| What they don't teach you in college... |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|10:56 pm] |
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A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"
She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."
Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party." |
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| Revisit |
[Mar. 5th, 2008|10:43 pm] |
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I retook this Political Test that I took back on 9/24/2005, and below are the results:
( Spam ) |
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| I have a fiance. |
[Jan. 11th, 2008|07:49 pm] |
Last Saturday I proposed to Diem. She cried all over the place and said yes.
...Well, it was dorkier than that.
( Dorky! ) |
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| Promotion! |
[Jun. 16th, 2007|02:11 am] |
Dear Nicholas,
Congratulations on your promotion to Assistant Vice President. |
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| 1 Year of Work |
[Jun. 7th, 2007|05:07 pm] |
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Today marks the end of my first full year at LaSalle Bank.
Achievements:
Accurate and timely investor reports
System enhancements
Training of teammates
Failures:
Personal growth
Stress management
Accomplishments:
Promotion to Team Leader after 9 months (Prior record was 18, average 30)
To do:
Become President of Bank of America within 5 years. :]
Get back to 120 pounds. :[ |
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| Flu |
[Apr. 6th, 2007|09:18 am] |
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| | Carry on Wayward Son | ] |
Flu sucks. Flu sucks waaaaaaay more than cold. Every day is a new surprise of symptoms that blow in their own special little way.
The worst part of it is that I scheduled Wednesday through Friday off this week, and the first day I felt sick was Wednesday. My entire 'Spring Break' has been shot by this damned flu. /crymoar
The only upside to it is that I've been able to play some games that I haven't gotten around to... Little consolation, I suppose.
Stay away from diseased people! Treat them like they have plague or leprosy. |
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| An guitar hero |
[Apr. 5th, 2007|08:08 pm] |
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| | You Really Got Me | ] |
Is it wrong to really really like Guitar Hero? I'm in love with this game.
The downside is that I feel really really gay playing it because I used to play real guitar. |
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| Moving out |
[Feb. 5th, 2007|05:03 am] |
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LF Apt South OC, 1BR @ ~1k by End of March |
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| Whee! |
[Dec. 9th, 2006|07:00 pm] |
Well, it's been six months since I started work, and I'm pretty bored. The main work I'm supposed to be doing is too easy, and the add-on "SURPRISE" assignments that I get are too difficult. It's more of a 'I've never done it before, and no one in my department knows how to do it either' thing.
Oh well.
I'm not quite sure if I'm happy with life or not. I hate waking up in the morning, and I hate going to sleep at night, primarily because I know I have to wake up at 5:30 the next day. I feel like I'm getting the life sucked out of me during workdays. I would be much happier if I could leave for work at 9 instead of at 6:30. I think my social life is close to non-existant now-- I only talk with Diem, my cousin, Tawny, and a few close friends now.
But on the other hand, I do get Friday night and two weekends. I get to sleep for 10 hours, and I also get to spend some very quality time with Diem. (Well, for one of those three days at least!) I also don't have any homework. When I get home, I don't have to spend any time on projects, I don't have to read a ton of books, I don't have to do any research. I get to turn on the pc and the 360 and play 'till it's time to sleep. I still have to deal with dad being annoying, and mom wanting me to do errands for her, but I'll only have to deal with that for a year and a half more at the very most.
It's too expensive to move out on my own right now. I have the means to... It's just that I enjoy going out on nice dates and being able to buy a bunch of crap. I've only saved up about a thousand dollars after these six months... But I expect that number to increase pretty quickly now, as I've run out of crap to buy. There's only one thing left to get, and that's a new car. I'm pretty certain I'm going to get a Mustang. One of my strange reasons is that if I'm going to drive a sporty car, I should do it while I'm young and not when I'm 40. Midlife crisis bah! I'll do it while I'm young and save the family van for when I'm 40.
My mind often wanders off to what I'll be doing in the future. I want to move on, but I have to wait. Ahh, well. The year and a half will be gone soon enough. |
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| That damned Constitution. |
[Oct. 17th, 2006|10:55 pm] |
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15220450/
What do you do when that damned Constitution is keeping us from prosecuting those terrorists, and the Supreme Court says you can't put 'em in military tribunals?
You fix that Constitution to make it do what you need it to do, that's what you do!
More precisely, the Writ of Habeas Corpus, the old rule from English common law that allows for a person in jail to essentially ask and challenge ("Why am I in jail again?") when they have been imprisoned and not given a reason.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus
My law teacher used to say that when he was our age he and his buddies would go out and protest the things that our government did wrong. They'd clog streets and universities and generally make life miserable wherever they went.
And to think, now we just bitch on the interweb. I sure hope all of you vote in the future. |
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| College may have been fun, but... |
[Jul. 31st, 2006|12:22 am] |
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| | accomplished | ] |
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| | Some classical song off of KUSC. | ] |
...This new chapter of life is just as interesting, even if it is definitely not carefree.
I've been pretty busy lately. I got started doing overtime much sooner than I had expected, but 50 hours a week isn't too horrible. Leaving at 6 instead of 4 isn't too bad, as you still have some time at night. The downside is having to wake up at 6 to get to work the next day, and that sucks just a bit.
What I do at my job has changed quite a bit in the past few weeks. I've decided I won't just be another sheep like my coworkers, I want to make things more efficient, make things better. The thing is, most of it involves a good bit of coding... And it's ironic.
When I started college, my major was originally computer science. I did it for about a year, and during finals of my second semester, I decided I couldn't program for the rest of my life. Writing code was fun, but debugging was the biggest pain in the ass in the world. I spent a semester doing GEs while figuring out what to do, and I finally switched to Economics. From there, I took a business class, decided I loved it, and then picked up a second major in Business Administration. I graduated with both degrees, and am using nearly none of the skills I picked up in these degrees. I brought some of my textbooks to work so that I could read them and not lose all of my hard-studied skills, but even then, it's just a side project of my own.
The past few weeks I've spent my downtime fixing broken macros and writing new code for the models that we're using. It's hilarious. I spent two full days (Read: 20 hours) trying to fix a broken macro because I couldn't find where the damn thing was screwing up. The same pain I felt in my first semester at college I'm feeling once again, except this time, it's not painful, it's fun. It's a challenege. And the end reward is superior to that highly coveted 'A' that I strove so hard for in college, even if it means I'll have to do it again the next time someone's code can't adapt, especially if it's mine. The other thing that I think makes it enjoyable is that I'm not a code-monkey. My job isn't 'Software Engineer', it just happens that I spend my downtime at work looking at things to do and things to fix. I suppose it's a diversion from my regular work... Maybe that's actually what makes it fun.
Aside from work, I get two days and one night a week to do as I please. I usually spend it with the lovely Diem, but this weekend I invited my friends over and we had a good time at my place. We cooked up some pasta, turned on some Robot Chicken, played 40k and other games, and in general had a great time. Even if I spend all of my workweek busy as hell, the weekends can be spent having fun.
Of course, after a huge day of fun you must have a huge day of cleaning. I spent today cleaning the house, washing floors, counters, sinks, stoves, etc. I must admit, it needed done, even before we did all that cooking. Still though... I kind of like it. When I don't have my family nagging at me to do chores, I feel far more compelled to do them. I fully know that I'm the only one that can do it, and that if I don't do it that there will be consequences. I think I'll be okay when I eventually get enough funds to move out on my own. I haven't learned how to cook good meals yet, but if a Sim can live on hamburgers and frozen foods, I think I can do that for a year too. I'll learn how to cook eventually-- It's just a matter of time.
I still wonder how I'm going to reach my long-term goals. I need to be a homeowner before I can run for any office, as I'll have no credibility without one. I want to get involved in politics, but the Dems are too weak where I live. I still don't understand how the people here can still have those idiot "W04" stickers on their SUVs after the past 6 years. And it's not like there's 1 or 2, there's like 50 SUVs with 'em. Morons. They have to have the thickest skulls and be completely ignorant of what the hell is going on. I'm starting to think the only thing that matters to them is their anti-abortion and anti-gay shit, and even if the whole world goes to shit they'll be happy so long as they don't have to see two men holding hands. I can't rationalize any other reason, unless they're unrationable to begin with. And believe me, that's a possibility I haven't ruled out. How they managed to accumulate enough funds to buy a house here on such a strange mindset is beyond me.
In any case, I need to sleep. Gotta wake up in 5 hours for another wonderful day of work. Hooray~ |
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| Car Shopping |
[Jun. 17th, 2006|10:15 pm] |
Alright guys,
I'm going to buy a new car. I need to decide between two. I have them narrowed down between the two far sides of my mind.
Civic Hybrid or Mustang.
The Mustang is cheaper by $3-$4k. Ugh. What do I do... |
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| woot~ |
[May. 23rd, 2006|12:23 pm] |
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| | pleased | ] |
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| | Earth, Wind, & Fire - September | ] |
4.0 woot~
Graduating tomorrow woot~
Life is perfect woot~ |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 18th, 2006|08:36 pm] |
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| | Earth, Wind, & Fire -- Fantasy | ] |
After 5 months of searching, I finally got a job secured!
I'll be a Trust Analyst, and my day-to-day work will look just as if I was a computer programmer-- Just grinding out huge files of money. I'll live in a cube farm like a programmer, work overtime for no extra pay like a programmer, and I'll earn about as much as a programmer. Just that instead of doing 'If-Then', I'll be doing IRR(x,y,z). =P
So nice.
Finals are almost done. I've taken three so far, received one 'A', and haven't heard back from the other two. Tomorrow's Industrial Organization class will be my last final at 8am. Horray 8am Friday final!
Well, guess I'm going to slack off for now. Finals don't really matter that much anymore, hehehe... |
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