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You Can’t Spell Job Without OH BOY!

Posted by on March 28, 2008 No comments

It has been a while since I’ve made a personal blog post; as has been kindly been brought to my attention.  It is because a lot of things and yet at the same time, not much had happened.  I feel confident now in having something substantial deliver to my audience.

Important things first:  I purchased Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii) and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (X360).  SSSB is an amazing game with a surprisingly very enjoyable single player and co-op.  I recommend it for any Wii owner.  (We even got Elizabeth to play and she seemed to be having a bit of fun once she found a character she liked.)  RSV2 is a lot like RSV1 with sprinting and a RPG aspect not unlike COD4.  The single player story is fun to play but ridiculous.

Hockey has been down right amazing.  The Gophers went on a streak to beat Mankato 2 out of 3 games that all went into over time to get into the Final Five.  The Gophers then went on to beat St. Cloud State and Colorado College to make it to the championship game.  Ultimately Denver won but The Gophers put up such an amazing effort that it is impossible to be upset.  If they continue to play this hard they have a great chance in the Frozen Four.

This past Tuesday I made crab cakes.  They were pretty good and with some tweaking they could be great.   Perhaps I’ll share the recipe if there is any interest.

I leave on my Ski Paradise vacation soon.  A whole week of water skiing in wonderfully warm and sunny weather.  It should be an absolute blast.  I only hope that my body can survive 4 sets a day for 5 days.  I leave on the 5th and come back on the 12th.

I had a slight cold this past couple of weeks, but nothing Halls cough drops couldn’t fix.

Visited the family on Easter.  Really strange when only half the family is there.

Gas is expensive ($3.10+) and influences me not to drive anymore.  I have the feeling that when I look back and read this post I will be jealous of the low price.

It appears that a lot of my favorite shows are starting to air new episodes again.  Reaper is on, South Park has been on for a while and I think the office should be coming back sometime soon.

The snow is melting and things are heating up.

I got a job.

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Wait what?  Yup :-)  I have been offered a position at Accenture as a Consulting Analyst and I have accepted it.  The start date is May 27th.  Meaning, I’ve got a couple of months to wait.  However, as an entry level job I would be hard pressed to find anything better in this line of work.  The job will require hard work, networking and perhaps frequent travel, but at this time of my life that sounds incredibly exciting.

The last week or so I’ve spent going through the interview process.  I first was contacted by the recruiter and communicated with her.  After that it was a phone interview.  Having success in the phone interview led to an office visit.  At the office visit I had a couple of interviews and lunch with a fellow potential hire and three employees who were in our position a year or so ago.  Even though it was an interview and interviews are supposed to be huffy, I had a great time and met some very wonderful and interesting people.

I had originally been informed that I could start in April.  This date has be canceled for some unexplained reason.   My guess is that they don’t have enough new hires to warrant batching the training process.  This means I will be starting in May with all the new college graduates.  That’s fine and waiting the extra month while I live on a budget is fine.  Where things get complicated is the 2 weeks of training at Accenture’s campus in Chicago.  This will likely occur at the end of June.  Right about the time Becky and Brad get married.  I can only hope that I’m allowed to fly back, if even on my own dime for that, or that the training wraps up on Friday and we leave Friday night.  If anyone has any thoughts on this I’d be happy for any advice.  What if I’m not able to come back?  For now it’s as the old adage goes, “We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”

I now have about 2 Months (minus vacation) to spend on a side project or catch up with friends, because once I start working I have a feeling I will fall off the face of the earth.  I kid, but seriously during the week I will be a ghost.  You will only be able to catch me on the weekends.  Weekends are pretty sacred at Accenture.   I’d be happy to share more details in person.  I don’t feel comfortable expunging details on the internet, never know who is listening.

That leaves us with today.  I’m going to be picking up the parents from the airport after their two week long cruise.  They have yet to hear about my job, so that should be good news for them.  I’ve got laundry that needs to be done and some other misc. cleaning to do in preparation, so have a great weekend everybody!

Shatter expectations and conquer the world!

Things I’m looking forward to:

  • Starting training for my Job
  • GTA4
  • Spore
  • Water Sports

Things I’m not looking forward to:

  • Juggling personal and work life
  • Commuting/Driving

Hung Jury

Posted by on February 1, 2008 No comments

It would appear, even with 5 votes, that no conclusive direction could be found. While I was hoping to shove off this responsibility, it once again falls upon my back. At the time I created the list I was brainstorming ideas and put no real thought into which would be the best choice to blog about. Let me take this time to re-evaluate the choices. (Side note: I just realized I could expand the typing window. Genius!)

1. A Space Case: One man’s crazy journey in developing a computer game

While this topic will continue to haunt me daily and I find myself putting in small efforts here and there, it is an unrealistic goal at the moment given other priorities. Expect to see little snippets of work I do for this project as the days progress. (An example can be seen at the end of this post.) I feel that this topic would be best suited to be “blogged” about after I have more work to show or more experiences to share.

2. Building a Better You: A recent college graduate quests for a job

Hmmm…a topic that is….topical (har har) and is relevant to the majority of my reading audience.  This certainly seems like it would be a good choice.  How many posts could I really write on job hunting?  Answer: Lots.  People have written books about all kinds of aspects of job hunting.

3. Building a Better Body: The Great Ski Paradise Workout!

Another well suited topic given my situation.  Who wouldn’t like more information about working out specifically for waterskiing?  There certainly is a lot for me to write about this considering I am one month into the three month process.

4. Building a “Better” Tomorrow: The State of Politics

Just no.   I realized how much work I would have to put in to this topic to make myself happy.  This is a task I certainly would like to accomplish but right now I just don’t have time with everything else I should be doing.  When I do finally approach this topic, expect me to explain in detail my thoughts, feelings and supporting data.  This will likely end with me announcing my candidacy for presidential office.

5. Two for the Price of One: The joys of owning a Nintendo DS

Another easy topic to write about.  It doesn’t have as wide of a scope as some of the other topics, but it does have a lot of potential.  (Especially when I get into homebrew.)

6. Spending Money I Don’t Have: The process of building the computer of tomorrow! (All hypothetical.)

Specing a computer that I could possibly build in the future is too much of an emotional process.  I did it about two months ago when the 45mm processors were announced and I could barely contain my excitement.  It became easier when I noticed the $5000 price tag. My current rig is turning 5 this summer and in computer years that means it’s time for assisted living.  However, until the 45mm processors and DDR3 memory comes down in price…well I’ll need a better job than the one I have currently. (har har)

There you have it.  The options re-evaluated.  And the winner is…..

After the commercial break.

Damn you American Idol(itry)

I’ll tell you tomorrow who wins by making the first post.  It’s still not too late to really lobby for your favorite candidate.

As promised here is an image sample from the game I’m developing.  It’s a practice piece.  An experiment if you will in creating backgrounds and splash images.

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