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Name: Jordan
Birthday: 11/11/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Several things, but God is the only one that matters any.
Expertise: Writing, satire, whimsical sayings, deep philosophical conversations, long walks on the beach and doughnuts.
Occupation: Sales
Industry: Journalism someday....sales fo
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  joHa ogh bang
Member Since:
4/9/2004
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| It's like watching a train derailment in slow motion.
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| Who am I?I Corinthians 9:19-23
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To
the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I
became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),
so as to win those under the law. 21 To
those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I
am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win
those not having the law. 22 To
the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to
all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
Does this mean change who you are depending on who you're talking to?
I don't think so.
Working in sales has given me a different perspective on this passage. In sales, I have to change my pitch depending on who I'm talking to. I need to talk slower and clearer to older people, while people my age I can speak at my normal obnoxious pace. I'm no longer at All Green, but while I was there, if somebody was screwed over by one of our competitors, I would focus on building up trust in All Green. If trust is the issue, I'm not going to talk about the chemical make up of the fertilizer.
None of these ways of relating to people change anything about the company, their services, or even me. It's just a different point of focus.
Get your head in the game, Jordan.
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| Just a quick little fyi:I was skimming a book analyzing modern cinema from a Christian perspective. As it was discussing such slasher flicks as Friday the 13th, when I came across it.
That which I hate more than anything else in the world today.
That which I will fight against as long as I draw breath.
My mortal enemy.
The bane of my existence.
"Irregardless of the motives of the producers..."
Que?
"Irregardless" is NOT a word. It's a double negative.
Every time I hear or read the word "irregardless", I die a little bit inside. And I have no earthly idea how that got past the publisher. I immediately lost all desire to actually read the book.
When I worked at Red Robin, I actually spent an entire five hour shift arguing with six different people whether it was a word or not. One of them said he was an English major, and swore up and down that it was indeed a standard, serious, honest-to-God word.
Given the insistence of our society is using this "word" so much, I'd like to propose a new definition for it:
irregardless - adverb [ir-i-gahrd-lis] - nonstandard, a word used when people are trying to say "I'm a semi-literate putz, and you should throw apples at me." | | |
| Is it just me....Or is the economy of Michigan not nearly as bad as we make it out to be?
I no longer work at All Green Lawn Corporation, because I got sick of all the shady stuff going on. Apparently both the Better Business Bureau and the Labor Board are after then right now for a variety of reasons. And the corporate morons were giving themselves raises based on projects profits. Sound familiar?
So I started looking for a new job three weeks and one day ago. Not actively pursuing it, but turning in applications here and there, looking around.
Not only did I start my new job last Monday, I just received a call from Centennial Wireless (where I applied a week and a half ago) asking me if I was still looking for employment.
That's two job offers in as many weeks from fairly lazy pursuit of alternative employment.
Need a job? Go out and do it. There is no reason NOT to find a job in Michigan right now.
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| TELL ME THAT ISN'T EPIC! So I got to be a part of something amazing today.
Annemarie Kahila needed to be picked up by Katie Ford from her class today, but didn't have her cell phone. She did have access to Facebook, though. She logged on to it, and lo and behold, Jordan was logged on. She IMed me using the new Facebook Chat feature, explaining the situation. She didn't have Katie's cell phone number. So I called the Ford's home number. No answer. I called Berean, and sure enough, Lynn Ford answers. I got Katie's number from her. I then called Katie to let her know where to pick AM up from.
Tell me that isn't epic.
Speaking of epic, I watched the scariest movie ever last night. It's called The Tenant. It's an obscure Roman Polanski film from the mid-1970's. It is rated R for being freaking creepy. It has intense sequences of "What the heck is going on?", a couple gratuitous scenes of "Am I going insane?", and a couple extreme instances of "Yes, I really am going insane..."
As the credits roll, the viewer is left to ponder deep questions about life. The most pressing one being "What the heck did I just watch?" It allows the viewer to dig deep into their own life and ask "Ok, how am I supposed to sleep tonight now?"
Good luck with that.
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