Shutt16′s Weblog

Some life things

April 8, 2010 at 2:30 am (Uncategorized)

Well, it’s that time. Graduation is coming and the students are mulling about in disbelief. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t one of them. My roommate has been commuting and oddly enough, although I find the privacy relaxing, I miss the company.

I was 30 seconds too short on my verbal presentation today. Apparently, my professor had put up a sign indicating this to me on the back of a piece of paper, written in light pencil. Well, apparently points were deducted for committing said crime. Fortunately for me, I will be getting over that within the next.. oh wait, since I just blogged about it NOW I FEEL FANTASTIC. I FEEL FREE OF ANY RESIDUAL PAIN AND AGONY. (lawls-o-meter 9). I really like vlogging but I find I only like to do this with my friends via private messages. Not really for Joe Bob and Randy Smith to enjoy, if you catch my drift.

Also, I’d like to point out my fascination with Zinc. Whenever I feel a cold coming on, I pop one of these bad boys and the next day I feel better/ It’s possible that half this is mental, I really couldn’t tell you though. Scientifically, anyway. Stop. I CANT. IM A BUSINESS MAJOR. Which brings me to my other two rants. The first one begins with being pigeon holed into a job based solely on your major. What is that about? I know that Nielsen basically told me since I was X major, I could go into X role. I said that I was flexible and the rep said “Oh, well we place people based on their majors!” I said “Oh, that’s too bad you are restricting people based on an education that 90% of the shit you learned won’t actually be used. In fact, they’ll train you the way they want to. Yeah, she didn’t really know what to say and honestly, I probably shouldn’t have gotten upset at her. Shes just the rep. She didnt make the rules. She follows them. My other rant is about a great story I heard on NPR while driving to the gym/grocery store the other day. Some Dr. said that the quickest and easiest way to judge a person is to see how they react to good news…that’s happening to you. For instance, you get a promotion. You tell Mary. Mary says “cool” and has no further inquiries. Now take Kevin who says “Oh my God, that is fantabulous!” and asks all sorts of questions. You know, I have found this to be SO true. I really like it and I’m going to start keeping track more often .

When I was on the plane coming back from a trip to California, I sat next to the father of the son who created T Shirt Hell. He said something that really resonated. “If you want to make a decision and you’re stuck between options, ask yourself this: ‘Do you feel light, or heavy?’ about it? Does it make you feel good and light taking that option?” You can see where he was going with that. It’s a quick rule that I’ve applied a TON of times since he unleashed his fatherly wisdom all over me in the aisle seat of United Air.