Oh What the Hell!

So I get to my apartment all ready for the new school year to start. Everything is all fine and dandy, I have everything I need and I'm ready to kick ass and chew bubblegum. I go and start up my computer and much to my dismay, it can't "remember" how to run EXE files...

So here I am, NOTHING works, EXCEPT Mozilla for some extraordinary act of God. Well hell, it could be worse right? At least I can look online to fix my problem. Well I found a pretty good link here that walks through 2 major ways of fixing it.

Nothing is worse than a computer that forgets how to run. Maybe it's time for an upgrade, mine's starting to become senile.

Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangster

Well, it's almost the end of my stay at my internship. I just got a performance evaluation, and I have to say, it gave me quite the ego boost. I was rated a LOT higher than I even expected. I basically got all "exceeds expectations" with a couple "meets expectations" and "NA" thrown in for good measure. I also had some comments at the end, which were pretty standard about how my personality is a more low key one, and that if I want to have my skills recognized by upper management, I need to be more outgoing. I already knew that was a weakness for me, so that's not really a surprise.

What did surprise me is that I was seen as having "a skill level of an electrical engineer with several years of experience". I mean seriously, I have I really done anything that a seasoned engineer would even do? I mean sure, I've put in my fair share of input into the designs and done a substantial amount of the workload, but I don't really feel that the stuff I've been working on has really been very difficult. Either way, it was quite the ego boost and I can't complain about that!

When my supervisor was going over the evaluation with me, he pretty much said that he was going to take it up the chain to get me an offer. He said the only thing that would potentially hold me back from receiving one would be the lack of contracts the company would have at the time.

It just makes me think, "If they're so impressed with my work ethic and ability, doesn't that mean that other companies will be just as impressed?". It just makes me think that I might be selling myself short. If they want to snag me, then that means that other companies most likely want to snag me as well.

I guess I'll just have to do a lot of interviewing this coming school year and check out as many options as possible. I won't feel satisfied unless I KNOW this company will be the best choice for me. The one thing about it is the location. I really like the low key, cheap living that I've grown accustomed to living here. The location is definitely a plus (for ME anyway).

It's such a weird sensation to feel as if I'm "growing" again. Seems like I've been in a state of pseudo-hibernation as of late (past year or so).

"Damn it feels good to be a gangster."