Inhale, Exhale, Breathe
3 years of college down, one to go.
That's really hard to put my mind around. Especially when I consider that I only have 1 more semester of classes, hell, 12 more credits in a classroom to complete. It's funny, because when you look back at these things, education I guess, you try to ask yourself what exactly it is that you learned. I've taken business, philosophy, english, math, hell, even a dance class at Temple, and it all sort of blurs together. So I spend 4 years here, countless hours in the classroom and writing papers that I go back and look at and don't even remember writing, and I can walk out, have a degree, and be proclaimed, "Ready for the professional world".
I just can't grasp the concept of working a real job. Currently, I'm putting about 25 hours a week in at the Phillies, which is soon to be upgraded to 40 or so with the summer starting.
I mean, that right there is a full-time job ... sure, when I get a "real job" it'll be more like 50-55, but still, I'm doing all the things that comprise those real jobs. My prospects for a senior internship look good. Over the next month I will contact all the people that I am interested in working at, and I'll probably establish some good prospects. It all seems so odd to me.
Almost none of my friends are home in Howell this summer. I think Ally, Jimmy, and Jessie are about it. And Jessie is interning in NY a lot of the time (I believe 5 days a week). I guess people have already grown up. It's odd, cause I always feared this time in my life, that time where people start moving away, getting real jobs, etc. But it's happened already. And I'm pretty fine.
This summer I don't have any big plans, large objectives, or anything. I am relativly content with my life, lifestyle, and how I'm living it. The past few months I've really enjoyed. I've taken a more laxed attitude towards school (since I'm so close to be completely finished), spent a lot of time with friends, have gone out, and I think a lot of things have to do with Jenn and I finding a good medium. When we can talk, we do, and when we can't, it's no big deal. I think we both wish we could see each other more, and that it wasn't as volatile when we do, but for the most part, everytime we have hung out in the last 4 months has been great.
I'm currently re-reading one of my favorite books, Stephen King's "The Long Walk" ... I'm pretty close to being done. Like last summer, I hope to read a lot more. And I also want to try and run whenever I am at home. I don't like not being physically active. It gets me sluggish. My video game playing really is my bane, and when I'm not playing (like right now, thinking, writing, and getting my thoughts out), I feel so much more productive and worthwhile.
I have really started to do a lot more at the Phillies. I worked an event on Saturday (a $40,000 Bar Mitzvah that was crazy), gave a tour to a business meeting the other day, and then will be assisting with a coaches clinic on Sunday. As I do more things there, I feel like they trust me with more, and I'm making a better name for myself. Right now however, the short list of places i would like to be next January include:
1. NBA League Offices in New York
2. Lehigh Iron Pigs (brand new team, GM is well established)
3. Somerset Patriots (because I could live with Jenn for the semester)
4. MSG Intern (have some very good contacts there)
5. A new Museum opening in NYC that I met some people from
Additionally, an internship in Washington D.C. is always an option if Doug is down there and I could maybe crash with him.
Wilmington is also a possibility, but a long shot.
After that, who knows. My parents are extremely gracious and still pay for almost every need I have. Exactly a year from today, I plan on having that stop, which is extremely scary. I mean, I literally pay for next to nothing now, so I have been saving up a decent amount of money for a few years. Hopefully, by the time I graduate, I'll have a good starting point so that my $20,000 a year, 50-60 hour a week job won't be THAT terrible.
We'll see though.
Right now, I want to be able to track down all my friends this summer at least once and have one last hurrah with each of them, be it going to a party, watching a good movie, or having a great conversation.
I guess this is growing up ...
-Isaac
That's really hard to put my mind around. Especially when I consider that I only have 1 more semester of classes, hell, 12 more credits in a classroom to complete. It's funny, because when you look back at these things, education I guess, you try to ask yourself what exactly it is that you learned. I've taken business, philosophy, english, math, hell, even a dance class at Temple, and it all sort of blurs together. So I spend 4 years here, countless hours in the classroom and writing papers that I go back and look at and don't even remember writing, and I can walk out, have a degree, and be proclaimed, "Ready for the professional world".
I just can't grasp the concept of working a real job. Currently, I'm putting about 25 hours a week in at the Phillies, which is soon to be upgraded to 40 or so with the summer starting.
I mean, that right there is a full-time job ... sure, when I get a "real job" it'll be more like 50-55, but still, I'm doing all the things that comprise those real jobs. My prospects for a senior internship look good. Over the next month I will contact all the people that I am interested in working at, and I'll probably establish some good prospects. It all seems so odd to me.
Almost none of my friends are home in Howell this summer. I think Ally, Jimmy, and Jessie are about it. And Jessie is interning in NY a lot of the time (I believe 5 days a week). I guess people have already grown up. It's odd, cause I always feared this time in my life, that time where people start moving away, getting real jobs, etc. But it's happened already. And I'm pretty fine.
This summer I don't have any big plans, large objectives, or anything. I am relativly content with my life, lifestyle, and how I'm living it. The past few months I've really enjoyed. I've taken a more laxed attitude towards school (since I'm so close to be completely finished), spent a lot of time with friends, have gone out, and I think a lot of things have to do with Jenn and I finding a good medium. When we can talk, we do, and when we can't, it's no big deal. I think we both wish we could see each other more, and that it wasn't as volatile when we do, but for the most part, everytime we have hung out in the last 4 months has been great.
I'm currently re-reading one of my favorite books, Stephen King's "The Long Walk" ... I'm pretty close to being done. Like last summer, I hope to read a lot more. And I also want to try and run whenever I am at home. I don't like not being physically active. It gets me sluggish. My video game playing really is my bane, and when I'm not playing (like right now, thinking, writing, and getting my thoughts out), I feel so much more productive and worthwhile.
I have really started to do a lot more at the Phillies. I worked an event on Saturday (a $40,000 Bar Mitzvah that was crazy), gave a tour to a business meeting the other day, and then will be assisting with a coaches clinic on Sunday. As I do more things there, I feel like they trust me with more, and I'm making a better name for myself. Right now however, the short list of places i would like to be next January include:
1. NBA League Offices in New York
2. Lehigh Iron Pigs (brand new team, GM is well established)
3. Somerset Patriots (because I could live with Jenn for the semester)
4. MSG Intern (have some very good contacts there)
5. A new Museum opening in NYC that I met some people from
Additionally, an internship in Washington D.C. is always an option if Doug is down there and I could maybe crash with him.
Wilmington is also a possibility, but a long shot.
After that, who knows. My parents are extremely gracious and still pay for almost every need I have. Exactly a year from today, I plan on having that stop, which is extremely scary. I mean, I literally pay for next to nothing now, so I have been saving up a decent amount of money for a few years. Hopefully, by the time I graduate, I'll have a good starting point so that my $20,000 a year, 50-60 hour a week job won't be THAT terrible.
We'll see though.
Right now, I want to be able to track down all my friends this summer at least once and have one last hurrah with each of them, be it going to a party, watching a good movie, or having a great conversation.
I guess this is growing up ...
-Isaac