Went from almost getting fired/walking out to getting an 80% payraise and more responsibility at work today. That should help me keep my head above water for a while but I'm not settling and will continue to push forward in life. It was a nuts day, had an interview at New York Life this morning which the big boss man wasn't too fond of. The interview was fun - very professional yet casual people and work environment. Between that and a lot of talking/arguing at work things turned out pretty good and it was a mutual agreement that my services well be better compensated for at computers 4 kids.
My friend Dave who is an EMT offered to let me ride with him and his partner in the ambulance so I'm going to try to do that this weekend and bring the video camera with me which should be a blast.
Cubs seem to suck in the early going, but what else could I expect? I've been incredibly busy lately and barely have time to do anything which is good. Not burning myself out but just trying to use my time productively and pursue things I enjoy while outside of work. This weekend I have a bunch of stuff lined up so I hope I can charge my batteries for it.
Until next time, adios from Austin!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
1st day
Started the new job today. It's hectic gritty and very unorganized so I will have to make some adjustments. My goal is to somehow convince the big boss man that I will be more valuable to him by using my skills to improve some of the IT infrastructure and develop a new inventory system than unloading trucks of random crap by hand.
Other than that I'm just glad to have a definitive reason to get up in the morning again and am glad it's normal hours. I don't want to fall into a routine but rather hope I keep my life disheveled because you learn more that way and have a little bit more fun. Think of it as a way avoiding the plateau effect on life.
Other than that I'm just glad to have a definitive reason to get up in the morning again and am glad it's normal hours. I don't want to fall into a routine but rather hope I keep my life disheveled because you learn more that way and have a little bit more fun. Think of it as a way avoiding the plateau effect on life.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
I'm back
After a hiatus, I am back and promise to regularly update the blog. I apologize to those who missed my literary masterpieces. Let's start of with some fun:
Top Ten Signs Your Baseball Team Isn't Ready For The Season
10.Your spring training begins in June
9.Only thing they tested positive for was cheese fries
8.Outfielders following Justin Bieber on tour
7.Manager spends hour after hour practicing free throws
6.You get winded standing for the National Anthem
5.When writers compare clean-up hitter to Ruth, they mean Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4.Instead of giving signs, third base coach screams, "Bunt, you fat bastard!"
3.Tomorrow whole team scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery
2.General manger used payroll trying to build a hot tub time machine
1.Your star pitcher defected to Cuba
Yeah well I think they were talking about the Pirates there. Anyways I just figured out why there are 14 teams in the AL and 16 in the NL. Can anyone figure it out? If so post a comment and I'll tell you if you're right. It just came to me yesterday - I didn't read this anywhere but it makes 100% sense to me now.
Other sports news: Cubs got drubbed in their opener giving up 16 runs, and Butler lost a heartbreaker in the national championship game but the run was incredible!
On to the good stuff now. I have an interview today at a place that refurbs computers for Texas school kids at 10:00 this morning so I am looking forward to that. I have also been in correspondence with the owner of a medical insurance company for a database administrator position so I will continue to push with that.
I can't express enough how glad I am that baseball is back. I'm going to have to do a trip to Houston and Dallas to check out their respective stadiums when the Cubs are in town. The weather out here is beyond amazing. 70's to low 80's every single day the last two weeks. The apartment is awesome. I now have a table and am using my van seat as a couch! How's that for innovation? Fadia calls in ghetto but I call it smart!
I'll be going to the Magic: The gathering castle this week even though I didn't bring my cads with me, and I've been meeting some neat people. A couple of guys that live in the apt complex invited me over for beers the other night and we had some great conversation. One of the guys is a little out there and wrote a philosophy book that he lent me ("borrowed me" to you LAX folks).
Overall, it's a good week so far and I'm close to meeting my goal of being employed by the end of this week. Oh by the way for those that I didn't talk to: the other job I had did some housecleaning and let me go which was complete BS but I'm over it. I threw on the country radio station in the van and it's kinda nice to listen to - I feel very Texan except I need to be driving a big truck. It's nice because I don't know any of the songs.
And how's this for irony? The insurance company I'm trying to get a position at is located in the EXACT SAME BUILDING as outernet. That's just weird.
Love you all, peace out from Texas
Top Ten Signs Your Baseball Team Isn't Ready For The Season
10.Your spring training begins in June
9.Only thing they tested positive for was cheese fries
8.Outfielders following Justin Bieber on tour
7.Manager spends hour after hour practicing free throws
6.You get winded standing for the National Anthem
5.When writers compare clean-up hitter to Ruth, they mean Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4.Instead of giving signs, third base coach screams, "Bunt, you fat bastard!"
3.Tomorrow whole team scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery
2.General manger used payroll trying to build a hot tub time machine
1.Your star pitcher defected to Cuba
Yeah well I think they were talking about the Pirates there. Anyways I just figured out why there are 14 teams in the AL and 16 in the NL. Can anyone figure it out? If so post a comment and I'll tell you if you're right. It just came to me yesterday - I didn't read this anywhere but it makes 100% sense to me now.
Other sports news: Cubs got drubbed in their opener giving up 16 runs, and Butler lost a heartbreaker in the national championship game but the run was incredible!
On to the good stuff now. I have an interview today at a place that refurbs computers for Texas school kids at 10:00 this morning so I am looking forward to that. I have also been in correspondence with the owner of a medical insurance company for a database administrator position so I will continue to push with that.
I can't express enough how glad I am that baseball is back. I'm going to have to do a trip to Houston and Dallas to check out their respective stadiums when the Cubs are in town. The weather out here is beyond amazing. 70's to low 80's every single day the last two weeks. The apartment is awesome. I now have a table and am using my van seat as a couch! How's that for innovation? Fadia calls in ghetto but I call it smart!
I'll be going to the Magic: The gathering castle this week even though I didn't bring my cads with me, and I've been meeting some neat people. A couple of guys that live in the apt complex invited me over for beers the other night and we had some great conversation. One of the guys is a little out there and wrote a philosophy book that he lent me ("borrowed me" to you LAX folks).
Overall, it's a good week so far and I'm close to meeting my goal of being employed by the end of this week. Oh by the way for those that I didn't talk to: the other job I had did some housecleaning and let me go which was complete BS but I'm over it. I threw on the country radio station in the van and it's kinda nice to listen to - I feel very Texan except I need to be driving a big truck. It's nice because I don't know any of the songs.
And how's this for irony? The insurance company I'm trying to get a position at is located in the EXACT SAME BUILDING as outernet. That's just weird.
Love you all, peace out from Texas
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