This page is an Atom formatted site feed. It can be syndicated to another Internet site or viewed in an aggregator or syndication software. Please visit blogdrive.com for more information. Battle Ready tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80 2009-08-30T01:25:00-08:00 Blogdrive.com SinisterNinja 2009-08-30T06:22:14Z 2009-08-30T06:22:14Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.412 Quote of the day: "Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."- Franklin Delano Roosevelt James Redfield (one of my favorite authors, as I'm sure you are familiar with based on my profile) would tell you that there are no true coincidences, only the ones you create. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, that once you start identifying them, you put yourself in control. While I'm sure that you have some control over coincidences in your life, I'm not convinced that you are the only author of such phenomena. The universe is often mysterious in her... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-08-27T02:38:58Z 2009-08-27T02:38:58Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.411 Dear Battle Ready, Hello old friend. I've missed you, even if you haven't felt like it. In my defense, I have been a lethal combination of busy and without reliable internet connection over the past two months. A few things I'd like to point out: 1. I JUST signed up for Twitter. I'd like you to follow me. Why? Because I'm gonna keep up with that. No, really. I know I know, you've heard that before, but here's why I really will: I can do it from my phone. Easily. And often. I promise to be at least somewhat interesting and/or funny. Perhaps thought-provoking. Maybe even... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-07-06T05:03:18Z 2009-07-06T05:03:18Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.410 Quote of the day: "Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter."- Oliver Goldsmith First, I would like to point out that I am posting from my new phone, which I love. It's an LG enV Touch, and I am back with Verizon. This phone kicks ass. It has a touch screen, but also opens up to a full Qwerty (which is fun to type, even on here) keyboard with wonderfully and appropriately large buttons and two large speakers. Contact form me if you want my number! I still have phone numbers for a few of you, and I'll text those of you that I can. If you... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-06-14T20:43:07Z 2009-06-14T20:43:07Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.409 Quote of the day: "Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack."- Aristotle There's this joke by a comedian I like, Ron White. He says his father used to say of him, "that boy's got a lot of quit in him." I always laugh at that, until I start thinking of all the quit in me. I've always been great at justifying and rationalizing anything, and when all those years went by without ever having to push myself, I developed a lot of quit. I started running again a few weeks ago. At first it was the same old story; I couldn't even make it through a whole... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-05-27T23:30:38Z 2009-05-27T23:30:38Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.408 Quote of the day: "Nothing's better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you."- Aaron Douglas Trimble - So I got a job. It's a student loan collection agency, basic phone work. I got hired on to the best contract though, for loans ten days before default, aka the one with the largest bonus pool. The only people I've known that have worked there (on this project) have all made (or are currently making) $3-$8k in bonuses per month, on top of the modest hourly wage. I'm pretty excited! I start Monday. - I have started running again. Like, I... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-05-22T03:32:23Z 2009-05-22T03:32:23Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.407 Quote of the day: "We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."- Anton Chekhov I loved you before I knew how... before I understood why. I would gaze upon you with wonder and awe, allowing the subtle wash of eternity to cascade down, saturating my soul. Without ever knowing of another, I knew that my eyes would desire only you, among all others, and that you would always invoke this passion. These thoughts were tucked away, residing in the periphery. Awaiting the chance to charge from the bunkers of my subconscious to the battlefields of... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-05-20T00:56:33Z 2009-05-20T00:56:33Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.406 Quote of the day: "Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you."- Catherine de Hueck Doherty I was looking at my StatCounter recently and noticed a lot of newer readers. Hi! Well, you might not be as new as I think, but I haven't looked at my stats in a long time and I didn't really feel like going back too far. So allow myself to introduce... my... self. I'm a man. A manly man, albeit well-spoken and written, but I have a beard at the moment to help even that out. I party a little too hard to explain in good conscience, as I currently subscribe to the... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-05-18T02:57:59Z 2009-05-18T02:57:59Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.404 Quote of the day: "To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."- Benjamin Disraeli ... it's being wrong that bothers me. But not for the reasons of which I am so often accused. When I was in second grade, our assignment was a group activity, and we had to fill out some reading-comprehension questions in groups of two and three. In this grade, I was really far ahead of the other students and was not allowed to answer the questions, because I always got everything right and the teacher wanted others to have a chance. I'm not saying this to brag or boast, but... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-05-13T06:02:02Z 2009-05-13T06:02:02Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.403 Quote of the day: "To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."- Gustave Flaubert - I don't actually like the word "random." I feel it has become overused in recent years. It's like some sort of mythical 'cool badge,' applied haphazardly to people too lazy or incapable of actual humor or wit. Granted, it can be funny, but it isn't magic. It should be used only sparingly, like garlic or speckled shoe laces. - I think my vision got worse over the weekend. Since I've been back I've noticed that I... (more) SinisterNinja 2009-05-07T11:34:45Z 2009-05-07T11:34:45Z tag:blogdrive.com,2006:c0b2d2820d2ec41209474beeba9a8d80.402 Quote of the day: "Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day long."- Confucius (attributed) Hey. It's me. Let me holla at you for a minute. It's early in the morning and I didn't sleep last night. I guess the 48 ounces of Mountain Dew (Hillbilly Piss) and four tablets of Dollar General's version of Excedrin (260 milligrams of caffeine just from the fake Excedrin) was too much to go to bed with, even for a caffeine addict like me. My head hurt. My knees hurt (I think it's tendonitis, but I'm not a doctor). Oh, you didn't know that I'm not a doctor? I know that the $24 in my... (more)