Thanksgiving and such

Thanksgiving is a yearly occurrence that's been pretty boring so far. Each year I was subjected to making food for myself and so far it was more a lonely time (except for the one time Christiana came up to Olaf). Well this year it was all different. I was invited to Ari's house to spend the time with his family eating all the gorgeous food that is customary to this event. Well to my surprise it wasn't just Ari, his parent's and I; no, his brother, sister and sister-in-law were also there. They were really nice and made the time pass by a bit faster than I'ld hoped. We even watched Blues Brothers....A movie I hadn't seen for the longest time - I had forgotten what a great movie it is and how awesome the music is. Anyways, so things went well and after almost losing control of my car driving a bit too fast on Ari's driveway I got back to Maplewood. In all it was a fun and memorable experience.

The last days have been equally interesting. Last week I had two interviews with a 3M subsidiary called Dyneon and today I had one with Cima Labs in Eaden Prairie. All interviews went well and I think that I have a decent chance of landing at least one of them...Though knowing my luck it may a bit too optimistic of thought. Oh well...But to change the topic I've been doing pretty well getting things done that I find important. I sent out about 5 emails that were in dire need and also got a lot of reading (the economist) done which makes me feel better. Now I just need to continue with this.

This coming weekend I'll be going to a LAN session in Burnsville at DC computer mods with Jeff and Brandon (both Olaf grads from '03). I know that it'll be fun and hopefully we'll be able to pwn some n00bs :-D. Hopefully I'll be able to take some pics so that I can post them here.

Here is a pic of the desert at Ari's place...yummm!

Weee!! Its crazy weekend time!

Its weekend again! Yes...Oh wait, the entire week is like a weekend for me :D. But anyhow, this weekend will be quite eventful. Tonight, I'm going to be watching Zorro with Tom and maybe Joel (yeah, sadly no girls). Then tomorrow I'm gonna go get winter tires on my Protege ( bah 120 bucks!). Later that afternoon I may go watch Christian dive and then finally drive down to Northfield with Erin to hang out with Erin and a bunch of others (two different Erins). There may even be a hot tub involved :D w00t! Then the next morning if I'm not too hung over possibly breakfast with Sarah and then meet up with Leah (they're all good friends...Yes, I'm single) - then finally I'll be able to drive back.

The weekend is looking pretty full, but this week was sort of full as well. While I did not go anywhere thanks to my summer tires and snow, I did get to do a lot here in the house. For one I moved from the upstairs room to a more private downstairs room, and I also applied to many many companies (about 30 to 40 positions). Though I know that almost all places won't be replying to me since they're assholes maybe a couple will be interested in employing me - hopefully the one in Switzerland :D. I do hope that something works out. Its getting pretty annoying not being able to have some routine in my life. And the more I have to do the merrier.

So next week will be the crucial week in which I do hope to land some interviews...And if I'm lucky a job as well. Whatever ends up happening I'll put up on here sometime during the week. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and nice week!

Life goes on

So quite a bit of time passed since my last blog update. There have been ups and downs since the last post; Though the downs have been more prevalent. First off, that job I was talking about didn't work out. They forgot to post it internally - Some dude found out about the job and promptly took it away from me. Can you believe such mistakes in a company that is competing globally? I can't! I'm not too pissed since it wasn't my "dream" job, but needless to say it was aggravating. So what's going on now? Well, I'm still looking around. I had three interviews with 3M - two directly and one through Pace Analytical and am hoping that 3M will decide for me. The interviews went pretty well for what I think, but considering that after a week they are still in the process of interviewing doesn't feel all to supportive of my cause. I'm going to call one of the interviewers tomorrow and see if I can get an update. If they say no, or that it may take another 2 weeks I'm just gonna go with Pace Analytical. I can always switch if needed. So tomorrow should provide me with insight into what steps to take next.

All the plans of working out so far has been unsuccessful. Since I'm a mad gamer I end up staying up late playing games - not that hanging out with friends till late has helped. The issue is that I don't want to be playing during the day. I just think that it would cast bad light on me. So I'll play in the evening, but I'm going to keep it down to max 1h a day. The workout though should start sometime soon. Tonight, I'm gonna be going to bed right after finishing this blog update in the hope that I can wake up at 7 am and start the day with a nice slow run. Furthermore I'm going to write down a long term workout schedule so that I'll be ready for another couple sprint triathlons next year.

Otherwise I have a whole list of things that need to be done - these things have been plaguing me, but having them written down does help. Time will show how efficient this approach will be.

Alright, so its time for sleep. One more thing that came to notice just a while ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4417024.stm
It seems that the US military made use of phosphorus weapons about a year ago during their attack in Fallujah...These suckers just burn human flesh while leaving the clothes intact. Coincidentally the US didn't sign the treaty in which they accept not to use such horrendous weaponry. While its questionable how come this information had to wait 1 year till it was revealed, the fact in itself that it may have been used is pretty disturbing. I hope its a hoax, but if not this will, again, pull the international US image further down. I strongly hope that there will be some positive news speaking of what good things the US has done (like in Pakistan). I can't see this country being able to afford more mishaps as such. Maybe its best to impeach the current president or even send him to Den Haag for trial. Hell, its not Bush's' fault, he's just a puppet. Why not impeach the entire Bush administration for either a equally crappy democratic party group or maybe, just maybe an enlightened group of intelligent and interested government administration people, be it from whatever party. All I can say is that politics are dirty and unless it gets cleaned its hard to see what's going on. Though its pretty questionable if it will ever be clear of corruption and deceit...No, its pretty clear that it will never happen :(
Here is a picture of a Finch that was in front of the Kitchen window. I hope this balances out the dark content of this post 0_0 .