This picture will probably be pointlessly boring to everyone except for those little kids that always try to sneak into our office, but there really isn’t anything else for me to blog about. I’ve been the person on duty in our business a lot lately, and this is basically what I’m seeing for a majority of the day. Quote of the Day“I learned today that tennis rackets do not make good fly swatters.”Who would’ve thought. Question of the DayThis question is a recurring question that is generally asked by people that watch my YouTube videos: “Are you ever going to put your song covers back up?”For everyone left in the dark, at one point a long time ago, I used to have guitar covers of popular songs up on my YouTube channel on a separate playlist. (If you look now, you will notice that II have a main playlist named “Uploaded Videos” that displays by default, then have videos of a specific theme only visible in a separate playlist so it doesnât interfere with my main uploads.) The songs I covered were mostly requests and were songs by artists such as Taylor Swift, NeverShoutNever, and Sum 41. Shortly after uploading them, and after I was sure that at least the people that specifically requested the videos saw the videos, I deleted them from my channel entirely. What I did not know was that people were sharing the link to my videos and telling each other to watch them (and probably telling each other to laugh at how bad I was too). When people suddenly started seeing an error message telling them that the videos have been deleted by the uploader, they came to me asking questions.The main reason I deleted the videos was because I thought the videos were poor quality. The microphone on my camera isnât very good, and at the time of uploading, I had not dubbed over sound from a better microphone, let alone record just the audio on a better microphone at the same time as filming myself. In order to save myself from further public humiliation, I decided to remove the videos temporarily until I got enough time and motivation to rerecord them with better technology.So as a direct answer to the question, yes, I am going to put my song covers back up eventually. Depending on circumstances, it could be very soon or it could be months away. So you donât have to keep checking back on my YouTube channel, I suggest you create an account if you donât already have one and subscribe to my channel. This post is over 16 years old and may contain information that is incorrect, outdated, or no longer relevant.
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I thought I would be nice today and show an exclusive picture of the inside of the office of our business.This picture will probably be pointlessly boring to everyone except for those little kids that always try to sneak into our office, but there really isn’t anything else for me to blog about. I’ve been the person on duty in our business a lot lately, and this is basically what I’m seeing for a majority of the day. Quote of the Day“I learned today that tennis rackets do not make good fly swatters.”Who would’ve thought. Question of the DayThis question is a recurring question that is generally asked by people that watch my YouTube videos: “Are you ever going to put your song covers back up?”For everyone left in the dark, at one point a long time ago, I used to have guitar covers of popular songs up on my YouTube channel on a separate playlist. (If you look now, you will notice that II have a main playlist named “Uploaded Videos” that displays by default, then have videos of a specific theme only visible in a separate playlist so it doesnât interfere with my main uploads.) The songs I covered were mostly requests and were songs by artists such as Taylor Swift, NeverShoutNever, and Sum 41. Shortly after uploading them, and after I was sure that at least the people that specifically requested the videos saw the videos, I deleted them from my channel entirely. What I did not know was that people were sharing the link to my videos and telling each other to watch them (and probably telling each other to laugh at how bad I was too). When people suddenly started seeing an error message telling them that the videos have been deleted by the uploader, they came to me asking questions.The main reason I deleted the videos was because I thought the videos were poor quality. The microphone on my camera isnât very good, and at the time of uploading, I had not dubbed over sound from a better microphone, let alone record just the audio on a better microphone at the same time as filming myself. In order to save myself from further public humiliation, I decided to remove the videos temporarily until I got enough time and motivation to rerecord them with better technology.So as a direct answer to the question, yes, I am going to put my song covers back up eventually. Depending on circumstances, it could be very soon or it could be months away. So you donât have to keep checking back on my YouTube channel, I suggest you create an account if you donât already have one and subscribe to my channel.
This picture will probably be pointlessly boring to everyone except for those little kids that always try to sneak into our office, but there really isn’t anything else for me to blog about. I’ve been the person on duty in our business a lot lately, and this is basically what I’m seeing for a majority of the day. Quote of the Day“I learned today that tennis rackets do not make good fly swatters.”Who would’ve thought. Question of the DayThis question is a recurring question that is generally asked by people that watch my YouTube videos: “Are you ever going to put your song covers back up?”For everyone left in the dark, at one point a long time ago, I used to have guitar covers of popular songs up on my YouTube channel on a separate playlist. (If you look now, you will notice that II have a main playlist named “Uploaded Videos” that displays by default, then have videos of a specific theme only visible in a separate playlist so it doesnât interfere with my main uploads.) The songs I covered were mostly requests and were songs by artists such as Taylor Swift, NeverShoutNever, and Sum 41. Shortly after uploading them, and after I was sure that at least the people that specifically requested the videos saw the videos, I deleted them from my channel entirely. What I did not know was that people were sharing the link to my videos and telling each other to watch them (and probably telling each other to laugh at how bad I was too). When people suddenly started seeing an error message telling them that the videos have been deleted by the uploader, they came to me asking questions.The main reason I deleted the videos was because I thought the videos were poor quality. The microphone on my camera isnât very good, and at the time of uploading, I had not dubbed over sound from a better microphone, let alone record just the audio on a better microphone at the same time as filming myself. In order to save myself from further public humiliation, I decided to remove the videos temporarily until I got enough time and motivation to rerecord them with better technology.So as a direct answer to the question, yes, I am going to put my song covers back up eventually. Depending on circumstances, it could be very soon or it could be months away. So you donât have to keep checking back on my YouTube channel, I suggest you create an account if you donât already have one and subscribe to my channel. 
I visited the website on that truck, and that company generally does mass document shredding for businesses that want to save money by giving their documents to a third party instead of wasting money on employee income while the employees spend their time at work shredding documents.So if a tiny residential house calls one of these massive shredder trucks to their house, they must have top-secret documents that must be obliterated. They could have originally outlined a destructive plot that apparently failed.Such as sending a herd of cows dressed as pirates stampeding through the White House. 
What I’m ReadingNote: I have stopped placing copyright notices on pictures I take of the books that I’m reading. Apparently, some people thought the copyright notice on the bottom right-hand corner of the image was me claiming copyright of the actual book, not only the picture. To avoid all confusion, I will no longer place my copyright information on photographs of specific products created or manufactured by other people.
Not long ago, I finished this book, Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I originally decided to read this book because my three favorite books are Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol, all of which are written by Dan Brown. I went to the fiction section of my local public library and found Dan Brown’s area, and grabbed the two books he wrote that I had not read yet: Digital Fortress and Deception Point.Digital Fortress‘ main conflict occurs within a secret area of the government dedicated to cracking codes and keeping an eye on the American people by intercepting their electronic communications and making sure no terrorist activity is found.Obviously, in modern times, a majority of us are concerned about our privacy. We’re worried that people are spying on us and finding out pesonal information that we would rather keep to ourselves. Many people become furious when told that the government can track an individual’s location by their cell phone, and tap in to an individual’s phone and electronic mail conversations. This issue of privacy intricately weaves itself into the main plotline, affecting both the heroes and the villians.I managed to finish this book in one day, and I thought it was a good read. I particularly liked this book because of its close connection with modern-day technologies and issues of the modern-day electronic world. Anyone with an interest in and general background knowledge of computers should love this book, as they will have an insight as to what is going on. 
I found it again earlier today, so I decided to try it.One spray in my mouth and I thought my tongue was going to shrivel up.The liquid candy was so sweet that it tasted bitter.I have no clue why or how this candy is one of our best selling products. 
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I have to bring the unfortunate news today that for the first time this summer, I gave up on reading a book.Believe it or not, I have never read a single book written by Stephen King before. I heard that Bag of Bones was a book that would leave a lasting impression in my mind, so I thought that it would be a good book to start with. Apparently, that was a mistake.The first thing that made me unhappy with the book was the extremely small text and the extremely large pages (yes, I’m serious). Even at my insanely-fast reading speed, I think it took around three minutes to finish reading a single page.After getting through roughly fifty pages of the book, where the main background of the plot was introduced and a majority of the main characters and their histories were established, I became bored with the storyline.I guess I wasn’t feeling very patient on the day I read this (which was a few days ago), so I put the book down, never got a chance to get back to it, and returned it with the remainder of my books to the library and checked out some other ones.Keep in mind, though, that I have a tendancy to dislike books that a lot of other people thought were incredible. The most recent occurrence of this prior to Bag of Bones was when I read a book about an African boy that went to war and did a project on it for my World Literature class. I emphasized how boring and pointless the book was, but my instructor and other classmates that had read the book all said that it was an excellent book.Don’t let my input discourage you from reading this book, because I’m sure it gets better eventually, or else Stephen King wouldn’t be such a famous author. I’ll end up going back and reading another one of Stephen King’s books in the future, but for now, I still have a lot of other books left to read that were recommended to me by my friends based on my interests and personality. Question of the DayThis question was submitted to me anonymously approximately a month ago on my Formspring account, and I thought it was an interesting question that seems to be a simple Yes or No question, but reveals something about an individual’s personality and their view on social status. I thought it was worthy enough of being featured as the question of the day for today, so here it is: “Would you give a homeless man CPR if they were dying on the side of the road?”If I was asked that question ten to fifteen years ago, I would probably immediately say “of course not.” My childhood was when I struggled for independence, not helping anyone and not accepting help from anyone; this primarily rooted from my mom caring too excessively for me.But as I got older, even though my mom’s care was still excessive and still annoying, I came to a conclusion that for all the positive energy that I expel into the environment, I receive an equal amount of positive energy in return. With that being said, I guess helping a homeless man would be a positive act, so it would be the better thing to do.A lot of people say that if I’m selfish enough to only help someone else because I expect positive things to happen to me in the future, I should take a look at 
I remembered reading a book about this big red dog about fifteen years ago, and I thought long and hard to try to remember the name of this peculiar dog.After much trouble, I finally concluded that its name was Charlie.Then I looked at the juice box again and saw that the big red dog was wearing a big white name tag with the word “Clifford” on it.The dog’s name is Clifford.Not Charlie.I so knew that. What I’m ReadingAbout a week or so ago, I finished reading the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Although managing to get a hold of the book and reading it over three years after its long-awaited release, and hearing from other sources about what had happen in the seventh book, the storyline still captivated me enough that I was able to finish the entire book in two days.Ever since I was a first grader, I have been reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books with interest and amazement, and the books have only gotten better as the years progressed. Although an intimidating 759 pages and about two inches in thickness, every minute I spent reading it was well worth the time.In this final piece of Harry’s epic journey, the reader learns the struggles Harry and his two best friends go through as they search for and destroy the Horcruxes, an action required to put a final end to the evil Lord Voldemort.As expected, and like any other fantasy novel, our hero succeeds; but at what cost? Harry inadvertently places the lives of others around him in mortal danger as he attempts to kill the man responsible for both his parents’ deaths. Who will live and who will die? And what is the ultimate fate of Harry Potter?Finishing this book gave me a sense of relief as it put a close to a journey I have been following for more than ten years. My two favorite things about this book are the fact that it reveals the true story behind Snape (who has secretly been my favorite character all along, as I knew there was more to him than just a mean professor), and the epilogue at the end.The movie of the seventh book will come out in two parts, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II; the first part will be released on November 19, 2010, and the second part will be released on July 15, 2011. I can’t wait to see both parts of the movie, and they will be the final visual addition to Harry Potter, the story about a boy that I will remember for the rest of my life. 
Earlier this summer, I finished Ark Angel, a book in the Alex Rider series, written by 
Okay, maybe not that type of discussion where one person is yelling at you the whole time. But we all love sharing our opinions.I’m going to integrate the new Question of the Day feature that I introduced yesterday to kick off today’s blog post. Question of the DayThis question is a recurring question that comes from a variety of different people that used to read my original blog, titled Five Minutes in My Head, hosted on Blogger. The question is, “Now that you switched to the second version of Five Minutes in My Head and no longer use Blogger or WordPress, why is it that we can no longer comment on your blog posts?”First of all, my readers were able to comment on my blog posts back when I used