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Name: Alex
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Birthday: 12/4/1980
Gender: Male
Interests: skiing, snowboarding, physical fitness, outdoors activities, fire, law enforcement, music, how the minds of stupid people work
Expertise: firefighting, EMS, communications, being a royal pain in the ass when I really want to
Occupation: Operations
Industry: Government
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  MiniMeTuba
Yahoo:  alexlcfas
Member Since:
1/20/2005
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| Not sure what to write about today in this space of boredom on a Sunday afternoon when I should be sleeping.
I got a new shift at work. It's nice, because I get 4 days off
after tonight's shift (2 of which I would be working on my current
shift). I make up for it by working next weekend again, which is
fine cuz I had nothing planned anyway. The new shift is gonna be
nice because it will be the same crew of officers on the road, and will
include the month of days/month of nights rotation as well, which will
be good because it will get me some real day shift experience. I
am gonna miss working with Jason, Mike, and the 2 patrol squads that I
currently work with though. I'm looking at the new shift as a
promotion of sorts, now give me the pay raise to go along with it
dammit!
Took my first vacation day of my employment with Bernards Twp
yesterday. Went to the Berkeley Heights fireworks with Anya,
definitely a great way spend a vacation day. Looking forward to
taking more later on this summer too!
Practiced my bagpipes today. I'm getting better every time I pick
them up! Still not up to parade caliber yet, but I'm getting
there. I'll be ready for Sept 25...that's my goal anyway, cuz
that's my first parade.
Looking for at least one person to help me move stuff to the place in
Bridgewater at the beginning of August. If you volunteer, you
will be compensated with food! That's a pretty sweet deal if you
ask me.
That's it for now, back to being bored.
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| I'm thinking of switching my blog to myspace.com. That seems to be the popular site as of late. Don't think I'm gonna be posting to 2 blogs if I do, so I'll keep everyone posted. This could be a major life altering decision folks!
I got the job at the YMCA (finally). So, there goes anything closely resembling a life that I may have had. Essentially, it's gonna be about 20 hrs per paycheck, which at $14/hr, is going to be a nice bit of cabbage to help pay for things. I start on Wed afternoon, and I'm very excited about the fact that I've been hired as a manager, and not someone who has to work their way up from the bottom.
In other news, I think it is pretty safe to say that Anya and I are dating, which I think is absolutely great! Finally, someone who is not from RU (which also excludes Band and MYA). She did go to RU for a year, but that's beside the point. She's a really great person and really fun to be around. And for Jason, yes, she does exist, and Mike has met her and can verify that for you.
Not sure if I mentioned last post that I might be going to Police Academy starting in September. Nothing's concrete yet, but I'll keep everyone posted.
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| Wow, been almost a month since I've posted anything. Not much,
but a lot, has been going on. For starters, I'm damn near
bankrupt, or so I feel. Hence, I am applying for a 2nd job.
Hopefully it'll be at the YMCA as a part time manager on evenings and
weeknds...when I'm not dispatching of course. Or playing my
bagpipes, now that I actually have them! That's right, they
finally got delivered today!
In other news, I've been chillin' with Anna, who is my official biker
babe. Anna's a friend from high school, and definitely one of the
coolest people I know. Not to quote certain other people, but we
have this bond, in that we really feed off of each other energy and
creativity wise.
Went on another motorcycle rally today. Damn it was hot.
And my scalp got sunburned. "But Alex, I thought you had thick
hair!?!?" Well, to tell you I suddenly went bald since the last
time you saw me would just be a flat out lie. Not naturally bald
anyway. But, I did discover a very cheap and maintenance free to
cut my hair. If you haven't guessed by now, I've started shaving
my head. I wish this was a prelude to a stint in police academy,
but alas, it's just my subconscious desire to be in such a place taking
over. That and the reasons above. Not sure if I'm gonna
keep it this way, but I'm gonna go like it for the summer.
I haven't been on such a good streak at poker lately. Been losing
a lot. Won a lot a few months ago, but now I'm really
falling. I should cut my losses and find something else to do
with my time, like read, or practice, or sleep perhaps.
I've also, due to the impending 2nd job and move to Bridgewater, have
requested a membership status change in the First Aid Squad.
Basically, I lose my voting and office holding privleges, oh, and my 30
hour monthly duty hour obligation. So, it's free membership for
doing nothing, and it's called "Daytime Member Status." I guess
it's cool. Still not sure if I'm gonna join Green Knoll FD once
I'm in Bridgewater in August. Especially since my main priorities
right now are money and bagpipes.
Priorities: Most people would think my head is on
backwards. Money is a good priority to have, especially when it's
tight, and the lavish lifestyle I want to live cannot be supported by
my full-time job. But bagpipes...what kinda priority is
that? What happened to what a guy's main priorities should
be? I got money covered. Women and sex...crazy about both,
but not dependent on either. Same with friends and socialization
and their relation to having a good time. I love all my friends,
and this is in no way meant to be negative or derogatory towards
anyone. I could probably be a hermit if I wanted to. Me, my
hut, my motorcycle, and my bagpipes. Oh, and lots of porn  .
Seriously though, learning to play the bagpipes has really taken me out
of the depressive funk I was in earlier this year. And I'm
progressing really well at something I've wanted to do for quite a
while.
Anyway, socialization calls (see, I'm not a hermit, but I could be). Until next time, enjoy your own life!
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| The Stuff You Don't Know
Sometimes, knowing what you know is good enough. Sometimes you
desire to know more...everything even. Oftentimes, when you get
that information, you wish that your selfish desire to know everything
wasn't so big. Until it did or does affect you directly.
I'm not sure if you've got it figured out yet, but if you don't, let me
know. I can fill you in on what I know about what you should
know, shouldn't know, and maybe even what you want to know beyond
that. I don't claim to be all knowing...that would be
astronomical for anyone, except maybe Gahandi or Nostradamus. I
just know that I know what I know, and you might be able to benefit
from that.
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| This is a special update for Jeff, cuz he's that bored that he has nothing better to do than read my blog 
I don't seem to have enough time in a day to do everything that needs
to get done. Ever get that feeling? Happens a lot
lately. I haven't been working out a lot either, due to other
committments that take up the free time, and that really hurt me on 2
police tests. I'm still on the lists, but not in the top group
that they're looking for immediate candidates from. And that just
sucks the big one.
Anyway, my new bike is close to the first 600 miles...I can't believe
I've ridden 600 miles already! I'm going tomorrow to spend approx
$1200 on pipes, carb re-jetting, a hi performance air filter, the 600
mile service, and all the labor charges (it costs approx $75/hr for
someone to do work on a motorcycle). Then I'm gonna go spend $15
on a do it yourself manual so I never have to pay that much unless it's
a really major service. Either way, I look at these expenditures
as an investment in my sanity, or lack thereof. That's how I
justify spending money on things that I really can't afford. Oh,
and that pay raise that's supposedly around the corner at work. I
probably won't be there long enough to see it.
That's about it for now. I feel good knowing that at least one
person will get about a minute of bordem free time reading this.
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