What A Nice Night

I believe tomorrow is the last day of summer. That has to be some
terrible news right there. As hot as it got at times, I would much
rather have that then the bitter cold.

Kimberlie and I are sitting outside on her back porch thing. She's
looking in the window trying to get the attention of her dogs so they
stop barking.

We went to Cold Stone Creamery which was delicious! Nothing like
vanilla ice cream mixed with Oreos mmm mmm good.

I'm about to smack the all living Christ out of my girlfriend. She
keeps trying to pull hairs out of my neck. All I gotta say is
""straight to the moon Alice!!"

Not much planned for tonight we are just going to take it easy and
enjoy the night together.

I hope everyone has a nice holiday weekend as it is almost over. Enjoy
it one and all.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

I Had To Give In...

I have once again sold my soul to the devil. That devil resembles that
of a small red fruit. That's right I have bought another iPhone. I
went new though and got the 3G. That means Apple has me by the balls
for 2 more solid years....awesome.

I really can't complain because the iPhone is a superb device. I use
it on such a frequent basis that if I would have gotten anything else
then I wouldn't have been satisfied. I did do a good thing this time
though. I got me a protective case and a 2 year Apple Care plan. I'll
cross my fingers for sure.

Well I just wanted to drop in this little news before I head to bed. I
will surely enjoy mobile blogging for sure so I suppose that is a plus.

Oh and one more thing. I have worked about 200 or so responses with
ChaCha and am sitting at about $5.80 made. Its easy but it's going to
take a while to get much. Okay I'm heading to bed. Goodnight fellow
earthlings!

Chris
Sent from my iPhone

Let's Do The ChaCha!

Tomorrow will be my first day at my new online job. I will be starting as in Expeditor for the texting giant ChaCha. What is ChaCha you ask? Well it's a cool thing that up until a few months ago I knew nothing about. You basically text or call a number that ChaCha has designated and you ask a question. This question can be about anything that you want. Whether it's asking what is the best food in a certain area or how many Ninja Turtles there are. The text question previously went right to an associate who would answer the question for them.

Well as of August 27th, 2008 they are opening a new division of ChaCha called the Expeditor. What I will be doing is receiving the questions that all of you send in and format it into a more clear question for answering. I am so excited to start this because it's another job where I work when I want, and as much as I want. Granted the pay is very slim and you only get a small chunk of change per request, it can build up. As much time as I sit on the internet just surfing MySpace I can now be doing something a little more productive.

I also still have my job as a article writer with Bright Hub. This is a tech website that is dedicated to covering all things tech. I currently am writing for the Mac, iPhone and Console Gaming channels. I receive a set amount per article on that one. So if I can keep up these consistently as well as working at JC Penney's full time I can hopefully develop a nice little income based mainly around my computer.

So wish me luck and I'll let ya know how day 1 goes. Godspeed!

Chris

Get Cultured

So I'm sitting here, when I should be sleeping. I've kind of discovered myself finally seeing some advice that was given to me a while back when I was at Northwest Missouri State University. I was dating somebody, and surrounding myself with quite a few individuals who were involved in the Fine Arts programs at NWMSU. We would attend various music events and such. I would always sit there with an extremely bored look. My girlfriend at the time, told me that I was bored because I had no culture. I then replied, "I just don't enjoy this type of music."

This being about 2 or so years ago. I find myself listening to the soundtrack to the musical RENT. The thing is that I am really actually enjoying it and appreciating it. I was very stubborn at the time and kept telling myself that if it wasn't screamo/heavy rock music, then it wasn't worth my time. I don't know why all of a sudden I find this soundtrack very listenable. It in a way makes me think about the time I saw the movie up at school and just was bored to death. I now am actually, getting the movie to watch as we speak.

It just kind of hit me that there is no reason why people should not become as cultured as humanly possible. I have kind of learned that any type of art can grow on you if you give it enough time. I don't know why RENT seemed just so dumb to me. I think I was in a sense, seeing myself as "cooler" than that. Looking back at that phrase I want to laugh at myself.

Having exposure to music, art, video or any other type of creative experience is something I would love to just dive, head over heels in to. I don't know why people(myself obviously included) don't enjoy all forms of entertainment they are exposed to. If you go to a musical, a movie, a concert, an art gallery, or all of the above, why not find the good in all aspects of them. Don't look for reasons why you are bored, or don't like it. Put yourself in the artists' shoes. Think of if you were on stage performing a play, or creating a piece of art to show to others. The hard work and effort you put forth.

I guess the big point I'm trying to make to you all and myself is that give everything a chance. Regardless if you have had a bad experience in previous occasions. If you see a movie by one actor and afterwards you thought it sucks, don't make that your only impression of them. It's entertainment and you should let out all expectations or beliefs and just enjoy what is being delivered.

You have no idea how much I want to go and just in a way explore the world. I don't mean that in the literal sense of going to Africa or Ireland. I mean that I want to start going out to events. Art galleries, comic forums, poetry readings, concerts. Just any and everything to just get out there and see other people's creations. Other people's passions. If you're like me, then give it a try, erase all impressions of things that turn you off, and just go for them. Give them a second chance without having any expectations. You never know, you may find something that you never knew before you enjoyed.

End Of Summer

So the summer has begun it's winding down process. Everybody is starting back to school and the nights are getting a little colder. Days are still HOT don't get me wrong, but it will be awesome to enjoy our new deck in the courtesy of a beautiful night. My girlfriend, Kimberlie, left for Mizzou today to prepare herself for year 2. I wish her all of the luck and I can't wait to make my first visit up there. I believe we are getting tickets for Family Weekend on the 20th of September, which means my very first Mizzou football game. Sweet!

I will probably start slipping in to the mode of taking naps after work. Just saying it right there makes it very tempting. I'm supposed to help my brother-in-law do something with our deck so that may prohibit a nap from taking place. We shall see what goes down though.

Last week we had ourselves some Pizza Hut and I got an e-mail for a 30 day trial of the Gamefly service. Gamefly is basically Netflix for video games. Here's the thing that I don't like about services like this. Say you sign up to pay for it on a monthly basis. That'll set you back about $22 a month. This allows you to rent two games at a time. Price increases if you want to rent more at a time, the most being four. So you sign up and you're paying a monthly toll, now you choose 10 games you want to rent, 1 being the one you want the most and so on down the line. Well if the one you want is not in stock then they will give you the next choice. Well I gave it a shot and I didn't even get my top five choices. That leads me to my gripe with it. Why pay so much for games you want to rent when your chances of getting the one you want are fairly low. My example in this case was Madden 09. Now I know it's a new game but I think if I'm paying for a service they should have a pretty high quantity of games. So I think they should lower the price or something because paying that much for a game you don't really want is kind of crappy. So with that said, try GameFly at your own risk.

I believe that's all for now, I'm still looking around for a website builder for a cheap price. I'd like to build a cool website but I don't want to have to pay a fortune for it. I'm very limited in money right now so that hurts too. I'll keep you updated on what I figure out. That's all for now, a much needed nap is calling out my name right now.

Chris

Initiate Weekend Close

The weekend is over, after a busy array of events. Kimberlie is officially 20 years old, and she actually gets her iPhone 3G tomorrow. I am still fighting through the struggles of my broken iPhone, and while it does take thousands upon thousands of tries to get it to dial anything, i can still receive calls.

I have a couple of projects I'm trying to get started. One of which is a personal websites, the only problem is my lack of website building skills. I'd really just like to get something where I can post pictures, a blog, and so on. I know I don't live the most entertaining life, but it's really not something that I'm hoping to get a big following doing, just something I've never really had before. I thought it could be fun so anybody who is knowledgeable in building websites let me know. Preferably free ones. The domain will be ChrisBumeter.com

I also have a live video feed that I have on occassionally on the website, BlogTV.com. The name on there is "TheSchnozz"; so check that out as I'm on it live time to time.

So that's all going on in the meantime. I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Kimberlie goes back to school Tuesday so it will be interesting to see what I do with all the free time I have. I'll miss her for sure. This summer with her was a blast and I can't wait to make my first visit up to Mizzou.

Until next time earthlings, keep it real and anybody with website skills, feel free to reply to this or email me at, CBumeter@gmail.com.

Chris

Hits Me Like A Sunrise

Movies and music are a couple of my favorite forms of entertainment. Music of course is the clear winner between the two forms of entertainment, but both serve their respective purposes. I have the combination of the two taking place in my room right now as I'm listening/watching the John Mayer DVD "Where The Light Is." I think it's turned into one of my favorite DVD's just because of the fact that he's a great, check that, amazing guitar player. JM's level of guitar playing is something I strive to at least come close to. It's not just his guitar skills, but his knowledge of music in general.

I hope to one day just lock myself inside my room and do nothing but play the guitar. There's nothing more rewarding than completing a song or learning to play a new song. I think it should be mandatory for everyone to learn some sort of art skill. Whether it's drawing, music, or whatever, it does make your life a little better I think.

With that said I've probably spent a good 2 hours messing around with Internet stuff. Not posting or writing, but instead trying to get domain names figured, blog pages setup and so on. The result of all this work will be a day or two of continuity. I'll post here and there on this and then forget all about it. I kind of like the aspect of Utterz allowing me to post video, audio and such on there and have it show up on there.

So look out for all the above coming soon, or keep an eye out for this page to go idle in about 3 to 4 days, we'll see. Hang in there, and hopefully I can get something going.