Victorious Perserverance

I walked out of class today with such a good feeling and a big smile on my face. I normally don't give a shit about school, but I received my project back today and I got a really good grade! I got an A on my design project at UCLA and it feels pretty good! After putting effort into this and getting the results I wanted I feel like I accomplished something. Sure, it's still school, or University, which is like 50 times harder than high school, this accomplishment still counts for something. Even when I failed my midterm, I kept going and in the long run it paid off. After that midterm I felt like giving up. But I'm not a quitter and I kept going and I won.

Even when you think you can't go anymore, or when you thiink it's over, keep going. Keep on runnin, try your best, and it will pay off.

One love,
Josan

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You Didn't Try Hard Enough

As the bus came to a stop, I noticed a lady across the street who wanted to ride the bus I was on. She waved to the bus driver, hoping that he would see her and wait for her to cross the street and let her hop in the bus. She waved a couple more times but there was still no response from the bus driver. As pedestrians were released from the bus, the lady continued to stand in her corner across the street, hoping that the bus driver would wait for her and acknowledge her waves. He never did and the bus left. As we left, I saw the lady's disappoinment as she murmured rude words to herself, something along the lines of jerk. As if it was his fault that she didn't get her ride. She's not special. She doesn't get special service.

Why didn't she run across the street to catch the bus? Sure the light was red and the little orange hand told her to stop, but there was a gap of time where no cars passed through the intersection. She could've easily ran and hopped on the bus and she would've made it to work or where ever else she needed to be on time. But instead she continued to wave to the bus driver, waiting for his acknowledgement, that she never received. She just didn't try hard enough. She's gonna tell her friends at lunch today how the asshole bus driver didn't let her on the bus and talk shit about him all day, and whine about her life, when it was her fault. She didn't put enough effort and she didn't make it.

Sounds like a crazy story but this is a small example of how we just don't try hard enough in everything that we do and we don't get the outcomes that we want. We wait for others to do it for us and then when it doesn't come out right we blame everyone else but ourselves. It's time we try hard and succeed in everything that we want to do.

Josan

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Charge Me For Help?

I just got off the phone with a technical support representative for Cisco, which are the guys that sell those Linksys products. I bought one of those little, cheap USB wireless devices at Target for around $29.99 last year, and I still haven't got it to work. I called them today to try to get help on making it work, but these people have the audacity to charge me for their help. She told me my technical support had expired and that I needed to pay $29.99 for her help. I thought to myself, really, is she really charging me this much to get my USB adapter runnin'? So I asked her if she was really charging me $29.99 for her to help me, and she said yes. So I told her, "You're charging me what I paid for this device to get it working. I'm gonna have to pass." I wanted to tell that lady off so badly, that's why I quickly got off the phone. I was so pissed off.

I don't know if any of you guys own any Cisco Linksys products, but I suggest that you don't buy em. I know I won't buy any of those products anymore. They're poor in quality, defective and their customer service sucks. I hate you Cisco.

Josan

Something doesn't seem right about a gnome riding a turtle. Maybe it's just the fact that people actually buy these things.

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Individualism

As I sat on the train this morning, looking around at the different people that rode the same train, I thought, every single person on this train looks very different from one another. Every person has their own clothing style, hair style, and every other style you can think of. They all want to be their own person. Nobody wants to be, or look, like anybody else, yet they immitate their favorite celebrities, which is where all the trends come from anyway. It's pretty contradictory.

But that's not the point I'm trying to make here. The point is that everybody tries so hard to be different, when we have so many more things in common. We're all people. We all have fragile bodies with body parts and functioning organ systems. We all have feelings. We all have thoughts, yet we use the most miniscule differences and try to use them to fully differentiate from each other. We have so much pride and arrogance for trying to be different that we get lost in it. It's almost as we think we are something else, like we're not human, and we're superior to everyone else around us, yet we are basically the same. We are all people.

I feel like this whole sense of individualism was set up to make it easier for Big Brother to control us. There are evil forces out here that are working on controlling our every move. Sounds crazy, don't believe me, but it's true and I urge you to do your own research. By pushing individualism so hard on the people, as it is now, it makes it easier for these forces to take control. It's easier to capture one person at a time than a multitude.

Now, I'm not saying that people shouldn't be individuals and that people shouldn't be different, because that would be really boring and I would hate to see everyone dressed the same or acting the same way. What I'm saying is that we shouldn't let individualism pull mankind apart. We should help each other and move forward towards a better future; not as individuals, but as people.

So next time you see someone completly different from you on the streets, don't judge, but smile and remember that they aren't much different from you.

Josan

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Technology Is Separating Us

As I rode the bus today back home from school, I noticed that most of the people on the bus were listening to some music through some sort of MP3 device. I own an iPod myself and I like to listen to music on my 2 hour commute to school as well. But as much as I love listening to my iPod and as much as those other people like to listen to their MP3 player on the bus, I thought about how well these devices have been at keeping us distracted and ignorant from what is really going on in the world. It's amazing how every single person is in their own world when everyone is just inches from each other. They're so close to each other yet they act like no one else exists. I also thought how smart the big guys with the big agendas are by keeping us distracted and ignorant, by using a tool as simple as an iPod to keep us separated. They know that if they keep us separated we cannot rally against their plans. They can control us when we are separate. There is strength in numbers and they know that if we wake up, we could easily overthrow them and halt their agenda. I may sound like some crazy conspiracy theorist right now, but the truth is there are dark forces behind the scenes that are operating to take full control of our lives. It started with the 911 attacks, which led to the Patriot Act, and many more, but I'll save that for later. These people are so smart that they know how to develop their plans right under our noses, and we're so distracted that we don't even see it! If you don't believe me, see for yourself. The next time you ride the bus or the train, observe the people. You'll see for yourself how everyone is in their own world and not caring about anything else or anyone else. Sure we all have our own problems, our own lives, jobs to work, kids to feed and such, but we should start paying more attention to the world around us. There is more to our lives than we know. We don't live in a simple world. Nothing is always what it seems. But this isn't just about being aware of political agendas, but it's also about being a better person and being a better human being for the world. It's sad how we are all in our own worlds and we miss many opportunities to interact with other people like us. We are all the same and we should try to create a better communion between us. Imagine how much better our world would be if everyone was more social and more interactive and everyone was friends with everyone else and no one was alone. Sounds like a nice place to me. Don't let these new technologies keep you distracted from what's really going on. Don't stay stuck in your world. Come out of your shell and see the truth. Once we can unite as human beings, we will be able to live peaceful, meaningful lives. One Love, Josan Iracheta

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Fall in Bush

So I started this new thing where I fall into nice, clean-cut bushes that for some odd reason remind me of bed mattresses. It's pretty fun. You should try it.