EMERGENCY!!!

Psych.. well anyways, I am in my 7th month of living in Houston. It is crazy to think how much i have learned in this time and what all has happened. It feels as if a whole lifetime has passed but more so it feels as if maybe a few weeks to a month have gone by. School is great and work is work but overall I am doing awesome. It is absolutely unbelievable that in a little over a month I will hopefully be living in the gulf of Mexico for a lot longer than most would want to. for all of you who don't know, I'm not working for a cruise line... On march the 8th at 6pm i will be graduating from The Ocean Corporation being the top of the class. Currently I am looking for employment but i have heard that many companies are hiring and that this is the best time of the year to be graduating as a diver. Oceaneering is the main company that I am hoping to join with. Over this fast but long 7 months, a lot has happened. The worst person possible was re-elected for yet another 4 years, my sister added a third to her family (Presley Wierlo), my brother and I have grown closer together yet we hardly talk, and last but most certainly not the least, i have learned so much about what its like to be completely on my own starting fresh while trying to do what i feel is best.

I'm thankful for all of the support from my wonderful girlfriend Tori, my fabulous family Bruce Janele Marcia Tausha Chad and Landon, and my new found friends and co-workers who help me learn what I need to know about what is in store for me in this journey that i have started. s

A special shout out to Tori, Bruce, and Marcia (my awesome grandmother), who actually want to talk to me on a daily basis and genuinely want to know how and what I am doing.

I love you all for all the support you have given me and will continue to give me.

If your wondering what I will be doing and how its done, check back later (or on Facebook) for links to YouTube videos that I will try to post from my gopro hero3!!!

This coming week, has been the week that i have been waiting for. i have always wanted to do what i will begin on Thursday of this week. for those of you who don't know what i am doing, i am becoming an underwater welder/ commercial diver. this entails a variety of things. basically i will be and underwater construction diver. moving placing and constructing things with zero visibility all the while breathing 70 % or so helium, 9% or so of argon and last but definitely not lead, 21% of oxygen. if you would like to find out more about commercial divers and their duties, just click HERE for more pictures and information. (don't worry it just a google link). i moved to Houston on July 20th, to change my entire atmosphere. i left my family, i left my friends, i left my job, i left my girlfriend and i jumped into Houston hitting the ground running. the first week was very hard for me, can you say SHOCK!!! after that it became easier and easier. i still see this as just an apartment, not quite "home" but it does the job. aside from the ridiculously high electricity bill, the heat, the Asians, and the drivers, this place doesn't bother me too much. i have made friends in the class and they seem to respect me. i am probably the smartest kid in the class, which makes me ponder sometimes. i sometimes question whether this is for me or not simply because of the level of brain function the seems to be expedited during our class and tests. through the struggles that i have overcome so far, of which withdrawals placed high, i have set our first diving day as my goal. my goal to make it through everything. stress from back home, work, money, everything plays a huge role in emotions and productivity throughout the day. but needless to say, i am very very excited for Thursday to roll around. i have passed my physical, i have passed every test in the class passing higher than anyone else, i have spent countless hours and nights studying, i have bought everything necessary to dive, but the only thing i cant buy is Thursday, October the 11th. hopefully, it will all be worth it come dive time :) i love you all who read this. although i believe that it is only my sister Tausha and my grandmother Marcia, i appreciate your time !!

iOS 6

The iOS 6 update is awesome. Anyone that doesn't have it yet needs to download it. I cut my hair last night, by myself, and I did a decent job. That's all about that haha

Fun fact

A league underwater is not actually a measurement of depth but of distance. You may travel a league at 10 feet underwater or 100 feet underwater. So 20,000 leagues under the sea is actually traveling 60,000 miles while underwater. Neat eh?

Rigging

Today I passed the rigging test with a 96% and I passed the chevron test with a 100%. Yes chevron as in the oil company.

I'm back!!

Well hello, it's been a little over a month since my last blog post. It doesn't seem like its been that long but time doesn't lie. Maybe time does lie.... Hmm anyways. Class is going good, I have about a 96-97% average. Thats pretty good. We started some outdoor stuff today, so all of the stuff we have finished by now is what the class was dreading before we started. I'm working a lot, about 30-35 hours per week. Not too much but enough to still have some fun. I have learned a lot in school, a lot of practical stuff that most people will never learn in their entire lives. Everything seems to be going well. I am excited to start seeing everyone again. Not having my family and friends from Omaha here sucks. This is all for today. Ta taa

Laundry

Coins and more coins for laundry. Not only does the washer leave soap spots on my clothes , but my money isn't good enough for a full dry. Laundry isn't as easy as it used to be. I never thought seeing quarters would make me think of laundry haha.

The ocean corp day 3

Today an tomorrow I am getting CPR certified. Yesterday I received my hard hat an all of my books. This school will be exhausting as well as the first couple of years in the workplace. But after that, it will pay off entirely.

The ocean corporation

Today is the first day of class. I don't know what to expect. But this is definitely going to be an experience.

EZtag

I bought an EZtag today so I don't have to stop at each toll and hope I can enough cash. Especially since I'm on my bike. So I got around to it and what I thought was going to be a little sticker turned out to be a transponder type of unit. It's dimensions are about 3x1x2. Needless to say, I feel like I am wearing an Ankle house arrest piece everytime I see the tag.

Power commander

So for those of you who don't know much about motorcycles, there are carbureted bikes and fuel injected bikes. Just like you hear that "race cars are tuned" you can tune almost any ECM. (electronic controlling module). What the power commander does is it allows the ECM/ecu to be stupid while the power commander makes all of the decision. Decisions like where the fuel goes, how much of it goes where, how fast it gets there, how much air will go with the fuel, and so on and so forth. Thus creating a tuned bike that runs in optimum condition. You can receive better fuel economy as well as better performance by having a tuned or tuneable module connected to the ECM. Each week, power commander updates their maps so that you are guaranteed the best performance while maintaining the best fuel economy as well. The cool thing about it is that, if I want, I can change out performance for fuel economy or fuel economy for performance. Essentially letting me have total control over the fuel system of the motorcycle. Well when I last tried to update my power commander IIIusb it failed and the power commander IIIusb stopped responding. After much work and many phone calls I have finally ordered a brand new power commander V. It is the newest power commander on the market. I received a hefty discount due to the power commander failing on me. Wish me luck with my new power commander.

2011-11-16

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2011-11-16

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2011-11-16

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lancers game with tori. we love hockey

New Toy

Well i bought a new toy to upgrade my old fun. can you guess it? that is right, i bought a new camera. i made the ultimate switch from Nikon to Canon and i love it. i went from a nikon D40 to the Canon EOS Rebel 600D/t3i. it is an awesome camera. i have yet to figure everything out and it will probably take me a long time but i am very glad the i boght this camera. if anyone has any extra class 10 sd cards laying around, please feel free to mail them to me at 14121 alexian circle, boys town NE, 68010. hehe . it is an awesome camera and i love the crisp photos it will capture. here are some pics of the new t3i taken with the nikon d40.

Prom

 RaShelle had the flowers specially made just for Tori and I. 

 Such a Beauty

 Such a Beast. lol jk

 She is just Absolutly gorgeous

 Holding her hand gives me butterflies

 awwwww. my feet look awkward hehe

 We love our weapons;)

 they pierced my nip ahhhh

 Are my pits sweaty?

 mmmmmmuahh

 Barbie legs :)

 We have a game where a slap on the butt gets you one point. its a running game and at this point i was ahead by one point

 so beautiful

 i was trying to get ahead in the game

 i love how the light just hits Tori's dress.

 the rocks are a sweet "prop" so to speak

 inner emotions are shown haha,,, i hope not :(

 opposites do attract

 oh baby babay

 Tori's wonderful Grandparents

 after the dance, i was so sweaty and hot

 oh boy that was fun

 Good night kiss

 wonderful hair

Such a beauty

this past saturday was Tori's homecoming and since i wont be in omaha to go to her senior prom, i wanted to make this her senior prom with me. he dress was so beautiful. the moment i saw Tori my jaw dropped and my heart melted. she is so attactive and i love her with all of my heart. we both had loads of fun at the dance and the dinner was great. service was decent but the food was delicious at Biaggi's. with lots of help from RaShelle Fenger, everything ran smoothly. the dress was delivered, returned, and re-delivered. the flowers were picked out online and the design was a new one for the store im sure. Tori's hair was beautiful. dinner was awesome, and the dance was funky. all in all i loved the night and im glad that Tori was there to enjoy it with me. Tori fenger is so beautiful and i love her sooo much.

P.S. next saturday is scary acres so hopefully some piss pants pictures will get posted tee hee hee :)