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Name: jaonah
Location: California, United States
Gender: Male
Interests: im intrested in anything and everything. i like to learn new things about people, places, and things. so if you have something new to teach me hit me up.
Expertise: jack of all trades and becoming a master of all.
Occupation: Executive
Industry: Hospitality
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AIM:  fruitki11a
Member Since:
5/9/2005
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| some random rambling for today. so lately ive found myself feeling sort of down. im happy that ive found me a temp job and ive been able to climb up the ranks. keeps me busy and productive. but i can see the end of the tunnel. the time is getting near when it will be all over. what will i do next? hopefully i will be able to use this to springboard me to my next job. ive met some pretty intresting people while working here. i meet a fellow xangorian. well shes not with us no more on xanga....well for now anyways. ive met people from all different backgrounds which is pretty awesome. i dont think any other job would have given me this opportunity.met me some down mexican mamsitas, some hmong brothers and sisters, my second cambodian friend, ex county workers, ex irs workers, ex usda workers, organized people, unorganized people, superstars, drama queens/kings, slackers......i wonder if other jobs will be like this. i dont think the diversity will be be like this current job. but then again what do i know. ive always had my own business. well except during college but thats another story for another time. ive always been my own boss and i think thats what i like most about when i first started this job. i was able to make my own hours. but now ive gotten myself into an office position. set hours. and im not complaining but just getting adjusted to set hours again. im glad that ive been able to get back to work. even though at times its been stressful but its been enjoyable. i miss the stress of work. is that weird? ive also found that i can be more organized. funny huh? just cant let myself fallback into my old bad habits. ive been able to be very organized with this job. now just need to organize my room. har har har. but yeah its been a great experience. currently were preparing for the next phase in work. and on friday i had like a fart brain day. just seemed like everything was falling apart. something that i should have been able to take care of easily became a mess. what i was working on made sense to me in my head but it didnt show in my paper work. maybe i made it too complicated. i wont let it happen again. made me look weak infront of the boss. i hate looking weak and stoopid. usually im on top of my game. actuallly im always on top of my game. just that day....brain fart day. im gunna chop it up to that ..time to move on.
but on another note ive noticed that lately ive been easily agitated by my ladys sister. i really didnt know why before but i think i realized why i was feeling like that. before she waould say stuff and i would brush it off. but lately seems like everything she says irks me. and not only that but the things that she does irks me. i want to complain about it to my lady but i dont want my lady to wonder why im so concerned about her sister. and i find myself complaing about the things that she does to her. terrible huh? but as i was on my thinking throne i realized what it was. and no its not the slim30. i came to realize that i worry about her sister like shes my little sister. i dont approve of some of the things shes doing. i worry bout her being safe and careful. why cant she pick up the phone and text us where she is? why cant she just check in every now and then? just so that we have an idea of where to start looking incase she doesnt come home?i dont think any siblings understand that. i know im not mom and dad. but im your older brother. you need to check in with me so that i know wherer you are. i need to know who your with so i know who to squeeze when you dont come home. who do i have to hurt first to find you. thats all a good older brother want to know. where your going and who your with. cell numbers would be nice too. i mean we can find all that stuff later but it makes life a little easier for us if you just leave it with us before you go. thats all. :0)
but any ways....shes a grown woman and she can do what she wants. and im the last person to be playa hating. but i just want her to be safe. shes finally away from her crazy ex....well i hope so anyways. he was all bad news. (but thats another story for another time. and what a good story it will be cause that fool was crazy. im not sure if i should give him props or be angry at him. har har har) yes i worry bout her like shes my little sister. im glad that your able to do things that you havent been able to do before but i just want to make sure your being safe while doing those things. she thinks she knows it all and knows what to expect but girl you dont even know. cause if you did you would have never been with your ex for so long. i think she lets herself be easily decieved. how do i know? ive got a lifetime of experience of girls like her. but that was a lifetime ago.
2nd reason i think ive been easily irritated...shes living the life i use to live. well not exactly cause my past life was pretty legen.....wait for it....dary. but it just reminds me of who i used to be. carefree. work to make money just to go out and play later. and i know my ladys going to read this. i dont want you think that im not happy where i am now. im grateful for having you in my life. i just miss being carefree. and its not your fault im where i am. everything plays a part of it. you know what weve been though. but anyways. i miss being able to go out and do what i want.
2nd part of this is that i know what its like to be poor. really really poor. so ive found myself being more stingy and frugal about things. i mean i was frugal before but now im really really frugal. i know that my job wont last long and im being especially shady when i shouldnt be. i cant complain about not doing what i want and going out when i can afford it but i choose not to cause im being too cheap. and im the first person to know that it takes money to do the things you want. cant go out and be shady. its like going to vegas and trying to penny pinch. its like what the effe?!?!
the 3rd part to it. i know how much it costs to make a drink. how can i rationalize how much i spend for a drink.. and i also know that im paying for the experience not just the drin. (thats what i would always tell my coustomers) so how can i complain abotu it now. ehh its all crazy. i know ill get over it. just want to complain about it. and thats why i love xangaland. perfect place for me to vent. well olay enough from me. this has become another essay. so ill leave for now. sorry for all the typos. just letting it all out.
i feel better now. thanks xanga
hope everyone is doing well. see you guys again soon. shout out to my lady. woot!woot!
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| ok... so i didnt win the dress. but its probably cause i wasnt able to submit it in time. honestly i submitted the blog like 5 min before deadline but the other website wouldnt let me leave a comment to make my entry official. oh well. no use in complaining about it. my reason wasnt the greatest anyways. but anyways.......so what have i been up to? well xangaland. these past few years has been quite a journey. i would love to write it all down on here but in this dang age even blogs are being used against ppl now. so everything has to be censured or pc. ( cause you never know when a person might run for office....har har har) but you know what? ppl should not have to apologize for what they think or what they say in a blog. its their blog let them say what they want. if someone doesnt like the boss let them vent about it on a blog. dont hold them accountable. bloggin is like talking to a therapist. i would rather someone blog about hating thier job and hating thier boss but come to work normal every day. vs the person that doesnt blog and get it off their chest and they come to work and go postal on everyone. online ppl can vent out thier anger and resentment and air it all out. put all the dirt out there and then move on with thier life. everyone needs a release.
but back to the subject. so ive been gone for a long time. during this time i started a mongolian bbq/ chinese buffet restaurant. food was awesome just very bad timing running into a recession. if the times werent so bad i think that i would have had a longer run. there were many mistakes that were made along the way but what business doesnt run into problems? blind leading the blind. looking back with the knowledge that i have now i believe that i would be able to do it much better and made better decisions. (wheres a time machine when you need it? my lucky lotto numbers would have hit a couple times already. har har har dont worry ill remember who family is when the time comes) but when starting a new business after you have your concept and your research done its all about location location location. i had this beautiful building which ill post pics up later. 10k square feet. not the best build but it was mine. but i would have traded all that space for a smaller space with a better location. like say downtown. or somewhere with better synergy. if you have to chose a location pay more for a location that has better synergy than a cheaper stand alone. fork out the money for the best spots. most of the time youll make your money back cause you have the best exposure. there was this awesome place that i would have loved to have downtown. but they turned it into a bank.....which later went belly up. now its a bunch of offices for uc merced. so tip of the day. location location location.
im currently looking for a new location to start up a new venture. upgrading to a larger town with a larger population. i know ill be able to make it better this time around. ten times better. now just need the right partners and right funding.
ps. i miss my tracking. i need to relearn how to do it again.
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| So it's been a great while since I've been here. But now is as good a time as any to come back. So much has gone on since my last blogs. So much to catch up on. So much change these past couple of months this past year. Where do I begin it all.........
How bout we just go back to the beginning where it all started. Five years ago i discovered this world of Xanga and met fellow Xangorians. Some very interesting people i must admit. But who would have thought that through Xanga i was going to meet my love? Yup that's right ladies and gentlemen, this is where i found my lady and rescued her from a life of pain and misery. (if you ask her im sure she will tell you different. but she and i both know that i saved her. har har har.) So anyways....back to the story...ive been with my lady for four going on five years. she has always been very supportive of me and my dreams. (i wish i would have met her sooner though cause with her depth of knowledge i would have had my business started much sooner. she knows how to build and fix stuff how awesome is that?) fast foreward a couple years the economy is getting hit hard and i happen to have my restaurant located in one of the top three cities with the highest foreclosure rate. I am forced to closed down my restaurant and bar. but thats not even the worst of it. at the beginning of '09 me and my lady had talked about finally sealing the deal and getting hitched. (ha, getting hitched from a serial bachelor....who are you and where is the superjaonah that i know. har har har) so we were talking about making 2010 our year to finally do what all our family members and friends keep asking us to do. "when are you guys gunna get married?" every single event that we go to is "so whens the date? are you guys gunna get married soon?" if you can think of a way to ask it we have been asked that. personally ive never been in a rush to get married. and all that know me know this is true. but this girl....woman....somethings just special about her. but anyways.....so its 09 and the business is struggling. i try to make it work and last as long as i can but im forced to close up shop by fall of 09. everything's been liquidated and where i once had money in the bank i don't even have a bank account anymore. terrible huh? so now its that year 2010 with not a dime in the bank and im thinking to my self "how am i supposed to get married this year and give her the wedding that she want?" well good thing shes understanding. we've talked about it and pushed it to 2011. hopefully things will turn around this year and get better. but back to the purpose of this blog.....my lady ran across this site http://www.prettygeeky.com/2010/02/02/maggie-sottero-wedding-dress-giveaway/. and i figure hey, why not give it a try. cause my reason as to why i should win this dress. i have nothing to give her anymore. she was a huge part of my business and helping me run it. without her i dont think that i would have been able to keep it running as long as it did. and when i lost the business i lost everything i had. even the money i saved up to buy her ring i wasnt able to hold onto. so in place of the ring, if i win this dress, i would propose to her with a wedding dress. how awesome and different would that be? yeah i know we've already talked about getting married but i havent actually asked her yet. so my reason is simple i would like to ask her to marry me with a wedding dress instead of a ring. i have nothing left to give or offer except my love. she has given me so much and i appreciate all that she has had to sacrifice for me and my business. i know that she would look awesome in this dress. hopefully i win so that i can present it to her. but even if i dont win i will start to save and do what i can when i can. good luck to everyone in the contest.
glad to be back on xanga. and hello to all my fellow xangorians. i know many have made the movc to myspace and facebook. i have as well. but i still like the way xanga works. much more therapeutic than the other two. be back with more posts and more details of the past couple years. so much to catch up on. hope everyone is doing well. see you later
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| ok, so it has officially been forever and a day since i have last blogged. and i come back and theres a whole new layout for xanga. took me a good half hour just to find the "new blog" button. i was like "where the heck....how do i post....arrgghh!!!!" but finally my patience has paid off. i found the "new blog" button. im like this on face book as well. took me forever to figure out how to upload pics. har har har. oh wells. so much has gone on since ive last been here. where to start? where to start? and which photos to upload? been so busy with everything that i have neglected my fellow xangorians for too long. so i guess let me go back to the begining.....you know, looking back at this same time last year i wrote pretty much the same thing. har har har. but i believe that by not blogging ive added a couple more grey hairs to my hairless head. so ramble ramble ramble i will do today and this week. try to catch up on two years. i need to find all my pics. theyre flying around somewhere in my computer and portable harddrives or back up cds/dvds. thats where i get myself. i dont lable my back up disks so i have no idea of whats on them. maybe ill just go and steal pics off of my ladies page. har har har. that would work as well. so this is it for now. cause i havent typed this much since.......last year. and my fat fingers are starting to hurt. be back tomorrow with some more content and hopefully pics from last year to now.
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