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2008 Year in Review!

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Well another year coming to a close and Jasyn.com is still stayin alive!

Welcome everyone to Jasyn.com’s annual Year in Review entry… The final entry of the year I usually like to give a quick post about what happened recently then discuss over the past year in review over what has happened in the last 12 calendar months! So without further adieu….

Last week was pretty crazy with a day off on Thursday and getting everything in order for Christmas and all the driving made for one interesting week… If you’ve been on you’ve probably seen my Xmas pictures already posted for all to see… So last week on Tuesday I was able to meet up with Blair and have a nice quiet evening together where I gave her gift to her… I got her a brand new stereo being hers was stolen out of her last apartment, I didn’t have the time or the money at that moment to get her something else, also I didn’t want to seem overbearing at all either… So it was a simple yet practical gift I think… So on Wednesday after work [which I got out early that day ;) ] I headed up to my folks house and spent the night there… we watched Scrooge and It’s a wonderful life as usual… I actually went to bed kinda early considering the fact but then woke up rather early as well, so it worked out… So we chilled out, opened gifts, and played WII all day… Also I got my bed spread that I wanted and also a new Playstation 3… so I’ll be playing that a bit more now ;) haha… And I had to go back to work on Friday, but I hung out with Blair all weekend… On Friday we went and saw Twilight; Saturday I invited her mother and sister over for dinner [yes I actually cooked]; and on Sunday we played games and went to bed early… So that’s pretty much what happened over the course of the last week.. I know kinda quick but I wanted to get to my Year in Review :)

Wow, hard to believe that 2008 is already done and over with… A ton of things have happened this year, but luckily it was a much better year than the past few years to tell you the truth… But this year started off with a nice vacation to Northern Arizona where I was able to finally plan and execute a vacation really well and went as smooth as possible… I even asked Jenn to marry me in our Bed and Breakfast in Williams, AZ… It was just too bad we got sick and had to shorten it… However, it was very refreshing to leave town for a week and just be on the road… I will have to do that again sometime…

For most of the early part of 2008 nothing much happened other than the usual day to day activities, even the ‘Era of JASON’ was pretty mild for what it has normally been… however after honoring Andrew’s 1st Birthday, Jenn and I had a fight and it ended breaking us up in early August… It was the end of the engagement and the end of our relationship… Although we didn’t work out, we still stay on speaking terms and even now keep each other up to date on each others lives… We just realized that it was better this way… So after the break up, I picked up my little friend lil’ Argon… He’s a Ball Python that is just under a year old… actually he’ll turn a year old in February, and he’s been a member of my family ever since! :) Mind you he really doesn’t replace a girl, but he’s good company none the less…

Also this year I got to meet up with Dale Jr. and he sent me to NASCAR, which this year I went twice… Mind you I’m not really into NASCAR but it’s fun to go anyways just for atmosphere… The first race in April I didn’t even see the race, just drank all weekend lol, good times!!!

In October, I finally moved out of my old place up in North Phoenix… It was tiresome with that old complex with their 3rd class ways… So I was able to finally pack up and move to my new place in Mesa… Every day I am so glad that I made that move and now I’m closer to work, closer to friends, and even closer to some family now… The new place is clean and even decorated, and it actually looks very well done… I put a lot more effort into this place than my old place as well… And it feels more like home now, than my old apartment ever did!
So In November I redid the new Jasyn.com site, and gave it a complete face lift. With New navigation menu, and same old jasyn.com content, it has a nice feel and comfortable look to it… The new Red and Grey theme was a better way to go than the old chartreuse and black I was going with before… I like the way it came out, because now this site was done completely by me. Including the Navigation menu I created from scratch… :)

With another year down, and another year coming up I had originally planned to stay single until 2009. But to tell you the truth, I was not expecting to meet someone like the girl I met recently… Her name is Blair… [ yeah I know ;) ] and so far things between us have been really great to tell you the truth… I remain cautiously optimistic about this relationship, but I’m still enjoying every moment I spend with her… She has a very similar personality to my own and we just have a great deal of fun when we are both together… I honestly didn’t see her coming, but I’m glad she has come into my life, and I’m hoping things will work out… Right now I’m satisfied with her being by my side and will enter into the new year with her there as well :) [aww kodak moment!]…

But that concludes our year in review, 2008 didn’t suck so bad! But again 2009 appears to be a better year, and I’m hoping so as well!!! Thank you to everyone that have helped me along the way this year and hopefully the new year will be beneficial to everyone!!! Take care everyone, have a save and happy new Year and good luck in 2009!!!

[ Auld Lang Syne! ]

Merry Xmas!!!

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Here’s a holiday tip from jasyn.com, never lick an icy pole unless you want your tongue to get stuck!

Well this is the second to last entry before the New Year and also the last entry before Christmas… Man I’m excited this year about the holiday season and just amped and everything that is going on with my life in general… And also I had a rather busy weekend just pass me by, and also just getting prepaired for Christmas and planning out everything is getting a little hectic but it’s also managable… So with out further hesitation, here we go!

Well I had Blair stay with me on Thursday,she had a day off on Friday so we decided to go up and meet my folks and have a little get together… It ended up being a great idea, my cousin Erik stopped by with his girlfriend and her daughter and Blair finally got to meet all my Blair’s… It’s quite funny I think… Blair [my gf] ran into my father already a couple times, but this was the first time she met my Mother, Brother, and cousin… Everyone seemed to really like Blair and her outgoing bubbly personality… Even my mother was impressed with her as well… But again, we are still early in a relationship but so far everything is on the up and up! I’m still excited about the possiblities that Blair is able to offer, but also on the same token I’m still cautiously optimistic about everything as well, only becuase everything IS going to smoothly… I know it sounds rediculous but it is what it is…

So on Saturday, Blair was picked up by her sister and went out for pictures. I, myself, was going to just relax all day and just kick back and play City of Heroes, but then Blair called me up saying her father was in town for the day and wanted to meet me… So I had to get ready in about an hour or so and met up with Blair and her father up at Starbucks near Dobson and the US-60… Everything seemed to go very well with her father… He genuinly seemed intrested about what I do, about what my goals are, and also what I have planned for the future… We talked for about an hour and a half or so at starbucks and I believe I left him with a good impression about myself… I am not intending to boots my self worth or anything, but I’ve usually been good with parents… But also when I met up with them Blair also got me a gift certificate for a back massage for my Christmas gift… It was very thoughtful and also very unplanned, becuase I told her not to worry about getting me something, but she ended up doing it anyways :)

So Sunday afternoon, I took that certificate and went and got my massage done with Massage-Envy near Dobson and US-60 [right across the street from Starbucks luckily]… Well I wanted to do a walk-in appointment, becuase I didn’t figure I’d have to schedule one, but the only therapist they had was a male one, so figuring function over form, I took the male therapist becuase my back has been all out of wack… Althought the therapist was very professional and did a good job, it was still a bit akward, but that’s okay, least now My back is much better than it was and I’m good to go!

After my Massage I came home to relax and enjoy the fleating minuets left in my weekend, but then my friend Tiffany called up upset… She ended up getting dumped by her boyfriend and Jasyn was ready there with a shoulder to cry on, okay maybe an ear over the phone and a friendly voice to talk with… I consold her as best as I could but when a relationship lasts as long as hers did, it’s very tough to see a silver lining… I wish her the best and I know she’ll end up being stronger for it in the end…

Well my friends, time to burn this yule-log on both ends and get back to the old grind… Christmas is finally in sight and still a few more things left to do before everything is finalized… I’ll be posting pictures like I do every year, and I’ll post again once Christmas is past! So from the home of Jasyn.com to yours, happy holidays and see you on the flip side!

[Thumpidy-thump-thump, Thumpidy-thump-thump!]

Keeping Busy as Usual…

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Tis’ the season to be Jolly! Forget that it’s Jasyn.com!!!

Hello again for another entry from Jasyn.com himself!! So with Christmas only a week and a half away I’ve finally got squared away with all my shopping like I said in the last entry… But now all the items are finally being shipped to my house and I’m just waiting on one final gift to arrive then it’s time to wrap, wrap, wrap!!! But this past weekend I also helped a couple of my friends out with their Christmas gifts as well…

On Saturday, after dropping of Blair at her place, I drove out to West Phoenix to meet up with my friend Nicole… Nicole wanted nothing for Christmas for her self, instead she said just get a bed for Alannah… So I picked her up and drove over to Walmart [GAG!!!] [Yes I just threw up in my mouth a little there]… and went to grab her daughter Alannah a Dora the Explorer bed… Overall the sheets and the bed and covers cost about $80 but this was her little girl’s very first bed… Also as part of the gift, I told her I’d assemble it for her as well… Now I’m not exactly the greatest assembler in the world, but it did only take me about an hour or so to get that bed in working order :D Nicole couldn’t really afford a gift for me so I just had her make me dinner instead so that she didn’t feel left out… Luckily it was a steak dinner… everyone knows that the way to a Jasyn’s heart is through his stomach with steak! mmmmmmmmm!

So on Sunday after watching the Cardinals get the arse kicked, I got in touch with my friend Katie and hung out with her for a while… But I took her to Zia records to get her gift, now I didn’t want to be cheap, and I didn’t know exactly what she wanted, so I personally took her there and told her she can choose between either 2 new movies or $40 of used ones, which ever she chose… so she ended up getting like 5 new movies from Zia’s Selection in Tempe, not the greatest selection, but fairly large, and usually very cheap to get a used DVD for about $8 which is about 1/3 the price of a new one! and they always work! haha… So she got a few titles and I got two new ones my self to help expand my collection a little bit.. but then that concluded my spending for Christmas…

Now again all I have left to do is just wrap up some gifts and plan for the big day next thursday, so hopefully things will just go smooth, get past this week quickly and move on in to next week.. but until then don’t get run over by any reindeer!

[ Marked as Spam! ]

End of another Era, and a date! (With another Blair?)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

FINALLY THE LAST WEEK OF THE ERA OF JASON and finally my luck is turning around!!!

Hello everyone, I know what a surprise! 3 entries in the matter of 8 days… Jasyn must either have no life or he has nothing to do anymore… well you couldn’t be more dead wrong than that my friends! If anything Jasyn.com has been busier than ever!!! WOOT!

Well as you have already known, this past weekend I went to the Cardinals game on Sunday… Oh man what a good time Erik and I had… We bolted down there about 11am and got to Westgate in Glendale… We started drinking, and just having a blast… then walked up to the stadium, got some really awesome pictures, got some beers and started to prepare for the game… The game was still good, eventhough the Cardinals lost, [DAMN!] but least the whole experience was awesome… I posted pictures and a movie already up on the pictures and video section, so go check that out!

Well now as most of you know, I never ever miss an episode of Heroes on a Monday… I’m usually glued to the set waiting to see what messed up things they do to these characters… Well this past Monday I didn’t watch Heroes [GASP!]… Instead, for the first time in 2 years I actually had a date… Now as you all might know, since I split up with my ex I havn’t been dating per se, but having friends with occassional benefits… Well this was an actual date! Well I started talking with her on Sunday, we actually started emailing each other from Friday, and decided to go out on Monday to meet up for the first time. So I ended up picking her up after work near her apartment… Right off the bat I honestly thought we hit it off… and the whole night went that way… We ended up goign to a drvie-in movie, I wanted to do something affordable and something we can do to where we can talk and get to know each other better… and the whole night went very well… Mind you I’m not going to get my hopes up, eventhough I couldn’t imagine this date going any better than it did, I’m still being a bit cautious and treading lightly… Also, unlike in the past, I’m going to be taking this very, very, very, very, very slow… Both her and I agreed that we want to get to know each other and become friends first… I am excited about the possiblities but again I don’t want to rush into anything like I have so many times in the past…

Now if that wasn’t great news on it’s own, today I came into work and found out my team is getting dissolved… I’m not losing my job, but more or less our team is getting disbanded and seperated… and again this being the week to top all weeks, I got the shift I’ve been waiting for since I moved… I’m getting moved back to Tempe, to my old team going Monday – Friday 9:30am – 6pm!!! [Can I hear a WOOT! WOOT!] Yes! With this shift I can go to bed late and wake up late and still have time to do things in the afternoon! I can even go play poker now whenever and play both tournies if I wish… wow… I can’t belive that my luck is finally starting to turn around like this… It’s a nice change of pace and I can’t say this isn’t long overdue… I hope to enjoy this for the time I have it, but again I’m sure it will not last long.. but that’s life and another day in the life of Jasyn.com ;)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Be safe over this weekend, and I’ll see you next week!

[Turkey Tyme!]

Fresh Paint…

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Be careful of the fresh paint on the walls, and take off your shoes. Jasyn.com has the new digs goin!

W00T W00T! The new Jasyn.com is starting to come along, as you probably already noticed some major changes… Yes we are going with the Red/Grey/Black theme… No it’s not becuase of the Cardinals or D’backs… :D Well yes I’ve been finally been able to start this process to move over the new site and replace the old one… It has been quite a trek… But shortly I’ll have the new site completly overlaced over the old one and the transition will be done… Then it’ll be time to get everything for the holidays done and out of the way… So I know this is a very early entry, but I needed to crissen the new site with a new entry!

So with this week already in the books and Thanksgiving around the corner, what could Jasyn.com possibly be doing? Well how about the NFL game of the YEAR!!!! No not the big bowl game, but Cardinals Vs. Giants this Sunday and yes I will be going!!! Through my friend through GoDaddy I was able to purchase 2 upper level tickets to go to the best game on the Cardinals schedule!!! This could even be a possible playoff matchup! I havn’t been to a professional football game since my father took me over a decade ago when they Cardinals played in SunDevil Stadium… We had skybox seats to that game and it was pretty awesome, and they won that game too… So I’m hoping that luck can be brought over as well for the game this weekend as well! I’ll deffineatly be posting more pictures and even a movie for that as well; you better believe that!

Well before the game on Sunday, I am going to have Nicole come by and stay over. I am going to finish Jasyn.com before Sunday anyways, but also I’m going to have us make some Jasyn.com apparel as well… and YES! Jasyn.com is going commerical… when the final upload is made you can go to the offical Jasyn.com store and buy shirts, hats, tees, and more with Jasyn.com slogans and logos! Sport Jasyn.com apparel anyway you can [wow that's a cheap plug ;) ]… HAHAH…

Well being it’s Friday, I’m going to head out now… I’ll be doing a ton this weekend and will be hard to reach, but now that this whole migration is just about done, I should have some more free time on my hands :D So Peace out everyone, and look for me on TV on SUNDAY 2PM (MST) for the Cardinals game!

[ Goin to Get my FOOTBALL ON! ]