Interview went well, the day not so much. I woke up late and showed up 10 minutes late. The factory was cool, but it is windows and doors. They're super nice though and the engineers there are cool too. Ate lunch with the crew at some little ma and pa joint, not too bad. The town of Ripley is pretty nice too. Towards the interview, found out they're not paying for my trip. It cost me about 100 in gas alone. Heading back, I blew out a tire and drove for about 30 miles on an almost flat donut to find a walmart that only had one tire that would fit; cost: $135. Total cost for trip: 245 or so. I better be getting an offer. Pay is pretty decent. Well I ended up leaving the plant around 1:45 and got back to faytown around midnight. It was a long day.
Had a MED test Friday afternoon. I am pretty sure I rocked it, but who knows? Drove another 3 hours to get home. Starting Wednesday, I have driven 25 hours of 100 hours total. Fun fun fun! Good thing I love driving my car, bad thing gas is 2.89. Okay I have another test tomorrow and a major project due and all that jazz. I am going to bed.
Oh yeah and Patsie was super happy to see me, although a bit cockier. I guess I just have something for girls who are sassy. That's right, I'm talking about you; you brownie bashing meanie! And yes I did run my finger around the bowl to get all the leftover batter! so HA! I'll type more later, maybe after my test.
One last thing. I had about 15 launches of model rocket and ballistic missiles on Saturday. Special thanks to my mission control specialist, Steven Reynolds and my search and rescue leader, Paul "I'll stop the missile with my body" Shelton. We started with 4 usable rockets and ended with none, with one built in there and four lost. How's that for statistics? We'll find big mama, just give us time.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
it's gotta be a quickie
Well I've got this new awesome F1 book I am positively stuck on right now, so I'm going to keep this short. I'm in a F1 stage right now. I've recorded and watched two Grand Prix so far and can't wait until the next one. This book is about building the perfect race car and it has gotten me dreaming about building one of my own.
Internships are still up in the air. I have a guy working on one for me in Oxford at the MiniCooper plant. It would be amazing, but I'm not sure how likely it is to come through. I've got an interview with Marvin windows and doors in Ripley, Tennessee on Thursday. I'm going to spend the night at V's and meet her dad, pray for me, and then leave early to head to my interview. Should be lots of fun; I'll drive 12 hours round trip for less than a three hour interview. It is a job and it looks sorta, kinda interesting.
MED final test and heat final test are coming up. I need to knock both out of the water, but especially the heat one. If I do really well, I can skip the final and, maybe, pull out an A or maybe just a B. It's going to one of those decisions I will have to make eventually. MED's final is required, so I need this test to help me fix that early 47 I got. A 98 on the last test should help me though.
Things have been quiet lately. Everyone's buckling down for finals and projects and such. I miss smart conversations, about intelligent topics in a mature fashion. (that just popped into my head.)
Today was a good day; lab was canceled and I spent all day doing homework and listening to the storm and chilling at V's apartment. Good day all around. I even managed some laundry! I know, I know, I shouldn't wait for 3 weeks to do it. :) Oh well. Lucky I do it at all.
Oh yeah one final remark. I don't want to be bragging or anything, but I was the RBI for the only two points in our game Sunday. I batted almost 1.000 this season. I think I ended up around .900. Not bad, considering I suck at batting. Good season, next will be better. Time for sleep and reading. Tomorrow I head to Ripley, Tennessee or Cord, Arkansas, whichever appeals to me more.
Internships are still up in the air. I have a guy working on one for me in Oxford at the MiniCooper plant. It would be amazing, but I'm not sure how likely it is to come through. I've got an interview with Marvin windows and doors in Ripley, Tennessee on Thursday. I'm going to spend the night at V's and meet her dad, pray for me, and then leave early to head to my interview. Should be lots of fun; I'll drive 12 hours round trip for less than a three hour interview. It is a job and it looks sorta, kinda interesting.
MED final test and heat final test are coming up. I need to knock both out of the water, but especially the heat one. If I do really well, I can skip the final and, maybe, pull out an A or maybe just a B. It's going to one of those decisions I will have to make eventually. MED's final is required, so I need this test to help me fix that early 47 I got. A 98 on the last test should help me though.
Things have been quiet lately. Everyone's buckling down for finals and projects and such. I miss smart conversations, about intelligent topics in a mature fashion. (that just popped into my head.)
Today was a good day; lab was canceled and I spent all day doing homework and listening to the storm and chilling at V's apartment. Good day all around. I even managed some laundry! I know, I know, I shouldn't wait for 3 weeks to do it. :) Oh well. Lucky I do it at all.
Oh yeah one final remark. I don't want to be bragging or anything, but I was the RBI for the only two points in our game Sunday. I batted almost 1.000 this season. I think I ended up around .900. Not bad, considering I suck at batting. Good season, next will be better. Time for sleep and reading. Tomorrow I head to Ripley, Tennessee or Cord, Arkansas, whichever appeals to me more.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Now for the random ponderings...
WARNING! I'm not in a good mood right now, so the following might be hateful, stupid, ugly or just plain rude, but I'm typing it. You don't have to read any further, but if you choose to do so, do it at your own risk. I am not responsible for nonsense, gibberish or otherwise retarded logic.
PArking and transit is just a business. Honestly, do they care?! I was driving around on campus tonight and every single Gregson, Yocum, and Humphrey's spot was taken. As a matter of fact, every handicapped, metered and unmarked place was taken as well. Where are the nazis tonight? Oh, that's right, they're watching to make sure no crazy drunk Greeks go drive around. I suppose to keep one law from being broken, we'll place most all others on standby. But drinking and driving is so dangerous and what's a parking place? Along those lines, I'll go rob a bank. It's not going to hurt anyone, but those Greeks driving drunk will. Kudos to you fair, just and nice parking and transit officials.
Next in line, the Razorbacks for Christ. I don't know where to go here. We spend time and money on going as far away as possible, yet we let countless people slip out from our reaches. I haven't been to devo in two, three, four weeks and yet not one person has asked where I've been. Does anyone know what's up with Jolie? What about Aspen? Anyone talk to Brandon about why he quit coming to devo? How about Jonathan Edwards? I hope so. I keep trying to get in touch with Jolie, but no luck. Aspen is good. I hear, from Kara, Jonathan is done with that stage of his life. Hm...okay. I'm done with you guys for right now. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's just you, regardless I am done. Oh and for the record, no one is perfect. NO ONE!
GOOD PART STARTS HERE ---> We finally got the deed done on the rental house. It's going to be super sweet next year. I am ready to move in now. Get this whole parking, heat/ac, meal plan stuff done and over. It's going to be nice. I'm looking forward to all new problems, house fights, cool formal parties and having a room with a tv where I can watch all the car/football/whatever I want. It's going to be nice living with Steve and Jordan. I think things are going to go good, although we might have some disagreements from time to time and I am ready for that.
The past two days have been utterly amazing! I went to Jose's yesterday and had some great Mexican with a super lovely, charming, intelligent girl. Today I worked at the battered women's shelter sorting clothes and wore this nice lingerie piece almost all day and then my joys were shattered by some girls informing me it was a button crotch. Hehehe, it still brought out my eyes really well. Steven had on this crazy little skirt. It was blue and see through and looked so out of place on such a huge guy. Jordan got a "redheads are more fun" tight shirt and Kara went all Tex-mex on us. Good times, good times. I then went with my family to eat at Colton's. Awesome ribs, amazing rolls and some good peanuts. Great day! Tomorrow we're cleaning campus up at 2:30, which kinda stinks cause I want to chill with my parents more, but oh well. Obligations are obligations. It'll be fun, I hope.
PArking and transit is just a business. Honestly, do they care?! I was driving around on campus tonight and every single Gregson, Yocum, and Humphrey's spot was taken. As a matter of fact, every handicapped, metered and unmarked place was taken as well. Where are the nazis tonight? Oh, that's right, they're watching to make sure no crazy drunk Greeks go drive around. I suppose to keep one law from being broken, we'll place most all others on standby. But drinking and driving is so dangerous and what's a parking place? Along those lines, I'll go rob a bank. It's not going to hurt anyone, but those Greeks driving drunk will. Kudos to you fair, just and nice parking and transit officials.
Next in line, the Razorbacks for Christ. I don't know where to go here. We spend time and money on going as far away as possible, yet we let countless people slip out from our reaches. I haven't been to devo in two, three, four weeks and yet not one person has asked where I've been. Does anyone know what's up with Jolie? What about Aspen? Anyone talk to Brandon about why he quit coming to devo? How about Jonathan Edwards? I hope so. I keep trying to get in touch with Jolie, but no luck. Aspen is good. I hear, from Kara, Jonathan is done with that stage of his life. Hm...okay. I'm done with you guys for right now. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's just you, regardless I am done. Oh and for the record, no one is perfect. NO ONE!
GOOD PART STARTS HERE ---> We finally got the deed done on the rental house. It's going to be super sweet next year. I am ready to move in now. Get this whole parking, heat/ac, meal plan stuff done and over. It's going to be nice. I'm looking forward to all new problems, house fights, cool formal parties and having a room with a tv where I can watch all the car/football/whatever I want. It's going to be nice living with Steve and Jordan. I think things are going to go good, although we might have some disagreements from time to time and I am ready for that.
The past two days have been utterly amazing! I went to Jose's yesterday and had some great Mexican with a super lovely, charming, intelligent girl. Today I worked at the battered women's shelter sorting clothes and wore this nice lingerie piece almost all day and then my joys were shattered by some girls informing me it was a button crotch. Hehehe, it still brought out my eyes really well. Steven had on this crazy little skirt. It was blue and see through and looked so out of place on such a huge guy. Jordan got a "redheads are more fun" tight shirt and Kara went all Tex-mex on us. Good times, good times. I then went with my family to eat at Colton's. Awesome ribs, amazing rolls and some good peanuts. Great day! Tomorrow we're cleaning campus up at 2:30, which kinda stinks cause I want to chill with my parents more, but oh well. Obligations are obligations. It'll be fun, I hope.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
I'll tell you, but I won't elaborate...
I am loving this stuff. I mean I have been working like crazy on this new spring design for an air compressor and it's really hard, but I actually kind of enjoy it. I guess this is my thing, too bad the tests are more like this. I have a ton of projects right now, so I probably shouldn't be typing this up, but I am. I've got stuff in Comm, MED, and astro. Luckily, my desire to have nothing over my shoulders has caused me to be almost completed with the astro and working like a maniac on this MED. Now for homework due in those classes.
The past couple of days have flown by. I don't know if it's because I am so busy or what, but man oh man. Today's my super hard work day, so I am living up to that by living in the basement for a few hours. I think my current relationship with Vanessa is changing. It's doing some weird stuff. We've decided to take a step back from the physical aspect of it and focus more on what's inside and God. I think it is a good step and look forward to seeing how it goes. So far, so good. The only hard part is the fact she's so smokin' hott. Ah temptation...gotta love it.
The house stuff still hasn't come through. I am waiting on an email from the owner about possibly reducing the rent a little each month. It isn't too bad like it is, but I could stand to spend a little less. Either way, we're taking it. Steven, Jordan and myself, what a great crew. Plus Taco Bell is right there, not a five minute walk away. Oh yes, oh yes.
I'm on edge, FYI. Keep it up and things are going to get messy.
The past couple of days have flown by. I don't know if it's because I am so busy or what, but man oh man. Today's my super hard work day, so I am living up to that by living in the basement for a few hours. I think my current relationship with Vanessa is changing. It's doing some weird stuff. We've decided to take a step back from the physical aspect of it and focus more on what's inside and God. I think it is a good step and look forward to seeing how it goes. So far, so good. The only hard part is the fact she's so smokin' hott. Ah temptation...gotta love it.
The house stuff still hasn't come through. I am waiting on an email from the owner about possibly reducing the rent a little each month. It isn't too bad like it is, but I could stand to spend a little less. Either way, we're taking it. Steven, Jordan and myself, what a great crew. Plus Taco Bell is right there, not a five minute walk away. Oh yes, oh yes.
I'm on edge, FYI. Keep it up and things are going to get messy.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
We won
I've forgotten how to celebrate. We won today in softball and everyone was super happy and all, but I was just like "about time". We all played really well and it was a close game and super suspenseful, but I just wasn't happy about the win. I guess I've told myself so many times that it's not all about winning, that I really believe it now. Yeah we won, but more importantly, we all had fun. It is softball anyways.
I've got a dilemma and I'm stressing over it. I don't have any job for this summer yet, but I did get a phone interview with a company in west Tennessee today. They makes expensive doors and windows, boring, but it is a job. The only real problem is that they want me to come in for an interview. It's a six hour drive and they want me there at 10am on a Thursday. Not normally a problem, since I have one class, but the Thursday they want me is an exam day. So I could get it moved up a day, but Wednesdays are super packed already. That leaves me with a problem of scheduling. There's really not much time for moving it to the next week and I hate to ask the guy for another day for him to check on. Plus, six hours of driving there and six back. Man that's some crazy road time. fun fun fun. It is a summer engineering job, but geez.
I'm excited about the possibility of moving into a house next year. We found a nice one about 2 blocks from lot 56, so I really think we're going to grab it. I like it and so do Jordan and Steven, or so they say. Could be some uber fun times.
Pray for me. I'm struggling with a lot of negativity and doubt and fear right now. I have many things up in the air for me right now and I really need to get some resolutions on them. I am drinking less Dr.P though.
I've got a dilemma and I'm stressing over it. I don't have any job for this summer yet, but I did get a phone interview with a company in west Tennessee today. They makes expensive doors and windows, boring, but it is a job. The only real problem is that they want me to come in for an interview. It's a six hour drive and they want me there at 10am on a Thursday. Not normally a problem, since I have one class, but the Thursday they want me is an exam day. So I could get it moved up a day, but Wednesdays are super packed already. That leaves me with a problem of scheduling. There's really not much time for moving it to the next week and I hate to ask the guy for another day for him to check on. Plus, six hours of driving there and six back. Man that's some crazy road time. fun fun fun. It is a summer engineering job, but geez.
I'm excited about the possibility of moving into a house next year. We found a nice one about 2 blocks from lot 56, so I really think we're going to grab it. I like it and so do Jordan and Steven, or so they say. Could be some uber fun times.
Pray for me. I'm struggling with a lot of negativity and doubt and fear right now. I have many things up in the air for me right now and I really need to get some resolutions on them. I am drinking less Dr.P though.
Friday, April 06, 2007
LARC 1003...WOOOHOOOO
So I've got a LARC 1003 test tomorrow. Should be some fun stuff. I studied some, and I feel like I'm ready for it. I always have this problem of studying too much for easy tests and not enough for hard test. Maybe I just don't study correctly.
Practice sucked today. Why is it that the players that don't need practice as much, show up and the ones that need it don't show up? I can't understand it. Make time! It's not as hard as you can imagine, you just have to be smart about it. But whatever. I did pretty good, but I rolled my ankle again and that hurt like a mo-fo. It'll heal, eventually. I just need to quit signing up for stuff until it's all better.
So it snowed today! It was over 80 a few days ago and it snowed tonight. It's been crazy cold and I am utterly confused about the weather from day to day.
I believe that's it for me. I did a bit of grad school researching today and it looks like I better get my GPA in gear or I could seriously be suffering. Well that's something to worry about later, I suppose.
Practice sucked today. Why is it that the players that don't need practice as much, show up and the ones that need it don't show up? I can't understand it. Make time! It's not as hard as you can imagine, you just have to be smart about it. But whatever. I did pretty good, but I rolled my ankle again and that hurt like a mo-fo. It'll heal, eventually. I just need to quit signing up for stuff until it's all better.
So it snowed today! It was over 80 a few days ago and it snowed tonight. It's been crazy cold and I am utterly confused about the weather from day to day.
I believe that's it for me. I did a bit of grad school researching today and it looks like I better get my GPA in gear or I could seriously be suffering. Well that's something to worry about later, I suppose.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
...
Maybe I'm the curse. I can not pick winning intramural teams. I've yet to win a game on a team. Ugh...but I'd still rather lose every single game than stack my team or exclude people who want to play. That's just too mean to me. I'd love to win every game, but not if I knew I didn't let certain people play who wanted to. Hm...
Oh yeah, we lost tonight, in case you didn't get that. I played pretty poorly, let a couple by and let a couple slip out. I just couldn't focus or something. I did well batting and had a couple of nice fielding moments.
This week's looking good. I had one test in comm yesterday and a test in LARC friday, but no worries. I can ace em both. I'm sure I aced the comm test. Oh yeah and I aced my MED test and did decent on my heat test. I'm super proud!
My parents want me to come home this weekend. I want them to come here. I think they might. The reason I don't go home, is well, I finally have a break this weekend and I want to be lazy. I suppose if I think along those lines, I'll soon be just like the entire human race eh? Well I really hope they come here and get a hotel and all that jazz. I love hotels!
Time for sleep.
Oh yeah, we lost tonight, in case you didn't get that. I played pretty poorly, let a couple by and let a couple slip out. I just couldn't focus or something. I did well batting and had a couple of nice fielding moments.
This week's looking good. I had one test in comm yesterday and a test in LARC friday, but no worries. I can ace em both. I'm sure I aced the comm test. Oh yeah and I aced my MED test and did decent on my heat test. I'm super proud!
My parents want me to come home this weekend. I want them to come here. I think they might. The reason I don't go home, is well, I finally have a break this weekend and I want to be lazy. I suppose if I think along those lines, I'll soon be just like the entire human race eh? Well I really hope they come here and get a hotel and all that jazz. I love hotels!
Time for sleep.
Monday, April 02, 2007
See ugly people can be successful
Congrats to the Gators. Way to represent the SEC.
This week's going to be nice. I have tests in my two easy classes and finished testing in all my hard classes last week. The only thing is that I'll be getting those tests back. I did decent on my HT test, but I have no clue about the MED test. I need that one, hardcore. HT can be salvaged as a B, but MED, I don't know...
Still no news on an internship. I'm a little worried, but I know some companies will be missing out hardcore if they don't hire me on. I'm not the smartest in the world, but I work like nobody's business.
Okay well I've got to take care of some non-class stuff.
This week's going to be nice. I have tests in my two easy classes and finished testing in all my hard classes last week. The only thing is that I'll be getting those tests back. I did decent on my HT test, but I have no clue about the MED test. I need that one, hardcore. HT can be salvaged as a B, but MED, I don't know...
Still no news on an internship. I'm a little worried, but I know some companies will be missing out hardcore if they don't hire me on. I'm not the smartest in the world, but I work like nobody's business.
Okay well I've got to take care of some non-class stuff.
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