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Mobile Defense – Part 2 of 2

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Everyone slept well the remainder of the night and woke up just in time to check out at 11a.m. Tyler relayed the intel he received from mobile defense and all was on board to track down the driver that decided to keep the device. He logged on the laptop and verified the driver’s current location. The driver was near the South Loop area, which was less than a mile away from their current position. Tyler asked to borrow Kevin’s phone to see if they can launch the mobile defense application from his mobile phone and upon his attempt, it successfully connected to his HTC Evo from the iPhone 3GS device. A grin quickly grew on his face being pleased with the results, he was determined to find the thief.
“What will you do when we find this guy?” asked Dean.
“I’m going to hop into the shotgun side of taxi and tell him to drive somewhere. Then I’m going to examine the vehicle for any signs of my phone. If it is not in eye’s view I will call the phone with Kevin’s phone and then I will…with a firm voice ask him to return my phone. If he refused I will slap him in the eye and take it either way”.
“You going to get into the taxi?”
“That’s right. And I’m going to slap the mother fucker.”
“Alright! Let’s do this shit!

Tyler checked out of the hotel at the front desk and while Dean went to the garage near by to pull out the car. He drove it to the front of the hotel to pick up the rest of the squad. They threw their bags into the trunk and hopped in the car, ready for action. Tyler sat in the back seat actively monitoring the activities of the driver and then notices that his phone had only 10% battery life left. If anything was to be done, they would had to make paste. Dean started driving south down State street only to realize that they were on empty.
“Let’s stop by the gas station first and fill up on gas. We don’t want to go on a car chase with an empty tank.”
Tyler hesitated on the decision because of the battery life left, but he knew it to be a logical idea. “Alright, let’s make this quick. My phone’s battery is almost dead.” He wasn’t fond of the idea and had a bad feeling about losing an opportunity to recover the device. They drove a couple blocks west to the nearest gas station and pulled in. Ahead was a taxi van that occupied two gas pumps while all the other ones were occupied also. Dean pulled up behind the driver and beeped his horns but the vehicle did not move. Kevin got out the car only to find out that the vehicle was unoccupied. He got back in and pulled over to the opposite side where a pump just became available. Immediately after finishing, the occupant of the abandoned vehicle approached Dean.
“Do you have jumped cables?” he inquired.
“Yeah, I do.” Even before he could continue speaking, he already knew he dug himself too deep and couldn’t avoid answering the next question.
“Can you help me jump my car?”
“Sure…” Being the type of person Dean is, he couldn’t refuse the request after already admitting to having jumper cables. Whereas if he knew that the question would immediately followed, he may had answered it differently considering Tyler’s current circumstances. And so, he pulled his car to the opposite of the taxi van and connected the positives to the negatives to charge the battery of vehicle while Tyler constantly monitored the location of his phone and stared with nervousness at the battery symbol slowing draining down. The attempt to charge the battery of the taxi van was unsuccessful and after a good 10 minutes, Tyler called it off and persuaded everyone that we needed to get going. They hopped back into the car and at long last, the chase was on. The destination was to Grant Park, only a half mile away. They arrived there prompt and looked around for a red taxi. Grant Park was big and it proved to be a lot more difficult to find the vehicle. In that next minute when Tyler went to refresh the location, the connection was lost. The battery on the phone was dead and he lost his only lead to ever recovering it. They drove around the area for another ten minutes until Tyler was satisfied that there was nothing else they could do at the area. “All is lost”.

After losing faith, Dean and party made it out to Chinatown and had Dim Sum for brunch. After which, they drove back to Dean’s house forty minutes west of the city. They got back, washed up and took a relaxing nap. The plan was to go back into the city later on in the day because Dean’s girlfriend had just arrived back into Chicago from Los Angeles and had to attend a farewell party for a friend that was going to leave for Rome to study and explore for a year. Tyler hadn’t lost hope yet and kept trying to connect to his phone from mobile defense. Around 4 p.m. he was once again able to connect to the device and …continue story

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Mobile Defense – Part 1 of 2

He tracked down the culprit to 4026 Dimension Avenue using the Mobile Defense system that he installed on his mobile phone to allow him to remotely connect to it through any device equipped with a browser and an Internet connection. After connecting to the device, the web application allowed its user to remotely track the mobile phone through three methods of location awareness. The first option used the service provider’s cellular towers to triangulate the location of the device to within 25-100 meters. The method is achieved through relaying the signals of the device to the closest cell towers. This creates a radius of where the device may be located. The radius is reduced to produce a more accurate location by using two additional cell towers and through its overlapping radius coverage, an approximate location is achieved. The second method which is a compliment to the first is to use the signals of public Wifi networks which sends out location coordinates when a mobile phone is requesting data. The third and most accurate is through the device’s GPS chip that allowed the web application to track its location to within 2 meters. The HTC Evo with Sprint was enabled with all three technologies to enable location data is achieved in one way or the other. There they stood in the dark alleyways of Chicago pondering the next move.

It all started with a few shots of Johnny Walker Black and a couple of Miller Lite beers. Tim’s brother had a good friend at a new bar that just opened up on the west side of Chicago called Beauty Bar. His brother’s friend was a bartender and made promises to get the entire party free drinks. Tyler and friends agreed to meet up with him at approximately 9pm that Saturday night. They had stayed at the Holiday Inn Express which was way too small for four grown men, but it wasn’t by choice, but rather by the luck of the draw and the amount one’s willing to pay. Tyler searched for the last-minute hotel deal through Hotwire.com and agreed to pay $90 for the room that was within the location of the River North area. It was only after you have made your reservation and paid for the room did the company disclose the name of the Hotel. This ensured customers could get the lowest prices possible when searching for rooms that had available bookings. And by hiding the name of the hotel, it saved both parties reputation from being known as a cheap hotel. After a good amount of drinking, the four guys took the elevator down to the lobby and hopped into a taxi.

Tim, Dean, and Kevin hopped into the back seat while Tyler sat in the front.
“To Beauty Bar,” Tyler said.
“Where is that?”
“Just head west from here. It’s about a mile away on Chicago Avenue.” Tyler notices the clueless expression of the cab driver’s face. He seemed unsure of where to go. “Hold on, give me a minute here, I’ll give you the exact address so you and put it into your GPS system.” He then reaches …continue story

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Dreaming Of You – Textstory

Jane – Monday – 7:30AM: I dreamt of u last night. How weird

Teller – Monday -9:26AM: What was it about?

Jane – Monday – 9:32AM: u wouldn’t kiss me back. Come to think of it.. jerk! Haha
Jane – Monday -9:32AM: It was kinda vague.. but u were over my house. U were my bf in my dream cuz u were leaving to go somewhere… and I gave u a kiss but u were upset w me so

Teller – Monday: 9:53AM: That wasnt a dream lady, it was real life, although your off on a few points. Here’s what happened: it was yesterday on a sunday. It was late and we secretly met up, I had pick you up and you wanted to us you stay at your house, I didn’t approve of that decision. We had a small fight then you agreed to come to my house instead. We talked and had a few. Then around 3 you wanted is to go back to your place. I was tired and didn’t feel like driving, but eventually gave in. although I was still bitter about it. We slept at your place, although I wasn’t your bf. We talked about it and decided a decision couldn’t be made at the time. I would be leaving in the morning. At 5am I had packed my bags and called a taxi to head to the airport. You had given me a goodbye kiss, I was still bitter about the drive so I didn’t return it. At the door, I tried to kiss you thinking I would be away for 4 weeks and I would miss you, but you turned your head away. I shrugged and hoped into the taxi.

Jane – Monday – 11:32AM: I did turn back around but it was too late. And I did see you shrug but thought oh well. Til next time.

Teller – Monday – 3:17PM: They say dreams are subconscious desires that the mind fulfills in order to keep us all sane. 2 years ago, I tried identifying when I was in a lucid dream, I’ve succeeded on several attempts, but when I tried controlling my body, I just froze in the dream.

Jane – Monday – 3:22PM: Are you implying subconsciously that I desire u?

Teller – Monday – 3:29PM: Are you sexually harassing me? I made no such implication.

Jane – Monday – 3:33PM: I apologize.

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My Coworker Fucked My Wife

Nice…was a nice guy. He was smart, dedicated and most of all, committed. Nice found and married his love at the age of twenty one. They were both young and they didn’t know any better. They only knew that they loved each other at that time. They didn’t get to live out their youthful lives, meet other extraordinary people but sometimes, just sometime, you find that one person you instantly know your deep in love with, without a second thought, a second look, or a second guess, you simply knew. That was how Nice and Sarah felt when they married on that sweet summer day at nine years ago. He thought he would be with her for the rest of his life, but it did not turn out so gravy.

He worked for a technology company coding small little web applications using the Javascript programming language. He’s been with the company for about five years now and he loved his job. It brought home a healthy paycheck and he was good at his job. He had to be, he’s been doing it for five years now. It was simple routine to him, he would come in and turn on his computer, waited for it to boot, load up the JRE and start coding away using an application called Notepad++. Nice didn’t know anything else in his life. After he got married, he never went out to party, he didn’t look at other women, nor did he have any ambitious goals. He loved his wife and all he cared about was her happiness and well-being, financially and emotionally. He had thought he was providing both of these to him. Sarah also felt the same. She loved Nice. It was all she knew. He kept her in the house most of the time. She cooked his breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There were no kids, besides shopping at the grocery store and doing the laundry, she played video games on the computer, completely detached from society.

It’s been so long and he still remembers that day vividly. Eight years ago when he placed the engagement ring around his finger. He’s 29 years old now. Sarah is 28. He doesn’t really have any friends besides his family who seldom visited him. His co-workers didn’t hang out with him too much because every event he was invited to, he rejected. He made it a point to go directly home after work to be with his wife. In time, his co-workers left him alone to his business. Everyone knew he didn’t want to be bothered with any activities that does not directly relate to work. He came in, performed his duties, and then went straight home. It was routine. Until one day, a new person joined the Java team. He was the head manager of the group and had brought the man in himself. The man’s name was Asoy and he was also Filipino, just like Nice. They bonded really quickly and Nice grew fond of Asoy.

Nice was a slim and good looking guy when he was younger, but ever since his marriage, he’s grown a little plump and moves with a little more weight in his steps. Asoy, not so much. He’s slim, short army cut, and a great personality. Asoy always had something humorous to say and Nice liked being around him, so much so that he decided to bring Asoy over to have a beer together. Nice isn’t a big drinker, but he did know that when you have people over, you usually served them some type of alocholic beverage. So that was what he did on a Friday after leaving work. He invited Asoy over for a drink and to watch a basketball game that was on. He didn’t care too much for Basketball, but he did know that people always seemed to talk about sports. Asoy came over around 7p.m.
“Hey Asoy, come on in. Glad you can make it.” Nice greeted him with a handshake and guided him into the house.
“No problem. Oh, wow, this is a really nice house, Nice.”
Nice gave a shy smile. “Thank you. Come on in, come on in.”
Asoy took a seat on the black leather couches in the living room that was directly to the right of the entrance. A basketball game was on, the …continue story

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Rolling in Vegas

Energy filled his body and lifted him from the grounds with his head held high and chest protruding outwards as both hands swung lightly in the dimmed lighted lower floor of Tao Nightclub in the Venetian Resort, Hotel, and Casino. He was bouncing from one friend to another throwing his arms around their necks and blatantly telling each and everyone one how much he appreciated their friendship and how much it meant to him. A woman passes in tight body glove dress in the shade of burgundy with long black hair and massacre around her eyes walks slowly. He reaches out his hands and grabs a hold of hers as she passes a feet in front of him. The young lady turns around and looks at him in surprise as he pulls her in towards his chest and places his other arm around her neck. Teller was rolling. It was his first in twenty five years.

The trip to Vegas was triggered by Alyssa who being the amazing girlfriend she was, purchased a package to Sin City which included airfare and hotel booking. It was a birthday present to her boy friend Alvin who had just turned 21, the legal age to gamble. Teller was good friends with the couple, so along with him, several of his friends and their friends, a pack of twelve wolves set out to Vegas in the scorching mid-summer of July. The temperature in Vegas was to be over 100 degree Fahrenheit for the entire week there. The group consisted of a mixture of seven blokes and five divas all flying in from New York International Airport by way of Delta Airlines directly into Las Vegas International Airport. The flight was scheduled for five and a half hours. Needless to say, the group had arrived to the airport early on that Tuesday evening after leaving from work and consumed over 40oz of beer and several shots of Grey Goose Vodka prior to boarding Flight 542. It was just the beginning of an outrageously good time.

The party landed in LAS just before noon and took two taxis to Bally’s Hotel and Casino. The two taxis took two different routers, one choosing the quicker route by way of the highway, while the other chose the scenic path by going through Las Vegas Boulevard. Teller was in the one that chose the quick route, although he didn’t mind it one bit because this was his third time in Vegas and he wanted to arrive to the hotel, check-in, get dressed, and start hammering down free drinks at the tables as quickly as possible. It’s the Vegas routine and you should never arrive sober, or so he thought.

Upon arrival, Alyssa, Dan, Luffy, and Yann got into line to check into the rooms. Each was a representative for the room they were checking in as four total rooms were booked for the trip. The other party members stood watching the luggage, some ran around checking out the table games, while others decided to head into the food floor to grab a slice of pizza from Sbarro. Teller had chose to sit beside the luggage draining a bottle of ice-cold water that had cost him four dollars. It was against his way of the Vegas mind-frame, but the blazing heat has taken him over as soon as he stepped outside the airport and into the taxi. He was parched and that water disappeared as quick as his four dollars spent. Nonetheless, it was worth every single penny because when your in Vegas, money should be the least of your concerns. He looked over the the four that were standing in line and saw that they were only half way near the counter. It was a damn long line. The time was already half pass mid-night and they had yet to check into their rooms. He decided to spend some time wandering the halls of Bally’s himself and ended up down at the food court also. When he returned they were near the counter exchanging words with the receptionist. Yann walked over to the standby group and inform them that we just had been upgraded to a suite, thanks to the words from Alyssa. “It’s only for one night though, and then we would have to come back down and check into regular rooms tomorrow. But, if we all tipped her right now, there may be an error in the computer system that will just so happen to keep up in the suites for all four nights at no additional cost,” Yann said with a snicker.
“So your telling me that all four rooms has just been converted into suites?” Teller questioned.
“Yes, but it’s only for the night.”
“Okay, let’s throw her some tip and see what she can do for us.” Teller pulled out a twenty bill from his pocket and handed it to Yann. Alvin, Dan, and Damon also contributed to the tip.
Yann counted the total. “We have eighty five dollars here.”
“That’s right. Slipped that to her and see what she can do for us.”
Yann ran back up to the counter and handed the cash over to Dan whom after completing the check-in process, he slipped it to her and said, “Thanks.” Then we all made our way into the large suites on the higgest tower of Bally’s. The four room were spread out across three floors, 71, 72, and 73. Two rooms were on 71 and 72, while the two other suites sat on the highest floor, which was 73. Upon walking into the room, Teller and Dan took a silence as their eyes gave at the enormous space that were before them. Directly to their right was a large bar area and straight ahead were two living room spaces with three large patterned couches and a glass table that rest near the far right of the room. To the left was a bathroom. “Holy shit,” Dan said. “This suite is fucking sick. It’s the biggest room I’ve ever been in.” He ran on forward and was surprised that after passing the second living space area was a door that led into the master bedroom, which was the same size as both living rooms combined. Teller walked slowly checking out his surroundings and feeling the furniture, slightly smiling at how fortunate they were to get the suites at such a low price. He walked on and followed Dan into the next room. Inside was a king size bed layered upon layered of white sheets and large white pillows. There was a large jacuzzi that could fit at least four people sitting above a raised marble platform. Behind the jacuzzi was a standing shower and a his and hers counter tops with personal urinals. It was a splendid room fit for kings. The best part of it all, the party had four of these suites. Let that sink in for a minute. Four. Of these beautiful suites all close to each other. That’s one hell of a massive after party that could be thrown. The wheels are set in motion and debauchery is ready to ensue.

Teller was rolling, his head was spinning, his self-confidence has shot to the sky, and his ego has but disappeared. There were no fear in his eyes, just hunger and lust, like that of a cavemen that knew what exactly he wanted and was ready to taketh as he sees fit. He released the grip of his right hands from her and moved it towards her waist, where he firmly gripped it. In that moment, a shock sprang up her spines and her eyes widen as the lion tames its prey. There was this moment where her sullen eyes sparkle into the depths of his endless dark eyes. No words were spoken. She couldn’t recall how long she was in that state until he leaned in close to her ears and uttered, “I want you.” She snapped back and pushed him away, a natural reaction she has built up as a defensive towards aggressive men who has hit on her throughout the years. It was an instinctive reaction, no matter how much she wanted him. She wasn’t going to be taken so easily, she thought to herself. He’s going to have to work a lot harder if he wants to …continue story

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Dumb Question

They say, “there’s no such thing as a dumb question.” I agree and respond, “Yes, only a dumb person behind that question. So the question is not dumb, but the person asking it is. Now please, let us proceed.”

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