8.365

Alright, so hopefully I should have a couple interviews early next week. I'll let yall know how they go when I know.

On to better things. I just finished packing a bag for the weekend with Terra. Definitely looking forward to it. Got a few movies, phone charger, phone, laptop with charger, etc. etc. etc.. Been quite a while since I went up there and visited her and her family.

Also talked with a few old friends today. I may have a roommate if I want to move out in the next month or two. Would be to an apartment at $350 a month, all bills included, and I'd have to figure something out for phone, car insurance, internet, etc. but it may be worth it.

It's a bit of a drive from UTD or anything I've known for a while, but not too bad. Just off of Abrams and Park. Looked at an apartment, two bedroom, two bath, and it looks pretty nice.

Well, with that, I have to get back to watching Burn Notice and make sure I have everything for my trip this weekend. Until tomorrow...

All the best,

Eric Prince

"Individuality, liberty, property - this is man. These three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it." - Frederic Bastiat

7.365

More job hunting today, more of the same story. Not much to tell.

But I did bump into a few friends today as well. It was good to sit down and talk to them. Also stopped off with one of them and picked up a few books they recommend that I read. One by C.S. Lewis called "Mere Christianity" and another by a pair of brothers called "Do Hard Things".

Looking forward to reading those, as well as finishing up the political reading before I start writing. Still haven't gotten that blog back from my friend, so I will be hounding him until he gets it back to me.

Well, in other news, I will be going down to Mabank this weekend to spend some time with Terra and her family. Been a while since I've done that. Definitely looking forward to it.

With that, another very short post, I leave you until tomorrow.

All the best,

Eric Prince

"Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life which can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the means for all our ends. And whoever has sole control of the means must also determine which ends are to be served, which values are to be rated higher and which lower--in short, what men should believe and strive for." - F.A. Hayek

6.365

More job hunting. Went well for a friend of mine that I went with. He has an interview scheduled for Thursday. I filled out a bunch of apps, filled out a couple online, but nothing yet. I'll be calling places over the next few days. Looks so far like I may get a full time job at a racetrac or qt or something similar. Hopefully get some good pay, put some money in the bank, and maybe get an apartment in the next month or two.

In other news, the Jeep ran really well today. Everything felt in tip top shape. Hopefully that continues to be the case (knocking on wood as I type this). Have a lot to do on it over the next few months, but should be good. And I have started to make plans to build a dunebuggy with a friend of mine. Could be a cool project if we do it right.

Well, what else, other than that not much is going on. More and more job hunting is about all that I can say. And I won't be posting much about that on here until I have good news.

Well, though this post is rather short, I guess I'll leave it at that for tonight.

All the best,

Eric Prince

"Property is a natural right given to us by our creator. This property, however, has one limit: one may not own another person's life. Beyond that, a peaceable person should have the right to own anything. Wrongfully using those potential pieces of property, however, is another matter entirely." - me

5.365

Alright, well been doing more job hunting. Going to do a lot more tomorrow, but for now, just been calling places that I've applied at. No luck so far, but I plan to keep trying.

Today is the first time I'll write about today. I went to a memorial day cookout with a friend of mine, then went to a Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert at Flag Pole Hill and watched the concert and fireworks show. Also swam for the first time in a long time today. Felt good to get back in the water.

Well, back to writing about past events. I've been doing some more reading for my summer project. Seems to be going pretty well. I need to check with my counterpart and see how his reading is going, if he's doing any. Hopefully I'll be done with the reading I want by the end of next week, so that next weekend I won't have anything to do. I hope to be able to drive down to see my girlfriend this weekend. Depends on a lot of things though.

Let's see, other than that, I guess the only thing left to talk about is the Jeep. I have a buddy of mine who just put a full tank of gas in it so that I can go job hunting a lot easier for the next week to week and a half. He also will be helping me to install the electric door lock/unlock thing I bought at AutoZone awhile back. First though, he's taking me to a junk yard so that I can get some relays to replace the ones I have on the Jeep now, as I think at least one of them is bad. We'll see how that goes, and I'll let you know how things go as it keeps getting work done to it.

All the best,

Eric Prince

"There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal." F.A. Hayek

4.365

Alright, so another day late. I guess some day I'll do two posts on one day to make up for missing Friday. We'll see about when.

So, yesterday I got a call from an old friend asking me for a favor. Knowing who this friend is, I said "probably not, but I'll hear you out." Well, turns out he needed a ride home. Where from, you ask? Abilene. "What?" I asked him. Was he crazy? Long story made somewhat shorter, I said no. The Jeep has no gas and is not reliable enough at the moment to make a 6 hour round trip. I did say sorry to him though, just to keep things, er, smooth.

Anyways, moving on from that. I did apply at a few more places yesterday. Another couple of Autozone's, another BestBuy location, to name a couple. Hopefully soon something will hit. Persistence is key I guess, just not quite as key as patience.

Hmm, what else went on the past couple days? Well, not much really. Been working on that blog post I mentioned in an earlier post, but it's taking longer than I thought it would to get it back. I'll post it up when I get it back, edited, and finished.

Well, with that, I guess I'll leave you so that I can get back to catching up on tv shows I'd like to watch. Hope y'all are having a good weekend!

All the best,

Eric Prince

"Progress simply for the sake of progress does nothing but harm civilized society by harming each or any peaceful citizen of that society. Progress should only be made to advance life, liberty, and property, as long as that liberty and property does not wrongly take away the life, liberty, or property of peaceable people." - me

3.365

Alright, so this is late, but I'm writing 2 today, so I'm making up for it.

Alright, well, lets see, over the past two days I've been calling people that I've applied for jobs at their stores. So far, not much is going well on that front. But, it just takes time and effort. Soon I'll have a job, I hope. I also did some reading yesterday.

So, not too much has been going on other than job hunting and reading. I was going to go this Sunday to visit with Terra, but don't think that's going to happen. I have been catching up on Two and a Half Men though and I got to tell you, while it is a pretty bad show morally, it is absolutely hilarious! Haha, definitely worth watching.

Well, I'm looking forward to today. Should have plenty of job hunting to do. Hopefully I'll have a job by the end of next week. I'll definitely keep yall posted.

All the best,

Eric Prince

"Only through true liberty is true security possible. Because, what is a nation except a collection of individuals? Only when each peaceful citizen has true liberty, no matter who they are, can they be secure in their persons. If the most peaceful, innocent among us is not secure on their own, how then can any of us be secure?"

2.365

Alright, on to day 2. Yesterday was a good day. Got some job hunting done for a few hours, then came home and ate, then crashed for some reason a little before 7 at night. I don't know why I did, but I ended up waking up about 4 this morning and haven't been ab;e to go back to sleep. Maybe I just had to reset the system.

Today, I have a lot of places to call about the job hunting I've been doing. Have to set up my appointment for my braces (should be getting them off soon) and call a few friends, see how things have been going with them. But beyond that, today is a pretty open day. I hope to have a full tank of gas pretty soon, which will help with the job hunting.

Well, I guess on to more substantive discussion. The reading for my project has continued to go well. Got a lot more reading and some notes writing done this morning and yesterday after I got home from job hunting. Also started a blog post that once a friend of mine gets done looking at it and adding some thoughts of his should be up here. Hopefully I'll have it up by tonight.

That blog will be entitled "Liberty vs. Security" and I hope it will be a good read. Please keep in mind a few things when you read anything of mine about politics. Heck, about anything. 1) I am not always right and I know that. Most of what I write will be my opinion. Please read it and feel free to debate it, but please, no personal attacks or offensive language. It's really counterproductive. And 2) Reality may be completely different than either me or you think. I realize that, and I know that my opinion may be completely wrong. So take it easy on me, would ya?

Well, with that, I leave you for now. I may come back on later and edit this post to add on how job hunting is going.

All the best,

Eric Prince

"I believe that our Creator gave us a right to life, liberty, and property. But without life, neither liberty nor property is possible, therefor we must protect life first and foremost among the rights which our Creator has given us. If we do not protect the lives of the innocent, we ourselves then can not have true liberty or property." - me