tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17151300670162909002011-11-27T19:12:21.863-05:00The Official Blog of Jeremy Fairley. Your official source for what goes on in Jerm's life from what its like living in South Tampa, to working in the Hospitality & Tourism Industry, to the reasons why Manchester United is the greatest football club in the world!Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-86485418650101491292011-06-17T20:34:00.000-04:002011-06-17T20:34:36.045-04:00

Okay folks, so I was having lunch with a friend today, and during the lunch the conversation took a turn to ghetto type scenarios with regards to family members. It got me thinking about my childhood and how I either observed, or myself actually did some of those ghetto/country things. I say country because given that I grew up in a small town in Mississippi, my situations may not always have

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Vampires I am really getting tired of all of these Vampire related shows and movies. I mean in this day and age, how realistic is it to be a vampire? You can't just go around sucking on anyone's neck these days, otherwise you will be spending your days at the free clinic instead of napping... Verizon FIOS Have had Verizon FIOS for a little over 24 hours now and have mixed emotions about leaving

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-16057426355541676472010-08-01T21:54:00.001-04:002010-08-01T21:54:46.782-04:00

Okay so once again I have been slacking and this is my first post in months. Figured it was a good time to check my progress on some of those goals that I had set going into the new year. Not doing bad as far as reaching them, but not doing great either as you can see: Still no progress on this girlfriend thing obviously, and I am not optimistic at all. No promotion yet, but I am more optimistic

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Been a while since I last wrote a post, so figured it was time to hop back on here and attempt to get into the habit. I actually think it was one of my New Year's Resolutions to blog more, but I guess that speaks more to how people tend to not follow through with resolutions. Getting to the point, I wanted to hop on and talk about an event that I am working on with the University of Tampa and

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As a follow up to my post earlier today regarding what I learned in 2009, I also wanted to take the time out to talk about what I hope to accomplish in 2010. 2009 was a great year for me professionally as I excelled at work and was very proud of my efforts. On the social/personal side however, the year was very much so a let down, and I look to rectify that in 2010. Don't get it twisted though,

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So as we toasted to 2010 at midnight last night, I found myself thinking about 2009 and decided to collect my thoughts here on what the year was and what I learned from it. It was without question an up and down year but here are the top ten things I learned from 2009... There is nothing in this world that I can't achieve when I put my mind to it. I can't continue to live in the past. No

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-20406163990346795762009-12-31T02:48:00.000-05:002009-12-31T02:48:24.783-05:00

Dammit I can't sleep, so in between watching SportsCenter and working, I have decided to talk about my recent trip to Mississippi for the Christmas holiday. All in all, I have to say it was a good trip as I got to see my mother, whom I only see once a year, as well as see my Uncle Lewis and Aunt Vernetta who I haven't seen in about 4 years or so. Wish I could have seen more people, but we were

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-7804371996855938522009-10-28T17:25:00.003-04:002009-10-28T17:45:25.866-04:00

Been having a few humbling experiences lately, and I think they are signs of me getting old, so I wanted to steal a page out of David Letterman's book and put together a top 10 list of signs that tell me I am getting old...You go to the eye doctor for a routine eye exam and walk out of the door with a prescription for glasses...The guy at the door at the club doesn't even bother to ID you...

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-74077240313695290162009-07-26T21:08:00.003-04:002009-07-26T22:09:47.535-04:00

Been a minute since I last wrote. Lot has gone on here in the past few weeks. The biggest thing that has happened is that I finally realized that I am not a robot and can't go for years without taking some time away from work without it starting to take its toll. So I sit at my computer right now knowing that I have a vacation day tomorrow as well as on Tuesday and I can take some time out and

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-38592275417947485452009-07-12T15:06:00.004-04:002009-07-12T15:45:01.931-04:00

What an odd past few weeks its been. First Farrah Fawcet, followed by Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, Steve McNair, Billy Mays and recently Arturo Gotti. There have even been a few more instances of local famous people here in the past few days passing on as well. Kind of makes you wonder how precious life is and how we should do our best to live life to the fullest. You just never know what the

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-6747503536713247672009-06-28T22:50:00.005-04:002009-06-29T00:02:23.796-04:00

It was a sad day this past Thursday when news broke that Michael Jackson had indeed left us. I don't know about you, but I will never forget where I was or what I was doing when I first heard, and there are millions of people around the globe who will say the same thing. In the coming days weeks and months, you will hear tons of speculation about the way Michael left this earth and who was

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-60865651883472459842009-06-28T21:00:00.005-04:002009-06-28T22:40:46.353-04:00

So after my last blog following the initial group stage ass-whoopin that the US suffered at the hands of Brazil, the team finally decided to look between their legs and show us that they each indeed did have a pair by going on a run that no one expected, not even me I must admit.Who would have guessed that the boys would have fought back and beat a good Egypt team 3-0, but also to turn around and

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-1039597752159008222009-06-21T22:48:00.005-04:002009-06-21T23:41:18.156-04:00

This post is in place of the normal "Lessons Learned" blog post as I kind of need to vent about something that happened to me last night. If anyone was paying attention to my Twitter and Facebook status last night then you already know what this one was about.Last night around 1 a.m. I was walking home from having a few drinks with a friend on her birthday. For clarification purposes when I say a

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-21586196227387448262009-06-20T17:41:00.007-04:002009-06-20T18:38:46.591-04:00

I know I keep talking about this but it really is sad to be a US Soccer fan at this moment in time. The recent string of qualifying games, plus this awful string of performances at the Confederation's Cup in South Africa make me ill. I don't even know where to begin with where to place the blame, as there are allot of people to point fingers at, but I think it has to start with the head coach and

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-20163401017879279612009-06-14T22:37:00.003-04:002009-06-14T23:45:23.362-04:00

I have always had this particular lesson on my mind, but it was more apparent this evening as I hung out with my goddaughter and her younger cousins this week as well. I AM NOT READY TO HAVE CHILDREN...I was having a conversation earlier this week with a co-worker who is pregnant as she told me that the average child goes through about 7-10 diapers per day! Now this is a lot of poop, not to

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-20458736321344335552009-06-13T00:23:00.006-04:002009-06-13T00:58:25.789-04:00

Alright so I am a big dork, as the highlight of my weekend will most likely be staying up late and getting my Facebook vanity URL. I am the proud one and only owner of http://www.Facebook.com/JeremyFairley. I was going to add another URL for my work Facebook page at http://www.VisitTampaBay.com/Facebook, but it didn't seem to work as our page has less than 1,000 followers. We will however be

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-16637575731625475212009-06-07T21:06:00.005-04:002009-06-07T23:34:43.549-04:00

This week is more of an observation than an actual lesson learned, but an experience nonetheless and that is what this series of blog posts is about.I was at a work conference this week and many of the sessions that I was in on were regarding "Social Media" and its effective use in our industry (Tourism & Destination Marketing). Allot of the participants were unsure as to how to go about having a

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-22688350867373624492009-06-05T23:32:00.007-04:002009-06-06T00:43:34.964-04:00

I think the title says it all on this one. After watching that shameful performance the other night versus Costa Rica. I know there are tons of people out there that say its on the players as well to perform, and to a certain extent I agree, but it just seems like we are a team lost and at times unmotivated. We saw the same type of game vs El Salvador where they went out there all casual and

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-90686092978594912612009-06-03T21:51:00.004-04:002009-06-03T23:44:39.672-04:00

I finally got a chance last night to watch Conan O'Brien in his new host role on the Tonight Show after having missed the opening episode on Monday night. Anyone that really knows me is aware that I was a big fan of Conan when he was doing the Late Night show, so I was happy to hear a while back that he was gonna replace Jay Leno.I did however, have a concern that NBC was going to make him alter

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-25946324614675402362009-05-31T19:30:00.014-04:002009-05-31T21:09:34.479-04:00

So this is the first installment of my weekly lessons blog segment. At the end of each week I plan to write write a post that details what I learned that week in my personal life as well as work. The interesting part in this will be to see if I can actually keep up with this each week and be sure to post.So this week's lesson learned is a hard one. I can promise you that these will not always be

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-5583720777106127562009-05-31T10:18:00.006-04:002009-05-31T10:48:06.246-04:00

So I am up early on this beautiful Sunday morning getting ready to head over to the gym to get a quick guest pass workout in and to also inquire about being a member full time. I actually used to have a membership at this gym but I cancelled it when I moved into a place last year that had a pretty decent looking gym setup and I figured I wouldn't need to continue to pay for it. Wrong answer, and

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-34896682731294022412009-05-27T20:51:00.005-04:002009-05-27T21:35:27.680-04:00

So this pill is a little hard to swallow for me, seeing as how I am such a huge Manchester United fan, but Barcelona are the 2009 UEFA Champions League title winners winners. I didn't have the opportunity to watch the game today as I was at work and unable to really get away from my desk. I watched the gamecast though on ESPN Soccernet, and based on that, I really thought that Barca wiped the

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-3435680799405849922009-05-25T15:52:00.006-04:002009-05-25T16:48:08.219-04:00

So like most people I have an MP3 device of some sort (in my case I have an IPhone), but every now and then my playlists gets a little boring, and you can't really depend on most radio stations because many of them just give you the same playlists time after time. Not sure about you, but I like to have my music on demand, and in most cases, I like to be able to go from genre to genre as my music

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-58363170991044482162009-05-22T22:01:00.007-04:002009-05-22T23:47:58.622-04:00

So a few weeks ago I was asked to speak at the Florida Chapter of Asian American Journalists Association meeting here in Tampa. My topic was, "Alternative Careers for Journalists" with my area of expertise (I use this term loosely) being on jobs in web and internet technology. In addition to myself, there was a panel of speakers whom all spoke for ten minutes across a few different disciplines

Jermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411128789509214229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715130067016290900.post-35583354990142806102009-05-22T21:06:00.004-04:002009-05-22T21:25:12.663-04:00

Well kids, here it is. The first blog entry on Jerm's new blog. Nothing really wrong with the previous one I had setup on my MobileMe account, but I just wanted this one to be able to traffic in Google faster, so I could test out monetizing it. The plan is to give the same material, albeit more often than I did the last one. The goal is to try and have some new interesting content up here a few

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