Friday, May 20, 2005
*Achem*...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL-A-GOAL-A-GOOOOOOOOAL!
Victory Number 1) Brown belt with Red stripe
I tested for my Brown belt with one red stripe this week, and passed quite well, I believe. I made an error on my form, but didn't allow it to phase me and continued the form with snap and power and grace. Board break was a snap (and so much fun!) and my sparing class went pretty well, dispite the fact that I normally think I spar *very* badly, I'm getting some variety in my kicks. I still need to work on combos, though. Hitting my opponent doesn't mean I can stop, It means I definitely need to keep kicking. And if he slips back, chase him down. He can't do anything while he's moving back. Press the advantage.
And believe it or not, this was the smallest of my victories.
Victory Number 2) Multi-Disciplined Engineer II
I got promoted! Raytheon does promotions/raises once a year, probably because it takes them 3 or 4 months to go through the whole process. Raises were, by and large, pretty lousy this year, but the wierd news was that it looked like I wansn't going to get promoted *because I was on fellowship*. See if this makes sense to you. Not only did I do all the work normally required to get someone promoted to E2, I also took a bunch of classes toward my masters degree. If that ain't above and beyond, I don't know what is. But, oddly enough, due to some managerial fluke, someone got it in their heads that fellowship people don't get promoted, and so when I got my raise a week or so ago, I was still E2. Bummer, but they said they'd be able to promote me in December, so I'd only loose a little time, and then I'd be right back on cycle.
Well, good news! Management got off it's collective butt (due to much prodding by my section manager and various project bosses, I suspect) and got me promoted. Bam! E2! I don't know if there is an associated raise, or when that shows up. But bam! Bazow, even. Booyah.
And what else...there was some other thing what was it...some other victory...oh, it's on the tip of my tongue...
3)
GRADE INFORMATION, Spring Term 2005
Course ID Attempted Earned Grades Units Points Course Title
EE-583_3.0_____3.0_______A_____3.0 12.00 Adaptive Signal Processing
EE-559_3.0_____3.0_______A-____3.0 11.10 Mathematical Pattern Recognition
Oh yeah, that. Mmmmgooooooooooal!
Went out to Volleyball on friday, which was quite nice. Saturday I'm heading out to a 'goodbye' party for a fellow co-worker on the beach. Going to be sand, sun, fun, and BBQ! *Gnarmf!* I'm bringing guacamole, because it makes everything better. I'd make my own, but I'm a touch short on time and drive. Next time, perhaps, I do love me a good avacado recipie.
Schoooooooool has started again, too. Yeehaw. Whoop. But it's only one class, so I'm at least *more* okay with that then I have been in the past.
Derek and I have been playing an MMORPG called Guild Wars. Anyone else on there? I'm not yet sure how it compares to some of the other ones i've played, but should I decide to abandon it, the fact that it has *no monthly fees* means I don't have to worry about it. NO stress video gaming, I can appreciate that.
It's been a good week for nerds. Not only has Episode 3 finally come out, and not only does it, so I hear, not suck but E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo was this week. E3 is a humungitoid gaming convention, where all the big new games for the year are announced, demo-ed, and shown off for the hungry gaming public. This year, Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft *all* announced their next-generation consoles. I am very excited about this fact, especially given that I have a job, and money, and can just buy all three of them without even thinking. That's power.
I've been reading sci-fi and fantasy again. Chortle if you will, but I like reading 'easy' books like that a lot. No deep subtext, no hidden meaning, and no long, skeery words. Just good story, or at least, the good ones have a good story. I'll post up some of my fanatasy novel reviews later. But the reason I'm reading is that I found some sort of wierd/awesome discount bookstore near my house. I'm not sure quite what it does, or how it works, all I know is that all the books there are old, the selection is incredibly random, and the prices are crazy-low-cheap. But being as I don't really know what kind of novels I'm looking for anyway, this works fine for me.
Time for other pursuits. Love you all!
-N
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL-A-GOAL-A-GOOOOOOOOAL!
Victory Number 1) Brown belt with Red stripe
I tested for my Brown belt with one red stripe this week, and passed quite well, I believe. I made an error on my form, but didn't allow it to phase me and continued the form with snap and power and grace. Board break was a snap (and so much fun!) and my sparing class went pretty well, dispite the fact that I normally think I spar *very* badly, I'm getting some variety in my kicks. I still need to work on combos, though. Hitting my opponent doesn't mean I can stop, It means I definitely need to keep kicking. And if he slips back, chase him down. He can't do anything while he's moving back. Press the advantage.
And believe it or not, this was the smallest of my victories.
Victory Number 2) Multi-Disciplined Engineer II
I got promoted! Raytheon does promotions/raises once a year, probably because it takes them 3 or 4 months to go through the whole process. Raises were, by and large, pretty lousy this year, but the wierd news was that it looked like I wansn't going to get promoted *because I was on fellowship*. See if this makes sense to you. Not only did I do all the work normally required to get someone promoted to E2, I also took a bunch of classes toward my masters degree. If that ain't above and beyond, I don't know what is. But, oddly enough, due to some managerial fluke, someone got it in their heads that fellowship people don't get promoted, and so when I got my raise a week or so ago, I was still E2. Bummer, but they said they'd be able to promote me in December, so I'd only loose a little time, and then I'd be right back on cycle.
Well, good news! Management got off it's collective butt (due to much prodding by my section manager and various project bosses, I suspect) and got me promoted. Bam! E2! I don't know if there is an associated raise, or when that shows up. But bam! Bazow, even. Booyah.
And what else...there was some other thing what was it...some other victory...oh, it's on the tip of my tongue...
3)
GRADE INFORMATION, Spring Term 2005
Course ID Attempted Earned Grades Units Points Course Title
EE-583_3.0_____3.0_______A_____3.0 12.00 Adaptive Signal Processing
EE-559_3.0_____3.0_______A-____3.0 11.10 Mathematical Pattern Recognition
Oh yeah, that. Mmmmgooooooooooal!
Went out to Volleyball on friday, which was quite nice. Saturday I'm heading out to a 'goodbye' party for a fellow co-worker on the beach. Going to be sand, sun, fun, and BBQ! *Gnarmf!* I'm bringing guacamole, because it makes everything better. I'd make my own, but I'm a touch short on time and drive. Next time, perhaps, I do love me a good avacado recipie.
Schoooooooool has started again, too. Yeehaw. Whoop. But it's only one class, so I'm at least *more* okay with that then I have been in the past.
Derek and I have been playing an MMORPG called Guild Wars. Anyone else on there? I'm not yet sure how it compares to some of the other ones i've played, but should I decide to abandon it, the fact that it has *no monthly fees* means I don't have to worry about it. NO stress video gaming, I can appreciate that.
It's been a good week for nerds. Not only has Episode 3 finally come out, and not only does it, so I hear, not suck but E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo was this week. E3 is a humungitoid gaming convention, where all the big new games for the year are announced, demo-ed, and shown off for the hungry gaming public. This year, Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft *all* announced their next-generation consoles. I am very excited about this fact, especially given that I have a job, and money, and can just buy all three of them without even thinking. That's power.
I've been reading sci-fi and fantasy again. Chortle if you will, but I like reading 'easy' books like that a lot. No deep subtext, no hidden meaning, and no long, skeery words. Just good story, or at least, the good ones have a good story. I'll post up some of my fanatasy novel reviews later. But the reason I'm reading is that I found some sort of wierd/awesome discount bookstore near my house. I'm not sure quite what it does, or how it works, all I know is that all the books there are old, the selection is incredibly random, and the prices are crazy-low-cheap. But being as I don't really know what kind of novels I'm looking for anyway, this works fine for me.
Time for other pursuits. Love you all!
-N
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Hooray to Noel! Congratulations on all counts- this puts you well on your way to superhero-dom.
Wanted to tell you about a CD you might want to pick up. I haven't bought a CD in years (love the streaming radio), but last week I bought Muse, and it is SO cool. They are a sort of cocky british Radiohead with Godsmack undertones. Check it out if you get the chance.
-S
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Wanted to tell you about a CD you might want to pick up. I haven't bought a CD in years (love the streaming radio), but last week I bought Muse, and it is SO cool. They are a sort of cocky british Radiohead with Godsmack undertones. Check it out if you get the chance.
-S
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