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I was about to post an image of my hosting account summary for those that doubt that I pay $75.00 a month for a semi dedicated server. But that’s all good. why bother…

I think I’ve made my decision to leave the site up pending that I transfer the files to another hosting service @ $50.00 a month. It is a virtual dedicated server with Media Temple. If by chance the service goes down for what ever reason, I will be bringing it back to Host Gator.

For those that doubt, or do not trust me (a Dominican), I am 100% with you. I don’t trust too many Dominicans myself. If I make a donation to a website or any type of fund raiser, I wonder if the people that truly need it, get it. My response to you… The site is still up right?

Thats leaves room to question how much money of which has been donated for hosting payments has been put towards the hosting payment. After all, I am the one that pays for it… And I think I’ve managed the “Honor System” quite honestly… So find something else to talk about…

I don’t want publicity.
I don’t want to close the blog.

I just want to write about what I think…
No thinking it over.
No proof reading.
No worrying about being ridiculed.

You don’t like it… Who cares…
The rest is up to you.

An yes I know, It’s not a poem…

The best way to win an argument is to avoid it.

Thanks Alex for the $20 bucks… It truly helped not to mention you were the only person to send anything. The rest of you, thanks for taking the time and leaving your comments. I know we don’t all make 120k a year and your moral support of wanting to making things happen isn’t always enough.

Honestly speaking, (this is just my personal opinion…) between the time I was in Dominican Republic and the time I’ve been back… which has been about what… 3 weeks? I can’t say I’m impressed with the support that the Dominican Blogosphere has to offer. Particularly those living in Dominican Republic.

I think that those of us living outside of the country have contributed more in many other ways and have come to share and express true love to a culture that we desire to be in more so then those that are already there. That’s just my personal opinion and I hope no one gets offended as many people may.

On my arrival back home I was faced with the most oddest request with from one person that helped me organize the visits. I mean, not only did I take time off from work, make dozens of phone calls from my company cell phone, travel from Jarabacoa to St. Domingo the three days I was there, treat those that I was with, donate the things I donated… but the person had the audacity to ask for a favor in return… As compensation for organizing our visits, that they were depending on $50-$100 towards a new piece of equipment they needed for personal use. WTF!?

I’m not being fesicious when i say that NY Dominican Bloggers have contributed more then those living in the country, but I think we have.

Como que le quieren sacar aprovecho a algo que es tan sencillo y tan “que se yo”… sin mente diria yo… talking about having a blog radio show that is broadcasted nationally, using blogs as a spin off to new television shows, it’s hilarious. I mean how much about blogs can you really talk about and how much about blogs do you really know!? what is there to know?! All you can do is invite publicists and journalists that already have blogs onto a show and ask the same questions over and over… No originality whats so ever.

Peridismo ciudadano ok… ta bien… eh… eso de estar dando “Talleres”… pero ven aca… and you get paid for it!? hahaha… I don’t know. Showing someone how to turn a computer on is bad enough but they need a computer before they know how to surf the web, never the less post a picture on a blog.

And what ever happen to an interview they supposedly recorded? I certainly didn’t recieve any email regarding its broadcast… not like I was talkative… but it’s the principle… personally I didn’t make it much of an interview because it was lame to ask me the same questions to which the answers were quite clear… For example…

How did BlogsDominicanos.com start?

Did you want a 5 second reference to the url blog post or do you want me to start from the begnining?

All I can ask is that you take it with a grain of salt and forgive me for my honesty.

Soo… with that being said I’m ready for my mouth lashing from so many of you that have never commented on my blog before. Tell me it’s a lie and that I have no idea of what the fuck I’m talking about.

if it’s written in English?… The Answer…

¿Eres humano? Si no lo eres no puedes registrar tu blog. Ayer me puse a activar mas de 1200 blogs que registraron… lo malo de eso era que habían algunos 900 registrado por Spammers. Pero espero que la ultima pregunta resuelva eso… cheers!

Para los que le gustan dolores de cabeza averiguen lo que esta pasando aqui…

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Joe Biden
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Chris Dodd
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John Edwards
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Mike Gravel
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Barack Obama
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Bill Richardson
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Mike Huckabee
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Duncan Hunter
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John McCain
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Ron Paul
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Mitt Romney
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Tom Tancredo
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Fred Thompson
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via Washington Post

It’s official. Blogs Dominicanos has been officially trademarked through the United States Government. What’s next?

El que pueda que pague la cuenta… yo mismo no estoy por eso este mes porque estoy enfocado en un Ferrari entre otras cosas… son $75…

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I was looking at these Ferrari’s… on Ebay… Not too sure what to say about them… When I saw that the top speed on one of them was 200 MPH I closed the window… My next step is going to be to check them out at the dealership. I thought the price on them was over a million… haha… boy was I wrong… those things only go for 150k and that is one of the cheaper ones but one of the so… so… Ferrari’s… Needless to say I’m interested.

So I did my google search…

Follow tread 1…

Then read tread 2…

Now we can talk… Ese tiguere estaba enchulao… lol…

This is ironic… Have you ever heard of The Secret? I don’t want to get into details about it because I really don’t know too much about it but, it relates to the Laws of Attraction.

If you want something, you embed it into your thoughts and those thoughts will be emitted to other people / things / objects and in turn they become yours if you want them and true if you desire them. So as an example, if you like hot blonds, you picture yourself with a hot blond and sooner or later you’ll have a hot blond as your future wife…

Well, I haven’t pictured any hot blonds in my life just yet but I did have this vision of working for a big company, driving a nice car, living well, having good health, etc etc… all of which have come true thru hard work and sticking with my “plan”.

So I drive my car to work on the New Jersey Turnpike on a daily basis and I ussually drive in the truck spur since there’s hardly any traffic. In exchange for avoiding traffic, I’ll get pebbles and rocks that will come up off of the road and act like a huge sand blaster on the hood and front windshield of my car. Two years of going up and down the Turnpike on a daily basis can leave your car with a lot of small dings and dents.

With that being said, one of my plans was to take my car to an auto body shop and get these small dings taken care of at the end of the year… The quote was for some rediculous amount of money. I’m already planning to repair the Beetle… Then I started to think what if I got into a car accident?!? Not that I deliberately want to get into a car accident but then I wouldn’t have to pay for the paint job!

Well needless to say, I thought about it so much that I was rear ended last night… lol… and there was another car in front of me… lmao… sin relajo… I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t believe it… That is just way too funny to me. I hate the fact that my car was hit, but in turn I can get it repaired for free.

Now I seriously… need to get rid of that car… Do you know what bad luck is? and I’m not superstitious but that crap is way too coincidental. Not to mention other incidences that have happened to me over the last few months with that damn car… It has bad luck written all over it… well thats my 2003 BMW 330ci in a nut shell. Time to upgrade to an M3.

And yes I know, I’m a really good driver. How can this be?

Since my father is in town I have been driving the Beetle for the last few days. The car has been parked in my aunts backyard for most of the summer as well as the mechanics shop for a few days. I must say that it needs a serious paint job. You’d say that the owner of the car doesn’t take care of it… in this case it is true…

The hood was dented over 2 years ago, the right fender was damaged by a tow truck, and the rear driver side fender was damaged at the mechanics shop. The paint on the car is unique. The pint of paint is like 500 dolores… It’s a pearl like yellow submarine color made specifically for this car. The thought of having to buy another pint gives me the chills.

It’ll be my project for the next 2 months. I don’t think I’ll get any helpers from my blog but your more then welcome to come help me grind, sand, prep and paint the car. I’ll be replaceing the hood and front passenger side fender, grinding down on the growing rust spots, and basically sanding the entire car just to re-paint it. I’ll start that project on the 15th with hopes of finishing it by the 15th of December. 2 Months.

iBlog Weekend was a total success… there was a great turn out of bloggers and non bloggers who set aside some time to visit the places we scheduled.

My take on the whole thing was more on a personal level then anything else, particularly the visit to Hogar Crea Femenino. My older sister is going through rehab and I could relate to what they were going through indirectly… The visit to La Casa Rosada was the most touching for me. I don’t think the kids know what it is they have and that alone is heart breaking.

I saw a little girl crying at one point during our visit. One of the women who work there asked her why she was crying… The girl simply took a deep breath and stated that her knees were hurting… She then wiped her tears and continued to smile because she knew we were there…

that is priceless…

Hopefully we can plan on getting together during Christmas to bring them toys, laughter, and smiles… anyone else up for the cause?

The group of bloggers who joined me during our visits were very humble and I hope you can participate once again. I know I posted my thanks as well as emailed it out but… here it is again in my language… Thanks!

And finally, I think that the Dominican blogosphere has been taking us for a ride over the last few weeks. It’s time to let it go… some people want to take this way too seriously when in reality it doesn’t need to be… As I’ve stated from the beginning, this is a hobby and continues to be… I can only thank you for being part of the directory and carrying out our objectives as a group instead of one sole person.

I think its safe to say that we all have our own vision even if we never write it down on paper. When you are faced with a decision that does not cater to your vision you will always let it pass by. Consciously or unconsciously, the decisions you make reflect the person you are.