US Pat No 7536802

What an interesting day. I should have been working, but I decided to stay home today. I feel like I'm at a turning point in my life. I'm a man. (lol) I am, though. I think my generation became men late. Maybe I'm just becoming a man late. I'm not under my parent's roof anymore. In fact, I moved out of their house when I was 18. I did what I was supposed to. I went to college. I got my degree. My sin hindered me along the way. I drank too much. I was a straight up alcoholic, to be honest. That's an excuse. I should have "manned" up. I didn't. I didn't pay attention. I graduated into an economy that was horrible. That's an excuse, too. I thought it was supposed to be that you get a degree then you go into the workforce at an entry level position, then start building up experience and work hard and further your career. Instead, I graduated college and quit my job at Pizza Hut to get a job at Starbucks. Maybe I'm being a bit too personal?

Sure.

I think I post too often to social media. I'm an over poster. And here I am posting again. I like posting on this blog because it doesn't have exposure like Facebook does. (I'll probably link this on Facebook). I don't know if people read my posts. Very rarely will people respond to what I say.  I like social media for some reasons but hate it for others. I like documenting things. I want my son to know what was on my mind when he gets older. I don't want to hold back.

Anyway, I think I'm done. I'll leave this blog post with a few interesting things. Lindsey found this weird plastic thing in our junk drawer. She asked me what it was. Of course, I had no idea. So, I looked up the patent number. Turns out it was a tile spacer. Here's the link to website that explained what the item was. http://patents.com/us-7536802.html.

The other interesting thing is a definition I looked up. We were singing a hymn at church today. I don't remember what hymn it was but it was about being redeemed. I thought I would look it up. I liked this definition I found on Google.

I have always been Jesus's. My sin separated me from Him. He bought me back and regained possession of me by exchanging payment (Himself). Christianity sounds crazy when you read it out loud. I don't think it's crazy though. I think it's hard to believe sometimes. I see Christians who are in love with Jesus. You can tell. They have joy. I can see it. I want that. I want a faith that grows.

Bro!

I feel old. I feel useless. Dang, maybe I just feel all stressed out? I think I should have some sort of purpose right now. I'll find it soon. Right? Maybe my purpose is for my son and for Lindsey. I want to make the most of life with my family. I feel like I'm working and working and working and it's getting me nowhere. Masters degree? I'm working on that too. But will that make me feel better about myself? Or am I just spinning my wheels? These wheels need some snow chains or something. Wish I could travel.

Ewwwww...religion

Happy New Year's Day! I'm trying my hardest to be optimistic for this year. Life can bring its challenges. 2013 definitely brought the Dominguez family some good challenges. We've overcome those challenges, by the grace of God. I feel like we ourselves could have been overcome by life, perhaps we were overcome for a moment. But, we get back up. We find strength in each other. We find strength in Jesus.

I guess now's a good time to give a disclaimer. I love Jesus. Weird, huh? People who have known me for a long time don't know anything about my spiritual life. Maybe they don't want to hear about it, maybe they do. Either way, this blog may be a way to express my love for Jesus. Also, while I'm disclaiming, I guess I should say that this blog is an open book where my emotions pour out. If you've read any of these posts then you probably already know that.

So...2014. What will it bring? Some pain. Some joy. Some sadness. Some growth. Hopefully a lot of growth.

I'll admit, I've been a Christian for a while (most my life), and when I hear people say they're "in love" with Jesus, it weirds me out. So I'm weirding you out now? Good. I've been thinking about Earth, I've been thinking about the Sun. I've been thinking about our Solar System. I've been thinking about the Milky Way, other galaxies and the Universe. We're so small. Christ came and taught about love. Christ showed me love. So, I'll stop being bashful about my beliefs. There's no reason to. No one else in the world is bashful about their beliefs. Why should I?

Happy Birthday!!

Every beautiful 30 year old deserves some dancers on their birthday. Ryan Reynolds was booked, so I got the next best thing!

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Twenty-Five Things About Me

Note: I am re-posting this. I original wrote this on 11 February in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine. I thought it deserved a better place to live than a Facebook Note.


1. I was born as a triceratops to two loving reptile parents in 1983. Not too many people know that New Mexico was once wetlands and many dinosaurs lived in our region. I don't think dinosaurs died from a meteor. I think they just got tired of earth and decided to move to a different planet. In fact, I don't think, I know cause I was invited. I like earth.

2. I love NM. People always assume that my state is mostly desert.. it is mostly desert. But there are some parts of NM that aren't desert. We have mountains. We have (small) mountain lakes and there are trees. Some forests in New Mexico relieve lots of moisture. Some parts of New Mexico are even green. Who cares? No one should. I'm not even angry. New Mexico sucks for most people, but that's fine. I'm happy I was born in such a different state. 

3. There was a blind man named Tony in my neighborhood when I was a kid. He had a bench next to a bush that he would sit on and listen to the birds and to me and my brothers playing. The bush had purple flowers that smelled very good and when I smell these flowers it reminds me of Tony. I would sit and talk to Tony in the cool Santa Fe evenings. He talked to me about life in Santa Fe in the 20s. I watched Tony write in braille in his workshop. Sometimes, Tio Cipriano (or just 'Tio' for me) would sit and talk to Tony too and I would join in on their conversation. 

4. I miss my grandpa. He is the reason why I'm curious about the world around me. He is the reason why I love music. I would go to my grandpa's house nearly everyday and read his encyclopedias and study his maps. My grandpa would tell me about the great classical musicians and also about mariachi music. My grandpa would play is harp and sing for me often. I watched my grandpa do his voice exercises. Sometimes we would go to the plaza and I would chase the pigeons. 

5. I like everything my dad likes. 

6. I admire my mom's compassion.

7. I want to go to England

8. The economy is aiiight

9. I enjoyed the movie Free Willie... 

10. I drew a 18th century ship for an art contest in the 6th grade and I won 2nd place.

11. I would like to widdle a boat from a single piece of wood.

12. I want to make a to-scale model of Albuquerque's downtown in a garage one day... so the tallest building would be about six feet high.

13. My brothers rock. I love them. I'm proud of both of them.

14. I've never visited Canada

15. I think I would enjoy a rainy climate.

16. Angels in the Outfield was an amazing movie. So was Rookie of the Year. My all time favorite move is Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

17. I think I would enjoy living in a castle. 

18. All things grow??

19. I don't believe in showers

20. I met Gov. King in the 2nd grade. We sang Las Mananitas to Mrs. King on her birthday. 

21. Michael Catnak's mom had a garden of mint and Michael and I would catch rolly pollies and snails.. we never hurt them though. 

22. MxPx rules. They changed my life. I met all three in Colo. Sprgs. this past April. It was amazing.
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23. I miss my friends that moved away from me

24. I want an akita. 

25. Sufjan is sweet

Dude It Feels Much Hotter

Dude, it feels much hotter than 60°F. I was just sitting outside and eating the amazing lunch Lindsey packed for me. I felt like I was being baked alive. It's November 1. What the heck? I think that it'll probably cool off quite a bit in the next couple of weeks. It's what happens when we go further into autumn.

Drove To Chicago

Hey y'all. I don't usually use "y'all", but hey it's Halloween and Lavar Burton says "y'all" in a lot of his Twitter posts. You may ask yourself what Halloween has to do with anything, it doesn't. I'm just a random dude.

So it's Halloween today. That's exciting. This is the mark of the holiday season. Before you know it it'll be thanksgiving, then Christmas, then before you know it you'll be kissing your sweetheart at the stroke of midnight. So I'm excited that this year is wrapping up, mostly because I've used up all of my vacation for the year. It'll be nice to take a vacation. Maybe have some free time with Lindsey.

This morning was nice. Lindsey and I read a really heavy chapter of Hebrews. It was Hebrews 10. I'll have to read it a couple more times today. I'm still digesting it. I'll have some time today too because we're training some new ideas at work today. Right now is lunch. Time to breathe. Time to listen to this new (to me) Sufjan Stevens record.