I went and got my haircut today, and while I was sitting there ignoring the stylist talk non-stop about here stupid life, I wondered...
Why in the five minutes that it takes to get my haircut do I not only hear stories about your father's birthday, but also about your boyfriend, and your quad motorcycle. Why doesn't she shut up. I don't care about how her father's birthday party went. Just ask me the usual questions about how I want my haircut and do it!
The worst part is when the lady you get doesn't speak "Engrish" very well and still talks excessively. I don't know why I haven't gone to Chris's wife Cindy yet, but after today I just might start. Even though I would have to go to Washington Square, I think it would be worth the trip...
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Monday, August 29, 2005
Jeld-Wen is Over
So the Jeld-Wen finished up really well. It was good for the tournament and the golf course. There was a 2-person sudden death playoff that provided some good excitement, and the 3rd great finish in as many years for the Tradition since coming to my golf course.
And now I am so glad to see it go, so that we can get back to our normal way of life at the course. I got recent info that my job will be getting more time consuming, since we now have like 20 shotgun tournaments in something like 15 days. There will be many back-to-back events which will make for some exciting days. But after that the tournament season is over, and we move on to the "Please give me more hours" rainy season.
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And now I am so glad to see it go, so that we can get back to our normal way of life at the course. I got recent info that my job will be getting more time consuming, since we now have like 20 shotgun tournaments in something like 15 days. There will be many back-to-back events which will make for some exciting days. But after that the tournament season is over, and we move on to the "Please give me more hours" rainy season.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Jeld-Wen Day 3
The locker room has to be one of the most boring jobs there is. I stand in a little office and wait for players to give me something to do... Could be dry cleaning, shoes, or just a towel. So basically I spend most of the day cleaning up after them and standing around.
If you haven't heard Google now has an IM/VOIP program out. Downloaded it as soon as I saw it. Wish I would have invested in their IO, would have made lots of money, and they only look to be going up.
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If you haven't heard Google now has an IM/VOIP program out. Downloaded it as soon as I saw it. Wish I would have invested in their IO, would have made lots of money, and they only look to be going up.
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Monday, August 22, 2005
Jeld-Wen Day 1
Well today started out really shity (is that with one T or two T's....)! I got a terrible nights sleep and woke up to a flat tire on my bike. By the time I had got to work the day was not going well...
The day did get better, the locker room job is fairly neat. I get to see all the guys behind the scenes and do a little bit of talking with them. Most of my work is just standing around and making sure they have everything they need. So it can get boring some times. But it is only Monday and there are only a few guys here, so tomorrow should be more exciting.
David Duval was out and did a little clinic for the children. It was cool to watch him hit balls. I wish he could return to the form of old...The most incredible thing that I can say about watching a PGA Tour caliber player hit golf balls is that no matter what club he is hitting, the trajectory is always the same. This leads to consistency that I have never known, and could only dream of.
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The day did get better, the locker room job is fairly neat. I get to see all the guys behind the scenes and do a little bit of talking with them. Most of my work is just standing around and making sure they have everything they need. So it can get boring some times. But it is only Monday and there are only a few guys here, so tomorrow should be more exciting.
David Duval was out and did a little clinic for the children. It was cool to watch him hit balls. I wish he could return to the form of old...The most incredible thing that I can say about watching a PGA Tour caliber player hit golf balls is that no matter what club he is hitting, the trajectory is always the same. This leads to consistency that I have never known, and could only dream of.
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
Spending Money
As most of you know I am a cheap bastard! And as everyone knows you have to be while your in school... But I found what I think is a great deal and I just can't get myself to spend the money.
I found a 40 gig Sony Vaio mp3 player that comes with a remote control and a USB docking station for $229...
Sony's stuff usually kicks ass, so my guess is that this would be fairly awesome. CNET rates it like a 7.5, so you know that's more like an 8 to 8.5 due to all the dumbasses that have one little problem and give it a 1.
I will have to see if I can round up some money somewhere so that it wont feel bad to spend some....
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I found a 40 gig Sony Vaio mp3 player that comes with a remote control and a USB docking station for $229...
Sony's stuff usually kicks ass, so my guess is that this would be fairly awesome. CNET rates it like a 7.5, so you know that's more like an 8 to 8.5 due to all the dumbasses that have one little problem and give it a 1.I will have to see if I can round up some money somewhere so that it wont feel bad to spend some....
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
ING Goes Up
If you haven't jump on the ING deal yet, you should now. With the government announcing a small increase in the national interest rate, ING decided to up there rate again. It's now at an astonishing 3.3%...!
Like I said, it will keep going up so jump on it.
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Like I said, it will keep going up so jump on it.
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Monday, August 15, 2005
Michelle Wie Testing
This morning we had Nike out at the golf course for most of the day doing testing on some new balls. Tigers ball engineer, Rock, was there. And we talked a little while about why they had come out. They were there to do some testing on a new Nike One Black and then the had a special lady coming out to do some club testing...
We all new already that it was Michelle Wie. He just didn't want it to spread to much. After we did our ball testing he told us that she had the same ball speed as one of our top professionals Steve Burch. They both have a ball launch speed of about 175 mph, I was in the 165 range. Rock said with a better matched setup I could probably get up to around 170. That's the plan next month when I go down to Tigard and get fully set up at Nike!
Later on Michelle pulled up into the west end driving range area that was closed of for Nike in a nice big limo. I was at the other end of the driving range and saw her warm up and proceed to hit drivers. She was hitting them almost to the red flag green, which from the west end is almost 300 yards, and she had a slight breeze into her. It was amazing. They had like 20 people down there for her, just to test some new things out.
If I get on as an engineer I hope that I will be able to be at some of these testings for professionals, it just would be awesome to be that close to these guys as they do there thing.
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We all new already that it was Michelle Wie. He just didn't want it to spread to much. After we did our ball testing he told us that she had the same ball speed as one of our top professionals Steve Burch. They both have a ball launch speed of about 175 mph, I was in the 165 range. Rock said with a better matched setup I could probably get up to around 170. That's the plan next month when I go down to Tigard and get fully set up at Nike!
Later on Michelle pulled up into the west end driving range area that was closed of for Nike in a nice big limo. I was at the other end of the driving range and saw her warm up and proceed to hit drivers. She was hitting them almost to the red flag green, which from the west end is almost 300 yards, and she had a slight breeze into her. It was amazing. They had like 20 people down there for her, just to test some new things out.
If I get on as an engineer I hope that I will be able to be at some of these testings for professionals, it just would be awesome to be that close to these guys as they do there thing.
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Saturday, August 13, 2005
Summer Class is Over!
I am so stoked! Class is finally over, and I have a month and a half to just kick back and work my ass off at work :( ...
I think my final went well. Going into it I had one of the highest grades in the class I believe. So it should turn out okay. I have registered for the Fall. I am taking my Senior Project class, Quantum Mechanics, Digital Signal Processing, and Control Systems. Fairly heavy load but some interesting topics. Just 1 year to go, so scheduling classes is getting a little difficult. I need things to fall almost perfectly in place for me to get my EE/Physics major and Math minor...no worries...
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I think my final went well. Going into it I had one of the highest grades in the class I believe. So it should turn out okay. I have registered for the Fall. I am taking my Senior Project class, Quantum Mechanics, Digital Signal Processing, and Control Systems. Fairly heavy load but some interesting topics. Just 1 year to go, so scheduling classes is getting a little difficult. I need things to fall almost perfectly in place for me to get my EE/Physics major and Math minor...no worries...
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Karen Got a Job
So Karen finally got a job. She got hired on at Nike doing Insurance Claims Customer Service. Not bad being unemployed for only 3 weeks. Funny thing was she didn't even have an interview. They just called her up and told her that she had the job. She did go through a hiring service, Adecco, that did like pre-interview, but Nike didn't...She's over-qualified for the position so the job should be fairly easy. Hopefully though it will lead to bigger and better things.
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