I am still alive, I swear. Just a little busy putting life together, getting used to married life and work and well... everything. Everyday is a learning opportunity.
Alright, got to run. Starting to study for my P.E. (Professional Engineer) registration exam in April of next year. All the big books I got, it's just scary! It really intimidates, but I got to take it one topic at a time and I got plenty of time as long as I am consistent on a weekly basis.
Also - I have taken the liberty of changing the design of my blog to something that reveals my new-found passion for all things sports, and life.
Leave comments on what should I add to my website!
Cheers!
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Friday, August 07, 2009
"...UPDATE!!" - Danny "The Tourette's Guy"
I know I have not posted anything in a long time. Yes, i'm still alive - I just have a lot of things on my hand. Let's take this slow:
Update - for those who don't know, I got a new job in Columbus, Nebraska (where I now reside) and moved in February of 2009. I got to experience part of winter in the northern part of the US. I got to say it was new and exciting. Snow everywhere, and stone cold.
What else? Oh yeah, I finally passed the damn F.E. Exam (that means that I am now an E.I.T. or Engineer in Training) in June and our wedding took place on July 3rd. I was so happy to see Das Roman Seele und Derek Hanslep my old buddies! It was 3 days that went a little to fast for my taste, I really wish it had gone a little slower so that I could have time to do things better. But that's just life, you get one chance and if you blow it - well, you got to move on and just try to be better the next day and learn from your mistakes. That's, well, just life.
Now, on a side note - I found an interesting website and I was able to come up with this cool map that shows what states I've visited in the US. Let's see:
I lived in Arizona for nearly 7 and a half years, went to California a couple of times when I was a kid to Disneyland. Flew to Florida when I was a kid, with my family, to go to Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando and to a cool Cruise Ship (I still remember it was called, "Fantasy" - the Boat). And well, drove to Nebraska through:
*New Mexico
*Colorado
*Nebraska
On the way there (in 2007), and on the way back:
*Kansas
*Oklahoma
*Texas
*New Mexico
Then when I movd here, I have visited and driven by a couple times through:
*Iowa
*South Dakota
In order to go to Minnesota. So, count it and also include Wisconsin when I went with Ashley, Nicole & Jordon to buy Fireworks and Cheese at The Bass Lake Cheese Factory.
*Minnesota
*Wisconsin
And of course, how could I forget! Been to Las Vegas a couple of times (we got married there first!):
*Nevada
So, now looking at the map:
Click here to make your own map of the U.S.
Cool, huh?
So - where have YOU been?
CHEERS MATES!
Update - for those who don't know, I got a new job in Columbus, Nebraska (where I now reside) and moved in February of 2009. I got to experience part of winter in the northern part of the US. I got to say it was new and exciting. Snow everywhere, and stone cold.
What else? Oh yeah, I finally passed the damn F.E. Exam (that means that I am now an E.I.T. or Engineer in Training) in June and our wedding took place on July 3rd. I was so happy to see Das Roman Seele und Derek Hanslep my old buddies! It was 3 days that went a little to fast for my taste, I really wish it had gone a little slower so that I could have time to do things better. But that's just life, you get one chance and if you blow it - well, you got to move on and just try to be better the next day and learn from your mistakes. That's, well, just life.
Now, on a side note - I found an interesting website and I was able to come up with this cool map that shows what states I've visited in the US. Let's see:
I lived in Arizona for nearly 7 and a half years, went to California a couple of times when I was a kid to Disneyland. Flew to Florida when I was a kid, with my family, to go to Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando and to a cool Cruise Ship (I still remember it was called, "Fantasy" - the Boat). And well, drove to Nebraska through:
*New Mexico
*Colorado
*Nebraska
On the way there (in 2007), and on the way back:
*Kansas
*Oklahoma
*Texas
*New Mexico
Then when I movd here, I have visited and driven by a couple times through:
*Iowa
*South Dakota
In order to go to Minnesota. So, count it and also include Wisconsin when I went with Ashley, Nicole & Jordon to buy Fireworks and Cheese at The Bass Lake Cheese Factory.
*Minnesota
*Wisconsin
And of course, how could I forget! Been to Las Vegas a couple of times (we got married there first!):
*Nevada
So, now looking at the map:
Click here to make your own map of the U.S.
Cool, huh?
So - where have YOU been?
CHEERS MATES!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Hi, My name is Jorge Hernandez, and I'm a Bridge Designer!
Hi everyone. I would like to give you all the great news that I started on my first full-time post-graduation job as a Bridge Engineer for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Bridge Group. I want to thank everyone who told me to keep it up and told me to keep my hopes up, I did and it paid off! I finally have a great job!
But I would like to thank the one person who stood by me, supported me both emotionally and most of the time financially while I found this job: Ashley. I love you babe! This would've been WAY harder than it was if it wasn't because of you. I love you so much and I can't thank you enough!
Aight, I'm going to bed because i'm an old man and I have to get up at 4:30 am every cot-damn day to go to work. So, I'll enjoy my weekend the best way I can: Sleeping.
Cheers!
But I would like to thank the one person who stood by me, supported me both emotionally and most of the time financially while I found this job: Ashley. I love you babe! This would've been WAY harder than it was if it wasn't because of you. I love you so much and I can't thank you enough!
Aight, I'm going to bed because i'm an old man and I have to get up at 4:30 am every cot-damn day to go to work. So, I'll enjoy my weekend the best way I can: Sleeping.
Cheers!
Friday, September 14, 2007
A Million Little Resumes
Well. Today I went on my 3rd interview, now to HDR Inc. this morning, and I don't know why, but I feel exhausted. I mean is not like I did a whole lot today but I just can't explain why I am so god damn tired. Sheezh! Maybe I'm just getting old. But, I gotta thank Ashley for driving me there this morning and being there for me. I wish I could be half as supportive with her as she is with me.
So we get back to her apartment, and I change into regular clothes, and I just feel how my body crashes... aha! That's what It is! I'm crashing because of the coffee I had this morning! That's why!... maybe I should go make myself a sandwich or something. Anyways, so I started reading this book Ashley borrowed me: "A Million Little Pieces" and despite of all the facts that most of the book is a bunch of made up stories.. it still leaves you with a message and it still sends TO ME a message, a very clear message: THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE END UP. And yeah, even though the narrative and the narrative description of his vomit and fecal matter, and expletive thoughts are sometimes a little too much, well my friends - so is life.
Sometimes Life can be too much.
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming.
And Sometimes Life hits you not once - but maybe three times at once, where it hurts the most. But there is always a message in the end: Stay strong, stay focused and believe in yourself. Because, if you don't believe in yourself - no one will.
So, with this said, I get up from this computer and I get on to search for more jobs. Send more resumes. Get more interviews. Don't stop until I get where I need to get: Employment.
Cheers my friends, and may God (or whatever your higher power is) be with you.
Always.
So we get back to her apartment, and I change into regular clothes, and I just feel how my body crashes... aha! That's what It is! I'm crashing because of the coffee I had this morning! That's why!... maybe I should go make myself a sandwich or something. Anyways, so I started reading this book Ashley borrowed me: "A Million Little Pieces" and despite of all the facts that most of the book is a bunch of made up stories.. it still leaves you with a message and it still sends TO ME a message, a very clear message: THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE END UP. And yeah, even though the narrative and the narrative description of his vomit and fecal matter, and expletive thoughts are sometimes a little too much, well my friends - so is life.
Sometimes Life can be too much.
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming.
And Sometimes Life hits you not once - but maybe three times at once, where it hurts the most. But there is always a message in the end: Stay strong, stay focused and believe in yourself. Because, if you don't believe in yourself - no one will.
So, with this said, I get up from this computer and I get on to search for more jobs. Send more resumes. Get more interviews. Don't stop until I get where I need to get: Employment.
Cheers my friends, and may God (or whatever your higher power is) be with you.
Always.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Graduation Day!
Well, It's been about 4 months since my last post... I think(?) and well, this summer I took Statics once again and then went on to experience the hardest class ever in the history of all classes because, if I was giving my 100% on that class and I got a C... has to mean something, right?
Anyways, well I got great news: I'm no longer in College, BECAUSE I'VE FINALLY GRADUATED!! My degree has been awarded, and now I can be called George E.I.T. or Ingeniero Hernandez, or something like that... I have a B.S.C.E. (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering) and I'm proud that, after all the shit I've been through, and all the years of being a careless, drunk-ass, stupid, irresponsible & inmature person... I still managed to got back on my feet, and got the oportunity to learn more about myself and to finally understand that there are bigger things in life than to get completely plastered, lose control of my person and to irresponsibly do things without thinking of the consequences. There is actually many, many bigger things in life than that! Like ... my relationship, my family, friends, traveling, learning new languages, see the world... things like that.
Wow, how deep! I apologize for rambling a lot, I'm just putting out all my thoughts about life, and just putting in "paper" what I want to do in my lifetime. Right now, I'm in Job Search mode and I'm not gonna stop until I find a job in a civil engineering firm and get myself on a stable job routine. Then, paying bills and paying debts, getting a car, an apartment and my own furniture, etc. Then on to live my life, cuz like my brother once told me: "life after college, is only the beginning!" and I agree, it feels like finally life is about to start, so.. here we go!
Enjoy this video, because this song was stuck in my head back in december of 2006 when I walked for my graduation... How I wish I could turn back time, and not do all the stupid shit that I did last semester... but God has its reasons, and he knows why I had to go through it, and I know that like my friend Derek would say:"It was a learning experience bro, just a learning experience."
Yeah, that seems right...
Friday, June 22, 2007
You Got Another Thing Coming!
Well, the gig didn' work as I thought it would. I mean yeah, we played live but at Derek's house and by the time we all picked up the guitar, Derek was drunk and there was way too many people. I know I'm loud, but there are limits... I can't sing on top of about 50 drunk people just screaming (not talking, cuz when you're drunk you're loud) but I still tried, sang like 3 tunes and my voice just gave up.
Ever since we haven't performed live cuz of finals, stress of finals and a lot of fucking drama. People being mean, people being stressed and putting it on other people, stuff like that. Right now, 8 of my friends left to Europe on a month long road-trip, Derek moved to Scottsdale for a month, Tobias went to Norway for the summer, Lufthansa (Roman, my german ex-roomate) went to Berlin for the summer too and well, this summer has been boring so far. Nah, I'm just kidding how can it be boring? Ashley & I are still in town and we've been hanging out all the time. She's been busy with her new full-time job and I've been busy with both a return to the great Arizona Student Unions and with a summer class.
Well Karma, I've done my part... and everything seems to point to you doing your part. So keep it coming!
Good night people, and remember..
CHEERS MATES!
Ever since we haven't performed live cuz of finals, stress of finals and a lot of fucking drama. People being mean, people being stressed and putting it on other people, stuff like that. Right now, 8 of my friends left to Europe on a month long road-trip, Derek moved to Scottsdale for a month, Tobias went to Norway for the summer, Lufthansa (Roman, my german ex-roomate) went to Berlin for the summer too and well, this summer has been boring so far. Nah, I'm just kidding how can it be boring? Ashley & I are still in town and we've been hanging out all the time. She's been busy with her new full-time job and I've been busy with both a return to the great Arizona Student Unions and with a summer class.
Well Karma, I've done my part... and everything seems to point to you doing your part. So keep it coming!
Good night people, and remember..
CHEERS MATES!
Monday, April 23, 2007
April's Foolishness
Back again with a new background. New information...
...and new stories have developed! I am finally performing with a couple of friends at Bentley's Coffee Shop in Tucson, Arizona. I am just waiting for The Hammer to post the damn pictures on facebook to pass 'em over to this page and load them up. The first weekend we played, we did some:
* Audioslave - Getaway Car
* Oasis - Wonderwall
* ...and some other folk artist (I let Derek just play this one by himself).
The second weekend we brought more people over and played an open mic closer with 6 songs! We played more funky music like:
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Last Dance with Mary Jane
* The Joker Medley (It's the Steve Miller Band's song, but with a bunch of 80's hip-hop covers right in the middle)
* David Gray - Babylon (I played the Djembe), and another song I can't remember that I also played the djembe with.
Last week was a little more layed back with songs 4/20 oriented like some:
* Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn One Down
* Metallica - Mama Said
* Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes
* Rufus Rainwright - Hallelujah (With Jamie, Carolyn, Thor's Hammer, Derek & I singing verses)
* Again we played our Joker Medley and included this time our special rendition of Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice," Sublime's "What I Got," etc.
* ...I think we played another song but I think I blacked out... I think haha
This week we're practicing a couple new songs, and an old one that we already played when none of our friends showed up (first day).
* Audioslave - Getaway Car
* Anberlin - The Unwinding Cable Car
* .. what you thought I was gonna tell you the whole thing? ha! better come check it out for yourself and see for yourself how good can we play.
Anyways, school is almost over and well.. here I am trying to get this shit done. No job. No money. But more time to focus on stuff that I want to do like this, hang out with my friends, my babe and time to get my homework done. So far I got real good grades so, I'm just gonna keep it up.
Well that's good for right now so, until I get Hammer's pictures you'll have to do with my word.
So Long!
...and new stories have developed! I am finally performing with a couple of friends at Bentley's Coffee Shop in Tucson, Arizona. I am just waiting for The Hammer to post the damn pictures on facebook to pass 'em over to this page and load them up. The first weekend we played, we did some:
* Audioslave - Getaway Car
* Oasis - Wonderwall
* ...and some other folk artist (I let Derek just play this one by himself).
The second weekend we brought more people over and played an open mic closer with 6 songs! We played more funky music like:
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Last Dance with Mary Jane
* The Joker Medley (It's the Steve Miller Band's song, but with a bunch of 80's hip-hop covers right in the middle)
* David Gray - Babylon (I played the Djembe), and another song I can't remember that I also played the djembe with.
Last week was a little more layed back with songs 4/20 oriented like some:
* Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn One Down
* Metallica - Mama Said
* Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes
* Rufus Rainwright - Hallelujah (With Jamie, Carolyn, Thor's Hammer, Derek & I singing verses)
* Again we played our Joker Medley and included this time our special rendition of Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice," Sublime's "What I Got," etc.
* ...I think we played another song but I think I blacked out... I think haha
This week we're practicing a couple new songs, and an old one that we already played when none of our friends showed up (first day).
* Audioslave - Getaway Car
* Anberlin - The Unwinding Cable Car
* .. what you thought I was gonna tell you the whole thing? ha! better come check it out for yourself and see for yourself how good can we play.
Anyways, school is almost over and well.. here I am trying to get this shit done. No job. No money. But more time to focus on stuff that I want to do like this, hang out with my friends, my babe and time to get my homework done. So far I got real good grades so, I'm just gonna keep it up.
Well that's good for right now so, until I get Hammer's pictures you'll have to do with my word.
So Long!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
A New Edition of: "Before and After"...
Hi everyone, I know I haven't posted anything new in a while. I apologize, I happen to have a life now so.. deal with it. Anyways, I would like to make a little excersice in comparison and contrast with how I used to be and how I am, and what things haven't changed. Shall we?
Before
I used to be like this:
This is me as I used to be; the good ol' brewski to the max. Didn't care about anything but making excuses, thought I had a grip on life and everything that needed to be known. Used to find excuses to get drunk or free-time to do exacty that, just get drunk. The only good thing about me that hasn't changed was my feelings towards my babe, I loved her and I still do. I thought I could "balance" drinking and partying and working and studying and thought I was doing great.
After:
Well, I have no photo to put here cuz my activity has been reduced quite a bit since new years eve. But I'll put one where I know I was sober, clean and just being myself.
Now, I randomly go out every now and then. Maybe once a week, maybe not at all.. I hang out with my babe every other day and mostly every weekend we spend it together. I go to church every weekend, I quit drinking and doing all sorts of illegal activities, I get nothing but good grades... oh yeah, and now I spend more time doing other things like driving to the phoenix zoo, going to a restaurant here and there, making dinner for me and my babe.. and get extremely tired at 10 pm. Also, I help my sister take care of my nephew... so I think you can tell the difference, right?
I guess the only thing that hasn't changed since before new year's eve is my devotion for music, my passion for learning new stuff and to learn new ways to improve myself (that is, be a better person everyday), and my love for my babe, Ashley.
I'd like to guess that I have finally taken a turn on life, not the other way around... So I'll catch y'all on the flipside. New adventures are coming, I can tell! ... Of a different sort that is.
Until then, CHEERS MATES!!!
Before
I used to be like this:
This is me as I used to be; the good ol' brewski to the max. Didn't care about anything but making excuses, thought I had a grip on life and everything that needed to be known. Used to find excuses to get drunk or free-time to do exacty that, just get drunk. The only good thing about me that hasn't changed was my feelings towards my babe, I loved her and I still do. I thought I could "balance" drinking and partying and working and studying and thought I was doing great.
After:
Well, I have no photo to put here cuz my activity has been reduced quite a bit since new years eve. But I'll put one where I know I was sober, clean and just being myself.
Now, I randomly go out every now and then. Maybe once a week, maybe not at all.. I hang out with my babe every other day and mostly every weekend we spend it together. I go to church every weekend, I quit drinking and doing all sorts of illegal activities, I get nothing but good grades... oh yeah, and now I spend more time doing other things like driving to the phoenix zoo, going to a restaurant here and there, making dinner for me and my babe.. and get extremely tired at 10 pm. Also, I help my sister take care of my nephew... so I think you can tell the difference, right?
I guess the only thing that hasn't changed since before new year's eve is my devotion for music, my passion for learning new stuff and to learn new ways to improve myself (that is, be a better person everyday), and my love for my babe, Ashley.
I'd like to guess that I have finally taken a turn on life, not the other way around... So I'll catch y'all on the flipside. New adventures are coming, I can tell! ... Of a different sort that is.
Until then, CHEERS MATES!!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Free Hugs
It just feels right, we should all be able to do this without feeling ashamed. This is exactly what this world needs. A Hug to y'all.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
The Calm Before the Storm...
Could God be finally on my side and making things happen? ...or is it me who's finally gotten a little straighten up and focused on graduating and getting a job?
Meh, Dunno...
All I know is that right now I'm living one of the best weeks of my life alongside my party comrades, my new roomates, and well.. a lot of things have changed after this last summer.
I still am Mr. Party God, don't get me wrong!!, but I know that I don't feel like getting shitfaced every damn day and trying to hook up with some random girl because, well.. I already have found someone special in my life. You know? maybe that's what it is... and I like it.
All those days I spent just thinking that no one was ever going to be interested in me because I was a total disaster, I guess they made me change a lot of things that I didn't like about myself (for starters, the extra 30 pounds I dropped) like my behavior, my lack of responsibility, and... I don't know. I like it. I like the way It feels right now.
I love that I don't have to pretend many things anymore because that someone loves me for what I am and not for what I pretend to be.
I guess that's what we all look for in life, don't we?
P.S: Thanks for everything, I love you.
Ok, now that I have expressed my deepest thoughts... we're going to jump into other matters...
LIKE THE FUCKING MAYHEM THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT!!
I think that the new friday is thursday. I used to be all excited about friday nights, but that was until I met Thursday night and all its monetary perks!! (2x1 Drinks!?? Heellooooo!!!)
Man, man, man... I just hate working fridays at 10:45 am.
Oh well y'all remember that tonight... God.. is a Dj.
I will open a new chain of restaurants: Thank God Is Thursday.. for College students only!
CHEERS MATES!!
Meh, Dunno...
All I know is that right now I'm living one of the best weeks of my life alongside my party comrades, my new roomates, and well.. a lot of things have changed after this last summer.
I still am Mr. Party God, don't get me wrong!!, but I know that I don't feel like getting shitfaced every damn day and trying to hook up with some random girl because, well.. I already have found someone special in my life. You know? maybe that's what it is... and I like it.
All those days I spent just thinking that no one was ever going to be interested in me because I was a total disaster, I guess they made me change a lot of things that I didn't like about myself (for starters, the extra 30 pounds I dropped) like my behavior, my lack of responsibility, and... I don't know. I like it. I like the way It feels right now.
I love that I don't have to pretend many things anymore because that someone loves me for what I am and not for what I pretend to be.
I guess that's what we all look for in life, don't we?
P.S: Thanks for everything, I love you.
Ok, now that I have expressed my deepest thoughts... we're going to jump into other matters...
LIKE THE FUCKING MAYHEM THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT!!
I think that the new friday is thursday. I used to be all excited about friday nights, but that was until I met Thursday night and all its monetary perks!! (2x1 Drinks!?? Heellooooo!!!)
Man, man, man... I just hate working fridays at 10:45 am.
Oh well y'all remember that tonight... God.. is a Dj.
I will open a new chain of restaurants: Thank God Is Thursday.. for College students only!
CHEERS MATES!!
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