Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Moving Day Tomorrow

Well the gf and I are moving tomorrow, and we still have a lot to get done today. Most of the closets are packed, but the kitchen/bathroom/bedroom still need some work. I'm not worried though, since it's no like we have a choice about finishing up. The movers are scheduled to arrive tomorrow at 8am, so we don't really have any choice.

I'm looking forward to moving though, or actually to having finished moving. The Logan Square neighborhood seems to be pretty nice, and I know for sure that the dog will love being able to run through the grass. The rest of the week is very busy as well, I have an honors society reception and a funeral to go to this week.

Just finished watching Jessica Lynch on television. Apparently the Pentagon is in trouble for trying to make her into a hero. Imagine, complaining that you are perceived as a hero?

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Moving Day

Well it's official, the gf and I are moving to Logan Square at the end of the month. I met with the movers this morning and accepted his quote for the move. It was a little more then I wanted to spend, but I am excited it's settled.

Besides, everyone I know is either to busy, to lazy, or to old to help us move, and that includes myself!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Screw “Are You Smarter Then a Fifth Grader?)

I have seen advertised a show called "Are You Smarter Then a Fifth Grader?" I have never watched it, of course, for 2 reasons:
1) I don't want to be embarrassed.
2) There are tons of things that 5th Graders know that I've forgotten. They get tested (or at least they should be tested) on all sorts of useless crap all of the time! Really, who has time to remember all the states in order, or the names of ALL the presidents, or the planets in our solar system (sniff, Pluto!)? Now to be fair I think I would have a shot eventually with the states and solar system, but there is a time limit and no way will I remember that fast. I have more important things to think about, like what wine to have with dinner (hah you under 21 brats, this isn't Europe!), do I want another tie or do I have enough (NEVER), how do I avoid my parents bringing up the marriage question? You know, grown up things!!

Anyway, the article that originally motivated this post was that we are discovering all that time that animals are in all likely hood just as smart as 5th graders, even rats. Of course, this doesn't make me any less inclined to eat these animals (I don't think I would ever want to eat a rat, but you know what I mean), since by eating them I support another thing they should be learning in school, natural selection. Until these animals are smart enough to stop me, well it sucks to be them doesn't it?

Of course, I relish the idea that some day scores of red necks will be fleeing into the city in their pick up trucks, "The deers, good god the deers, they all have GUNS!" Could you imagine how deadly a squirrel would be in it could figure out how to operate those silenced 22's the SEALS use to assassinate people at close range? Or bears using bait, leaving six packs and beef jerky on the ground, waiting until a hunter comes along, and then BAM! Sure it would suck for some of us, but hey the strong deserve to survive. My recommendation is begin distributing TV's into the wilderness, and possibly some fiction bestsellers from Borders, and that should help us prevent animals from ever getting too smart. Of course these things may lead us to become as stupid as they are, it'll be a race to the IQ bottom!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Job Seeking


Well I've had two interviews in the last two weeks, so I'm now waiting to hear back from both companies.
Otis Elevators and Target are the two companies I'm waiting to hear from. I'm kind of excited about both jobs; Otis is part of United Technology Group, a HUGE multinational with fingers in a whole bunch of pies including elevators (duh), jet engines, helicopters, air conditioners, and they even make NASA's spacesuit!
Of course everyone has heard of Target. The position would originally be a tad below what I'm used to, I would actually be overqualified (instead of them using that as an excuse not to hire me). But I reason that all I have to do is get in the door, and then work my way up. Target seems to be a rapidly growing company, and there is always room to move in those.

I've decided to add another picture, since my Blog looks a little bare without it. Once again, this is from the Philippines. You can see more of my pics on my flickr account.