http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20298840/site/newsweek/page/0/
Is it just me or has this suddenly gone too far? Every single right an privilege that Americans have enjoyed for so many years is under attack, and some of them are already gone. I'm completely disheartened with our government at this point. I've never trusted politicians and now I can see that I was always right (yay), as much as it pains me to say it. I don't know if its just that I'm more aware of the political environment now that I'm older and reading more about the news, or if things are just worse now than they were.
There is something to be said about learning to appreciate a good news story. A succinct and well researched piece is truly something to behold. I can remember having no interest in the news only a few years ago. Well, maybe some interest... but not a lot. I feel like I want to speak out and try to shake the apathy from not only my eyes, but also those who are around me. The number of times I've seen people shake their head in disgust at reports of wrongdoings by our nation's leaders compared to the number of actual demonstrations of their opinions is shockingly low. I am definitely one of those who tries to not get involved. "Someone should do something about that!" I say to myself. Truth be told, I'm an adult now. As scary as that sounds, this new role I'm playing gives me every right to be that "someone" who takes action. Whether I have the courage to or not, is still to be decided.
wish me luck
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Current post
California.
Life is interesting. I suppose I was in a contemplative mood when I wrote that last entry a month and a half ago. It made me think, though, now that I finally got around to writing it up. In a way, I'm glad it took me this long to post it. My life has been very hectic in the past few weeks as I've been running around like a crazy person trying to get everything accomplished. In some ways, I realized that I've strayed a bit from what I wanted to do, and in other ways I'm doing exactly what I want to do.
The Cisco Choice program that I just finished is a three week whirlwind that literally throws the company at your feet and challenges you to find a single manager/team that you feel you will get along with the best and whose work you're interested in. It's scary in a way to think about how much time I spent with groups, taking away from their time to do work just so they could get me to choose their project to work on. Some managers spent an hour with me, and this one guy was a 2nd level manager, so not too shabby. I ended up joining a Security team doing Firewall stuff for their routers and such. The scary thing is, I've never really taken a security course or anything of that nature. This is particularly exciting since it gives me an opportunity to learn tons of new stuff. The other exciting thing is that I am the 2nd person on my team. WTF!!?!? yeah... new team. Lots of exposure to managers... new and interesting stuff... but also a team that if it doesn't produce... will be disbanded... meaning I just get reassigned to another project. Not the worst thing ever. I'm definitely looking forward to the work though, sounds pretty interesting, even if I'm just going to be doing bug fixes for a few months until I get up to speed.
The people who started on the same day as me are great though. We all get along really well which makes me really happy. The first week before work started and the first few days of work were kinda lonely for me. I still have trouble talking to people for the first time but it turned out ok in the end. I was lucky enough to have a small group of people starting with me. 14 of us here in San Jose instead of the groups of 30-50 that were starting on other days. Much easier to get to know everyone, and we all hang out on weekends. So yeah, now that I have internet, I should be posting a bit more often. Drop me a line if you want to talk. Haven't really kept up with as many people as I wanted to... but that's only half my fault :-p
Life is interesting. I suppose I was in a contemplative mood when I wrote that last entry a month and a half ago. It made me think, though, now that I finally got around to writing it up. In a way, I'm glad it took me this long to post it. My life has been very hectic in the past few weeks as I've been running around like a crazy person trying to get everything accomplished. In some ways, I realized that I've strayed a bit from what I wanted to do, and in other ways I'm doing exactly what I want to do.
The Cisco Choice program that I just finished is a three week whirlwind that literally throws the company at your feet and challenges you to find a single manager/team that you feel you will get along with the best and whose work you're interested in. It's scary in a way to think about how much time I spent with groups, taking away from their time to do work just so they could get me to choose their project to work on. Some managers spent an hour with me, and this one guy was a 2nd level manager, so not too shabby. I ended up joining a Security team doing Firewall stuff for their routers and such. The scary thing is, I've never really taken a security course or anything of that nature. This is particularly exciting since it gives me an opportunity to learn tons of new stuff. The other exciting thing is that I am the 2nd person on my team. WTF!!?!? yeah... new team. Lots of exposure to managers... new and interesting stuff... but also a team that if it doesn't produce... will be disbanded... meaning I just get reassigned to another project. Not the worst thing ever. I'm definitely looking forward to the work though, sounds pretty interesting, even if I'm just going to be doing bug fixes for a few months until I get up to speed.
The people who started on the same day as me are great though. We all get along really well which makes me really happy. The first week before work started and the first few days of work were kinda lonely for me. I still have trouble talking to people for the first time but it turned out ok in the end. I was lucky enough to have a small group of people starting with me. 14 of us here in San Jose instead of the groups of 30-50 that were starting on other days. Much easier to get to know everyone, and we all hang out on weekends. So yeah, now that I have internet, I should be posting a bit more often. Drop me a line if you want to talk. Haven't really kept up with as many people as I wanted to... but that's only half my fault :-p
backpost...
So I wrote this on the flight out to California on the 2nd of July, just on a sheet of paper I had. I never got around to posting it, but better late than never right?
Leaving Ithaca
It is without a doubt that my time at Cornell has been some of if not the most amazing times of my life. Everyone always says that college is supposed to be the best time of your life and I don't think I fully understood that until now. I know that I have grown a lot mentally as well as emotionally. While much of this growth has really only come in the last year or so. The odd thing about this sob story is that I don't miss Ithaca as much as I thought I would. Driving away as I watched campus disappear in my rear-view mirror, I felt a twinge of sadness but the feeling passed almost as quickly as it came.
I do not know what life has in store for me, and the uncertainty is a little maddening. I know I have to have confidence inmyself. I need to have more confidence in other people when it comes to certain matters in my life. I have been burned by people in the past, but most of these things were so long ago I feel a bit dumb using them as reasons to myself. I think I will make a concerted effort to share my thoughts with the ones who are closest to me. Sucks to be ya'll :-p
Time to be serious.
Leaving Ithaca
It is without a doubt that my time at Cornell has been some of if not the most amazing times of my life. Everyone always says that college is supposed to be the best time of your life and I don't think I fully understood that until now. I know that I have grown a lot mentally as well as emotionally. While much of this growth has really only come in the last year or so. The odd thing about this sob story is that I don't miss Ithaca as much as I thought I would. Driving away as I watched campus disappear in my rear-view mirror, I felt a twinge of sadness but the feeling passed almost as quickly as it came.
I do not know what life has in store for me, and the uncertainty is a little maddening. I know I have to have confidence inmyself. I need to have more confidence in other people when it comes to certain matters in my life. I have been burned by people in the past, but most of these things were so long ago I feel a bit dumb using them as reasons to myself. I think I will make a concerted effort to share my thoughts with the ones who are closest to me. Sucks to be ya'll :-p
Time to be serious.
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