Fires, Furniture, and Cinema Displays
Fri, 2004-12-10 02:30 — jrearick
Well, Wednesday was a pretty good day. Nothing much to do at work, the FilmFestival ad printed just fine, took a nap and had a nice pork chop dinner.
Church was nice. We missed Colin. Tyler played the organ (I love organ music), we sung Christmas carols around the fireplace in the main room setting on the couches or whatever we could find to sit on. At the end of service, everyone sang happy birthday to me and Ben N. They even brought out a couple cakes for us. I really wasn't expecting them to celebrate my birthday as well, but I guess as long as they are doing for Ben, why not.
Service ended around 11:00, extra long this time. Adrienne, Dave S., Dave C., Erik, and Ben J. took me out for a drink at Welch Ave. Station. I had something called a "pissed off Japanese fisherman" that really wasn't very strong at all. It was mostly cranberry juice I think. I also had a shot of something called "oatmeal cookie" that wasn't very strong either. We watched the new episode of South Park and I headed home around 12:00.
Today, I got up around 11:00. It felt really good to sleep in. I can't wait for the semester to be over. Got to work with my lunch and a few minutes into my sandwich Tom came by with another tech from Animal Science. We talked a bit and complained about Telecom pulling jacks in Kildee at random (earlier this week I troubleshot a problem that got narrowed down to that). Apparently it's a very common problem there. After he left, it was time to finish my lunch and dig into the shipment of new computers that came in. It was Christmas time again.
I got the dean's new setup to work on over finals week. As part of her new setup, I get to play with another 20" Apple Cinema display. This time I get to use it for a few days as the dean is not due back from D.C. until later next week :-D.
Also, there are two openings for Apple Campus Reps. Stan asked me to inform the list. Since the job has flexible hours and a max of 15 per week, I'm thinking that it would be a good idea to apply for the job. Having a formal employment with Apple Computer, Inc. would look really good on the resume. Perhaps Colin should apply as well. Knowing the previous Apple Campus Reps, the job shouldn't be very hard. All the years I've been going to ISU, I have only met a campus rep once or twice. He couldn't answer any questions since he was mainly a Windows guy and made the switch when he got the job :rolleyes: .
Anyway, I left for accounting class at 3:30 only to find several fire trucks in front of Gilman. The instructor somehow got a good portion (the dedicated people) from our class to have class in the library. On the way there I said hi to Maggie as she was also displaced by the alarm. I have to say, the review session was worth the hassle of waiting around outside for things to get organized.
When I got home, the matriarch of the family decided that it was time to move a bunch of furniture around. Since my dad had just had retinal surgery a few weeks ago, he was instructed not to do much heavy lifting. This left me to do most of the hard work. I swear, she is going to be milking me of work before I head out to New York. All the moving left a bit of a mess in my living space in the basement. I have been doing such a good job keeping it all somewhat neat and clean since Gaila and I hooked up, and now, in a few hours, it has gotten all cluttered again. I don't have time to clean it up or do anything about it.
Friday is going to be school and work. After work, I'm going to stay in the office to work on my paper until 7:00 for game night. The rest of the weekend is either going to be studies or massive amounts of work from the matriarch. It's times like these I really wish I had my own place where I wouldn't be distracted my the 'rents.
So, I have just finished dinner and am now just getting to my computer. I was planning on starting my history paper tonight, but as you can see I'm typing a long blog entry instead. So, I should get to work on that. Have a good night.
Church was nice. We missed Colin. Tyler played the organ (I love organ music), we sung Christmas carols around the fireplace in the main room setting on the couches or whatever we could find to sit on. At the end of service, everyone sang happy birthday to me and Ben N. They even brought out a couple cakes for us. I really wasn't expecting them to celebrate my birthday as well, but I guess as long as they are doing for Ben, why not.
Service ended around 11:00, extra long this time. Adrienne, Dave S., Dave C., Erik, and Ben J. took me out for a drink at Welch Ave. Station. I had something called a "pissed off Japanese fisherman" that really wasn't very strong at all. It was mostly cranberry juice I think. I also had a shot of something called "oatmeal cookie" that wasn't very strong either. We watched the new episode of South Park and I headed home around 12:00.
Today, I got up around 11:00. It felt really good to sleep in. I can't wait for the semester to be over. Got to work with my lunch and a few minutes into my sandwich Tom came by with another tech from Animal Science. We talked a bit and complained about Telecom pulling jacks in Kildee at random (earlier this week I troubleshot a problem that got narrowed down to that). Apparently it's a very common problem there. After he left, it was time to finish my lunch and dig into the shipment of new computers that came in. It was Christmas time again.
I got the dean's new setup to work on over finals week. As part of her new setup, I get to play with another 20" Apple Cinema display. This time I get to use it for a few days as the dean is not due back from D.C. until later next week :-D.
Also, there are two openings for Apple Campus Reps. Stan asked me to inform the list. Since the job has flexible hours and a max of 15 per week, I'm thinking that it would be a good idea to apply for the job. Having a formal employment with Apple Computer, Inc. would look really good on the resume. Perhaps Colin should apply as well. Knowing the previous Apple Campus Reps, the job shouldn't be very hard. All the years I've been going to ISU, I have only met a campus rep once or twice. He couldn't answer any questions since he was mainly a Windows guy and made the switch when he got the job :rolleyes: .
Anyway, I left for accounting class at 3:30 only to find several fire trucks in front of Gilman. The instructor somehow got a good portion (the dedicated people) from our class to have class in the library. On the way there I said hi to Maggie as she was also displaced by the alarm. I have to say, the review session was worth the hassle of waiting around outside for things to get organized.
When I got home, the matriarch of the family decided that it was time to move a bunch of furniture around. Since my dad had just had retinal surgery a few weeks ago, he was instructed not to do much heavy lifting. This left me to do most of the hard work. I swear, she is going to be milking me of work before I head out to New York. All the moving left a bit of a mess in my living space in the basement. I have been doing such a good job keeping it all somewhat neat and clean since Gaila and I hooked up, and now, in a few hours, it has gotten all cluttered again. I don't have time to clean it up or do anything about it.
Friday is going to be school and work. After work, I'm going to stay in the office to work on my paper until 7:00 for game night. The rest of the weekend is either going to be studies or massive amounts of work from the matriarch. It's times like these I really wish I had my own place where I wouldn't be distracted my the 'rents.
So, I have just finished dinner and am now just getting to my computer. I was planning on starting my history paper tonight, but as you can see I'm typing a long blog entry instead. So, I should get to work on that. Have a good night.
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Could I apply for that position? The e-mail sent out says for 2 students. If I could apply and get the job then sure i'd definitely apply, but if it requires you to be a student then Im most definitely out.
The job is offered by Apple Computer. Not any department associated with the university. Go for it. It doesn't hurt to try. Email Stan if you have any questions.