Author: Jason

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numerous app is gone

UPDATE: The Numerous Blog (and iOS app) that I reference below is officially gone. 

I wrote this on Facebook. To save time and not have to repeat my words I am going to copy and paste it here:

I think I have a serious problem when people have a problem with Facebook. I think I take it personal, truly. Once upon a time, before Facebook, I created my own website to keep in touch with friends and family. You may have heard of it (indycrewworld . com) which was quickly turned into icwnow.com because 14 characters was too long to type. I now mostly focus on myself [at] jasonlamb.me because I am narcissistic, at least that is what I am told. Long story short, facebook is my touch to many people in my life and when you leave it you are in a sense leaving my contact with you….to be continued.

This is the continuation…

pay phone still exists?
narcissistic

I don’t think I am narcissistic but then again people with problems rarely think they have a problem. Google defines it as:  “having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance“. Merriam-Webster says: “love of or sexual desire for one’s own body“. I surely don’t “love” my body. I don’t hate it but am not in love with my body. This picture from a year ago, well, ok…maybe I do look good. But who doesn’t look good talking on a public pay phone that doesn’t work any more outside a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA? I digress. My mother would argue in favor of my narcissistic behavior because I may or may not have taken a ton of selfies as a kid back when disposable cameras we a big hit. For each camera roll I had at least one selfie. I even did a project last year that I took a selfie a day to show my beard growth.

facebook friends
screen shot from my numerous app

I have an app called Numerous that keeps track of how many friends I have on Facebook. Not that I want a big number I just want to know when I lose a friend. Right now I am at 421fb friends 421and on my birthday I had 426. I don’t want or need a large number of friends. I think quality over quantity is the key. I just wonder who it is when I that number drops. Is that somebody un-friending me or are they deactivating their account? I will truly not know. The app doesn’t tell me who I lost, just that the number dropped.

Now that I re-read this whole mumbo jumbo I am not sure that me worrying about my number of friends is so much the same as being narcissistic.

Side note: The Numerous app is shutting down its services on May 1st, 2016 due to lack of funding. So no more Facebook friends tracker.

mumbo jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo

Side side note: ‘mumbo” is not a valid word according to my spell check. But according to a Google search it is a cool looking character.

I don’t think I am quite done pondering this topic.

I do want to give a shout out to my anonymous friend who has silently encouraged me to start writing on my blog more. Thanks Friend.

A Page With A Witty Meaningless Title – 12/20/15

Ok, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, our any social media there is an appropriate time and frequency in which you should post things to your profile. This all depends ok the people that follow you. Too much and you’ll annoy them, too little and you won’t grab attention. Too soon OR too late she they simply won’t see it on their wall. You post stuff to social media to be seen by others and sometimes you just can’t even do that right. You just can’t win.

from A page with a witty meaningless title http://ift.tt/VmcYuh
via IFTTT

Cedar Point GIFs

Technically the file type is pronounced “jiffs” like “jello” but I prefer a hard G like “gifts”. Here are a couple I made from my lovely iPhone 6 multi-shoot camera. I then converted them to gif format with the help of photoshop and a website.

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Thomas PUNCH
thomas walk punch
Thomas – walk, PUNCH, repeat
dori hand gif
No photos of DORI!

Christian Dating Poem

I still have an older website that I don’t do much on but keep around because there are so many things on there that I created. Some are public, some are searchable, some are hidden. There is also a blog that I started and a poem page that I uploaded all the poems I had written and some from other people as well.

(UPDATE: I am moving stuff around on my website so those links are currently unavailable.)

UPDATE UPDATE: I have removed the old website and everything forwards to this one.) The POEM page is back up!

When my mind wonders it sometimes rhymes and sometimes I can capture that on paper or digital form and if I think it is good enough it gets recorded on the internet for everyone to see. This is where my mine was a few days ago and I took the time to carefully sculpt it into something meaningful. I am no Shakespeare but given the right time and mindset can spit out some pretty awesome stuff. You might not think it is awesome but I do and well, let’s face it, this is my website, not yours…


Christian Dating Poem
I’ve always joked and said I am looking for my next ex-wife.
That couldn’t be further from the truth. I want my best friend for life.
I’ve been burnt up and torn down, felt oh so much pain.
But He has a plan, deep down so much love still remains.

Dating, as a game, has never been my gig.
I’m a Christian, a gentleman, chivalrous, but not a pig.
For a purpose, for a goal, a true end game in sight.
For that one special woman, who answers the question right.
Are you Christian? Do you love me? Forever you’ll be true?
Will you marry me? If YES to all four, then let’s go say I DO!