Where to start...
Well after a year of doing nothing with my website, I finally did... well, something!
I started on a new design almost a year ago, but due to school/work/life/coding issues, I just put it on the back burner, which then apparently got turned off. Well I turned it back on, moved it to the front burner and got crackin'. The layout is done, and the content is up, and I even added some snazzy things like a dynamic Flickr gallery for my portfolio page!
With the website news out of the way, let's move onto my life! I graduated high school and couldn't be happier. I did not enjoy high school too much, that's for sure. It was easy but way too clique-y. That's all over, and in 6 days I move into my dorm at the University of Cincinnati. Now that couldn't make me happier. I am so ready for college and I have been since I graduated. The part that sucks is that UC starts so late compared to all the other schools my friends have gone to, so for the last month or so it's just been work or hanging around the house with my parents. Not to worry though, the wait is almost over!
My parents and I have been dorm shopping, quite a few times actually. With all this extra time before I move out, we've kind of made it less of a big deal and just picked up a few items here and there, and it's really made things simple! I have a large, really large, pile of "dorm stuff" in the spare room that I have yet to go through and pack up nicely, but I guess I'll have to start on that this week!
Let see... yesterday was my last day at Cold Stone. Not sure if I am sad or happy. Maybe a bit of both? Compared to my first job (grocery store), Cold Stone was SO much easier. Nicer boss, better co-workers, better hours (until you put in your 2 weeks and then they give you 0) and overall just a better way to get paid. Although with most employees being my peers, drama was just about as high as during high school. Bottom line, the pay wasn't the greatest but the ease of work and tone of people I worked with made it a positive 2 year experience. Who knows, if I don't find anything else I might be back there during breaks and summers.
Also more recently, on my way home from hanging out with some new friends from UC (that I met over the summer via orientations and open houses) my car hydroplaned on the interstate into the cement wall. I wasn't going very fast due to the heavy ass rain, but it was fast enough to do $2000 damage to my car =(. She's being fixed, but I doubt I'll have it back in time to drive again before I leave. I can't complain though--it's not totaled, I'm safe and my parents+insurance paid the bills. I only had to pay my ticket cost, which ended up being only court costs due to some major confusion on the citation and a few other events which are a story all their own.
With this minor update I leave with feelings of anxiety and nervousness, as well as excitement and pleasing anticipation. 6 days until I am living on my own and fending for myself. If living on your own for the first time isn't enough, throw in living with 3 new people I barely know as well as being in a program designed to overwork and over-stress you. All i can hope for is the ability to look back on this in 5 years and still have the same feeling of knowing this will give me the tools I need to succeed in life.
I started on a new design almost a year ago, but due to school/work/life/coding issues, I just put it on the back burner, which then apparently got turned off. Well I turned it back on, moved it to the front burner and got crackin'. The layout is done, and the content is up, and I even added some snazzy things like a dynamic Flickr gallery for my portfolio page!
With the website news out of the way, let's move onto my life! I graduated high school and couldn't be happier. I did not enjoy high school too much, that's for sure. It was easy but way too clique-y. That's all over, and in 6 days I move into my dorm at the University of Cincinnati. Now that couldn't make me happier. I am so ready for college and I have been since I graduated. The part that sucks is that UC starts so late compared to all the other schools my friends have gone to, so for the last month or so it's just been work or hanging around the house with my parents. Not to worry though, the wait is almost over!
My parents and I have been dorm shopping, quite a few times actually. With all this extra time before I move out, we've kind of made it less of a big deal and just picked up a few items here and there, and it's really made things simple! I have a large, really large, pile of "dorm stuff" in the spare room that I have yet to go through and pack up nicely, but I guess I'll have to start on that this week!
Let see... yesterday was my last day at Cold Stone. Not sure if I am sad or happy. Maybe a bit of both? Compared to my first job (grocery store), Cold Stone was SO much easier. Nicer boss, better co-workers, better hours (until you put in your 2 weeks and then they give you 0) and overall just a better way to get paid. Although with most employees being my peers, drama was just about as high as during high school. Bottom line, the pay wasn't the greatest but the ease of work and tone of people I worked with made it a positive 2 year experience. Who knows, if I don't find anything else I might be back there during breaks and summers.
Also more recently, on my way home from hanging out with some new friends from UC (that I met over the summer via orientations and open houses) my car hydroplaned on the interstate into the cement wall. I wasn't going very fast due to the heavy ass rain, but it was fast enough to do $2000 damage to my car =(. She's being fixed, but I doubt I'll have it back in time to drive again before I leave. I can't complain though--it's not totaled, I'm safe and my parents+insurance paid the bills. I only had to pay my ticket cost, which ended up being only court costs due to some major confusion on the citation and a few other events which are a story all their own.
With this minor update I leave with feelings of anxiety and nervousness, as well as excitement and pleasing anticipation. 6 days until I am living on my own and fending for myself. If living on your own for the first time isn't enough, throw in living with 3 new people I barely know as well as being in a program designed to overwork and over-stress you. All i can hope for is the ability to look back on this in 5 years and still have the same feeling of knowing this will give me the tools I need to succeed in life.
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Posted on 09 Sep 2009 by Brock Arthur