Thursday, September 18, 2003

My future employer is so funny. I called him today to tell him that I was going to take his job offer. Then he starts kidding around about how I can't have the job now. I started to laugh, he was really good too; he went really into it and then starting talking about how he hired someone else. He even got me to think that he was serious. Then he drove it home, talking about how his boss told him to hire this other guy and that I gave them the impression that I didn't really want to work for them. I was really getting nervous, and I just kept waiting for him to tell me it was all a joke... He never did.

  Tuesday, September 16, 2003

I guess it's time to explain the deal to everybody. I was hesitant on explaining where I would be working cause the possibility existed that I might have two job offers but an opportunity with Westinghouse didn't pan out, so I know where I'm going to be now. Pay attention, cause I have a feeling I'm not going to like talking about work with my friends very often, so this is the best job description you'll ever get out of me

Very shortly, hopefully before October, I will begin working for a small company called Bettendorf and Stanford. My official title will be Sales Engineer, but my job is a lot more dynamic then that. I get to travel around the country peddling these industrial sized bread slicers to bakeries and servicing the slicers that others have already bought. I get paid on commission or a base salary whichever is larger for any given week and I do a ton of traveling. Since I'm working with the customers, I'm expected to convey their opinions as well as to work with the design teams to make the machine better.

quesmj: so when someone says "best thing since sliced bread", do you take any credit for that

Ques said that, and I kind of do. I'm going to take pride in my work and it will be fun. This is what I would want right now. It's a chance to go places and work in a very non-bureaucratic culture. I have to know just about everything about this company and the people that work there, so I will get a chance to learn some of the things about people that I haven't figured out yet. It would seem like the economics and consulting education will come in handy, I may even make use of the computer science stuff because right now their website is lame. Sorry chemistry background, I'll have to find something later in life to use you for.

I have to move to Salem, Illinios. That's about an hour away from St. Louis, three and half South of Chicago, and one and a half outside of Terre Haute which someone mentioned as 'Ed distance.' For those of you who can't use mapquest to find out where I live then you can whip a picture of the US and compass and triangulate my position. I should be going out there next week to find a place to stay, if anyone from back at school wants to go with me to find a place let me know, we could do it on a Wednesday or something.

When I left school last spring I had the idea of making a little gift for my friend Stu that I never got around to making. Being that I am leaving Indiana tomorrow I figured this was one of my last good chances, so I made a nice little compilation CD of Stu songs. A 'Stu song' is a song in which the word 'you' can be replaced with 'Stu' and they are fun to sing with a big group of people when Stu is with you. The disc consists of these quality songs:

AC/DC - Stu Shook Me All Night Long
Barry Mailow - I Can't Smile Without Stu
Bob Dylan - Stuck in the Middle With Stu
Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 Stu
Cheap Trick - I Want Stu to Want Me
David Cassidy - I Think I Love Stu
Eminem - Cleaning Out My Closet (I never meant to hurt Stu)
Guns n' Roses - Stu Could be Mine
The Romantics - What I Like About Stu
Scandal - Goodbye to Stu
Sister Hazel - All for Stu
Dido - Thank Stu
Everclear - I Will Buy Stu a New Life
The Carpenters - Close to Stu
Biz Markie - Just a Friend (Stu got what I need)
U2 - With or Without Stu
Smashing Pumpkins - Killer in Me is a Killer in Stu

Stu appreciated it and overall the last week was a nice little trip, and I look forward to being back for homecoming.

My dog died today.


I'll miss you puppy, and I wish I had a better picture of you.

  Thursday, September 04, 2003

Would you believe that I got a job today? A REAL job. It seems that I am a contradiction to those who said playing video games and sitting on my ass wouldn't land me anywhere. After I was told that I got this job, I celebrated in true Pittsburgh fashion, by talking to inanimate objects:

Holy shit car! We're going for a ride with someone that has a job! That's right gas station, I'm going to buy stuff with all the money I'm going to have! You hear that urinal, you are recieving piss from an employeed man! No, I don't need you receipt, because I'm better then you!

I'm extremely happy that I get to find this out while I'm in Indiana with the frat boys. I can celebrate with my brothers, who are probably the people that are most excited for me. Peace Y'all!

  Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Yesterday I had the oppurtunity to eat dinner with my old high school physics teacher, Mr. Serrapere. We were discussing my future and what I'm capable of. He actually asked me if I had a million dollars what I would do? I just leaned back, smiled, and said, "I'll tell you what I'd do: two chicks at the same time."

Ahhh Office Space, you will never outlive your usefulness.