How did I make it this far?

It's a good thing that I decided to take a look at my notes to figure out how close, or how far, I was to the actual answers for the exam I just finished. Or rather the exam that just finished me! Nah, I'm still living and breathing, but now I'm not filled with the desire to scream profane explitives.

I hate exams. I really do. I tend to blank out, can't think of anything that we covered in class that seems remotely close to what I would consider helpful, and then in the end I just spew out anything that I can think would be close to what the right answer could resemble, because at that point I'm willing to write anything down, and I usually do. Oftimes I've written comments on how much I loathe exams, and how I should reconsider what I'm doing. I did that again on this exam, almost making me wonder if I should have gone into the Arts instead. But then again, we all know what happened when I took Drama 149. I'm thinking I should stick with sciences and engineering.

I do enjoy writing, but that's just it. I enjoy it. J.R.R. Tolkien enjoyed writing, but as a hobby, not a profession. He was an Oxford professor for the most part. I also hate working under deadlines, but I wouldn't get anything done if it wasn't for them. Gah. Speaking of which, I have an assignment due tomorrow of which I've only completed one quarter. I'll see what I can get done tonight, and I'll also see if I can find another pencil, because I broke the pencil I have now during the exam I just wrote. It wouldn't be that bad, aside from the fact that it was a mechanical pencil! Grrr...

New Toys

I didn't so much find new toys as I found new applications for iPaq. Avantgo is a wonderful little site that allows me to keep up to date with the news and weather. And it's free! That was actually something that I picked up from someone at church. Then I discovered The Core Pocket Media Player (link might not work)from a customer at work. I really like it aside from the fact that it doesn't play .avi files as well as I thought they would. Meh.

And then of course I have discovered the greatness that is YanCEyWare. I want to get a job that brings a lot of money in my direction so I can donate a massive amount to this guy. Wow. This software makes scriptures very easy to study from, and there is also a multitude of other good books to read. Classic literature such as Charles Dickens, Count of Monte Christo, Portrait of Dorian Grey, Odessey, Iliad, the complete works of Shakespear, and the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe are a few of the numerous titles.

I also have a CD coming my way because I found a spelling error in Vue Weekly. I don't know which one I'll get but I looked through the list of albums they have available, and I picked out five.

1. Weird Al - Straight out of Lynnwood (Hey Al! I'll have you know that I'm not a Canadian Idiot)
2. Dreamer - Soundtrack
3. High School Musical - Soundtrack (Haven't seen this, but I thought the songs were catchy)
4. Five for Fighting - Two Lights
5. The Last King of Scotland - Soundtrack (Haven't seen this either, but I like soundtracks)

I'll be getting an email soon from them and I'll find out the details then.

Another interesting link here. It's a brilliant commentary on the power of dreams and monsters.

And another year passes

One year older and wiser too. Happy Birthday - to you! I'm now 28 years of age, and I constantly wonder if this is where I truly wanted to be. I can't imagine why not. I'm almost done school, I have a wonderful wife, baby is on the way, and the prospect for employment never looked better!

Nevertheless, I was a little shaken after I read this article about the oil and gas industry. This is probably due to the fact that I'm looking to apply for employment with one of the said oil and gas companies. Getting on board with a utility would be the way to secure long term employment, and Alberta is the place to get a job like that.

Then there's the other side of the coin in which the abundance of money has crushed the infrastruce of Fort McMurray. I would be just as happy to find some downtown property and live in Edmonton. With my job, I might go all over the world. Europe, Saudi, State-side, who knows maybe Australia. It's just an odd feeling that I have a reasonsibility to society to implement the education I've aquired for the sake of something good, like powering homes and busineses. I've spent the past five years of my life figuring out what goes into making electricity, and energy is a huge market right now.

I like my job at the Source, but if there's no power for the electronics sold nor operating towers to sustain the wireless networks, I might as well work at McDonalds. Oh wait. There wouldn't be power to keep the building running. Hmm...

Good thing I ride my bike to work. I'll need some sort of generator to keep the heat on during the winter.

I need sleep.