I didn't get the position.
And you know, I'm not even the slightest bit upset about it. It was actually a relief in light of all the stuff that has come up in the last few days with graduation dates. It makes it easier for me to plan for this summer and focus my application efforts here in Phoenix or in Seattle. After they'd broken the bad news, I hung up the phone and just started laughing.
Nope, no way this going to get me down. There are a million fish in the sea, and that one was looking less appealing every day. I have a semester to finish, a car to buy, an internship to snag, a college career to end, and a degree to earn. I'm on a mission. And for some reason I'm in a pretty ridiculously good mood today.
Outta my way, world. I got stuff to do.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Interview Done
Went much better than the first one, in my opinion. 3 hours total, all in German. Can we say "exhausted?"
Now comes the waiting for the results.
Now comes the waiting for the results.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Guess Who REALLY Brought SexyBack?
No, it wasn't Justin Timberlake. It was Apple.
Oh my friggin goodness.
Just knowing that this product exists makes me so excited I can hardly stand it. Do you all have any idea what this means for communication technologies? Apple has placed every other cellular phone manufacturer on earth under enormous pressure with the release of this device - pressure to develop new products that try to measure up to the incredibly high standard that Apple has now set.
Just look at it - a complete web browser right on your phone. This is what all the mobile communications providers have been working toward for YEARS, and in one leap, Apple has developed a device that can do it. A new iPod. A way to FINALLY have a completely fully-functional email application on your phone. It's incredible.
So far Cingular is rumored to be the first carrier that will carry the device. We'll see how long it takes for other carriers to jump on the bandwagon, assuming Apple will license it to them.
Oh my friggin goodness.
Just knowing that this product exists makes me so excited I can hardly stand it. Do you all have any idea what this means for communication technologies? Apple has placed every other cellular phone manufacturer on earth under enormous pressure with the release of this device - pressure to develop new products that try to measure up to the incredibly high standard that Apple has now set.
Just look at it - a complete web browser right on your phone. This is what all the mobile communications providers have been working toward for YEARS, and in one leap, Apple has developed a device that can do it. A new iPod. A way to FINALLY have a completely fully-functional email application on your phone. It's incredible.
So far Cingular is rumored to be the first carrier that will carry the device. We'll see how long it takes for other carriers to jump on the bandwagon, assuming Apple will license it to them.
Friday, January 5, 2007
A Beef, If I May
I've noticed that lately it's become all chic and cool to use the phrase "War IS terrorism" as one of the favorite anti-war slogans currently circulating the left side of the aisle. It's everywhere - blogs, newspaper editorials, facebook profiles. College students such as myself, in their self-righteous naivete, are of course lapping it up like cats after milk.
"War" is a conflict between states or nations or people groups within a nation. Generally, "war" is waged by targeting the enemy's military capacities, the idea being to make it impossible for the enemy to continue fighting and thereby win the war. Terrorism, on the other hand, explicitly and exclusively targets civilians for the purpose of political coercion, to undermine a certain goverment's legitmacy, or to instill fear. Guerilla warfare is a sort of blend of the two, when soldiers square off against soldiers using unorthodox tactics a la Vietnam and the Viet Cong. But the key word there is, of course, "soldiers." Not "civilians."
Now, I know that we 20-something college students think we're geniuses and have the world figured out and all, but really, people, only an absolute idiot would embrace a stupid catchphrase like this. I hardly think we'd refer to past wars, such as World War I and II, as "terrorism" against Germany or any other enemy for that matter. There is a HUGE difference between 19 crazed Islamists crashing airliners full of innocent civilians into buildings and the American military engaging in street combat against armed - keyword, "armed" - insurgents or dropping bombs on insurgent hideouts.
The only thing anyone is proving by throwing around the phrase "War is terrorism" is that they have no ability to form a rational argument and absolutely no ability to think for themselves. That, and that they have absolutely no respect for our men and women in uniform. By asserting that war is terror, you label our soldiers terrorists.
I'm not going to try and make some case for why we should be over in Iraq or why the War on Terror is the best thing since sliced bread, because I honestly don't know whether I'm for or against the war in Iraq anymore. But what I am tired of, what I am definitely sick of and definitely against are the lemmings who mindlessly and without any thought whatsoever jump on the popular bandwagon shrieking "Bush lied, kids died;" "War is terrorism;" and compare Bush to Adolf Hitler. There are absolutely NO grounds for such an outlandish comparison, and those people know it.
Be anti-war if that's your kick. More power to you. Be pro-war if that's your kick. But whatever your position, show some maturity, some rational thought, and bring a well-reasoned argument to the table - not a slogan.
"War" is a conflict between states or nations or people groups within a nation. Generally, "war" is waged by targeting the enemy's military capacities, the idea being to make it impossible for the enemy to continue fighting and thereby win the war. Terrorism, on the other hand, explicitly and exclusively targets civilians for the purpose of political coercion, to undermine a certain goverment's legitmacy, or to instill fear. Guerilla warfare is a sort of blend of the two, when soldiers square off against soldiers using unorthodox tactics a la Vietnam and the Viet Cong. But the key word there is, of course, "soldiers." Not "civilians."
Now, I know that we 20-something college students think we're geniuses and have the world figured out and all, but really, people, only an absolute idiot would embrace a stupid catchphrase like this. I hardly think we'd refer to past wars, such as World War I and II, as "terrorism" against Germany or any other enemy for that matter. There is a HUGE difference between 19 crazed Islamists crashing airliners full of innocent civilians into buildings and the American military engaging in street combat against armed - keyword, "armed" - insurgents or dropping bombs on insurgent hideouts.
The only thing anyone is proving by throwing around the phrase "War is terrorism" is that they have no ability to form a rational argument and absolutely no ability to think for themselves. That, and that they have absolutely no respect for our men and women in uniform. By asserting that war is terror, you label our soldiers terrorists.
I'm not going to try and make some case for why we should be over in Iraq or why the War on Terror is the best thing since sliced bread, because I honestly don't know whether I'm for or against the war in Iraq anymore. But what I am tired of, what I am definitely sick of and definitely against are the lemmings who mindlessly and without any thought whatsoever jump on the popular bandwagon shrieking "Bush lied, kids died;" "War is terrorism;" and compare Bush to Adolf Hitler. There are absolutely NO grounds for such an outlandish comparison, and those people know it.
Be anti-war if that's your kick. More power to you. Be pro-war if that's your kick. But whatever your position, show some maturity, some rational thought, and bring a well-reasoned argument to the table - not a slogan.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Quote of the Day
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
-John Calvin
-John Calvin
Monday, January 1, 2007
Finally...It Clicks.
About five days ago, I had a breakthrough on the guitar. My hand is limbering up and suddenly playing the chord of G, which was heretofore impossible, is now almost easy. For those of you music-oriented people out there, I'm sure you know that without G, you can forget playing just about everything on the guitar. With G, you're unstoppable. The number of songs that I can play - at least clumsily, has skyrocketed. Guitar is fun again, and I've been messing around on it at least an hour every day for the past week. I'm really looking forward to being able to play my own worship music live!
A couple random things:
1. I am REALLY excited about the new year. A new beginning. A new leaf. Ripe with possibility and the promise of better and best days.
2. I am REALLY excited about the jeans I bought this week. I really needed some new jeans, and wonder of wonders, I actually found jeans that fit me this side of the Atlantic. That, my friends, is cause for celebration.
A couple random things:
1. I am REALLY excited about the new year. A new beginning. A new leaf. Ripe with possibility and the promise of better and best days.
2. I am REALLY excited about the jeans I bought this week. I really needed some new jeans, and wonder of wonders, I actually found jeans that fit me this side of the Atlantic. That, my friends, is cause for celebration.
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