Well all, hold on, this is going to be one hell of a blog entry.

Ive been hinting at some major things happening with me and my employment status. Ill give you a rundown of it now, since its all out in the open now, and i want to let all of you who care, know about whats going on with me.

Currently im in charge of all of the residential computer labs. Ive been in this position for 2 years, but have worked for RCC for 4 now. Ive seen alot of changes, and ive implimented most of them. ive helped do alot there, and lately, i just dont have the drive anymore. Plus some personal conflict with some management things, how money is spent, treatment of employees, etc...i just dont feel it is the right place for me anymore. Ive been looking around, and today something incredible happened.

As most of you know, i also work at ITS on campus in the technology support center. I was asked today to take a sort of a promotion to assist in the evening running of the TSC. Chad has been looking for a stable way to do this, and he thinks with my experience and my background, that i would be the guy to do it. He is also trying to help me as much as he can to find a full time position within ITS. Hes really looking to help me, and i cant even begin to tell you how appreciative of him i am with this. So starting May 19th, i will not be working for RCC anymore, and will switch to being a full time ITS employee.

But wait, theres more. Ive also been asked to interview for a system specialist position at the Center for Teaching and Learning Technology(CTLT). This is a very Macintosh intensive job that entails server administration for OS X servers, and heading up their windows XP and OS X migration project. It doesnt seem too difficult, so im going to do the interview on friday. Ill hear what the position is, if i like it, ill do it, if not, i have PLENTY of work to do for ITS. Only problem is, i dont know if i can work full time in the fall at ITS, which i need to pay bills and everything. Well, well see.

Worked from 8-3 today. Let me tell you, if this is a snapshot of what this summer is going to be like, i think ill have a great time with all these clowns. Its so nice to see Carly back after her semester in Italy. We are such a bunch of goofballs. Its gonna be an awesome time at the TSC this summer. Just you wait.

Took Kollas 453 final after work. meh. Didnt go well...for anyone in the class. I told dr. kolla all i wanted was to not have to retake the class, and he told me i wouldnt have to. So whatever i get, i guess ill clear the class. Also, Dr. Border emailed me and told me i got 2 A's and a B in his 3 classes this semester. So thats awesome news. :-)

Im damn tired now. Everything is over, and now i just have to work. 8-3 at TSC tomorrow and 3-5 @ RCC. Gotta do transitional things to get all of this stuff out of my hands and into mark and nathans. Going to be wierd to not have to deal with it either.

Well...im going to write my official resignation letter for RCC now then go to bed. Have a good night all, feel free to IM me and ask me more on why im leaving RCC if you wonder.

Peace.

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Positive: New Job
Negative: Leaving RCC(or is this a positive too?)
Quote: 'Well, did you click OK" - Pat @ TSC on my failed attempts to set up a wireless network card
Song of the day: Clocks - Coldplay
Cool Mac Moment: new emacs. I will get one this summer. I will raise 1200 with the hours im working this summer. I WILL DO IT DAMMIT.
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*burp*

yeah, thats the general feeling around RCC today. Rcc open house, meaning lots of free food and no work to do. Its good to see everyone for one last time before they all go away for the summer or away for good.

*tear* e.shrades.

Nah, seriously, though. Im gonna miss the kid. Hes been an inspiration to me all through my years here. Smart, hard working, easy to work with, very spiritual. I just admire him. Its gonna suck to not see you sleepy every friday morning. Woah. That sounded dirty.

I got the new Pinewood Derby CD from him. For those of you that dont know. Thats his band. It sounds pretty good...ill have to listen to it when its not so NOISY AROUND HERE. *Looks around the office*

I sold my old ipod on ebay today. Not for as much as id like, but for a decent amount. Its paying for over half of my new one, so thats not bad. Speaking of the new one, i got impatient and called apple today, who said it should ship out thursday...meaning ill get it monday. Boo hiss....i want it NOW!

Im fine, i promise.

Going to study for my other Kolla exam, ECT 453 this afternoon with mike, hopefully i can get a decent grade on this one like i hopefully did in 300. I NEED to clear these classes.

New 24 tonite. W00t.

Any of you ever wish some things in your past didnt happen? Not because of how they hurt you or affect you, but because of how they make you act now and how they make you react to different situations? Im glad some of the things happened in past relationships with me because they taught me what love really is, and brought me out of a naieve relationship state, but it makes me react in ways that arent condusive to someone getting close to me anymore. i guess nothing is easy, but this sure makes things hard.

One more final, then im clear as crystal. More news on the job thing coming....be patient all....

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Positive: Seeing old friends
Negative: seeing old friends for one of the last times
Quote: Meh...none.
Song of the day: The Horizon Has Been Defeated - jack johnson
Cool Mac Moment: Waking up this morning, remembering that the new jack johnson CD comes out today, trying to figure out when i can go get it, then checking my email and seeing that its new music tuesday in the itunes music store and one of the new feature downloads is the JJ Cd. paid 9.99 for it instead of the 15-17$ at a store. Woot. I love apple.
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Well hello there...

I know i havent posted in a few days, ive been feverishly trying to get ready for exams. I have 3 exams, and of course, i had to have 2 of them monday 1st slot and 2nd slot. meh, at least i got them over with.

Mgmt can kiss my ass, i didnt think i did too well on it, but as steve used to say, D is for done.

ECT 300. Yes, a kolla exam. Overla and i studied our asses off sunday to get ready for it. He walked me through how to do the problems that were going to be on the exam.....and would you know it, they were on the exam. I rocked it. YES, I SAID I ROCKED A KOLLA EXAM. Now, I walked out of there feeling fairly confident, however, i didnt know as much of the theory as i hoped. So, i left mike to finish, and went to sell back some books. Mike calls me, said he talked to Dr. Kolla about mine, cause he was interested to see how i did since he helped me with alot of it by tutoring me, kolla looked it over, and estimated a B!!!

A FRIGGING B!!!!!

Sorry...im ok now, but this is a pretty huge thing for me. *breathes*\

Some pretty big news about something having to do with me and work. Cant get into more, but if/when it happens, ill be sure to have a HUGE post.

Im selling my ipod on ebay since im getting one of the new ones. I broke down, decided to get it. I want one with a warranty, and since mine is about a year old as of this week, i figured its time to unload it. I got the 15gb model, upgrading from my other 5gb one. I cant wait for it to get here...so fun.

My 3rd replacement KDS monitor should be here on wed...lets hope this one doesnt die....stupid KDS POS crap.

Ok, well i think im gonna go home, maybe play some more jurassic park game...SO FUN.

One more exam, but im not studying for it or even THINKING about it till tomorrow night.

Have a good day, all, and dont let the exam monster get you.

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Positive: B ON MY KOLLA EXAM!!!!
Negative: mgmt exam....meh
Quote: " Whats it going to take?"
Song of the day: Warehouse - DMB
Cool Mac Moment: NEW IPOD COMING!!!
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Happy weekend all...



Xmen 2 is awesome...go see it. Those of you who may not be hardcore X-men fans, dont get down with the ending...youll know what i mean when you see it.


I bought one of the new ipods today.....more info on that soon...


Im gonna go relax...do nothing...type more periods....

Have a good saturday/sunday. Study hard, BG folk.

Im going to preface this whole post with....wow.

Wednesday wasnt just some ordinary wednesday. Its the day ive been looking for for over a month now. The minute i saw that Pat McGee Band was scheduled to play at BGSU, i about had a fit. Ive seen these guys live before, and they are so fun its not even funny. As one of my top 3 bands(i say top 3 cause they keep switching order) I was amazed to see they would come play in a town like BG, but i wasnt close to complaining.

I had my last management class in the morning(thank jesus) as well as my last classes with dr. border, the coolest professor ever. Kind of sad, but nice to know that im pretty much done with school....only a few classes to go till i graduate...

Had lunch with katie in the union, and on the walk over, i saw the PMB tour bus parked outside the union. I got pretty giddy, and the whole time she and i were eating lunch, i was looking around, telling her that i KNEW that PMB was the type of band to come down and eat at the food court, hang out with people, etc...she just laughed at me...

I went back to class, then decided to stake out at the union to try to get good line position. HAAHAHAH! If that wasnt the joke of the day. No line formed untill AFTER 7, which is when they said the doors were going to open...yeah. In the meantime, i watched Brian Fetchino and John Small, both PMB members just walkin around the union. Wow was i geeking out, but i was trying SO HARD to not be "that guy"....

Waited for a while with all 10 people in line, then got to go in. Waited for a while, met up with donna, then Alice Peacock came on around 815. Shes ok...nothing that really blew me away. However i was right up at the stage. I felt kind of bad for her, cause stupid college boys decided to yell how hot she was, and that to me just makes you look like a dumbass. Anyways, her set was over, they tore down....and out come PMB. Pat and Brian first, just walking around like nobodys business....just wandering....john small was just kind of hanging out. Now, you have to remember something, the other times ive seen these guys has been in HUGE venues like the House Of Blues in chicago, where they sell out 2 nights in a row, have tons of people there, and security is MAD tight. Now here we are, with them just hanging out like this is like their living room. They take the stage, and the room is eerie quiet. With under 150 people, it was like having them play a show just for me...in my living room....When Brian Fetchino came out, he was totally 3 feet from me, and he and i started chatting. Yeah, i was making small talk with the lead guitarist from Pat McGee Band.

Set list was awesome, opening up with one of my favorites, Passion. After that, they played some new songs...and then did something that made me go nutty. Pat was talking to us about how intimate of a setting this was, and asked for requests. All the jackholes that barely know the band were like "Rebecca"..made my toes itch, but Katie just said "Minute" which is her favorite song...Pat's response? "Minute sounds good", and looks over to us Pat talked to the crowd, people asking "wheres home?" when he said this was the last stop of the tour, and i shouted out "virginia!" and tons of little things. When they went to start a new song, he said "This is a song called Annabelle, we hope you kind of like it"...i said, "oh, im sure we will pat". Pat went "You havent even heard it yet!". After the song, i shoulted out, "we liked it", he got a kick out of it. Played more new and old stuff, switching the setlist up alot, played a pretty neat version of Havent Seen, which was kind of bluesy. Came to the last song, and pat asked again for one last request....and i shouted out Pride, which has to be my favorite PMB song. He looked at me, and i could tell. He turned to the band, said pride, and there we had it. The whole night, i had been messin around with Chardy, the percussionist and Chris the drummer, like chardy would do wild things and id point at him, i got chris to do a drumstick flip, etc....so when i was the only one to start the "woos" during the pride intro, needless to say, Chardy about had a cow. The rest of the crowd got into it, and the song just rocked. Set was over, and chris the drummer took his setlist off of his drumset, came up front, handed it to me and shook my hand. After that, Pat came out, did a solo version of Shine as an encore, and that was the concert.

As far as the rest of the night...wow. I got the setlist signed by the whole band (pictures to come) chatted with each band member for a while, especially Chardy, who has been my hero since day one. All those guys in the band are really cool. They all were totally down to earth. I was just in total shock, cause this sort of thing will never happen again. Im not saying PMB is a huge band, but the chance of having a concert like this with a band like this...wow. Never ever again. Here are pictures from the night...prepare to be amazed...

Now Katie and I need to get our little selves onto the Rock Boat cruise....PMB, Sister Hazel, Edwin McCain....wow..

Well, back to work....heres to another concert as frigging incredible as this.....

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Positive: Could be the best concert experience ever...
Negative: People bringing back memories
Quote: " Mlufkin44: pnp
KKB Firedancer: the whole night, i was just thinking
Mlufkin44: those pics are so classy
KKB Firedancer: luffys gonna love this"
Song of the day: Pat McGee - Shine
Cool Mac Moment: itunes 4...dddddamn.
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Not much to post....cause im going to write a few reviews on my professional blog about apples new music service, the new ipods and a hands on review on the new 12 inch powerbook that katie let me play with last night since her mother just.....went out and bought her one. Lucky girl.....

Class and work today, then going home to get my new 19" monitor...this means i get to move all my machines and cables around...and it also means that katie can watch and make fun of me ;)

MY LAST ECT 300 CLASS TODAY!!!!!!! (unless i have to retake it) Hopefully not...

Well, i think thats all for now...have a good day all!!

Ta

Time is winding down for the semester....

Friday was pretty slow. Short meeting in the morning, so i did alot of office work. Got my meeting maker and my ical all updated to december 19th. Hopefully this will be the last time i have to input class information before im audi 5000.

Friday was Katie and my 1 month anniversary. We went to carrabas up in maumee. Pretty nice place, ran into deb wells from ITS up there....kind of nice. Katie also ran into her ex, dan there...which was pretty interesting. The food was good, and it was nice to just have a nice dinner out with the girl. After that we went to best buy, i spent way too much money getting new speakers, a new hub and that jurassic park simulation game that ive been drooling over. Came back, set up the speaks, the hub(mmm, 100mbit connection) and started playing the jurassic park game for a bit. Then it was time to go see one of the craziest things ive seen here at BG.

Campell Hill 45 - Beach Party. The crazy bastards bought like 500lbs of sand to put on their carpet....but they did lay down some plastic sheeting first. Pretty wild. Stayed for a bit, katie got toasted. Listened to "The Band" which was pretty good, saw alot of hooches.....lots of young kids that made me feel REALLY old. Oh well.

Saturday was nice and relaxing. Had breakfast with katie at bob evans, talked for a while anout all the craziness here at school going on. Spent the afternoon doing homework, take home exams, presentations, etc. Katie had a "special someone" dinner for TBS and then went to Mo's recital. I got to stay home, do homework and call my sister since it was her birthday. Had a good time after all of that with red, haus, slooks, al, wilson, laura and donna. Went to beyond 2000 for ice cream, then sloka haus and i went into jeds, sat down, did a tequila shot, then got some beverages at meijer, went back to reds, ordered some pizza then all laid around and almost fell asleep....god wild partiers....

Sunday, sunday, someday. Played the homework game....then i the moment of truth came.

Katies parents invited me over for dinner. Now, ive never really spent that much time with katies parents, other then 5 minutes here and there. This was the first time ive sat down, had them talk to me, ask me about me, what i do, where im from, etc...Went pretty well. Played with the dog alot and talked about all the work i do here at BG for work and school. I think it went pretty well.

I got to fight the exam game tonight, we had 3 to do...got 2 done. Spent more time with katie, then finally went to bed. Meh, need sleepy.

Today is going to be a neat day with apples announcement on their digital music service. Stay tuned to my other blog for details and a review...

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Positive: Good weekend
Negative: I Hate School
Quote: "she put the hood on to hide from the funny" - me to katie trying to hide from the jokes i was making so water didnt fly out of her nose.
Song of the day: Audioslave - gasoline
Cool Mac Moment: new mac announcement today...stay tuned for details....
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blog blog bloggin on heavens doorrrrrrrrr........

What a day yesterday. Work was fun, didnt do much as usual at ITS. My boss decided to get on MY case on why apple doesnt put zip drives in any of their new macs. Cause i have a say in it ;) He was just playin, but i told him, why spend extra money for a zip drive, when cd-r drives come standard in them, cd media is so much cheaper then a zip disk, and waaaay less prone to failure.

Silence from the peanut gallery.

ECT 300 blew as normal, but at least i got to chat with Red on IM and she kept me sane. Im losing sanity at an exponential rate as of late. This time in the semester just plain sucks. People are crabby, teachers are unreasonable, bosses dont want to deal with pissy employees. Boo hiss. Any stress possible come out at this time of the year. Oh well, 2 weeks, and its coast time.

Spent some time in the afternoon with katie. Finally got new laces for my doc martins that have been without for a while now. Got a new mac addict magazine too, big article on the airport extreme base stations...of which i will be a proud owner come june 8th(happy birthday to me). Talked to crazy old JR, whos pimpin the Verizon kiosk, drivin the YZF, bein crazy as normal. Picked up the CD for the band that opened at the sister hazel concert, Pay The Girl. I think this is my new favorite CD. Its very formulaic alternative rock, but its the kind of music i need right now.

Phi Mu Alpha Funk-a-thon was tonite. I wish i would have had time to rehearse with them, they sounded really good. I miss playing stuff like that. Senior night for our PMA chapter meeting too, it was the last meeting ill go to as an active member. All of us old guys sat up in the balcony of the choral room and heckled everyone during the meeting. It was a good time. I tried to say something pithy to all the brothers, but it got runied by the other seniors smacking my ass while i was talking. Meh, oh well....at least i got a cool engraved flask out of it. Ill miss those guys.

Went to myles after the meeting...had a good time, untill people who should just stay out of my life decided to come back and wreak havoc again. Well, scratch that. Its not really them, its what theyve done to me in the past. Its a knee jerk reaction, and i hate it. I just want it all to go away, cause im afraid its going to affect things that are going so well for me right now. (those of you close to me can already tell what im talking about) I am so happy right now, and i dont want anything to get in the way of that. Katie does things for me that i could never imagine anyone ever doing. Shes so caring, so patient, perfect for me in every way. Sorry if im sapping people out right now. But this really has been a life changing thing for me. Shes the best thing to ever happen to me.

So, now that i got that out of my system, im gonna go sit and think about work at ITS. Boss is out today, playing golf...so i get to do phones. Not so bad, i get to do blog updates ;-)

Have a good day yall, i get to speak at another co-op seminar today, have lunch with my girl, work till 5, then going to take katie to carrabbas up in toledo for our 1 month anniversary. Tonight is also the infamous beach party at ch 45, this i gotta see...


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Positive: Katie being the best thing ever for me
Negative: Did i say its stressfull right now?
Quote: "Wags+church steeple+high powered rifle+Res Life= perfect" - Me to red about how much i hate reslife
Song of the day: Pay the Girl - Junkie
Cool Mac Moment: cmoooooonnnnn eMac updates....you know you want to. Think about this. G4 powermac, g4 powerbook, emac, airport, p4 machine...these could all be on the wags network this summa....
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So close
So deep inside me
I would be you
And you would be me

Right here
It's now or never
We've come this far
Let's stay together

All this time we never knew

Freeze right here
Turn around
Lean into me
We fall to the ground
We don't even notice who's around

We're getting closer now

Right now
I'm crazy for you
Your playful eyes
I can't ignore you

We're friends
And we're lovers
We're turning on
As we discover

All this time we never knew
You'll be good to me
And I'll be good to you

One kiss
We live for the thrill
We live for the moment
When time stands still

Freeze right here
Turn around
Hold onto me
We don't make a sound
We don't even notice who's around
Freeze right here
Turn around
Lean into me
We don't even notice who's around
Freeze right here

Freeze - Pay The Girl

Good evening all..

I should be doing my ECT 453 lab report now that ive been putting off for weeks, but instead im messing with both my blogs. Oh well.

The past few days have been somewhat exciting. Ive been able to nail down a graduation plan. I dropped the accounting class and math 131 from this summer, going to only take mgmt 305 and physics 202. Shouldnt be too bad. This means ill have calc 131, mkt 442(in place of the acct class) and ect 441 to take. Yes, this means i have to take kollas shitty instrumentation class instead of doing an independant study, but i dont feel like fighting with this man to approve an independant study. Who knows if ill pass ect 453 or 300, so if thats the case, then ill be here to retake these goddamn classes in the fall. Heres to hoping for a nice kolla and a nice curve to the class.

Shit, ill take a d. In the words of steve, an old guy in my ect classes last semester...d is for done.

So yeah, this means graduation date is set earliest for december. Hey, i like cold weather, it should be a nice time for a party. Or not. I just cant wait to get done with school and get a real job and a real life. Dammit, i have so many toys i want to buy with money from a real job ;-) j/k

Talked to chad about my schedule at ITS for this summer, gonna be working alot there, tentatively going to be working some mad hours at RCC, and i might have another oppertunity at CTLT doing mac stuff there this summer. I sure hope that pans out. Heres to a job where ill actually learn things rather then be a sheep hearder.

Today also had another presentation by wags. Todays was on G4 processors in my ECT 442 processor class. I think it went pretty well. Overla did his on intel centrino technology. He was really nervous, and sick to boot, but he did a good job too. Its funny to see people get nervous when they have to speak in public. Its something i just do automatically now since ive done so much of it with the jobs and classes ive had since ive been here in BG. Talking to huge groups of people doesnt scare me, i look at it like an oppertunity. Oh well.

SPEAKING of talking in public, i forgot that today was one of the days i got asked to talk to new co-op students about my experience doing internships/co-ops. Since ive been here 9 years longer then god and have done 3+ co-ops, i got asked to do this. Talked for about 20 minutes on how to act, what to do, and other things that should be self evident to any human with half a brain. It made me feel a whole lot older then i should right now. Those kids look so young.

Tomorrow, only have ECT 300 and work @ ITS. 453 is cancelled because we need to "prep for our presentations". I have to talk for 15 minutes on different types of communication protocols for intdustrial networks and write a 3 page paper on it. I could do that with half my brain tied behind my back, yet people in my class are stressing. So why is it im ok doing this stuff, but suck at the exams, but they rock the exams but stress over presentations and papers.

I think im in tha wrong major. Whatever wags, yer a dipshit.

On that note, i think im gonna go....do something productive. Heres to hoping that my scholarship doesnt die after this semester...


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Positive: Finally have a graduation plan
Negative: School stress, work stress, school stress, work stress... again
Quote: "i can tell when people are bein snakey, and shes rattlin' - me
Song of the day: Pay the Girl - Freeze
Cool Mac Moment: im totally eyeing a new mac....this is not good...but maybe the new music service will make me poor...
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Well, well well.

Here i am, posting away here. Not much has been going on lately since ive been back in BG. Class was class yesterday, work was work. I found out i may get to do alot of Macintosh specialization at ITS this summer, which would be pretty awesome. Working with soley macs and doing what i love to do would be pretty tight.

Got kinda stressed out about everything going on, including work, school, work and school. Trying to figure out if i should try to kill myself this summer by taking 20 credit hours, including math 131 and phys 202 at the same time during a 6 week semester. However, if i dont do it, then im assuring myself that im going to stay here through the fall at least, maybe spring. With the market the way it is right now for jobs, maybe that isnt a bad thing.

Why is this so stressfull to decide? Well, for one, i dont know if i will still have my alumni scholarship after this summer semester. That and i have 2 jobs to work this summer(as i do right now) and both of them have alot for me to do and would like as much time from me as possible. Id love to just work and not have to worry about classes, but i know that isnt frigging fiesable. If that was the case, then id go back to AEP this summer. Which im kicking myself in the junk for not doing....i got all wrapped up in the idea of graduating this summer, instead of thinking about what i REALLY should do.

meh.

So i told Chad, my boss at ITS that ill decide if im going to slim my class load down a bit by next week. I just have to get the balls to do it.

Last night, katie and i went to panera to destress, got some ice cream and watched the new harry potter movie. I wanted so badly to watch CSI miami...but we both fell asleep at 10, woke up at 2. Yah. Wild friggin partiers.

In other kind of big important news, im starting a new weblog. Brian Waggoner, Mac Evangelist Check it out, let me know what you think. Its a news and technical assistance site for Apple Computers. If you have any questions about things with Macs, let me know, and i can create tutorials. I think im going to post some of the training materials ive done for both ITS and RCC to assist people who may be looking for help.

Im off to another frigging meeting. Andy Gross is smacking me in the back of the head with a notepad. Ill ttyl later.


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Positive: New Website
Negative: School stress, work stress, school stress, work stress...
Quote:
Mark: I think we need to institute communal RCC Naptime after this meeting in meeting maker
Me: Does this include cuddling and spooning?
Mark: We could work up to it...
Andy: Youll have to buy me dinner first...
Me: Flowers?
Andy: Nah, i got allergies, but i love to eat.
Song of the day: Happy - Sister Hazel
Cool Mac Moment: http://macevangelist.blogspot.com
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For those of you that are computer geeks, check out Bill Palmer, Macintosh Specialist , his site is pretty awesome. He brings alot of good points up about Apple, computing in general as well as business strategy.

Well hello there, bloggers :)

Hope everyones weekend is going well so far. I know most of you are busy doing family things this weekend, so you probably wont read this till sunday night or monday.

Pictures from Formal!
There are some pictures from the Tau Beta Sigma formal that Katie took me to. We had a good time with good friends, despite the weather, lame DJ's etc. Katie looked beautiful....truely beautiful.

Went home to chicago today...got here around noon-1ish. Had dinner with the family, and now we are watching the new harry potter movie on dvd. Good times, good times. Tomorrow, church, brunch then back home to BG. Hopefully ill get to see katie at somepoint...

Ive been asked to put in here how much my sister pisses me off ;) and something about my dad, seeing as how he is growing facial hair just like i am...pretty funny to see...hehehe...

I found the setlist for the sister hazel concert last tuesday, it was on their message board. Here it is for those of you who would like to see it...

Life got in the way
Just Remember
Change Your Mind
Your Mistake
Champagne High
Beautiful Thing (with intro Ken made up)
Everybody
Strange Cup of Tea
Superman
Come Around
Your Winter
Feel Like Making Love (Bad Company Cover)
All For You >
Happy >
Thank You
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She Talks to Angels (Black Crowes Cover)
Seven Bridges Road > (Eagles Cover)
Swan Dive



So good. Cant wait to see Pat McGee in a few weeks!!!! Have a good weekend, and heres to the easter bunny being kind to all of you...



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Positive: Formal - so fun, katie - so pretty
Negative: Need sleep...
Quote: "Grasp Your Mandrake" - Harry Potter
Song of the day: Sleep = BNL
Cool Mac Moment: being my dvd player on my drive home to help keep me awake...
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According to Jessie, i am a "Bossy-butt" today.


Just thought id let you all know.

A Characteristic Blog Entry: By Brian Waggoner

Here is where people will normally talk about how they havent had a chance to update in a while because school is so busy right now. Then the ramble would continue to discuss how much we hate school and how we cant wait for it to be over because summer is going to be sooooo fun.

A discussion on someone who randomly said something nice to you and made you feel better about yourself and how you just realized how you never realized how cool they were untill now.

A discussion on how much the weather sucks/is nice right now.

Another rant on how much it sucks to be tired/sick.

Yet another rant on how you cant wait untill the weekend is here.

A long sappy discussion on who your sig oth is and how much you love them and why.

Its Friday, so a long extended discussion on what you are doing this weekend, why it will be the best weekend ever.


Conclude with a list of things that are good, bad, a inside joke quote of the day and whatever music you are currently listening to.

Trying something new since my last template took a crap. Ill be customizing this a bit more hopefully tonite...

How bout this weather today?

82 yesterday? 36 today?

W00t.

Well.....what can i say.

Tuesday. What a day. Went to ECT 300, then went to katies, got her, played with lois for a bit(her turtle) then hit the road to go to columbus. Had a fun drive, we were both so giddy just to get the hell out of BG and out of all the craziness that is here that just the car ride was a blast. Once we got closer to columbus, i started getting really nostalgic about last summer and how i missed columbus. *sniff* We went downtown, went to a mongolian barbeque place that was a regular lunching spot for us at AEP over the summer, had an AWESOME dinner(she even got me to try tofu) and then got ice cream at the ben and jerrys scoop shop in the arena district. We then tried to find the newport music hall, which was kind of a riot. It involved parking about 8 blocks away, then mindlessly wandering around trying to find it. We were pretty close in line to get in, finally got in....and goddamn. I got to see one of my favorite bands from 10 feet away. 10 FEET!!!!!!!!!!!! The set was awesome, Ken Block kept looking at me and smiling since i was totally singing along to all the songs with him, then pointed to me and katie and said how nice it is to see people who can already sing along to the new album...i was goin wild. Did a good cover of Feels Like Makin Love, ended the concert with my favorite SH song, Swan Dive....i dont know what else to say. Easily one of the best concerts ive ever seen.


PICTURES FROM THE CONCERT HERE!! Let me know what you think of them.... I have so many more, i took over 120....

We got home kinda late, went to bed, slept through management so i could be rested and came to class, did the ITS thing, then went and did one of my presentations i had to do. Todays was on bluetooth. If i feel very tech savvy, i might post a quicktime of the keynote presentation.

Tonight was a katie and wags nite. Relaxed, watch some TV, had dinner out. Wild partiers...

Tomorrow i get to do my training for ITS on OS X. My boss told me today hes got a pile of things he wants me to train on. Im kinda stoked, this is a good way for me to get noticed there. Oh well....time for sleepy time. Have a good night, and give me feedback on my pictures in EL chatterbox....

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Positive: What an awesome concert, awesome time with katie, honest to god one of the best days of my life!
Negative: so tired
Quote: "Oh my feet I walk, with my legs I run
In my arms I'll hold another day
With my head I think, from my heart I sing
And with my hand to my face I pray" - Sister Hazel "Strange Cup of Tea"
Song of the day: Sister Hazel - Strange Cup Of Tea
Cool Mac Moment: keynote rocking my A presentation, and bluetooth example working flawlessly in my presentation...i love you, little titanium laptop...
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TUESDAY! SUNNY! 85 DEGREES! VACATION! COLUMBUS! SISTER HAZEL! NO ECT 453! SPENDING TIME WITH MY GIRL! SHORTS! NEW OFFICE! NOT CARING HOW STUPID SOME PEOPLE ARE!


Film at 11.




Nah, but seriously, today is a great day. After yesterday being somewhat shitty because of some people deciding to ONCE AGAIN stick their noses in other peoples business and meddle in the affairs of others, we got it all straightened out. Its funny, everything is perfect between katie and i, its other people deciding to do whatever they can to try to make more drama explode is whats becoming the problem now. People that used to tell me how much they liked being around me and how fun i was before she and i started dating now just suddenly now decide im a terrible person. Meh, whatever. Times like this just show someones true colors.

Today will be nice, i had some meetings this morning, now im going to my ECT 300 lab...then katie and i are heading to columbus to de-stress, have a mini vacation, have fun in a big city and see sister hazel. Im so excited i can barely stand it right now. I need to get away from all the stupidness here at BG, so i think this will be good.

Hope all of you have a good day too, Pat McGee Band tickets go on sale tonite! Its a good thing katie can go tomorrow....if anyone else wants to go see one of the best live bands out there here at BG in the ballroom, let me know, they are going to be here april 30th...its gonna be SWEET.

Peace out to tha 9-9.


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Positive: TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE BEST DAY EVAR! (stole the word evar from sean)
Negative: some people.....christ.
Quote: "Hoes, hippies and motorocyles all come out when it gets warm out" - katie
Song of the day: Sister Hazel - Everybody
Cool Mac Moment: Making my keynote presentation on bluetooth for my ECT 486 Class...gonna be a good one, kids.....
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Happy Monday!