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I saw regular gas at QuickTrip (off of Roswell rd.) for $3.89 for the first time in over 8 weeks.

Needless to say, I'm excited.

Work has been going well. I've been super busy designing two websites for them. It's really, really awesome.

School is tough, be I got my scholarship back, which is a good amount of money now for school. Although the classes are another story... I seriously haven't done math or calc or trig since highschool. I love math, but man, this is tough.

I'm writing this from the Daily Grind, which by the way has the best coffee.

Plus free WiFi, so screw Starbucks.

I got my Obama 08' bumper sticker in on yesterday, this is going to rule.

Labels: safe america, updates, work

It's been really busy the past couple of weeks. Finals, overtime at SAF, busy with two clients and trying to get this v2interactive launched on it's due date. (which it did, on June 1st)

All is well there, though. It's really keeping me busy, that's for sure. Now that it's all done-ish, I can sit back for a few and have some time to get back to playing basketball.

Speaking of which, the finals should be very interesting. I'm so good, my predictions were right. Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers. You want a spoiler? Celtics in game 6 will take it. I've got twenty on it, who's game? Game 1 is on the 5th, that should tell a lot about how this series will unfold.

Alright, back to work. Later.

Edit

Check out the website at v2interactive.net, and e-mail me at josh@v2interactive.net with any errors or problems. Thanks.

Labels: basketball, life, updates, v2

Hey everybody, has it really been a month since the last update? My bad.

It's been a real hectic time. I'm just finished up my spring semester at school, getting all A's and one B. That's the first time I've had such high grades since elementary school! Next semester should be fine, but fall of 08' is really going to kick my butt. That's when all the advanced programming classes come into play. I can't wait to learn about network admin'ing.

V2interactive is still getting work done. We've acquired two clients and a possible third. The website is still in design... Well, let me take that back. The design is perfect and complete, it's just the content that's really kicking my rear-end.

1. Our first client is a automotive club in need of flyers and business cards.
2. The second client is a small business owner, right down the street who needs help designing a mass mailing.
3. Finally, the third possible client is a local man, who needs one-on-one training on how to update and maintain their company website.

Over all, we're looking at a 100+ hours of work. Not bad for not even (officially) being in business.

Another 150 billion dollars are being dumped into this 8 year "war"... And we wonder why our economy is so crappy? Let's dig in Alaska, use half of it (enough to supply the whole US for 15 years!) and save the other half in reserves, while we find alternative energy forms.

I'm getting pretty sick and tired of these tree huggers who think there is going to be so much harm and wrongful doing if we dig for oil in Alaska. If all these people love the area so much, then go take a 10 minute stay there, and check it out. There is NOTHING to see. Meanwhile, Iraq is laughing at us, as they're paying 15 cents a gallon for their gas. Ironic, isn't it? But no, let's question and accuse our main source of oil for ripping is off. There ya' go, let's burn every bridge we have.

Watching Hillary and Barack on T.V. is just like watching Dumb & Dumber. You can pick who is who... One complains about racism, the other sexism, meanwhile old man river is laughing all the way to the bank. It's horrible to say, but sometimes I think Fidel Castro had it all right.

On that note, I'm going to get back to my chickfila. I'll post someting later... I'll probably tell ya'll how I got to take my Honda around the Atlanta Motor Speedway @ 120mph, ha!

Labels: adventures, life, updates, v2, work

Click here to go to V2interactive.net

• V2interactive acquired 2 additional clients
• JP is now on board, as Public Relation/Marketing
• We're working on an affiliate with TigerDirect.com (computer reseller)

• The layout for our website is complete
• New employee hired for PR/HR
• Content under construction
• Everything going as planned for our June 1st opening day

April 12th, 2008:

April 4th, 2008:

• Company name registered and copyright
• Business plan complete
• Possible affiliate pending

Additional notes:

• We are currently hiring in several different departments. If you're a graphic designer, web designer, have knowledge in Flash or studying/majored in marketing or public relation please e-mail jobs@joshz.net

Labels: business, company, updates, v2

Payroll was due today. From April 1st, projected until April 15th I will have worked 91.5 hours.

On top of that I'm taking 12 hours of classes at school.

Drained? You don't know the half of it.

I'll probably end up going in tomorrow anyways to fix Deborah's computer. (There's always something funny going on with that machine)

It's still a blast and a great place to work for.

GE went down almost 5 points today. I've been trying to keep an eye out for some companies. GE, along with CitiGroup (symbol "C") and Apple. Earlier in March CitiGroup was down to just 19 points, then five weeks later bounced back to 28 points. I still kick myself in the rear end for not acting on my instinct. I swore the next time it hits under 20 I'll put in a few shares. Apple, on the other hand will be more of a long term investment. No time soon, but ya' know... it can't hurt to dream.

I'm also in the process of starting up my own business. Mainly specializing in design and marketing. From web development to wedding photography. It's still really up in the air, but it's a realistic goal I have set for myself. I love working, however, it would be amazing to have some side cash flow to keep the creditors at bay.

I guess that's pretty much it. Until next time, take care.

Labels: business, company, lifes, updates, v2

Here's to another Monday at the office.

I think Georgia is the most bipolar (weather wise) state in this nation.

Example:

This past weekend, high 70's, low 50's.

Today (Monday) - Snow flurries.

Thus, one more reason I want to move back to Texas.

On a side note, we've been working on setting up WordPress on our Unix machine at the office, and I'm really consider merging my blog with WordPress, instead of the rather restrictive Blogger.

Suggestions are welcomed.

Good day.

Labels: updates, work

Finally, some new pictures of the Prelude. Props to Robbie G. for the photos! Click on the thumbnail to view the full image:

Labels: cars, photography, prelude, updates

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW....

It's been a while since the last update, and I'm sorry.

My classes just started back up and I'm working full time as the I.T. analyst @ SAF. To add to the chaos, I'm also coaching Basketball for 4/5 year olds on the weekends.

In between all of that, I finally got my new..ish car. A 2001 Honda Prelude!

I PROMISE I will have a worthy post be the end of the week, recapping everything that's been going on.

Labels: updates

Labels: joshz.net, new, updates

I've been thinking about switching up the layout to the main website for joshz.net.

Thoughts and opinions are welcomed. Above is a thumbnail for a basic layout I made a couple months ago, but never decided to use.

Labels: design, joshz.net, resume, updates

"Paid Vacation"

Labels: boredom, drawing, portfolio, updates, work

"Dark Brick Road"


"Area 51"

Labels: design, joshz.net, photography, portfolio, updates

New photographs added to the joshz.net portfolio section this morning.

Read More...

Plus Kevin Garnett's on the way from Finishline on sale for $49.99

Labels: design, graphics, joshz.net, photography, portfolio, resume, updates

I have a cavity, and I can not see the dentist until Tuesday. I would be sitting here complaining and crying about how bad it hurts and sucks but the pain killer pills he gave me kicked.

I'm scared to death of the dentist. I think I'm going to have a mild panic attack at his office next week, making a total idiot of myself.

Cheers to the three day weekend, though. A much needed 'mini' vacation from the hectic collage of work and school.

Speaking of which, both are going well.

Anyways, this was just a weekly check in. Expect an actual update to the blong, and http://www.joshz.net by Monday.

Have a safe weekend, and happy holiday.

Labels: joshz.net, life, updates

I know, I know... It's been a coupe days... I mean weeks since the last update.

I don't think I've ever been busier in my entire life. Monday, Wednesday and Friday's I work at my new job @ SafeAmerica as their I.T. guy from 8am til 3pm, then run to my job at the gym from 4pm till 9pm. After that I try to spend aleast an hour playing basketball or working out to keep in shape.

Tuesday's and Thursdays I have class from 9am till 3pm then somehow manage to squeeze lunch in before going back to my job at the gym from 4pm till 9pm.

I still work Saturday's too, teaching little 4 and 5 year olds the concepts and rules of sports like baseball, basketball and hockey.

This is all while trying to maintain my sanity and a female friend.

I promise there will be more updates and I will not neglect the website. Infact, I'm working hard on new conent and a little redesign for joshz.net.

Keep in touch everybody, be safe.

Labels: joshz.net, life, school, updates, work

Monday is finally over, thank goodness. Thus marks the end of the first day of the work week, well not including my shift on Saturday.

Speaking of work, I finally got my "bonus" after weeks of waiting. Hopefully I'll be granted another one, or else... Well, I don't know... I've never felt so under appreciated at work before, and I've been working for seven years.

Joshz.net has been updated as well. I've changed around a couple of things in the layout and menus. I've also condensed some pages together, and made some brand new ones, including a site map.

I'm going to register for fall courses next week. I need to take the following:

1. Network Security
2. Dynamic HTML Coding
3. E-Commerce Ethics
4. Internet Business Fundamentals

This is already my fourth year in college, and I still haven't graduated. I might be a 5 and a half year graduate. But hey, better late than never.

Don't forget to check out http://www.joshz.net/ though for the latest art and writing's.

Labels: joshz.net, life, school, updates, work

Life is pretty much kicking my butt right about now. Trying to balance two jobs and take summer courses is a lot harder than I had previously imagined. I sometimes can't even find time to study, go to the gym or anything else, I'm just swamped... Atleast my website is low maintenance, I just need to make sure it's up-to-date and error free.

Hopefully, by the end of the week I'll just have one jump, neither of them listed above. Last week I had my formal interview at SafeAmerica to see how I'd qualify to pick up a possible career there. In the mean time, I've got scheduled for a follow up this Friday @ 10am to talk about hours, salary and different positions I could help in, two of them being their I.T. and marketing departments. It would fit my degree in e-commerce like a glove, so we'll see.

Is it time for elections yet, or what? I know it's unprofessional to speak about who you're voting for, but... Obama 2008!

I'm still debating if I should invest money into getting a stack of 500 or so business cards to help promote my new website... Speaking of which, joshz.net should be under-going some major changes in the next couple of weeks. There are designs and plans to extend the portfolio section, other ideas include a forum and user-friendly log-in for clients. This is all in the air as of now, so keep in touch for any updates.

It's late, and I should be working on my English essay, or atleast my graphic design logo project... Crap, speaking of school, I need register for fall classes sometime soon before they fill up again. I never knew the Computer Information System classes were so popular.

Labels: joshz.net, life, updates

Tonight I updated joshz.net with more items in my portfolio. Another note, I'm in the process of gathering all my previous photography work to compile it into it's own portfolio. With that in mind, I'm starting to debate what new camera to buy.... Hmm.

Speaking of spending money, I've been working two jobs and going to school (12 hours) over this summer. It's really starting to kick my ass... I really have little to no free time. On the flip side, I'm sitting on money though. I don't plan on keeping this up much longer, just long enough to get some bills paid off and maybe some cash in my pockets.

Once this is all over, I'll have plenty of time dedicated into the main website. Also, with time I plan on raising some promotions for this site. Maybe offering specials or free trail designs or graphics. To help furthermore, I have a small order for business cards with the URL, description and contact information, on order.

Labels: business, graphics, joshz.net, portfolio, updates