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FluidMotion
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Country: United States
State: Minnesota
Metro: Minneapolis
Birthday: 3/28/1985
Gender: Male
Interests: Billiards, Computer Hardware, OC, Photography, Dance, Lights, parties... raves... cars
Expertise: not sure... computer graphics... animations...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Computers (Internet)
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Member Since:
8/29/2002
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| Searching for jobs is quite difficult. Especially since I am just graduating, I find that it is hard to know exactly what you want to do. I have applied at jobs that do primarily only programming to jobs that do only hardware design. The hard part is that I am not sure exactly what I want to do and obtaining your first job is extremely important for your future.
The first job sets precedence on the skill set that you will obtain, and in turn, the skill set that any future jobs you apply to should want.
The first job also sets precedence the amount of compensation that you would be expecting to receive in the future. For example, if you earned $50,000 per year on your first job, the following job may hire you for $60,000. But if you earned $70,000 on your first job, the following could be $80,000. It would be odd for a company to pay you $80,000 when your previous job was just paying you $50,000.
I have also learned through my years of work that environment and organizational structure have a large influence on whether or not you would like your work.
There are many more factors of course, but to me, these seem like the biggest issues. If I had a family, the benefits would also be an important factor. I am guessing for most new college grads, the benefits are not as important as the compensation.
But for new college grads, the opportunities to move around, experience more, and move up within a company seem to be more important than that of stability of a company. Stability may be more important for people with a family.
One other factor is location. Location does not affect future job employment as much, but it does affect where you will begin to root yourself down. Now, if I find a job in Minnesota and get married the following year, it would be much harder for me to move.
Too much to consider and too little time to make a decision.....
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| I've noticed how anti-social I have become in these past few weeks. The reason I give for it can be demonstrated in the last couple days. People randomly pulling fire alarms causing you to evacuate buildings in the middle of the night. Also, tons of drama for no reason. One case, a friend of mine is acting retarded. He doesn't call me to go hang out or anything when we used to go hang out all the time. And then, out of the blue, he calls me and tells me he wants help because he's afraid some guys are going to jump him. I'm thinking, wow, I haven't talked to you in a while and that's the only reason you want to call me... but the good friend I am, I still go (this is in the middle of the night). Well, I get there and he's starting to calm down and then he acts like it's not even important that I came out.... how retarded is that. No appreciation ever... Next case, an ex of mine owes me some money and I didn't make a big deal out of it. So, I just ask nicely for her to return it (after a full year!). She agrees and even sets a date for herself. When that date comes and passes, I think, well its probably in the mail so I wait 2 full weeks. Still no response or letter, so I finally decide to e-mail her. What does she do? Gives me nothing but lip and attitude. But we at least set a new date. Last case, I stay over at the gf's place once in a while, (probably about half the time, and she stays at my place half the time). Well, we are very considerate almost all the time for her roommates. We rarely make much noise or do anything other than eat and sleep there. On top of it, I rarely am out of her room. We mostly just stay inside her room and away from any of the common areas. Well, her roommate that she also shares a bathroom with is making a big fuss about everything. There were several points, including: 1. Bathroom cleanliness: in my response, I always lift the seat when peeing, and put it back down when I am done. I have never since I was very little have I ever peed without the seat up. And I am fairly certain I have never forgotten to put the seat down after. I leave the bathroom in better condition than it was left. If there was any splashes, I always wipe down the toilet. She is talking about how some how there was pee on the toilet seat and it was me. I definitely did not pee on the seat, because it will never be down when I am peeing. What it most likely is, is her or the gf's hair dripping water after coming out of the shower (I always fully dry before leaving the shower). The only time I have seen the seat up, is when her bf was over and used the bathroom. My bathroom at home is cleaner than theirs, as well as more organized. 2. Being over too much: I figure, she can think of it this way. I spend about half the week there, and my gf spends about half the week over at my place. So, it is about even. Why complain? It's not like when I'm there I am bothering them in any way (other than if I have to cook). In any case, I haven't said anything, nor will I, because it isn't really my place to say anything when I am not paying rent there. But sometimes, I just think people can be way too picky. The truth is, if I wasn't over half the time and she wasn't over at my place half the time, there would be a bigger difference at the apartment because my gf would be there all the time. I really make almost no mess at all and probably keep the place cleaner than it would be. | | |
| good song by ah-mei.... 如果你也聽說 - mp3 download
作詞：李焯雄
作曲：周杰倫
突然發現站了好久 不知道要往哪走
還不想回家的我 再多人陪只會更寂寞
許多話題關于我 就連我也有聽過
我的快樂要被認可 委屈卻沒有人訴說
夜把心洋蔥般剝落 拿掉防衛剩下什么
為什么脆弱時候想你更多
＊如果你也聽說 有沒有想過我
像普通舊朋友 還是你依然會心疼我
好多好多的話想對你說
懸著一顆心沒著落
要怎么負荷 舍不得 又無可奈何
如果你也聽說 會不會相信我
對流言會附和 還是你知道我還是我
跌跌撞撞才明白了許多
等我的人就你一個
想到你想起我 胸口依舊（然）溫熱＊
許多話題關于我 就連我也有聽過
我想我寧可都沉默 解釋反而顯的做作
夜把心洋蔥般剝落 拿掉防衛剩下什么
為什么脆弱時候想你更多
重復 ＊
如果你也聽說 有沒有想過我
像普通舊朋友 還是你依然會心疼我
跌跌撞撞才明白了許多
等我的人就你一個
想到你想起我 胸口依然溫熱
如果你想起我 你會想到什么 | | |
| I don't think I'm good with trips... idk what to do at all.. I guess parents might have been right that I only need a week at most in each place. I have seen all the sights in hk now.. except 1 or 2 that I want to do. Just got back from Macau today. Very bad luck at the casinos!  . Oh, well. I might be getting a little homesick... or just that I really want to ride the motorcycle or drive! Although I have driven for like 15 minutes here in HK. Drove friends porsche boxster-s. Its pretty nice... just a bit weird driving on the opposite side of the road. Got to make sure ur not over lanes or anything. I'm trying to decide right now of whether or not I want to go to the phillippinnes or vietnam and visit or if I should just come back to HK for a week. btw... I got FAT, haha. or my face got fatter... or it did before I left too, but I just didn't notice... haha. I wonder if I weigh more.... I don't think I do... been walking a lot, so it should burn off most of the food I eat...
right now... just biding my time because I don't want to write this paper that I have to for the seminar..... Also, my opinion of americans has drastically decreased over the period of my seminar... they are unwilling to accept other cultures, unwilling to try new things, and think they understand everything. People in my seminar thought they could figure everything out on their own and they always just dragged everyone else down with them. So stupid... and they don't even try different foods and judge the chinese culture based on their limited point of view (limited in my perspective because they have not traveled nearly as much as I have). Despite some points I understand and agree with, most are just ignorant. | | |
| I feel like I'm really scared to leave. It has been a long time since I have been out of country, and I have only been out of country by myself (without family) once! Mostly, I'm scared of myself... My life still doesn't feel very balanced. I'm scared of my thoughts... I haven't really been completely by myself for several weeks at a time... EVER... When I am by myself, for example riding the motorcycle, for several hours I do talk to myself and talk to the motorcycle. Sometimes some weird shit does come out... so I wonder how it will be for a longer period of time.. I am also a bit apprehensive about whether my friends in asia will have that much time to show me around. I haven't planned much out, so I guess we'll see how it goes. I need to learn how to plan stuff out better, haha. Wh I don't even have time to plan though, I leave the day after my last final and I still haven't really started studying for finals either. Going to wing one final tomorrow because its only 20% of my grade The other two that I have are 40% of my grade, so need to focus on them more. Amazingly I'm doing above average in almost every class, even though I don't go to any class except for quizes/tests. This semester was too easy.... but I guess seniors have other responsibilities like Job applications and grad school applications that take a lot of time. Bringing my little 4 gb ipod, so need to choose what songs I want to listen to for 2 months, haha. Its going to be impossible to choose all the right cd's... | | |
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