Benj's Busy Blog

I decided to just greet Justin Sepulveda whom I used to work with at Einstein Industries in San Diego, California. Interesting conversation with Justin, and I used ICQ and he did not know who I was and I did a simple birthday prank on Justin Sepulveda.

[10:12] Benj: happy birthday
[10:13] Justin Sepulveda: thaaaaaaaaaank you
[10:13] Justin Sepulveda: i just see numbers who dis?
[10:13] Benj: lol, im the hottest chick you know, who am i?
[10:13] Justin Sepulveda: my mom?
[10:13] Benj: LOL
[10:13] Justin Sepulveda: haha
[10:14] Benj: then, im the second hottest chick you know
[10:14] Benj: who am i?
[10:14] Justin Sepulveda: Rebecca is pretty hot … but meredith is a close second … so im kinda worried about who i guess right now and if it’s neither than you can just kick my ass all over the place.
[10:15] Benj: Rebecca??? she’s just trying to emphasize her cleavage
[10:15] Justin Sepulveda: lol
[10:15] Benj: Meredith is hot, but i am hotter than them
[10:15] Justin Sepulveda: Beth?
[10:16] Benj: hmmm try again
[10:16] Justin Sepulveda: !!!!!! i hate icq
[10:16] Benj: Beth is hot though, but she’s getting a bit fat
[10:17] Justin Sepulveda: ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[10:18] Benj: com’on stop searching…
[10:18] Benj: who am i?
[10:18] Justin Sepulveda: lol Melissa? eh eh?
[10:19] Benj: if i were melissa, and i’ invite you for a date, would you go out with me?
[10:19] Justin Sepulveda: haha possibly, but you live far.
[10:19] Benj: well we can meet half way
[10:20] Benj: what do you think?
[10:20] Justin Sepulveda: shes kinda taken too.
[10:21] Benj: well.. i can swing around sometimes
[10:21] Justin Sepulveda: lol or you could be a dude
[10:21] Benj: lol, do you really think so?
[10:21] Benj: you might be loosing an opportunity of a lifetime
[10:21] Justin Sepulveda: yes benj
[10:22] Benj: LOL
[10:22] Benj: excellent blog post LOL
[10:22] Benj: nyahahahhahahahahahahha
[10:22] Justin Sepulveda: hahaha
[10:23] Justin Sepulveda: you always go on icq pretending to be a girl?
[10:23] Benj: no way man
[10:23] Benj: LOL
[10:23] Benj: just find it funny to post on my blog
[10:23] Justin Sepulveda: haha
[10:23] Benj: and suggest them to add it to the EDT LOL
[10:24] Justin Sepulveda: hahah
[10:24] Justin Sepulveda: no!
[10:24] Benj: nyahahahah
[10:24] Justin Sepulveda: will kill you
[10:24] Benj: LOL
[10:25] Benj: ok, happy birthday again, back to work
[10:29] Justin Sepulveda: hah thanks. enjoy.

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At work. At Geary Interactive, I would hear Frank sometimes go to Andy To, and talk about their online poker playing they do at home. How much they win, how much they lose. How they are doing, etc. Frank who once mentioned he lost big-time, he still wins often and seems to make money. But for me, I am not doing this game. I can divert my attention on other things that for me are like games too. I may not be betting, but I am also at risk of cost like in paying for PPC ads and also with chances of winning, with actual sales generated through affiliate marketing. It’s still is a game to me. If ever I would do online gambling like Frank and Andy does, I would use The Gambling Guide so I can work my way in learning to win in poker (texas hold’em, stud), roulette, blackjack, sports betting, football betting, spread betting, horse racing, race betting, and whatever online gambling that exists.

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While driving along highway 56 heading to work before getting on interstate highway 5, there was one area where I believe there was loose gravel probably from the soil beside the highway where some car may have rolled in and out there during some earlier event. There seemed to be some small pebbles that the car ahead of me seemed to skid a bit since it was a slight curve and in the process, a small rock flies and goes into my windshield as I was travelling at about 80 miles per hour. This made a some small cracks formed like a star on my windshield. Probably less than half an inch in diameter. And I know a whole wildshield can be expensive and there are some repair kits similar to what I see on TV that I can use to fix it. So I search online for the product to fix the windshield As Seen On TV and I get the Windshield Repair Kit. It even seemed to have a cheaper price than what was offered on TV. And besides that, I have heard, TV shopping orders take forever for you to receive.

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Guns are used all the time for various crimes. Although to be able to obtain a gun, proper licenses are required also. Now most criminals though, have stolen guns.

I personally do not own a gun. But at home where I grew up, my late father had several guns. He sold them to license gun owners so there are no guns in the house anymore. And I still remember when there was only 1 gun left, a Smith & Wesson Magnum .38 Revolver, my uncle was asking for it if he can have it, one of my cousins was asking for it too. But my Dad never gave it them, but this is where I saw the desire for many people to have a gun for it meant power to some people. And as we hear this over and over again, with great power comes great responsibility.

Preventing guns to get into the hands of criminals can be one way of doing that. Securing your guns well to prevent them from getting stolen, and one way to do that is with safe gun storage using gun safes. This should be a part of every responsible gun owner.

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When I was in the Philippines, many Taekwondo jins like sewing on their Dobok (Taekwondo uniform) a patch of the flag of the Philippines. Mainly not part of the Philippine pride, but had a psychological advantage knowing that the Philippine National Team was feared since they are really good. Have a Philippine Flag Patch on their uniform is like instilling fear in the opponent giving them a notion that you are comparable with the caliber of skills the national team has since most of the time they have the patch of the flag of the Philippines sewed on to their uniforms as they compete often internationally.

Today I am in the US, and I guess every Taekwondo jin (practitioner) from the Philippines will agree that it is really different here in the US compared to the Philippines. And some people know that, where the Philippine flag can do you good again doing the same psych war. LOL. Anyway, if you are looking for a Philippines Flag Patch , I found mine online.

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It is hot. And many times once I get home, and work in my home office, I work with my shirt off. It’s so hot. Whenever there is this heat wave, in zoos, they place big blocks of ice and you can see even desert animals like staying beside the ice and licking it. Some people shed off the hair of other animals to cool them down using Shed Ender. Usually in the belly area that is also in the shade of the sun and not under direct sunlight in most animals.

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Here are photos of some of the desktops of friends I had at work at Einstein Industries, my previous job.

Mook’s Choi Bead Necklace. I know those, those are the ones you throw to girls so they show their stuff during some party.

Jesse’s Morgan Webb Design sticker.

Evan Scheingrosshad a lot going on. He had monsters and a baseball field on his desktop at work. at Einstein Industries

Evan’s Scheingross Monitor Monster.

Evan’s Scheingross baseball field. Which is now owned by Joko Jokosetio Halim at current press time.

More Monitoring Monsters! Monsters on the Monitor. at work at Einstein Industries. Joko’s Jokosetio Halim Halimaw Monsters! It looks like he also enjoys the photo of the old batman type of vintage car tail light.

Glenn’s Batuyong logos that look like targets. But they remind me of the disc bullets of a toy gun I had before.

Camron Deen likes his world upsidedown like going downhill.

Camron Deen draws inspiration from this? I remember seeing a big version of this statue while mountain biking in some trail going downhill.

Macromedia Flash Expert Ben Sebby did not like his name on top of his monitor.

Ben Sebby had more important things to place on his monitor.

Ben Sebby had lucky stars and pink dumbo flying on top his monitor. Also in view is John’s Kelly Frog.

Is this a Webmonkey? Or a Web Gorrilla on top of Edgar’s Karim Zurita Einstein Industries Work monitor? Also in the view is Derek’s Monkey.

John ‘Dru’ Kelly decides to have a frog instead.

Justin Sepulveda did not like his name on his computer…

But Justin Sepulveda likes Hula Dancers on his table to arouse him.

Aron Yu reminding him of what’s coming on the weekend.

Jason, Kent the web radio voice over voice, likes his bird on top.

Mike Michael McCarthy likes his bird on top too…

And cars below…

What is Michael McCarthy reading? Readings from the dark side? Blackhat SEO? LOL.

Jimmy Nguyen aka DJ Happee Vietnamese sensation has some Feng Shui fortune plant. Also in view are the monkeys of Edgar Zurita and Derek Ashuer.

Jimmy Nguyen aka DJ Happee likes to be reminded of the beach…

And his girl…

Asian surf chick Cathy Vang loves the beach. Loves surfing. So while designing website, she constantly reminds herself of the waves.

Another thing on Cathy’s desk is the book, The Vang.

Aimee’s Dotts sexy bare monitor, nothing on it but a post it and a sexy fur scarf.

Graphic Artist Daniel Huffstutter likes mountain biking, so he keeps a mountain bike trail on his Einstein Industries computer monitor.

Using a highlighter in books is to usually highlight keywords that are important. And Eldar Graziev is important.

And my monitor. Benj Arriola’s computer monitor at Einstein Industries computer monitoring has an anti-spyware CD right beside it.

But leaning right beside the monitor, is my Before and After work done by Dr. Benj on my Liposuction operations. At Einstein Industries.

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One night while working in my room, I noticed a spider. It’s legs spread out seemed to span about 2.5 inches. Not that small, but also not a super big spider. And when I see spiders, I usually do not kill them since I consider them “good guys” since they eat the mosquitos, flies and other small insects. I also consider lizards “good guys” too since they can even eat cockroaches bigger than their mouth. Just like all retiles do, they do not chew, and their jaw seems to detach as they swallow big insects or animals they prey on. House lizards are cool to me since they eat cockroaches. When I was kid, the house I grew up in usually had a trail of ants that I watch. Where they go and pass by, how they bring food with them, what they do to their dead. And also in the same bathroom, I would observe the cob webs and spiders in them, and I would sometimes get some ants and drop them in the web and just watch the spiders quickly jump to the ants, and wrap them up and then seems to bite a small piece of, maybe to kill them, then bring them to one location and to not eat them right away.

Just a few days ago, I saw a spider in my room. And since I do not consider them the “bad guys” unlike mosquitos, flies and cockroaches, i kept the spider alive and decided to get as close as I can without scaring it to be able to take a good photo of it. Surprisingly the spider did not even moved even with the bright flash and I was even able to move it a lot more closer and take a picture of the spider again. Maybe this is what I feel that is crawling on my feet sometimes when I sleep, but I just move and it goes away and I sleep again.

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I have a hosting and domain client, ConsciouslySocialEvents.com that seemed to discontinue their site. The was was to be designed by Graham and it seems the site never got finished. Wonder what plans does she have for this site? Just throw it down the drain?

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I grew up seeing all sorts of magazines by Dad used to read. He used to read Car and Driver that I just used to cut out all this car photos as I was a kid. I was not car savvy and for me as long as it rolls and run fine. That is ok with me. I guess unless I really earn some good amount of income with a lot of extra to spare, I will be the car savvy type. And probably subscribe to Car and Driver magazine also.

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Photo taken by Chris McJannett at work at Geary Interactive, Digital Interactive Advertising Agency…

Photo of me with one of the company snakes…

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