The economy sucks, more student loans please?

I'm not looking forward to taking out over 20k worth of student loans. It's 6k~ per semester and should take hopefully around 2 years going all year round. I am rather headstrong about going to ECPI for a BS in Network Security. I get the best view of both worlds nowadays....

I see people that have degrees living pretty good lifestyles. At a previous job though, I saw first hand how a degree didn't really do much. I think when it all comes down to it a degree helps a TON. What really puts you where you are is your desire and push to do well. I will be the first one to admit I am by no means a handy man...what so ever. I do however think that I am fairly good at learning what I need to. If you put something in front of me and say I need this, you can bet I'm going to try my hardest to learn how to it thoroughly in and out.

As of late I think I've really gotten a good grasp for just doing my own thing and not really caring if thats cool or hip. I don't think anyone at work likes the same music that I listen to the most. I don't think that makes me cool by any means, actually it kinda makes a gap...but its all good. I love my job and have already learned a good bit of stuff from electrical work to network troubleshooting.

Anywho back on track, the average network security engineer position in the US pays 77. If I could just make 50k in a few years that'd be pretty dang amazing. So here's to hoping I finally get this right and buckle down. I feel a lot better going into this w/Lynds in my life. She is amazing at keeping me on track and headed in the right direction.

This saturday her, myself, my little sister, mother, and grandmother will be headed to the Cola zoo. I know that everyone is looking forward to that quite a bit. I am not excited about the zoo...more so the people and seeing them all happy and what not.

This post was pretty comic-less, next time I'll try to bring the full force.


Fun-fact - Microsoft may actually fix a modded xbox if you try to send it in....lets see if it works for me.

Also there was a bday party for a cousin that we see all the time at any family occasion. For some reason his mom/dad (my aunt/uncle) didn't throw me nor lynds an invite. Shame on you guys for hoe'ing out on us like that.

Now I shall join Lynds in watching one of her fav shows...American Idol. Lets hope for dinner being done, lulz.

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The richest man I've ever met

You may think of a few names when you read that...maybe Mr. Buffet, Mr. Gates or that one guy who wrote iShoot for the iPhone? Well I'm sure they make more money than my encounter, so forget about any of those people and just focus on this guy I'm about to bring into your e-life. Ready, set, ..who cares here it goes.

So recently Lynds and I had a full fledged drug bust across the street. It was complete with a battering ram, swat team and 2 flashbangs. I'm sure your thinking...a flashbang...okay its light? No friend its not just light, your forgetting the bang that exists. Heres a youtube vid to display it.


Now that its out of the way lets revisit that oh so grand day two weekends ago. The lady and I are chilling on the couch all lazy sunday status and we hear some yelling. We immediately think its arguing and dont think much of it. After about 10 seconds this escalates into some yelling that we hear through our walls. Mind you this is coming from clear across the street. Now we are standing up kinda concerned. We heard two loud "thud"s that were immediately followed by two of the beloved flashbangs. From a distance we thought for sure these were gunshots. Being the hybrid mix of a man/pansy that I am....I said f this lets go hide in our bathroom away from the "gunshots". Lynds called 911 and I called her dad....911 was so kind to tell us its most likely a transformer. I'm so glad to know in the event of a drug raid you guys are clue-less and try to tell us that the yelling just happened randomly before two transformers explode one after another....right? Anywho after a few mins we go into our roomies room and look out his window. Sure enough theres like 15 swat guys and a bunch of undercover police all over the place.

Heres a vid I took sideways w/my iPhone....


So fast forward to tonight...now I hear a lot of the story. Homeboy is from Jamaica and he is BALLIN. He was making at least 1 million a MONTH. Dude had a trucking company that he transported the drugs in and had a deal with wal-mart transporting goods with his trucks. Everyone in his family drives BMW's, which had full service check and tire replacements at least once a month if not more. At this point your just looking on ways to blow your money. They also had 2 planes AND his sister is in New York...she transports 3 times what he does. Its nuts how this can go down and not get caught.

The house that was raided has 55,000.00 in repairs that need to be made....the Rastafarian Renegade is no where to be found. Everything is in his baby mommas name...the company and everything. He's just over here on a work vista. That makes it pretty easy to just bounce back to the homeland at any given time if stuff gets sour. One of his buddies apparently is in jail for kidnapping someone at gunpoint with an AK-47. If your still not impressed I'll spoil your thoughts of Jamaica. If you go outside of the resorts it is flatout dangerous. Apparently they will cut your hand off to steal your jewelry. There shall be no jammin man or killer bud smoking session w/yer boyz if you go there.

The BEST part is that my landlord told us all the neighbors were quiet and had no problems. I guess he forgot to mention how when his dog crapped in the said dealers yard homeboy said if it happened again he would straight up kill him. I don't know what part of death is soothing and friendly to the land lord...maybe someone else can fill me in?

All that aside, today I felt bad for blowing matt and kim off to hear this story. They were inside and when the owner of the house (rented out to Rasta) came over to talk about things. Karma came back in full force b/c an un-named friend toly blew off a new nightly tradition of CoD. Shame on you son...shammmmmmmmmmmmmmme on you.

I'd still pick my friends over you

but more than likely only my friends are reading this, so that need not apply. I figured I'd join the cool kids of this day and age and write a somewhat personal blog. For now I'll just go on record and say that Xbox Live is addictive. Please do add me, my tag is AyyoItsBrandon ....clever aye? But seriously if you see me on your team you might as well switch sides b/c I bring the suck in full force like your mom or dad tagging along on a date. I would actually be fine if my parents wanted to join Lynds and I on a date.

Lately life has been good, I am a very blessed guy when it the proverbial cookie has crumbled. If I wasn't such a procrastinator I think that the bank account would have about 3-4k more monies in it. Someone should help me get a civil case going against this broad that hoe'd me out for a good months worth of work. I would call my man Bill Green but I don't think he could handle the level I'm on w/this woman. In all honesty I've written it off as a loss...but that much money would be nice, knamsayin?

I REALLY miss being in a band, I definately took for granted how much fun all that hard work turned out to be. My old band Apathy For Avarice (AFA) was mucho good times. Here are some vids

This is vid from one of our more recent shows we had before breaking up, the drummer Brian is now in a new band. Check them out here



LOL @ 1:20


..yea I don't sing amazingly but this was one of most memorable practices. @ 1:30 it gets epic


this was last time I jammed with the guitarists and a new drummer

Well thats all for tonight, next post will have less music for sure. Last mention of the good times for a bit...