Main Entry: im·mor·tal·i·ty
Pronunciation: "i-"mor-'ta-l&-tE
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being immortal : a : unending existence b : lasting fame
I am not one to celebrate birthdays. And the fact that I am turning 30 today makes me less inclined to want to promote that day. But it makes others happy to make fun of me getting old so I let them.
Kat is sad that I made plans without her tonight. It is not that I am planning to go out or anything. My plans are to play D&D tonight. And is not that I am trying to exclude her, I have been trying to get her to play D&D with us since we started gaming again.
I just really don't like to celebrate birthdays. Every year during the holidays all I can think about is where I had planned to be with my life and realize that I have achieved about 1/3 of my goals.
Ever since I was a little tyke I have wanted to make a difference in this world. If I can not live forever I at least wanted to be remembered forever. Or at least I want to be remembered longer then one generation. It was my original intention to be the first person to create true, feeling, thinking, artificial intelligence. The person who does that will be as famous as Edison and the light bulb.
Well I did not have the scholastic aptitude to stay in college and get my degree in Computer Programming/Sciences. As far as I made it was to Network Admin. And as us network admin's know, it does not take much schooling to do our job. What you have to be good at is research and creative problem solving. I do not know a lot, but I am really good at finding answers. And my job is so varied and covers so many issues that is where a network admin excels at.
So I am not going to be famous for my work. My next idea of gaining immortality would be power, either financial or political.
The financial method would be to do so via my job. I would like to grow this job into a management position and work my way through the corporate ladder to be the CTO of some large company. I am on a path that might possibly lead that direction. I have added 'Senior' to my job title and our company structure puts me in a department branch all by myself. But it is tough to prove your manager ability when you work for a company that is too small to have more then one IT guy. So I don't know if I will reach my financial dream with this company or ever.
As for the political path, this is a thought I have toyed around with for some time since moving to Vail. I have thought about the possibility of moving into politics. My thought is to start small. I am most likely going to become a board member of my HOA and have already started discussions with the current board about joining their ranks. This will start getting me involved more with the community.
From there I jump to the city council. Being on the city council here in Avon or Vail is different then being on the council of other small towns in Colorado. The local paper, Vail Daily, is read in Denver. The money that lives and owns second homes in Vail is quite a bit and so people around the state take notice of who is running the place. Hell, we have former president and first lady Gerald and Betty Ford living here.
From city council that can get me into political hob-knobbing to make a path to state or congressional government.
Again this is all pipe dreams and although I look at taking the first baby-steps of joining my HOA board, the realist in me says that is as far as I will go.
My final path of immortality would be to have children. It may not grant me everlasting fame but at least I would be remembered for a couple of generations. In my experience past the third generation you are forgotten. I could not tell you any of my great-grandparents names. I do know that they were all immigrants except one of the 8 so I am only a 3rd generation American. But beyond that they are forgotten to history.
These are the thoughts that run through my head starting with the first Christmas decorations each year. And those show up earlier every season. So when you see me not as shiny every Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and past my birthday of January 6th, it is because I am pondering how soon will my life be forgotten.
Pronunciation: "i-"mor-'ta-l&-tE
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being immortal : a : unending existence b : lasting fame
I am not one to celebrate birthdays. And the fact that I am turning 30 today makes me less inclined to want to promote that day. But it makes others happy to make fun of me getting old so I let them.
Kat is sad that I made plans without her tonight. It is not that I am planning to go out or anything. My plans are to play D&D tonight. And is not that I am trying to exclude her, I have been trying to get her to play D&D with us since we started gaming again.
I just really don't like to celebrate birthdays. Every year during the holidays all I can think about is where I had planned to be with my life and realize that I have achieved about 1/3 of my goals.
Ever since I was a little tyke I have wanted to make a difference in this world. If I can not live forever I at least wanted to be remembered forever. Or at least I want to be remembered longer then one generation. It was my original intention to be the first person to create true, feeling, thinking, artificial intelligence. The person who does that will be as famous as Edison and the light bulb.
Well I did not have the scholastic aptitude to stay in college and get my degree in Computer Programming/Sciences. As far as I made it was to Network Admin. And as us network admin's know, it does not take much schooling to do our job. What you have to be good at is research and creative problem solving. I do not know a lot, but I am really good at finding answers. And my job is so varied and covers so many issues that is where a network admin excels at.
So I am not going to be famous for my work. My next idea of gaining immortality would be power, either financial or political.
The financial method would be to do so via my job. I would like to grow this job into a management position and work my way through the corporate ladder to be the CTO of some large company. I am on a path that might possibly lead that direction. I have added 'Senior' to my job title and our company structure puts me in a department branch all by myself. But it is tough to prove your manager ability when you work for a company that is too small to have more then one IT guy. So I don't know if I will reach my financial dream with this company or ever.
As for the political path, this is a thought I have toyed around with for some time since moving to Vail. I have thought about the possibility of moving into politics. My thought is to start small. I am most likely going to become a board member of my HOA and have already started discussions with the current board about joining their ranks. This will start getting me involved more with the community.
From there I jump to the city council. Being on the city council here in Avon or Vail is different then being on the council of other small towns in Colorado. The local paper, Vail Daily, is read in Denver. The money that lives and owns second homes in Vail is quite a bit and so people around the state take notice of who is running the place. Hell, we have former president and first lady Gerald and Betty Ford living here.
From city council that can get me into political hob-knobbing to make a path to state or congressional government.
Again this is all pipe dreams and although I look at taking the first baby-steps of joining my HOA board, the realist in me says that is as far as I will go.
My final path of immortality would be to have children. It may not grant me everlasting fame but at least I would be remembered for a couple of generations. In my experience past the third generation you are forgotten. I could not tell you any of my great-grandparents names. I do know that they were all immigrants except one of the 8 so I am only a 3rd generation American. But beyond that they are forgotten to history.
These are the thoughts that run through my head starting with the first Christmas decorations each year. And those show up earlier every season. So when you see me not as shiny every Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and past my birthday of January 6th, it is because I am pondering how soon will my life be forgotten.
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