Random Drivel

My new goal for this blog is to write posts that get comments. And lots of them. More than can be counted. Probably as many as the Ashlee Simpson (43) post, or maybe even the Numa Numa kid (31) post. Can this goal be achieved? Doubtful. But I’m going to try anyway.

Today was the career fair. If you don’t know what a career fair is, basically 80 companies come and set up booths in the SRC and give away free stuff while students dress up in their sunday best and try to land the job of their dreams. Most kids print out a dozen resumes, scour the list of companies attending, and try to woo the representatives into setting up an interview with them. They give you company propaganda materials, such as CDs or brouchures, and some even have pens, candy, foam footballs, staplers, or keychains. The coolest thing I have ever gotten from a career fair was a laser pointer with interchangable heads. Read the rest of this entry »

I think I’ve discovered the secret to being an adult. The secret: The Meeting.

The meeting is a time-honored tradition for those who have become college students, and those who have entered the workplace. Meetings can happen anywhere; meetings can happen anytime. Most of the time, nothing gets accomplished. But every now and then, a meeting will be a terrific use of time spent! Something will get accomplished. Some work will get done.

Everyone over the age of 18 (especially Seniors) and anyone in the workplace that has a manager knows what a meeting is. So the question is, how many meetings have you had this week?

I lied.

So now I’m putting the past behind me, finally. Its too bad you never respected me.

Why does Kobe Bryant even have teammates? He obviously never watched those after-school specials about sharing and cooperation.

My Super Bowl Prediction is the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Seattle Seahawks, 1,396 to negative Pi (199 Touchdowns, every extra point, and one field goal. I don’t know how the Seahawks will score negative Pi, but they will find a way.) Every point will be scored on a turnover.

In an apology to Rory, I will say that this game will be the greatest football game ever played, because I really really really really want to see how the Seahawks are going to manage to lose. It will be mind-boggling.

So its true. I am short. I will likely always be short, as I’m halfway both halfway to 23 and halfway to 6 feet. So when I read this article about sizing up to the plate, I knew this guy was talking about me.

Yep, I’m a short kid. Its true, I do have an overcompensating personality and a tendancy to start wars in Europe. But I’ve also developed a keen sense of humor, which has been instrumental in getting that “he’s funny, someone with his sense of humor but taller would be a really cool person.”

But, I have no fear. I know their is a college recruiter out there, looking for the perfect candidate for the job he has to offer. “I’m the guy you want, I’ve got the skills and qualifications to suceed! Whatever you do, don’t overlook me!” (pun intended).

This post, by the way, was meant as humorous jest. Anyone who is unable to see the brighter side of their situation is headed for some dark and dangerous alleys. That is one area that the height-impaired among us excel, we are able to laugh at the world around us.

Now that Chicago, Indianapolis, and (yes, even) New England are out of the playoff hunt, we are left with a roster of 4 teams. Pittsburgh at Denver, and Carolina at Seattle. Should the unthinkable happen (and at least one sports columnist I’ve read seems to think it may), We have an all-wild-card Super Bowl in Detroit with Carolina and Pittsburgh.

Since Sunday dashed the hopes of a Chicago-Indianapolis game, which would have likely delighted many a Rose-Hulman student, we’re left with two teams who struggled to even get into the playoffs.

For the sake of the game, I hope that we see Seattle and Denver, two powerhouse teams that lived their seasons in the shadow of Indianapolis, a team that can’t win the big game. Not only has Shaun Alexander earned the MVP this year for the Seahawks, but Jake Plummer has quietly thrown the ball and lead the Broncos to a successful season, the likes of which they haven’t seen since Elway. The Broncos took away the sleeping giant that plauged the Colts (New England), while almost ironically the Steelers took away the Broncos nemesis (the Colts) in the same weekend.

So if these two teams, the 1 and 2 ranked teams in the NFC and AFC, respectively, are the underdogs for their confrence championships, we’re going to have another boring Super Bowl that no one wants to see.

Oh, and as a Bucs fan, I really hate the Panthers.

For the second day in a row, I have done nothing in particular. Friday, following my last class of the day, I returned to the room and there I remained. I watched a movie and went to sleep reading a book. The day was mostly wasted. Saturday, I woke late, ruminated, and went to my meeting, watched a bit of the football game, and then went in town to get a burger for dinner. I watched part of a movie on TV. The day was complete and busy, despite the sense of blandness I’m sure this seems to anyone else.

I just now completed the book I was reading, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and will shortly offer a summary of the book for anyone interested in reading it themselves. Tomorrow brings another meeting, two football games, and Mass. I have no excuse for my lethargy, no reason to excuse myself from attending parties on both Friday and Saturday. I needed this weekend immensely for myself. Gladly, that is how I successfully spent most of it.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I have a video recorder on my computer. Ripped in all its glory.

This clip aired on Saturday Night Live’s Jack Black hosted episode. Is SNL back to what it used to be? We’ll see. Its been a good season so far. And I’ll keep recording these episodes for the gems like this one.

It’s the Chronic - what? Cles of Narnia! Mr. Pibb and Red Vines equals Crazy Delicious.

Happy New Years, everyone! I’ve got a few resolutions that I’d like to keep, and we’ll see how long they last. My guess is a few of them will be broken in a matter of 24 hours. But hey, let’s keep things a bit optimistic.