Seriously, best Halle Berry pic ever!
Man, I'm looking forward to the pick me up I get every day when I sit down to work at my computer.
Pick me up? Sorry 'bout that...
Monday, February 20, 2006
It's good to put up new wallpaper every once in a while....
Seriously, best Halle Berry pic ever!
Man, I'm looking forward to the pick me up I get every day when I sit down to work at my computer.
Pick me up? Sorry 'bout that...
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Presenting
I kinda-sorta-kinda have my schedule now for next semester, which doesn't start until early April. Most likely, of course, the schedule we get just prior to the beginning of the semester in April will be completely different than the one I saw on Tuesday. I don't have my official schedule yet because of an issue with my student loans for April.
I haven't applied for it yet.
I figure I still have 6-7 weeks and they only take a few days to process, but these guys at the school tend to panic about it and they make you do it in advance so they know they're getting their money ASAP.
Making me wait in line for 45 minutes to give me that information is not a good thing either. Wasn't my only bad news of the week, though. I also found out on Monday that the big presentation I'd been told a week earlier was "at the end of the semester" is actually on Tuesday, February 21. That's a whole month before the semester ends...
Oh, and out of everyone in my program... I'm going first. Yep, #1 of 25 people. I get to present to a couple Deans, a number of faculty and a few representatives in the industry and prove that I have enough potential to continue in the program and show promise towards graduating in September.
If only I had another month...
I've set up a shortish powerpoint presentation where I go into details about me, my work and what my plans are after graduating. I don't feel like I have much, but then I think about my "classmates" and realize I'm much better off than most of them. Most don't even have all their previous projects anymore. Not only do I have those, but I have some extras kicking around as well. I made some corrections based on the critiques I got from the instructors.
The other information tidbit I discovered this past week was what happens after we do our presentations. The Deans and faculty sit down and discuss each of us and where they see us fitting in to a specific course that starts next semester and finishes when we graduate in September. We'll all be in the same class together for the 6-month spread. Essentially, they split us into 2 groups: the "have's" and "have-not's," ensuring that all the "have's" look extremely good and build off one another and the "have-not's" may not cope so well. Basically, it's a 6-month group project. And right now I'm scared silly that one of the people in the meeting will look at my work and say "NOT" and them I'm screwed.
Being in the "have-not's" means that my idea will be 99% likely to be accepted and I'll essentially lead the class for 6 months. I'll lead 10-15 losers who don't want to do anything and will slack off at every opportunity, leaving me to either do the work myself or just get stressed beyond reason because no one else is interested in graduating and getting a career out of what we're doing.
But these people (the Deans and faculty) aren't used to someone with a college education and an ability to argue a point home. You want me in the have-nots? Well, get ready for an absolute shit-kicking because it won't happen. I'm in the Have's because I have the experience to pull their asses out of the fire when (not if) they get into the thick of it.
It's just like what people hated about me at my last job. No, I wasn't trying to make people look bad because I could anticipate where people would fail. I was just planning in advance so if someone dropped the ball, we could move on without too much interruption. Having 10-15 people who could potentially drop the ball and lose it along the way is not going to mesh well with my personality. Put me with 10-15 people who could lose the ball and see others be prepared to pick it up and run with it.... that's where I want to be.
And dammit, I'll be fighting for that on Tuesday afternoon.
I haven't applied for it yet.
I figure I still have 6-7 weeks and they only take a few days to process, but these guys at the school tend to panic about it and they make you do it in advance so they know they're getting their money ASAP.
Making me wait in line for 45 minutes to give me that information is not a good thing either. Wasn't my only bad news of the week, though. I also found out on Monday that the big presentation I'd been told a week earlier was "at the end of the semester" is actually on Tuesday, February 21. That's a whole month before the semester ends...
Oh, and out of everyone in my program... I'm going first. Yep, #1 of 25 people. I get to present to a couple Deans, a number of faculty and a few representatives in the industry and prove that I have enough potential to continue in the program and show promise towards graduating in September.
If only I had another month...
I've set up a shortish powerpoint presentation where I go into details about me, my work and what my plans are after graduating. I don't feel like I have much, but then I think about my "classmates" and realize I'm much better off than most of them. Most don't even have all their previous projects anymore. Not only do I have those, but I have some extras kicking around as well. I made some corrections based on the critiques I got from the instructors.
The other information tidbit I discovered this past week was what happens after we do our presentations. The Deans and faculty sit down and discuss each of us and where they see us fitting in to a specific course that starts next semester and finishes when we graduate in September. We'll all be in the same class together for the 6-month spread. Essentially, they split us into 2 groups: the "have's" and "have-not's," ensuring that all the "have's" look extremely good and build off one another and the "have-not's" may not cope so well. Basically, it's a 6-month group project. And right now I'm scared silly that one of the people in the meeting will look at my work and say "NOT" and them I'm screwed.
Being in the "have-not's" means that my idea will be 99% likely to be accepted and I'll essentially lead the class for 6 months. I'll lead 10-15 losers who don't want to do anything and will slack off at every opportunity, leaving me to either do the work myself or just get stressed beyond reason because no one else is interested in graduating and getting a career out of what we're doing.
But these people (the Deans and faculty) aren't used to someone with a college education and an ability to argue a point home. You want me in the have-nots? Well, get ready for an absolute shit-kicking because it won't happen. I'm in the Have's because I have the experience to pull their asses out of the fire when (not if) they get into the thick of it.
It's just like what people hated about me at my last job. No, I wasn't trying to make people look bad because I could anticipate where people would fail. I was just planning in advance so if someone dropped the ball, we could move on without too much interruption. Having 10-15 people who could potentially drop the ball and lose it along the way is not going to mesh well with my personality. Put me with 10-15 people who could lose the ball and see others be prepared to pick it up and run with it.... that's where I want to be.
And dammit, I'll be fighting for that on Tuesday afternoon.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Desperately needing that digital camera...
Okay, dammit. Enough's enough.
I need a damn digital camera ASAP. There are way too many things happening that become "photo moments" that I've now friggin' missed!
I need a damn digital camera ASAP. There are way too many things happening that become "photo moments" that I've now friggin' missed!
- The murder of 2000+ crows that flies over the campus every Wednesday at 5 --except last Wednesday when I had borrowed a friggin' camera!
- The men at work... lying down on the grass rubbing a dog's belly.
- The old lady with the big ass red feathered hat.
- My carpool buddy hitting his head --again.
- My sign saying "I want sausage on my pizza!"
- THIS on my regular commute. Yeah, Great Big Sea's (Mad, you don't know 'em most likely, but I think you'd like 'em) tour bus crashed on my regular commute route.
Sports Shorts
I'm keeping this post short because I'm... not in a thinking mood at the moment.
Perfect time for blogging, eh?
Anyway, as is tradition, the Olympics are on and taking up a good chunk of my time. No evening news. I even skipped 2 Canucks hockey games. All in order to cheer for my country. But I have a few problems:
1. I don't care if the Canadian women's hockey team has out-scored their opponents 28-0. They have standings based on a goal differential (goal for vs. goals against), so they need to obliterate their competition before facing their biggest opponent: Team USA. After 2 games, I'm already looking forward to next Sunday's gold medal final.
2. And from there, let's talk gold medals. 2 years ago, 4 years ago, 6 years ago, even 8 years ago, you would've heard me talk all about how important it is for Canadian athletes to just "show up." Y'know, show up and have fun and represent their country to the best of their abilities. Well, with the winter olympics being a better Canadian showing than the summer games ever are, AND couple with the 2010 games right here in Vancouver, I've changed my tune a bit with the current winter games in Turin/Torino.
I want to see Canadians win and defend those titles in 2010.
But I'm not seeing it happen so far. A gold medal favorite in speed skating wins a bronze. A gold medal favorite in cross country skiing makes the "top 10." The best a Canadian snowboarder can do in the half-pipe is 11th. Snowboarding! Half the frickin' country snowboards!! (the other half skis, but we haven't gotten to those sports yet). Otherwise, Canadians are placing in the top 40 or 50 and sometimes top 20. I don't want to see that this time around. Nagano in '98? Fine. Salt Lake City in '02? Alright, I guess. Torino in '06? No way. Vancouver in 2010? How big a failure will these games be if Canadians can't even place in some events?
Seriously. Look at the Australians in 2000 in Sydney. They rocked! Look at Los Angeles in 1984. Hello? Did another country besides the U.S. even win a medal that year?
OK, that's my rants.
Yes, I'm well aware that we're maybe 30 minutes from Day #3.
BUT.
Canada has 2 medals out of 36 handed out so far. Not. Good. Enough. Not this time around.
Perfect time for blogging, eh?
Anyway, as is tradition, the Olympics are on and taking up a good chunk of my time. No evening news. I even skipped 2 Canucks hockey games. All in order to cheer for my country. But I have a few problems:
1. I don't care if the Canadian women's hockey team has out-scored their opponents 28-0. They have standings based on a goal differential (goal for vs. goals against), so they need to obliterate their competition before facing their biggest opponent: Team USA. After 2 games, I'm already looking forward to next Sunday's gold medal final.
2. And from there, let's talk gold medals. 2 years ago, 4 years ago, 6 years ago, even 8 years ago, you would've heard me talk all about how important it is for Canadian athletes to just "show up." Y'know, show up and have fun and represent their country to the best of their abilities. Well, with the winter olympics being a better Canadian showing than the summer games ever are, AND couple with the 2010 games right here in Vancouver, I've changed my tune a bit with the current winter games in Turin/Torino.
I want to see Canadians win and defend those titles in 2010.
But I'm not seeing it happen so far. A gold medal favorite in speed skating wins a bronze. A gold medal favorite in cross country skiing makes the "top 10." The best a Canadian snowboarder can do in the half-pipe is 11th. Snowboarding! Half the frickin' country snowboards!! (the other half skis, but we haven't gotten to those sports yet). Otherwise, Canadians are placing in the top 40 or 50 and sometimes top 20. I don't want to see that this time around. Nagano in '98? Fine. Salt Lake City in '02? Alright, I guess. Torino in '06? No way. Vancouver in 2010? How big a failure will these games be if Canadians can't even place in some events?
Seriously. Look at the Australians in 2000 in Sydney. They rocked! Look at Los Angeles in 1984. Hello? Did another country besides the U.S. even win a medal that year?
OK, that's my rants.
Yes, I'm well aware that we're maybe 30 minutes from Day #3.
BUT.
Canada has 2 medals out of 36 handed out so far. Not. Good. Enough. Not this time around.
Blocked!
OK, some of the people on my MSN are really getting annoying. Within 30 seconds of logging in tonight (the first time all weekend, I might add), I had 2 classmates hounding me for information.
Shaddup already!
Seriously, am I the only guy who knows how to keep a schedule?
What's worse is they're asking for info on the homework for the class I missed due to illness last week. Which means: They're of no help to me.
It's difficult to go through a hefty list of people and start blocking them all. So, I do the next best thing:
I log off.
Sorry for not continuing to talk there, Dreama ;)
Shaddup already!
Seriously, am I the only guy who knows how to keep a schedule?
What's worse is they're asking for info on the homework for the class I missed due to illness last week. Which means: They're of no help to me.
It's difficult to go through a hefty list of people and start blocking them all. So, I do the next best thing:
I log off.
Sorry for not continuing to talk there, Dreama ;)
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Revenge Part II - (um) Son of Revenge
So, I had my deposition on Friday last week. Spent 90 minutes telling a few people about how incompetent Drama Queen was when we worked in the same department. And I did make a list beforehand of the various "effed-up" things she had done when we did work together.
So much fun bringing up those memories.
Anyways, it's done and I've done my bit. I was asked if I felt hostile towards her because she had me fired. My answer was 'NO,' because I've never thought of it that way. she had nothing to do with my leaving and I'd brought along a letter from the VP in human resources accepting my resignation. And, I stated, if she had claimed to be the reason behind my so-called 'firing,' then she'd have a lot to answer for with other people in the office who knew I submitted a resignation! kind of... incompetent, wouldn't you say?
Hostile. Like I think anything of her at all.
To top off the week, my old boss (from Hell!) had his name in the newspaper the other day. After an event had occurred at work, his name was being dragged through the mud (LOL) and someone wrote a letter to the editor claiming maybe it was time for him to leave his job.
Not too many people get to see their ex-boss' name written in a newspaper unless something bad has happened. Well, this is bad, but not bad enough for him to be fired.
But glad someone out there thinks it!
Hehe.
So much fun bringing up those memories.
Anyways, it's done and I've done my bit. I was asked if I felt hostile towards her because she had me fired. My answer was 'NO,' because I've never thought of it that way. she had nothing to do with my leaving and I'd brought along a letter from the VP in human resources accepting my resignation. And, I stated, if she had claimed to be the reason behind my so-called 'firing,' then she'd have a lot to answer for with other people in the office who knew I submitted a resignation! kind of... incompetent, wouldn't you say?
Hostile. Like I think anything of her at all.
To top off the week, my old boss (from Hell!) had his name in the newspaper the other day. After an event had occurred at work, his name was being dragged through the mud (LOL) and someone wrote a letter to the editor claiming maybe it was time for him to leave his job.
Not too many people get to see their ex-boss' name written in a newspaper unless something bad has happened. Well, this is bad, but not bad enough for him to be fired.
But glad someone out there thinks it!
Hehe.
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Thursday, February 02, 2006
Caution Ahead: BARF..
Seriously, that's what was on the road warning sign coming home today.
It was supposed to say 'BARE' (although only in the town we were passing through would anyone need caution for BARE roads), but a couple of the bulbs were out in the bottom of the 'E' and it looked like an 'F' instead.
BARF ahead.
Well, damn, if it didn't turn out to be true. My son & daughter are both sick and throwing up left and right. They're both sleeping off another round of vomit as I type this, but the barf caution on the highway actually prepared me for the plethora of puke that has turned my "restful evening" in queasy quality time with my kids.
I hate the smell of vomit. And I'm getting a double-dose of it tonight!
I warned you in the title there'd be barf ahead.
It was supposed to say 'BARE' (although only in the town we were passing through would anyone need caution for BARE roads), but a couple of the bulbs were out in the bottom of the 'E' and it looked like an 'F' instead.
BARF ahead.
Well, damn, if it didn't turn out to be true. My son & daughter are both sick and throwing up left and right. They're both sleeping off another round of vomit as I type this, but the barf caution on the highway actually prepared me for the plethora of puke that has turned my "restful evening" in queasy quality time with my kids.
I hate the smell of vomit. And I'm getting a double-dose of it tonight!
I warned you in the title there'd be barf ahead.
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