Birthday dinner

Heyyyy Everyone,

So right now I am hanging out, headed over the hill with my whole family over to get dinner for my birthday and my sisters birthday which is tomorrow.

Just thought I would tell you that...

-The Tech


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Resumes?

hey everyone,

I haven't been writing many resumes lately, but I mean I have just been tooling around the web and I came across this website that I think that anyone writing a resume should check out, it is called Resume Dictionary...you can find it at www.resumedictionary.com

so everyone please go check it out if that it what you have been looking for!!

Until about 15minutes from now...

-The Tech

Blogging from my phone

So basically I want to do a quick blog from my phone because I am now able to!!!

Also I want to let you all know that I am going to be re-reading my past blog posts, then posting things that I really wish I had said before in my posts, but wasn't sure that I should have!!

Talk to you all again soon!!

-The Tech


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TGE News

Hey everybody, so I got turned on to this new site tonight and I wanted to throw a quick blog up about it, because I mean this is www.astoldbyatech.com!!

www.tgenews.com you should check it out for Tech, Gadget, and Entertainment News!!!

Until Next time,

-The Tech

Twit Neighbor

You guys should check out http://twitneighbor.com

[TwitNeighbor lets you find twitter users by location. Also track local trends using twitter.]

It is an awesome service!!!

- The Tech!

You Don't Know Jack

So tonight I watched a HBO movie called, "You Don't Know Jack". It was the premiere on HBO for this movie and Al Pacino played Dr. Jack Kevorkian. I have to say I had a completely different outlook on who he was and what he did before I watched this movie. I thought he was this man that, as most people believe, convinced people to kill themselves or something completely absurd like that. The fact of the matter is that is not what he did at all.

Dr. K merely assisted people in a painless death that were suffering and wanted to die. He did not convince people they should die, he did not murder them, and he did not do it in a hurtful manner.

I think that there is a huge taboo over this, assisted suicide situation. In my case, and in my way of thinking I believe that everyone has the right to choose if they should live or die, just like Dr. K did. He made a great point when he said:

"Well, let's take what people think is a dignified death. Christ was that a dignified death? Do you think it's dignified to hang from wood with nails through your hands and feet bleeding, hang for three or four days slowly dying, with people jabbing spears into your side, and people jeering you? Do you think that's dignified? Not by a long shot. Had Christ died in my van with people around Him who loved Him, the way it was, it would be far more dignified. In my rusty van."

-Dr. Jack Kevorkian - July 29, 1996

I know, a lot of people that believe in Christ, and that that is a controversial statement, but I mean he does have a point. Having a public death where you are practically tortured is not dignified. Yes the people that loved him were there, but come on he was tortured and that is not a dignified death. With that said the way that Kevorkian gave people a simple option, which was a non-painful way of death, in which he did nothing but show the how. He himself did not kill his patients until the last one who wanted to stop suffering and could not physically do it himself.

Anyways, that is all I have to say on Dr K for now, but I am sure the more that I think about it...the more I am going to want to write about it!

For now though I have to do a little advertisement! The site is called EnviroFILE! It is a site that is looking to revolutionize filesharing! Please Please Please check it out and give it a try!

So for now...that is all

-The Tech

Laying in bed

So,

i pretty much hung out all day and did laundry yesterday, and then...Nick messaged me that he wanted to get a beer and that he was bored, so naturally I asked him if he wanted to go out and get a drink! We went, to the Caz Bowling Alley (the most redneck place around) and got a few beers and saw people that we had not see in...well...years! Mind you Nick is older than me, so it was a little different for him! I saw some people younger than me that were of age to drink....so that was wierd because I am not used to that since I am only almost 24...2 more days!!! Then I talked to and saw a girl that I have not seen since my HS graduation and it was nice to talk to her.

Anyway Nick went home, then I went home and got on my computer...naturally because that is all I ever do anymore! Anyways I got talking to a girl that I am friends with and got dated my senior year in HS. I got thinking to myseld...why did I ever stop dating her. I have a simple answer to this...it is because I was a young idiot and didn't care about anything really at that point in my life. I am not sure where this blog is going right now but basically I am kinda upset that she and I went our separate ways! She is just as damn cool, if not cooler than I ever remember!

Basically what I want to say to you, girl who shall remain unnamed is that I wish I hadn't been an idiot back then...and ACDEC was a lot of fun, and I am glad I got to know you, but wish I hadn't ever disconnected with you....but with that said, I am glad we are talking again now!

That is all for now...

-The Tech!

Guest Blog for The Cancer Warrior

So today has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster...for the first time in a long time! I decided last night that I was going to move my blog over to blogger.com. In the process I decided that I was going to read all of my previous posts, and kind of look at how I had changed from the beginning of treatment to the end.

So with that said I realized one thing...that I always acted like there was nothing really wrong, like nothing could get me down, and that cancer was not a big deal.

Chemotherapy kicked my ass, I want to get that out there right now. I acted like it was no big deal, and that is the actual attitude I had because if I let it get to me then I would have never made it through it all as well as I did. While reading my blog I took a step back and tried to pretend that I was just some other person reading my blog. It was a strange experience because there were some things that I read where I thought that I should be more open about what I was really feeling, and then there were others where I read it and thought to myself that I should have not said what I said. Though I guess I would not be who I am if I hadn't just typed what I was thinking like I did.

I have to say for any person that is going through chemo or radiation, or treatment for any illness or disease...write a blog, it has proven to be very therapeutic in my case. Now that I am reading through it I mean I am realizing that there are a lot of underlying tones and themes to some of the things I said that I never notice before. Which I won't go into, I will let you read them for yourself!

Anyway, back to how it made me feel today. It made me really feel like a survivor! The complications I had, the way I felt during treatment, and the people I met and the things that I went through with them all. I have never felt more like a survivor in my life. I mean going through all of the cancer treatments I also had my other previous issues like having heart disease, a pacemaker, and having cancer before. Cancer really took the front position though, I mean it was during all of this that I decided I wanted to start an organization to raise awareness about cancer, and during this was when I realized that I wanted to write a book on my life starting with my cancer and the retouching on all my other life experiences.

As much as I hate to say this, I hate to admit that cancer has changed me for the better. I would love to say that I changed myself for the better, but it was really a damn disease that changed me as a person. Though I guess that tough situations end up being the things that changed people for the better or worse, and luckily mine changed me for the better.

It also changed the way I wear my hair haha! Before I was all for growing my hair out, but now that I have gone through the process of losing my hair and my beard, I decided that I should keep shaving my head (though I haven't cut it in 2 or 3 weeks now). Soon I will start shaving my head again, but my beard shall stay. Always appreciate your hair whether you have a lot or a little, because once you lose it you will never be the same!

This is all for now my friends!

Until next time,

-The Tech

Ideas Ideas Ideas

Heyyyyy Everyone,

So it has been awhile. I am currently laying in my bed, checking out my fiverr.com account. If you people haven’t been there yet you should definitely go check it out because it is an awesome website.

So lets see what to talk about...I haven”t been doing this regularly anymore but I really thing that I need to because every time I blog I feel so much better. Today was an extremely boring day, other than getting to see my brother, sister in law, and nephew.... I love that little poop machine haha. Today, well technically yesterday he turned 2 months old so they went to the doctor so he could get his shots. His little fat boy legs seemed to be a little sensitive! I didn’t really hold him that much because lately I have been feeling sick. You know the normal kind of sick for once, cough, congestion, and the things I would rather be dealing with compared to the things I have been dealing with. Actually now that I think about it I didn’t hold him at all.

Over the weekend my friend Chrissy was home from NYC with her boyfriend Matt, so of course I spent the weekend with them and Nick. Imagine that me spending time with Nick. I have to say he is the only person that I am around lately that doesn’t ever get on my nerves. I am sorry if you are reading this, and you are like, “hey I am around you all the time”; it is just the way things are. Anyway, we went and saw The Scarlet Ending play here in Syracuse. You should really check them out, I have known them for some time now and they are GREAT people. (www.thescarletending.com)

Beyond that I have put a hold on my book. I had a better idea that I think might inspire me more to be able to complete my book! I want to put together a compilation of stories of survivors. Now I know you are probably thinking CANCER when I say survivor, but that is not exactly what I mean. I want stories from younger people that are heart disease survivors, that are anemic, people with sickle cell, HIV, whatever it may be because they are ALL survivors. Cancer is the big thing now and I feel like it gets way too much of the focus. There are plenty of people in the world that are a survivor of much more serious things other than cancer. For instance, and for those of you who have followed me you know this, but I am a heart disease survivor, a stroke survivor, and lastly a cancer survivor. I have been a survivor since I was 8 weeks old and plenty of other people in the world are too! So that is now my current mission, along with PYP and taking care of all of my other things that I am doing right now.

I also have been talking with one of my closest friends about a very very awesome idea that I cannot disclose any of the details about right now because it is just that awesome. I really hope we can go through with it!

Ok so I guess that is it for now other than this, I want to advertise and plug a book here in my blog for everyone to go check out. I know you guys that read this always check out my links and I really think you should go check this out. It is called “Snap Shot” by Ms. J aka Jeanette D. Williams-Smith.

So please please check that out because it would mean the world to me and the author!!!

So Long for now, (promise I will blog more)

-The Tech

Life and Level

Hey everyone,

This is a blog that has one simple purpose! I am dedicating it to promoting my friends over at Life and Level. Please visit their site where they describe themselves and their show as:

“The web show starring the obnoxious Josh and the studious Johnny. Both gamers, albeit not very good ones, who are out to prove who is better than their rival.

So determined are they to prove which of them is the “N00B”, they compete in strange and mostly painful ways to play otherwise fun games. When there is a clear winner, the loser is deemed a “N00B” and has to do something stupid as decided by the “N00B Wheel.”

Take your pick, which one will win in what games?”
So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check them out, I will greatly appreciate it, as I am sure they will more than me! Also check them out at http://www.youtube.com/lifeandlevel

Thanks Everyone!!

-The Tech

A couple weeks ago

Was when I did my last blog!

Hey again everyone, The Tech here! So it really has been a couple weeks since the last time I updated my blog. What has happened since then...lets see I went over last time how I had a strange rise in the number of twitter followers that I had for some reason. Last time I updated I had about 620 something followers. Now I am up to a miraculous 1,481 followers...I have no idea how this happened, but it is awesome. Feel free to follow me, my name on twitter is @astoldbyatech.

Anyway, lets move on! As you can see I have given up on shaving my face, and cutting my hair for now. Everything is coming back much darker than ever before. This past weekend was the Relay for Life and my team from Protect Your Pair was there to support survivors like myself and my brother, and of course their families. We had a lot of fun, and Nick figured that he must have walked at least 15 miles that night haha!

Anyway, sorry for the short post

-The Tech