Sorry I have posted in ages. Once the primaries were over, I almost felt let down. Maybe I loved to hate them? I just suddenly felt kinda bored and listless. Anyway, I'm trying to keep myself busy by exploring flooring deals but it just doesn't have the same charm as people search, you know what I mean? I need to find someone new...
It's almost over! Can you taste it?? (Not if you're on one of these record label diets! LOL! Hilarious, check it out!) I mean, the primaries, silly! Tomorrow are the last primaries! Hooray! I've been on the edge of my seat all this time that I haven't been able to do a people search in ages. Don't worry, once this all calms down I'll have a lot more news for all of you who want to search people. Until then, I'll be watching CNN. Peace.
Okay, I'm back on the politics! I'm a junkie again, and proud of it!! Maybe it's cause my guy is winning (actually, he's WON if you're honest with yourself) but I'm totally into the election. Maybe even more so than before. Which is a crazy amount to be into politics, because I was abso friggin lutely kaaaraaazy about OBAMA before all this. So you tell me! I mean, I've still been able to find people in my spare time or whatever, but it's not the same focus I have on the election. And I think that's a good thing, cause everybody else seems to want to be me and run background search after background search on my man Barack, but that ain't gonna work! No sir! I gotta cool down. Edwards just endorsed Barack, so I think I can rest easy for a bit. I'm gonna go read this hilarious Giant List of Alternatives to Happily Ever After.
Okay, my anger has given way to simple apathy. I'm just starting to let go of my investment in the election. I've put way too much energy into it as is. There's nothing else I can do to affect the outcome...I just have to let things take their course the way they will. If I get all worked up, I'm just gonna get let down, or worse - have a stroke or something. I'm young, I know, but it could still happen if the stress levels are high enough. Of course I'm still pulling for my man Barry, I just know that the powers at be don't want him to get the nomination, much less the presidency. Eff em, though. Barry, you got this! I just can't worry about it anymore. It's killing me, when I could just be a good old people finder like usual. But it's truly hard to just forget about it, especially when I'm trying to find person and everyone around me is spouting lies about Barack. Maybe I'll just focus on funny stuff, like this Rant Farm To Light Graffiti. I suppose I could just head home early and focus on my recent health kick and search for the best multivitamin.
Okay, so I'm pretty miffed about the election right now. Clinton is completely full of lies and misdirections. Obama has tons of ammo to fight back, but he's been running such a detached, bulletproof campaign based on changing the way politics are usually conducted that any move on the offensive could be painted as negative. Blah. It's so frustrating. I'm considering even voting for McCain, or not at all, if she gets the nomination. We need to send a message to our leaders that we will not stand for politics as usual. It's wrong and it's bad for this country. She's willing to do anything to secure that nomination, even going so far as to say she'd rather have McCain in office than Obama. Disgusting. Besides being pissed off, I've been people searching like normal. Check out address lookup - very cool site. Background check is another good one. Or use this people search engine, if you want to find a person. Ever wonder about finding a therapist? Wonder no more. I'm gonna go stew.
What's been going on, you ask? I'm still doing the whole volunteer thing. I stepped up my game this past month, though, and worked with the Obama campaign here in LA. I tried and I tried to push his message to all those would-be Clinton voters, and I think I did make some difference (went door to door in East LA, cold called random people, that sorta thing) but in the end the Latino vote (which I was courting) went mostly to Hillary. Oh well. At least Obama should get a nice number of CA delegates. Good thing it's not winner take all. But this whole super-delegate thing is worrisome. Since they get to choose who to vote for, I just hope they don't tow the old-guard party line and choose Hillary. She honestly has no hope against McCain in a general election. She's way too polarizing and I think she'd bring the Republican voters out in droves. Enough politics, though. I got some great people search links for you guys. Okay, I can't get away from politics now. Sorry. You can use your people search skills for political good. Find people and get them to vote for Obama! Or, go here if you need help finding an expert. We can do this people...let's make change real!
Things have been going really well lately. I've been helping out at several soup kitchens, contributing to charities, volunteering at a number of non profits, and I've never been happier. And this all started BEFORE the New Year, so you can just chalk it up to a temporary resolution. Nope, this is the new me, here to stay! What's great about this is that it was my people searching that allowed this change to occur. If I hadn't found my old girlfriend online, I probably never would have been compelled to start giving back and acting on my inclinations. Awesome, huh? Looks like people searching isn't just a selfish exercise...it can truly be beneficial to those around you. And so, today's post is all about finding...things, people, whatever! Here are some awesome links to get you started. Trust me, take the plunge...it's worth it!
Find Someone
People Search
Finding Hard to Find Things
Well, I'm back renewed and refreshed. I promise to not be such a downer like the last few posts. You remember how I was complaining about my newfound sense of consciousness? How I "couldn't walk past homeless people without noticing anymore"? I finally stopped enjoying feeling guilty (after I realized that just isn't enough) and went out and helped some people. But first, the impetus for my change: people searching, of course! It being the holidays and all, I decided to start looking for people from my past, old friends, etc. I admit I was kinda feeling lonely. Anyway, I found someone I used to date with the help of this blog that lists people search engines. So we met up a few days before Christmas, and over a couple of drinks chatted for hours. We went over the obligatory ("How have you been?"/"What's new?") and her answers were surprisingly indepth. I was expecting her to gloss over with the usual "Good, and you?" but she has honestly undergone a significant change for the better. She credited it to a "complete paradigm shift." And that's a quote...weird, huh? I said I'd had similar thoughts recently, but that I hadn't done anything about it really. She suggested that I go with her to a soup kitchen to dole out food to the needy. My first reaction was to say no, but I realized that was the old me talking. I went and I LOVED it! Guilt evaporated, and the people seemed really happy and full. Good times. So now I'm even more into finding people, if you can believe it. Check out this awesome engine if you want to people search.
I don't know what's wrong with me, but I seem to have had some kind of paradigm shift. I used to be able to walk past the homeless people, and not be bothered. I used to be able to see stories about people being murdered in Echo Park, and feel removed from it. I used to be able to walk past teenage mothers pushing babies around in strollers and not think to myself, "God, that must be her sister. Right? That MUST be her sister. Right?" I know it's not her sister though. Don't get me wrong, I can still see all the good in the world too... but there just seems like there's so much bad here too. All of this just makes me want to find all the people I wonder about sooner and quicker. i locate a person I went to high school not too long ago via person search and she was just... not good. She was one of the smartest girls in our class when I knew her... but then everything just sort of went wrong apparently. Her brother got in a car accident, hit his head and was never the same. Her dad left her mom. She dropped out of college to come home to help everyone. She finished college to become a therapist... but then got thyroid cancer. She is now in remission, but she is SO thin... like... anorexic thin, it was so scary. I talked with her about it, and asked if I could do anything for her, but all she said I could do was pray. The problem with this is that I'm an atheist. Still, I told her I would. Anyway... wow. I just re-read what I wrote, and this is depressing! I am sorry! Good things that happened this week is my friend got a raise. My mom found a new friend she really likes at her church. The homeless guy on the corner has new shoes. So... there are good things happening too. One good thing is FindAnyoneNow.net - Finding Email Addresses Online article. It's really really good, and really really helpful. Check it out... and I'll check out not being such a downer when I blog. ;-)
I'm back... and I'm feeling better physically, but I'm kind of in a bummer mood today. You know how sometimes you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Well, I don't think my bed had any right sides today. I couldn't sleep last night because I kept alternating between being too hot (under the covers) and too cold (out of the covers). So... yeah. I think that's what's causing my underlying irritation today. In happier news, I have some pretty good sites to recommend to you this month on the topic of people search. Case in point, that on right there that I just recommended. Did you see it right back there? Yeah, I'm sneaky like that. Speaking of which (people search, not being sneaky), I was thinking about how different people feel so differently about people searching and people finding, and this blogger is no exception. His site is also all about people search, but he has a totally different take on it than most of the other people I seem to come across these days.
And now for something completely different! Shaking it off, and cheering up! Phew. Um... what was I saying? Oh yeah, make sure you check out FindAnyoneNow.net this month too. This post is about finding unclaimed money, and it's a doozy 'cause, I mean, who doesn't want to find money that's theirs, but they just don't know about it? Me, please.
Sorry this post was a little disjointed this time around folks. I need a nap or something.
