Just a quick update...

The new job is going really well. Logistics is pretty hard to understand at first, lots of things to know, and lots of little things you need to remember. Today was a good day, a lot of things actually started to click. I was able to do a lot on my own today, and also helped the company out a little bit. Feels good.

Logistics is a pretty great field. Not many people have a true understanding of it until they are in it for a while. Kind of a cool little nitch, I guess.

Wow, it's been a while!

A lot has happened since the last post... I'll try to give some quick updates:

1. Had an interview with an international logistics company on Thursday. They are looking for an intern, but in the interview they added that they "would never show talent the door". So, that's inspiring. I should find out on Monday if I got the internship.

2. I need to get into better shape. I've been doing an hour of cardio 4 days a week to try and get thinner. Once that happens (ASSuming that it does) I'll incorporate weights into my routine. Ideally, I'd like to get into a size 4... we'll see.

3. Registering for my LAST semester of undergrad on Monday. That's exciting, I've been waiting along time for that! I plan to sign up for: Strategic Management, Marketing Strategy, Consumer Behavior, International Logistics, and Chinese. Yes, Chinese.

4. GRADUATION! May 18, 2007! Should end up with a double major in Management Organizational Behavior and Marketing from Benedictine University.

5. Starting to think about the GMAT...

6. March '08 will be 3 years with Luke. Things are going really well, I love him very much.

Looking forward to the future, all around.

I was tagged! Haha. Thanks, Matt...

- Go to IMDB.com and look up 10 of your favourite movies.

- Post five (5) official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for these 10 picks.

- Have your friends guess the movie titles.

Here are my picks:

1. Death, corrupt prison officials, sadistic warden, crow, hope.

2. Kiss, hero, bar, date, turtle.

3. School, gummi bear, boyfriend, shower, pool.

4. Crime, dumpster, cocaine, revenge, whipped.

5. Abortion, love, opposites attract, teenager, gossip.

6. Alien, homicide, wedding, motorcycle, virgin.

7. Recovery, marriage, alcoholics anonymous, rowboat, daughter.

8. Window, lake, sex, aging, face slap.

9. Grief, friend, death, roomate, dentist.

10. College, arm wrestling, computer, fundraiser. beer.

How the Senators voted...

The following senators voted against making English the official language of America :
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Now, the following are the senators who voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits. They are grouped by home state. If a state is not listed, there was no voting representative.
Alaska : Stevens (R)
Arizona : McCain (R)
Arkansas : Lincoln (D) Pryor (D)
California : Boxer (D) Feinstein (D)
Colorado : Salazar (D)
Connecticut : Dodd (D) Lieberman (D)
Delaware : Biden (D) Carper (D)
Florida : Martinez (R)
Hawaii : Akaka (D) Inouye (D)
Illinois : Durbin (D) Obama (D)
Indiana : Bayh (D) Lugar (R)
Iowa : Harkin (D)
Kansas : Brownback (R)
Louisiana : Landrieu (D)
Maryland : Mikulski (D) Sarbanes (D)
Massachusetts : Kennedy (D) Kerry (D)
Montana : Baucus (D)
Nebraska : Hagel (R)
Nevada : Reid (D)
New Jersey : Lautenberg (D) Menendez (D)
New Mexico : Bingaman (D)
New York : Clinton (D) Schumer (D)
North Dakota : Dorgan (D)
Ohio : DeWine (R) Voinovich(R)
Oregon : Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania : Specter (R)
Rhode Island : Chafee (R) Reed (D)
South Carolina : Graham (R)
South Dakota : Johnson (D)
Vermont : Jeffords (I) Leahy (D)
Washington : Cantwell (D) Murray (D)
West Virginia : Rockefeller (D), by Not Voting
Wisconsin : Feingold (D) Kohl (D)

(Thanks, Brad)

I'm writing my term paper for my Contemporary World class on school shootings, described as a plague. Of course, my main focus will be Cho and the Virginia Tech tragedy. But I'm also focusing on the Columbine Massacre that happened 8 years ago. I was reading about Columbine all over again and couldn't read more than a couple of pages before I had to stop and think about something else.

What I have been reading about Columbine in the past few days is far more in detail and far more twisted than I had remembered. I actually found a site that had some of Harris and Klebold's journal entries posted, it made me sick just reading what they were saying and then thinking about what they had done. I don't understand why people would do things like this. One of my main points in the paper is that it's so hard to distinguish a true danger from a semi-normal teenage kid.

I remember writing less than cheery poetry in high school, and so do most people, I'm sure. Before the massacres, what made Harris, Klebold, and Cho any different than nearly a quarter of young men their age? Their parents all made statements that they never could have dreamed that their sons would do such a thing. Well, what parent would? If I were to find that my son (or daughter) has been writing similar journal entries (or blogs, or whatever else) I'm not sure what I'd do. Talk to him? Have him committed? Have my husband deal with it? Do nothing?

Of course my heart goes out to the victims and their families, that goes without saying. But, I'm not sure anything like this can be detected early enough to prevent something from happening...

I'm a little confused as to what to do with my last year of undergrad. I'm set on getting my degree from Benedictine University, I just can't decide what to get it in. I have 11 classes left until I can graduate. My current (newest) major is Management and Organizational Behavior. I have 4 classes left until I'm done with the requirements for that degree. However, I have not yet met my the 120 credit hour requirement, which means I need to take 6 "free elective" classes. I am taking one class, online, over the summer - Management and Labor Relations. After deciding on that I got to thinking that 6 classes is a lot, especially if I just take 6 random, GPA boosting, classes. So, after talking to many advisors, here are my options...

-Double majoring. Management - Organizational Behavior and Marketing.- Taking 6 random electives (classes that interest me or easy A's).

- Getting a minor. Most likely in Psychology. Or maybe Law, History, Communications...?

- Use the 6 classes and try to fit in as many classes in foreign language as I can. Either more French, or maybe learn some Spanish?

- Spend my last semester (Spring of 2008) studying abroad. Benedictine has partnerships with schools around the world. Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) and Strasbourg University (France) are the two that stick out to me the most. Studying abroad would really set me apart from other applicants while going after positions in business. It also shows that I'm flexible and have the upper hand in International Business. Plus, I'd get grants, so it wouldn't be anymore expensive.

Benedictine has many other partnerships in countries such as: Japan, India, Greece, Mexico, Ireland, China, Scotland, Australia, Spain, Korea, Italy and of course France and Denmark.

Just kind of thinking out loud. Comments are more than welcome.