So if you know anyone who is looking for a summer internship, have them read through the requirements and apply. I’m pretty sure that A-Train and John and coming up this weekend so we can go camping out at Canyon Ferry. I told them that the fish were biting, so they really want to come up and camp. So today I conducted my first video interview, and it went very well. I got good footage, and the picture and sound quality are excellent, if I say so myself. I’m very glad that I keep organized, because I have tons of meetings throughout the day, and if I didn’t use the calendar on Microsoft Outlook then I would be all lost and screwed up. Also, keeping all of the work in files and tabs keeps you very organized, which comes in handy when you’re going from one meeting to the next, and you can just run back to your office and open the cabinet and grab your next folder. So my dad bought his new truck finally, which is great news to me, because I get his old truck, which is a 2004 Chevy. I have some work to do on it when I get it, such as getting it detailed, fixing the door and tailgate, and getting a new speaker in the driver door. But all of that is pretty minor. This is a sweet truck, and I’m stoked to get it. Well everyone I hope you all had a great week, like me, and that you’re all just as happy that it’s Friday, like me. So once again, TGIF!!!!!!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Great Internship Opportunity!
Thank goodness it’s Friday. Well everyone, we made it through another week, and next week it will be June. Jeez, where do the days go? It really seems long ago that I was talking my last final and packing up to come home so I could start my internship here at the Department of Transportation. Quick shout out to everyone: on our website we have a really cool internship available this summer. It’s called Respect the Cage, and three interns will be traveling the state to fairs and other social events to promote seatbelt use and to promote not drinking and driving. The requirements are on the website (www.mdt.mt.gov): click on the “Careers” and then on the big sun which says “Summer Employment Opportunity”. 
So if you know anyone who is looking for a summer internship, have them read through the requirements and apply. I’m pretty sure that A-Train and John and coming up this weekend so we can go camping out at Canyon Ferry. I told them that the fish were biting, so they really want to come up and camp. So today I conducted my first video interview, and it went very well. I got good footage, and the picture and sound quality are excellent, if I say so myself. I’m very glad that I keep organized, because I have tons of meetings throughout the day, and if I didn’t use the calendar on Microsoft Outlook then I would be all lost and screwed up. Also, keeping all of the work in files and tabs keeps you very organized, which comes in handy when you’re going from one meeting to the next, and you can just run back to your office and open the cabinet and grab your next folder. So my dad bought his new truck finally, which is great news to me, because I get his old truck, which is a 2004 Chevy. I have some work to do on it when I get it, such as getting it detailed, fixing the door and tailgate, and getting a new speaker in the driver door. But all of that is pretty minor. This is a sweet truck, and I’m stoked to get it. Well everyone I hope you all had a great week, like me, and that you’re all just as happy that it’s Friday, like me. So once again, TGIF!!!!!!
So if you know anyone who is looking for a summer internship, have them read through the requirements and apply. I’m pretty sure that A-Train and John and coming up this weekend so we can go camping out at Canyon Ferry. I told them that the fish were biting, so they really want to come up and camp. So today I conducted my first video interview, and it went very well. I got good footage, and the picture and sound quality are excellent, if I say so myself. I’m very glad that I keep organized, because I have tons of meetings throughout the day, and if I didn’t use the calendar on Microsoft Outlook then I would be all lost and screwed up. Also, keeping all of the work in files and tabs keeps you very organized, which comes in handy when you’re going from one meeting to the next, and you can just run back to your office and open the cabinet and grab your next folder. So my dad bought his new truck finally, which is great news to me, because I get his old truck, which is a 2004 Chevy. I have some work to do on it when I get it, such as getting it detailed, fixing the door and tailgate, and getting a new speaker in the driver door. But all of that is pretty minor. This is a sweet truck, and I’m stoked to get it. Well everyone I hope you all had a great week, like me, and that you’re all just as happy that it’s Friday, like me. So once again, TGIF!!!!!!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Burnt to a Crisp!
This week I have been living by myself at the parents’ apartment, since they have been staying out at the lake all week. It’s been pretty nice, since now I don’t have to fight my dad over the new flat-screen TV. So yesterday morning my mom had cooked some burger for me so I could make dinner. Well when she had finished cooking it, she left it in the pan and set it in the fridge on one of those cork pads so it didn’t crack the fridge glass. So when I came home to cook dinner last night, I got the burger out and set it on the burner to warm it up and went out in the living room to kill some time before the burger was warmed. Little to my knowledge, the stupid cork pad had stuck to the bottom of the pan, and I couldn’t even tell when I put the pan on the burner. 
So I was sitting out in the living room, and I smelled something weird, and I thought to myself, “Wow, that burger really smells weird.” So I got up and walked into the kitchen, and it was filled, and I mean filled, with smoke. By this time I thought that the burger had burned and that it was the cause of the smoke, so I grabbed the pan and lifted it up, and the dumb cork pad fell off from under the pan. It was burnt to a crisp, and embers were everywhere at this point. I had to open both doors to get a nice draft running through the house and turn the vent on all afternoon to get the stench out of the kitchen. To add to that, it’s just my luck that there isn’t a smoke detector in the kitchen, I don’t really know why, since that’s where I think most fires would start. Well everyone, I’ll leave you with a piece of advice, always check under your pan before you set it on the burner (LOL).
So I was sitting out in the living room, and I smelled something weird, and I thought to myself, “Wow, that burger really smells weird.” So I got up and walked into the kitchen, and it was filled, and I mean filled, with smoke. By this time I thought that the burger had burned and that it was the cause of the smoke, so I grabbed the pan and lifted it up, and the dumb cork pad fell off from under the pan. It was burnt to a crisp, and embers were everywhere at this point. I had to open both doors to get a nice draft running through the house and turn the vent on all afternoon to get the stench out of the kitchen. To add to that, it’s just my luck that there isn’t a smoke detector in the kitchen, I don’t really know why, since that’s where I think most fires would start. Well everyone, I’ll leave you with a piece of advice, always check under your pan before you set it on the burner (LOL).
Monday, May 18, 2009
Well Happy Monday if There is Such a Thing…
Well Happy Monday if there is such a thing… Camping went great this weekend; the weather cooperated just like we thought it would. My dad, Vance and I went fishing a lot this weekend and did extremely well every time we put our poles in the water. We were trolling with Rapalas and just knocked the crap out of the rainbows. The trout we caught were huge. I’m talking four to five pounds, every one of them. We threw a lot of them back just because we didn’t need all of them and especially since we could pretty much catch them on demand. My dad and I probably tied for the most fish caught this weekend, and Vance definitely brought up the rear. One thing that didn’t go well this weekend were the bugs. They weren’t at our campground at all, but if you got out on the lake, you were swarmed. 
They were huge gnat bugs, I’m not talking about a few bugs, I’m talking thousands and thousands of these gnats. So we really had to fight them off while we were fishing, which is never any fun at all. At least they weren’t mosquitoes because we just would have been bitten into one big lump after fishing. The lake is really down right now because they’re letting water out of the dam. There are a couple of little islands that have popped up due to the drop of water, so if you’re out with your boat you better be looking around for new islands popping up. The water temperature hasn’t come up enough for any rational person to be swimming in the lake, but I saw a couple of crazy people swimming at Senior Beach. The average water temperature was probably fifty degrees, and the warmest I saw it was probably fifty-two degrees, which by any normal person is way, way, way too cold to be doing any recreation in the water. Well I have started to work out this week: I signed up at Fuel Fitness, and I think I will enjoy it. The one thing I really didn’t like about Fuel is that their whole gym is in one large room, which I guess maybe I haven’t been to a lot of gyms in my day, but to me I really don’t like to lift with everyone in one big room. But they have really nice equipment so I should be just fine to lift this summer. My goal is to re-break my squat record when I come in during the fall. I want to set the squat record so high that it will be really hard to break. Well everyone have a great week. I’ll check back in later this week!
They were huge gnat bugs, I’m not talking about a few bugs, I’m talking thousands and thousands of these gnats. So we really had to fight them off while we were fishing, which is never any fun at all. At least they weren’t mosquitoes because we just would have been bitten into one big lump after fishing. The lake is really down right now because they’re letting water out of the dam. There are a couple of little islands that have popped up due to the drop of water, so if you’re out with your boat you better be looking around for new islands popping up. The water temperature hasn’t come up enough for any rational person to be swimming in the lake, but I saw a couple of crazy people swimming at Senior Beach. The average water temperature was probably fifty degrees, and the warmest I saw it was probably fifty-two degrees, which by any normal person is way, way, way too cold to be doing any recreation in the water. Well I have started to work out this week: I signed up at Fuel Fitness, and I think I will enjoy it. The one thing I really didn’t like about Fuel is that their whole gym is in one large room, which I guess maybe I haven’t been to a lot of gyms in my day, but to me I really don’t like to lift with everyone in one big room. But they have really nice equipment so I should be just fine to lift this summer. My goal is to re-break my squat record when I come in during the fall. I want to set the squat record so high that it will be really hard to break. Well everyone have a great week. I’ll check back in later this week!
Friday, May 15, 2009
My First Week!
Happy Friday everyone. Well I have completed my first work week here at the Department of Transportation. I have really enjoyed working here so far. The people are really nice, and I have been keeping pretty busy. The DOT has a maintenance academy out at their pits by Bob’s Valley Market, and they invite workers to come and complete this academy. During this, workers run every piece of equipment, not just the ones that they are specialized in or are used to running. They receive grades during the week of actually
running the equipment, and at the end of the week, a closing ceremony is held, and the workers receive completion certificates, and then the best worker for each piece of equipment is given an extra award. So on Wednesday and Thursday, I was out there getting video of the workers running the equipment and also got some great interviews. I recorded tons of video of the equipment in action, which we are going to use in the DVD we will be putting together for campus recruiting and also high school road show. I even got to drive a loader out at the academy, and it was really sweet driving a huge piece of equipment like that; I even dug a huge hole. So my parents already have the camper and boat out at the lake. 
Vance and I went out last night to try to fish in our boat, but the wind was blowing so hard. I’m talking G force winds LOL. Not really, but it was actually blowing fairly hard. Ms. Abigail will be coming home this weekend, and I’m fairly certain that she will be coming out to go fishing and maybe even stay the night. The weather shouldn’t be a problem at all this weekend, because the forecast is sun and more sun which I’m very excited for; I’m so sick of the wind blowing all this week here in Helena. Well everyone, hope you all have a great weekend!
running the equipment, and at the end of the week, a closing ceremony is held, and the workers receive completion certificates, and then the best worker for each piece of equipment is given an extra award. So on Wednesday and Thursday, I was out there getting video of the workers running the equipment and also got some great interviews. I recorded tons of video of the equipment in action, which we are going to use in the DVD we will be putting together for campus recruiting and also high school road show. I even got to drive a loader out at the academy, and it was really sweet driving a huge piece of equipment like that; I even dug a huge hole. So my parents already have the camper and boat out at the lake. 
Vance and I went out last night to try to fish in our boat, but the wind was blowing so hard. I’m talking G force winds LOL. Not really, but it was actually blowing fairly hard. Ms. Abigail will be coming home this weekend, and I’m fairly certain that she will be coming out to go fishing and maybe even stay the night. The weather shouldn’t be a problem at all this weekend, because the forecast is sun and more sun which I’m very excited for; I’m so sick of the wind blowing all this week here in Helena. Well everyone, hope you all have a great weekend!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Job!
Well everyone, I made through finals week in one piece and have started my internship with the Department of Transportation. So let’s start with last week: Shannon Baby made it down on Friday morning and after my first of two finals, we went to breakfast. Sully, Bo and I drove down together and met Shannon at Great Harvest Bakery which has great breakfast. I had more final that afternoon and Sully and Shannon had to get ready for their graduation party. On Saturday, Shannon’s family came to my house to get ready for graduation. I didn’t go to the actual ceremony; I just decided to go to their graduation party at Shannon’s old house. On Sunday, Ms. Abigail was in Bozeman, so she stopped at my house that morning and helped me pack all my crap up to move to Helena for the summer. I still have my house rented in Butte for the summer, and I’m deciding if I want to move into a different house with two of my football players buddies. 
So I just brought my clothes and such things, but I went back today after work and brought up my bed because I have been sleeping terribly. So let’s talk about my new job for the summer. To start off, my sister and I both began our new jobs on Monday which was kind of strange. I have my own cubical, which I think is pretty sweet, since I have never really had my own office. I really like everyone I work with, and I seem to fit in just fine, but I guess I never have really had a problem fitting in anywhere. On Monday, I did a lot of learning and basic things like setting up my voicemail and email and getting my name badge which opens doors around the building. Then today I was supposed to video a class at the Red Lion Hotel, but that really didn’t pan out like we wanted it to, so I just sat in on the class. 
The class was on behavioral-based interviewing, which is learning how to develop questions to ask the possible candidates. This class was really interesting, and I think that it’s the kind of priceless class that will help me for the rest of my business career. Also, I think that it will help me during my future interviews just knowing how it feels to be asking the questions. Well everyone, this weekend my family and I will be going out to the lake to camp for the weekend which I’m very stoked for. I really want to go fishing on the boat. Well everyone, I’ll check back in later this week! Have a GREAT WEEK!
So I just brought my clothes and such things, but I went back today after work and brought up my bed because I have been sleeping terribly. So let’s talk about my new job for the summer. To start off, my sister and I both began our new jobs on Monday which was kind of strange. I have my own cubical, which I think is pretty sweet, since I have never really had my own office. I really like everyone I work with, and I seem to fit in just fine, but I guess I never have really had a problem fitting in anywhere. On Monday, I did a lot of learning and basic things like setting up my voicemail and email and getting my name badge which opens doors around the building. Then today I was supposed to video a class at the Red Lion Hotel, but that really didn’t pan out like we wanted it to, so I just sat in on the class. 
The class was on behavioral-based interviewing, which is learning how to develop questions to ask the possible candidates. This class was really interesting, and I think that it’s the kind of priceless class that will help me for the rest of my business career. Also, I think that it will help me during my future interviews just knowing how it feels to be asking the questions. Well everyone, this weekend my family and I will be going out to the lake to camp for the weekend which I’m very stoked for. I really want to go fishing on the boat. Well everyone, I’ll check back in later this week! Have a GREAT WEEK!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Shannon Baby Back In Town!
Well happy finals week to everyone here at Montana Tech, if there is such a thing LOL. Today I had two finals, one in Application Programming and one in Statistics, and the AP test wouldn’t hurt my grade if I bombed it, but I had to do well on my Statistics final to pass the class. So this last weekend, Ms. Abigail came up on Friday night, and we actually did something. She always wants to, but we usually end up hanging with the guys or something, so I decided to shake things up a little, and she loved it. We went out to Fairmont Hot Springs, and it felt so good sitting in the hot tub outside. It was such a beautiful afternoon and night out, so that made it that much better. She went home on Saturday, and my mom and sister came down to Udder Insanity. We didn’t win anything, so they went home after doing a little shopping. I bought Gears of War 2, which is a freaking sweet game. Well put it on the calendar everyone, Shannon Baby is coming back to good old Butte for graduation. He will be arriving to Butte on Friday midmorning and will be leaving on Saturday night, which I think he should stay until Sunday. Finals week is always a busy week at the library for pretty much everyone at every college. Some people don’t go to the library all semester until finals week; it’s pretty funny. On Monday, I start into the work force for the summer, and I’m really excited to start this job. Well everyone, I will be doing a lot of studying this week, so I will write another blog sometime this week.
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