Wanted to mention one or two more things that I forgot.
Drumcorps:
How could I forget. Finals is on ESPN2 tonight.
Soaps:
Gotta love slickdeals. Kathy and I went out and got 5 Soap Dispenser things for $0...NO REBATE!! That basically ruled. So I love those slick deal things. I was reading on lifehacker a few weeks back and he mentioned a new one that I had never heard of. It looks like slickdeals gets theirs from this guy. The best part is that they are all RSSable.
ELDPs at the Lighthouse:
Total found out that we are taking a trip down to VA Beach in October to tour our Center for Innovation. It should rule. We got very large hotel rooms. Mark (Bark) says that he was able to get the room with the "Romance" package. Should be hot. I and a few others got the view. Nirav got the "Deluxe" which is just bigger. Which is just an invitation for people to be at his place late at night. HA! Awesome.
FF:
New Strategy with Fantasy Football. I think I am going to look at individual players and based on stats and playing history, I am going to pick the best for the job. So far I am making a list of who to pick. Should be good.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
ELDP Rules!
LDC1:
I went on the first conference that all LDP'ers must go on. I was gone for an entire week to Landsdowne, VA. We stayed at the same place that the Washington Redskins were having their spring training so that was kinda fun.
Anyway, the purpose was for us to go to classes that deal with leadership as well as network with as many people as we possibly could. It was a pretty good deal. We got to see the CEO which was huge. He spoke to us for awhile and it was good.
I must say that I was a bit worried at first. Some of the classes seemed to be irrelevant to my job since I have no responsibility etc. The people seemed to relate to the stories about having 14 hours of work to do before noon. I was frustrated. I immediately got over that and found myself inspired by the stories I had heard. Some of these people were working really long hours in their first week and LOVING IT! After mulling in my situation, I saw the opportunities to get with these people and get job's out of them. My team coach was totally cool and as a result of a triangle of communication between Kathy, He and I: It looks like both Kathy and I may be moving.
That's right. Moving. How awesome is that.
The job is in Manassas so the commute could be unbearable. This job change could bring out a change in Organizations also. That would be funny. Funny and appropriate.
That is the biggest news.
Beyond that, ELDP so far has given me new inspiration to actually do things. I was really feeling that my career was heading nowhere. And worse, that my company was something other than what I wanted. I now believe that I have much to gain from this company/job/career. I am really excited and not so scared about being in a dead end job. I think its just THIS project that is not such a match for me. Soon I will be somewhere else. Good times.
The class so far has been pretty good. I think it should be a pretty good thing for me to get into. The degree I am now pursuing will be an MS in Systems Engineering. I'll be honest. It's not my first choice. I'd rather do the Computer Engineering degree at Virginia Tech but Logistically, it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Sucks. At least Systems Engineering is generic enough that I can use it anywhere.
Cory:
He is moving here this week. That should basically rule. Too bad I am going back to Rochester this weekend. Damn.
Prison Break:
I saw that new show on Fox called Prison break. It was pretty good. It got me excited for the upcoming season of Scrubs, Lost, Family Guy, 24 and other shows. Should be a good season team.
I went on the first conference that all LDP'ers must go on. I was gone for an entire week to Landsdowne, VA. We stayed at the same place that the Washington Redskins were having their spring training so that was kinda fun.
Anyway, the purpose was for us to go to classes that deal with leadership as well as network with as many people as we possibly could. It was a pretty good deal. We got to see the CEO which was huge. He spoke to us for awhile and it was good.
I must say that I was a bit worried at first. Some of the classes seemed to be irrelevant to my job since I have no responsibility etc. The people seemed to relate to the stories about having 14 hours of work to do before noon. I was frustrated. I immediately got over that and found myself inspired by the stories I had heard. Some of these people were working really long hours in their first week and LOVING IT! After mulling in my situation, I saw the opportunities to get with these people and get job's out of them. My team coach was totally cool and as a result of a triangle of communication between Kathy, He and I: It looks like both Kathy and I may be moving.
That's right. Moving. How awesome is that.
The job is in Manassas so the commute could be unbearable. This job change could bring out a change in Organizations also. That would be funny. Funny and appropriate.
That is the biggest news.
Beyond that, ELDP so far has given me new inspiration to actually do things. I was really feeling that my career was heading nowhere. And worse, that my company was something other than what I wanted. I now believe that I have much to gain from this company/job/career. I am really excited and not so scared about being in a dead end job. I think its just THIS project that is not such a match for me. Soon I will be somewhere else. Good times.
The class so far has been pretty good. I think it should be a pretty good thing for me to get into. The degree I am now pursuing will be an MS in Systems Engineering. I'll be honest. It's not my first choice. I'd rather do the Computer Engineering degree at Virginia Tech but Logistically, it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Sucks. At least Systems Engineering is generic enough that I can use it anywhere.
Cory:
He is moving here this week. That should basically rule. Too bad I am going back to Rochester this weekend. Damn.
Prison Break:
I saw that new show on Fox called Prison break. It was pretty good. It got me excited for the upcoming season of Scrubs, Lost, Family Guy, 24 and other shows. Should be a good season team.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Cory's life
Blast you Cory!!! Anyway, comparing our two lives, I am insanely jealous!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Best Summer EVER (barring Drum Corps)
Alright so where to begin. I was sittin' around the other day and I realized that I have had a pretty active and pretty positive summer so far. I am going to list off quite a few things here which are not in any particular order (except for the last one).
1. Fantastic party weekend like 2 or 3 weekends ago. I feel like I really got my personality out there with my co-workers and all. I went to this party where apparently I got ripped yet I still maintained some sense of humor and people bought into it, so socially that is cool.
2. No question, the biggest thing hanging over my head EVER is my Thesis. I seemed to have ridiculously slow progress with that over the past year until July. I don't know if it was the imminent deadline or what, but I finally got the hardest parts finished. So it isn't done, but it is at a point where I can finally say, completion is endevidabuble. I posted all about it in my blog. So that was one thing.
3. I(we) purchased a house. Obviously a huge step in anyones life. It was my first time and so far its been working quite well. Kathy and I closed Friday and it went pretty nicely. Kathy and I spent the first night there and got up and started fixing this, or buying that. This weekend was a big spending weekend but it pretty much rocked because every dollar (save the tax) went towards a better lifestyle. Thats a good feeling. I'll take that. We got some nice living room furniture the day after we moved in and I could sit in that couch for ever. We get our HOT table tonight at the same time as the comcast guy comes buy to hook us up. So that basically rules. We are working on some of the interior decorating schemes and it is really fun kinda working things out and making decisions based on what other people will think. I don't know, its just a different kind of fun.
4. Leading into that, we had been talking about getting a vacuum cleaner since we bought the house. Neither of us have one and I would say it is a necessity for any homeowner if you want to live to any decent standards. One of the things we were throwing around was the idea of getting a Roomba The only difference between the Discovery and the Discovery SE is the hanging wall mount is a charging wall mount on the SE. One of the things we like about the Roomba is that it will charge itself on the floor. So we will put the charger under the couch or something and it'll be fine. So anyway, we were going to hold off on this for awhile because of the price tag. Then I saw that it was sold at Sharper Image. After that I remembered that you can double your cashback bonus if you go to stores like Sharper Image and stuff. So since gas gives me 5% by default on my Discover card, it is really 10%. So when gas is $2.20/gallon, I am really only paying like $1.98 or something. So that rules. Anyway, I cashed in my junk and we got the Roomba for about half off. Not bad huh?
5. The latest huge thing that has happened to me. Today (really yesterday), I got the good news that I am now in the ELDP here at work. It stands for Engineering Leadership Development Program. Essentially what this means is that I get a new manager effective August 1st. I will start a new job VERY soon after that. The jist of the program is this: Members do 3-4 rotational assignments which last 9-12 months each. During this time I will be working towards getting a higher education technical degree. Thats right, a new MS. Some of the work we do at the plant is supposed to transfer into the school of our choice. This program has agreements with University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, and a few other big schools as well. My first choice for schools is VT in the Software and Machine Intelligence program. Obviously I am super syked about this. I did some interviews a few weeks back that I kinda kept on the DL exactly how excited/nervous I was about this. So it should be a pretty good time. The first thing I need to do is go to a conference in Virginia for a week. That should rule. That is like the second week of August or something. My friend Mario also got into the program. I am really happy that both of us got into this. Its going to change our lives and the velocity and which we progress from now on. (Now we wait to see who brings up the fact that I am not done with my project and how they would have done things differently because they are superior in their decision making process.)
6. Going with big things happening to me, see the link to my past journal entry. I don't need to write all about it, but its worth noting as "things that happened to me lately".
So...Things are going well.
1. Fantastic party weekend like 2 or 3 weekends ago. I feel like I really got my personality out there with my co-workers and all. I went to this party where apparently I got ripped yet I still maintained some sense of humor and people bought into it, so socially that is cool.
2. No question, the biggest thing hanging over my head EVER is my Thesis. I seemed to have ridiculously slow progress with that over the past year until July. I don't know if it was the imminent deadline or what, but I finally got the hardest parts finished. So it isn't done, but it is at a point where I can finally say, completion is endevidabuble. I posted all about it in my blog. So that was one thing.
3. I(we) purchased a house. Obviously a huge step in anyones life. It was my first time and so far its been working quite well. Kathy and I closed Friday and it went pretty nicely. Kathy and I spent the first night there and got up and started fixing this, or buying that. This weekend was a big spending weekend but it pretty much rocked because every dollar (save the tax) went towards a better lifestyle. Thats a good feeling. I'll take that. We got some nice living room furniture the day after we moved in and I could sit in that couch for ever. We get our HOT table tonight at the same time as the comcast guy comes buy to hook us up. So that basically rules. We are working on some of the interior decorating schemes and it is really fun kinda working things out and making decisions based on what other people will think. I don't know, its just a different kind of fun.
4. Leading into that, we had been talking about getting a vacuum cleaner since we bought the house. Neither of us have one and I would say it is a necessity for any homeowner if you want to live to any decent standards. One of the things we were throwing around was the idea of getting a Roomba The only difference between the Discovery and the Discovery SE is the hanging wall mount is a charging wall mount on the SE. One of the things we like about the Roomba is that it will charge itself on the floor. So we will put the charger under the couch or something and it'll be fine. So anyway, we were going to hold off on this for awhile because of the price tag. Then I saw that it was sold at Sharper Image. After that I remembered that you can double your cashback bonus if you go to stores like Sharper Image and stuff. So since gas gives me 5% by default on my Discover card, it is really 10%. So when gas is $2.20/gallon, I am really only paying like $1.98 or something. So that rules. Anyway, I cashed in my junk and we got the Roomba for about half off. Not bad huh?
5. The latest huge thing that has happened to me. Today (really yesterday), I got the good news that I am now in the ELDP here at work. It stands for Engineering Leadership Development Program. Essentially what this means is that I get a new manager effective August 1st. I will start a new job VERY soon after that. The jist of the program is this: Members do 3-4 rotational assignments which last 9-12 months each. During this time I will be working towards getting a higher education technical degree. Thats right, a new MS. Some of the work we do at the plant is supposed to transfer into the school of our choice. This program has agreements with University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, and a few other big schools as well. My first choice for schools is VT in the Software and Machine Intelligence program. Obviously I am super syked about this. I did some interviews a few weeks back that I kinda kept on the DL exactly how excited/nervous I was about this. So it should be a pretty good time. The first thing I need to do is go to a conference in Virginia for a week. That should rule. That is like the second week of August or something. My friend Mario also got into the program. I am really happy that both of us got into this. Its going to change our lives and the velocity and which we progress from now on. (Now we wait to see who brings up the fact that I am not done with my project and how they would have done things differently because they are superior in their decision making process.)
6. Going with big things happening to me, see the link to my past journal entry. I don't need to write all about it, but its worth noting as "things that happened to me lately".
So...Things are going well.
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