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Make $1 - $3 a day with EarnHoney

2017-01-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Last one I promise. I don't just sit online all day and try to earn extra money on the side I promise. This is just an explosion of all of my money making habits I needed to get shared with you guys so you can get an idea of how to earn something extra during the holiday season!

This one is a little less intrusive much like InstaGC. This one uses flash however so videos sometimes take a little more power from your computer if you leave it running all day.

First get signed up here

After you are all setup just click on the buzzTV. I find running the humurous videos to be the more beneficial one to use. Just follow the on screen instructions and leave the tab open and muted to earn your money. It is slow but can easily earn you $1 - $3 a day. Just keep diligent and you can crack the $90 a month barrier if you have it up and running constantly!

If you need help let me know and I will try and get you sorted out!

Make simple money with InstaGC

2016-11-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

I know I know another blog post about making money. No I am not some crazy guy who just wants all the cash in the world. I just figured this could be a good outlet to share my methods with friends and family who follow my blog, YouTube, or whatever else you want.

This site is called InstaGC. I don't get quite as much money as I do with Swagbucks, so that is still my go to earner. But InstaGC is low on resources when it comes to playing videos and less extensive. there are only a few things to do on it and that makes it a little less intrusive and more passive than Swabucks, though once again not a top earner.

First start off by signing up here

Non-Ref

After you get yourself started you will choose a goal of what gift card you are working towards. hover over Earn at the top, and select watch videos. There are 3 playlists. Plain and simple just put it on and mute the tab. You can float away and do other things while that just does its work in the background. No micro managing or anything. Occasionally the first playlist will run out of videos to play, so open the next one, and so forth. Once all three are out refresh the page and start over again. Plain and simple earning.

Hopefully you guys can get started with these two sites and earn some spare money like I have. I intend to get my Nintendo Switch for free along with a few games by running these. Let me know if you have questions and I will help you out!

Make $50 a month with www.Swagbucks.com

2016-11-17T19:00:00.000-07:00

I have been meaning to do a write up of this website for a long time now. I have left this blog to the dust and realized that all of you are probably wondering what my life is up to. Well wait no more!

I wanted some spare money on the side because you know having a family with a small child makes it hard to get spare money to do fun things. I swear I watch my paychecks just disappear into nothing in a matter of minutes. So My wife and I have been supplementing it for the past couple of years with www.Swagbucks.com

This isn't a paid promotion, this isn't a gimmick. This is mostly just trying to get people the information so you can all benefit from this too. Some of the information I have collected from www.reddit.com and have been using it to try and buy myself the new Nintendo Switch console! Probably need about $300 for that little guy, so might as well try and get it for free right?

Here is some of the basics of the site.

First it is free

Second it gives you the money back for seeing their ad placement. I don't pay for cable and I use ad blockers almost everywhere. That means I don't see ads when I don't want to. I get paid to see them. That is the point of swagbucks. I get the money back for the ads that could be shoved down my throat already. might as well earn off it right?

Okay to get started is easy just sign up under the following link

If you are looking for a non referral you can go directly to www.swagbucks.com and click signup. Attach it to your Facebook and find more friends. It's a super easy site to get setup with, now comes the tricky part. How do I earn?

I am going to tap into my reddit friends for this one. Original Author is Garwald

Swagbucks Guide 2016. Accurate as of November 1, 2016.

I will be giving a detailed guide, of the popular earning site Swagbucks.

This will be for the newbies who want to join in on the free giftcards, and for the veterans who are looking to maximize their earnings with minimal effort. Swagbucks points are called "SB" and will be used throughout the guide. As an example: 500 SB gets you a $5 giftcard.

I try to keep this as up-to-date as possible. If you notice something isn't, please let me know.

First, here is proof: http://imgur.com/a/VALpU

Regardless of how you sign up remember to enter sign up code "RSWAGBUCKS" for 70 free SB.

Starting off:

You Can Get Free Gift Cards For Shopping, Searching and Discovering What's Online at Swagbucks.com

1.Use the Sign up code “RSWAGBUCKS” which is optional, but it will give you 70 free SB.

The box to type this in doesn't show up unless you click “I have a sign up code (optional)” which is under the “Confirm Password” Box.

2.Just signing up will give you 4 SB. Now complete your profile, learn how you earn and Discover your rewards. That will give you 32 SB. This part is pretty self-explanatory. You can skip the tour, this rewards no SB.

3.Make sure to go to verify your account through your email, sooner is better than later.

4.Hover over “Answer" on the Swagbucks Bar at the top of the screen. Click on Surveys. Fill out the info to give you surveys better targeted toward you. Earn 1 SB for entering your age/gender and 1 SB for entering your birthday. Earn 2 SB for every 10 Survey Profile questions you answer (these are found on the right side of the screen).

5.Install the SwagButton to receive 50 SB.

6.Make sure to Turn on Daily Goals on the left. This is important for free passive SB. More on this later.

TO DO LIST: ~ 240 SB minimum per month - Complete 6 of 7 items to earn Bonus SB (1-4 SB).

Must be completed by clicking through each item under the "TO DO LIST"

1.Daily Poll- 1 SB, self explanatory

2.Daily Crave- 1 SB, Wait for it to check off, then click whether you like it or not

3.Daily Search- 0 SB, potential search reward, Search to check this off the Daily List.

4.Daily Watch- 1-3SB vary, depends on which playlist you watch.

5.Daily Discover- SB vary, depends on which discover offer you complete. (Suggest trying ones that are posted)

6.Daily Answer- 1 SB minimum, attempt a survey or complete one.

7.Deal of the Day- SB and offer change daily.

Daily: Not part of the "TO DO LIST" ~ 300 SB per month

1.Play- 10 SB, Score is irrelevant, lose and repeat.

Mobile Dailies (6 apps, 60 SB + Extra): SBTV, Entertainow, Moviecli.ps, Sport.ly, Indymusic.tv and Lifestylz.tv

NEW: Chance at earning bonus SB past the normal daily limit!

1.Swagbucks tv- 10 SB: [iOS] [Android]

You get 2 SB per 5 videos watched. Go to the “Home and Garden” category. Favorite “10 Sec Tip-Grass Stains or any "10 Second Tip" video by holding down on the video then selecting "Add to Favorites". Let these videos auto-run by watching them from your “Favorites.” This will take about an hour. You will know you have reached the maximum amount for the day when “You reached today's earning limit. Please keep watching!" shows up. You can now watch longer for a chance to earn bonus SB past the normal 36 SB limit.

2.Entertainow- 10 SB: [iOS] [Android]

This app works the same as the previous, however it pays 2 SB per 15 videos watched. The shortest videos are under the category “Tv Spots.” I favorited “Touch.” This is the only one you will want to favorite since it is the shortest. Go to your “Favorites” and watch these till you reach the Daily limit or watch longer for a chance to earn bonus SB past the normal 10 SB limit.

3.Moviecli.ps- 10 SB: [iOS] [Android]

It pays 2 SB per 15 videos watched. The shortest video is "The Other Woman" (with the hat) at 25s. Go to "Favorites" and watch until you reach the limit or watch longer for a chance to earn bonus SB past the normal 10 SB limit.

4.Sportly.tv- 10 SB: [iOS] [Android]

It pays 2 SB per 15 videos watched. The shortest video is "Joey Medina: Father Role Model" at 14 seconds. Go to "Favorites" and watch until you reach the limit or watch longer for a chance to earn bonus SB past the normal 10 SB limit.

5.Indymusic.tv- 10 SB: [iOS] [Android]

It pays 2 SB per 15 videos watched. The shortest video is "Dan Curry: Leper Hockey Game" under the Rock section at 14 seconds. Go to "Favorites" and watch until you reach the limit or watch longer for a chance to earn bonus SB past the normal 10 SB limit.

6.Lifestylz.tv- 10 SB: [iOS] [Android]

It pays 2 SB per 15 videos watched. The shortest video is "10 Sec Tips - Grass Stain Removal" under the "Garden" Channel. Go to "Favorites" and watch until you reach the limit or watch longer for a chance to earn bonus SB past the normal 10 SB limit.

Can't find the shortest video? Check through THIS LIST for the next shortest. The videos cycle, so make sure to check back later to see if there is a shorter one.

Passive Swagbucks: (Now this is Awesome!)

So you know all of those things that you already do above? Look over at the Daily Goal Section on the left above the “To Do List.”

1.If you reach the Daily goal (which can normally be reached solely through the apps) you will get bonus SB and it will count towards your “Winning Streaks.”

2.The Second goal or “Total Goal” gives you more bonus SB, but does not have to be reached in order to count toward your “Winning Streaks.”

3.Winning Streaks:

Meet Daily Goal 7 days in a row.............. 25 SB Bonus
Meet Daily Goal 14 days in a row............ 100 SB bonus
Meet Daily Goal 21 days in a row............ 200 SB bonus
Meet Daily Goal every day in the month... 300 SB Bonus

4.Passive Earning Calculations for Goal One for a month (m):

Reaching Goal One of the Daily Goal......... 90 SB/m
Meeting Goal One every day for month..... 300 SB/m
Referral SB............................................. ??? SB/m
Complete passive amount....................... 390 SB/m

4.5Passive Earning Calculations for Total Goal for a month (m):

Reaching Total Goal of Daily Goal............. ~482 SB/m
Meeting Total Goal every day for m.......... 300 SB/m
Referral SB............................................. ???? SB/m
Complete passive amount....................... =782 SB/m

5.Notes about Passive earnings:

SB from Daily Goal and Winning Streaks are paid out on the 5th of every month, referral SB's are paid out as they're earned.
Daily Goal rewards increase over time the more you complete it and the more SB you earn per day.

Occasionals/free time:

1.Swag Codes- usually around 2-4 SB which are posted on their social media sites. Codes are posted automatically on /r/swagbucks by our Bot.

Tip: When you get a notification from Facebook or Twitter, Check /r/swagbucks for the code.

2.“Earn 2 Swag Bucks” offers that are sent to your SB Inbox. Some can be watched 2 or 3 times each.

3.Hourly Random Winner- 1,000 SB: Various Swagbucks Hourly Winner Notification Methods via IFTTT

4.Encrave: Auto watches videos for you. Found through Discover tab->Encrave->One of the boxes with the Replay symbol in the corner. Click the Discovery Mode button so there is a check mark to auto play. You may have to "unlock" the Encrave videos each day by doing 2-3 of the Encrave articles first.

Tip: Use this when watching youtube/Netflix/Tv or whenever you are AFK

5.Take A Discovery Break: 2 SB, located on the frontpage. Watch videos, anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Great to do while earning from Encrave or while doing nGage.

6.nGage: 2 SB, located on the frontpage. Watch videos, extremely similar to "Take A Discovery Break." Great to do with Encrave and "Take a Discovery Break."

7.Read: Temporarily unavailable as it's being improved.

8.Yaysave.com offer: 1 SB, located on front page. Simply click and check out this week's special offers to earn.

9.Watch this Video!: 1 SB, located on front page. Click and watch to earn.

10.Earn Two Swag Bucks: 2 SB, located on front page. Complete the Brand Activity.

I promise this site is worth it, I have earned almost 800 bucks (proof)

just from doing this stuff over the past couple of years. Printing coupons, using it when you make purchases on affiliated sites, and of course running the mobile apps. Have questions? Feel free to get in touch with me and I will help you out.

So I wrote a book, and published it!

2016-11-15T18:30:00.000-07:00

So a lot has happened since we last talked on my blog. I have been gone for quite some time. Between work, a child, buying a house, moving around, figuring life out... I can now say I feel a little more settled than I have in the past 3 years. I can't believe it has been that long everyone! Holy cow...

So anyway I shared this with a bunch of you online that I was working on a novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and that it was going to be a romance story. yes this was really weird for me too. I don't write romance, I don't read romance, I don't normally have anything to do with romance stories because they are so fake and far from real life. That is why it was a really hard challenge for me to expand my writing style into something I have never done before. That was found through my book I titled "Escape".

Escape isn't the best book in the market, and honestly it isn't only 50K words which means it is relatively short. The kind of book you find in paperback at airports for a fast read while on a ride home. That's honestly the point. It is more real, less drawn out, and aims straight for the point and for the heart. I worked on it up until January 31st of 2016 and that is the publication date I chose to give it. Here is the cover

Now those of you who are reading this blog will go "Hold up, that is written by Nathan Anderson... you are just lying to us all" let me explain.

I have been sitting with a publisher for the better part of a year hoping they will take my full length massive fantasy novel and I want it published under my name. So I came up with another name for these shorter stories to make sure it didn't interfere with my other published works. That way if you see this name you will know this is my name I choose to use for novella length stories I get out, and the ones under my real name are full length detailed novels.

Now you know my name is Tyson Young so where did Nathan Anderson come from? My middle name is Andrew. I spun it around with my first name to make Anderson 'Andrew' 'Son' get it? So that makes sense. I tried as best I could to use the T somewhere in the name, but nothing sounded organic so I slapped an H in there and went to town until Nathan came out. So then became my new name for short novellas.

Here is a brief description for your pleasure

Escape

By Nathan Anderson

When young Kristina is so close to finishing school, she decides to get a job anywhere to get away from her pressing mother. A small music shop that is locally owned accepts her application, and from strange event to strange event she finds herself falling in love with one of the most unique people she has ever met. Will she have a chance to get away from her home town and controlling mother and realize her live as an artist or will she be stuck in the warm embrace of love and accept her life as it is?

If you are interested in getting a copy of this book it can be found everywhere! I mean everywhere.

I know this is a shameless plug, but I need people to be aware that I am still working hard at what I promised I would do way back in the day. I still want to become a full fledged full time author. I am working on my second book titled "The Thirteenth Day" which is a horror thriller story and hopefully that can generate some more interest from a different crowd.

Anyway without further ado I hope that you all have a good evening and I will write you all soon enough! For those of you who follow my YouTube account I plan on doing a little review of the book as well in future months to come, so remember to subscribe for more details on it!

For all the Golden Locks

2013-09-05T17:00:00.000-06:00

It was last year around April we heard some sad news that a family member was diagnosed with Cancer. As a child I had a friend who passed away at an early age from Oligodendroglioma, but we together as a scout troop when he was diagnosed shaved our heads for him. It was rather comical to see the eight of us gathered around, and from what I could tell it made him happy to have us all be a part of that with him. I decided that since as a child I had joined my friend in a time of need by sharing something with him, that my family member deserved respect as well. This time though instead of deciding to shave my head and join most of the family I grew my hair out to donate to Locks of Love.

If you haven't heard of the program I really do suggest that you look into it. It has been a rather interesting journey of growing out my hair. I am sure that those of you who have seen me have noticed that I keep it basically pulled back in a ponytail. I couldn't figure out what to do with my hair, most men in our culture don't maintain long hair as often and style is just over my head. I tried to see what male models were doing, but their hair looked horrible and I couldn't handle trying to impersonate someone I wasn't. So long story short I just brushed it used oils and products to keep it healthy and took a lot of biotin to speed up the process.

I always have had strange hair for an Idahoan, so it wasn't that big of a deal to see me with long hair. So below I have a picture of me at the beginning back in April of 2012 and a couple of photos of before and after below. It is strange to think how quickly time can go by. I hope that all of you who have joined the program or have benefited from the program have enjoyed your journey and result as much as I have.

The was from Warped Tour in June 2013 (if you can't tell I am the tall guy with dark black hair standing behind Aubrey)

This was from Charley's Wedding, Aubrey lost her shoe

And here was the fateful moment of when my hair was cut off and packaged up to be sent in.

And this is what I looked like after the cut. I can tell you my head felt lighter.

Lastly this is what I look like 2 weeks after donation day. Nothing extreme like my hairstyle I had when I was engaged, or the one I had when I got married, but still looking much better than day 1 after the cut.

This is 2 weeks after the donation day. I feel much more like my old self, and I think I look younger as well can't go wrong with looking younger right?

Also just to relive the past here are a few pictures of my hair (Along with other fun events of my life hope you enjoy =])

This is from High School back in 2006. My hair looked terrible after I had requested to get highlights. She took it for bleach my entire head...

This was a Road Trip to go to a friends wedding, but we couldn't find the address and wound up eating pie and visiting the love interest (who in turn ended up being my Wife) back in 2009

Still from 2009 this was around Warped Tour

A band pic from Fake Safety Tips in later 2009

Our engagement Photos from March 2010

This is from our Reception, yet again another hairstyle in 2010

Spent a night on the Town with a friend 2010

This is me at work back in the beginning of 2011

Brie and I went to Lagoon, and my job was cool enough to let me have 3 colors in my hair 2011

This was around the time we decided that I was going to grow my hair out. We were at the Idaho Falls Museum in 2012.

I couldn't resist posting the pirate pics, cause my hair totally reminded me of Pirates of the Caribbean Halloween 2012.

Anyway I hope that you enjoyed reliving my hairstyles of a past life, and I hope that I can continue to bring something fun to table every time you see me.

2nd Sucks

2013-09-04T17:00:00.000-06:00

The Title taken from an amazing Day to Remember song, I can only agree that getting 2nd place in a video game is the worst. I know it has nothing to do with the actual song, but the video shows kids playing a Mortal Kombat type game in an underground arcade. Also at the beginning of the Song it says "Fight" just like they do in Mortal Kombat. How great was that old Super Nintendo game by the way?

Anyway that has nothing to do with this post at all. I have to confess a recent addiction to all of you. I once dabbled into it a few years ago from a suggestion by a co-worker. At the time he said that he said that it could be a problem in the future, but I didn't seem to care. I dove right in and started trying it out. At first I thought that it would be time consuming, and decided to stop for a while, but recently the itch began to resurface and I had to finally cave into my minds desire.

I am addicted to Bloons Tower Defense 5 by Ninja Kiwi

It is horrible how fast you can drain away a day trying to pop Balloons with Dart Monkeys, or missiles, or whatever you can afford. You over see a path that the bloons travel on, and your goal is to pop them before then can go from point A to point B. It doesn't sound like much, but if you have ever played a tower defense game in the past you know the basic logistics of it.

You have a few options of how to play if you are interested. You can always Play the game in a web browser for free on Ninja Kiwi's site Here is a link

Or if you are like me you can buy it for your tablet or iPad. I don't suggest playing on a phone because it is extremely tiny if you try that (I attempted on my Galaxy S2 and it wasn't really worth it) though you can use the iPod touch or iPhone for it I still wouldn't suggest it.

Available for iOS

Available on Google Play

Wii will rock U

2013-09-03T17:00:00.000-06:00

Lately I have been perusing the inter-webs enjoying Google+ Commentary on new gaming systems that are on the horizon, including the PS4 and XBox One. I am not going to lie, they look like great systems. Though the part that truly bothers me is that the Wii U is completely disregarded by people. I understand that no it doesn't have the highest specs that the PS4 is toting around, but who can argue with the proprietary games that Nintendo has published on their devices. Ranging form Metroid to Zelda I can tell you that I am not feeling buyers Remorse. Though most of the titles I do want are not yet released, I can tell you that I am anxiously engaged on Nintendo's forums and adds. They have me hooked. I can't wait for the new Smash Bros release, or the new Zelda (Or even the Zelda Wind Maker HD Re-release). There is quite a bit of titles to get excited about.

I do feel sad for those game developers that are claiming the Wii U is under powered for their engines, even though a year ago some of the those companies released titles and claimed that the Wii U was so much easier to develop for. I follow kickstarter regularly though excited when I see a new game that gets labeled with the Wii U as a stretch goal. The future, though it seems to be bleeding with anger and hate from the online forums, seems to be a bit brighter for my little box of joy. Another point to think about is price. Nintendo made the device very affordable from the start, and recently pulled it down by fifty dollars. The Wii U also has more titles released for it than the new consoles will have when they get released, and this year Nintendo has pumped out a ton of new titles for us all to enjoy. Christmas is starting to look bright for those nerdy kids like me.

The Tablet controller was kind of different at first, I am not going to lie, but now I can't stand not having a map in the palm of my hands while playing other games. I sat down on a PS3 the other day and tried to play Assassin's Creed, or Deus Ex Human Revolution, and started to get frustrated from the lack of controller functionality. The screen gets cluttered with push a to see more menus or press here for your map. I can say that having that second screen made gameplay on my HD TV look that much better. I can't wait for Deus Ex to get released later this month. If you haven't heard about it I will link a Trailer right here.

They upped some of the graphics, and that tablet support that debuts at the end just looks gorgeous.

Last point and I promise I am done being annoying. My virtual titles purchases now have an HD upgrade. All my already previously owned Wii titles work just fine with my Wii U. I am glad that I never got any GameCube games, but come on who actually bought a game cube? Once again that is another point to bring up, Nintendo has had bad systems in the past that flopped but the Wii U is stacking up nicely for those who already own a Wii. I love having HDMI and better graphics. I play Nintendo Land on a frequent basis and have had a tough time playing through ZombiU as well. If you are one of the spec junkies you just wants the highest of the high then no you shouldn't get a Wii U, but if you like good graphics for a reasonable price then yes you should buy one today.

I hope that you all have a good week, good luck getting over the Tuesday Blues because yesterday was a holiday.

Still Alive

2013-09-01T11:51:00.000-06:00

This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here
Huge success.
For the good of all of us
Accept the ones who are dead.
- Johnathan Colton

I hope auto correct didn't slaughter the spelling of his name. How good was that song at the end of portal one bt the way? Talk about a triumphant finale. So I'm Still Alive. I'm sorry I haven't blogged for so long. I'm sure you were all on the edges of your seats waiting for more news from me. Well nothing too cool going on. My book is now almost 60,000 words written and fake safety tips CD has 12 songs partially recorded. We have our up 2 lyric videos on YouTube and I can tell you that it has been a good journey.

Well a ton has happened over the past little bit so I am not going to play the whole catch up thing, if you want to know more let me know In the comments below and I will post updates on your requests.

I decided though that I am in love with my new chromecast. If you have yet to see one I suggest to visit googles play store and snag yourself one for 35 bucks. Its a steal for what it can do for you. No need for a smart TV anymore I'm glad that I didn't spend the extra cash for one. For those of you that are still confused as to what it is I will post a couple of pictures below, and a link. Happy summer and I will start keeping you all more updated.

Chromecast link

Tablets! Tablets! and more Tablets!

2012-04-04T11:15:00.002-06:00

Well I got my Transformer Prime. I call him Optimus. He is a beast. I was able to use Splashtop THD to remote desktop into my PC titled "The Beast" and play Beta Diablo 3 the other day. I would have to say that the performance is insane. From a quad core clocked at 1.6, to 12 GPU cores this takes the cake as the fastest handheld device known to man. Gaming is amazing with my Bluetooth controller hooked up to it. I have played Deus Ex Human Revolutions to Assassin's Creed Brotherhood just fine on it. The HDMI out also allowed me to play these games on our TV at our place. If you are a gamer, or a basic user I highly suggest using one of these. Also this tablet is the thinnest and lightest of any tablet out there. Amazing (Yes that even means you people with "The New iPad")

Anyway, so I still have my T103 made by Velocity Cruz. I have been attempting to build a custom ROM, but I am having issues with unyaffs being able to open the system.img. I thought I could chagne the build.prop on the custom Port ROM, but no success... so I pop out the .zip for the T301 and it works just fine. I even have a file hosted on RapidShare and I hope that I can get some guinea pigs who are willing to test my pre-alpha release. IDK what whether it even boots, but its an ICS port from the Novo Basic (Another MiPS device. Though it is a JZ4770 and ours are JZ4760) We will see.

With those projects undergo, I have also started more detailed work on my novel. I cut out a bunch of crap and it dropped down to 11,000 words on Sunday. After some rework I am back up to 14,100 and still rocking. I made it mobile, and anywhere I bring my tablet I have access to work on rewrites and clarification work. People might complain now though because it does seem a bit longer. Oh well though I hope that I can get published this December. Brie and I bought the writers market 2012 and put focus into getting the book out there. I will let you all know how that goes.

OnLive will save us all

2012-03-09T13:39:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

It has been a while and I figured you deserve an update in my life. First off It is March so I (Meaning Fake Safety Tips) have started a March Madness: Battle of the Bands. Not many people have participated, but it is bringing people to visit our band page. We have gone up a total of 22300% (according to Facebook) of unique visitors daily. That means that every one person visiting is 100% more than yesterday. That is really good and bad. It means that A: no one has ever visited our page even our friends and B:People just don't give a crap about my music (And yes this also means that my very own family Mother, Father, Sisters, ETC haven't even so much as opened the links to my band page in the past 6 months) . How do I know all this? Facebook made it so people with pages can see unique visitors with stats. Also our page looks much cooler now and we have an official band page. You should check the link =]

Fake Safety Tips Band Page

And here is the new Timeline that Facebook has included for us if you haven't liked the band please do so, we need more fans so Cid and I know if it is worth it to produce our second album or not.

Fake Safety Tips Timeline

Lastly Vote on our March Madness. I can tell if you read my blog and if you click our pages cause the Internet is awesome and lets people stalk other people and be super creepy and find out every statistic (I even know whether you guys use Windows/Mac/Android/iOS/Linux and what kind of browser you used to view this page. Also I know if you used a link from someone's blog to stalk into mine =]) So aside from the Internet being super creepy, and the fact that our band is struggling to get a fan base I have other news.

I got my OnLive controller today. Its pretty awesome. If you see in the picture I posted my old little 2 year old HP netbook with a crappy processor and graphics card can run Tier 1 video games thanks to the online service OnLive.com. They allow you to stream the video game from their super awesome servers onto old devices to play amazing games without having to do hardware updates. This means my capability to build ultimate gaming PCs is almost rendered useless. you can go to the DI an buy some junk PC for 50 bucks, get a good bandwidth ISP, and rock out Assassin's Creed Revelations on it without a problem. That is pretty sweet. All you have to do is buy the game on their servers.

Also this saves money. I have a Wii. Its pretty awesome, but soon games will stop being made for it and they will go strictly to the Wii-U. But with OnLive, as long as I have something that is connected to the Internet (Android tablet, Android Phone, Smart TV, ETC) I can play my games. And to make it even more universal OnLive has created a universal remote control (Featured in the picture I included on the Blog) You can literally hook it up to all your devices and have a seamless interaction with the gaming world. Lastly there is no install time. Okay that is a lie there is a 30 second install time to get the app installed on the desktop to launch the games, but besides that you get the perfect setup. The only downside to OnLive is no support for iPad (which doesn't bother me iPads can suck it ((not to upset you apple lovers out there))) or Linux... which blows, oh well though.

Yup that is my 11" laptop with the amazing OnLive controller. Pretty awesome right?

Next up on my list I have been working on a new color pencil drawing. I think it looks like it is going well, I posted a pic on my Facebook the other day but I don't know how many people Facebook stalk me or Blog stalk me, so here is the pic I posted

Her hair is mostly done now, and I added loads more shading. I think she will be finished in the next couple of weeks. Its pretty difficult doing colored pencil art, and my style isn't much appreciated, but that is life.

Last on the docket is my about.me page is doing really well. If you guys out here want to know what my projects are but don't want to waste the time searching through my horrific blog posts (You entered the mind of a psychopath if you have read my blog) than you could just direct yourself to my page and read up on my current projects =] I will include a link below

About.Me!

Thank you for reading up on me and seeing how I am doing, I figured if I don't get you updates quick enough I will at least fill you in on a monthly basis.

Harry Potter: Childhood Books

2012-02-18T15:46:00.001-07:00

I have to admit that I am an addict to novels, and reading. Recently I have acquired multiple audio-books. I have listened to thousands of these in the past, and recently I have been running into time issues, well better stated time management issues haha. Any whom I have recently listened to the Hobbit, and started my way into the Lord of the Rings series. Among my wonderful audio experience I ran into a bout with other options to listen.

It turned out that our order for the Harry Potter on Blu-Ray collection arrived on Thursday. That meant that I have to plow through the series as quickly as possible. So I started listening to the books again. I forgot how many memories I have as a child with those books. I grew up with Harry. We aged the same time. I know it might sound nerdy, but if you have read other blog posts I have written you shouldn't honestly consider yourself a fan/friend if you think so. Secretly we all have nerdy habits about us, and I am willing to admit that I am a nerd.

So we have already made it through the first couple of movies and today is also writing day. I edited my novel and realized that Baelki now has a total of 7 written chapters. This totals us out to 14,000 written words. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone has a total of 72,000 words. The books I am trying to monitor myself off of though are the Wheel of Time Series. They have on average 300,000 words. I have quite a way to go, but a huge dent has been made in the series. I don't know how many people are interested in the collection, but I hope to be published someday. Dreams are good to have though.

Well I don't have much more to say, but I did want to let you all know that I am still working on my series. I haven't given up and a future of my novel looks bright.

SOPA/PIPA = EVIL

2012-01-18T10:54:00.004-07:00

~~You are reading this post on a site that will be shut down if SOPA/PIPA passes.~~

I myself believe in the freedom of Speech and Press. Honestly I thought that our own government was founded on that exact freedom. But what PIPA and SOPA want to do is stifle my rights in this very country. Last I Checked I am not in Communist China, or North Korea where if I don't cry convincingly enough at the death of a WRETCHED DICTATOR I will be put to 6 months of hard manual labor. The impending doom of SOPA looming over head I feel as though I am being shut out from thousands of important things. I research constantly online, and without that I am shut down from obtaining new knowledge. My Technical Skills will be stopped, my music, movies, ETC will all come to a halt because some idiots somewhere feel its their right to block me a free person from doing the things I am privileged to do here in the USA. For Freedom I stand and it seems that MORONS who run the Government don't even understand how HORRIBLE this is. This is Heresy and I think that we need to stand more together than we already are and shut down this atrocity.

If I am a bit opinionated on this topic its because I have been following the Act since it was announced in October, I have done as many measures possible to stop this from happening. But people out here on the web are completely blind and they need to Open Their Eyes and see how horrifying the future would be without this important asset to our society. WAKE UP we need to rattle the cages of all these BLIND FOOLS and get out there and stop this from happening.

~~DO SOMETHING TODAY~~
~~Take action sign the Petion~~

~~TAKE ACTION~~

A Post for the Morbidly O-Geeks

2012-01-10T15:24:00.000-07:00

Once again I am here posting up some more info on my tablet. I am extremely jealous of my wife. I got her the ViewSonic G Tablet, and I flashed a custom ROM over to it. It came Pre-Stock with Froyo, and some crazy homemade interface... so I flashed "Flashback" Honeycomb 3.0.1 custom ROM onto it and it runs like a dream. She loves the device, and naturally she uses it all the time. I am still using the same little guy I talked about last time. The Velocity Cruz T103 from Borders. I like the tablet, and it has a lot of potential.

Upon further research though I have stumbled onto some very important information on it. It is running the JZ4760 MiPS processor, and many of the developers of apps don't write their code to run with MiPS, they only focus on ARM based Processors... and it means no Netflix, Flash, or Angry Birds. Recently though a Chinese company called "Ainovo" made the Novo 7. It is the first Ice Cream Sandwich (Aka Android 4.0) Tablet and it costs $99.00 USD. Amazing steal for a 7 inch tablet, but once again it runs MiPS so many apps aren't supported yet.

Having said that I am sure the "Yet" will be resolved soon once the consumers purchase more of these tablets. They aren't that bad, I won't buy one myself because I am looking into a 10 inch tablet myself now that I have had a 7 inch tablet. Screen size matters to me... I love my 24 Inch Monitor on my desktop, and at work I have dual Monitors that are both 22 Inches. So yes I love larger displays, and I love Widescreen display.

Anyway from that side note I won't complain about apps since it isn't androids fault, its the developers who don't make their apps available to all. Also I have noticed many of the Devs out there hate responding to people when they make requests for an application to be ported to work for a device. Netflix has made it seemingly impossible to contact, oh well though.

From there today Steven J Hill released the first ever custom ROM for a Velocity Micro Tablet (I emphasize tablet because there has been one out for the reader for a long time now) Sadly the Rom is only for the T301 Series, which means I have to wait a little bit longer to get one for my tablet... but his Rom comes with a custom Kernel, and all the bloatware removed. That is pretty exciting for anyone out there who wants more from the tablet they originally purchased. I wouldn't suggest it for the faint of heart because there can be bugs. As of yet it hasn't been tested enough to find out if there are any. Here is a link to the Rom if anyone is interested in checking it out. Also if you aren't using Slate Droid and you have a tablet, I highly recommend using it. My ID Tag is "FeyerBrand" so feel free to look me up there.

From there I haven't had much of anything else going on in life, just the usual job. My computer is now running on a laptop hard drive because mine crashed, so my music writing has been postponed until I find an alternative for recording music. I will keep you posted on Fake Safety Tips progress though, and also A Paper Heart Parade is currently working on a song also. Once the Hard Drive issue is remedied you will hear more news about that.

Oh and I made an About.Me profile. Feel free to read up on my personal Bio My About.Me On this Bio you will find likes to my Facebook, Twitter, and other social media out there. Happy Creeping!

Christmas in September???

2011-09-06T18:00:00.002-06:00

Well I haven't posted for a while so I will post a more technical post this week. It has been a rather enjoyable "Christmas Like" Weekend. On Friday I was able to obtain a piano from a friend named Holly. I haven't missed a day of playing since it entered our tiny apartment. it nestles up in our kitchen and almost makes the spacious room seem cramped, but it is well worth the space to get my creative flow working.

Secondly I have a tablet that seems a bit outdated now. It is the first generations of "MID" [meaning Mobile Internet Device] so it sadly weighs around 1.6 LBS which is hefty for a tablet, and it was stuck with Eclair 2.0 Android ROM. Now for any of you who know anything about Android operating systems you know that is outdated. For those you don't have a clue what I am talking about let me give you a break down.

Android consists of different versions of the operating system. Its like Windows or Mac [and for the techies like me Linux]. They have had different versions of the OS[Operating System] available since the first release to today. The older the OS the worse the operating system ran. So for Example if you were to sit down at a PC with Windows 7 installed and mess around for a bit and get used to the operating system and the look and feel of the computer, and then someone were to pull out an old white chunky box that ran windows 95 you would hate the old machine and rather want the newer one for its capabilities.

Here is the old windows 95 Computer [sorry I couldn't find a picture of a real life one so enjoy the google image searched one =D ]

Here is the windows 7 Beastly Alienware computers of awesomeness.

Like Mac fans out there, if you Remember the old computer that was combined with the monitor that ran I can't even remember the name of the device. It was not even called a "Mac" back them but an "Apple" or "Macintosh" [not a single person now days even calls them Macintosh thats too long of a name] verses the new hip and loved devices that society has embraced and deemed "You aren't cool unless you own a Mac" or if you enter any major production studios [Film, Music, Art, ETC] there will always be a mac present.

Old School garbage Mac

New age weighs nothing smooth Macbook

And I am sure you think I am rambling and posting garbage info, well its your fault for reading my blog. Any whom the point boils down that my poor tablet was running an outdated version of the OS. Here is a list of android operating systems so you can become familiarized with the names and why this is important

1.5 Cupcake
1.6 Donut
2.0, 2.1 Eclair
2.2 Froyo [Frozen Yogurt]
2.3 Gingerbread
2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich [not yet released]

well my device came with Eclair 2.0. This operating system didn't support anything. Also another issue is my processor on the tab is known as "MIPS" which isn't the standard for tablets and phones with the android OS. So that means I don't get Adobe Flash due to a non supported platform, and Netflix won't even think about making a port because they are Netflix. But I couldn't even access the Google Market because Velocity Micro didn't make support for the OS and submit the info to Google to have them give us access.

Well this boils down finally to my point. Velocity Micro finally released 2.2 Froyo for my device, and with the update I was able to follow the step by step guide on www.slatedroid.com to Root my device [which gives me super user commands and also the ability to work around the firmware, and OS] and of course GET THE GOOGLE MARKET WORKING! I was so excited I downloaded at least 40 apps within the first hour. So now I am living a bit more in the fancy life with my tablet. Though as stated its still a MIPS processor which means still no Adobe Flash, Adobe Air, or Netflix, but I am one step closer to having a semi normal Tablet instead of people mocking it as a good paper weight.

Velocity Cruz T103

And lastly I finally got a new Power Supply for my computer due to a radiator leak which burned out my old one. Well I have a new Radiator and a new power supply so I am back up to gaming. I just got Deus Ex Human Revolutions. If you Haven't Heard of the Deus Ex [God Like] series you are completely missing out. CHECK IT OUT NOW AND BUY THE GAME. Its completely epic and I love it to death. Part 3 is more like a part 0 so you can understand the original story "better". Personally I think it was just a desire to make a new CyberPunk game.

Here is the Cover of the PC Game

Also I got F.E.A.R. 3. Another classic series. Though I do have to warn this is a horror game and isn't made for the feint of heart, I would have to say I am an addict. Oh how I remember staying up til 3 in the morning playing the game just to get it over so I didn't have nightmares. Now I am onto part three and I still get the chills when little Alma pops up here and there with your flashlight flickering out and Phantoms attacking you in the dark.

And the Cover to this game

As for that, that is my update in life. I will get some more posted soon. I think I am going to push myself to at least update you guys once a week instead of once every two months or so.

With a starry brush, paint the dusk venetian blue

2011-07-12T10:00:00.001-06:00

Well I decided its time for people to get to know my desk mates for the first time. I have been stationary in my job for almost two years now. I started September 8th 2009, and I have no further plans as of now for change. So with small purchases and stocking stuffers my desk has been spruced up enough for me to at least crack a smile every now and again from the little buddies hanging around.

Lets start from left to right. On the left I have a photo gallerium of my dating days with my wife. We haven't printed new pictures yet, but the nostalgia that these photos produce is still worth having them on my desk. Eventually I would love to exchange that for an electronic picture frame so I could have more photos with me.

Next up we have the quote of the day office calendar. I love that series. My wife and I have watched they first six seasons 5 times through beginning to end. It can always lead to people asking if its appropriate to have at my desk until they read a quote and walk away laughing. Almost everyone here can appreciate the series.

Next on the list we have our desktop dart board complete with magnetic darts. Its rather entertaining to have someone walk over and start trying to play a quick game with me between calls, until of course I start getting too many calls or when they realize they burned a good five minutes standing by my desk.

And then we have the dead Fred pen holder. People steal my pens. Whether they mean to or not it happens quite frequently. So I brought in my own gel pen since it seems that no one here appreciates how much darker a gel pen writes. This is also insurance for my pen since no one really likes it. Secondly I have a special pen holder which would make someone take a conscious effort to remove my pen. Plus its good stress relief when I get frustrated with people to stab the little Guy over and over with my pen.

Panning right on my L shaped desk I have my Lego calendar. No I have no need for two calendars, but the fact that I was a Lego fiend as a child doesn't help much. I love building this every month and often times people have to swing by the cubicle just to see how it looks this month. Lastly we have the dismember me zombie plushie. He is a gag to have at the desk. People can't figure out why there are extra parts just lying around my speakers until I pull him out and show them the grotesque display of internals strewn across the desk. Rather entertaining if I do say so myself.

Biking to work

2011-07-11T15:17:00.001-06:00

Well as you know I bike to work everyday for the most part. So much money on gas has been saved. Its been about two full months now and I feel so much better about my day when I roll in to work. The bike to work month was rather difficult due to weather issues but June and July have been wonderful.

For the most part I felt like updating for the first time in a long time. Things are always fluctuating like normal. We have our ups and Downs but I think that is just how our lives are supposed to be.

I want to Ride my Bicycle

2011-05-23T18:33:00.002-06:00

Well today Drew said he wanted to get out and ride some bikes. So below I have posted up some group pictures of the complimentary beach house Cruisers. We also took pictures of local art and of Course the Yaquina Head lighthouse. That light house is the same that was featured in the Feature Film "The Ring". Of course they CG'd the buildings and barn found in the film, but the amazing lighthouse is still the same building. Secondly that is the largest Lighthouse found in Oregon. Mind you that is according to my knowledge which might be a bit flawed.

But the cruisers were some old style huffys with worn down seats. mine included a Tire that needed to be Trued (Aka it was bent like none other and you couldn't even figure out how it didn't manage to pop while I rode it) And Drew's bike had the most atrocious noise made by his fender. It was classic as we rolled down to the coffee shop and sipped some cocoas in the brisk 11 in the morning air in Oregon. Visiting the sites for about a half an hour we rolled on home. I would have to say that today was a rather eventful day.

Kite Flying

2011-05-23T18:10:00.002-06:00

I figured I would get some Photos of our kite adventure posted to the blog so you at home or around the world can enjoy the little time we spent on the Beach. I picked up a newer type of Kite when we visited Oregon when I was a kid. My dad and I both kinda flew them and got into them. It was pretty hard to get started out, but I have the hang of it now. Mind you I am no professional but I can say I really enjoy flying stunt kites.

In these images you will see Aubrey, Debbie, Drew and Myself. All new additions to my family and I really have enjoyed the time we have spent

together this trip =].

If you want to see some of the photos in larger format I can upload them elsewhere so you can see some of the colors that we have going on. The beach is beautiful, and the skies have been so clear for us that today we even went swimming in the frozen Pacific Ocean. I would have to say though that the Pacific is my favorite if it came down to having a choice.

Anyway I am about to post another blog of our little bike ride this morning. So as I said earlier if

you want any more info, of photos just comment below and I will respond as swiftly as my phone will allow me to =] Godspeed and enjoy your wonderful week everyone!

Biking to work

2011-05-12T10:59:00.000-06:00

So the month of May is National Bike to Work month. It focuses on saving gas, energy, and keeping our united states citizens healthy since we are a rich and fat people who get lazy because we are used to our perks that we have such as cars, and electronics. Don't get me wrong I love having these little benefits in life but excessive amounts of these little pleasures soon take over and we lose who we as humans are.

Any whom, I have almost biked to work 70% of this month, sadly a little speed bump of rain and snow made it hard to get 100%. But my goal is to get up to 90% by the end of the month. We will see how I do, since vacation is going to cut into my percentages. That actually makes it a bit easier also cause the weather forecast says it should be semi cold in Idaho while we are sitting in the already semi chilled Oregon Coast.

I will post up pics when I am done with the bike to work month. I got a participants t-shirt and a reflector that gets discounts to local businesses that are participating in the event. So if you have a bike and are willing to take a bit more out of your day, make sure your business is participating and you can get some free stuff also =]

ISU Destroys Dreams

2011-05-05T16:15:00.002-06:00

I would have to say that I thought I was coping with this whole debt issue and the semester problems that were going on. But nope. I just realized that I can't afford to get my wife anything for the next 2 years. Idaho State University is by far the worst joke of a school that I have stepped foot in. Its upsetting that I now have an ensured future of working in a dead end call center job for the next 2 or more years depending on how much of my paychecks I can scrape out to give to that school.

Prologue to Baelki

2011-03-25T00:31:00.002-06:00

Well here is the Brain child of my sister and me. We worked on this a bit as we grew up and I decided to take and run with the idea and create a new world and order. She drew out the routes maps and designed a character, where I have then taken the story and developed plot, characters, and the point of why I wanted to make this. I will post below the rough draft of the Prologue to the first tome of the series of Baelki.

Tome one is known as "Glory Broken" Feed back is always welcome and please feel free to post comments and concerns about my literary skills, as you are all acquainted you know that I am not an author or pretend to be this is merely a brief work to get something on paper in a finalized manner. So sit back relax and enjoy!

Rough Draft Prologue.

Summer breezes filled the landscapes that rolled across the hills of Abburth. Thaddeos Bolnor swept his dirty matted hair across his forehead. The air was so heated that sweat dripped from every inch of his face. How much he hated the idea of having to travel cross country by animal back. He was not successful in getting an alliance with the dwarves to make him a machine to fly across the landscapes, rather than having to wade through bogs or evade mountains, to this meeting. Oh how much he hated these meetings and councils about nonsense. The worst part is any idea that Thad had was completely destroyed and left as an empty shell and given back to him. He didn’t want to take another idea home destroyed, defeated, and worthless.

Looking across the small city of Claddath he could feel the eerie sense that one day this city would be changed by his hand. Of course he was the leader of the land, but he knew that the idea of creation that he had would bolster economy, create strong defense, and of course it would make him seem a god amongst men. That was the more important part, and that is to become immortalized. Gods amongst men did exist thousands of years ago. They are fables and tales that were passed down from father to child for centuries. Thad one day will be more than just a fable passed down, but a truth and an idea.

His ideas of course could come back to others as twisted or evil, but he knew them as beauty. Why could one take an idea that is completely sound and then say back to him that it is ungodly and one must be destroyed with these ideas. Every year this council joins together the lands of the east and the islands and he seems to fall into the back and never participate in these events, due to prior years of failure and rejection. This year will be different.

The city was bustling as Thad turned his Kripnota to leave the city. The peasants gathered along the edges of the street to wave their leader fair well. Men bowed before him, others made small explosions of earth in the air as they manipulated the spirit within the dirt. Each element has a soul shard, an element that drives it to exist. Thad was leader because he understood and could do anything with his ability of manipulating the earth to do as he will. It was the complete control that made him feel Godlike. He could never control the followers to do as he would like he could the rocks and mountains. He could never complain about this due to the fact that they are willing to follow him.

* * * * *

The country after two weeks began to wear Thad down. He disliked the appearance of the blood colored water, and the grey brown grass that spurted randomly throughout the hill side. He could only remember bits and pieces of the war that was waged between man and elf. He was only a child then and it seemed to be just a dream to a small boy in the country at the time. Elves and humans were once willing to work with each other to help create a world of peace and harmony. Humans then were sheltered from magic for their “protection” as the elves called it. Humans felt squandered by the race and felt they deserved to wield powers as the elves did. Soon the Elvin council stood together and created a way for the humans to learn to control elemental spirits. At least this is as far as Thad has gathered over the years.

The elves placed a block on the human cognitive control skills so as to protect them from dividing themselves with the magic. If one were to wield too much at a time it could render his soul from his body and leave an empty shell to be consumed by the slumbering dragons. No one knew where these dragons were or whether a man had ever been occupied by these shape shifting creatures, and by these thoughts. Thad felt that they were created by the elves to create fear in the human kind so as to control them to not go wandering into other realms of magic.

Humans were only capable of controlling one source of magic in their life time. If a man born in the country side dedicated to the earth wielders he would be part of that people and would learn the ways of them. If he felt that he could better himself in another aspect of magic he would be stripped of his powers in the original lands. For with the Elvin curse one got limited and would not be able to go on further with the original study or he would surely die. That is how Thad rose the way he did within the earth clan.

He was born in a control group who would be the successors of the throne. One by one the children were to kill the others with the powers they obtained over the years. Fear would strike the hearts of the very grown men that had been there to create them. This led to perfect heartless rulers who understood the powers of mankind. Thad killed all of the children within the first six months of the control group and so the king himself trained Thad since he was the age of eleven. This meant that he had been in the palace for far too long but no one could surpass his powers and that gave him he confidence that there would be no need for a successor if his plot came true today.

“I can see the clockworks from here turning in that strange head of yours Thaddeos” said the over boisterous voice. He had the deep ringing to it like it was built inside a large barrel of a chest. Thad rolled his eyes to the sky cursing his existence. He loathed this person for all that he stood for, his cocky attitude, his confidence in himself. He was arrogant. Foolish. He never thought before acting and this made him a plain brute. This would probably be the best description for those of Baerghel the land of Fire.

“I can see that you are as pleased to see me as I am you,” Thad said eyeing Markis Binner from over his shoulder. The perfectly set hair with his helm to his side as he strode on top of his strong brown horse clearly marked Markis as an arrogant, but impressive leader. The horse stood at least two feet higher than Thad’s own mount but he knew that his earth beast could muscle its way through any climate change, whereas a horse suffered from the conditions much quicker, “How has your journey been?”

“The same as it has been year after year old friend.” Mark said clapping his hand to belt and turning his steed toward the white walls of Maerret the city of water. The outer cloister would cover miles if one could see that far. But standing in the center of the city as tall as the eye could see were the distinct spires of the fortress where within the beautiful Seren stayed. The water kingdom never understood the need of the earth clan.

Each group within the magic realms played a part to help the survival of the humans. Ever since the war of eleven thousand years the land had been scarred by the elves so as to eliminate the human’s abilities and prevent them from continuing their destructive habits. Water was scorched with a blood curse to make it undrinkable. Plants suffered from the lack of water and soon poisons replaced fruits and vegetables, offspring from the blood ridden hills of Arnea. Thad smiled to himself, he knew that if the humans kept at the rate they were soon they would own Baelki and Arnea’s very existence would be theirs.

The water clan was in charge of cleansing water from blood to make it drinkable to sustain life. Without the earth clan crops would not be able to grow and this would limit people from being able to sustain life from the food that it produced. The wind clan cleaned the air from the poisons that were administered from the corroding hillsides. Fire was needed to create the actual steel, fortresses, and habitats that the humans lived in, and those of the spirit were there as the natural born leaders to guide and assist in the actual understanding and passing of knowledge. Thad learned these roles since a child and cherished the idea that he didn’t have to live on his own, but as he grew older he realized they could easily be manipulated by each clan if one clan decided not to participate correctly with natural procedures.

Thad smiled at the idea and turned his beast to follow the edges of the white walls. He was hoping to see the gates to the city filled with onlookers as he and Mark strode in, but to his dismay they stood empty. Since before Thad joined the council the last two groups to show up were the fire clan and the earth clan, and he always was left disappointed by the idea of being nearly forgotten. He wouldn’t complain too much for it helped him keep the atmosphere of either a perfect late arrival to stop a rash decision from being made, or from preventing some outburst that would result in a disconnection from the alliance.

“The city is dead as usual Thad … isn’t it?” Markis said. His voice startled Thad so much that his heart raced and he felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise at the ominous sound coming from the empty streets.

“Yes… yes it is Mark.”

“I suppose that the council has already started the party without us, how do you feel about making it noticeable this year?”

“I myself enjoy being conservative.” Thad said glaring a bit to the left and right of the street scanning for any person to be watching them. During the events of the council’s meeting often the people stay indoors and don’t work so as to create peace for the decisions. To Thad it felt a bit indifferent and he wasn’t pleased with the fact that there was not even the sound of a babe crying. He understood the need for quiet in some situations, but in this very large city not even the sound of a horses neigh made one recognize the ringing sound in one’s own ears, “Let’s just get into the meeting and pledge our ideas to the council and get this over with.”

* * * * * * *

The council gathered inside of the large hall of the capital city Maerret. Statues lined the walls of Seren Wilnateen and Thad felt that highly inappropriate for a council of the different clans to be gathered in this city instead of gathering in some hall created specifically for these meetings. No instead Thad had to stare at the over scaled bust of Seren. She felt that she was the fairest lady to have been born; it was true in Thad’s eyes. She was amazing in every aspect and that is the part that pushed him over the edge. He wanted her in more ways then she would ever allow him to express.

Looking over his should he eagerly glanced at the robed figures in the benches. The council of five was being audited by select governors of the clans. Thad glanced at them with distaste for these beings found themselves in a room where only the best belonged, and Thad was the best and he knew these men were not.

“That sounds like an excellent idea Seren; we can double our efforts to produce a counter to the religious movement of the non magical kind of the southern kingdoms.” Alexis stated. Words could not describe the cool, calm, serene attitude this man had. His eyes showed cool white milk edging the black empty abyss that would be called his pupil. One could be absorbed by his gaze without even realizing that had been staring far too long, “Thad what proposition do you have for the council this year. I heard from your fellow councilmen that this is a rather unique and trustworthy idea, so please don’t disappoint me.”

“Ah, um… you... er.” Thad lost his train of thought when he heard Alexis address him so. His heart fluttered as those milky eyes gazed him over and of course Seren breathing down his neck and Markis thinking that he and Thad had planned the whole thing together.

“I assume you want to speak to us in English Thad, I haven’t found myself well studied in the language that you chose to address me in.” A slow whispered laugh began to roll in the room as Thad’s face flushed with the mocking tone Alexis chose to speak to him with.

“That is Alexis, that I have a proposition for creation.”

“Creation? This intrigues me, do explain.”

“I am referring to creating and spawning a new race. We with each element have the power to create something living and controllable and create ourselves to become the owners of Arnea. I am pledging that with my ability in the Alchemistic community and with the dwarven alliance we gather the elements and create a beast that isn’t fully human but will have the cognitions and abilities of us so as to be the perfect soldier to pull the useless Pale Tipped Ears down from their hiding spots and address us THE TRUE OWNERS OF ARNEA.” As he stood to his feet toward the end of his speech, the crowd went into complete silence. Thad could hear his own heartbeat in his ears as Alexis eyed him with the idea.

“You mean to tell me you expect that each clan participate in creating a creature that you claim can be controlled if we combine all five elements, alchemy, and mechanics? Wouldn’t this create a being that we as humans would be considered inferior to? Mixing elements together into one being and make it Elf like by being able to wield all spirit shards, and not only that but be able to understand, learn and grow. This would create an opposition to the elves but it would also create a higher threat to us humans being the weaker race on the land.” Alexis’ words rang in Thad’s head as Alexis’ voice began to raise with each fact that he pointed out to Thad, “We as humans have been fighting to prove that we are superior, and ideas like this one create the idea that we are only a middle man unable to fight for ourselves and rely fully upon others to do our bidding. I will not stand for me, those of the alliance who is with me?”

One by one the audience members stood along with the other council members. Thad’s face grew hot and red from the rejection he just received, “I will prove it to you Fellow brethren.” With that note Thad turned his back on the council and strode off through the open doors where four guards had overheard the entire confrontation. They had axes and swords drawn and pointed them toward the room prepared to strike if the situation began to heat up more than it had.

One day the council would bow before Thad’s mind. They would realize that he was stronger than they were and had a better ability in many aspects of the elements. From bending and creating the very existence of what was present with the ability of Alchemy or whether it be engineering and manufacturing a different life source. He would find the loop holes to the missing elements in his creation. The Tieflings would be born. They would exist. He would have to find a link to the elements.

It was in that moment that Thad realized that there was a link between humans and the elements. It would be a bit inhumane, but that captured Thad in one word. Inhumane. He was going to stride into a realm yet never before fathomed. The link between the pale tipped ears, those evil wicked elves were not far from beast. Therefore what difference would it make then trying to create a human engineered with the elements than try to create a human mixed with the missing link between the elements and create an unstoppable beast that would be controlled by the single command of one man. Thad smiled to himself as he stepped into the brisk air of the water city. Rain fell on his face, and he raised his eyes to the heavens to see the floating islands in the sky. Baelki would soon be reaching its end and that day drew near by the work of Thad.

Here I am again

2011-03-22T12:41:00.003-06:00

Well here I am blogging again. I don't much enjoy writing but I might as well have some form of Journal in my life since I was told that its important that I do it. Any whom, life has been going as normal. My job hasn't changed, no one is really doing anything different here, and life is getting quiet.

The past few days we have been watching Aubrey's brothers dogs at his girlfriends house. OMG they have this evil demon dog. It runs around and eats everything that we own. It destroyed my pajamas, Under Armour, and Shoes.... I don't know what on earth they do to train it, but it isn't learning anything at all.

Any whom, we also had a nice get away to Salt Lake. We had a nice hotel stay, and we were able to visit the zoo. I love the zoo and I know pretty much anyone else does too. I want some of the little cats of the zoo though, they looked like house cats and leopards mixed together, that would be so awesome to come home too!

Well as for now I just kinda sit at work and try to ignore the awkward conversations of my coworkers. Soon it will be quiet enough that I can write a bit on my story.

I never Blog :)

2011-03-15T11:45:00.003-06:00

well my wife looks at me and says "You never blog". Yup its true. I don't blog haha. So I am going to try and do a post of how I have been dealing with stress lately. We decided to move into a new place. Thats kinda cool. I like having a new feeling to situations. Getting away from our psycho upstairs neighbors that only yelled at their 4 month old baby rather than actually trying to help it stop crying (IE. holding the baby, feeding the baby, or talking to the baby). We are now moving into a place that has two bedrooms for space. NO AUBREY IS NOT PREGNANT. Its merely a space factor. We have way too many toys for a newly wed couple ranging from an Alien Ware computer to a flat screen TV. So of course we have to have the space to be able to live comfortably. Hence the new two bedroom place.

Its amazing and beautiful. We got the place painted in 3 days time. We had help from our old ward, and misc. Missionaries. It was kinda chaotic cause most of them didn't know what they were doing. Then we had Tod Olsen, and Aubrey's mom just step in and finish up trims and doors the following day. It was most enjoyable for I found that both Aubrey and I watched about 9 movies in those two days while painting. After said event we then moved onto pack.

As for the packing it was nuts. Aubrey had most of the house packed and we then rented a U-Haul and got most of the equipment moved over. Then on Sunday my parents helped us pack up the rest of the little things to move it into the new place. Now we are buried in boxes and are trying to find out what belong where. I myself have the daunting task of the kitchen articles. I feel a bit overwhelmed but that is life isn't it? As for the life itself its treating me happily.

We got two little hamsters that are completely adorable. They are called "Robos" which is a Russian dwarf hamster. They are named lemony snicket and chuck palahniuk. They are little rambunctious creatures that decided to dump their whole water bottle out in their cage yesterday and poor Aubrey had to try to clean the hamster cage for the first time in her life yesterday. She had a tough time catching the little guys and putting them into the hamster balls. She was very stressy that they were going to get sick and die. They are okay now and they have official made their little house under the bedding and enjoy sleeping during the day and running in the wheel at night.

As for me I am still working on writing. I had writers block for a bit and couldn't figure out how to word the next section of the story. I do have 4 chapters completed and a couple people have read through them though. I hope to get the first book done by December.

And as for Fake Safety Tips its on hold until the recording studio can be set back up again since the move has made impossible to try and get a Mic and guitar set up. But please do feel free to continue supporting us we do have future music coming out soon!

Bad Moon on the Rise

2011-02-04T09:52:00.002-07:00

So here we go again. Day two of horrible events that are making life just that much more difficult. I am told that the reason why I had my loans taken off was due to not satisfactory academic achievement and now I have to pay them all the loan's back, pell grant, and any extra that was given to me. So I have to go apply for a loan from the bank today.... I hope that I at least get some sort of assistance from them. Secondly as I climb out of my house to drive off to work, I was doing just fine... life was feeling ok even though there is a problem with money. I hop in my car, crank it over, sit there for a minute to warm up, and then I try to drive away. Flat tire. Thats right a flat tire.

Now I have to go to the bank apply for a loan, get my tires replaced, and try to find out what to do with money situations. The best part of the story is I work at 10:00... I had to call in so there is money lost when I can't go to work. Its like either A) life hates me B) God wants to teach me something or C) I just have the worst luck. I am assuming its all of the above.

Any way I am just kinda tired of trial after trial right now, its like somehow my plans in life are not coming out right and there is a lot of weight on my shoulders that I don't know how to fix it right now.

Finances

2011-02-03T10:23:00.003-07:00

So here we go onto a trip and a story of my life and the world of money. I hate money. I think it is retarded and only causes fights, problems, and stress. Look at all the good that comes from money. We have people that fight and kill just to get more. Those with more money act like they rule the world. Lastly when one is short on money for something their life goes in shambles and they become desperate to find out a solution. This can lead to serious consequence.

Don't get me wrong I am doing well financially. I am stable and able to pay my bills and still collect savings. The Problem with my finances is my schooling right now. This is the most redundant school that I have attended... I understand I am partial to blame.

Last semester wasn't my best semester at the school I am attending. I had a rough time studying and I fell ill for the first two weeks of classes and I even had to call in sick to work for almost the whole period I was ill. So my grades sank no matter what I tried. My classes were based on attendance and missing over 6 days in each class resulted in my grade going from an A to a C.... so even after trying to do makeup homework my grades weren't passing... I failed it out.

now this is where it gets bad. I apply for the spring semester and the school says I have to file for academic Probation to improve study habits. I agree and pass the test to reapply for classes in the spring. Everything went fine. I was approved for my loans, I got a change check. All was paid for, books were ok and I felt comfortable. Well I then review my finances tab on our internal College website and it claims that I owed fifteen hundred dollars. I review the reason why. The pell grant that I was given and that had already been cut in a check they claimed that I needed to pay it back. Ok I understand if I didn't have satisfactory grades for a pell grant then they shouldn't have approved a pell grant and cut the check in the first place. Luckily I had all the money stored in savings.

Here is the catch. Even though I had all this approved and I was clear for the loans, today they rebuked my loans and say I owe over 6K.... 6K! I don't have that money, not even per semester does it cost 6K.... where am I supposed to come up with the money for this problem. Next on my hate is my phone is dead so I can't even call to find out what is going on in the finances office of the campus. So I have to wait until I get to a charger after my classes, but with my cramped schedule I have no free time. I am either studying, or working 32 hours a week. Combined with studying, school, and work I have roughly 20 hours a week to myself. Of these 20 hours I can't be selfish because I also like to spend time with my wife, so I dedicate at least 10 of these hours to her. That leaves me with 10 hours in a 7 day week. That is just a little more than 1 hour a day. This hour normally is at about 11 PM. EVERYTHING IS CLOSED.

I am so frustrated right now cause this means that I have to take time off work to find out why my college is trying to screw me over financially and mess up my credit score. I wish that money didn't exist and that I didn't have to fret about these problems. I already have a huge workload as it is....