So it has been awhile since I posted anything! Not like I've just been lazy and ignoring you all! I want you to go back and read the first post in the blog. I'll wait...

The Family

So I'm back! I've come back to the middle of nowhere to try something different and hopefully move forward in life. I'm happier then I've ever been and that alone was worth the trip. I look forward to sharing more with you as I continue this journey!! 

So off we go! Full speed ahead!

Chris

Advertising, The Internet, and YOU!

This used to be an article supporting internet advertising. At the time (and in the present) I still believe sensible advertising on the internet is important and inherintly necessary. However google decided to suspend my adsense account and seize the money I had made simply for DISCUSSING it.

So here's my new article.

Fuck you google.

The Lost Generation

Hey guys,

So I was looking through some old pictures that I had stashed away in my drawer and it occurred to me that we haven't actually printed pictures in ages! The invent of the digital camera seemed to completely eliminate the need for actual photographs and then along came facebook which offered to store our pictures for us. I won't argue that its convenient but it got me thinking about all the things that we store on hard drives. It doesn't take long to realize how vulnerable we've become by making our lives digital. By storing records online and pictures online and important documents online that in the past would have been stored in a fireproof vault somewhere. Naturally this thought train led me to wonder, what would happen if some cataclysmic event occurred that destroyed our computers and wiped out everything we had worked so hard to accumulate over the years. And if such an event occurred then who would tell our story? What would our generation look like in 100 years. It appears that it would be so easy for us to just disappear off the radar and that's a little bit scary...

My final word: Print out your pictures and your documents. Keep a physical copy of things because we've all been there. We've all crashed a computer and kicked ourselves for not backing it up.

I leave you with a picture I took awhile back, its gorgeous. Enjoy :)

Oh interworld net. I found this video yesterday which has been around for awhile but I tend to avoid youtube because Rogers has such unreasonably LOW internet caps that it just isn't in thebandwidth budget unless I'm in that I don't care mode...but that's another blog.

Anywhooooo it's by Andrew Bravener and it's about youtubers whoring themselves out for likes and comments and subscribers and such and I couldn't agree more! Run over to the youtube and watch it. Let me just find the link...just a moment...duh duh duh.....here. No seriously, watch it. I'll wait...
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Welcome back! Now let me tell you a little tale about me. I blog (odviously, did I need to even say that??) I tweet, I facebook, I youtube and although I have no problem posting interconnecting links in my blog posts or my twitter or perhaps publishing my newest youtube video on facebook, I would not consider myself 'in it for the views' or the page hits. I genuinely post my crap on the internet because I enjoy doing it. I enjoy writing these pointless blog posts and connecting with old friends on facebook and twitter... well I whore myself out on twitter. Who doesn't?

But the moral of my story is this. I completely agree with that video I posted and just think people should start considering why they do stuff. Why did you upload that video on youtube? Did you think that people would genuinely enjoy it or are you doing it for views? Do you write blog posts with a gagillion tags so that a bunch of people will accidentally stumble upon it or do you write about what's in your head in the hopes that similar people might come across it and genuinely enjoy what you have to say?

In closing I'm gonna show you how all my blog posts COULD end :)
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Who's back?

Guess who's back! It's me! I say it over and over. You must blog... YOU MUST but I never get around to doing it and it's a shame since I have so much to talk about... haha anybody who knows me knows that that is not the case. I've always had an interest in keeping a blog that I could read years in the future to bring back the memories lost over time.

So let me start out by painting you a verbal picture (that's a thing right?). I enjoy reading blogs and news articles but I always wonder about the person that's writing them. Are they sitting in an office? On the couch watching something that's taking away half their brain? Or are they sitting naked in the bath with a bottle of wine and a laptop on the side? It most definitely is one of the great mysteries of life so I've decided that when I post a post I shall start out by describing the current situation as it appears around me. So here goes. As I write this I am lying in bed all tucked in and ready to sleep propped up on a pillow. Of course I have music playing and I am sitting in the dark. It's extremely difficult to see the keyboard so I do apologize for any spelling errors as I am typing by memory and lastly I am in bedtime mode :) Glasses, PJ's and a bottle of water by my side. Now that the mystery is gone, on with the post!

I recently decided to move back to Brampton to be with my family and aid in the progression of my life. I realized that although being in the middle of nowhere has its advantages there's nothing quite like being surrounded by your loved ones. I miss my friends, my co-workers and most of all my family (and I assume they miss me too!). So on saturday I will be beginning my journey home and wouldn't you know I already have plans for the next day. Who has the best friends in the world?

I recently celebrated my 19th birthday and as you may or may not know I live in Ontario. So now I'm completely legal to smoke drink and gamble my life away if I so choose to do so. I didn't have the typical birthday in which you get completely hammered and stay away from booze for a month. I went to the casino, had a drink and then came home and polished off a bottle of wine with my aunt (being in the middle of nowhere I have no friends here so what's a guy to do?). It was a lovely night and I'm thankful to her for being there. Other then that nothing much has happened in the last little while. I keep on keepin' on. I've got some more heavily themed drinkathons to catch up on when I get back and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. I hope you have been good dear reader and I do apologize for not posting anything sooner.

I leave you tonight with this thought. It's funny the way life works. Sometimes all it takes is to remove yourself from a situation to get a good look and realize that the solution to the problem has been under your nose the whole time. The ones we love get on our nerves but the most important thing to remember is that no matter the problem, it all can be solved with communication. We may not be comfortable talking about certain things but in the end it's the only way to get to the root of a problem and solve it. Cherish your family, spend as much time as possible with them because they won't be around forever. And remember, conflict comes to those who look for it. Don't look for it, and it won't look for you.

Much love interwebs ~~~

Chris