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Making Changes
Finally got around to updating this journal. I can't believe it's already been 4 years since I first launched this thing (September 12 was the anniversary date)! The incredible thing is that the journal now looks completely different than it did before, and I am also a completely different person ( Read more... ) -
Engineering Duty Officer (Recruit)
It's been a very eventful week. On Monday I received a phone call from the Navy officer programs recruiter I have been working with, and I learned that a spot in their Engineering Duty Officer program opened up and I'm now in! Oh the joy, the excitement I felt when I heard that! The final select letter came in yesterday, which confirms what I ( Read more... ) -
Hypothetical, Bizzaro Dance Party
Today, after pushing the wrong button on iTunes I got an accidental introduction to Party Shuffle. This is a cool feature that randomly selects songs on your music library and shuffles them into an arbitrarily defined sequence. When this happened I asked myself this: If I pushed the Party Shuffle button just once like I did and then played the list ( Read more... ) -
Review: The Dark Knight
Everyone I know has been telling me how good The Dark Knight is/should be, so the parents and I finally decided to watch it on the big screen. Basically, it is the latest and greatest Batman movie to be released. And I do mean it when I say "greatest", it is by far the best one I've seen! Where to begin....
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21st Century TV!
Finally decided to get a digital TV converter box before traditional TV signals become totally phased out. I think I could get used to high definition TV ( Read more... ) -
Just Being Happy
Been doing a lot of thinking lately, as usual. I've been thinking about what it means to be happy, or how to be happy despite all the instability life offers. It is beginning to come to my attention that being happy is a choice, and that we can choose to be joyful for any given reason under any circumstance. So I think that I'll just start off with ( Read more... ) -
Job Market Insanity!
We've been hearing for some time about how the job market is getting worse, especially for college graduates. People think that engineers are immune to the economic woes of today, but I just got the following message on my e-mail about an entry-level engineering position I applied for in February!
Thank you for applying through our on-line system ( Read more... )
