2014 – The year of ‘I Don’t Know’

So, it’s 2014, and I’m trying to improve my communication skills, so here’s another new years resolution-o-rama! Happy fun times will be had by all...or all will die trying. ...or something in between, whatever... After a few years of naming my years, akin to the naming conventions of the Chinese calendar, this year, I’ve decided to go with another (possibly my last) name for the year – the year of I don’t know. “What does this mean?” I hear you ask (right after “Why should I care?” and “who the fuck are you, anyway?”). Maybe it has to do with my recent shedding of any sliver of religion I ever had and proclaimed myself an atheist and began my journey of acceptance that there are things that we just don’t know. Maybe it refers to the fact that I have no plans for this year, and am not sure where it will lead me during the tumultuous time that is my end-20s. Maybe I just found the title of a recent Adventure Time video game to be oddly fitting. Maybe it’s all of these. Maybe it’s none of these. Maybe it’s two and the third is filled with some sort of ice-cream filling...which is some metaphor for something and I didn’t just put it in there for the sake of it. ...yeah, I’m like glass... I’m glad that, unlike many people out there, despite not knowing where I’m going I’m feeling ok. Happy. Whatever the year may bring, I know there’s a decent chance that it won’t be my last, and that it will be another good one. Hopefully I’ll be able to get some stuff done – website, a job, I might even go back to Uni to do engineering, getting my eye looked at by an ophthalmologist, beefing up my car audio system – but who knows. My only resolution is to keep going, I guess. Find the good in things, learn to express myself better, learn to do more things for myself, and overall just enjoy myself as much as I can while getting the most out of life...or some shit like that. Or maybe just doing some of the things that I said I’d do, last new year. Or both. Or neither. Or.........I really have to get a handle on that... Also, still more adventure. HAPPY 2014.

My Domain Has Growing Pains

Well, my hosting at Blue Host recently expired, and I changed hosts to one a little close to home. No problems there, though transferring my domain, itself was a bit of a bust. It didn't go through like it was supposed to, and now I have it on back-order. The domain 'coramaximus.com' is currently in some "redemption period", and I think it will be unavailable until new year. The alternative is to spend $70 (US) to redeem it then try to transfer it, again, so I decided it was for the best that I got myself another domain, at least until the old one is available again (assuming it ever is...).

So yeah, coramaximusentertainment.com is a thing, now. It still as crap as it ever was, and I'm still trying to figure iut how I want to continue it. With the NY wait for the old domain, I figure that's as good a deadline as any (to start with, anyway). I've got a few things I want to do, and I'm hoping I can tie them into the website, somehow. I have to start from the bottom - what does/should Coramaximus Entertainment offer? Again, that's coramaximusentertainment.com.

2013 – The year of more

Well, it’s New Year, again, and time for my resolution-o-rama – the point in the year where I decide the things I want to do on the year, knowing full well there’s little chance that I’ll do them.  2010 was the year of the Cozburger...I think...that or 2011, I can’t remember...retrospectively, I consider 2010 the CB year – I got into uni, and for the most part, it was pretty good (I had a rockin’ 25^th for one thing). 2011 was meant to continue that, but turned out to be my “Empire Strikes Back” (I’m starting to regret that offer to rule the galaxy with my dad :( ). Uni went all over the place and it was a bummer all the way. New Year meant a good start to 2012, thanks to Ry-bo and Cam-bo (You guys rock!) and the year, overall, was a real “Return of the Jedi” of my trilogy – a bumpy ride, but I made it through with a well earned victory – a Bachelor’s Degree of Information Technology. Not only that, but Christmas was great, thanks to my bros and their families, and my cuz and his missus for letting me crash on their couch (it was a REALLY comfy couch). Not to mention Ry and Cam, and my pals D-Pad and Shan-zi for making this New Year really good, too.

Anyway, on with the show...

As stated in the title, this shall be the year of more. “More what?”, you may ask, without putting up a hand and waiting your turn like a polite person I might want to actually associate myself with and not punch in the face every time I see it? Well, a lot of little things, really. To start with, I’m continuing from my last resolution to work out - I’m committing myself to a mental institution to doing more gym type stuff, probably involving heavy weights and short periods of wishing I could just die. Like last year, I’ll bet Ryan will a big help in this respect – motivating, support, and threatening to drop heavy barbells on me and my genitals at a moment’s notice. That’s just the kind of lovable chap he is.

Other ‘mores’ involve social activity, like posting more stuff on Facebook and forums. Starting with this blog post (which I wanted to put up on the first day of 2012, but I’ll settle for first WEEK), I wish to write more entries into the Coramaximus.blog. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to go about this, but the current setup is a little inhibiting, so I’ll have to work that out. There’s also stuff like ‘more DND sessions’, ‘playing more video games’, ‘watching more dvds’, and other such inconsequential tidbits. I’ll probably have to get some kind of work, sooner or later, so I guess I’ll have to fit that in there, somewhere.

Overall, I hope to contribute more to more things – my web-fans (I hope to get some), forums, Facebook stuff, Minecraft – all kinds of things you can poke a stick at (though beware, some will poke back).

And to top it off, why not more adventure :)

Here’s to 2013. Let’s get it on!!

Many Ends Left To Fray

I find myself at a point in time where just up the road are a bunch of ends - grotesque, smelly ends. Some big, some small, some may not even come at all, but all of them show how finite life can be. Oh well, an end is usually followed by a new beginning...on facebook...'cause it's desperate for friendship...

...and also hiding in the bushes outside that end's bedroom...


The most obvious end would be that of 2012. Mine started with a bang, thanks to a rocking new year with a couple of my friends. It hasn't been all smooth sailing, but I can look back on it and say it was pretty good...and that it owes me twenty bucks.

The second, less obvious but more obsessed over, is the END OF THE WORLD! Of course, I don't believe the world will end in any way, shape or form, tomorrow, so I don't really care. I'm looking forward to getting up Saturday morning and posting on facebook that the world has indeed ended and I'm posting from beyond the grave.

...or not, I don't really care...

The third is and end of an era for me, as I have finally finished my degree in IT. I can legitimately stamp a "BIT" to the end of my name and feel extra special and whatnot. It also spells the end of study for me (for now, anyway), and hopefully the end of being unemployed. I'll see how that goes.

Another one is an end of absence from/of my web-presence. I'm hoping that I'll be doing more than just facebooking it, going into next year. More blogging, more posting, and more goodies going up at coramaximus.com. I have at least one idea in mind to make use of my hosting while I still have it. Don't get your hopes up or anything, as I know I've burned you guys, before.

Lean, Mean, Wishful Thinking Machine

It's 2012, and I'm hoping to make this year my year to grow, physically, mentally, and emotionally. That's right, I'm going for the trifecta. The trilogy. The Tri-force, if you will. I mean, power, wisdom and courage match physical, mental and emotional pretty well.

What am I talking about? Look it up!

First up: Physical. I'm going to put in a real effort to improve my fitness, this year. At least, I'm going to put a real effort into...putting a real effort into it... I guess te best way to start is small. Something like 4 sets of 25 crunches once a day for a week. I don't know; I've never been good with discipline, but you've got to start somewhere.

I'm also considering signing up for martial arts. Not sure which, but one day, I hope to master at least one, and perhaps more than one. I need to learn me some discipline, and I doubt military is the way for me to go. This may also improve my mental state, and possibly emotional, so it's certainly worth looking into.

"Keep trying harder"

It's a Boy

Well, 2011 has passed and despite how bad it was, I wish for it to rest in peace. We also have a newborn joining our never-growing family. We've named him "2012".

It's at this time that I look back on my last two years at uni, and I find them somewhat comparable to movie trilogies. Particularly a certain one written and directed by one Mr. Lucas. It starts of well enough - the first off the saga introduces the the good and the bad, the student and the trials of university life. There are struggles and battles, and a planet gets blown up at one point, but in the end, good prevails and everyone's happy. Number two is a little different. Evil counters, there are a lot of harder battles, hiding, revelations, and at the end of the day, you manage to survive, but it's quite bittersweet.

Number three?

For me, it has yet to begin, but as the aformentioned trilogy goes, good finds a way to come back from a rough ending in the second, learns a lesson or two, takes on insurmountable odds, makes some hard decisions, and ends up blkowing up another Death Star.

...wait...I think I've mixed things a bit...

Anyway, if my tenure at QUT really does follow this pattern, there might just be hope for me, yet. The challenges may be great, the battles will be rough, some might be won, some might be lost, but in the end, hopefully I can push through and achieve ultimate victory - that being a degree.

2011 was not the terrific year I hoped it would be - it did not follow the trend set by 2010 - but perhaps 2012 will be a good year.

...first it needs a bottle and a nappy change :)

Defeating a Sandwich Only Makes It Tastier

Here's a funny thing I found on youtube. The kazoos, alone, are pretty awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYa5aQb3YGE