Did You Know That?

I just found out that you can follow whatever website you want on blogger. That's right, it doesn't have to be an actual blog. It might not appear in the dashboard but it still provides updates from that site. Did you know that?

What?

A couple of days ago the unthinkable happened. I got feedback from a company and they actually want an interview with me. WHAT? Yes, they emailed me asking when I was available for an interview. Yay!

Anyway, I will know this Friday if I will finally be employed since my graduation. Although it is not the exact job I've always wanted, it is something to pay the bills with; welcome to adulthood. This part time position at RGIS will allow me to remain in the Raleigh/Cary area although it requires a good amount of travel, I think.

I'm just thankful for this opportunity that God has given me to gain interviewing experience and possibly add a source of income for myself.

Called up from the Minors

I hate when I have three good blogger subjects on my mind and then when I sit down to write about them I completely blank. My sincerest apologies. Anyway, from an earlier blog post I spoke about spraining my ankle. Consequences of this were obviously not being physically active. I was unable to play wiffleball, basketball, go up steps two at a time, etc.... until today. I've been called up from the minors again to play in the major leagues.

I played wiffleball and basketball today, and boy I'm glad I can. I went out to shoot some hoops at Lake Park after playing wiffleball with the guys, and of course two white freshmen asked me if I wanted to play 21; "Sure", I replyed. Five seconds later I was shooting the last shot to win. It happend twice before the kids walked to the other goal to play 1v1 with each other.

Also, something I saw this past week: One of NC State's football players was in a car accident this past week and broke his leg. Its great that he is ok and is not in any critial condition but it is troublesome for the team and the fans to see Nate Irving rehabing again. My prayers go out to him, his family, and the football team.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

A. Go see it ASAP.

It is your birthday.

Cozy Tiger Bed

What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit? Don't you worry you pretty striped head we're are going to get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed. And hen we're gonna to find our best friend Doug and then we're gonna give him a best friend hug. DOUG DOUG OHH DOUG DOUGGY DOUG DOUG! But if he's been murdered by crystal meth tweekers.... then we're $#!+ outta luck. :-(

Beat you to it Michael! HA!

The Hangover
Stu's Song

NBA Chances Growing Slimmer

Last Sunday I was ballin with some friends on campus and through all the times past of not getting hurt I've finally broken that trend. I landed akwardly on my right ankle and heard a loud pop. I'm fairly certain I sprainged it and have been icing and applying pressure on the site for a week now. It has progressed very well so far and I hope to be active sometime next week. I'm sorry fans but it looks like the NBA scouts won't be looking at me for a while.

Whats Better In Climax Than A Little Hail?

Yesterday was my... second, I think, encounter with a hailstorm. There were wind gusts up to 55-60 mph and rain was actually pushed up under our window sills and into our house. Kinda funny actually. I challenged my brother to see who could hold their arm out into the hail the longest, but neither of us tried, but we did almost throw our cat outside to see what would happen.

After the 15 min storm had passed by we soon found out that the biggest tree in our neighbors farm had split in half! It was an amazing sight... to see a tree that had been there for all my childhood and at times to watch the multitudes of birds flock there to now be reduced to a McDonald's sign (cause it looked like a big M). Also, our other neighbor Harold had a tree fall on his shelter beside his log cabin. Boy was he lucky; the tree was propped onto the building and not through it!

Additional fun fact of the day: we were watching Jeopardy and they had a religious category with the last question being "What are Quakers". The producers were probably snickering when they thought of putting that in there... "no one will get this, haha. they're probably extinct by now". False.

I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!

Due to lack of funds, my roommates and I decided to save money by canceling our cable tv and only having an internet connection. Therefore, Hulu has continued to be our best efforts at watching tv. After most of the shows we watch ended their seasons I was lost for about a day or two until I decided to make myself watch shows that were of great less quality than that of The Office. The first show I began following is called Legend of the Seeker.

I watched the entire season in about 4-5 days; totalling up to 22 episodes about an hour each. It was basically a Lord of the Rings vibe with a hero that was destined to destroy an evil king. Yay. Nothing more to say about that.

But more recently, a show called I'm a celebrity, get me out of here! has uploaded onto Hulu and... wow, it sucks. As far as entertainment goes, it is fine. But all in all its the same as watchin Laguna Beach. The whole idea of the show is to take celebrities that live the good life, throw them into a Costa Rican rainforest and tape it. They are all there for charities of their choice in which raises support for as long as they stay in the jungle. The catch is at any moment in the show, one only has to say "I'm a celebrity, get me the **** outta here" and they give up and go home. They all spend weeks there while doing challenges like in Survivor and one gets voted off my "America" as in American Idol.


Here is a list of who all is in the show:

Spencer Pratt - The Hills
Heidi Montag Pratt - The Hills
Sanjaya Malakar - American Idol: Season 6
John Salley - Former NBA Player
Janice Dickinson - yeah... self explanatory
Stephen Baldwin - Actor
Daniel Baldwin - Actor
Lou Dimond Phillips - Actor
Torrie Wilson - Former Women's WWE Wrestler
Fraces Callier - Comedian "Frangela"
Angela Shelton - Comedian "Frangela"
Patricia Blagojevich - Politician's Wife
Holly Montag - The Hills

The First Slap in the Face

Well, as of yesterday I am no longer being considered as an option for a Mathematician for the NSA. Honestly, I didn't expect much success with this application due to my two and a half minute resume and poor grades. I might have been able to change some minds if I was called in for an interview to explain why my math grades were average. Physics has yet again blocked me from entering into the realm of the workplace.

Although this setback is depressing, I have found some more mathematician positions in other government agencies and am planning to applying to positions within the Dept of Energy, Dept of Treasury, etc. Hopefully they will not be as strict as the National Security Agency was (in all fairness they should be).

All I can keep doing is applying to positions and praying and waiting for God to open a door somewhere. And if it isn't His will for me to work at any of these places then what a trial this will be to get through. At least I'll have the peace and comfort that Jesus gives; I think that is the only thing that could get me through this job hunting period.

The Commodities of a BS Degree in Physics

Today I decided to re-begin my job searching escapade. I discovered a sort of "search engine" for the job application process for federal positions a while back. I had originally waited to invest time within usajobs.gov because I had not yet received my official transcript. So today I found three positions that interested myself, and of course had nothing to do with my Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. I applied for a physical scientist position located in the Research Triangle, an Environmental Engineer position also in the Research Triangle, and an Internal Revenue Agent position. I know I have real background knowledge of any position but hopefully the reviewers will be completely astonished and privileged to get my consideration. Lets face it, I'm a freakin catch.

Time to Grow Up

Since I graduated on May 9th, 2009 in Riddick Hall, the very hall I spent laboring for this BS degree in physics that is greatly coveted by all of humanity, it feels as if there is another semester left. I honestly don't feel as if I have departed from NC State. Maybe when I am decline entrance into the gym it will finally hit me. At least the volleyball games are free admittance to the public :-).

Anyways, now I'll try to catch you up on what I've been doing since wearing that death gown. I drove back home later after graduation. I had hoped to see my project friend Elizabeth on Saturday to catch up considering her summer plans will take her away from the Raleigh-Durham area. It could possibly be my last chance to see my project friends, hopefully that wont be true.

Back home in Climax has been the usual along with a good amount of praise from my accomplishment in Raleigh. I actually was informed that I have a connection within an environmental engineering firm. It is a world wide company and from the chatter through my aunt I heard that they are looking for temp summer jobs to fulfill. Hopefully I will be able to be considered for a position there to get my foot in the door.

The Coma is Gone!

I just wanted to give a shout out to Michael Wilson because I know for a fact he has given up on me and my effort to blog. After finals and my removal from Raleigh, which may actually happen after the summer, there will be a greater product of blog entries. Patience is something we all need to learn!

My Quantum Class

This video covers the topics discussed in class today. Specifically on the animated part around 5 mins in.

Bo's and Bruises, Bruises and Bo's

Third post in January... Sweet, ok here it goes. I've been wanting to post a video for no reason, but haven't had any luck. Apparently my camera automatically loads .mov files instead of .wmv which causes problems for windows. I tried hard to download a program to convert the files but all I found were seven day trials. So I apologize for the lack of excitement my page possesses. The eye is all I got, woohoo.

IM Bball is coming up this week, so in preperation for it my team played some pickup on Friday. It went fairly well, considering our starting 5 is out with an ACL tear. Unfortunately I got on a blocking spree and decided to jump and let someone undercut me. Next thing I know I'm horizontal, 6'5'' spread sideways, and CLUNK. Bones on floor, no padding cause I'm skinny. It numbed my right side for a good minute and a half. Its all good though, bone bruise on my hip, bruise on my elbow, and a nice strawberry under my armpit. Fun stuff.

Anyway, today I went to The Summit in Durham to visit some project friends. The message was great, of course who wouldn't like one from J. D. Greear, and I think everyone there has never seen a 6'5'' college kid before. All the girls went home with neck problems because they all kept looking up at me. All they had to do is ask me to squat down. After the service we went to Bojangle's and had a good 2-3 hour loiterfest there. It was great to catch up and just hang out for a little while. Poor Chris got lost and got there right as we were leaving. It's ok though, he offered to arrange the next rendezvous (big word).

I got a free book at church, its entitled "The Treasure Principle" by Randy Alcorn. It looks like a good read, only 90 pages. So far its been about Matthew 13:44, I'll let you look that up.

Destination

For the past week I've been thinking about the same thing. After coming back from Encounter and just chillin with the church, I really can't wait for Christ's return. Our eternal destination will be in the presence of the God who created us and gave us a life-giving spirit. Conferences like Encounter show us what our eternal lives will be like; of course its not a perfect demonstration considering we are not yet perfectly transfigured for God's glory and of that nature, but in any way it shows the joy God's love brings to all of His children. A building full of strangers praising the same name and a sense of connection with all those present; what an insane picture of a miraculous work.

The church, although tainted by human nature, is one of the things I am praising God for this week.

Song of Inspiration:
We Need Each Other
- Sanctus Real

Encounter 08: Brief Overview

For four days college students from all over the mid eastern south gathered at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC. We all spent our winter break together praising and worshiping Christ. The theme this year was Christ the Redeemer. Rhett and Link hosted the conference and were hilarious, of course. The speakers were amazing, particularly Crawford Loritts and J. D. Greear.

I had the privilege of rooming with Andrew Slater, Morgan Evans and Taylor Anderson; they were all hilarious. We spent a good amount of time getting to know new people at the conference who were NCSU students. I also met and chilled with some students from Daytona Summer Project 07 with Patrick Smith. On one night I hung out with some of those who were there from my Santa Cruz Project. It was a good time for reflection and reminescing.

We had a New Year's dance party on the last day. Believe it or not, but yours truely got down on that dance floor and shook his tailfeather. I danced with several groups; first with some NCSU kids, then I had to show off my moves to the UNC crowd. Later on I was with Pat and his friends, then I went did some akward dancing with some strangers.