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Posted on January 15th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Dreams.
Last night I had a blast from the past in my dream. I don’t normally have dreams from my time at high school. One character I recall from the dream was Monica. There was a huge dance going on, and for some reason, rather than everyone just dancing everywhere, they were all like dancing in unison… not like from some bad 80s movie… but like… boring soldiers.
Monica was this tall blond model who I was friends with… we had a little crush on each other for a while, but me being the dumbass I was in high school, I never made any serious moves beyond calling her a few times. She was really quite a character. I first met her when doing some 24 hours starvation thing to raise money for some charity.. can’t recall now. The high school allows those participating the sleep over at the high school through the night and provide juice boxes. She of course showed up standing 6′ tall with a single piece pjs… you know.. the kind babies wear… pigtails, and looking as cute as you could imagine. Somehow we hit it off, she ended up in my sociology class, and that’s all I recall about that.
ANYWAYS… in the dream.. we were dancing, and I was telling her how the whole dance was so lame because nobody was dancing to have fun. Later I recall us leaving and she brought me to a circle of her girlfriends and I was just telling jokes and everyone was standing around laughing… it was the only part of the night where it seemed like anybody was having a good time.
That was it… I wonder why I’m having these strange dreams recently/suddenly.
Posted on January 15th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Business News.
Today I have lost approximately 1 hour of productivity time dealing with the after effects of a previous person whom I had the displeasure of doing business with. This character is known in certain circles as some kind of expert, but the truth is, he is completely clueless. What bothers me most is that it took me a good few months to really figure this out. Normally I can smell guys like that from far away, but I guess because he was working with others who seemed good to me I figured there must be something to him.
It took a while, but later that entourage disappeared, and then glimpses of the trail of broken promises, and outright lies started to come to my attention. I suddenly realized my own name was at stake and made a mad dash to get away from him. However today I was once again reminded of just how far his ridiculous stories go.
A lot of this probably doesn’t make much sense to those reading this, other than those who know the intimate details of what took place. I guess my real rant is in how people to business and the lack of integrity that seems to exist everywhere today.
This past year alone, I look back and see a trail of broken promises, unfulfilled orders, and just outright misinformation and misguidance given by so many characters, it’s no wonder so many people have become jaded about the online business world.
At the same time however, it’s made me aware of how valuable business people like me are. Everyone who has ever dealt with me knows I am a straight shooter. I will tell you exactly what’s what, and if you don’t like it, you are more than welcome to find someone else who can do better. 
Just with what has happened to me over the past year, I think I could start a site that could list a sizeable amount of businesses/characters for whom you should ‘beware’ of. Some of them already have a fair amount said that I was only made aware of after it was too late 
… but who runs these ‘review’ sites is often up for question as well. I find a lot of these ‘consumer watcher’ characters are often jaded themselves and give a hard time to anyone whom they see as really successful regardless of their character.
Maybe the next best thing to come for the Internet, is to have lie detection built into our online communications. Hey, not a bad idea. … Imagine being able to be on a call with someone and have an app that picks up the tonalities in their voice which can determine if they are telling the truth or not. I have seen hand held devices that work that way, it’s all just software, so why not build it into an app? I tell ya, it will get these ridiculous characters who like to jump on the phone and spin a good story thinking twice before they try it. Or at least, the guy on the other end will know if he is dealing with a straight shooter, or a pile of doo doo that they can avoid stepping in.
Am I complaining? No, not entirely. Like I said earlier, this helps separate the boys from the men. I just thought/wished that by now, at my age and beyond, people had learned something… maybe I give others too much credit… maybe this is just the way things are that shows us the good from the bad. At least I will go forward a little wiser to ‘good ol’ boy’ manipulations, and to make sure anyone I work with in the future is accountable in word and action like myself.
I will end of by giving you reference to the Wiki definition for the state of mind of the person for whom this lovely little piece was inspired by.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_liar
My only prayer now is that all the damage this guy caused passes by entirely, and I can move forward completely free from having to deal with the BS which he caused/created. For those who are stupid enough to keep believing his lies, you get what you deserve.
Maybe I just have to close my eyes and tap my ruby slippers and say ‘There’s no place like home’ to get me out of this crazy world of liars. Seemed to work for Dorothy. Wait, I don’t own a pair of ruby slippers. (good thing, otherwise I might have some explaining to do :)) So I guess the best way to get them back, is to live well as others like to put it.
Posted on January 14th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Movies.
Tonight I was prompted by my friends to go see the movie Children of Men. It’s about the future some 30 years from now and the whole world by some freak of nature has become infertile. One woman by yet another freak of nature in that time, has become pregnant. It painted a picture of political turmoil, social unrest, and a world all gone to hell basically. I think they put a lot of thought into portraying a realistic image of how the world would respond to such a situation. All hope for the future gone… a world without children… knowing that everything being done will not been seen by another human being in the future would drive everyone into a hopeless state.
There were some rather obvious current political messages and overtones within the movie that were talking about the current Iraq war, and President Bush… maybe the movie was trying to suggest that if we continued down the same road he has lead, that we may see a future like the one illustrated in the movie.
The lead character was a pathetic man who started out as a weak character who didn’t care about anything. It was only once his life was in danger and he found out about the woman that he made a run for it and started into action. The images of refugees being treated like cattle, and military control that was dehumanizing everyone was sad to see.
The makers of the movie also did their part to portray Islam as the only religious fanaticals in the world. Anyone else notice that every single refugee in the movie was someone speaking some various type of European language… while English speakers were legitimate citizens?
My friends were expecting a lot more from the movie, and they are not big fans of thought provoking political films like this one, so they walked away from the theater ranting about how terrible it was.
For myself, I think the obvious message which it was sending that was displayed at the very end got across. Children of Men sends a message of thinking of our children now and the world we are creating for tomorrow. By glimpsing into the next generation what could happen to them if we continue the way we are, we destroy all hope for humanities future.
Overall, not too bad of a movie with a rather serious message.
MoviesPosted on January 13th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Dreams.
Last night I had a dream similar to dreams I have had in the past. I haven’t posted them on the new version of this site again yet… but essentially for many years I have had a dream similar to the end of the world, and me being the last one left. I usually have one girl with me whom I am also trying to save… in the course of the dreams I am often the one everyone is after, but they never manage to get me, while I am trying to get away to somewhere where I can warn everyone about what is happening. The dreams always end with me leaving the place where all these walking dead people are destroying everything.
Anyways.. last night I had that dream again. I recall being with a small group of people and we were trying to find our way out of a building filled with these living dead people who were seeing to get a hold of us and turn us into them basically. One by one each member got pegged off until it was just me, who managed to get out of the building. Once in the street I was in a big city with very big buildings everywhere. I made my way to an office buildng where Bell was located. I knew that if I got there, I could send a message out to the rest of the world and warn them of what is coming. Going into the building the workers there seemed oblivious and disbelieving of what I told them. Regardless, I franticly made my way up to the the top of the building where the communications center was. As I made my way, I saw workers changing from their oblivious into living dead also.. following me like a wave, but again, not reaching me.
It’s been a long time since I had one of these dreams like this.. years.. I never really understood why I always had this dream of being the last of the living on earth. Different variations of vampires, werewolves, zombies, and walking skelletons in a setting of Armageddon where everything is quite literally going to hell. I know yesterday wasn’t anything particularly unusual, so I am left wondering why after years I am suddenly having this dream again.
Perhaps it’s a sign of change.
DreamsPosted on January 12th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Personal News.
I have had a MySpace profile since early last year for myself. I have done other things with MySpace outside of my own profile but have only recently started really ’socializing’ on MySpace with it. What facinates me about MySpace is that even though there is certainly a lot of options, when I first ‘meet’ sombody, I find myself somewhat stumped as to what to say to them in private messages beyond the regular dolt like ‘Hi, so tell me about you.’ :)… I am significantly above average in terms of my online communication skills, so if I find it difficult for me… I can only imagine the squimish… perhaps I only find it difficult because I am not entirely inspired by a lot of what I see… perhaps the normality of the profiles elicit that type of response from me… maybe I am just too busy to really think about it and care… so my base nature takes over with the same responses given by men everyday.. ‘You are soooo hot!’ ‘Damn you fine!’ … though I won’t diminish myself by taking effort to make such comments. … maybe these are just echos from my years of thorough rap music brainwashing me as a teenager.
It’s interesting though how when I do turn to do a little maintenance on my profile I suddenly find myself drawn into one profile after the other after the other. There are way to many cute, sexy, beautiful, hot girls there… I think I am more entertained by attempting to determine if they are real people or not. Usually the dead give away that they are not is when they will say something along the lines of ‘I am addicted to sex’. hahaha… well.. perhaps it’s not fair to say that they are not real… sure there are some people in the world that like to admit to being whores, but it’s sorta strange to see that same message consistantly.
I don’t spend that much time there though… as some of you know I have far to much on my shoulders right now. Nonetheless, the occasional browse about has helped me take notice of certain trends that I am certain are going to be very useful in the coming months for myself and my clients… heck… maybe even my social life… who ever is reading this… take a good look… you are currently viewing my social life … I am virtually social … virtual living? social virtual life? … bah…
Oh well.. just some thoughts on MySpace and me. If you want to see my ‘Super’ profile, you can check it out at:
www.myspace.com/jonathanlivedotcom
And remember boys and girls, send me a friend request 
