Wednesday, July 9, 2008
It’s been a while
As usual I been busy with work and school and although the end is near it seems like an eternity away. I will be very glad when I am finally done and get my degree, to bad that I will be headed right back for an MBA but I guess I asked for it.
Nothing interesting going on at the moment, except that I discovered facebook yeah I know were have you been, right? I find the site very easy to use and it is a bit creepy finding people that I never thought I would see again, well see what comes out of it.
Until next time!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Meet my good friend Jean
http://jeangrey68.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Internet Hoaxes
The first thing that came to mind was The Blair Witch Project as I remember clearly how people were freaking out and were passing around the website for people to see how supernatural things really happen the other one was a bit funny on my eyes because I actually got people telling me that this was a fact and believed it to be so! They said that the Three hurricanes that hit
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Still working on it
I am still working on the article, it is fun to do so but I did not think it would take me this long. I am still looking into adding some additional information and pictures but I need to see if I can being that Marvel owns the characters and all that.
Now If I could just get the people that actually worked on the game to get a hold of me to ask more questions....
Sunday, April 6, 2008
2099 Video Game
Well here it is my brand new article for the Wikipedia. I just started it but will be adding pictures and reference material. I think this is fun!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
New Wikipedia Entry
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Mayor Update on Wiki Article
Well I am not completely done with everything that needs to be changed however I did made a great deal of changes on the article. At the start of the project I just wanted to update the things that bothered me the most as far as wrong information within the article, at the end I was just working in making it as readable and complete as possible.
I feel I could still work on it (and probably will) but as far as the current assignment goes I think I did and went above and beyond (I hate when instructors make homework fun!)
I will start working on the new assignment and go back to this at a later time.
Revision history of Spider-Man 2099
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Loving the Wikipedia
I been having some fun with the wikipedia article, I noticed that a great deal of information was missing, I expend a few hours looking for references on a lot of the things I wanted to see on the article. I realize that great deals of changes were needed still.
I looked into the evolution of the article and I don’t feel so bad because I noticed how little was originally placed by the original creator of the article. I have made so many changes that now I feel like the article is mine (I know silly.) I am sure I will still work on it and some other entries once the class is done and yet I don't mind one bit.
The majority of the changes I have done so far are in the Publication History:
I made a mayor change to the Publication History, could you read it and let me know what you think? please let me know if you see any gramatical errors:
Sunday, March 23, 2008
My Wiki Article
The article that I think I will be working on will be about Spider-Man 2099 I used to run the largest comic fan dedicated to the Marvel Universe for the year 2099. Unfortunately I see a great deal of information from my old site and from one of my collaborators that is currently being used without citations or in chunks, without the fuller picture nor the necessary credits. I bolded the areas that I am thinking of adding, this is just a first go, I could see myself making quite a bit of modifications on this article and some others on the subject of 2099.
Publication history
The Spider-Man 2099 stories are set in Marvel Universe's then-official future, a dystopian
His first appearance was a preview in Amazing Spider-Man #365, his first full appearance being soon afterwards in Spider-Man 2099 #1. The character is a direct result of the 30th year anniversary of Spider-Man first appearance. Spider-Man 2099 was one of the many Marvel characters to be reimagined for the Marvel 2099 line that showed future versions of classic Marvel characters living in the year 2099, decades after the current Marvel Universe time period.
The Spider-Man 2099 series continued on for almost four years, ending in Aug 1996 with #46; Spider-Man 2099 appeared immediately after in all eight issues of 2099: World of Tomorrow, which was for the most part the finale of the 2099 universe, and later still in 2099: Manifest Destiny, a one-shot edition that ostensibly concluded the 2099 series. The character has since made several cameo and guest appearances in such titles as Captain Marvel Vol. 5, #27-30 (written by Peter David) and most recently on Exiles Vol. 1, # 75-99.
http://www.comicboards.com/2099ug/moderator/Exhaustive%202099%20comic%20checklist.html
Fictional character biography
The character's alter ego is Miguel O'Hara, a half-Mexican, half-American genetic engineer at the Alchemax Corporation. Miguel is in charge of the Corporate Raider program, the basis of which is to modify the genetic structure of individuals in the idea of endowing them with great abilities. He is working on a possible candidate by studying the file of Spider-Man. Because of this, there is a spider DNA genetic program in the computer.
After an incident in which a convicted prisoner, used as a test subject, dies after being genetically modified for enhanced strength, Miguel is starting to doubt the goings on at Alchemax. His boss, Tyler Stone, sees the fact that the man demonstrated increased strength before he died as very positive, despite the fact that the man died. It seems to matter little to the corporate minded CEO. Miguel then decides to quit Alchamex.
In the office of Tyler Stone, he has a drink offered to him while
In order to get rid of the drug, Miguel hacks his way into the Alchemax building at night, covering his electronic entries so that records show he wasn't there at all. He intends to use the genetic modifying machine to restore his genetic signature to what it was before receiving the Rapture. Since he used his own signature in his tests, the computers already have a previous version. He programs the device, strips naked and enters it. As he does this, a jealous and verbally abused co-worker, Aaron Delgato, decides that in a procedure this complex, "something" could go wrong. He then begins pounding on the controls, dramatically increasing the scale of the modification. When the machine threatens to shut down following safety parameters, Aaron disables the safeguards with a manual override, causing overload. Delgato's sabotage also results (accidentally) in the spider file and the Miguel O'Hara DNA file being merged before the imprint in Miguel. The machine explodes with Miguel unscathed but not unchanged. He gains incredible strength, speed and agility, he can now shoot webbing from spinnerets in his forearms, he gained “accelerated vision”, or super vision hence why when he is in his Miguel O’Hara Persona he is mostly wearing sunglasses as the light bother his eyes, talon that can retract at will and poisonous fangs. He escapes the lab and after a small period of adaptation, he finally gets home.
After investigating the destroyed laboratory site, an Alchemax enforcer called Venture starts to track him. Miguel realizes he is being pursued so he dons a full body suit he purchased in a prior visit to
[edit] Heroic career
Later, as Spider-Man, Miguel fights against Alchemax Corporation's control over the city, and tried to bring down the corporation's CEO, Tyler Stone, whom Miguel later discovered to be his birth father.
Miguel's family tree was complicated. His mother Conchata frequently disagreed with his "father", her husband George O’Hara. He would beat her when she voiced that disagreement. At one point Conchata cheated on her husband with Tyler Stone, and Miguel was born. Miguel went to the Alchemax Academy For Gifted Youngsters (which was hinted at being the future of Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Children) and studied alongside Xina Kwan, who later became his girlfriend, and Kron Stone, whom he did not know until later was his half-brother. Much later, Kron, by then a petty crook, bonded with the Venom symbiote, which discovered him after he was nearly killed by the Punisher of his era, Jake Gallows. As Venom, Kron was a powerful and deadly opponent for Miguel, torturing him and Xina Kwan, and eventually causing the death of Miguel's one-time fiancée, Dana D'Angelo. Venom was soon defeated with the rigging of multiple speakers, as he is vulnerable to sound.
Miguel's other half-brother, Gabriel "Gabe" O'Hara, grew up resentful of the attention shown Miguel by their parents. He moonlighted in virtual reality as a superhero named Firelight, and at one time was accused of being a 2099 version of the Green Goblin (who later was revealed to be a shapeshifter assuming Gabe's form).
Over the four-year-run of the series, Spider-Man 2099 encountered futuristic versions of modern Spider-Man villains, including the previously-mentioned Goblin and Venom, as well as the Vulture and the Chameleon. He also battled new villains like Venture, a cyborg; Thanatos, the Rick Jones from an alternate timeline; Discord, a virtual reality archetype; and Flipside, a Spider-Man doppelgänger. He also met the other heroes of 2099; the hero Justice from the New Universe, who was known in 2099 as the Net Prophet; and also, in a special edition entitled Spider-Man Meets Spider-Man 2099, his original web-slinging counterpart. This comic also introduced Spider-Man 2211, yet another latter-day Spider-Man from further down the timestream. It also introduced the Hobgoblin of 2211, whose appearance was similar to the original Green Goblin's.
Flooding
At the end of the series,
All three become involved in the plot against the techno-organic Magus, whose companion aliens, the Phalanx, are responsible for the glaciers melting in the first place.
Spider-Man joins the Exiles
Spider-Man 2099 with the Exiles
After battling the Exiles on another world, Proteus escapes to 2099, and takes the body of the Hulk. Spider-Man joins forces with the Exiles to stop him. Proteus is too strong, and unmasks Spider-Man to the world. Spider-Man then convinces Proteus that coming to 2099 was a mistake and that he should move on. Feeling guilty, and afraid of being hunted down after his identity is made public, Spider-Man leaves his world and joins the Exiles to continue fixing damaged realities. Not much later the Exiles find a way to neutralize Proteus. A few missions later a version of the Hand -led by the evil Susan Storm- captures and brainwashes him along with two of his teammates: Blink and Longshot. Afterwards, he is de-programmed and assists the team with one final mission. On that world he falls in love with Gwen Stacy. After the mission goes wrong, Gwen betrays him and dies. The Exiles are scattered across the multiverse. Spider-Man lands on an alternate earth where he settles in with his new girlfriend after an unspecified amount of time.
The appearance of Proteus early in the year 2099 caused a timeline divergence from the original Marvel 2099 continuity, and the new timeline is identified as Earth-6375 in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5.
Powers and abilities
Spider-Man 2099's hybrid human/spider physiology gives him a wide array of powers. He has the proportionate strength, speed and agility of a spider, which allows him to lift many times his own body weight, perform complicated acrobatic and gymnastic maneuvers that would be impossible for even the most highly-trained athlete, and jump great distances. His durability was also increased to a point where in an issue he suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs, major abrasions and bruises, and made it to a hospital in time where a doctor told him he has amazing constitution for him to be alive. He also notably heals faster than a normal human, but does not have a healing factor (he would not have needed a doctor if he did). Notably absent from his suite of powers is a "Spider-Sense", probably due to the fact that it would no doubt be far more difficult to produce via genetic manipulation. Despite this fact, Spider-Man 2099 seems nearly as flexible, acrobatic, and evasive as his namesake. Though he claims to not have been in a fight since he was a child, Miguel quickly develops an effective fighting style that capitalizes on his unique abilities as well as his genius-level intelligence.
Spinnerets in his forearms enable him to fire organic spider-webbing from the top of his wrists, usable in a wide variety of ways. Like his predecessor, Spider-Man 2099 can travel at high speeds swinging on "weblines" when necessary, and he can use his webbing to ensnare enemies. Retractable talons in his fingertips and toes enable him to climb walls or cut enemies. Though they are rather short (approximately an inch long), they are extremely sharp, and seem strong enough to resist breakage despite his enhanced strength - Miguel has shown capable of rending metal armour on numerous occasions. These talons acted instinctively at first, and it took practice to retract them properly (making short work of his bedsheets while sleeping).
He possesses venom glands and slightly enlarged, pointed canines (which are not entirely dissimilar to a vampire), which allows him to paralyze his foes should he choose to bite them. While the exact makeup of his venom has never been discussed, it seems powerful enough to affect such foes as Thanatos - and it differs from real spider venom in that it does not seem to act as a digestive agent in addition to its paralytic properties.
Compensating for his lack of a "Spider-Sense", his hearing exceeds the acuity of a normal human, as does his vision - he can see extremely well over both long distances ("telescopic" vision) and in low-light conditions. In addition to the generally enhanced properties of his vision, the flicker-fusion rate of his retinas is reduced to such an extent that he can easily perceive fast-moving objects that would appear to others as a blur. A side effect of his visual enhancements are the color of his eyes - they are generally drawn as having red irises, making sunglasses a regular part of Miguel's wardrobe. When trying to perform "damage control" with his girlfriend early on in the original series, Miguel told Dana that as a result of breaking his genetically-coded Rapture addiction, his eyes were now more sensitive to light and that his jaw hurt (allowing him to more easily hide his red eyes and pointed teeth).
His web cape, which he obtained from a Thorite (Worshiper of Thor), is made from the Lyte Byte material commonly used in the manufacturing of hang-gliders, and acts as an air foil, allowing him to glide on air currents for a short period of time, as well as slow his rate of descent and control his direction in freefall. Coupled with his superhuman strength and agility, the Lite-Byte cloth allows him near-immunity to damage from falls - on numerous occasions, he has leapt from the top of tall buildings with no apparent ill effects upon landing.
Other versions
Destiny War
Another version of Spider-Man 2099 was one of the alternate Avengers seen briefly during The Destiny War.
2998 AD
In The Amazing Spider-Man #439, the issue takes place 1,000 years (2998 based on the release date of the issue) in the future. Two archaeologists stumble across relics belonging to Spider-Man (such as his webshooters). They speculate on his career, and discuss the other heroes who were inspired by him, such as Spider-Girl, Spider-Man 2099, and Spider-Man 2211.
What The
In issue #26 of What The--?!, a humor anthology title, the character Spider-Ham (an anthropomorphic pig who parodied the original Spider-Man) was reworked for a parody of Spider-Man 2099 entitled "Spider-Ham 15.88". A laboratory janitor named "Piguel O'Hara" accidentally falls into a vat of spider venom and gains spider-powers. A short (and confusing) excursion as Spider-Ham 2099 follows, including encounters with parody versions of The Punisher 2099 and Ravage 2099.
In other media
Video Games
- Spider-Man 2099 was an unlockable costume for Spider-Man in the first of Activision's Spider-Man games for Sony's PlayStation and the Nintendo 64.
- Marvel 2099 Video Game. A playable character of the Mindscape video game developed but canceled game for the Play Station 1
http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/vg_graveyard/sony_17.html
Toys
- A Spider-Man 2099 action figure was produced by Toy Biz for their Spider-Man Classics toy line. This figure was an exclusive repaint available only through KB Toys.
- Hasbro took over production of Marvel Comics toys in 2007. In their first wave of figures, Spider-Man Origins, they released a newer version of Spider-Man 2099, which was again a repaint.
Wiki Rules
I think these are the things that I found most interesting about the rules within Wikipedia:
- Article size
Article size is limited by technical issues and considerations of readability and organization. It's useful to split long articles and combine small pages.
- Be bold in updating pages
Wikis develop faster when people fix problems, correct grammar, add facts, make sure the language is precise, and so on. We expect everyone to be bold. It's okay.
- Build the web
Connect relevant topics throughout an article since all articles in the encyclopedia are nodes in a hypertext system.
- Provide an edit summary
Providing an edit summary, even if the edit is minor, makes Wikipedia work better by quickly explaining to other users what your change was about.
- Cite sources
point the reader to authoritative references (and list them properly), so that facts can be verified.
- Check your facts
Only write stuff that is true. It isn't enough to write stuff that you think is true, or should be true, or likely to be true. This requires that you check your facts.
This is also a basic part of citing good sources...even if you think you know something, you have to cite references anyway to help the reader check facts and look for more information. In searching for good references to cite, you might even learn something new.
- Please do not bite the newcomers
Many new contributors lack knowledge about Wikipedia policies. But always understand that new contributors are prospective "members" and are therefore our most valuable resource.
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style
The rules seem to me to be very straight forward, back the information that you are posting discuss between authors and make it the best possible. I can’t wait to start in the project. I can see myself being addicted to this thing.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
My Own Mission Impossible
There are two kinds of students; the ones that wait to the last minute to complete a task and the ones that don’t even care about the assignment. For a long time, I was part of the later group. It was during my 9th grade, being labeled as the “wrong crowd” did not help in the matter after, all there if you hear people calling you something after a while you start believing it yourself.
It was a Catholic school in Caracas-Venezuela the place always felt like indoctrination camp; finals were starting. The test itself were not bad, not that I understood what it was asking of me, I just ‘tried’ the best I knew how, and waited, hoping to remember something from the class, alas my hours of playing video games where not paying off.
Talking to my friends I got the impression that I did not do bad, but having a friend like Armando who after all was the smartest of our little group, made me realize that the chances of me passing the exam were close to none, it was too late to study. It was a time for action! The idea was not an elaborate one, but the idea of having to explain my failing grade to my mother just was not very appealing.
The school was going thru some remodeling, certain areas of the building where wide open, workers where walking about, and the ventilation areas were at our disposal. After talking to some of my friends Armando included, we all decided what to do. We (meaning me) would use the ventilation system, get into the teacher’s classroom, take the tests, make necessary changes, put them all back and finally get away from the school. Not the brightest plan I know but what can I say, sometimes you don’t use the best judgment.
Being finals-week people could either stay at school, or go home, most people left for home. But there was always someone walking about. We decided to have three people scatter around the school, to make sure this particular teacher did not go back to his classroom were he kept the exams and just in case he did show up someone would let me know with sufficient time to make my get away. Because it was my idea, I was the one assigned to do the hard work, I had to climb up thru an openings in the ceiling, move up and down in small areas, making sure to make no noise or make my presence known, for me this was a piece of cake, it was actually exhilarating. One of my “buddies” was backing me up, he was right behind me there was nothing to fear.
Making it to the classroom was a bit difficult, there was an opening in the top of the storage room in the second floor, and I landed without a problem, I was feeling like a ninja and although I was a martial artist I knew that my sensei would not approve of what I was doing. After no more than three minutes I was able to locate the exams without any trouble, but to my dismay I heard keys by the locked double doors, luckily there where two doors and a small hallway between the teacher and where I was. I ran to the storage area. My options where very limited, going back from where I came from was out of the question (there was not time), the way I came in was out of my reach and in order to climb all the way up would take at least a minute.
Time started to move in slow motion, I needed something and fast. I looked to my right and left, but every place of hiding was too small for anybody older then five, all possible spots where visible from every angle. The idea of being like plastic-man and fit into a small box was very appealing at that point. I could hear his footsteps, without any other options I decided to be the next best thing and be as flexible as I could be; I got myself inside of an old boom box, I took the speaker’s panel off and got in, there was nothing inside but some 1960’s circuitry and now me.
Many things started to run in my mind; I could remember the events that lead to this particular event, not preparing for my exam, goofing around, and other things. The idea of being outside and laughing with my friends came to mind, how I wished to be out of this mess, not a minute had passed and my mind was still going back and forth, thinking of how my mother would react just brought disgust to my stomach. My thoughts became more linear and I started to ponder how people can make so many stupid decisions, how could I be making such a blonder at this moment? I could be expelled, where would I go? I did not like my school but I did not want to be kicked out…
I could hear him now I am sure he felt something was at miss after all why would he be at the storage room? I could hear the footsteps getting closer; suddenly I could see a pair of pants, just standing in front of the speakers I was in. I wondered if he could see in, I sure could see out but it is dark were I was at… Did the light reflect my silhouette? he was not kneeling and this was a good sign. My heart kept on beating faster, louder, I was sure he could hear it, how could he not? I felt every noise I made was being multiplied. For reasons unknown to me he suddenly lost interest and left, I still wondered if he saw something and felt it was just too crazy for a student to try but I never got around asking the guy.
I could not tell if he was still in the room, I waited; I waited for what seemed like an eternity. I ventured outside of my hidden place but he was not there. The idea of messing around with the exams lost its original appeal; I started to make my way outside. My so-called friends abandoned me, I was careful in my way out and I was not caught. Sometimes people can put small things on the line, sometimes they can put a lot, it is up to you to decide when to stop and step back and see what you are doing. My friends thought the experience was neat and bold; even then, I realize it was a mistake even when I did not want to admit it to myself after all I got away without a problem. I am glad I was not successful and even though it felt like I was living in my own mission impossible I learned that sometimes it pays just to work a bit harder before the test...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
A lot of nothing (2nd go)
By the time I got back home from work it was 1 AM and when the alarm clock went off I knew at that moment that it was going to be a long day. It was Tuesday and normally I have to be at school at around 10:45 AM after my class I had to take care of something that I had neglected for 3 weeks… a haircut!
Being this my day off from work and knowing that I could not be off to celebrate our anniversary two days later I took a cat-nap and started to get ready to take my wife for a romantic dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.
Through all of this I had no idea what to do about my assignment, I thought about getting a hold of a friend any friend but who would be funny? Do I care about being clever? Who am I kidding? I do care, but I have to worry about the 2nd licensing test I have to take for work next week.
I decided to play it safe and called my good friend Luke to help me. My brain just refused to be too creative and this was the safest bet. We agreed to be online at 6 PM that day and we would just make it up as we went and hopefully I would be able to have something half decent to present for class.
Unfortunately it was 8:30 PM when I finally made it back home, I was tired and wanted to do nothing but rest, to my dismay when I went online not one of my English speaking friends were online! I tried to talk to a another friend but he was too busy, I started to chat to someone in Spanish but the thought of translating the thing just did not seem pleasant at the time and then Luke came to the rescue, I left the computer to get water and when I came back a message was waiting for me:
Luke says:
Hey Marcus, you there?
Marcus says:
Yes, Are you still there?
Luke says:
Hey
Marcus says:
Great you are a life saver
Luke says:
So much for 6 huh. Sorry we were out driving around
Marcus says:
Sorry I took Melissa out for dinner…anniversary and all
Luke says:
lol, I wasn't here @ 6:00 either.
Marcus says:
I thought we were going to be back by then but I took her shoe shopping (I know, I should know better)
Luke says:
lol Your anniversary is Thursday, right?
Marcus says:
Yeah Feb 14 but I will be working until 1 AM and I am at school during the morning
Luke says:
Oh, uh....that kinda stinks. Long day huh?
Marcus says:
Well you got to do what you got to do
Luke says:
Yeah, I hear that
Marcus says:
BTW have you read any good books lately?
Luke says:
Yeah, this really good one by "Securities Training Corporation" [Series 7 examination] It's a real barn-burner, I couldn't put it down!! lol
Marcus says:
Good one
Luke says:
I really did laugh out loud just now.
Marcus says:
Actually I think you will like this book I finished a month or so ago
Luke says:
Oh yeah, what is it?
Marcus says:
It's the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer She went to BYU (I know no one is perfect)
Luke says:
I'll check it out. I did read one a while ago that I think you'd really like too. It was by Frank Peretti, The Oath. What do you mean; going to BYU brings you one step closer to perfection?
Marcus says:
It's the whole thing BYU Vs U of U you do know were I am going to school right?
Luke says:
He didn't go to BYU, but he is a Christian author.
Marcus says:
The Twilight was a great deal of fun. Melissa [my wife] was reading it first and half way thru the book she told me I should read it as well... long story short, I finished the book in about a day later and before my wife
Luke says:
Wow, if it doesn't have pictures, it may take me a little longer than a day.
Marcus says:
LOL, I should have mentioned that before however the BIG words are still great, it makes you feel like you are actually there
Luke says:
Oh, I knew. I just didn't want to discourage you.
Marcus says:
Ahh great another Y fan…
Luke says:
Is that because you couldn't get into the Y? ha ha, at least we can still be friends
Marcus says:
Nope, the U is closer besides who wants to move to
Luke says:
Uh, nobody I know. It's a good thing you don't have to live there to go there. Given the choice, I’d probably go the U too, but I’d still cheer for the Y. When are we going bowling again?
Marcus says:
Not sure, I am taking the 63 test next week, most definitely after that
Luke says:
Nice, you're so lucky to be done with it. The 7 I mean.
Marcus says:
I will be lucky when and only when I get my passing grade. Ahhh yeah, that was just luck
Luke says:
From what I understand, the 7 has nothing to do with luck. Good job, really!!
Marcus says:
Are you watching
Luke says:
Nope, I’m recording it. I love that show.
Marcus says:
It got to be one of the best shows on TV right now
Luke says:
Oh yeah. Have you seen the show Psych on
Marcus says:
I seen it, would not go as far as call it the best but it is a lot of fun
Luke says:
Nope, it's the best.
Marcus says:
Right… Hey Luke I think I got what I need, Thanks dude
Luke says:
NP, I was running out of stuff to talk about.
Marcus says:
Ha Ha Ha well I am watching Jericho I will need to let you go J
I was glad I was able to talk to my friend; even though we are very busy people now days it is nice to be able to keep in touch and see that we still like most of the same things out there.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A lot of nothing
The things you say when you are desperately trying to find a person to talk to online when you only have a few minutes on a day:
Luke says:
Hey Marcus, you there?
Marcus says:
Yes
Marcus says:
Are you still there?
Luke says:
hey
Marcus says:
Great you are a life saver
Luke says:
so much for 6 huh. sorry
Luke says:
We were out driving around
Marcus says:
Sorry I took Melissa out for dinner…anniversary and all
Luke says:
lol, I wasn't here @ 6:00 either.
Marcus says:
I thought we were going to be back by then but I took her shoe shopping (I know, I should know better)
Luke says:
Your anniversary is Thursday, right?
Luke says:
lol
Marcus says:
yeah Feb 14 but I work until 1 AM and I am at school during the morning
Luke says:
Oh, uh....that kinda stinks.
Luke says:
Long day huh?
Marcus says:
well you got to do what you got to do
Luke says:
yeah, I hear that
Marcus says:
BTW have you read any good books lately?
Luke says:
Yeah, this really good one by "Securities Training Corporation" [Series 7 examination]
It's a real barn-burner, I couldn't put it down!!
Luke says:
lol
Marcus says:
good one
Luke says:
I really did laugh out loud just now.
Marcus says:
Actually I think you will like this book I finished a month or so ago
Luke says:
Oh yeah, what is it?
Marcus says:
It's the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer She went to BYU (I know no one is perfect)
Luke says:
I'll check it out.
Luke says:
I did read one a while ago that I think you'd really like too. It was by Frank Peretti, The Oath.
Luke says:
What do you mean, going to BYU brings you one step closer to perfection?
Marcus says:
it's the whole thing BYU Vs U of U you do know were I am going to school right?
Luke says:
He didn't go to BYU, but he is a Christian author.
Marcus says:
The Twilight was a great deal of fun. Melissa [my wife] was reading it first and half way thru the book she told me I should read it as well... long story short I finished the book in about a day later
Luke says:
wow, if it doesn't have pictures, it may take me a little longer than a day.
Marcus says:
lol
Marcus says:
I should have mentioned that before
Marcus says:
however the BIG words are still great, it makes you feel like you are actually there lol
Luke says:
Oh, I knew. I just didn't want to discourage you.
Marcus says:
ohh great another Y fan
Luke says:
Is that because you couldn't get into the Y?
Luke says:
haha, at least we can still be friends
Marcus says:
nope, the U is closer besides who wants to move to
Luke says:
Uh, nobody I know. It's a good thing you don't have to live there to go there.
Luke says:
given the choice, i'd probably go the the U too, but i'd still cheer for the Y.
Luke says:
When are we going bowling again?
Marcus says:
not sure, I am taking the 63 test next week
Marcus says:
most definetly after that
Luke says:
Nice, you're so lucky to be done with it.
Luke says:
The 7 I mean.
Marcus says:
I will be lucky when and only when I get my passing grade
Marcus says:
ahhh yeah, that was just luck
Luke says:
From what I understand, the 7 has nothing to do with luck. Good job, really!!
Marcus says:
are you watching
Luke says:
Nope, i'm recording it.
Luke says:
I love that show.
Marcus says:
It got to be one of the best shows on tv right now
Luke says:
Oh yeah.
Luke says:
Have you seen the show Psych on
Marcus says:
I seen it, would not go as far as call it the best but it is a lot of fun
Luke says:
Nope, it's the best.
Marcus says:
Right…
Marcus says:
Luke I think I got what I need
Marcus says:
Thanks dude
Luke says:
NP, I was running out of stuff to talk about.
Marcus says:
hahaha
Marcus says:
well I am watching Jericho I will need to let you go :P
Monday, February 11, 2008
First Few Hours in Salt Lake City (2nd go)
My first day in the
I was born and raised in Caracas Venezuela I was used to the sun, the beaches and a busy a metropolitan type of life, in short I was used to seeing a big city life, after all Caracas has over 6 million people living and the contrast between the 2 million that are in the Salt Lake City Wasatch Front and Caracas was day and night.
My first hours in the States my sister who lived in Utah for almost ten years prior to my coming wanted me to try some “real” Mexican food (something I never had tried in my life, at least not cooked by real Mexicans) and while driving to the “La Puente” restaurant the very first thing I noticed was how empty the sidewalks were. It was strange it was like the people were hiding, the only other people I was seeing were in cars not in the streets! What a contrast!
It was the middle of the summer, the sun was up and it was just nice outside I had to ask my sister “were did all the people go?” my sister just smiled because she knew what I meant… she pointed at the cars but I just did not get it, at least not yet. I just kept looking at the big sidewalks… but not one person on them what a different place this “city” was.
Once at the restaurant I had my first jalapeño ever, just than and then I decided that Mexican food was too spicy and just not for me. Don’t get me wrong I did enjoy it, but if I had my first pick Mexican food was not it.
It was after 7:30 PM and the sun was still up, I just could not believe my eyes. In
Although I could go on and on about the differences, and it is true that I miss a great deal of things about my homeland I feel at home in
Marcus Sarzalejo.
Monday, January 21, 2008
First Few Hours in Salt Lake City
My first day in the
I was born and raised in Caracas Venezuela I was used to the sun, the beaches and just a busy a metropolitan type of life, in short I was used to seeing a big city life, after all Caracas has over 6 million people living and the contrast between the 2 million that are in the Salt Lake City Wasatch Front and Caracas was day and night.
On my first hours in the States my sister who lived in Utah for almost ten years prior to my coming wanted me to try some Mexican food (something I never had tried in my life, at least not cooked by real Mexicans) and while driving to the “La Puente” restaurant the very first thing I noticed was how empty the sidewalks were.
It was the middle of the summer, the sun was up and it was just nice outside I had to ask “were did all the people go?” my sister just smiled because she knew what I meant… Big sidewalks but not one person on them, everyone was driving!
Once in the restaurant I had my first jalapeño and decided that Mexican food was spicy and just not for me, I still liked the food and I would still eat it but it was just not for me (then.) I liked what I saw of the city I can sincerely say that I started to feel in love with the City of Salt Lake.
Although I could go on and on about the differences, and even though I miss a great deal of things about my homeland I feel well in here and I just love the look of the city and mountains in winter time.
Marcus Sarzalejo.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
First Blog Ever
Blogs are personal Journals available to everyone in the web. The great thing about them is that many people can see and comment on them, you can do blogs about your hobbies, personal lives really about anything you can imagine the sky is the limit. This is why I feel people should be wise choosing what to talk/write about in the web; after all you don’t want to look like an idiot 100 years from now do you?
Now I really don’t have as much experience with blogs as most people now days. It just has not very interesting to me until one friend of mine started his. His name is Harry Candelario and he is a Mac expert and knows a great deal about programming and comic books. He used to work for Marvel Comics and inked one of my favorite books of all time (X-Men 2099) Anyway he started a his own blog not long ago and I started to see why people were expending so much time on these things.
I find it fascinating how we are becoming so close to information just with a click of a button we can almost anything online case in point, the ever popular youtube keeps on getting bigger and bigger and more people are using it and being familiar with it.
Because I like technology and art and technology I want to study all of these fields. I know it is not as specific as someone may want but I have different business plans for the future that I feel will be successful if I learn more about these fields hence why I am in the
Marcus Sarzalejo