I didn't have a Segway meeting today. Had a meeting with my 452 group. We met with the professors so they could give us some feedback on the project proposal that we've been making. They pretty much told us that our project is going to be hard and that we have quite a bit of work to do. We want to have a cool user interface with graphics and stuff. So since James and I know VHDL pretty well, we are in charge of all that. OMG! haha It should be cool though. I mean that stuff is all pretty neat and it will make our project look snazzy. All the hard part(DSP) will be done on the DSK in C coding. I'm not so HOT when it comes to coding in C but a few of the people in the group are so they are going to work on it. SWEET.
After the meeting we all hung out in the lab for a while getting some stuff done. At 4:30 we all had EECS 496 class. That class is a large waste of time and I don't really understand why I have to take it? It really doesn't make any sense? And it seems like it's mostly geared toward Software people and that's NOT me. ha.
This afternoon I set up my Gallup Profile Interview for Stryker. I did well on my initial interview so I have made it to the Gallup personality assessment. I've read quite a deal about it on the computer and I'm pretty nervous for it. But from the things I've read, it's either you got it, or you don't. If you "pass" then you are a good fit for Stryker, if not then you don't pass and aren't a good fit. I suppose I wouldn't want to pass it and not really be a good fit for the company and waste a bunch of my time and theirs interviewing and realizing that this place is NOT for me. Or worse actually get the job and then realize how its not right. So in a sense I'm not really nervous for the interview, however just because it IS an interview I'm nervous. haha.
Well I am going to go get some stuff done and get ready for tomorrow. Should be a pretty chill day tomorrow. Just class and a tour. And then I have fall break! :) YAY
Good night
-JRA
Another long day of class followed by a boring night of "me time". I'm sick of my daily schedule. I need to do something new. Tomorrow I'm going to to gto get more done. Got my lab report back in 423. I got a 97 on it. Great feeling. I honestly didn't think mine was that complete and thought that I had made quite a few errors in the calculations. Apparently I did it correctly and everything was right. :) The average on it was about a 80 so I did very well. I really do enjoy that class as well as the work in that class. None of it bothers me and it all seems worth while. I am learning so I'm fine with it. Other class that I have this semester on the other hand, I feel like they are all a waste of time.
Pretty lame that an A can make everything feel better.
I need to get all the stuff ready for the gEECS info session that we are holding. It's for some software company I've never heard of, but whatever?
Well I am sleepy. Tony and I are fighting because I want a more solidified relationship. I'm sick of this long distance stuff. He's hardly ever here. But I guess its sort of my fault to beacuse I never go back to S.C. to hang out with him when he's there. I shouldn't even be pressing this. He's here all the time. I just can't wait to have a life with him. I am anxious and need to have patience. I think that's the biggest flaw in my personality. Patience. I'm going to work on that.
I understand that its been almost a month since I last updated. I apologize, but you must understand that I'm currently in my senior year of college, I have a major design project going on, interviews, and then labs and homework to take care of after that. When I do have a SPARE second I try to talk to my boyfriend and have some what of a social life. That being said, I have little time to spend updating cyberspace with the intimate details of my busy life. Right now, I'm procrastinating doing all of the above.
I have had 3 interviews. 2 phone and 1 face to face. 2 of them were with a company called Stryker who I found on a very lengthy search for employment in the state of Michigan, and the other was with GE Aviation Systems. Nothing special in this area right now. Haven't heard back from GE(it was conducted yesterday). And I have to take a Gallup Personality ("Life Themes" they call it) assessment before I move on to the next step in that interview process. Next week I have an interview with Medtronic.
School has been rough. I work a lot and hate it. However I procrasitnate everything until the day before its due which is certainly kicking me in the ass. I need to step up my work game! My MDE is going alright. Sorta weird. I never understand how the lecture have ANYTHING to do with what is going on in the class.... such is school though.
I can't wait to have a job and know what's going to be happening with the rest of my life. I hate this in between period and having no clue and being NERVOUS as hell about getting a job and starting "real life".
I have things to get done.
Later
-JRA
