So all winter I haven’t had a real job let alone a steady one. The middle of last September was when I finished with camp for the summer, and I did not go out and look for another job. I spent all winter doing school work, working on my cabin and I did a little part time work for Joe Oruska. Joe is a building contractor. Winter was very tight, but i made it. Spring came, and things have been very busy. I’ve been continuing work on the cabin, as well as working a whole lot more with Joe. I’ve also started work at camp. I’m very excited that I’m working at camp, as I may have said earlier, camp has been the greatest job I’ve ever had. I’ll have to write an update on the cabin soon!

Working for Joe is great (even though sometimes I think he just hired me so he has someone to complain to about all his problems haha)…he’s a great guy to work for, I learn a lot and he pays very well. The Shafer family (the people who own my cabin and camp) are building two new cottages by the lake; Joe has informed me that he got the job building one of them and he hopes to get the other. Joe has already told me that if he gets one or both of those jobs he will most definitely hire me. That is great news to hear that he already has one, this job will give me steady work for more than a year, and hopefully it’ll give me a chance to save some money to buy a new truck!

I am very excited to begin work at camp. They’ve had us hold off for a while to save money. Camp has been having some troubles but I think they will be getting back on their feet soon. I’ve been doing a lot to help them as much as I can, and I have a lot more helpful ideas that they would like. It is good to hear that as of yesterday camp has about 95 kids enrolled. At camp we’ve been working hard on getting all the brush picked up, grass cut and getting up all the power lines. There were about 12 power lines that came down due to trees falling on them. I am counting down the days until the counselors and kids show up. This summer should be a fun one and will be very busy.

Shuttin’ Detroit Down -- John Rich

That sure is a great song. Mr. Rich sings about Detroit but he really is talking about the entire country. Detroit just represents a place where there are a lot of hard workers losing a lot of their jobs. I know all of this bailout and misused government money is old news, but it is still going on. I don’t need to go on and on about all the things that bother me about this situation, you’ve seen the news. I just hope that maybe some people higher up have heard this song and listened to the lyrics, maybe it’ll get their heads straight and do a little more to help the people the represent. Both the government and big corporations are to blame. I don’t believe that we need to give big companies enormous amounts of money when they have failing business plans. Successful businesses should be able to operate in both up and down economies, even if it means changing their business model. Our government doesn’t need to give them our money when we don’t even know for sure if it’s going to get paid back. We all work hard for the money we earn. The people who control all this money much not have a clue how mad this makes people. Watch this video, these are two of my favorite people.

Just recently Chrysler filed for chapter 11. As much as a fan I am of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge products, maybe they should go out of business just so all the executives and other important people learn a lesson that they need to change with the times. At the same time I’m glad they’re doing a deal with Fiat so all the thousands of employees may be able to keep their jobs, and hopefully they’ll keep their line of Dodge Ram pickup trucks.
Hey while we’re on this topic, check out this site: The 912 Project.
I’ll be writing more about this later….
Your comments would be appriciated

So I’ve been dying to get a new digital camera. Its been so long since I’ve had a decent one. I used to do a lot with photography and I seemed to be pretty good at it. I had used my camera so much it was worn out. I think the old camera was an Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom. It was a great camera to learn on. When I was in high school I had an opportunity to use a Canon Digital Rebel XT in a graphic arts class and I had learned a whole lot more about photography. It got me really excited about photography and ever since I’ve been thinking of doing it as a part time job. I’ve always wanted to buy my own Canon Rebel SLR camera but I could never afford one. I love the situation I’m in but unfortunately it does not make me a lot of money. This summer I plan to buy myself a new camera. I don’t think I’m going to spend the $800 for a big SLR camera even though I’m sure I would love it. I’m looking for an advanced digital camera that has many of the SLR capabilities but won’t break the bank.

Now I have a question….where is a good place to go look and handle cameras before you buy them now that Circuit City is closed? I’ve done some research and one camera has caught my eye. I am still open to suggestions, but I am really liking the Olympus SP-570 UZ. I read a PCWorld review and compared to ten other cameras it was on top. It has all the features I’m looking for and they claim it has the best image quality compared to the others. I also like some of the optional accessories, like I can buy an attachment to connect an external lens, which it something that I will most likely buy. The resolution is 10MP, which is plenty high for me, and for action shots it takes up to 13 frames per second. I haven’t completely decided yet, I still have a lot more research to do but this one sure does seem like a winner. I may just break down and go all out for an SLR, but I’m not sure that I really need one. Please comment or contact me if you have any suggestions. I’d love to hear them.

Most of you that know me, know that I’m not a very social person. But if you want to know what I’m up to I’m connected with many online social networks. The best way is to view my FriendFeed. FriendFeed has most of my social networks agregated together. If you’d like to view them individually, the services I use most are Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. I also have an online photo gallery that I don’t update as often as I should. Here’s the link: Paul’s Photo’s.

If this site isn’t enough, connect with me with one or all of those services. Thanks!

I thought I would start my first post on Easter. I am going to try and update this site as often as possible….oh….and its not finished yet :-/. Also I’d like to wish my sister a Happy Birthday. I’m going to warn you that I am terrible with words and often have a hard time explaining myself. I’m using this site to update you all on everything that I’m doing (not that you really care)….along with updating you on what I’m doing….I’ll occasionally put my 2 cents on current/future/past events and products that are out or coming out. I will try to include many pictures and videos in my posts. I am in the process of setting up my online photo gallery….I’m not sure which service I should use. I’d like to use one that will work well with my friendfeed. On the right side of this site I have my friendfeed widget, which is linked to my twitter account, facebook account, and a few other social networks that I participate in. That widget will usually have at least one new update every day. Please come back to this site often, it should just get better and better every time you visit.

Thanks
-Paul