The Blog-a-day Challenge

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/29/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

Today it is hot! Not just is it hot but sticky. I was down at the office, and literally you can’t walk out before pounds of heart air invade your body and you begin to perspire. Take wearing a full dress shirt and tie and you really have a nasty situation on your hand.

Beyond that, inside it isn’t really that but I think the AC has gotten to me and I’m feeling really stuffed up. Right now I literally have a booger filled tissue in one hand and another tissue to back up the runny nose I have . . . not a pretty site at all.

I think it was all that time I spent at the office. I don’t have an AC in my house and usually I don’t get sick or too hot during the summer. Right now however, I need to get something to plug up this runny nose before my mac becomes untouchable.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/28/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

20 dollars richer, it seems like money just goes out the window when I’m with Jay and Kyle and I’m really trying my hardest to save every penny I can. After getting paid for Cornell’s site, Jay and I find ourselves spending the next five hours together wandering through Waterbury as I try to get footage to show Jassica and Jay bothers me the whole time.

Every time I’m with Jay or Kyle it seems like I can never go without spending at least a dollar either on soda, pizza or snacks. Having only 20 dollars to your name literally means strapping for whatever little cash you can and trying to make the best and really it sucks.

It’s been like this my whole life and really I hate it. All the money I’ve ever had has been saved and any money I do get seems so small that most people would consider it chump chain. When I think about money and why I never have enough of it, it makes me think about Steve and Kyle and how I waste so much time doing stuff for them with no financial proof to show for it.

I guess all this has just made me think about money and if what I’m doing is really worth the investment; if it’ll pay off for itself or if it’s all just in vain and I’ve wasted my time.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/27/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

So today Kyle is finally back and pay day finally comes flowing in for the hard work, sweet and perseverance I have demonstrated working at the company. How much was it you may ask? 20

No there isn’t a comma missing or any zeros waiting to be put in, just 20 dollars. Did I mention that was only half. Originally during the week, Cornell needed his site to get done and Jay was fussing to much with pushing it off so I told him I would take the job. Cornell had already registered a url with the business and just needed a couple of updates. Although reluctant, Jay let me do the site giving me a template he had downloaded that I was suppose to use.

Funny things is that the template is by Dreamweaver and Cornell’s site is made by Web Site Tonight, which means there’s no where to upload this template nor does it exist under Web Site Tonight’s various choices. So all sunday night, I worked long and hard on Cornell’s site, trying to figure out a way to make it look as good as possible just to wind up get half of the original pay as I gave Jay credit for a template I couldn’t even use.

After that, we went to talk about what happened through the week and what we thought about the business. Officially, I am now a web designer and don’t have to worry about selling and making cold calls. Jay is still a salesman but I can see him flipping any day now. Overall, Kyle just wanted to remind us that being part of the business this early meant we were destined for management positions and that we need to do our best to make that happen.

I could really care less but feel that the company needs some real changes if we want to start making some money. As long as it means some money, and by that I mean a lot of money, for me, than I’m willing to make the sacrifice.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/26/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

So over the weekend, I picked up a site at the business to do. The site is basically for an actor who trying to host a play in Waterbury. Currently, he has a site with Kyle under Web Site Tonight, a content management system offered by GoDaddy.

Web Site Tonight is really basic and use WYSIWYG editing. The site for the most part has all the content, it just fixing it that’s such a bitch. I mean, something as simple as using a bold tag seems to never work. The images all need to re-size through some crazy dialogue box and never can you just simply create your own table or column, but some crazy “box” they give you for editing purposes.

I have till tomorrow to get the site done and it looks like it’s gonna be a really long night before I can hand this in and go to sleep. I’ll let you know what happens.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/25/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

Finally the weekend is here I’m away from the office not to spend time by myself but at the museum; I guess I can never have any time to myself.

Really I don’t mind going to the Timexpo every now and then and today was actually kinda fun as we had a couple new volunteers and people coming in for a tour. Among the familiar faces there: Cathy, Kat, the people at the store there was a new volunteer. Every time I go to the Timexpo, it seems like they have a new volunteer. Having been there for so long, it’s great to see some new faces every now and again.

Since I was last there, we had Chris: a funny 13 year old kid who loves to have fun; even if he gets in trouble in the process. After Chris there’s Karey: a quirky 13 year old girl who seems to be more ambitious than I or anyone I know at that age. Beyond that there have also been random volunteers from the Greater Waterbury Community pageant and the Kat scouts.

Today we had a new face and her name was Kennea: a senior from the Waterbury Arts Magnet School who speaks 4 four languages and plans to major in linguistics. At first I had no idea she was so good but when she told me she could speak chinese, I’m not even sure how that came up, I was immediately impressed. I mean she even knew how to write the characters.

I spent a lot of time talking to her after that, and by that I mean just a couple of minutes, but for some reason Cathy took it as that I liked her. I mean she’s a nice girl, bright and somewhat attractive but that doesn’t mean I like her. I only met her today! I guess Cathy really didn’t take that for an answer and insisted if I was a man to admit it and go after her.

A few minutes later Kennea left and I went to Barnes and Nobles to find something to do. Interesting enough I guess.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/24/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

So after a long week of going to the office with Jay I think I’ve had enough. Not just of Jay but of the office in general.

When I first got out of school and started my summer vacation I had dreams of taking over the world and making a really difference in the lives of others. Since that day I have accomplished nothing as no wifi, working at the office, and summer assignments have put a cap on my ability to create and actually produce.

Although wifi is an issue, there’s always a way to get around that as Barnes and Nobles and the office always provide an outlet that I can connect to. Making up the information in advance and trying to post it in time is another thing that’s hard to accomplish when you have so much shit to deal with.

Working at the office is another issue as countless hours seem to go buy and nothing gets accomplished. Literally I have no idea what Kyle is doing that we never have any customers or site to do. Most of the work we do is just added to some imaginary bill that people never seem to pay. What’s even worse is that I’m only paid by commission making all this a complete waste unless I sell something.

Originally, I thought I was coming on as a web designer, but I guess I was given the label of a salesman who spends more time behind a computer than anything else. Heck, I think they could call me their secretary as I just get assigned random assignments for basically no pay.

Overall the thing that makes it so hard to be creative and actually get stuff done is Jay. It isn’t just the office and how much time we waste their as even though we get out at 2, it seems like I can never get home till 5 or even 7 because Jay needs a buddy to hang out with. And what do we do when we hang out . . . NOTHING! It’s like seriously, just don’t follow me and let me go home to waste time on my own.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman

Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/23/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.

Among the many hours I spend on the Internet, not doing my homework or being as productive as I could be, something I do from time to time is watch anime. From an American stand point, I know anime can be considered pretty nerdy but the thing is anime has been a big part of American culture since as early as I can remember.

In my generation alone, I remember the biggest cartoons were all anime: Pokemon, Yugioh, Megaman, etc. It shouldn’t be surprising then that I like anime seeing as that’s what I grew up watching as a kid: anime.

Recently, I’ve picked up a new anime: Full Metal Alchemist. I had originally seen the intro to the Japanese version on YouTube and thought it might be cool to actually watch the whole series. Instead of watching the Japanese version though, I found an english dubbed version that so far is pretty good.

Basically, Full Metal Alchemist is the story of two brothers who lose their mother and try to bring her back with alchemy. Historically, alchemy is the science practiced during the middle ages when scientist tried to convert lead into gold. Although historically they were never successful, in Full Metal Alchemist, alchemy has gone way beyond turning lead into gold, as the decompositions and re-construction of everyday elements has allowed alchemist to transform the world around them.

In the anime, alchemy is preformed with transmutation circles but I guess those who survive conducting a human transmutation don’t need transmutation circles and are able to do alchemy by simply clapping their hands.

At the moment, the two brothers are on a journey to retrieve their bodies through the use of a philosopher stone. Legend has it that with a philosopher stone, a person can ignore the rules of equivalent exchange and perform alchemy as they please. Equivalent exchange is what the brother’s paid the night they tried to bring their mother back and it literally cost one of them their body and the other one and arm and later on a leg just so he could bring his brother’s soul back and attach it to a suit of armor.

Their search has brought them in touch with people who are made when someone does a human transmutation, a homonculi, and the people higher up in the military as the idea of corruption seems to run consistent through the anime.

We’ll I don’t know too much to tell you the whole story but maybe one day in the future I can give you a more holistic review. I’ll keep you posted.

Sincerely, Hector Guzman