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It’s harder than you think!! Here is what you are supposed to do…and please don’t spoil the fun…copy and paste into your own note, type in your answers and have fun.

Your hair………………….………………..Blondish-Brown
Where is your cell phone………………Pocket
Your father………………..………………Whistling
Your favorite thing………………………Knowledge
Your dream last night……………………..Nothing
Your favorite drink………………………..Pepsi
Your dream/goal…………….…………….balance
The room you are in……………………….Cubicle
Your fear………………….………………….failure
Where do you want to be in 6 years………happy
Muffins……………….……………………Blueberry
One of your wish list items………………..debt-free
Where you grew up……………………….Saudi
The last thing you did…………………..…blogging
What are you wearing……………….……T-shirt-and-Jeans
Your TV……………………………………Powermac G5
Your pets………………….………………none
Your computer…………………………….Lenovo-T42
Your life………………….………………..busy
Your mood………………….……………..anxious
Missing someone……………….………….kaylene
Your car…………………..……………….cavalier
Favorite store…………………………….Amazon.com
Your summer………………..…………….Cyprus
Your favorite color………………………..Blue
When is the last time you laughed………..Today
Last time you cried……………………….Dallin
Three people who email me………………Kaylene, clients, co-workers
Three of my favorite foods……………….steak, asparagus, Stroganoff
Three places I would rather be right now…Home, Oregon, Aiken
Three people I think will respond…………family

McCain is the Older Wiser one, Obama is the Pretty RockStar.  Head to Head, they still accomplish nothing for the American People.

Obama is interesting, but he gets so much coverage as if he’s already won.  And he really hasn’t done anything to deserve it.

Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida

McCain on the other hand has had years to do something, and has wasted it for his own gain, and denys anything that won’t get him the presidency. He’s as much a democrat as a republican. And being a Maverick is not considered a good thing in the military, why would it be as president?

Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida

So instead of wasting the people’s time doing this…….

Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida

I personally believe that they should be doing this. (PLEASE EXCUSE THE FRENCH, but at times this is exactly how I feel.)

Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida

Images by Tatsuya Ishida

With the failure of the Government, economy, president, and our many representatives.  Is this in our Future???  Yes there is a sense of humor attached to this.  And NO…  This does not represent a Democratic/Liberal side of things.  I believe this represents an end that is very bi-partisan

Sinfest Comic by Tatsuya Ishida

Sinfest Comic by Tatsuya Ishida

Images By Tatsuya Ishida

I hate Politicians… All Promises and No Delivery…

Sinfest Comic by Tatsuya Ishida

And THIS is what happens to the ECONOMY when we leave our Government to be under the influence of Biz and Special Interest groups. BTW what a crock of Crap – They do not represent consumer’s interests, they represent Companie’s interests.

Sinfest Comic by Tatsuya Ishida

And when the ECONOMY fails and the Special/Business Interests are in trouble, the Government sells us out to the Businesses and expects us to take it. UGHHHH, Pres, Senate, House, Business – You disgust me !!@#%!~%@#$%!*#!!

Sinfest Comic by Tatsuya Ishida

Comic by Tatsuya Ishida

With the devastation of Ike, there is a lot that runs through your head.  included in the hardships of day to day life, is the inevitable question, “Is god out there?”.  Why would he allow this?  Or, Why would he do this to people?

I wonder if….  God is love.  That’s what they say isn’t it.  From the mortal experience, we seem to have all sorts of perspective on Love.  I believe we are allowed to have as much control over Nature as he does.  We forget though that both we and he have to play by the rules.  It’s funny but you can think of the Holy Ghost as a referree and all you have to do is ask, “Am I gonna win this one?  Is it worth losing the game?  What do I do?”. 

See,  existance has rules, and even God “walks the razors edge of necessity” (Skousen, Cleon) in what he can and cannot reveal to us without taking away our free will.  So, Heavenly Father is more aware of the rules, loopholes, and damage than we are.  But he doesn’t keep that hidden on purpose, we just have to faithfully ask.  As well as asking we are required to have faith that the “Universe is the great Equalizer” (Isani Cayetano).  We may not win this round, we may not understand God’s nature, but we must maintain faith that he is a fair and just God.  God will restore what is ours to us in time.

I have a testimony that God is just with us and that he allows us to have strife, temptation, and challenges.  He also promises to be with us when we ask of him.  He will return to us our righteousness, justice, mercy, goodness, kindness, injustices, intolerance, and all our doings.  God lives by the Golden Rule.  I think I’ll close this post with the words of Alma to Corianton, the son he loved so much he gave these great words of wisdom. (pulled from http://scriptures.lds.org)

12 And now behold, is the meaning of the word restoration to take a thing of a natural state and place it in an unnatural state, or to place it in a state opposite to its nature?

I finished my Portfolio and turned it in for grading.  My Portfolio was made of…

• Two Cover Sheets
• Employer Authorization form (Because my portfolio covered a Baylor Project)
• Table of Contents
• 8 Page Essay covering any trend in IT. I came up with…
  “Open Source Software as a Communication Bridge in IT Project Management”
• Reference Page with a list of APA formatted Citations for all references used
• Competency Matrix with 16 listed competencies relating to the Essay.
• Exhibit 1: MySQL Open Source Database used in project as Web Site data storage.
• Exhibit 2: PDF and iCal files of Project Schedule made as an addition to the website for offline schedule verifications
• Exhibit 3: XHTML Source code showing both PHP and hand created code instructing users on how to setup IP printers on OS X
• Exhibit 4: WordPress Theme developed to maintain look and feel of other internal Baylor websites.  Included Text from the CSS file for the presentational layout, as well as the whole theme file zipped up for review by the grader.

Looking back on it now, it seems like a long list.  But I enjoyed getting all the parts together.  Lucky for me I had a past project that I lead and had intimate experience with.  Using that project, I built my portfolio files and data during July and August and then finished the Essay in 2 days. 

The class has twelve grading rubrics ranging from 1.0-4.0 and an overall 3.0 is the minimum passing standard.  Overall, I was happy with what I had submitted, and while I wasn’t expecting a 4.0 on this grade, I felt confident that I wouldn’t have to resubmit.  Of the small concerns I had about the submission, Dr. Teston gave me some good viewpoints so I felt better as I waited to find out my grade.  

So I checked Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, waiting to see my grade.  Nothing showed up and I went home after work, ready for the weekend.  Late Friday Night I was surfing around and ran out of interesting places to look at on the internet (Funny huh).  I decided to look one last time at the TaskStream website where my portfolio was being graded.  The Class came up with a lock on it, and I clicked on the Submission Tab.  And there, at 7:15 PM, my Grader had posted my grade.  Dun Dun Dun Dun!!!!!

3.92...
Wait... What...

!!!3.92!!!

3.92 out of 4.0 Roughly equal to a 98%.  Santa Vaca!!! Not only did I pass, I passed right up at the top.  I let out a whoop of triumph and scared Kaylene.  Luckily Joey didn’t wake up so she didn’t automatically kick me.  What a Triumph.  As you can tell, I’m proud of myself.

So I have till the end of October to finish some more classes.  Since I’ve been focusing on Non Tech Classes at the beginning of the term, I’m thinking of finishing the Web Tecnologies and Client Systems Certification. 

Classes Finished:
Term 1:

• Education without Boundaries
• Leadership and Professionalism
• Quantitative Literacy

Term 2:

• Foundations of Language and Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning and Communication
• IT Fundamentals I
• Rhetorical and Critical Writing
• IT Fundamentals II
• IT Fundamentals III
• Programming Fundamentals

Term 3:

• Networks I
• Ethics Part I
• Ethics Part II
• Social Science Part II: American History & Government, World History and Geography

Term 4:

• Natural Science Part II:Concepts & Theories-Life, Earth, Space, and Physical Sciences
• Project Management
• IT Portfolio

Classes still to pass:

Classes with Technical Certifications:

• Client Systems
• Web Technologies
• Programming Fundamentals II
• Database I
• Security I

Non-Technical Classes:

• Research, Writing and Oral Presentation
• Reasoning & Problem Solving in the Context of the Humanities Part I
• Reasoning & Problem Solving in the Context of the Humanities Part II
• Technical Writing
• IT Capstone Project

Kevin Steele