Parallel Johnny

I had my interview today and it went very well. Eventhough I slept right through my alarms and skipped Economics, I made it just in time. My interviewer was an East Detroit Alumn, which made a great ice breaker. I told him all about me, answered his 5 case scenario questions (I noticed I scored a 21/25 on them), and then it was my turn to find out what the job was about. He couldn’t tell me the pay or what location I would be at, because that is all up to HR. But it doesn’t sound like a job for me. I’m not yet convinced that I should pass any future oppritunities given in the next two years for this job.

From talking to the interviewer and a girl who works for them in the Chem Lab, the job is not well suited for Electricial Engineering, especially if I favor computer technology. It is a dirty, “hard hat” type of job. If it were a summer internship, I would accept in a second; however, if I take the job I must stay there for 2 years or until graduation. My plan is to wait for them to call me next week. If they want me, I’ll want at least $15,000 a year (I’d only work half the year), a location close to home such as the St. Clair Plant and I want to tour the site to see a typical day at work. I dont think thats too much to ask. Basically, I don’t want the job unless its totally worth it to me financially and educationally.

I just finished my physics homework in record time. Whats more is that I didnt use the solution manual. I may have used it if my laptop wasn’t dead (Im using my FBSD Server to write this), but I managed without the cruch (is that spelled right? It looks odd).

Anyone have any suggestions about my previous post (besides Adam, who told me to get a powerbook)?

I think I’m just gonna give my HP an extreme makeover: Laptop Edition. I can’t part ways with it just yet. Besides I need to put money towards more worthy causes.

Ok, i did some pricing around.

I could get a Dell Inspirion that is satisfactory to my needs for about $700.
or
I could fix up my HP with a new battery and hard drive for about $250. This doesn’t gurauntee the end of my problems with the HP, but its certainly cheaper. Besides, my HP (although 3 years old) still has a faster processor and just as much ram.

If I was deciding between two new laptops (HP vs. Dell), Dell would win by a landslide, however thats not the case. The choice is between fixing up my high-end HP or buying a new low-end Dell.

Then there’s the option of buying(read: building) a new desktop for a couple hundred, but that forces me to buy a new monitor (My current monitor on my server is not an option).

OK, Im getting kicked out of lab for a class. To be continued….

Well, I think its finally happened. My Laptop’s hard drive took another crash….hard. I’ve been getting telltale signs to get a new hard drive for over a year now, but I’m one who like to take my investments through the longest beating until they finally die. Luckily, I have almost everything backed up. Only the things I’ve acquired within the past two weeks I’ll lose. I just went through the excruciating process of upgrading to SP2. I guess it was all done in vain. In other bad news, my battery has been dead now for at least a year. Not dead like it needs a recharge. Dead as in it will not recharge. I looked up the prices for one and forget it. Between the price of a new battery and a new hd, Im close to buying a new one. I just hope I get that co-op and that it pays enough to where I can finance one.

The interview is in two days.

Last night, Lauren and I watched King Arthur. It was amazing. Once again, it is certainly not a movie for everyone. There was tons of gore, and some may be dissapointed to see the “good guys” and the “bad guys” swap roles. The movie takes place before the time of King Aurthur most people know. The story ends at the marraige of Aurthur and Guinevere. In this time he is not fighting for Britian, but Rome. He defies authority as well as “men of god.” This sort of behaivior such as killing two monks, could be very uneasy for some. Overall the movie was great and fans of European history should rent it.

Well, I just received a phonecall this morning form the Carreer Services center at Wayne. DTE Energy would like to interview me for a co-op position next Wednesday. I never even thought of DTE as an option, but hey if they want me and its good pay, I’m for it. The job is a full-time alternating semesters for 2-3 years. That means I will be in school for….ever. However, I’ll already have my foot in the door as far as on-the-job experience. I need to do some research on the company. I mean, yes, I know what they do in general, but I need to know more details.

This may be the break I was looking for.

I love Thursdays; no classes, no work, Lauren usually has the day off, things get done. I finally got around to doing my laundry and cleaning up my room. Lauren is comming over after lunch with her mom and sister. She hasn’t been over in at least a month.

So I got a hold of the new Garbage album, Bleed Like Me. I’m really digging it. So far its better than Beautifulgarbage, which just wasn’t the Garbage I fell in love with. The new album brought back the dark lyrics with hard guitar riffs and bit of an electronic touch. I suggest grabing a copy if you liked any of the other albums.

I did not mean to stay up as long as I did last night. After the mall yesterday, I went to Lauren’s, watched some television and tried to get ahold of Brian. We finally did around 11:30 and met him at the Shores Inn for some food and drink. I didn’t get back home until after 2, but I really needed to get more studying in for my microeconomics exam. I ended up staying awake until 4 am going over old homework problems. Adam kept me company, sice he was online at work til about 3:30.

Luckily, I woke up in time for my exam today. While walking to my class, a man crossing me said, “How are you?” I was caught off-guard, running to my exam, so I hurriedly replied, “Hey” as if it were a friend of mine I didn’t recognize and walked on. It wasn’t until we already passed each other that I realized I just said “Hey”, not “Hello” or “Fine, how are you?” to my statistics professor. I felt like an ass for the remainder of my walk to class. He’s a pretty laid-back guy and probably didn’t think much of it, but it bugged the hell out of me. When I finally arrived to class, the exam had already started. That doesn’t matter to much in this class, since the exams take under an hour and we’re given two hours. All in all I think I’ll get a B on, since I wasn’t sure on about 5 of the 50 questions.

So after the test, I decided to try the Einstein Bro’s they put on campus. I could be worng, but I think they inflated their prices for the campus. A bagel costs $0.79, however a bagel and a shmear costs $1.99. There’s something wrong when the cream cheese is more expensive than the bagel. That’s like getting a burger for a dollar, but the cheese costs two. It was good, nonetheless, but I think I was better off getting a KFC Snacker for a dollar.

I still have a full day ahead of me, but all I really want is my bed.

Well today isn’t going exactly as planned. I woke up at 1 pm (Thanks to work and physics homework keeping me up until 5 am). My original plan was to go down to Wayne to use the gym and study at the library. Instead, I worked out at home (basic cruches, situps, etc and some DDRfor cardio), did some studying and now I plan on going to Lakeside for some clothes.
Lauren bought Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue at the Macy’s in Chicago and with it they gave a sample of DKNY Be Delicious for Men. It has a nice, clean, mild scent. I’ll be buying it in the near future. Pay day was yesterday, so I feel like spending some cash.

Ok, next on the todo list:

• Shower
• Dinner
• Mall
• See Lauren
• Study more
• Sleep

Well, Spring Break has come to an end. All in all I think it did me some good. I feel changed. Suddenly I want to kick some bad habits and start some good ones. Will I follow through? I hope so, I just need to stay focused.

Yesterday after we returned from Chicago, we headed to Adam and Miranda’s for a movie night. We had some wine and watched Troy. After all the bad reviews I heard about it, I must say they were wrong. I really enjoyed the movie. If you haven’t read Homer’s Illiad, I can see it being very confusing with a dissapointing ending. If you have any interest in the classic (ancient greek) literature, you will enjoy it. Since I’m on a history kick, I rented Julius Ceasar and King Authur tonight after my shift. No idea when/if I’ll watch them, but I’d like to.