from akeim kelly... and my response

MIND YOU, THIS GUY IS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HIS PUBLIC IMAGE OTHERWISE HE WOULDNT CARE. BUT YEAH IF YOU WANT A REFERENCE POINT I POSTED A BLOG IN SEPTEMBER.


Amit,

Now that I have the time to acknowledge your Internet blog commentary lies. I just wanted to warn you that that the money you THINK you were owed is going to be spent on public relations responses to your blog lies if you don't take that 7 month lie off your blog.

If chose to keep it up - No worries - Because there is NOTHING you could say publicly, privately, online, or in the recesses of your own mind that could or would change how other people view me, my accomplishments and future accomplishments.

When you wrote your blog lie you seem to have had selective memory. I told you in Oct and I will tell you again now, you were paid for the work you did and NOT for the work you were GOING to do. The amount you were paid was NOT $500 - I have copies of the canceled checks!

Nevertheless, as I stated - I now have time to entertain this foolishness and will do so with the same motivation that has contributed to my success you speak of in your blog lies if you don't delete that nonsense -

For the record - according to the Beverly Hills Better Business Bureau - The address you been providing to people for Beverly Hills Automotive Sunsetronics/Office is a Mail Box Etc. I will be looking into the Pasadena location as well - Again I have time now and will be checking your blog to see what else you have to say about the GREAT COACH AKEIM!!!!

Word to the wise - Take that 7 month lie off your blog and move on with you life - I will not be respond to any email response you feel necessary to forward - Just take heed!!


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Akeim,

I have no reason to take my blog down and I have moved on. In fact, you are contacting me 7 months later. If you want I can post the contract and email correspondence to show my proof but I could care less. Beverly Hills Automotive and Sunsetronics both have Mail Boxes Etc addresses which are the same. I have no problems with that. In a business you must keep things cost effective and at the same time of growth keep multiple addressses.

If you want you can look up our other address in Beverly Hills, please do, you will find its an office in a Rug Store. Caravan Rug. My business partner owns that one as well. You can look into our Newport address if you want, the fact that you are trying to threaten me makes me think you’re really worried about this blog post that is from October of last year. Why? Your TV shows and all of your success is evident, correct? That’s why I’m not worried about mine because I'm proven. Keep checking my blog, I haven’t mentioned nor have I had a moment to think about you in months, but please keep reading I need a bigger audience.

This is pretty funny. I'm looking forward to seeing your television shows, please tell me of the airing times and what channel.

phantom limb syndrome

A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts ( Mitchell 1871; Melzack 1992; Ramachandran & Hirstein 1998). Approximately 50 to 80% of amputees experience these phantom sensations in their amputated limb, and the majority of these people report that the sensations are painful (Sherman, Sherman & Parker 1984). Phantom sensations and phantom pain, a type of referred pain, may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, e.g. after amputation of the breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome).

Although not all phantom limbs are painful, patients will sometimes feel as if they are gesturing, feel itches, twitch or even try to pick things up. For example, Ramachandran and Blakeslee describe that some people's representations of their limbs don't actually match what they should be, for example, one patient reported that her phantom arm was about "6 inches too short" (Ramachandran & Blakeslee 1998).

Some people with phantom limbs find that the limb will gesticulate as they talk. Given the way that the hands and arms are represented on the motor cortex and language centers, this is not surprising. Some people find that their phantom limb feels and behaves as though it is still there, others find that it begins to take on a life of its own, and doesn't obey their commands.


What the hell am I talking about?? Its the same way when people are "amputated" from your life. Its a crude simile but you feel like their still there but you know their not. And you know you kinda needed that leg for support or that arm for strength but you got one less now and you have to deal.

june 12th

First off...

People just don't understand sometimes the hard decisions that other people make. Because sometimes it affects them and they feel like its done to in a negative way. I wish I could say some things to some people without saying them because that would reveal too much of me.

... I'm not going to talk about any of that.

I've been asked to come speak to at a Middle School on career day to talk about business... Without a doubt that is really, really cool and it makes me excited. On another hand I think, what validates me more than anyone else to come speak? I could find 25 people out of my cell phone that could probably do a better job than I would. Also, speaking to middle school kids is alot different than college or high school. I think I could handle those age groups much easier. But 2 separate 30 minute presentations to junior high kids?? I'm not that entertaining and I have a lot to say but I don't think anyone will really take it as food for thought. I could go in and talk about entrepreneurship and the importance of education and I have a feeling they wont have any questions for me. SCARY.

The thing is, the younger the age the group, the more they can tell that you're bullshitting. I believe that fully. My brother is almost 16 and I can't bullshit him. I can flat out lie to him but what good would that do. I got 2 months to put that together so I'll definitely have a couple blogs dedicated to that event.

rhythms

Someone once said, the world is a happier place when you find your role in it. I'm still trying to discover mine. I'm not sure if I really enjoy this consulting thing as much as I used to. I just have a short attention span. It's funny cuz I write this blog with the TV on and me flipping back between azcentral.com and here. I have a serious attention problem and it affects me in my work, when I'm working alone.

When I work alone I have to get into things but I can't stay focused enough to work on something for than a couple hours at a time and still comes with some sort of distraction for me. Maybe mybrain capacity doesn't want me to think too hard on topic at a time, I have no idea.

I've learned to deal with this problem the best I can but it's harder when you're not motivated by the work you're doing. I'm strictly doing it for the money at this point I feel. Well... also for the learning experience too. So I guess I'm not a complete whore.

Because I jump around so much I lack attention to details and miss things that normal people wouldnt miss. But then again, I see weird things too that others wouldnt see and they end up being pretty good ideas.

Maybe I'm just what my Mom, Dad, and ex-GF all told me... I'm just lazy...

himala is crazy

himmy (10:34:34 PM): can i tell u something homo
me (10:35:26 PM): that ur really gay and ur in love with me?
himmy (10:35:37 PM): close
himmy (10:35:43 PM): that i miss you guys
amit (10:36:18 PM): we miss u too man
himmy (10:36:37 PM): haha thats tight!

my suns

Everybody knows this time of year I live and die by my phoenix suns. Today was a good day. All the teams I wanted to win, won and the suns took a big punch from the lakers and still beat them without their best effort. The playoffs pretty much rendered me pretty much useless today. If you don't watch basketball, this is the time of the year to watch. The western conference matchups are so intriguing across the board that its hard not to watch them all, which I did.

Leandro Barbosa is going to be an allstar in this league. That fool is so badass. I would love to have his speed for one day just to know whats it like to know that I can blow by anybody at anytime I wanted to. And this brazlian kid is so humble and nonchalant about it deflecting all his attributes to his teammates and coaches. It's a breath of fresh air for a guy like that who is successful now knowing that he's so approachable and just a normal guy. If want to his speed peep this.



I'm so tired and yet I have so much to do. I will procrastinate till tommorrow and write something more interesting.

capacity

I think I'm figuring out what my capacity is as a consultant and its telling me that I need a partner... good nite

laker girl

I had to post this because it was too delicious. Besides, its good to have a good laugh with all the stuff that's coming out in VA.

Don't you just hate it when you're at the airport, minding your own business and politely trying to claw, bite and shove your way to the front of the boarding line when—suddenly—the obnoxious stewardess has the audacity to tell you that, "young children, people with disabilities and the elderly" need to board the plane first?

Well, that's exactly what happened to washed-up pop star (and over-medicated American Idol judge) Paula Abdul, on a recent Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to Burbank, California.

Jeanette Wells reports!

She asked to be let on the plane and seated first,” an “eyewitness” told the Star. When Abdul was told that only young children, people with disabilities and the elderly were allowed to board early, she reportedly declared, “But I’m famous! I need to go on first!”

A number of fellow passengers heard the exchange, and one shouted at her: “You’re no Sanjaya! You have to board like everyone else.” That, according to the source, prompted a round of laughter from the others — except Abdul. (www.jossip.com)
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That is classic for so many reasons. I love it when washed up celebrities, self-inflated party goers, and just people with no idea of their self-image drop the, "DONT YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" card. Word to the wise, if you have to ask someone if they know who you are, pretty good freakin' chances that they don't know who you are and you obviouly not as important as you think you are!!!

And if you are a celebrity, then why the hell are you flying on Southwest? You know you're getting packed in like sardines and you know have to get into a fist-fight just to get some overhead cabin space or to avoid a middle seat. You know that going in Laker Girl, so why do you don't you fly on a private jet? Answer: Because you're not famous, or rich, obviously.

I think it's pathetic that someone would want to board a plane before children and people with disabilities. Maybe its my human side, but I don't get any satisfaction knowing that I got on a plane before someone who can't get on a plane by themselves. It's not like the plane is going to take off quicker. Well, she obviously wants to board a plane like a child, that should be the first hint.

Hope someone thought this was as funny as I did.

VA TECH

speechless.... very depressing... I heard one of the students call into a radio show tonight to talk about it and it was absolutely chilling. He was a first hand witness. 4 days away from the anniversary of Columbine. Well one horrible tragedy occurred so rather than let it weigh on my feelings, because so much already does... I'm going to look for the balance in the universe somewhere else. Perhaps create that balance on my own. Though, there's nothing that can even out the losses of lives and terrible memories that will go down in history from this. Hopefully in the next few days we can get some sense of all this and more information comes out.

This kind of shit is why we need to express ourselves before we get to a point of no return.

was it something i said? NAH

I got chewed out today for something I said last nite. In facte I don't even know if I got chewed so much as told that I was wrong, or that I lied, which isn't true.

In a conversation that I didn't start about a friend's mother and how she was cool, I offended my friend. Apparently, she didn't think I was being respectful and that I shouldn't have told the stories. Mind you, everything I said was 100% true and I was piggybacking into a conversation that other people had started didn't know this family as well as I did. Mind one other thing, everything I said was not to be malicious or to imply anything other than how cool someone's mom was. So I'm sure you're dying to know what I said....

My friend's mother likes to drink. And she's a real cool mom and person for an Indian mother. So I told some stories about how cool she is. Could be taken the wrong way but it was all in good fun and noone else at the table took it any other way than she was cool, I know that for a fact. The thing is, I would be 100% comfortable if she went and told her mom everything that I said because it was all legit and truthful.

So I felt like I did something and felt bad when she scolded me and everything. I was wondering what my problem was then. THEN, I talked to one of my best friends and told him the whole story verbatum. When you get someone else's perspective it just opens your eyes.

My friend was mad at me and how I was portraying her mother to others, she felt bad about her mom. There is a sad possibility that her mom does have a drinking problem. And once I got the back story and truth to EVERYONE's behavior (about 4 or 5 other people directly related to all this) I realized that if those stories that I told were wrong to mention in the moment that I'm in, then her behavior and actions were wrong to begin with. To be candid, there was a lot of bad things I could've said and not a single one of thsoe thoughts entered my mind at that moment we were talking about stuff until I got chewed out. I think knew at that point that things weren't 100% right in that family. Alot of things are but there was some skeletons in the closet.

I thought about it again because it was really bothering me. I mean, I got skeletons running around raiding the fridge. But it doesn't bother me so much if others know about them because, frankly, I shouldn't have done them if I didn't want people to know about them later. And if you spend your time trying to hide stuff from people you're hiding who you truly are, right??

somethings missing

I've always had this feeling in me where something is missing. Even when I'm feeling good and happy I stop myself and wonder what the hell is missing and why can't I fully enjoy this? This happens most of the time, not all the time.

Lately, that feeling is immovable from my concious mind. I noticed it on Tuesday when I was playing basketball and my usually clear mind had something in the back burning at me. That burning sensation in the back of my mind is like a headache. Not that it's fundamentally painful but I'm always mindful of it and it can dominate my thoughts.

I don't know how to shake it because it's always been there and I don't know what to do make it go away...

Am I the only one like this? And even if I wasn't, I don't know if that would make me feel any better... But then again who does misery looooooovvvvvveeeeeee????

nappy headed camel jockey

That might sound funny if someone called me out of context, but it isn't..... Read this article below... Then come back up and read this.

This is my story... My senior in college a drunk white woman called me a sand nigger and spit in my face outside of a bar in Hermosa Beach. I still don't know what I'm supposed to feel. I know it was one of the most humiliating things I've ever gone through. What made it so humiliating was all the white people around who have NO FUCKING IDEA what it is to be called something like that. Actually now I'm feeling the rage again... The more I think back to what transpired that night the more I realized that what these innocent girls are going through is really imaginable. It's offensive to every single human being. Names hurt... watch what you call people....


04-10) 09:14 PDT NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team, along with university officials, today denounced radio personality Don Imus for his racist and sexist remarks last week.

At a press conference at Rutgers this morning, team member Essence Carson also announced that the team would soon meet with Imus, to "come to some sort of understanding," of what he said and express their "great hurt."

They also said that the remarks are evidence of the underlying racism and sexism that remains in the United States.

Imus, a nationally syndicated shock jock, was suspended for two weeks Monday by his employers, CBS Radio and MSNBC. Last week, during an on-air discussion and after the national championship game, which Rutgers lost to Tennessee, he called some of the team members "nappy-headed ho's."

He has since apologized publicly for the remarks, but Carson said today that the apology was meaningless unless it was directed specifically toward the team.

Team members and Coach C. Vivian Stringer today pointed out that the young team -- half of the members are freshman -- should have spent the past week celebrating their unprecedented winning season, and instead were dealing with Imus' remarks. The players expressed frustration at the amount of media attention they have received as a result of the controversy, repeatedly noting the number of calls from reporters over the holiday weekend.

Sophomore Heather Zurich said the team "did nothing to deserve these deplorable comments."

"Our moment was taken away, our moment to celebrate success ... we were stripped of this moment by the degrading comments made by Mr. Imus last week," she said. "He doesn't know any of us personally ... These are my teammates, my family, and we were insulted and yes, angry."

Stringer, the coach, said her team was hurt by the remarks, but that the issue reaches beyond those 10 women. She also called on the nation -- and national media companies -- to reject hateful speech such as Imus'.

"This is not about the Rutgers women's basketball team, it's about women -- are women ho's? Would you want your daughter to be called that?" she asked. "It's not about them as black people ... it's about us as a people. ... I don't know how anybody could have heard this and not been personally offended."

Imus' radio show is heard locally on KVON-AM (1440), based in Napa, and is simulcast on the MSNBC cable network.

"We all need to make changes, yes it's Mr. Imus but it's beyond Mr. Imus," said Stringer. "Maybe the women who taught us how to be winners on the basketball court, maybe they can teach us how to be winners in life. ... This was a team that had so little and gave so much."

green house

I want to live in something like this some day.

Environmental Showcase Home Greens the Desert and Saves “Green” with a $30/Month Energy Bill and built in Arizona.

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the never ending story

More like never ending stress... Most people come home and they leave their work there. I come home and the stress goes up because I realize how much I have to do. It's almost 1AM and I still have atleast another 1 hour of work before I call it a night.

It's overwhelming for me. One project or thing stops and something comes up and there's always more on the horizon. But I'm still trying to figure out where this is all leading to. Right now, I'm struggling to get all this done and hopefully it will be worth it. If I had time I would do a lot of things. If I had energy I would be motivated to a lot of other things I want to do.

Cabo pix

Cabo - Ankur’s Bachelor Party

It's kinda messed up but I can't fix it anymore, it takes too long.

Rest of pics are here.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/558494268yFqixO

my equilibrium

So here's where I'm at: 1 year ago at this time I was so strong, independent and content with life. I was in a state of letting things happened as they did but at the same time taking initiative and looking forward. I enjoyed my life and looking forward to the challenges and the things to come.

Right now, I'm a shell of who I was. Ever since I got my heart broken, bad things have been happening and their magnified by the huge shadow of doubt in my head. When bad things happen, I expect them to get worse immediately. I find it hard to enjoy things and I'm constantly caught in my own world when I'm out doing things. But its not the good world, its different type of one where I can't seem to leave even when I want to. I'm not confident in who I am and what I can do. I don't where things are going and the darkness is surrounding me.

Now I'm trying to do whatever I can to get out of this thing and the only thing I can do is cut out the 9 months of my life and start over. I need my equilibrium.

life sux, the end

i cant even put it into a prose format that will be equivocable to my brain's neurotransmissions... yeah i bullshit, thats how i got this far in life. i KNOW im good at that, everything else.. eh

life as an consultant

The one the thing that looms over your head as an independent consultant is getting P-A-I-D. Because theres a reason whey theyre coming to you and not a boutique firm. If they had that kind of flow for consulting they would. You always have to be concious of when that payment comes late.

Another thing I hate is that when you have multiple projects on your plate, you have no time for yourself. I've been to the gym twice since I've started the 3 projects I'm on right now. The other problem is, you need to continue to prospect business even though you don't have time. It's a feast or famine world for independent consultants. You have to be on the search for that next project.

The other thing that really sucks is that you're all alone. There ain't no reinforcements comin, it's all on me.

The thing that makes me think I need to establish a firm, is that I HATE whoring myself for less than what I'm worth. I wish I didn't have to negotiate my price but to secure the business you have to. You can do it for the half the price and get double the headache because of the client. UGH

But there is some upside. When I get face to face with a prospective client, I CLOSE. I ALWAYS CLOSE. I close like government offices on holidays. I close like windows....

It's some fun and a lot of work but it's something to do. I haven't figured out if I'm good at it yet or I'm just really good at bullshitting. I think it's a mix but I don't know what the ratio is yet.

one shining moment

And when it's done
win or lose
you always did your best
cuz inside you knew...
(that) ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU REACHED FOR THE SKY
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU KNEW
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU WERE WILLING TO TRY
ONE SHINING MOMENT....

So the one thing I didn't want to happen, happened. Ohio State played Florida for the national championship.... AGAIN (2007 BCS Football Title Game). Everyone had their one shining moment after Florida spanked OSU like everyone knew was going to happen.

Safe to say that his wasn't a really exciting March Madness Season. Time is flying by!! It's already April. It's going so fast that I didn't even get an opportunity to pull an April Fool's Day prank on anyone.

I made it my number one living mantra for everyday of my life. Take nothing for granted and live every day one day at a time. I've been trying to focus on that everyday ever since my Grandfather past away in 2005.

You never really know what you got left. People I went to college with have passed away, relatives have gone, accidents happened, and the most unexpected tragedies occurred. All that does is reinforce how little time we do really have in this one life we're in.

So I try to cherish the shining moments, not waste time on pointless crap or stuff I've already done, and pack-in as much as I can in 1 day. I'll elaborate tommorrow.

my best friend, hahaha

Me: "After all the playboy playmates, and spring break, and all the cool stuff we did, holding that little lion cub was the highlight of my whole trip..."
Daisy: "And, thats why I love you..."

Daisy (to the guy she's dating): "Amit is the only guy that gets me."

Me: How do I know more any more than anybody else?? Truth is, I don't get her or her or any girls really... I just know how to stay out of her way when she's angry and how to make her feel better when she's sad. I also know how to deal with that time of the month (the trick is to anticpate the date by knowing a girl's menstrual cycle, it sounds really gross but you'll save yourself so much crap). It's pretty simple after going through a crazy learning curve just trying to deal with her. You have to keep things to yourself too. Because if you say one stupid thing, you WILL pay for it.

So this guy obviously got intimidated by our banter, and her comments towards me as any guy would. He did what they usually do, they try to impress me, try to care about what I'm saying, blah blah blah.... basically, not really impressive.

I forgot one thing to add to my last blog. One thing I forgot to say but forgot to add in. I have to give my ex-girlfriend some credit. She had the foresight to know that if she stayed with me any longer she would've been attached and the window for her to get out would close. She would be stuck. I can't blame her for that.