Help a Loser

You know that guy...26 years but still lives his mom basement. No job but lots of college debt. The guy that get's made fun of countless times in the media. Well that me. I don't want to be that guy, but having figured out how not be such a big loser. So I created this blog to document my travels looking for advice that will help me from being a zero in to being a hero.

please give a loser some self help advice

Friday, November 24, 2006

the Internet lotto

so I finally got someone to reply to the email addres posted to the side.

Did they give me any advice...no.
instead they told me I won the lotto. yeah right, like I am going to fall for that one.

I'm posting the email down below but remember people it is a scam do not reply thinking you will become rich.

I maybe a loser but you Mr. Oliver are an arse for trying to scam people.
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Donald Van Oliver Dear Winner,


RE: LOTTO INTERNATIONAL NL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Lotto International Netherlands programs. The online
cyberlotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of two winners in the category \"A\" with the following:

Ref Number: PC 607 ES 208
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2006
Ticket Number: PCP 002 871

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize
of EUR 1,500,000.00.each from the total payout. Your prize award has
been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you
upon meeting our requirements,statutory, verifications,
and satisfactory report.To begin the claims processing of
your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed
claims agent for category \"A\"winners with the information below:

Mr.Donald Van Oliver
E-mail:nlwinnings_claims02@walla.com
phone:+31 616 735 356
Department Director,
Netherlands Lottery International
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

NOTE:All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. After this
date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Agatha DeBoer,
Lotto International Netherlands

Thursday, November 23, 2006

What do I have to be thankful for?

Today is thanksgiving, and here in America it is a time to reflect and think of the things that we are grateful for.

ok that a lie it's a time to eat lots of grub and watch football.

But I want to go back to the original ideal of Thanksgiving when people took the time to refle...er actually the original ideal of thanksgivingers did take the time to think about what they are thankful for because they were to bizzy stealing the Native American's land and food, and later using them for fodder for crappy western movies and mascots for their sports teams.

whatever most people use this day for I want to use this moment to talk about the things that I am grateful for.

I am thankful that all though I don't have a job and still have a roof over my head and food to eat.

I am thankful that I had enough money for my car battery even thought it still wont start. I am thankful that I most likely have enough money to fix the car as soon as I can figure out how to get it to someone that can fix it.

I am thankful that I got the ideal to this blog. Although no one has contacted me with suggest on how I can improve my life yet (which was the original point of doing this) I think writing this stuff down has helped me focus on how I can improve myself.


I am thankful for the fact that I am about to grub down in a few hours.

Monday, November 20, 2006

GETTING FIRED AND THE JOB SEARCH - Ep.15 Healing Comedy



oh man it seems I have been going about this job search all wrong.

So it seems I should lie on my resume and do drugs and it will be good.


and heck not having to worry about paying my bills will lead to a much less stressful life.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

push'n it

I ended up having to push my car in hopes of not having it tolled.

I hope this works,

I don't want to have to pay any more money to get this heap fixed.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

still no charge

If you were wondering I got the battery into the car...and it still wouldn't start.

I notice that the city put a sticker on my car telling me I have to move it or it will be impounded. I have until 4 hours ago to do it.

gee

Monday, November 13, 2006

Motivation tip that will help build up your self esteem

Last time I talked about the effects that thinking positive can have one your life. I wondered how does one start doing that when they naturally think more on the negative side.

After thinking about I realized that a big problem that I have is this fact that I usually look on the gloomy side of things instead of the happy bright side. It has gotten to the point that I even get down on myself and don't there is much use in trying because I will more then likely fail.

Hell it's so bad that if you think about the name of this blog, I am calling myself a loser. And truth be told I felt that way when I created it and to be honest still do a bit. But the fact that this is supposed to be about my journey of bettering myself I can see where this title could back fire on me (I am after all reinforcing my negative views on to myself.)

I realize I am going to have to stop doing this (being so negative toward myself) and figure out how to think more positive about me and msituationon.

Which brings me to a self-motivation tip that I found on a site called chickspirit.com, which was record yourself saying good, encouraging and empowering things about yourself. The lady running the site says record a message everyday but I don't think I can come up with that many good things to say about myself so I just recorded to message and play them when I am feeling really down.

And all though it hasn't turn me into Mr. Sunshine I have to say that they work, at least for the short term I do feel more upbeat after I listen to either of my messages. Of course it maybe due to the fact that one of them I recorded came off extra silly. I sang part of it, ok.

In fact it works so well I think I will record more things so I can have a bigger verioty of stuff. Right now my message are basically "you can do it, the power is with in you" kind of stuff.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

almost a week later but I get to check that of my todo list

ok I finally got the car battery.

now I just have to get my car fixed

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Help a Loser Trying to be more positive

I read an article in this month’s Black Enterprise magazine about the effects that ones out look can have on one’s life in a short article about a guitar player with no hands.

Anyways the article talks about how having a positive out look on life increase your chances of having happier healthier life.

Which made me think…”OK, fine I’ll try to be cheery and what not.” but then it hit me. I haven’t really been that happy for a long time. I almost feel like I don’t know how that feels any more.

Just being happy is a hard thing to do when you aren’t happy and there isn’t a catalysis to put joy into your life. Hell even when something good happens it seems like something horrible will come and knock that out of your mood.

At least that has been my experience.

And so I am stuck in a weird paradox…how does one force themselves to be happy when they are extremely depressed? How does one tap into happiness to improve their lot in life when they are not happy?

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

this close but no charge

just got back from voting (hey I maybe a loser but I am not big enough of a loser not to vote)

I got a ride to get a car battery but when I got to k-mart they were out of the kind I needed for my car


AAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

weekend plans blown

looks like I was able to get a rid to pick up a car battery this weekend. hopefuly I can get it by the end of the week.

Friday, November 03, 2006

Goal for the weekend/next week

A while back my (deceased) grandmother’s car was stolen. The police found it but it needs to be fixed (they rammed a screw driver in the ignition key to hot wire it), as well as needs a car battery.

This weekend I hope to get a car battery for the car and get it fixed (and while I am at it get a car alarm).

So far my problem has been getting a ride to get a car battery.

Actually that is a lie my problem has started way before that giving that I (at age 26) don’t have a drivers license. Which is why a really want to get this car fixed, so I can have something to practice driving before I take the road test.

A month a go my cousin said that my uncle may help me (maybe I should ask to make sure it is a defiant.)

But I am trying to take small steps. Since it seems no one wants a guy to wreck their car so he can learn how to drive.

So this is my plain:

Get battery

Fix car

Learn to drive

Get Drivers license

Better to go out for job searches and actually have a social life.

misc links of a variety of stuff

I don't know what to say, this is the page/post where I am going to put random links

cool winners

people or things that got it together

Those Other losers

This is the page were I will link to other people asking for help.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Why am I doing this

I don't know.


The other day I had the strongest feeling that I needed to do something different in my life if I want to see change in my life. But the thing is I couldn't think of what I need to do.

It racked my brain for a while.


Today I thought I should do this blog. I thought of doing it a while ago but for some reason didn't.

Now I got the blog up, all I have do is find people to give me advice.

if you have any advice email me at

helpaloser0@gmail.com