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Just reposting these so I’ll have a place to come back to...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:55:39 -0500

Just reposting these so I’ll have a place to come back to them later. :)

OwnCloud

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:45:54 -0500

When I posted the other day about DropBox and my lack of space on it, a friend recommended I try out OwnCloud. I’m liking it.

I created an instance on one of my webhosting servers (which isn’t ideal, but at least it’s a space) temporarily until I can set it up on a VPS or something.

“ownCloud gives you universal access to your files through a web interface or WebDAV. It also provides a platform to easily view & sync your contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all your devices and enables basic editing right on the web. Installation has minimal server requirements, doesn’t need special permissions and is quick. ownCloud is extendable via a simple but powerful API for applications and plugins.”

It has a sync client that will keep a folder in sync between your computers and your space.

Since it provides WebDAV access, you can “mount” the space on most operating systems in use today. It appears as a network mapped drive on your machine so you can save to it from any application that can write to the “drive”.

So, check it out: http://owncloud.org/

They also have a commercial version: https://owncloud.com/

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:46:18 -0500

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

So, I love dropbox... but I'm cheap...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:16:59 -0500

Hey everyone!

I love DropBox for saving my files and keeping them synced between locations, but I’m cheap and don’t feel like paying to upgrade…

If you signup, you’ll get me additional space… So, please do: http://db.tt/AFPKefSE

Please reblog this if it is okay to anonymously confess something to you.

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:22:19 -0500

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Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:14:30 -0500

Annoyed with the political/social situation in America

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:58:00 -0500

I’m kind of annoyed with the political situation in America right now. Get over it people. Seriously. Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get one. It’s relatively simple. It won’t have any impact on your marriage. It won’t make your marriage any less valid and it won’t force churches to perform them. It won’t make straight men marry men. It won’t make straight women marry women.

What is the fear? There is still a separation of church and state. So, keep your church’s arguments out of the debate in court.

If Bill O’Reilly can notice that the majority of arguments coming from the opposing side in these cases have been based on religious doctrine or ideology and he’s usually a jack ass, then it’s time to wake up.

I know I’m going to probably offend someone with this post, but I don’t care anymore. I’m tired of being treated like a second class citizen and I’m tired of hearing people still acting like children.

I’m single at the moment, so it doesn’t impact me right now. However, some day, I do want to settle down and marry someone. I will want to be happy like everyone else someday. Maybe not today, but someday. I know other people that want to be happy now or very soon… So let them already.

I often hear about people wanting civil unions or similar other compromises in regard to gay marriage. Why don’t you just say, “separate, but equal”? I know that’s what you mean without realizing it.

I have never seen our country this divided over an issue in my lifetime. Well, I have in a way, but never divided this majorly… “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” Since it was repealed, has anything major really happened? … No. Did the military suddenly stop working? Did our planes fall out of the sky? Did the infantry stop marching on? What was the scare about?

“America the brave still fears what we don’t know”

We may have different religions. We have different views. We’re all human and have to live with each other. There is no reason we should treat each other differently.

There has been a lot of intolerance going around lately.

Religions teach us to respect each other and to love each other. Why can’t we all listen to what our religious idols have taught and practice their teachings?

To those who think being homosexual is a choice:

Why on earth would anyone choose to be a second class citizen? Be made fun of a majority of their life, even into adulthood? Be considered “lesser” than others? Be bashed in school as kids? Basically go through hell?

… It’s definitely not a choice. If it were a choice, I wouldn’t “choose” it.

Since there’s been so much religion thrown around these couple of weeks, I’ll throw some out there that’s a little more positive.

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Matthew 22:36-40

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Since some people like to quote Leviticus so often:
Leviticus 19:18
18 “‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

It seems that some people make a habit of quoting other parts of Leviticus, but I guess they completely forgot about this line.
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What do you think will happen in the next few months?

Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:00:23 -0500

Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like (Official Music Video) (by armadamusic)

My 9 year old brother has the right picture

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:31:00 -0500

My mom : One day all you're going to want to do is spend time with girls.
My 9 year old kid brother: How do you know that?
Mom: That's what happens, you just wait and see.
Brother: well how do you know what i am going to like. Maybe i will like boys! maybe i will like girls! maybe i will like both mom!
Mom: what do you like right now?.
Brother: I don't like anything! I just like Xbox right now. I'm a kid, i dont want to think about that stuff. Everyone always seems so upset over liking boys or girls. I Just want to play Call of duty. Everyone would be better off liking video games instead of boys or girls.

A somewhat periodic update... :)

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:44:00 -0500

So, last week I went out on a date on Thursday. We went to see Pentatonix, a group that I had been following on Youtube for a while. The concert was awesome. I met some really cool people. My date was not pleased that I had met people and hung out with them a little more than I should have. The concert was FREAKING AWESOME. :)

When we got back to his place, he was upset that I wanted to go out with the group that I had met. He had an early morning, so I didn’t want to intrude on his day and since I had the next day off, I went ahead and went out.

I took a cab from his place to the fruit loop. I went ahead and went out anyway. I ran into a couple of old friends, and an old friend from high school. We caught up some. It was great to see him. He was exactly who I needed to see when I needed to see him. (Thanks, Oskar!)

Anyway, I got hit on by a couple of guys, so at least I know that I still “got it”. :)

I took a cab over to Adolfo’s (where I used to live), and crashed.

Friday: Woke up, I called my doctor in the morning since I was running late. I used the application on my phone to get a cab, got to my car, got to my doctor’s appointment on time, and then started my day.

Later that day, I offered to go stay the weekend with a person that had been trying to date me for about ten years. I figured that with Thursday’s failure, I might as well give him a chance. Before I could confirm with him, I packed my bags and headed off to Livingston. Since I had asked how long he was free, I thought he knew that I was planning on visiting from the content of our messages, but I guess he didn’t. So, I drove all the way there. He could have at least messaged me letting me know that he had been called into work when he was called into work, rather than when I got to Livingston trying to contact him.

I went ahead and headed back to Houston instead of waiting around since he would get off work the next day at 6am.

I give up and just call it quits. I relax and then crash. It was a lot of driving. On Saturday, while I was busy with homework and general bullshit, I got a call from someone in Willis asking for my help. I was walking to the restroom/bathroom from the living room and was greeted by a snake.

I freaked out, jumped over it, and ended up in the bathroom. I didn’t know what to do, so I called Beth. While she and Sean were on the way back home, I decided to cover it with the plunger to trap it. Since I didn’t know how I’d get it out of the house… I used the vacuum to trap it. It was then trapped in the vacuum bag. After Sean got there, he took the vacuum outside, and put the bag inside a trash bag and disposed of it.

Back to my friend in Willis: I took her husband, one of my friends from Willis to Houston (the VA hospital) on Saturday night, then dropped him back off in Willis. Then around 11pm, I was free again.

The on Sunday, I did almost nothing… It was the most calm St. Patrick’s Day I’ve ever had. I did do some productive things around the house though. I cleaned up the koi pond and relaxed.

I think that I’ll make that one of my “relaxing rituals”… Working on the koi pond and the fountain.

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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:08:09 -0500

Two of my favorites collaborating!!!!

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:53:22 -0500

Two of my favorites collaborating!!!!

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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:43:25 -0500

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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:41:25 -0500

Fine. Laugh at me.

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:25:55 -0600

Fine. Laugh at me.

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Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:45:00 -0600

I feel slightly annoyed with myself today. I didn’t get much reading done, but I did do my...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:30:44 -0600

I feel slightly annoyed with myself today. I didn’t get much reading done, but I did do my homework, even though it was slightly half-assed. I really want to start putting more effort into doing schoolwork.

I recently got a Kindle Paperwhite since almost every time I go to read on my tablet, it’s out of juice because I forgot to charge it. I consider my Kindle almost just like a normal book. I pick it up when I want to read it, and it miraculously has a charge.

I need motivation I guess or good books to read. I’ll continue reading the ones I currently have downloaded out of obligation, but … I get so burned out by the time I get home from work I barely want to do anything, let alone look at text that I have to actively read. :)

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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:33:00 -0600

Love yourself, then be loved.

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:53:36 -0600

Love yourself, then be loved.