Unless you plan on making a living for yourself from computer usage, then there is not much hope for trying take a computer specific class except to hone your skills that you currently have. I am currently working on honing my computer skills with web page designing. I am not the greatest at it, but then again, I don't do it as my profession. I'd just like to make myself useful for my company later on down the line to the point that if they need me to make a basic webpage, I can do that. As for tracking the number of hits that the webpage generates, I might need to find some help from a more informed source on how to add that in. I'd just like to make it so that someday, I have a webpage that can be used to get ads connected to it. That lets me know that I have made it to the big-time when companies are coming to ME to get their product put onto my website. Holla!
Im going to finish up my webpage now for my last day in exam week, so until that is complete, you won't be hearing from me again.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
End of the Semester
The end of the semester is near...
For me, the semester is drawing to a near end much quicker than I can keep up with all that it has going on. The presentations for my classes have me presenting projects and presentations first among the peers in my class. This I felt was very stressful when I first got these assignments, however, after presenting a few I find myself more thankful that I ended up getting the first dibs at presenting. This doesn't put as much pressure on me being one of the last presenters and the added pressure of having a better presentation from having more time and more possibilities to learn from others' presentations.
This has also freed up more time later in the semester for me to work on the projects that I have due on the last days of class. It has allowed me to think more clearly and focus on the tasks at hand. Pressure in my book has always been more of a motivation technique to get me to perform better, but after this learning experience in the future I believe that I will find myself volunteering to present things in class earlier rather than later. It is stressful in the beginning but the satisfaction of knowing that you have already finished things is very rewarding.
More papers, projects and assignments to finish.
Side note. Packers lost for the first time in weeks to the Dallas Cowboys. 10-2.. we're lookin to wrap up our playoff seed. Go Pack Go!
For me, the semester is drawing to a near end much quicker than I can keep up with all that it has going on. The presentations for my classes have me presenting projects and presentations first among the peers in my class. This I felt was very stressful when I first got these assignments, however, after presenting a few I find myself more thankful that I ended up getting the first dibs at presenting. This doesn't put as much pressure on me being one of the last presenters and the added pressure of having a better presentation from having more time and more possibilities to learn from others' presentations.
This has also freed up more time later in the semester for me to work on the projects that I have due on the last days of class. It has allowed me to think more clearly and focus on the tasks at hand. Pressure in my book has always been more of a motivation technique to get me to perform better, but after this learning experience in the future I believe that I will find myself volunteering to present things in class earlier rather than later. It is stressful in the beginning but the satisfaction of knowing that you have already finished things is very rewarding.
More papers, projects and assignments to finish.
Side note. Packers lost for the first time in weeks to the Dallas Cowboys. 10-2.. we're lookin to wrap up our playoff seed. Go Pack Go!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Every Guy's Worst Nightmare
There are many things that a man can fear in life:
Bills
We'll start with car insurance on this one because just because men have a penis, it automatically costs more for us. This is just one of the many large bills that we will end up paying in our lifetimes. It is usually now one of the first to hit us, and that is before we run into taxes of all sorts which are soon followed by bills from some of the the things left on this list.
Marriage
Being tied down to one woman for the entirety of our lives can be a new and unforeseen challenge in a man's life. It also entails the duty of answering to another woman other than your mother... kind of scary.
Children
Kids are a lifelong commitment. If you get a girl pregnant, at least be a man and step up to the plate to take care of your responsibility. Kids are like a "Pontiac Game Changing Performance" from college football games, except, they are more like life changing performance. Nothing will ever be the same after you have kids.
Death
The death of a friend, family member, child or even yourself. All of these people are ones that we can consider on the list of the most important overall. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Live life while you are still kickin.
Dun Dun Dun.....
Now as I said, this is supposed to be about every guy's worst fear in life. Well in my opinion losing the one piece of your body that symbolically defines you as a man ranks up pretty high in my opinion. So somehow, this nice video that a friend sent to me naturally became my biggest fear. Especially because some of the things previously listed will come after retaining my "symbolic manhood" and not losing it at an early age.
Fellas: Watch with caution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm7pp_JFOs
Bills
We'll start with car insurance on this one because just because men have a penis, it automatically costs more for us. This is just one of the many large bills that we will end up paying in our lifetimes. It is usually now one of the first to hit us, and that is before we run into taxes of all sorts which are soon followed by bills from some of the the things left on this list.
Marriage
Being tied down to one woman for the entirety of our lives can be a new and unforeseen challenge in a man's life. It also entails the duty of answering to another woman other than your mother... kind of scary.
Children
Kids are a lifelong commitment. If you get a girl pregnant, at least be a man and step up to the plate to take care of your responsibility. Kids are like a "Pontiac Game Changing Performance" from college football games, except, they are more like life changing performance. Nothing will ever be the same after you have kids.
Death
The death of a friend, family member, child or even yourself. All of these people are ones that we can consider on the list of the most important overall. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Live life while you are still kickin.
Dun Dun Dun.....
Now as I said, this is supposed to be about every guy's worst fear in life. Well in my opinion losing the one piece of your body that symbolically defines you as a man ranks up pretty high in my opinion. So somehow, this nice video that a friend sent to me naturally became my biggest fear. Especially because some of the things previously listed will come after retaining my "symbolic manhood" and not losing it at an early age.
Fellas: Watch with caution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm7pp_JFOs
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The State of Colorado falls to Fours
10/28/2007: The Boston Red Sox Sweep past the Colorado Rockies in Four games winning 4-3 in the deciding game.
10/29/2007: Number Four for the Green Bay Packers, Brett Farve, throws an 82-yard strike to his wide receiver Greg Jennings on the first play of overtime to beat the Denver Broncos.
Denver must be turning into the new Cleveland. The city that just can't seem to get a National title or World Championship. The Rockies just made it to their first ever World Series Championship following one of those miraculous runs that makes a championship seem inevitable.
Cleveland on the other hand has made it to numerous championship games only to be put back down by the BoSox in a comeback, the Spurs in the NBA finals in a sweep, and I'll even include a loss by their MLS Team the Cleveland City Stars losing to the Richmond Kickers deep in the playoffs. Championships were not meant to come to the city of Cleveland. Since the departure of Mr. Living Legend John Elway, none are meant to come to the city of Denver either.
Some say that curses live on, even after they are broken. The Red Sox went 86-years without a baseball championship. After the BoSox won in 2004, I heard that one man say to his son, "At least it happened while you were young." The crazy phenomenon of a thing is that a few years later, they are doing it again. This time the father had nothing to say to his son. He merely had an astonished tone in his voice and said, "I can't believe it."
Miracles really do happen in the sporting world. They happen in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Green Bay, Indianapolis, New York, San Antonio, and San Francisco. None however, are meant to land in the cities of Cleveland or Denver. When will they? Eventually maybe, but not in this lifetime.
10/29/2007: Number Four for the Green Bay Packers, Brett Farve, throws an 82-yard strike to his wide receiver Greg Jennings on the first play of overtime to beat the Denver Broncos.
Denver must be turning into the new Cleveland. The city that just can't seem to get a National title or World Championship. The Rockies just made it to their first ever World Series Championship following one of those miraculous runs that makes a championship seem inevitable.
Cleveland on the other hand has made it to numerous championship games only to be put back down by the BoSox in a comeback, the Spurs in the NBA finals in a sweep, and I'll even include a loss by their MLS Team the Cleveland City Stars losing to the Richmond Kickers deep in the playoffs. Championships were not meant to come to the city of Cleveland. Since the departure of Mr. Living Legend John Elway, none are meant to come to the city of Denver either.
Some say that curses live on, even after they are broken. The Red Sox went 86-years without a baseball championship. After the BoSox won in 2004, I heard that one man say to his son, "At least it happened while you were young." The crazy phenomenon of a thing is that a few years later, they are doing it again. This time the father had nothing to say to his son. He merely had an astonished tone in his voice and said, "I can't believe it."
Miracles really do happen in the sporting world. They happen in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Green Bay, Indianapolis, New York, San Antonio, and San Francisco. None however, are meant to land in the cities of Cleveland or Denver. When will they? Eventually maybe, but not in this lifetime.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Longwood Job and Internship Fair
All students need jobs following college. Others are still looking for their internship during college. This entire searching processs was aided yesterday by the Career Center hosting the Longwood Job and Internship Fair in the Grand Dining Room of rDorrill Dining Hall. There were 49 employers that visited the Longwood with the intentions of finding aspiring students to fill roles within their company.
A few large companies like BB&T, Circuit City, and Target scouted out students within the masses. Usually the Longwood Career Center office recommends dressing up formally because the process is almost like a mock interview. The companies usually seek out those who look like they are in a more professional environment, however, I chose to go into the ring with merely polo and a pair of jeans.
I scouted the list previously and didn't see any career opportunities that stuck out to me, so I just went to see what the others had to offer. As expected, with Longwood known for teaching (which speaks for itself) and business, the companies that came to Longwood were mostly seeking business majors. Those who were not were seeking positions with military, government, or non-profit groups. Not the most interesting topics to choose from.
Well, the good news is is that there is always a Spring fair and they offer many more opporunities to non-business majors than the fall one. Looking forward to that one, I know that there will be more interesting things to check out and also my company from the summer, Dominion Resources, will also be coming.
A few large companies like BB&T, Circuit City, and Target scouted out students within the masses. Usually the Longwood Career Center office recommends dressing up formally because the process is almost like a mock interview. The companies usually seek out those who look like they are in a more professional environment, however, I chose to go into the ring with merely polo and a pair of jeans.
I scouted the list previously and didn't see any career opportunities that stuck out to me, so I just went to see what the others had to offer. As expected, with Longwood known for teaching (which speaks for itself) and business, the companies that came to Longwood were mostly seeking business majors. Those who were not were seeking positions with military, government, or non-profit groups. Not the most interesting topics to choose from.
Well, the good news is is that there is always a Spring fair and they offer many more opporunities to non-business majors than the fall one. Looking forward to that one, I know that there will be more interesting things to check out and also my company from the summer, Dominion Resources, will also be coming.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Birthdays
Yesterday was my sisters 18th birthday. She is finally a "woman" which is a little bit of a scary thought. I couldn't even reach her because she just took off for Carleton College in Minnesota as a FRESHMAN and decided that she'd leave her phone charger, so the battery went dead 3 days in and ofcourse no one could contact her on her birthday. Way to go, I called her atleast a dozen times.
I can't really complain too much because two years ago on my birthday, I did not have my phone either due to "water damage." This so called water damage came from myself and a few friends trying to get myself the Green Bay road sign which sits just off of 460 East of Longwood. Unfortunately for me, trying to get the road sign was unsuccessful, but my phone dropped out of my pocket and after 2 weeks of no rain it chose to rain on the night that I left my phone there. Finding it only 15 hours after the fact, I found it partially submerged in water only to see that it was still working! It wasn't until another 2 days later that it decided to shut itself down. When I finally did get a new phone I ended up with 17 voicemails many of which were from my angry sister that she couldn't reach me on my birthday... but oh well. My father still thinks that from some other sort of water accident... I think we'll keep it that way too.
Today is my roommates birthday and he finally turns 20 which means that he is now the same age as the rest of his roommates. We'll shortly be heading out to his birthday dinner at Applebee's which is our usual place to go for dinners of any sort. Anyways, I have an article for the Rotunda that I need to finish and then I am watching Greek before we go to the birthday dinner.
I can't really complain too much because two years ago on my birthday, I did not have my phone either due to "water damage." This so called water damage came from myself and a few friends trying to get myself the Green Bay road sign which sits just off of 460 East of Longwood. Unfortunately for me, trying to get the road sign was unsuccessful, but my phone dropped out of my pocket and after 2 weeks of no rain it chose to rain on the night that I left my phone there. Finding it only 15 hours after the fact, I found it partially submerged in water only to see that it was still working! It wasn't until another 2 days later that it decided to shut itself down. When I finally did get a new phone I ended up with 17 voicemails many of which were from my angry sister that she couldn't reach me on my birthday... but oh well. My father still thinks that from some other sort of water accident... I think we'll keep it that way too.
Today is my roommates birthday and he finally turns 20 which means that he is now the same age as the rest of his roommates. We'll shortly be heading out to his birthday dinner at Applebee's which is our usual place to go for dinners of any sort. Anyways, I have an article for the Rotunda that I need to finish and then I am watching Greek before we go to the birthday dinner.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Opening for NFL 2008 Season
As the day goes on, the beginning draws near. The NFL Season opener between the defending Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints kicks off tonight.
The anticipation for many fans has built up through the spring and summer months and was hopefully not wrecked by another pre-season injury. Beginning with the end of the 2007 season, fans began looking towards winning the big one next year.
The Colts are looking to repeat while 31 other teams look to knock them off of their high pedestal. Raider nation is still grieving about winning the number one pick in the draft because JaMarcus Russell is still having a hold out over his contract. As for teams like the Patriots, they can't wait to begin the season reloaded with a plethora of weapons at their disposal.
As for me, I have no idea what to expect of this new season. It is 100% assured that I will be rooting for my Green Bay Packers to take the championship back to Titletown, USA. I look forward most to matchups with the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears. Looking forward to the pissed off expressions of friends and roommates when the Redskins lose to the Packers just might make my season. However, knocking off the Bears and the up and coming Vikings on the way to a Super Bowl Victory would be the quintessential end to Brett Favre's career.
More to come after Week 1......
The anticipation for many fans has built up through the spring and summer months and was hopefully not wrecked by another pre-season injury. Beginning with the end of the 2007 season, fans began looking towards winning the big one next year.
The Colts are looking to repeat while 31 other teams look to knock them off of their high pedestal. Raider nation is still grieving about winning the number one pick in the draft because JaMarcus Russell is still having a hold out over his contract. As for teams like the Patriots, they can't wait to begin the season reloaded with a plethora of weapons at their disposal.
As for me, I have no idea what to expect of this new season. It is 100% assured that I will be rooting for my Green Bay Packers to take the championship back to Titletown, USA. I look forward most to matchups with the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears. Looking forward to the pissed off expressions of friends and roommates when the Redskins lose to the Packers just might make my season. However, knocking off the Bears and the up and coming Vikings on the way to a Super Bowl Victory would be the quintessential end to Brett Favre's career.
More to come after Week 1......
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