NINE

Well shoot guys, back with a blag post. What are the haps, you ask? Well, work is going pretty smoothly, I am moving tomorrow, and oh yeah the semester is over.

Finals week was pretty easy, but not easy to be motivated for. I only had two real tests, and one of them wasn't much of a final. The hard part was having to write a bunch of papers. That's partly my fault though, because some of them were things I hadn't done in the past thanks to my lack of motivation. Got everything done the best I could though, so I'm happy to be moving on to next semester, which is going to be rad.

As for moving, I've been living in this house for almost a year, and I've had the same roommate for almost two years, so it should be a little weird being out of here and back with the parents for a few weeks. That part will be familiar, but we'll see how it goes! Hoping to find another place just for the summer, or perhaps for next year as well. I have done a bit of packing, but there is a lot left to do. At least I don't have that much stuff!

Anyway, that's about it for tonight. More news as it happens. Also if you're here and you want to read something better, check out any of the folks on the side over yonder! They rock. ->



(TELEVISION) RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: Community, on NBC. I'm quite surprised this hasn't shown up in a blog post yet. Oh well, here's what you need to know. It's pretty much the best comedy out there. The cast is amazing. The references are amazing. It's on Thursdays. Watch it.

EIGHT

So! Last day of job training. It went well. I am really glad that I don't have to get up at 7 AM any more, because it was really doing a number on my sleep schedule. Not built for that. I start my actual super-sweet field work tomorrow, and my first paycheck should be coming in about a week after that! So if you didn't fill out your Census form and send it back, watch out! I'm going to be knocking on your door and like, asking you questions and stuff. With authority. Working a job that involves so much paperwork and so many acronyms and codes feels really official. So does this:


The last day of training involved a sort of quiz about what we had learned this week I missed two questions out of the 30, and they were the two that everyone else also missed and our supervisor agreed were poorly worded/wrong, so I felt pretty good about that. And just a quick word to the dude that sat next to me, just because you don't know an answer does not mean that it's a trick question, or even "tricky tricks", whatever that means. I'm just saying, muttering under your breath like that all the time is probably not necessary.

Oh yeah, and final exams are next week. So I will be writing a couple papers this weekend, and then hopefully going to class and doing real well on any actual tests. And this semester will be OVER. Finally.

(MUSIC) RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: Illin'-Noise: The Sufjan Stevens Remix Album, by mcDJ(aka Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover). This is, as you may have guessed, a remix album of Sufjan Stevens' Illinois. This guy is way talented as a musician, writer, and actor, and this album ends up being some pretty cool house-y techno with well placed samples.

SEVEN

Fingerprinting is one of the most awkward processes you'll ever go through. Not awkward in the sense of really embarrassing, just awkward because you feel like a little kid. It's something you could easily do by yourself, but someone insists on holding your hand and helping you, which makes the entire thing more difficult. At least I didn't have to do it for the cops!


First day of job training was slow at first. Actually, it was fairly slow the whole time. An hour for lunch was real nice, but sitting around for an hour waiting for the aforementioned fingerprinting wasn't the best. All in all, it was just that, a huge amount of signatures, and a fair bit of listening. I can totally do that this week and get paid. Sounds good to me.

(FILM) RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: Inglourious Basterds. Just in case you haven't seen it yet, it's quite good. If you like any of Tarantino's other movies, you will love this one. The acting is amazing, and it just might be my favorite of his films.

SIX

In keeping with my recent trend of single-minded posts, this one is about video games! Also, my mom told me that she found my blog. Hi mom!

I have a PS3 and a pretty nice computer, but I really haven't had the money to keep up with all the latest games for either of those. However, I did really enjoy one of the last games I bought, (Mass Effect 2) and today I decided to grab this:


BioWare games are usually a solid bet, and I have heard plenty of great things since the game came out (plus the Zero Punctuation review was hilarious), so I am looking forward to trying it out. Now you might be saying, "Connor! What the hell are you doing buying a new game, you have job training this week, and a bunch of stuff to do for school!" This is certainly a valid objection, but in the extensive library of information about myself that I have gleaned from years of being me, the more things I have to focus on, the better I am at focusing on any one of them. We'll see how well that experience serves me in this case.

(TELEVISION) RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: Lie to Me, on Fox. I was very tempted to recommend ABC's Castle just because tonight's episode is SO SO SO GOOD, but Lie to Me is definitely a better show overall. Amazing cast, and there will finally be a new episode this Wednesday. Get into it.

FIVE

This post is mostly/completely going to be about football. Just a heads-up.

I'm writing this as I'm following the second day of the NFL Draft. I have just a few thoughts on the first round. I am pretty pleased with how it worked out for my Seahawks, they addressed two big needs with two very good players. Hopefully this trend continues, so that those picks matter this season. The main reason I was watching the draft was to see where Jahvid Best would be drafted. He is one of my all-time favorite players, from my favorite college program, so I was extremely glad to see him drafted in the first round, but it was a little bittersweet. Why?


Because it was the Detroit Lions who picked him. Now this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The team has some serious weapons on offense, but it remains to be seen whether injuries will complicate their season again. Plus, if the defense is still giving up 40 points every game, Best won't have any opportunity to actually run with the ball. If you haven't heard of this kid, go look up a highlight video. You'll be sold.

With their second round pick, my team selected Golden Tate from Notre Dame. Not a bad choice, we needed some help at receiver and I'm surprised he fell that far anyway. Without a third round pick, that's it for today unless some trade happens later on.

(BOOK) RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. This one is a bit of a cop-out since I'm not reading it right now, but it might be my favorite book ever, and even if you don't usually like fantasy novels, you absolutely need to read this.