I've seen sunny days that i thought would never end...
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
The plans I made put an end to you
I walked out this mornin' and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
I had quite possibly the most horendous week this past week of my life. Two huuge group projects. Both were a ton of work. One of which my group compeltely sucked and i literally got dumped with the majority of the project. I almost had a heart attack on about 4 different accounts from last sunday night till thursday. So yah i was up till about 3, 4am sunday night, monday night, tuesday night, and wednesday night doing the TONS of stuff i had to do.. plus the shit that my other group members slacked on. Then I wrote a 5 page paper from midnight until 4am tuesday night. Two presentations. When i finally got those presentations out of the way on wednesday, i got to come home and study for my fourth and final marketing test. His grading system was so screwy because your final grade was either 4 tests throughout the year + participation.. OR the final + participation. so obvoiusly if you do bad on the four tests.. and you dont have the grade you want.. you'd need to do amazing on the cumulative final. Riiight. So i calculated i need a certain # of ?'s to get a 3.0 in the class..... somehow ended up getting that plus a few more.. thought i had secured my solid 3.0... got my final grade in the class back- 3.5. Not too sure how that ended up happening, but shit i'll take it. No complaints. I actually ended up being only 6 points off from a 4.0. Craziness.
So I have an interview on wednesday for a summer internship down in indiana. A company called "Siren" that sells alarm systems emailed me askin if i was interested in a sales/marketing/advertising internship. So I ended up talking with the guy on the phone, he set me up with an interview with a guy whos flying in from the company to interview a bunch of MSU students. So yah... I really wanna get it cuz it seems like an amazing opportunity. And its the only internship that has offered to pay. I dont want to leave my friends. I dont want to leave my family. I dont want to give up the plans I had made for the summer (concerts, vacations, security job, camping, canada, wakeboarding.. etc etc). A part of me is very intimidated by the idea of moving 4 1/2 hours away by myself, diving into something that i really dont know whats going on. It sounds like a ton of work, something i was not planning at all (not the ton of work, but just the situation in general), and more than anything it sounds kind of lonely. But the bottom line is, if i get this, i'm going. I need the opportunity, and the pay would be really nice. Buuut... not to get ahead of myself too much.... i obviously dont know how this is going to turn out. They're only taking 12 people.. and who knows they could be interviewing 300 for all i know. It sounds very competitive. I went to an interview workshop on friday afternoon and it was actually really good. They taught us how to answer questions, what companies want to hear... etc etc. It was very helpful. so yah hopefully that'll help me out a little bit and it'll go fine. I'm definately slightly intimidated/nervous/scared/ etc about the interview. I've only been on one interview in my life (palace job) and it was very very very relaxed and informal. So yah i dont realy know waht i'm doing... but i'm going to go in there and do my best. If i dont get it, its ok and it'll be a fun summer of being around the people i love... with really fun, good times.... or i will get it and i'll be down in indiana by myself for the summer makin some money gettin some amazing experience. i supose either one will be perfectly fine. Just the fact that they are two such extremes is kind of crazy. But i'm not even gonna worry about it anymore until the interview and they say yes or no.
Ok lets look back and recall some of the best things/times of 2006.. cuz this was by far quite possibly the best year i've ever had of my life so far:
- Punta Cana with my mom!!!!! the wine, the shows, the beach, the new friends i met, the sun, the sand... oh man... and on a serious note my mom and i really needed that time together... we were kinda fractured at that point and it really mended our relationship
- the party at gourwitz's house up here at state... first time i partied with nick, then meeting Jen and Jon.. two of the coolest/nicest people i've ever known.. and that was the beginning of the whole Nick, Jen, Jon and I hanging out so often
- My 21st birthday!! - jessica and stacey coming up and hanging out with me... birthday dinner.. then the bar with jen, nick, jon, paul, others... NOT getting carded at the bar that night (bullshit)... being already too wasted and only being able to get 2 drinks at the bar.... then MY HAWAIIAN LUAU party!!! me and pretty much (almost) every one that is important to me... 15 gallons of jungle juice, my first keg... SUCH a good time.. best birthday ever..
- valentines day- pina coladas with sylvia and kristen.. yah wow that was a grreat night. :-D
- two nights after valentines day when me, kathleen and kristen hung out and drank together, all got totally trashed, i threw that bottle of 99 berries down the street and it didnt smash into a million pieces
- Super bowl sunday- chillin with jon, jen, and nick at jen and nick's apartment, ate some good food, watched the game, then turned the lights down and lit candles and listened to pure moods and cuddled. :)
- Spring break- depsite the concussion and mackinaw being closed... it was fun hangin out with the girls- snowboarding, SWIMMING IN THE POOl an dthe hot tub.. how did we not get arrested... yah
- going to jason's intermural hockey game with kristen, the signs we made... then the crazy times that followed
- all the time i spent in royal oak with jon, nick and jen and everyone, specially Boogie Fever :-D, Fifth, and Four Green Fields with Cliff. sweeeeeeeet caroline OH OH OH good times have never been so good, SO GOOD SO GOOD
- bowling wiht my cousin brian, jen, jon, nick, berman, my bro and carolyn... cosmic bowling while drunk and then getting on top of the bar to announce to everyone it was my cousins birthday at midnight
- the 80's party that had a public facebook invite!!! 100+ people here.... SO crowded.. SO loud... so many extremely drunk, crazy people.. and NOT having the cops come... now THAT's something to be proud of
- meeting a certain mystery man.. and realllly enjoying getting to know him... its fun meeting someone then having them call a few days later.. getting off the phone and your friends running down the stairs "DID HE CALL!? WAS THAT HIM!?" ha.. talkin till all hours online at night... being super excited to see them.... just such a great guy.. cant wait to see where it goes
- having class with kathleen!!!!!! and getting to spend a lot of time walking together, eating lunch together.. etc with the roomies (".. do those girls ever not hang out?" haha)
- getting to know different people, having a lot of fun times
- realizing life moves along, you live, you learn, you love, you lose, you get back up and something even better comes along
Theres so many more good times... but now i've gotta go study for my 2 finals tomorrow.. and its 10pm... whoops
"No real problems we needed to drown but we tried our best anyway
we went to class just to pass the time
back in 89
we had a keg in the closet
pizza on the floor
left over from the night before
where we were goin we didnt really care
we had all we ever wanted
in that keg in the closet"
The plans I made put an end to you
I walked out this mornin' and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
I had quite possibly the most horendous week this past week of my life. Two huuge group projects. Both were a ton of work. One of which my group compeltely sucked and i literally got dumped with the majority of the project. I almost had a heart attack on about 4 different accounts from last sunday night till thursday. So yah i was up till about 3, 4am sunday night, monday night, tuesday night, and wednesday night doing the TONS of stuff i had to do.. plus the shit that my other group members slacked on. Then I wrote a 5 page paper from midnight until 4am tuesday night. Two presentations. When i finally got those presentations out of the way on wednesday, i got to come home and study for my fourth and final marketing test. His grading system was so screwy because your final grade was either 4 tests throughout the year + participation.. OR the final + participation. so obvoiusly if you do bad on the four tests.. and you dont have the grade you want.. you'd need to do amazing on the cumulative final. Riiight. So i calculated i need a certain # of ?'s to get a 3.0 in the class..... somehow ended up getting that plus a few more.. thought i had secured my solid 3.0... got my final grade in the class back- 3.5. Not too sure how that ended up happening, but shit i'll take it. No complaints. I actually ended up being only 6 points off from a 4.0. Craziness.
So I have an interview on wednesday for a summer internship down in indiana. A company called "Siren" that sells alarm systems emailed me askin if i was interested in a sales/marketing/advertising internship. So I ended up talking with the guy on the phone, he set me up with an interview with a guy whos flying in from the company to interview a bunch of MSU students. So yah... I really wanna get it cuz it seems like an amazing opportunity. And its the only internship that has offered to pay. I dont want to leave my friends. I dont want to leave my family. I dont want to give up the plans I had made for the summer (concerts, vacations, security job, camping, canada, wakeboarding.. etc etc). A part of me is very intimidated by the idea of moving 4 1/2 hours away by myself, diving into something that i really dont know whats going on. It sounds like a ton of work, something i was not planning at all (not the ton of work, but just the situation in general), and more than anything it sounds kind of lonely. But the bottom line is, if i get this, i'm going. I need the opportunity, and the pay would be really nice. Buuut... not to get ahead of myself too much.... i obviously dont know how this is going to turn out. They're only taking 12 people.. and who knows they could be interviewing 300 for all i know. It sounds very competitive. I went to an interview workshop on friday afternoon and it was actually really good. They taught us how to answer questions, what companies want to hear... etc etc. It was very helpful. so yah hopefully that'll help me out a little bit and it'll go fine. I'm definately slightly intimidated/nervous/scared/ etc about the interview. I've only been on one interview in my life (palace job) and it was very very very relaxed and informal. So yah i dont realy know waht i'm doing... but i'm going to go in there and do my best. If i dont get it, its ok and it'll be a fun summer of being around the people i love... with really fun, good times.... or i will get it and i'll be down in indiana by myself for the summer makin some money gettin some amazing experience. i supose either one will be perfectly fine. Just the fact that they are two such extremes is kind of crazy. But i'm not even gonna worry about it anymore until the interview and they say yes or no.
Ok lets look back and recall some of the best things/times of 2006.. cuz this was by far quite possibly the best year i've ever had of my life so far:
- Punta Cana with my mom!!!!! the wine, the shows, the beach, the new friends i met, the sun, the sand... oh man... and on a serious note my mom and i really needed that time together... we were kinda fractured at that point and it really mended our relationship
- the party at gourwitz's house up here at state... first time i partied with nick, then meeting Jen and Jon.. two of the coolest/nicest people i've ever known.. and that was the beginning of the whole Nick, Jen, Jon and I hanging out so often
- My 21st birthday!! - jessica and stacey coming up and hanging out with me... birthday dinner.. then the bar with jen, nick, jon, paul, others... NOT getting carded at the bar that night (bullshit)... being already too wasted and only being able to get 2 drinks at the bar.... then MY HAWAIIAN LUAU party!!! me and pretty much (almost) every one that is important to me... 15 gallons of jungle juice, my first keg... SUCH a good time.. best birthday ever..
- valentines day- pina coladas with sylvia and kristen.. yah wow that was a grreat night. :-D
- two nights after valentines day when me, kathleen and kristen hung out and drank together, all got totally trashed, i threw that bottle of 99 berries down the street and it didnt smash into a million pieces
- Super bowl sunday- chillin with jon, jen, and nick at jen and nick's apartment, ate some good food, watched the game, then turned the lights down and lit candles and listened to pure moods and cuddled. :)
- Spring break- depsite the concussion and mackinaw being closed... it was fun hangin out with the girls- snowboarding, SWIMMING IN THE POOl an dthe hot tub.. how did we not get arrested... yah
- going to jason's intermural hockey game with kristen, the signs we made... then the crazy times that followed
- all the time i spent in royal oak with jon, nick and jen and everyone, specially Boogie Fever :-D, Fifth, and Four Green Fields with Cliff. sweeeeeeeet caroline OH OH OH good times have never been so good, SO GOOD SO GOOD
- bowling wiht my cousin brian, jen, jon, nick, berman, my bro and carolyn... cosmic bowling while drunk and then getting on top of the bar to announce to everyone it was my cousins birthday at midnight
- the 80's party that had a public facebook invite!!! 100+ people here.... SO crowded.. SO loud... so many extremely drunk, crazy people.. and NOT having the cops come... now THAT's something to be proud of
- meeting a certain mystery man.. and realllly enjoying getting to know him... its fun meeting someone then having them call a few days later.. getting off the phone and your friends running down the stairs "DID HE CALL!? WAS THAT HIM!?" ha.. talkin till all hours online at night... being super excited to see them.... just such a great guy.. cant wait to see where it goes
- having class with kathleen!!!!!! and getting to spend a lot of time walking together, eating lunch together.. etc with the roomies (".. do those girls ever not hang out?" haha)
- getting to know different people, having a lot of fun times
- realizing life moves along, you live, you learn, you love, you lose, you get back up and something even better comes along
Theres so many more good times... but now i've gotta go study for my 2 finals tomorrow.. and its 10pm... whoops
"No real problems we needed to drown but we tried our best anyway
we went to class just to pass the time
back in 89
we had a keg in the closet
pizza on the floor
left over from the night before
where we were goin we didnt really care
we had all we ever wanted
in that keg in the closet"