A new blog post is a rather rare site to so, yes, but I'm bored, and it was in the 90's meaning that with no AC in my apartment, I can't sleep. I begin this adventure on my deck with no lights and the flies and some Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
First off, I've got 5 more business days left of my internship here at Boeing, and I'm very bitter about it. I don't want to go back to school, but it must be done. A week ago my manager extended me an offer for a full time position when I graduate. So, I accepted and now have to return to school without the fear or finding a job once graduated.
I'm gonna rock it in Springfield with my parents and make the awful commute everyday, which is about an hour. I broke down the math and I'll put around 12500 miles on my car which at 4 bucks a gallon will cost me 1700 in gas for the 6 months of school I have left. This cost is much better than living in Corvallis, where I will be spending, at minimum, 7000 room and board. So, hopefully my car survives! I have faith.
The plan from that is to graduate at the end of March and make my way back up to Auburn to return to Boeing as a full time engineer. There's a buddy of mine, also an intern, who is getting hired as well but is already graduated, so he'll lose the intern status in a week. He plans to purchase a home in the next few months once his lease is over at his apartment. When I graduate, I'm going to steal a room in his house while I begin my search for a house for myself.
Anyway, that's really what's in store for me for the next 6 or so months. Boring blog post, with no real cool stuff to mention besides this: I finally watched the new star trek. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Go watch it if you're behind on the times like me.
Later.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Washington is #1
So my new idea begins. I'm not sure where it will take me, but it's been fun so far and we'll see how long it lasts. Basically over the last week I've been able to read a bunch of stuff on Seattletimes.com which is hopefully self explanatory. I'm not quite sure if newspapers have a lack of stuff to write about, or if all newspapers do this, but I've found some horribly amazing articles that can't go unseen by anybody, even out of state. I don't know if I'll do this weekly of the best articles I find, or just as I find them, but the overall theme will be how I really need to get out of this state. Enjoy.
Article #1
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021075621_potshivelyxml.html
So, it's common knowledge for Washingtonians that pot is legal here to a certain degree (being an Oregonian, I'm not too familiar with the details), but I found this extra awesome. RETAIL MERIJUNANA. He goes on to say how much money it will bring him and that he's going to outsource the whole thing to Mexico and his final remarks are about how much he loves the plant. I must not be a good businessman because I don't see how this is going to make a ton of money, you know, with pot being illegal in the US and Mexico. I really need to get out of this state.
Article #2
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/05/fast-food-workers-plan-strikes-around-seattle/
This is a seemingly harmless title, and I went into it not knowing what to expect. Turns out, the nice folks working at fast food restaurants are on strike, but it's an organized random strike inasmuch as what place has their employees strike. But why are they striking? They don't get paid enough. Not like minimum wages are already destroying small businesses, these guys aren't happy with their $9.19 an hour, they want at least $15 an hour. WHAT!?!?! Nobody drops out of middle-school and lands a job making $15 an hour. But these guys claim that they can't make a good living with their wages. Look at it this way, minimum wage jobs aren't careers, don't pretend they are. Get an education and make more money. These people are crazy.
Article #3
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/05/bail-set-at-1m-for-man-accused-of-putting-crying-baby-in-freezer/
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. So, I'm sorry for laughing, but I'm laughing at this story, and not at the baby who could have died. Here's what they say happened. The man (not sure if father?) was tired and the 6 week old baby wouldn't stop crying so he decided to put the baby in the freezer to shut her up. Well, he ended up napping for an hour and when the baby's mother walked in the house, she caught him taking the baby out of the freezer. All this article said was that the baby was taken to a hospital and that her internal temperature was 84 degrees. I hope she lives, and that this man doesn't make bail. And to think, this guy probably just got home from striking about wanting more money for working at Taco Bell and was tired and upset. Yeah, I need to get out of this state.
*Note in case Washington tries to kill me. All articles are copyrighted by The Seattle Times. Article headlines are accompanied by the link to their respective article.
Article #1
So, it's common knowledge for Washingtonians that pot is legal here to a certain degree (being an Oregonian, I'm not too familiar with the details), but I found this extra awesome. RETAIL MERIJUNANA. He goes on to say how much money it will bring him and that he's going to outsource the whole thing to Mexico and his final remarks are about how much he loves the plant. I must not be a good businessman because I don't see how this is going to make a ton of money, you know, with pot being illegal in the US and Mexico. I really need to get out of this state.
Article #2
This is a seemingly harmless title, and I went into it not knowing what to expect. Turns out, the nice folks working at fast food restaurants are on strike, but it's an organized random strike inasmuch as what place has their employees strike. But why are they striking? They don't get paid enough. Not like minimum wages are already destroying small businesses, these guys aren't happy with their $9.19 an hour, they want at least $15 an hour. WHAT!?!?! Nobody drops out of middle-school and lands a job making $15 an hour. But these guys claim that they can't make a good living with their wages. Look at it this way, minimum wage jobs aren't careers, don't pretend they are. Get an education and make more money. These people are crazy.
Article #3
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. So, I'm sorry for laughing, but I'm laughing at this story, and not at the baby who could have died. Here's what they say happened. The man (not sure if father?) was tired and the 6 week old baby wouldn't stop crying so he decided to put the baby in the freezer to shut her up. Well, he ended up napping for an hour and when the baby's mother walked in the house, she caught him taking the baby out of the freezer. All this article said was that the baby was taken to a hospital and that her internal temperature was 84 degrees. I hope she lives, and that this man doesn't make bail. And to think, this guy probably just got home from striking about wanting more money for working at Taco Bell and was tired and upset. Yeah, I need to get out of this state.
*Note in case Washington tries to kill me. All articles are copyrighted by The Seattle Times. Article headlines are accompanied by the link to their respective article.
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