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Time, Trucks & Teeth

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:11:10 -0700

Hello All,

Just a brief update here about what I have been up to this Summer since I don't post on this site as much as I do Live Journal (which is mainly for people I am thouroughly acquainted with - not to be a snob or anything).

This summer in order to make some money and gain some useful experience, I worked for a company that is sub contracted with the rail roads to spray weeds that grow up around the tracks. I did it for about half of a season (it was already June when I learned about it) and despite some complications near the end, it was overall a positive experience. I originally thought I would work there longer but like I said, there were some complications that arose and I felt it was best to end my season in the second week of September.

Now I am chasing another opportunity that will secure my interests for Fall and Winter, maybe even a little of Spring.

It is still my intention to attend truck driving school in Oregon. I will just be attending next year instead of this one as originally planned.

I am having some work done on my teeth these next two months but not as much as I would have liked to have done due to finances and not having made as much money as I thought I would or having received as many benefits from the VA as I thought I would, which is a dissapointment but life is full of them as we all know. So I will just revamp and make a new plan to accomplish this a different way. It will just take more time but it is what it is, as dissapointing as it is.

That is all for this post. I hope everyone is doing well out there in Vox land.

Sincerely,

Echelon

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A Love Not Lost, A Love Found New!

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:30:53 -0700

Hello All,

I thought I would go ahead and break the news for those of you who haven't heard.
As of this past weekend, Cynthia and I have decided to get back together. This long and nightmarish ordeal has been working on us both and our hearts have turned back toward each other. We have agreed to do many things differently this time and will be taking a communications class together in July. I have taken the class already myself but wanted to go again with her since many things are relevant to both of us and we should invest that into "us".
I am very happy that we have not lost each other for good. Despite all that went wrong the last couple of years I love Cynthia very much and she loves me very much as well. It is true that during the last two years many things went wrong. We talked about them and agreed to work on them as we try to get more balance in our new relationship. This is not a recycle of the old. It is something brand new and each of us feels that excited feeling again that new lovers feel but we will not have to learn everything about each other all over again as we do know each other and have just passed the six year mark a couple of weeks ago.
This has not changed my plans to return to the West for training in my new career field. I am still saving up money for that and later today I have to go pick up the check at Pracs ($3K). The study concluded yesterday. In 29 days I will be doing another one to continue to build up the savings. I am about half way to the amount of money I will need for school in Portland, Oregon and have a place in mind to stay that isn't going to cost too much. In the interim, I will have to do one maybe two more studies depending on their value. The one I just did was valued at $5.5K and Pracs paid $2500 of that to us earlier in two installments, which is good because $1K went to establish my money market account and the rest I needed for expenses and crisis handling.
For the time being I am still in Moorhead, MN to finish stuff up down here, like the study related activities. It didn't make sense to return to Ada yet only to have to come back down here right away. I was up there this weekend. I did some stuff around the house and still have more that I want to do. Cynthia just simply hasn't had the time working two jobs and trying to get sleep when she can. Its my aim once I am driving the truck that she will be able to quit her second job and get more rest and more time at home. Its going to be more of a partnership with us now, not just Cynthia with her agenda and Echelon with his agenda. We are aiming for more closeness and both realize many areas where things went wrong now that we have been apart and 20/20 hindsight. I should be going HOME tomorrow though! Home - Its a word we often take for granted until we don't have one anymore and I hope that NONE of you ever have to have that feeling of waking up in the morning in a strange place and realizing that you have no place to call home anymore because it is one of the most draining and deflating feelings a human can feel. I may be Goth but I do not will to dwell in the depths of depression like that and hope I will not have to endure anything like that ever again. An experience such as this has been does change you and I suspect in some ways I am not yet aware of. I have enough material to write a book someday if I so will but right now things are still heading up and there is much to look forward to now. For that I am grateful!
So this past weekend started Friday, when Cynthia picked me up, we ate lunch and she needed to get some supplies but we were very happy and having fun with each other again. She had to go to her second job in the afternoon and dropped me at the house, where I spent a lot of time working on it, doing needed housework and the like.
Saturday, when she got home from her main job, we ate and cuddled literally the whole rest of the day. Sunday, we did the same. I have not felt that loved or wanted in a very long time and I am sure Cynthia would say the same thing.
For those of you who don't know, we were able to see each other since last Thursday and communicate by phone & email for a couple of weeks prior to that, so things are not quite as fast as they seem by reading here. There have been many incremental steps along the way that I just haven't written about because it would simply take too long to explain and I wanted to wait until I was sure what direction things were going in.
There is a chance, just a chance at this point I will be out in August with her for a tiny visit. I will keep you posted on this and I will resume posting in LJ now as I see fit.
Sincerely,

Echelon

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My Potential Book & Stuff Sale in June or July

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:25:59 -0700

Hello All,

I am thinking of selling a lot of my things off sometime soon, including most of my books save for some general titles. I don't know when I will get back up to Ada, MN where they are located but I want to consolidate my inventory, put them online at Amazon's Market Place and sort through stuff I will be selling on ebay as well. So there is nothing I can do about this yet without getting back up there in person to do the work I have to do on this but I thought I would throw this out for my people as what I intend to do. The proceeds will be invested into my money market account in the "Joint Future Building Fund", where they will earn interest and help me to provide a better tomorrow.

As the time draws closer, I will post where my items can be found.

Also, I still want to do a garage sale with Cynthia sometime as there are many smaller items we both wish to get rid of that can probably be done better on a more local scale.

Echelon

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Waiting on the Mail

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Tue, 01 May 2007 11:03:55 -0700

There are two important things I am looking forward to in the mail and the most important one is the key to contact so to speak. I am chomping at the bit to send someone an email, an ecard, even a phone call but I cannot do anything until I have the spec sheet in hand. Iv'e been checking the mail like a kid anticipating the arrival of Santa Clause on Christmas or something. From what Iv'e been told it should be here anytime this week now, hopefully tomorrow. I would just go down and get it in person but then the question may come up, "How did you know this would be here"? AND I'm not sure when the specs go into effect, so that is why I'm hesitant to go announce that I know about this. I will say its very very tempting to me though, I want so bad to communicate with Cynthia again, but I must defer to patience because if something were to go wrong it could blow the whole works and things are bad enough for me right now as it is. The other thing I am looking for in the mail is a surprise that I want to share with Cynthia when I am able.

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Wanted to mention something about VOX & Personal Note:

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:30:11 -0700

I have written several descriptions under photographs and audio for several items. In order to see these "descriptions", you have to look at each one individually or in "slideshow mode" so that the picture or CD Cover is large showing in the middle of the screen, then what I wrote about it will be seen underneath it. I haven't posted a description of everything but have for quite a few things.

Before this gets to "wordy", I'll end.

Personal Note: I got some extremely good news a little while ago that I was not expecting but had hoped would come eventually. I'm not going to tell what it is because its near to my heart right now and I'm not sure what I can say yet as I haven't received the specifications sheet so to speak. I know, if you don't know me or whats going on in my life right now then this will make no sense and please just disregard but the main point I am trying to make is that I feel some joy today and haven't felt that for awhile. I have been given something to look forward to in the short term.

Echelon

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Those Pesky Links! :)

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:18:36 -0700

I did a link check a little while ago and I thought I had corrected the PRACS one last week. Turns out I didn't. It had an extra "/" mark at the end that kept messing it up. Now I have it corrected, at least it worked when I tested it.

Seems like everything else is working as well. If you do click a link and its not working, let me know and I'll look into it.

Echelon

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Rating & Reviewing My CD Collection

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:52:43 -0700

I used to DJ in Seattle with my ex turned friend. At the time we played Goth weddings and private parties, we were mobile DJs. Out here in Minnesota we DJ'd at a club for a little while but there isn't a scene out this way so it didn't get off the ground that well.

Anyway, I have begun to go through all the CDs I have listed in my VOX Audio section. It will take time to get to all of them and I am skipping around quite a bit to keep it interesting. The point is that I am making comments about the cds, what I thought of them, maybe highlighting certain tracks and giving the reasons why I like them or the CD in general. I am also going to "star" rate everything. VOX has five stars to use for a rating system. If you don't see a rating from me on the CD, I will get back to it. Also, some CDs just contain notes to myself about who (myself or my ex) owns a certain cd. She is storing my CDs until I can safely retrieve them.

Its fun and maybe if you are curious about a certain CD, I can fill you in on it a little better. Also, feel free to send me a message if you have a specific question about something, just don't be rude or disrespectful if you expect a response or don't want to have your message or comment deleted. I don't put up with ill mannered people.

I will eventually as time allows get to the video and book collection as well but for me a former Mobile DJ, the CD collection if the obvious place to start.

Yours Truly,

DJ Echelon

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By the way...

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:33:36 -0700

Just in case there is any confusion, I am a Male Goth. Most of my friends are female and I have pictures of goth girls on my site because I like girls a lot, and goth girls are my favorite. I myself am straight as in not gay but I make no judgements on what anyone else wants to do. Just thought I'd throw that in as a bonus in case anyone might be wondering. A careful read of my profile will reveal that I am male and my blog has explained the deal on photographs as well, so before anyone posts a comment thinking they are talking to one of the girls that are pictured, you might just want to read a little more carefully first :) . I can see how that mistake would be made though so no harm, no foul and the pictures of the goths are very attractive and I am glad to see that others share that opinion as well.

Echelon

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A Note About My Space:

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:28:32 -0700

Due to having to run things remotely right now at the Moorhead Library, I am only able to check MySpace infrequently because they filter it for child protection compliance. Sometimes I can get the filter temporarily removed but its easiest to just communicate with me by HotMail or right here in VOX by message :) .

Happy Days Ahead,

Echelon

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PRACS link fixed:

nobody@vox.com(Echelon) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:25:08 -0700

The link to PRACS on the right sidebar is now fixed.

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