The Black Parade

Listening to the new My Chemical Romance album right now, pretty good stuff so far. A much different sound than what I am used to from them, but very nice. Just got done playing a pretty awesome game of Ultimate. I very much enjoy playing Ultimate, especially with the team I have right now. I am going to be sad when I graduate and I can't play with all these guys again...

I am so stoked, I get to register for my final semester of college tomorrow. I usually am excited about registering, just because that means its getting close to the end of the semester and such, but this is so huge. I won't have to do this again. This will be it.

Kinda speaking on that graduation subject, I applied for my first job today. Two years ago (almost) I had applied for an internship at Skyline Technologies in Green Bay. I know a guy that works there and he threw my name in there and I interviewed for the internship and everything. The guy seemed to really like me and I was offered the internship, the only problem was that they didn't want me just for the summer, they wanted me over the fall too (that would have been last fall), meaning I would have to miss school. After serious consideration (since the money would have been AWESOME and the experience would have been great), I declined, stating I didn't want to miss school and just wanted to finish..good reason I felt. Only 3 months after that, I found the job at the University Store, which I am still at. I feel that was really a god-send, since the amazing experience I have gained here at the store is pretty much unsurpassed (as well as the awesome people I have met and worked with :)) The guy that I interviewed with at Skyline was really cool about everything and told me to contact him again if I needed anything...so I did tonight - with my resume and application for a job next summer. Yeah, it is kinda early, but how sweet would it be to already have a job before my final semester starts? I would feel so secure already, plus who knows, I could go out to GB a couple times before summer starts, do some training, have a little leg up before I actually start full-time. I don't want to get my hopes up too high, and I have put my resume out at a couple job websites too, but man, this job at Skyline would be sweet as hell.

Besides that, we look toward the holidays and spending some time with our families. Things have gotten a little murky with that...Kirsten's rents were originally going to be in Washington over X-Mas, so the majority of our time would be with my family...well now come to find out Lori's mom (who has had some problems in the past) is sicker than originally thought and they aren't really sure how long she is going to make it (long story, don't really want to get into it)..long story short, they are most likely canceling their trip, which kinda messes up our plans. But we pretty much got it figured out now, so it shouldn't be too bad. But man, this having to split time crap is annoying. I hope we won't have to do this forever...just make people come to us when we move back, lol.

I am looking forward to finishing this semester and looking toward the future. I will have to focus big-time on my final CIS class next semester, but that is about it. I will be very antsy all semester, I already know it...will have to be working on training a new guy at work and just ready to get outta here, lol.

Keep Kirsten's Grandma in your thoughts and prayers and cross your fingers for my job, this could be a big chance for me!

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969...

Let's see what the song for this blog will be...ah, awesome, Minority by Green Day...kinda fitting, heh.

I hate starting blogs like this, because I seem to do it often, but damn it has been a while. I have been keeping fairly busy and whenever I think about posting, I am not at the computer...then when I get to the computer I always come up with other things to do and forget about this. Not a whole lot of interesting stuff has happened in the last month. The TV show is progressing nicely, we had a nice meeting about it a few weeks ago and got some stuff hashed out, we will most likely start shooting over winter break with a majority of the shooting taking place over second semester. I have been appointed with the title of head writer, along with Jason, mainly because we came up with a good amount of ideas before the meeting and such...so I am one of the main guys that the scripts have to go through, which is great :) I still haven't fully decided as to what other capacity I will be partaking, whether I want to audition for a role or just do crew (I know a lot of the guys want me to audition, but I wouldn't mind just be an extra/guest-star, heh)

Married life is treating me very well...since most of you seem to ask me that a lot, hehe. I really couldn't ask for a better wife or person to spend my life with. She gets me (most of the time, hehe) and I get her...and it's just great. Times can get rough, especially when it comes to money woes and such, but we are able to support each other and we know it will all work out for the best eventually...it just takes time. We went and looked at a house in Black Creek a couple weeks ago...and it made me realize that wow, I am growing up. Yikes! Heh...yeah, I know, I probably starting feeling that way when I got MARRIED this summer, lol...but it just makes me realize more and more that as every day passes, I am one day closer to being completely done. Being at a point where I never thought I would get to: a college graduate. It honestly feels like just yesterday I was sitting in high school, wondering who this Dan Podell kid was that I was going to be rooming with...and now he is probably one of my best friends. I honestly can say I don't know where I would be right now had I not come here. I know I would be a much different person, probably wouldn't be married, wouldn't have met some of the most amazing people ever...I will be sad to leave in May, but man I cannot wait. I am ready for another new chapter. I am ready to be a grown-up...I guess, hehe. But really...I wouldn't trade these last four years for ANYTHING. I feel I have grown so much as a person, as a friend, as a husband, heh. No regrets, that is what I always say.

Mmmm, now Hotel California is on...gotta love the Eagles. Only six weeks left of this semester, I feel pretty good about where things are. I should do...decent in most of my classes. My philosophy class is pretty awesome, prof is great and the class is pretty much a breeze. I just gotta buckle down and do decent work in my others...then its on to my final semester and only 8 credits :) I might, if need be, pick up a couple BS classes to get to 12 credits, if my financial aid forces me to be a full-time student, but I would rather take a little cut in the aid then take classes that will just take away from my CIS 480 class, which I really want to just kick ass in. The other two classes I will be taking, one is just once a week on Thursday afternoons...and the other is an archery class that is only one weekend in like..March I think. So the other times I will be working and that's it. Man, next semester is going to rock...just can't get behind in 480, heh.

I am very much looking forward to finishing this semester and spending some time at home...Kirsten and I are going to take some time off of work and head to Appleton for probably around a week, just spend some good quality time with the family and not worry about anything. Ooooh...now Led Zepplin is on with some Kashmir! iTunes seems to like me tonight, heh.

Overall, I really can't complain. I am anxious...and ready...and antsy...and excited...and scared shitless at times, heh. But I got my baby, and shes got me, and nothing can go wrong when I am in her arms :)

Rock on, kids.