with miserable rain.

My hopes of a great Christmas got quickly damped by 2 surprise expenses that hit me out of the blue… but I can manage until recovery. Most of my loved ones know about my issue and understand. Then there was a personal issue that bothered me until I came to a self realization. Exam results I have not checked due to fear and loathing in addition to pressing issues at my office being more of a priority at the moment. The office has been chaos, but I hope with the new year that there will be positive change.

I have learned to be thankful for the mixed blessings I have and to be thankful for my supporters no matter where they are. My thanks for being there for me in my time of darkness, because without you all… I don’t think I’d be able to get up and fight once more.

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Random Blurb and Ranting on a Cold, Rainy Day

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I have lived in a small suburb for damn near all my life, so I have seen some interesting things with my 23 years of living… One thing that amuses me about the majority of DFW area drivers is that rainy roads and rain instantly sets off the “panic mode” on many people’s minds and their driving gets offensive rather than defensive. Naturally, rain or adverse weather conditions makes drivers learn to bide their time and take a slower pace to avoid any additional delays from getting into an accident. I see the following annoyances with the drivers in my city panicking:

  • Failure to go below the speed limit
  • Reckless lane switching
  • Heedless stomping on the brakes at the absolute last second
  • Hydroplaning

Unfortunately for me being a roadster (tiny) manual transmission driver, this puts me and other fellow drivers at risk for some careless person to suddenly panic or behave poorly on the road. I know on my way to the gym at 8:00 that there were 2 multi-car pile-ups from some clown losing control of their vehicle. Here’s the irony of it all: it took place in a SCHOOL ZONE! A twenty mile-per-hour school zone. I can only imagine that the reactions of the asinine drivers must have been embarrassing to hold up school traffic from their short witted thoughts.

The last exam of the semester was today for me, boy… was it a doozy. The questions blitzed my mind and ransacked my memory banks to thoroughly exhaust me completely. I mean, the class was great but for some reason… that exam “kicked my ass”. I know that I actually enjoyed my classes this semester, but I wish I could have dumped more time on them… It sucks having to work and go to school, but that is the price to pay for freedom. With the holiday season here and the office spitting out more and more paperwork, I hope to increase my intake of hours to pay off things and maybe have a little money to spend on myself. I am not sure if I can afford to attend school next semester, but I may ask family if they are willing to make a plea bargain with me… I just don’t think it will bode well though, unfortunately… I pray that ’round tax time… I should be seeing a bigger return for working a whole year with a company that does not use shady methods to write off taxation.

For those wondering when the next “serious” reviews are coming… I will say that they will be hitting home soon. The next review will be over my feelings over the wildly popular Nintendo DS  game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I will give Nintendo credit for making a wonderfully refreshing game that makes even the most casual fan feel at home. Keep watching the blog, I will have the review up once I get through the game or even beat it.