I'm back, again, but for a short one, this time. The reason is that I'm a member of another one of those internet money programs, but this program has paid me already, so I thought I'd share it with you in hopes of getting referrals so that I may make a little extra money. Here's the link: http://www.itpaystolearn.com/default.asp?ref_id=AOP425 . Sign up, and be sure to make at least 500 QuizPoints a month in order to be able to have the cash carry over. Just so you know, each quiz is worth about 30 QuizPoints. Each quiz consists of 10 questions and comes in 3 levels of difficulty. A quiz takes me about 45 seconds. 10 QuizPoints is worth 1 cent, so you can figure making 3 cents per quiz. Thanks to all those that sign up, I really appreciate it!

Well, things seem to be going good sometimes and bad others. I'm still trying to get over this cold or whatever it is that you want to call it. Its much better than it has been, but my nose is still constantly runny. Hopefully I'll be completely over it in the next couple of days. What else has happened... Well, I finally got my new shoes. They were $17.00 at Wal-Mart. Just some plain old black boots. I don't have to walk on holes anymore now, thank God!

Tomorrow is going to be another plasma donation day. We're trying to save up as much money as we can from donating so that we can go visit Mom for a few days, but it isn't easy. When you only make $80 a week from selling your body fluids, it's hard to save. We spend most of it on eating out the day of donating and bus tickets. After all of that is said and done, we only have about $10 left, or $20 a week. We also like to buy a few things while we're away from the Center of Hope. Well, hopefully in a month's time we will be able to leave this acursed place for a weekend!

That's all for now. Keep those comments coming!

Blah, I'm not feeling too well. I've got a cold or something, in the middle of the summer! Well, that's what I think it is anyway. My nose is stopped up, my throat is sore, I'm sneezing and coughing a lot, not to mention my left ear is clogged or something, because I can't hear too well from it. It's not doing me much good at all, especially since I have to walk so much lately. But the walking is starting to pay off; I've already lost four pounds, can you believe that? Kim is also losing weight.

The heat has been near unbearable lately, with temperatures in the upper 90's. Most of my uncovered body is staying sunburnt, but I'm used to it, so it doesn't actually hurt too much. My feet are probably the worst part of me. My expensive shoes that I'm wearing right now, which Mom bought me a couple of months ago, are almost worthless. The soles in both shoes are rubbed out. Well, I put a pair of $16 shoes at Wal-Mart on layaway and I'm paying as much as I can afford every time we go to donate plasma. I only owe $10 now, so I'm looking forward to having them hopefully by the end of the week.

DCI isn't a very reliable source of income, though. Every time you get poked, you risk infiltrating a vein, and if you can't get your blood back, you are deferred from donating for 8 weeks. If we're not able to donate, we won't be able to ride the bus around town to look for jobs anymore, not to mention eat out every now and then, which is about the only thing we can ever look forward to anymore. The stress at the homeless shelter is pretty bad, so we look forward to every day that we can get away from it all.

Well, anyway, I hope this blog keeps some of you up to date on my happenings. I'll talk to you people later!

Well, we've been donating more lately. I've donated twice since the first time and I haven't had any other problems, so I think it was just because I didn't eat enough the first time. We've got $5 left from yesterday's donation after going to Wal-Mart and getting a few necessities, and we don't have any other things that we really need since most things are provided for at the Center of Hope. So from now on, after each donation, we're going to eat, and put the rest back into savings unless we need things like shampoo or whatever.

Also, a lot has been going on at the Center of Hope as well, a lot of drama. The people there fight all the time and sometimes Kim and I find ourselves in the middle of it. Not actually a part of the fight, but sort of asked to take sides, you know, and we're not going to do it. A really Christian black lady there (named Willie) told us that it was Satan doing what he does best (divide and conquer), and it really does seem true. It's just funny how she talks, because everything is in some way related to Jesus.

Anyway, I'm done with this blog for now. It's time to get back to StarSphere! See you guys later.

Phew, what a day yesterday. Everything started out fine, you see, but it took a change for the worse, much worse. Yesterday was the day we were going to donate plasma for a little extra spending money, so we took the bus to DCI (the plasma donation center) and signed up. We were figuring on being there for about two to three hours, but instead we were there for about seven hours. We got there about 11:50 AM to donate. We signed up and filled out all of the paperwork, but were waiting because there was only one nurse who could do physicals on the new patients. How unlucky we were, because there were 3 or 4 people ahead of us. Well, after waiting about six hours or so, I finally took my physical and went to get hooked up to the plasma machine.

First, let me explain what happens: after getting hooked up to an IV in the arm, they draw blood. The blood then goes through a centrifuge and is separated from the plasma. The plasma is collected in a container and then your blood is fed back into your arm. Very few people seem to have a problem donating, but however, I seemed to have ran into some. While the blood was collected and spun, I was getting very light-headed, dizzy, and such. It was bad enough that I honestly felt like I was about to die. I couldn't think of anything but what was about to happen and whether or not I was going to feel better. It just happened so quickly that I didn't really know what was going on. I got very hot and was sweating profusely and lost most of the color in my body. However, once the blood was fed back into my arm, I was fine. However, they repeat this process enough times to fill the container, so I went through this four times, if I can remember correctly. Anyway, after getting disconnected and sitting up, my blood pressure was VERY low. It was at 90/60, and which if you know me, my blood pressure is high if anything. So, this has got me wondering if I have a bad heart or blood problems or something of the sort. I made a measly $25 for this, which I then used to eat with and pay for a taxi back to the shelter.

This morning, I wasn't able to get up because I didn't sleep very well and was very weak, so Kim had to go outside alone today. For lunch, I wasn't hungry because the shelter just doesn't really serve food that is appetizing for me (and yes, I know, I'm picky, but I just don't eat chicken and turkey, which is what they have served almost every day that we've been here).

Well, anyway, I hope some people start signing up for the e-mail programs I've been talking about. Some extra money for me that I don't have to feel like I've almost died for would really be appreciated. Anyway, later all.

I just got an idea, and I would like everybody to help me if at all possible. As most of you know, there are paid-to-read-email sites that send you advertising e-mail, but you get paid to read it. As I am in a jam right now, I would like to refer everybody that would be interested in helping me to these programs. Then, if you can refer others, we both get a percent. It's not much money, but if I can get enough support, I will have a little bit of living money until I can find a job. First, though, you need to sign up for a program called e-gold. It is a lot like Pay Pal, but I'll make a little extra if you sign up for that too. Here is the link for it: http://www.e-gold.com/e-gold.asp?cid=1368798. After signing up for that, you'll get an account ID that you can use for many of these programs that don't send personal checks. Anyway, here are the sites:

http://www.himalaya-mail.com/pages/index.php?refid=jfox1980
http://www.beta-cash.com/pages/index.php?refid=jfox1980
http://getmecashmails.com/pages/index.php?refid=jfox1980
http://www.acar-cash.com/pages/index.php?refid=jfox1980
http://www.ProPaideMail.com/pages/index.php?refid=jfox1980

Sign up for as many or as little as you like. As I find more, I'll post them here. Thanks for everybody's support, and feel free to comment if you sign up for anything. Thanks!

Okay, well, it hasn't been much of good news to report. I'm now homeless living in a shelter with Kim. We're looking for jobs together and have a few good leads, especially with a dry cleaning job. We might get lucky enough to both get a job there, but the bad thing is that we don't have a car anymore, so we're stuck walking. *sigh* Well, after we get our first paycheck, we'll be able to afford some bikes hopefully which will make the transit to and from work a lot easier, at least from the shelter.

The reason we're in the shelter? Well, we were staying with Kim's parents, but it just got to be too much. They were forcing us around without any respect and giving out hipocritical rules which they themselves wouldn't always follow. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind working, in fact I want to work to show them my respect, but they just wouldn't give me or Kim any in return, treating us like children. When we tried to talk to Barbara about it, she just wouldn't listen, she was always more interested in what she was going to reply to us with. We respect her opinion but just didn't believe in the ways, which is why we parted. I said something in anger to her while leaving, which pretty much banned me from their family. I don't care though because Kim is with me, and if I'm banned, so is Kim. I hate to split a family up like that and I've told Kim that she should try to ammend the relationship with her family, but she just won't do it, at least not yet.

Well, I'll talk a little about the shelter now. It's actually a pretty nice place and Kim and I have both made friends with a marriend couple who is just about our age. He plays Dungeons and Dragons, so we've been playing a lot of that lately, but it's hard to find a place to play sometimes. We get three meals a day, and we can get seconds or thirds, but they don't always serve what we want, but either way, we're getting exercise and eating healthier. I already feel like I'm losing weight, and so does Kim. We're also going steadily to a church now, which we both REALLY enjoy. It's a great setting with great people, but with a twist. I can't say what twist just yet, as I've invited my Mom to come, so I don't want her to know just yet.

Well, anyway, I'm going to get out of here. I'm on a library computer, so I don't have a lot of time. Goodbye, all.

Again, another update. First, I'd like to ask a favor of all users who read this post. I have been a member of a website called Epinions, which is a site that you get paid to write opinions. Well, actually, you get paid a few cents every time a user reads and ranks your opinions. So, my favor is to have anybody join epinions (under me) and read and rank my opinions. You can sign up at the website that I just listed. Also, if you sign up, be sure to add me to your web of trust. Read and rank all of my opinions that you can, because it will really help me out.

On another note, I'd like to introduce you downloaders out there about a new file sharing system, called BitTorrent. You can get basic information about the program there, but to actually download files, I recommend using a client called Azureus. It's very simple to set up, just read the instructions on the site. As far as what you can download, it's very extensive: games, music CD's in mp3, movies (DVD and Theater), games, applications (including MS Windows itself), comics, books, etc. To actually download these, though, you'll need to use a website that links to the files. My favorites are SuprNova and Torrent Bits. You'll need to create a user account for Torrent Bits, however, which is free.

Lastly, a little about my life. I'm in a very bad mental state right now, because of bills and the lack of work and such. I'm very close to losing my house and becoming homeless... I don't really like talking about it, but I'm making every move to fix it all. Everybody, please pray for me.

I guess that's all for this post. Leave your replies, I do read them, I just don't always reply. Later, everybody!

Not much new this blog... Sadly enough. Well, a few notable things happened since my last post. For one, I got my income tax in and got a few new toys as well as the bills paid up. I'm happy with my new DVD/Home Theater system and Gamecube, heh. It feels good to be out of debt, at least for a little bit. Yeah, I'm still with my job at RGIS, too, and I love it. The work may get hard sometimes, but it's worth it to be around good people and at least decent pay. It doesn't really pay the bills all the time, but it'll be a great secondary job when I find another job.

So, anyway, I guess that's about it for now. I can't really think of anything good to say since it's so late right now and I'm starting to get sleepy, heh. Well, peace out everybody!

Phew, it sure has been a long time, hasn't it? Well, don't fret, I haven't quit my blog, I've just been, uh, without a computer, without internet access, and for the most part without time (but I may be lying, heh). Well, anyway, I'm really enjoying my job. It's a job that I'll stick with for a while, that's for sure. I love the travelling and my coworkers, so it's really cool. Even with this job, though, I don't seem to ever seem to have bills fully paid. I'm always getting into deeper and deeper and debt and don't ever seem to have much food in the house.

Well, I just wanted to update my blog for all who care. Post a reply, guys, let me know you're alive! :)

Latah

Long time no see! Well, I got a job now at RGIS, which is an inventory company. Kim got the same job, too, and it seems to be working out quite well. This is even probably my favorite job ever, since it doesn't feel like I've got supervisors watching all over me and I can work at my own pace. Basically, what I do is use an audit microcomputer (which is like a superpowered calculator) and count inventory at different places. So far we've inventoried at 2 Beall's, Super One Foods, Goody's, and Lowe's. I liked Super One Foods the most, since in that store we do what is called an automatic count, which is where we scan one barcode and count the number of that particular item, type it in, and hit enter. It sounds easy, but let me tell you, this calculator can be quite intimidating. It has many functions, and I'm still really learning how to use it's functions, although I can do my job with what functions I already know. At clothing stores, we do a manual scan, which is where we have to scan EVERY barcode. That can get annoying, if you ask me, but then again, you don't have to look all around a shelf to count how many items is there.

So anyway, with RGIS just being a part time job for the both of us, we're still not making enough money to pay bills, so we're both out looking for other jobs as well. I'm not going to quit RGIS even if I do get a full time job, just because it's so fun to do, and the people are really nice. I just hope we can come up with enough money to get all of our bills paid, otherwise it'll be to the streets with us, since nobody can really take us in at this time.

Christmas has also passed since my last writing. It was a great Christmas. Kim and I went to both families to have it, which was pretty nice, although I had to deal with Stoney. I got Final Fantasy X 2 for Christmas, and Michael and I went half-and-half on Kingdom Hearts for Kim. Both games are great, I just don't ever know which game I want to play, hehe. Kingdom Hearts is a really cool RPG made by none other than Squaresoft and Disney, which are the two titans in their fields. I'd have never thought an RPG with characters like Donald, Goofy, Tarzan, etc. would be such a good game.

So anyway, I'm out for now. Check you all later!