Archive for March, 2006

Go Harvard

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Wow, if I had been smart enough, I could have gone for free back in the day.
Though that’s a big IF.=)
Truth be told though, my nice fancy liberal arts college did hook us up well enough with financial aid that it cost me less to go to my private college then to state [...]

Jarhead

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Now that was a good fucking movie. I haven’t seen a good movie in ages, but this was finally one. I’m surprised it didn’t do better in the box office.
An apt choice, since my brother in law is now in his first day of boot camp in Texas. I am sure he will be fine, [...]

Swing and a Miss

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Turns out I need more time at VP and should have a senior woman mentor for my career. ‘Tis what they say.
I translate it to mean I need to be more “visible” to the organization.
So in other words, be more political.
We’ll see. Ugh. I burtn on politics early on in my junior year of [...]

Rejected!

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Huh. So I got turned down from this program I applied to for work, to develop talent in VPs. I don’t know why yet.
So until I find out the “official reason”, if I find out any, I can only wonder.
I will admit, I hated the entire process. From essay questions asking for my work strengths [...]

The Allergies Strike Back

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

That’s right. My perennial sinus fight has now morphed into allergies. Allergies? I never had allergies! I am a child of the outdoors, of freshly cut grass, winds off the water and fields of flowers. I do not have frackin allergies.
Except the doc confirmed it, so apparently I do. What a pain in the ass [...]