Brian

I still have to pimp the Leaf.
What's the point of looking at a money MySpace profile if there's nothing ABOUT me?? Well... I'm a Taurus... 5'10"... I'm built for comfort, not speed. Seriously, though... seriously... A real quick rundown of my life goes like this: I was born in Rockville, Connecticut. I moved to Tolland when I was 8. I went to school at Tolland High, and was sort of a class clown. I was a little bastard in school. Thank God that my dad lost his job. In 1997, we moved to Tucson, AZ. I started doing better in school, and I made awesome new friends (Aislyn, Peter, John... holla if you find me)... Then my dad got a job... in Sacramento, CA. We moved again. I went to school first at Roseville High, which is the same high school that New England Patriots linebacker, Tedy Bruschi went to. Either way... I didn't stay there long, and I finished up school at Oakmont High School... which is the same high school that Olympic Gold Medalist, Summer Sanders went to. Right out of high school, I got a job as an intern in the IT department at NEC Electronics. I was hired on and stayed there from 1999 to 2001 when I was laid off because our department was outsourced. The company I interviewed with liked me, so I got a job with Hewlett Packard. 6 months later, my job was once again eliminated. The company transferred me to AeroJet/Northrup Grumman. There was talks of layoffs once again, so I called my boss at NEC and asked him to be a reference on my resume. He asked me if I needed a job, and I told him... Yeah... probably. 2 weeks later, I was back at NEC. I've been there since. Seriously, though... seriously... NEC is probably the best thing that's happened to me. At such a young age, I got such amazing experience... I was able to be a role model for Kevin and support him and help him stay on the right track... I met my best friend, Reggie... I met a good friend, Carissa... through both of them, I found God. My life has been good, and it's only getting better. I'm now crazy in love with Jenni. She is the most loving, caring, kind-hearted person I've ever known. She keeps me laughing all the time. I can't imagine anyone more inspiring and compassionate. Throughout all of this life, I've done enough bad things to learn from them, and I think my life is at a crossroads right now. I know the path I'm taking, and I know the destination... I just don't know the places I'll visit along the way. (And........ done with the cheesy cliche... thanks for listening).
I was listening to Janis Joplin while cleaning up just now, and got to "Ball and Chain". I don't know where it was recorded, but she stops at the end and gives a little speech... I've always thought that it was awesome. She may have just been preaching to the hippies, but it works quite well to Christians, and just everyone in general. Excuse the cuss word, please.
"I don't understand... How come... You're gone, man? I don't understand why half the world is still crying, man... when the other half of the world is still crying too, man... An' I can't get it together. I mean... If you gotta care for one day, man... I mean... say... say maybe you wanna care for 365 days, right? You ain't got 365 days. You got it for one day, man. Well, I tell you... that one day, man, better be your life. Because, you know, you can say, "Aww man" You can cry about the 364, man, but you're gonna lose that one day, man. And that's all you got. You gotta call that love, man. That's what it is, man. If you got it today, you don't wear it tomorrow, man... cause you don't need it. Cause as a matter of fact... as we discover on the terrain... tomorrow never happens, man... It's all the same fucking day, man... So you gotta... when you wanna hold somebody. You gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life. You gotta hold it... Cause some day some weight's gonna come on your shoulders babe. It's gonna feel too heavy. It's gonna weigh on ya. It's gonna feel just like a ball and chain." - Janis Joplin
I read a book, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. He wrote a cool quote that I never want to forget:
I believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil, but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God.
Wow.