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Friday, May 16th, 2008
7:04 am	Writer's Block: It's Too Late to Apologize ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) Current Mood: indifferent Current Music: Twiztid - Wrong with me (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
1:32 am	Coffee is always good! *nod* You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?" Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. "Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?" Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you; to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life. Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
3:05 am	Writer's Block: Reacting to my bad mood When you're having a bad day, how do you react? View other answers I guess it all depends on why my day was a bad one. I usually just try to distract myself from the problem until I can think of a good way to handle the problem. (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
6:14 pm	Stalked by a cop.     I'm with my friend Prince last night and we stopped at a  gas station to get something to drink. Right after we pulled into the parking lot a cop car pulls in right behind us, the thing is we were both out of the van and walking before the cop could tell who got out, well that and their was about three other people walking the same way very close by. The cop must have wanted to pull us over because he went by the van very slowly, left the parking lot and repeated the process not one or two but three times. WTF is that shit about? It was just a strange thing that happened to me that I'd thought I'd share. I am X-ConJon Current Mood: curious (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
4:47 am	Drunk times and near death experiences  So a friend from about ten years ago hit's me up on yahoo today. She wanted to know if I wanted to come over to her house and hang out. I say sure sounds fun. She shows up and we cruise over to her place and another old friend is there. Well we start drinking beer and whiskey. After about 20 minutes she takes off to go and get some loratabs. Well when she gets back we crushed a few of them up and snorted them, then we bonged a few beers and smoked a fatty. All in all good times. When things wound down she was to wore out to take me home so Roger (old friend #2) offered to do it. OMG I thought I was gonna get killed or  locked up the whole way home.  I was actually amazed  that  we made it to my house. I wish I could describe the drive over but unless you've been in the car with a driver who's hammered out of his gourd three deep in a tiny Chevy s10 pickup that has no power steering you really wouldn't begin to understand how dangerous this  was. Well I'm home and alive. I wonder what Saturday night is gonna be like? I am X-ConJon Current Mood: mischievous (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 9th, 2008
9:17 pm	Writer's Block: *Lightbulb Goes Off* What was the last great epiphany you had? View other answers     The last great epiphany I had was that I tend to put to much trust in others. *nod*  I was a little upset at that for a while then I realized that knowing that is going to allow me to correct it. So like all great epiphanies it was a double edged sword. But all in all a good thing. I am X-ConJon Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
5:12 pm	Expert at the comeback I think things are starting to look up. Monday a friend is coming over to have a computer built, I should make around 100 off of that and it'll help build up my rep as a system builder. Social life is taking an upswing too. I'm starting to surround myself with good people again. I am X-ConJon Current Mood: chipper (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
8:38 pm	Writer's Block: Fictional Character What fictional character do you relate to most and why? View other answers Vash the Stampede most assuredly *nod* I think I'm like Vash because of the way trouble seems to follow me around all of the time plus we have the same luck when it comes to the ladies. Not to mention the large amount of damage we leave in our wakes when said trouble is over. Current Mood: disappointed (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
7:38 am	Blah     So here I am again typing away at my "emo journal".  *bleh*.     Failure has been the flavor of the day. I sent a message to an old chum who I offended a lot a while back to see if he would be cool with trying to patch things up. FAIL! I was supposed to be able to get all of the rest of the hellish move I'm going through done in one night. FAIL!     I also can't help but feel I've failed in my love life recently too. Most of the relationships I've been in before now I can look back on and see at worst a joint failure but this last go at it I can't help but feel that I've failed to the fullest extent, even though the woman in question begs to differ. The proverbial proof is in the pudding as they say though. My current singleness is proof enough. I am X-ConJon Current Mood: blah (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
2:30 pm	Writer's Block: Smashed If you had a crowbar and could smash anything in your home or office, what would it be? Why? View other answers I think if I could smash any thing in my home without worries it would be my computer. It has caused me more headaches than any non-living thing should ever be able to give a person. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
6:16 pm	How things change. A stoned rambling. I'm sitting at the computer on my bed smoking on some herb and the though of how things change strikes me. Nostalgia seems to strike us at the oddest times, and then when it strikes it seems like it won't let go. I find myself arriving at a different place in my life than I ever have before and as I examine it ......it begins to look familiar. Yet I know the path was different. I don't know maybe it's just being high getting to me and I'm reading things into my situation that aren't there and this situation has nothing to do with with any in my past.......weed's a hellava drug. Current Mood: high (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
5:36 am	Back Again..... for a time at least     I haven't rambled on here for a long while mostly due to the fact that I couldn't remember the password among other reasons.     Hopefully I'll be giving everyone something interesting to read soon. *nod* Current Mood: accomplished (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
1:43 pm	A very well researched post you should read. I encourage everyone I know to read the post this links to. Hopefully you will learn something. I may not be work safe Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
8:04 am	yaaaaa!!! It's been over a year but I'm back! (16 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004
2:05 am	Trick or Treat My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul x_conjon goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as hooker. angry_buddha13 gives you 1 light yellow blueberry-flavoured jelly beans. bigreddevil tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy! drkangel150 gives you 8 teal lemon-flavoured pieces of taffy. inaho gives you 12 yellow licorice-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. industrikitty gives you 1 light blue vanilla-flavoured gumdrops. jetblakk gives you 14 light green mint-flavoured nuggets. kyjuggalette gives you 17 light green apple-flavoured pieces of bubblegum. realmerx tricks you! You get a piece of paper. rottedmeat666 tricks you! You lose 18 pieces of candy! sirolrox tricks you! You get a block of wood. x_conjon ends up with 34 pieces of candy, a piece of paper, and a block of wood. Go trick-or-treating! Username: Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. Current Mood: amused Current Music: My Babygirl breathing (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 10th, 2004
7:34 am	Not much to say.......Yet! Look at my last post I replied to everyone. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 3rd, 2004
9:31 am	Try it and see. Leave a comment with your name if you want to know what I really think of you, and I’ll reply and tell you. No lies, all honesty. Post it in your journal after I do yours so I can see the reverse. Current Mood: blah (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004
4:26 am	ahhhrrrrggghh!!!!! Been stressing out for the past few days so if I act a bit odd don't hold it aganst me. I've been thinking about getting my own internet connection separate from the rest of my current household. The sucky thing about it is that it would have to be a dail-up connection but at least I would have an internet connection that I had access to on a fairly regular basis. Yeah I know that dial-up sucks but that's all I would be able to afford. Went to court over the ticket I got for running a red light and having a suspended license. It didn't go to bad I got the charge for driving with a suspended licence dropped but the one for running the red light stuck. Money is real tight right now I should be ok but shit has been falling apart for me as of late. Let's just hope the trend dosen't continue. untill I manage to get online again (cause my access has been sparadic at best) I am X-ConJon (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 10th, 2004
2:58 pm	YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got a new Thunderbird yesterday! Well a new to me Thunderbird. I love it it's very clean and has been well taken care of. Not to mention the fact that It has A 5.0 V8 under the hood that is running dual exhaust. It's good times. Not much is going on other than that at the moment. At least nothing that I want to write about in here. But most of you know how to get a hold of me so if you want details just call or something. p.s. No smoking in the new car. I am X-ConJon Current Mood: accomplished (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 25th, 2004
11:10 pm	I'm gonna rant now Blah blah blah blah. Now that the ranting is done on with the post. Finally went back up to MSL on friday. This time I took Amy with me. I had a good time. Amy had a good time too. Becky seemed to be a lil depressed as usual and from the looks of her journal is blaming others for it once again nothing new here. I got out on the dance floor and danced with Amy twice. It was fun but I still felt a bit awkward ... I'll get over that I suppose. No paintball today. I hate the rain. I bought Nancy about $85.00 worth of stuff today. her cage looks really great now. Got her some new bedding, new house, heat-lamp, water bowl, and a hopper mouse. Oh and I got a job offer at the pet store for part or full time after the manager and I talked a bit and he learned about my experience and the fact that I'm good with reptiles and salt water fish. I'm gonna give this one some thought. It would be really nice to have a discount on pet supplies again because I got a few really expensive projects as far as pets go that I want to start. Time is the main issue if I take the job or not. Going up to connections tonight with Amy we're gonna pick up Michelle too. It should be fun. Until next time I am X-ConJon Current Mood: satisfied (6 Comments |Comment on this)