3/23/07 - Writing.

I never intended for it to be this way. I just say what's on my mind.

Through high school up to the present, I've always been told that I was good at writing. I personally never saw this skill that these certain people spoke of. When it comes to writing essays and long stories, I know the basics and stick to them. The things that stood out in my mind was the fact that all writing needs details and imagery. It seemed like the more details and imagery I added in my writings, the better the grade I received on a papers.

It didn't help that I was limited to a small vocabulary. I never liked writing really. Reading wasn't a favorite thing to do either. Throw some big words at me and watch me curl up in silence with cluelessness written on my face. I didn't care to learn new words by the time I reached high school. I could get by with what I knew, so what more should I learn? Just because I wouldn't sound like a highly-educated intellectual didn't mean I was stupid.

Getting back on point, I did eventually realize that learning new words completely made writing a little more interesting for the writer and the reader. When you only refer to good things as "good", rather than "wonderful, amazing, exciting, mind-blowing, etc", it gets quite boring.

Anyway, I'm trying to somehow explain my new found interest in writing. I don't see myself majoring in it for college. The only thing I dislike is the fact that it's time-consuming to do. It's not really fun to me either. But it does help release some inner tension and relieve stress. I find it to be very therapeutic. So I'd only want to do it when I choose to, and not when teachers tell me to.

I don't really have a point to this entry. But at least I'm less stressed.

-Tyger

3/20/07 - Thou Shalt Not Steal.

All it took was one time to get caught. That one time straightened me up QUICK.

I remember it all too well. I was shopping with my father at the local Winn-Dixie grocery store right down the street from our home. I always loved the candy aisle, especially the small pieces of candy that were individually wrapped for your taking. Of course, if you wanted to take some pieces, there was always a container with a coin slot that said "3 pieces/10 cents" to pay.

Being that I was 5 years old at the time, I didn't have any money. By this time, I've also learned that asking for candy, toys, or any such thing would get me yelled at or spanked. I knew to never ask for things I did not need. Learned response. So what was the best alternative? To just take it of course! It was just a piece of caramel. It wouldn't be a big deal. I put it in my pocket.

As we stood in line, I pulled the caramel from my pocket and told my father that my teacher gave it to me. Being 5 years old, I didn't understand that what I was REALLY doing was telling on myself. A guilty conscience is what I had. It's like I had to let my father know that I at least HAD the candy. I could've easily snuck it in my mouth. With doubt, my father repeated my statement in a question form: "Your teacher gave it to you?" I said yes. He then told me that he was going to ask my teacher in the morning when he takes me to school if was true. At that point, I was afraid. He was going to find out that I lied. In an attempt to redeem myself, as we were walking out of the store, I threw the piece of candy under the entrance swinging door to the Customer Service counter.

I don't quite remember what happened between that event and the time my father asked my teacher the next day at school. The only thing I recall is crying when we got home. My father had already known that I took the caramel. He wanted me to admit it. He'd repeatedly ask me and I'd stay silent. If I didn't tell him, he really didn't know anything. He gave me a sheet of paper to write down what I did. I just sat next to the fireplace and cried knowing that I wasn't going to write anything. I'm pretty sure I eventually told him, but I don't remember how it came out.

During school the next day, we all lined up for lunch around noon. The teacher was asked by my father if she had given her candy. The teacher said no and said that she would ask her assistant if she had done so. I probably told my teacher that the assistant gave it to me when my father asked her about it. As we lined up, the teacher asked the assistant if she had given me candy. I froze up and knew that I was in for it. Once the assistant said no, the teacher yelled and commanded me to come to her desk. I don't remember if she grabbed me, but if she didn't, her tone was angry enough to feel like I was being grabbed and shook. I remember the dialogue clearly...

Teacher (angry): "HOW DID YOU GET THAT CANDY?!"
Me: (silent)
Teacher: "If you don't tell me, I'm going to let the class go to lunch and leave you here."
Me: I took it.
Teacher: "FROM WHERE?"
Me: From the store.

I already knew that my father knew the truth. This just made it absolutely 100 times worse. Not only did I get in trouble with my father, I got in trouble with my teacher and I was humiliated in front of my whole kindergarten class as they watched me confess. The memory ends when I get picked up from school and the teacher tells my father that I took it from the store.

This is a memory that sticks with me forever. The memory set me up to never steal again. I'm sure it set me to never lie to my parents again as well. Of course, there are times when I've stolen and lied since then, but I think this event was probably a huge one in my life to set me on the path away from delinquency.

So for those of you who always think I'm the one who does "the right thing", this could be a good reason why I am who I am.

3/16/07 - Blog Stress!

For some reason, I've been having a huge urge to think of ways to make this webpage more popular among people.

I go to websites everyday. Popular websites. Just random Joes that write things and people take interest in them. It's easy to point fingers and say that the ones that give them the popularity are people with no lives. Well, personally, if that is so, I'd like to attract their attention as well. So I ask myself, what the hell should I write about?

I tell myself to focus on one subject and go with it. That mimics the current blog trend. So find something I'm knowledgable about, and then speak my mind. Easy, right? Apparently not. Everything I think of is already out there. Other things, I just lack the amount of knowledge. Everything else seems ridiculous to even write about. A brick wall.

Then it hits me. What the hell am I even doing? I'm sitting here just thinking and thinking. And people are posting bunches of non-sense on their websites everyday. I can't even keep up with once a week. My personality consists of planning things out before taking action. I've always found that to be an advantage of mine. But I also see that it can be a bump in the road.

If all we do is sit and think, there may come that ultimate idea. If it doesn't come, then that time you spent thinking was just a big waste. So all in all, it's a big risk. Only you can decide whether to keep thinking, or just TAKE ACTION with what you have.

So quiet on the mothafuckin set! :)

-Tyger

3/1/07 - *laughs* Ok, buh-bye.

I HATE THAT.

Oh, what's that? I hate what? Well, read the subject line again. Yeah. I hate that,

Where exactly do you learn to spurt out a little laugh along with a overly happy conclusion to a phone call? Is that something you learn in training for office jobs? I don't get it. Don't get me wrong. It doesn't happen much, but when it does, I laugh at it. Because I hate it.

Some of you may be completely dumbfounded at what I'm talking about. I'm dumbfounded at the fact I'm using the word dumbfounded. Who created that word? What a dummy. But anyway. I'm usually referring to people in a professional job with talking on the phone being a majority of their job. It's like... you can even yell at them for 5 minutes and they will yell right back at you, but once it's time to get off the phone... "(tee hee) ok, buh-bye!"

Pointless post once again. :) But my sister did it to me when I got off the phone with her at work. Argh. Reminded me of it.

-Tyger

2/27/07 - Media Section down.

The Media section will be down due to a huge transfer of files moving from one server to another. For now, visit my Youtube site:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lptyger

2/6/07 - Give me feedback or else!

The power of eBay.

No longer do we have to go store to store to try and find that old video game that we have been looking for to fulfill our reminscent childhood pleasures. We don't have to talk to swindling automotive mechanics to buy overpriced parts for our automobiles. All the answers to your questions could be found on eBay.

The whole eBay process all comes down to feedback. You won't be caught buying from someone with no or low feedback. You find someone with 97%. You question his/her legitimacy. What exactly happened that made them lose that 3%? No way buddy! I ain't buying from a 97% when I can buy from a 99%. It's a very helpful, and sometimes amusingly humorous, way to figure out who's who on eBay. You buy an item. You sell an item. You get feedback. You leave feedback. It's all about reputation!

Then there are those types of people who buy or sell things and leave absolutely NO FEEDBACK. Well, these people are the scum of the Earth! How dare they not help boost your reputation any higher! All it takes: A few clicks, some words, some pluses (++++++), etc. DONE! These people are absolutely lazy and they do not deserve to be a part of what is... eBay!

Ok, so I was sarcastic. I do that too much sometimes. I'm only mentioning this because of a particular individual (vogelbeerpotus) on eBay who won't leave me alone to leave him feedback. Ok ok, so he sent me an e-mail asking nicely for me to give him feedback and I ignored it. Two weeks later, another e-mail stated that he would "have no choice but to leave a less than positive feedback" for me if I did not "respond to his e-mails and persist to neglect leaving positive feedback for [his] rapid payment." And this is where I sit in my chair and laugh at his response. A big hahahahaha.

When it comes to feedback, this is how I work. When I buy things, right after I receive them in good condition, I leave my feedback to the seller. Fair enough, right? But on the other hand, when I SELL things, I make sure that they receive the item AND leave me feedback FIRST before I leave them feedback. For those who don't understand, it's to PROTECT ME from receiving any negative feedback. Let's say you are a seller and your buyer makes a quick payment. You send the item immediately with fast shipping and you leave them positive feedback for a quick payment. Well, what if the item never reaches them? What if the item is damaged? What if you are not willing to replace the item? What if you don't do returns? There are people out there who sometimes cannot be negotiated with in the retail world. They leave you and negative and you can do NOTHING about it. And blunt response is... FUCK THAT. :)

And after a few more e-mails explaning my stance, he's still trying to convince me to leave him feedback before he does it with me even after I said the issue didn't matter to me. *sigh* I have great feedback, someone not giving me feedback means nothing to me.

"And the band keeps playin on..."

-Tyger

1/19/07 - Alive and well.

My mind has been very idle lately.

No interesting story today.

Still waiting on my $2500.

-Tyger

1/1/07 - Happy New Year! I won $2500!

Well, let me say that this is a great way to start the new year!

I won the "Blue Christmas" Video Battle on myvideobattle.com. Don't ask why. Haha. I'm still awaiting someone to contact me about it. I haven't heard anything as of yet. I'd hate to have this end up being some bogus thing for promotion. But I have patience.

Oh yeah, Happy New Year from Tygerstyle.net.

-Tyger

12/27/06 - Thanks to Jonathan for the motivation. :P

Let me start off by saying that I have 2 videos entered into contests on myvideobattle.com. Check them out below. Be sure to vote multiple times for me!

"Show Me What You Got" Lipsync (I enjoy this video very much!)

"Blue Christmas" Acapella (I hope you guys don't think I tried too hard on this. :P)

For those of you who know nothing about that website, it's a simple contest where you create your own video for whatever the featured song is on the website for the month. The month of December was "Show Me What You Got" by Jay-Z. Next month will be "Fergalicious" by you know who. They've also began to come out with other video contests. The "Blue Christmas" video I did above was part of a special Christmas contest that they held.

Anyway, the contest was first mentioned by my friend Rjay. He wanted to get with Jonathan, another one of my friends, to make a video for it. The big catch was that the winner got $5000. And by looking at the current entries at the time, it looked like an EASY WIN because the videos were HORRIBLE. I don't have the skills Jonathan has and I know for a fact that even I could whoop ass.

Then one day, Jonathan tells me that he's entering the contest with another one of his friends. Well well well. Needless to say, Rjay and I weren't too happy about that. So instead of bitching about it, we did what every other person should do in the same predicament. Take matters in our own hands. We would get together and make our own video. :) And then, the lipsync "Money Maker" was born.

Unfortunately, I got 2nd place for that video. We got swindled by these 2 little kids who probably got every computer in their local LAN center automatically voting for their video. Literally. Trust me. I had 2 laptops and a desktop voting like twice a second. Cheating much? Yeah I know. I guess that's what it REALLY takes to win $5000. I'm usually pretty modest, but my video was a HELL of a lot better than theirs. No doubt.

Anyway, ever since then, which was in October, I've been entering this contest continuously. It has helped my experience with video editing and gave me a new hobby. I really don't want to mention my "Chicken Noodle Soup" entry, but I guess I just did. I just wanted to take this time to say to Jonathan...

Thanks nigga. :P

-Tyger

12/15/06 - Slight annoyance with a Christian.

Since when does being Christian give you the authority to talk down to anyone you see committing a sin? Well, here's my opinion.

It doesn't.

I sold a TMX Elmo on eBay with shipping & handling charges of $25. A woman makes the purchase and is very happy. The next day, she finds out that she could've paid a few dollars less by purchasing one at $7 shipping from another seller. (UH OHZ) She, then, sends me a message stating the following:

"I really hope you enjoy the extra money from the inflated handling charges. Since I bought another of the same item and am only paying $7.00 for shipping and handling and insurance is included. May God have mercy on you."

Whoa ho ho... Wait a minute there. She makes it seem like that I swindled her into buying it from me. On eBay, different people have different prices. Different people have different deals. But she says "May God have mercy on you" as if I have murdered someone and stole their money. Was that really necessary? Being placed in a slight guilty state, I replied saying that everything was noted on the listing and there should not be a problem. I even offered to refund the money if she wanted it back. And what a reply I get the following morning:

"I am sure you see nothing wrong... that is why I asked God to forgive you. The fact that you demand so much is for you to take up with God if/when you see Him... I am an honest and straightforward person."

Wow. It's like she absolutely knows without a doubt that she is right and I am completely wrong. She makes it seem that I am incapable of seeing that I did wrong. Well, if you want to put it that way, all the sellers who put things up for FREE shipping, they all need forgiveness as well. Because you damn well know that all of them are not sending it out for free. They are LYING about it.

Hmm, what's that? ... Oh, they choose to make it free to get people to bid? ... People like things for free? Ohhh. Well, that justifies everything doesn't it? God bless them. Curse the ones who charge a few dollars more than the actual shipping price. Of course, if you know how eBay works, it'll balance itself out anyway. If an item is $40, you will probably win the auction at $25 w/ $15 shipping. You'll win at $10 w/ $30 shipping. Oh, shipping is free? Guess what you are paying. That's correct... $40. All in all. When it comes down to it, it's all just BUSINESS. Religion doesn't need to be thrown into it.

I don't dislike Christians. I'm a Christian myself. I may sound completely ridiculous. But I just needed to let off some steam.

Oh yeah... Merry Christmas to all! :)

-Tyger

12/12/06 - Reminder: Your life CAN be kept to yourself.

Ahhh, LiveJournal. Nothing like a big gulp of your LJ Friends' page to begin your wonderful day.

*insert random can drink of LiveJournal here*

There is a lot of entertainment that is begging for your attention on LiveJournal. Who the hell cares about CNN? Why watch the evening news? On LJ, you can find news everyday about people you know! The most recent top story on my LJ was a huge struggle between two friends of mine who have recently broke up. It's not just a simple breakup though. It's a simple breakup with much drama attached to it. Drama makes the world go round! To most people, this would be just 1 less couple in the world. To those who are friends with them, it could be the highlight of their day! Run and go tell everybody!

Anyway, I'm only here to say that all of you are capable of keeping things to yourself. Certain things in your life that you don't want broadcast for everyone to know, keep it to yourself. It's a great reminder to all. Also, it's OK to leave people alone in these situations and worry about your own problems. Just a reminder.

I'm also known for misinterpretation so let me say this: I'm not saying that only people with no lives look at LiveJournal. It's just as similar as watching the news, TV, movies, etc. We all do what we choose. I'm not saying that you shouldn't broadcast your life on LiveJournal or any other random blogs. As I've heard many times before, it's YOUR journal and you can do what you want and write what you choose. (Of course, that's not COMPLETELY true even if it was your own domain. Try threatening to kill someone and see what happens.) I'm not saying that you aren't allowed to speak your mind or your opinions on a certain subject or situation. I'm not saying any of these at all.

But I am reminding you that your life can be kept to yourself.

You should think about it
Take a second
*ding*

-Tyger

12/11/06 - Important Enough for a Blog?

What makes people important enough to have their own blog and have people flock to it everyday to see what things are happening in their life? Is it the content that they write? Is it their attitude when they write about things? Is it their descriptive style of alliteration and imagery? Someone tell me. Tell me the secret.

I don't exactly long to be popular amongst the crowd of those who randomly search blogs for some amusement. That's not it at all. Hmm... or maybe it is? I don't think I have a desire to create this website into a blog anyway. That's not my style. It's not Tygerstyle. Well, what the hell is my style then? *shrug*

Consider this the start of what Tygerstyle.net is going to be. You can call it a personal website. You can call it a blog. You can call it a cry for popularity. Call it what you will. But...

Don't call it comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers
and puttin suckas in fear

Thanks LL. Haha.

-Tyger

10/24/06 - Vote for me to win $5000!

I'm currently in a video contest to win $5000. I made the Top 6 and we are being voted on ALL THIS WEEK for the top prize. Please help me by going to the following link:

Cingular Wireless LipSync Battle

Vote for Me! Joshua C! THANK YOUUUU!

10/21/06 - New Layout!

After 4 weeks of HTML Programming, I decided to give the personal website a few changed here and there. I'm impressed myself a lot and cleaned up a lot of the HTML coding on this page. As some of you may noticed, the other pages have not been changed at all. I don't plan on changing them until I know exactly what I'm going to be doing. So far, so good.

I may start randomly blogging on here, since it somewhat does look like a blog. I may change it into an opinion site. I may not change anything at all and keep it just strictly updates. *shrug* Either way... Stay tuned!