Friday, June 22, 2012
Self Sufficiency
Twenty days... It's been a while since you wrote something to yourself or anyone else caring to read about you. Let's get it together, Will.
I began moving into Post Brookhaven on June 12th and am still a long way from finishing (for a few reasons). I figure I will slowly, but steadily, be moving/setting up stuff for the next couple of months.
Moving is a big deal, I know. It's time consuming, frustrating, physically and mentally exhausting, interfering, and... NOT costly thanks to the KooKoo Krazy Hut! Dear Sweet KooKoo gave me the green light to squander a delivery truck and van to execute my entire move with. Those vehicles were an unprecedented favor.
Alex, Danny, and I commenced and completed most of our move on the HOT, SUNNY, HUMID (post thunderstorm) afternoon of Tuesday, June 12th. When I say hot and humid... I mean... Yeah... REAL. Overall, it was a great feeling, though.
It's great to be in my own place and in my own room. I finally feel like I have at least a decent amount of control over my life (not withstanding the powers of God, government, laws, and Comcast...). I work from home most days, have an excellent view of one of the pools (a.k.a. chick nest), and free Wi-fi at Starbucks if I need a new scene.
As if timing couldn't be better (considering the extra expenses and stress) my boss/business partner worked out a nice raise for me. I'm slightly more relaxed about buying a car now. Thank God.
So much more has happened that I need to fill myself/y'all in on... It's real juicy stuff, too, which makes it that much worse to have to wait for. Damn...
How do you gauge fortune? With: luck, good will, hard work, light spirits, easy looks, education, drive/motivation/determination (all same thing to me), and/or patience?
What makes you feel like you deserve or don't deserve something? Throw out deserve and switch it up with earned. Throw out both of those terms. They both have negative connotations. What have you BUILT for yourself?
Friday, June 01, 2012
Thoughts & Reflections
(More) strange days these are. <-- That's how Yoda would put it.
The world hasn't ended, but all the news makes me feel like it's going to sometime soon. I think that's just society and its current swing being built through the past couple of decades. 2 decades. Wow. You want to think that's a long time for some topic to be at hand, but it isn't. We think it is because 2 decades is probably one quarter of our lives.
The earth has been around for billions of years and has endured a whole hell of a lot. There's no reason it should end anytime soon. Just think: the earth was a hot molten piece of crap at one point. I doubt, at least at our "level", that we can affect the earth enough to fall into catastrophe. Throw us the worst hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tidal waves, etc. Those catastrophes are nothing compared to a collapse of our atmosphere and the protection it gives us (and those events shouldn't even get close to destroying our atmosphere).
The fact that I'm writing about this would lead you to believe (yep you guessed it): I'm slightly weirded out and uncomfortable about the whole thought and "movement".
Touche Earth. Keep it up.
I'm concerned and conscious about factors influencing my: health, physical ability, energy, mental state and outlook, preparedness, knowledge, utility, and motivation.
Every day I think about and pray for my friends, family, and myself. I like it and it gives me a good feeling and a renewed outlook on life.
What is it that I'm here to bring to you? I have a feeling.
The world hasn't ended, but all the news makes me feel like it's going to sometime soon. I think that's just society and its current swing being built through the past couple of decades. 2 decades. Wow. You want to think that's a long time for some topic to be at hand, but it isn't. We think it is because 2 decades is probably one quarter of our lives.
The earth has been around for billions of years and has endured a whole hell of a lot. There's no reason it should end anytime soon. Just think: the earth was a hot molten piece of crap at one point. I doubt, at least at our "level", that we can affect the earth enough to fall into catastrophe. Throw us the worst hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tidal waves, etc. Those catastrophes are nothing compared to a collapse of our atmosphere and the protection it gives us (and those events shouldn't even get close to destroying our atmosphere).
The fact that I'm writing about this would lead you to believe (yep you guessed it): I'm slightly weirded out and uncomfortable about the whole thought and "movement".
Touche Earth. Keep it up.
I'm concerned and conscious about factors influencing my: health, physical ability, energy, mental state and outlook, preparedness, knowledge, utility, and motivation.
Every day I think about and pray for my friends, family, and myself. I like it and it gives me a good feeling and a renewed outlook on life.
What is it that I'm here to bring to you? I have a feeling.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day weekend was downright… satisfying. The weather here
in the HOTlanta couldn’t have been more enjoyable. There was an excellent
transition from a real sunny, thick heat on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to a post-thunderstorm,
thicker, “insulating” heat during Monday’s late afternoon. It was this extremely
humid, muggy afternoon that made for a pleasant close to the long weekend.
It all started Thursday night or Friday morning... Friday
night was fun. I arrived at Brian Bobb’s just in time to have him and the
girlfriend jump in the car for a ride to their 8:30 reservation to celebrate
their SIX month anniversary. He was excited to “celebrate surviving 6 months”
with her. I headed back to Brian’s to shower and pre-game before Megan Meloy arrived
to catch up and gossip about work. Work HAS been juicy lately…
Brian and the girlfriend returned around 11:30 from their 5
course, 3 hour long dinner extravaganza. Meloy and I went out for a beer on
Crescent Ave. while they stayed back at his place and did stuff.
Saturday afternoon, evening, and night were awesome. Errands
for liquor, beer, food, mixers. Guitar Hero mini-tourney with Gianna Gandossi. Frisbee
and beer/liquor in Piedmont Park with Bobb, Ryan Walker, Gianna, and black
children who can throw FOREVER. (I swear. These kids could run for days! I
threw my Frisbee with these 4 – 5 black kids for nearly a solid hour!) Brian
dipped out “on the phone” after about 15 minutes… Even after 64 ounces of water
I barely stumbled into Park Tavern extremely dehydrated, soaking wet, and famished
only to stumble into Cristina Diodati and friends. I thought I was going to
pass out, literally. Brian ordered us beers. I ordered 2 pitchers of water.
Just as I was starting to (slightly) perk up… Natalie Thon,
Alex Thon, and none other than Dan Jordan (along with a few friends of his from
Special Forces/Army/Afghanistan) walk up to our table. At this point there was
no turning back. I bid Saturday’s night, “Touche…” Drinks, drinks, food,
shower, drinks, Buckhead ensued.
Sunday Funday.
Lunch and Bloody Merry bar with my dad and
step-mom at Front Page News, relaxation and reflection for most of the remaining
afternoon, and then some serious fun come night time with Sam Nash and Brian
Bobb. I hadn’t been to Pink Pony in a long time… Wow. Hahahaha. Okay serious,
though. I saw my new roommate’s boss and Brian’s neighbor there. LMAO.
And Monday... Afternoon: Pool party, beer, and babes.
Evening: Mellow Mushroom hangout for a couple of hours to re-collect myself,
then PURE Taqueria with good company and margaritas.
Well that about sums it up. Now I’m going to continue (and
try to finish) watching Die Hard 2: DIE HARDER before my bed gets hit.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wedding Weekend Extravanganza
It's been 2 weeks since my last (pretty calm, maybe mundane) post. Wow. I promise to make it up.
A lot has happened and changed since 2 weeks ago. You might be surprised. Fortunately they’ve all been mental and psychological, nothing physical (although I feel like I should have gained 4 pounds).
Work has been very dynamic, fast paced, and fun.
The KooKoo Krazy Hut is always a trip. The drama is more than worth writing home about if you pay attention. I hope Aleks did so her parents were, at the least, somewhat prepared. If not, then she’s back home in Bulgaria now and has likely shared every bit of gossip she gathered from The Kook with them (and I’m sure it’s the most entertainment they’ve had in a while). [Aleks will hopefully be back in the Fall. BTW: Congratulations being accepted to KSU for their IB Masters program.]
I can’t talk much further on this topic via this post, but I’ll write another, (much) more private post that really gets into all the dirty, juicy gossip that’s been going DOWN at The Kook. Look forward to it. In fact, I can’t wait! You certain special people will get an invite that’ll be dripping with “got to know.” :)
Aside from work at The Kook, Good ole Joe and I have been doing some good, fun stuff with our new business, WebACiti.
We now have a few clients and have been meeting with several other potentials. It’s awesome. It feels really good to:
#1: Love what you do on the daily
#2: Make other people (who don’t know how to [nor have an interest in] what you do) excited, happy, and thankful for what you’ve done for their company
#3: Pay yourself
This past weekend was almost too much.
Kristen Bouck married Huie Myers this past Saturday afternoon. The wedding was beautiful and great. It was held at Christ The King, just south of Buckhead. Holy matrimony began to go down at 2:00 and the reception wasn't until 6:00… The reception was to be held at Greystone in Piedmont Park (the place on the pond in the middle of the park)… So what do us Blessed Trinity alumni do in between? Halftime!
Kevin Crosby, Tyler Hein, Natalie Thon, Colleen Hein, Keelin Kasperzack, Lauren Guillen, Alex Thon, Danny Guigou, Laura Beauchamp, and probably a couple others I just FORGOT about decided to be pretty lame at Park Tavern inside that cave they have for about 1.5 hours. Fortunately we got ourselves out after a few drinks and took a stand on The Hill overlooking the Main Grass of Piedmont Park where the Battle of Piedmont took its course. We reflected on and joked about the past. Damn, Blessed Trinity had (and has) maybe too many characters... That’s what makes BT so great, though!
Never. Did. I. Think. I’d end up being lucky enough to have a group of friends that exhibited this (sheer) level of Classy Citizen. Model Citizen even… Wow. T*#t Shots?! Bravo gang.
I think we showed up and represented Kristen and Huie’s wedding like pros…
A lot has happened and changed since 2 weeks ago. You might be surprised. Fortunately they’ve all been mental and psychological, nothing physical (although I feel like I should have gained 4 pounds).
Work has been very dynamic, fast paced, and fun.
The KooKoo Krazy Hut is always a trip. The drama is more than worth writing home about if you pay attention. I hope Aleks did so her parents were, at the least, somewhat prepared. If not, then she’s back home in Bulgaria now and has likely shared every bit of gossip she gathered from The Kook with them (and I’m sure it’s the most entertainment they’ve had in a while). [Aleks will hopefully be back in the Fall. BTW: Congratulations being accepted to KSU for their IB Masters program.]
I can’t talk much further on this topic via this post, but I’ll write another, (much) more private post that really gets into all the dirty, juicy gossip that’s been going DOWN at The Kook. Look forward to it. In fact, I can’t wait! You certain special people will get an invite that’ll be dripping with “got to know.” :)
Aside from work at The Kook, Good ole Joe and I have been doing some good, fun stuff with our new business, WebACiti.
We now have a few clients and have been meeting with several other potentials. It’s awesome. It feels really good to:
#1: Love what you do on the daily
#2: Make other people (who don’t know how to [nor have an interest in] what you do) excited, happy, and thankful for what you’ve done for their company
#3: Pay yourself
This past weekend was almost too much.
Kristen Bouck married Huie Myers this past Saturday afternoon. The wedding was beautiful and great. It was held at Christ The King, just south of Buckhead. Holy matrimony began to go down at 2:00 and the reception wasn't until 6:00… The reception was to be held at Greystone in Piedmont Park (the place on the pond in the middle of the park)… So what do us Blessed Trinity alumni do in between? Halftime!
Kevin Crosby, Tyler Hein, Natalie Thon, Colleen Hein, Keelin Kasperzack, Lauren Guillen, Alex Thon, Danny Guigou, Laura Beauchamp, and probably a couple others I just FORGOT about decided to be pretty lame at Park Tavern inside that cave they have for about 1.5 hours. Fortunately we got ourselves out after a few drinks and took a stand on The Hill overlooking the Main Grass of Piedmont Park where the Battle of Piedmont took its course. We reflected on and joked about the past. Damn, Blessed Trinity had (and has) maybe too many characters... That’s what makes BT so great, though!
Never. Did. I. Think. I’d end up being lucky enough to have a group of friends that exhibited this (sheer) level of Classy Citizen. Model Citizen even… Wow. T*#t Shots?! Bravo gang.
I think we showed up and represented Kristen and Huie’s wedding like pros…
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Saturday Night Shake-Up
I swear to you the best thoughts come at the most inconvenient times to write them down. That's what I'm trying to do right now and, literally, since I picked up my phone and stopped "relaxing" everything went shadowed.
I'm on the sidewalk outside of Loco's in Alpharetta sitting back (relaxing) with a beer while I watch the rain come down. The street lights make for a nice contrast and intermediary for the black sky and clear/white rain.
The band is great.
"It's been too long since I felt this vibe." At that moment I realized it's been since college that I chilled in this atmosphere. Wow. Then I realized how long it's been since I graduated college (and really floored myself).
I thought about the past 2.5 years since I lived the college dream.
My life has been an amazing 25 years. The past 12 years have been unbelievably amazing. I almost don't feel like like I deserve any more, BUT I KNOW I DO.
I can't thank God enough for the past 2.5 years though (and my entire life.) For the longest time I never thought I'd live to see the age of 21, then that came and I never thought I'd see 22. Now I'm coming on 26... "Long term stuff" is creeping up on my mind.
I've always felt the obligation and enjoyment of producing a "William Henry Voegeli IV". Looking at these life analytics, that might some done happen for me (and whoever the lucky lady is)!
I'm on the sidewalk outside of Loco's in Alpharetta sitting back (relaxing) with a beer while I watch the rain come down. The street lights make for a nice contrast and intermediary for the black sky and clear/white rain.
The band is great.
"It's been too long since I felt this vibe." At that moment I realized it's been since college that I chilled in this atmosphere. Wow. Then I realized how long it's been since I graduated college (and really floored myself).
I thought about the past 2.5 years since I lived the college dream.
My life has been an amazing 25 years. The past 12 years have been unbelievably amazing. I almost don't feel like like I deserve any more, BUT I KNOW I DO.
I can't thank God enough for the past 2.5 years though (and my entire life.) For the longest time I never thought I'd live to see the age of 21, then that came and I never thought I'd see 22. Now I'm coming on 26... "Long term stuff" is creeping up on my mind.
I've always felt the obligation and enjoyment of producing a "William Henry Voegeli IV". Looking at these life analytics, that might some done happen for me (and whoever the lucky lady is)!
Introduction
Hey-yo!
My name is William Voegeli. I'm from Atlanta, GA and will probably live here for the rest of my life. Actually I shouldn't say that. Who knows? I love this city, but damn democracy is big and I am young. 25 is young these days...
I finally got around to creating this blog for the same exact freaking reason 90% of every other individual does (for personal, non-business intentions): documentation! Hell. Why shouldn't everyone in the world have access to pretty much everything that's happened in my personal life?!
My Facebook hasn't made me "public enough." That's what I've deducted and realized. I need to let MORE people into my life through MORE mediums. Google's Blogger being the 7th. Let's see: I've got Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, MyLife, Twitter, WillVoegeli.com, YouTube, Pinterest (I know that's gay for a bro), StumbleUpon, Flickr, Vizibility, FourSquare, Skype, Yelp!, Yahoo, and 30 more accounts I'm forgetting. Google's going to penalize me for all those links in one post BTW...
Wow. I really wish I could give this first blog post some hard throttle, but this first post is meant to be an introduction... Dammit... There's so much I have to entertain us all with! If you're already pretty freakin entertained in your general life, then you definitely want to read what I have to write!
I'm looking forward to learning how a blog discussion moves [as opposed to an e-mail listserv, Facebook, FourSquare, etc.]. Each of those three have each been fun, entertaining, different, and unique.)
Here's an overview of the topics of subject I'm typically going to be discussing:
Sincerely,
William Henry Voegeli III
My name is William Voegeli. I'm from Atlanta, GA and will probably live here for the rest of my life. Actually I shouldn't say that. Who knows? I love this city, but damn democracy is big and I am young. 25 is young these days...
I finally got around to creating this blog for the same exact freaking reason 90% of every other individual does (for personal, non-business intentions): documentation! Hell. Why shouldn't everyone in the world have access to pretty much everything that's happened in my personal life?!
My Facebook hasn't made me "public enough." That's what I've deducted and realized. I need to let MORE people into my life through MORE mediums. Google's Blogger being the 7th. Let's see: I've got Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, MyLife, Twitter, WillVoegeli.com, YouTube, Pinterest (I know that's gay for a bro), StumbleUpon, Flickr, Vizibility, FourSquare, Skype, Yelp!, Yahoo, and 30 more accounts I'm forgetting. Google's going to penalize me for all those links in one post BTW...
Wow. I really wish I could give this first blog post some hard throttle, but this first post is meant to be an introduction... Dammit... There's so much I have to entertain us all with! If you're already pretty freakin entertained in your general life, then you definitely want to read what I have to write!
I'm looking forward to learning how a blog discussion moves [as opposed to an e-mail listserv, Facebook, FourSquare, etc.]. Each of those three have each been fun, entertaining, different, and unique.)
Here's an overview of the topics of subject I'm typically going to be discussing:
- Chickz
- Goals
- Discovery/1st Contact
- Introduction
- Interaction
- Fornication
- Relationship
- Menstrual (PMS)
- Marriage
- Offspring
- Wishes/Would Likes...
- Work / Professional
- (Office) Space
- Coworkers
- Job Role, Functions, & Requirements
- Benefits (Vacation, 401-K, etc.)
- General Mood & Atmosphere of the Work Environment
- Goals
- Abilities & Inabilities
- Wishes/Would Likes...
- "Free" Time / Personal
- Activities
- Habits
- Hobbies
- Living Conditions
- Adventures, Trips, Rebellious Acts & Behavior
Sincerely,
William Henry Voegeli III
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