Beginning of Spring Quarter:
I'm only applying to positions that can help further my career goals and/or earn me big $$$!
- Congressional intern
- law clerk
- Investment firm intern.
...
Middle Spring Quarter:
OK! Bump in the road. Maybe I should just work and pick up a non-pay on the side.
- bagboy / admin assistant
- painter/ media intern
- ticket guy/ city council intern
...
End of Spring/Begin Summer:
College should be about adventure and risk! The entrepreneurial spirit will take me far!
- Sell cutlery. (Everyone needs the ability to slice through drywall!)
- Fill Envelopes @home. (Might as well just bathe in money!)
...
Now:
I wonder who I call about my flickering red light?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Earth Day, or Why You Ought To Show Some Respect
Earth Day is one of the more interesting holidays we've come up with in the last century. It's the one day a year that you can ride your bike to work, totally pitting it out, and have a little bit of forgiveness for doing so. It's the one day where you can build a compost heap for your backyard. It's the one day you can use a reusable cup. All other days are off limits, it seems. During the rest of the year, we don't have to care about the environment.
But, to be frank, the environment doesn't have to care about us, on any day. Sure, when you're hiking through the woods on a trail that you swear is your favorite, munching on some trail mix, watching the sun trickle through the branches, hearing a babbling brook babble (are there ever any coherent brooks?), it's very easy to feel like you've got a great emotional response from nature, that you and nature are super great buddies that are going to get matching tattoos and maybe start a band together. But in reality, nature's doing it's own thing the whole time, and you, with your somewhat emotional response to everything, imagine that the earth cares back.
Face it, the Earth doesn't care about you. I mean, sure, you've been with the company for a long time, but you don't get a whole lot done when you're on the clock, and what you do get done tends to make work for others. You're just as expendable as the next guy; the day we as a species get fired is the same day a new species will get the promotion and take our comfy office with a view. But too many people these days know what it's like to get a pink slip, so let's try to figure out how to not get ourselves in such a position.
It's in our own interest to take care of the environment, or, rather, act in a way that keeps us from messing with the environment more that we already have. It's important to understand that, being bound by physics, the natural world will react in ways in line with science. Put too much carbon dioxide in the air, we get more carbon dioxide in the oceans, the oceans get more acidic, fish can't handle that acidity and die, people have less fish to eat. Clear cut a forest for land development, all kinds of species get displaced, coyotes come wandering around your neighborhood to try to find food to eat. Push too hard in one direction, and the natural balance of things will swing back, sometimes slowly, sometimes violently.
It's also important for us to understand that we are relatively powerless against the earth. Have you ever been in an earthquake? A tornado? Have you ever tried to find water during a drought? When the earth swings back violently, sometimes there are lucky ones that can get out of the way before the punch connects. Sometimes.
So how does this all tie into remembering to recycle bottles and cans on the 22nd of April? In short, it has nothing to do with Earth Day. Nature doesn't have days. Nature doesn't stop being nature. Therefore, people should never stop respecting the power that the earth has. Living just one day like the earth actually means something and then spending the rest dumping garbage everywhere is a pretty good way to get the earth out of equilibrium, and that's asking for a swing of the pendulum. The best way to avoid losing a battle is to take precautions not to be in a fight in the first place. I suggest we all take a look at our lives and figure out ways that we can really respect the Earth, 365 days a year.
But, to be frank, the environment doesn't have to care about us, on any day. Sure, when you're hiking through the woods on a trail that you swear is your favorite, munching on some trail mix, watching the sun trickle through the branches, hearing a babbling brook babble (are there ever any coherent brooks?), it's very easy to feel like you've got a great emotional response from nature, that you and nature are super great buddies that are going to get matching tattoos and maybe start a band together. But in reality, nature's doing it's own thing the whole time, and you, with your somewhat emotional response to everything, imagine that the earth cares back.
Face it, the Earth doesn't care about you. I mean, sure, you've been with the company for a long time, but you don't get a whole lot done when you're on the clock, and what you do get done tends to make work for others. You're just as expendable as the next guy; the day we as a species get fired is the same day a new species will get the promotion and take our comfy office with a view. But too many people these days know what it's like to get a pink slip, so let's try to figure out how to not get ourselves in such a position.
It's in our own interest to take care of the environment, or, rather, act in a way that keeps us from messing with the environment more that we already have. It's important to understand that, being bound by physics, the natural world will react in ways in line with science. Put too much carbon dioxide in the air, we get more carbon dioxide in the oceans, the oceans get more acidic, fish can't handle that acidity and die, people have less fish to eat. Clear cut a forest for land development, all kinds of species get displaced, coyotes come wandering around your neighborhood to try to find food to eat. Push too hard in one direction, and the natural balance of things will swing back, sometimes slowly, sometimes violently.
It's also important for us to understand that we are relatively powerless against the earth. Have you ever been in an earthquake? A tornado? Have you ever tried to find water during a drought? When the earth swings back violently, sometimes there are lucky ones that can get out of the way before the punch connects. Sometimes.
So how does this all tie into remembering to recycle bottles and cans on the 22nd of April? In short, it has nothing to do with Earth Day. Nature doesn't have days. Nature doesn't stop being nature. Therefore, people should never stop respecting the power that the earth has. Living just one day like the earth actually means something and then spending the rest dumping garbage everywhere is a pretty good way to get the earth out of equilibrium, and that's asking for a swing of the pendulum. The best way to avoid losing a battle is to take precautions not to be in a fight in the first place. I suggest we all take a look at our lives and figure out ways that we can really respect the Earth, 365 days a year.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year's Resolutions: A Journey in List Making
December 31, 2008
-Get in better shape
-Get more organized
-Read more
-Get out more
Hmm, that kinda sounds funny. I just keep "getting" things. Maybe I should be more specific.
-Get in better shape
-Get more organized
-Read more
-Get out more
-Exercise more (3-5 times a week?)
-Eat better food, do that fruits and vegetables thing
-Clean your desk every once in a while
-Keep better track of expenses
-Trash old files on your computer
-Read more books (real books, Moby Dick and stuff like that)
-Don't just look at cats with captions when you're online
-Read blogs that aren't just about tech stuff
-Maybe go to a party?
-Do more club stuff on campus
Even that doesn't sound complete enough. I should probably put something in there about making more time for myself. I'm always running around and doing stuff for work, and never really for myself.
-Exercise more(3-5 times a week?) Cardio MWF, Weights TRSat
-Eat better food, do that fruits and vegetables thing stop eating sweets all the time
-Clean your desk everyonce in a whileweek, stick to a filing system, put stuff back in the right drawers
-Keep better track of expenses Keep track of what you write checks for use your debit card for
-Trash old files on your computer Back up your photos and music and stuff for work
-Read more books (real books, Moby Dick and stuff like that) Moby Dick Wuthering Heights, War and Peace, a Stephen King novel, read more classic books
-Don't just look at cats with captions when you're online --> use your time more wisely when you're on the computer
-Read blogs that aren't just about tech stuff Read more political stuff, and find a good environmental blog
-Maybe go to a party? Be more outgoing in class so people from class might invite you to do fun stuff. Actually talk to other people in class
-Do more club stuff on campus Especially if it has something to do with your major. You want good connections, right?
-Take time to enjoy fun stuff just for yourself
-Just zone out every once in a while, listen to music, play your bass some more
Uh, okay. That looks a lot better. All right, I'm all set for 2009! This is going to be a great year!
January 12, 2009
-Exercise more (3-5 times a week?) Cardio MWF, Weights TRSat don't forget to stretch or you'll be sore
-Eat better food, do that fruits and vegetables thing stop eating sweets all the time. don't go overboard on the carbs!
-Clean your desk everyonce in a while week, stick to a filing system, put stuff back in the right drawers. Make a better system for filing stuff
-Keep better track of expenses Keep track of what you write checks for use your debit card for. stop buying random bargain CDs. quit eating out so much (that will help you eat better!)
-Trash old files on your computer Back up your photos and music and stuff for work Seriously!!
-Read more books(real books, Moby Dick and stuff like that) Moby Dick Wuthering Heights, War and Peace, a Stephen King novel, read more classic books. Research if there's a book for a movie you want to see, read the book before you see the movie
-Don't just look at cats with captions when you're online --> use your time more wisely when you're on the computer (stop using twitter to tell everybody that you're still stressed out about classes)
-Read blogs that aren't just about tech stuff Read more political stuff, and find a good environmental blog
-Maybe go to a party? Be more outgoing in class so people from class might invite you to do fun stuff. Actually talk to other people in class. go to class!
-Do more club stuff on campus Especially if it has something to do with your major. You want good connections, right? Stop missing club meetings!!
-Take time to enjoy fun stuff just for yourself...when you can
-Just zone out every once in a while, listen to music, play your bass some more
Stop wasting time!!
-QUIT MICROMANAGING EVERYTHING
-MAKE BETTER RESOLUTIONS FOR 2010
-Get in better shape
-Get more organized
-Read more
-Get out more
Hmm, that kinda sounds funny. I just keep "getting" things. Maybe I should be more specific.
-Get more organized
-Read more
-Get out more
-Exercise more (3-5 times a week?)
-Eat better food, do that fruits and vegetables thing
-Clean your desk every once in a while
-Keep better track of expenses
-Trash old files on your computer
-Read more books (real books, Moby Dick and stuff like that)
-Don't just look at cats with captions when you're online
-Read blogs that aren't just about tech stuff
-Maybe go to a party?
-Do more club stuff on campus
Even that doesn't sound complete enough. I should probably put something in there about making more time for myself. I'm always running around and doing stuff for work, and never really for myself.
-Exercise more
-Eat better food, do that fruits and vegetables thing stop eating sweets all the time
-Clean your desk every
-
-Trash old files on your computer Back up your photos and music and stuff for work
-Read more books (real books, Moby Dick and stuff like that) Moby Dick Wuthering Heights, War and Peace, a Stephen King novel, read more classic books
-Don't just look at cats with captions when you're online --> use your time more wisely when you're on the computer
-Read blogs that aren't just about tech stuff Read more political stuff, and find a good environmental blog
-
-Do more club stuff on campus Especially if it has something to do with your major. You want good connections, right?
-Take time to enjoy fun stuff just for yourself
-Just zone out every once in a while, listen to music, play your bass some more
Uh, okay. That looks a lot better. All right, I'm all set for 2009! This is going to be a great year!
January 12, 2009
-Eat better food, do that fruits and vegetables thing stop eating sweets all the time. don't go overboard on the carbs!
-Clean your desk every
-
-Trash old files on your computer Back up your photos and music and stuff for work Seriously!!
-Read more books
-Don't just look at cats with captions when you're online --> use your time more wisely when you're on the computer (stop using twitter to tell everybody that you're still stressed out about classes)
-Read blogs that aren't just about tech stuff Read more political stuff, and find a good environmental blog
-
-Do more club stuff on campus Especially if it has something to do with your major. You want good connections, right? Stop missing club meetings!!
-Take time to enjoy fun stuff just for yourself...when you can
-Just zone out every once in a while, listen to music, play your bass some more
Stop wasting time!!
-QUIT MICROMANAGING EVERYTHING
-MAKE BETTER RESOLUTIONS FOR 2010
Sunday, December 28, 2008
My Calculator is Finally Wearing Out
After 8.33 years of being awesome, my calculator is finally wearing out. I got my TI-83 Plus back in 7th grade, when my Algebra teacher told us we would need a graphing calculator to complete the work we would be assigned. Having only used simple calculators previously, I thought paying $100 for a calculator was a bit crazy, but I was only in 7th grade at the time and had no idea how handy this guy would be. Over the better part of a decade, we've solved equations using intersecting lines, explored trigonometric functions, integrated some gnarly expressions, and we've even tackled some stress and strain relationships using matrix calculations. We've conquered many a late-night homework sesh and frightening exam. The screen is starting to crack and leak, and sometimes the buttons are unresponsive. All in all, it's been a pretty good run. Thanks for those answers.
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