First of all, I made a new page for these pictures to make it a little easier on those dialup people. There’s over 160 of them, so enjoy.
I’m also trying to think of all the things I need to write about. My trip synopsis took forever to write, so I’ve missed quite a bit. First thing I can think of is I won Wild tickets! Looks like I’ll finally get to see my team on their last game of the season (that is if they don’t make the playoffs). They’re nosebleed seats, but I don’t care. I’ve decided to take Mandi with me. Hopefully she can get work off. I’m also hoping that we get to play spoilers. The game is against the St. Louis Blues, and they are fighting for a playoff spot right now. What’s crazy is since the trade deadline, the Wild have gone something like 7 straight without a loss. I don’t know how the math works out, but I’d be interested to see where they end up if they win out the rest of the season. I guess they’d have something like 80 points, which might be just enough to get them in. Chances are, they won’t make it though.
Anyone who watches TV knows that it’s March Madness right now. I spent a good portion of the day watching games. So far I’m at the bottom of my pool, but it’s still early. I did very little research on the teams, so I’ll be surprised if I do very well. I’ve got Kentucky winning it all against Connecticut. This year isn’t quite as good as last year. I remember watching games with my friends last year. It was just a lot more fun staring at the brackets and watching my teams.
In my fantasy hockey league, it’s playoff time. Right now, I’m two wins away from winning it all. I am really surprised I did this well considering it was my first year doing fantasy hockey and only my third as a hockey fan. I don’t know how well this week will treat me because I’m up against the #1 guy in our league. Regardless, I’m guarenteed 3rd.
Being that it’s my senior year of college, I’m also on the job hunt. I’ve got a couple good leads right now. One is up in Virginia. It’s kind of a long story so bear with me. It all started a month or so ago when TJ got fired. She was the technical director of my high school. I guess there was some stuff about her coming in hung over and not doing her job very well. Anyway, she’s gone. In her abscence, Bill, a guy who works for a service coop, has taken over. According to my mom, he’s so much more on top of things. They even had him do a full inventory of the schools computer resources. The school board reviewed the inventory (which included some computers almost 10 years old) and decided to put some money into new technology. They are taking bids right now and so far the only bid placed was from the service coop that Bill works for. It so happens my mom was talking to one of the execs at the service coop, and he said they could use me for the summer if they get their bid. I’d be working with Bill to make the network fully switched (they still have 10base hubs), put in a GBit backbone, setup a bunch of new eMacs, and basically get them up to date. I could see having a lot of fun doing all that. I know they’d pay me well too. Being that I’d have a degree, I’m almost sure they’d pay me $12/hr or so. My chances of getting hired are also good. According to my mom, there would be 4 people involved in the decision to hire me. Bill, the exec my mom talked to (Paul), my former Kindergarten teacher and the current Superindendant Patty, and one other guy at the service coop. Being that I’ve got ins with 3 of those people, I’d say I have a really good shot at getting the job.
Also on the job front, is Fishbowl Solutions. My contact with them began back in October. I applied via an online via my school, but never really got in contact with the owner. We played email and phone tag a little bit, but I haven’t tried any communication with him for a couple months. Today though, I got an email from a friend who works there. I guess Tim, the guy in charge, is interested in me and plans to call me for an interview sometime. I’d get to work with a bunch of SJU alumni and live in the Cities! I’d say my chances of getting this job are also fairly good. So things are looking up for me in the job market. Everyone who has ever told me “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” couldn’t have been more right.
Well, that’s it for tonight. Enjoy the pictures and hope for me on the job stuff. Oh and congratulate me on my first full day running in Linux (I used no Windows for a whole 24 hours and it felt good).
