Daily Archives: July 7, 2008

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Suicide…

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I meant to post about this a couple days ago but just basically didn’t want to a the time…

July 5th was the 2nd anniversary of my cousins suicide and to this day, and probably never will I be able to figure out why he did it…

not only did he leave behind questions unanswered but he left guilt as well with most of his family and friends, I personally have to ask is there something I could have done?  is there something I missed?

We were cousins but we were friends as well, the closest thing to a best friend I’ve ever had really…

I look back and well I wasn’t always there, I mean I think I should have been there, but as we got older our interests differed and we grew apart, we went our separate ways with our familes and friends, and things we liked to do, I guess I can’t blame myself or feel guilty about it but I can’t help it really… I just think back and have to wonder what more could I have done?

The last communication I had with him was an argument, and well there’s guilt there as well, but we’ve fought many times before and always ‘made up’, time went by and things cooled off and things were back to normal, but not this time…

He ended it with a bullet to his head, he left behind three small children and a wife, well the wife really wasn’t a wife at that point, she was cheating on him at the time, and I’m sure that was a big part of why he did it, but it’s not worth taking your life over something like that, so obviously there had to be more to it that that, then again we all handle things differently and that could have been his reason, but I find it hard to believe as I know he loved his children and would do anything for them that he could…

I don’t know, and I guess I never will…

Articles/Editorials

Freelancing and writing

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So I’m trying to keep busy, trying to make money basically, I mean that’s all we are all trying to do really right? We all need money to pay our bills, buy the things we need to surive and support our families.

So I’m thinking of trying freelance writing.. even if it’s not getting paid, I’m thinking that the more I get my name out there the better off I’ll be right?

I’m doing a bit of writing over ar Tiltsite.com it’s not paid of course, but I like my phone and I’m interested in it, it’s not a major commitment or anything just something part time.

I’m also writing for Testfreaks.com as well, I’m writing their buyting guides, they’re not really buying guides per se, but more of tips and information about helping to decide on the products you might be buying.

I’ve completed two of them so far, the first one is a Memory Card Buying Guide, it came out to be close to 1500 words and I could’ve kept on writing actually, I hadn’t realized that there was so much to say about little old memory cards…

You can find it here: http://www.testfreaks.com/memory-cards/

at the top of the page is the title Memory Card Buying Guide and below that is the ‘read more’ button to continue reading the entire article..

it’s fun actually and they’re happy with it, they’ve asked me to do more for them as well… so I’m more than happy to help out as it’s fun and it’s get me more exposure as well..

I just finished up the Keyboard Buying Guide also, but it’s not live yet, should be in a few days..

I really like reviewing products though, I’m wondering how much freelance work there is in that, I’ve got quite a bit of experience at it after all, so I know what I’m doing…