Lots of updates... oops...
Alright, I don't remember how long it's been since I've updated... but oh well. This was kinda sparked by a discussion of a General Cable co-worker's online journal/blog/whatever you want to call it. After reading some of the entries, I figured it was about time I updated my own journal. So...
I've been at General Cable now for 5 weeks plus. It's kinda nice, but not all that great when I don't have stuff to do. My boss is a very busy man... very cool, but very busy. I don't always get to see him when I'm at work. I've got a couple big projects at work, the biggest of which is something called the OS-63. The OS-63 is basically a big book that defines the color standards for the outside of the data cables we make. It contains a lot of samples of each color we use. My job is to update the thing and add a couple of new colors. This has become a little problematic lately, however. We got most of our color samples from Polyone, the supplier, and when I started putting them in the book, I noticed that they didn't match our older standards. I've had to talk to the plants and find out what they had (rather unsuccessfully, I must say), then discuss with my boss our course of action. Yesterday we met with a couple people from Materials (I think) and a rep from Polyone to talk about the problem. My boss and I seemed a little disorganized at this meeting due to the fact that when they've made the books in the past, nobody bothered to keep a copy here to file away for future reference. I've spent a week or so trying to figure out exactly what was used previously so we can duplicate it in the new OS-63. It's been a pain, to say the least. At times I feel like I'm back in kindergarten or something, playing with all the colors. So basically we found out that a different vinyl compound was used to make the swatches, and it happens to be a lot greyer than the compounds used previously. Needless to say, this makes the color show up differently in the compound. So now we have to figure out what to do from here. Fun stuff.
I've been trying to get into a Calc 4 class at UC for the quarter, and that's been trying too. I waited on approval from my college and my co-op advisor so I could take the class while I co-oped, and then I tried to get into the class. Unfortunately, the prof didn't want to let me in. He was convinced that I'd fail their upcoming test, even though I explained that I'd already taken the class, so it wasn't like I'd be starting cold. He didn't buy it, so I went home rather upset. I talked to my co-op advisor, who agreed to send the professor an e-mail asking him to reconsider. The next Tuesday I went to the professor's office again and asked about it again. He hadn't gotten the e-mail (his e-mail address on UC's site was incorrect), but he agreed to make a deal with me. If I passed the test (which was the next class session), then he'd add me to the class. I went to the review session that night and felt decently confident about the material. I showed up on Thursday to find out the class had been cancelled due to illness. The weather was horrible, so I was a little pissed about having come out in it for nothing. The test was this past Tuesday in the end, and I think I did alright. It was only 6 questions, all of which were pretty straightforward. He didn't have them graded on Thursday, so hopefully I'll find out how I did tonight. *crosses fingers* I'm pretty sure I passed, I just don't know by how much. Hopefully...
I've been talking to Charlie at least once a week since he left on January 2nd. It's nice to get to talk to him, even if he's not actually around. It's cool to hear what he's been up to, and nice to have someone to talk to about stuff (someone I don't see everyday... and no I don't mean to neglect anyone else!). He's found out that he'll probably be deployed in June, which sucks, but we both figured it'd happen. I'm not happy about it, but I expected it as well. He's not particularly happy about going to Iraq either, mainly 'cause he won't be able to do as much (gaming and such) in his spare time! lol - That's the Charlie I know... always wants to game.
Hehe... now I have another game to be addicted to... Morrowind. I got that a few weeks back because Charlie asked me to check it out for him, and I'm hooked. I've been talking to my friend Tony off and on about it, which has been cool too. I've had a few late nights due to conversation or the game itself. It's a lot of fun, so I don't mind too much... I just have to make sure I can curb the addiction a bit before next quarter starts. Also, Charlie's supposed to be back in about a month, so he may be a distraction as well. :-) That's alright though. My library job should be getting a bit less stressful in the next week or so though, which will be great. We're hiring Charlie's sister now that he's resigned. She's hopefully going to be starting on the 16th, but I'm not sure yet, since I haven't actually talked to her about it. I'm supposed to train her though, so there are only a few options for when we both can work. It'll be nice to have a fourth shelver again, even if it's not Charlie. :-\ It's been such a pain trying to schedule myself, Matthew, and Liz (Liz especially).
Friday night Shawn, Chris, and I went bowling at Western Bowl and went to Perkins afterward. It was a lot of fun, since I haven't seen Chris in a while, and I don't usually see Shawn outside of work or school (unless he's sneaking up behind me while I'm out at the movies...). I actually broke 100 during the last game, ending with a score of 107. Crappy, I know, but pretty good for me. Hehe. Shawn ended the last game with 160-something, and Chris didn't have a very good game at all that one. His first game was pretty good, then he went downhill. On the way to Chris's to drop him off, I ended up in a snow bank 'cause the roads were so icy... that was interesting. Luckily he was there to help me out, or it would have taken me forever to get down from the snow bank. Then I worked at the library all day Saturday. After that Matthew, Liz, and I were supposed to do another movies/pizza night, but Liz got mad at me and it was cancelled. She thought I was being difficult during our planning process (which lasted maybe an hour and a half, prior to that we hadn't said anything about it at all), though it's not my fault that I don't think I should have to do all the work. The plan was for her to go get the pizza and wait for us back at her dorm, and I was supposed to follow Matthew to his house, get him, his TV, and his X-box (so we could watch DVDs), then go to Kroger and pick up pop, Blockbuster for movies, then head to UC to Liz's dorm. Then I would have had to help get the TV inside while Liz basically held doors for us. I don't think I'm being difficult when I agree reluctantly to do all that... but oh well. We didn't end up doing anything, and that was okay by me, since I was tired. But it didn't help out my feelings for her any... I've been a little peeved at her lately. She didn't treat Matt very well (different from Matthew... Matt's the 23-year-old that used to work at the library), which has been a bit of a sore spot for me. When a guy asks you out, you do not decide not to give him an actual answer for roughly 5 weeks, but hang out with him anyway. That only gives him time to get attached, which of course happened. Then he asked her if she was attracted to him at all, and she basically gave him the whole "I don't really want a boyfriend right now" thing. I don't know if it's just me, but I felt that was wrong on her part. If you don't want a boyfriend, say that when he asks you out! Don't wait until he starts to get attached! *sigh*
Anyway, I'm done rambling now... I have to actually do some work.
I've been at General Cable now for 5 weeks plus. It's kinda nice, but not all that great when I don't have stuff to do. My boss is a very busy man... very cool, but very busy. I don't always get to see him when I'm at work. I've got a couple big projects at work, the biggest of which is something called the OS-63. The OS-63 is basically a big book that defines the color standards for the outside of the data cables we make. It contains a lot of samples of each color we use. My job is to update the thing and add a couple of new colors. This has become a little problematic lately, however. We got most of our color samples from Polyone, the supplier, and when I started putting them in the book, I noticed that they didn't match our older standards. I've had to talk to the plants and find out what they had (rather unsuccessfully, I must say), then discuss with my boss our course of action. Yesterday we met with a couple people from Materials (I think) and a rep from Polyone to talk about the problem. My boss and I seemed a little disorganized at this meeting due to the fact that when they've made the books in the past, nobody bothered to keep a copy here to file away for future reference. I've spent a week or so trying to figure out exactly what was used previously so we can duplicate it in the new OS-63. It's been a pain, to say the least. At times I feel like I'm back in kindergarten or something, playing with all the colors. So basically we found out that a different vinyl compound was used to make the swatches, and it happens to be a lot greyer than the compounds used previously. Needless to say, this makes the color show up differently in the compound. So now we have to figure out what to do from here. Fun stuff.
I've been trying to get into a Calc 4 class at UC for the quarter, and that's been trying too. I waited on approval from my college and my co-op advisor so I could take the class while I co-oped, and then I tried to get into the class. Unfortunately, the prof didn't want to let me in. He was convinced that I'd fail their upcoming test, even though I explained that I'd already taken the class, so it wasn't like I'd be starting cold. He didn't buy it, so I went home rather upset. I talked to my co-op advisor, who agreed to send the professor an e-mail asking him to reconsider. The next Tuesday I went to the professor's office again and asked about it again. He hadn't gotten the e-mail (his e-mail address on UC's site was incorrect), but he agreed to make a deal with me. If I passed the test (which was the next class session), then he'd add me to the class. I went to the review session that night and felt decently confident about the material. I showed up on Thursday to find out the class had been cancelled due to illness. The weather was horrible, so I was a little pissed about having come out in it for nothing. The test was this past Tuesday in the end, and I think I did alright. It was only 6 questions, all of which were pretty straightforward. He didn't have them graded on Thursday, so hopefully I'll find out how I did tonight. *crosses fingers* I'm pretty sure I passed, I just don't know by how much. Hopefully...
I've been talking to Charlie at least once a week since he left on January 2nd. It's nice to get to talk to him, even if he's not actually around. It's cool to hear what he's been up to, and nice to have someone to talk to about stuff (someone I don't see everyday... and no I don't mean to neglect anyone else!). He's found out that he'll probably be deployed in June, which sucks, but we both figured it'd happen. I'm not happy about it, but I expected it as well. He's not particularly happy about going to Iraq either, mainly 'cause he won't be able to do as much (gaming and such) in his spare time! lol - That's the Charlie I know... always wants to game.
Hehe... now I have another game to be addicted to... Morrowind. I got that a few weeks back because Charlie asked me to check it out for him, and I'm hooked. I've been talking to my friend Tony off and on about it, which has been cool too. I've had a few late nights due to conversation or the game itself. It's a lot of fun, so I don't mind too much... I just have to make sure I can curb the addiction a bit before next quarter starts. Also, Charlie's supposed to be back in about a month, so he may be a distraction as well. :-) That's alright though. My library job should be getting a bit less stressful in the next week or so though, which will be great. We're hiring Charlie's sister now that he's resigned. She's hopefully going to be starting on the 16th, but I'm not sure yet, since I haven't actually talked to her about it. I'm supposed to train her though, so there are only a few options for when we both can work. It'll be nice to have a fourth shelver again, even if it's not Charlie. :-\ It's been such a pain trying to schedule myself, Matthew, and Liz (Liz especially).
Friday night Shawn, Chris, and I went bowling at Western Bowl and went to Perkins afterward. It was a lot of fun, since I haven't seen Chris in a while, and I don't usually see Shawn outside of work or school (unless he's sneaking up behind me while I'm out at the movies...). I actually broke 100 during the last game, ending with a score of 107. Crappy, I know, but pretty good for me. Hehe. Shawn ended the last game with 160-something, and Chris didn't have a very good game at all that one. His first game was pretty good, then he went downhill. On the way to Chris's to drop him off, I ended up in a snow bank 'cause the roads were so icy... that was interesting. Luckily he was there to help me out, or it would have taken me forever to get down from the snow bank. Then I worked at the library all day Saturday. After that Matthew, Liz, and I were supposed to do another movies/pizza night, but Liz got mad at me and it was cancelled. She thought I was being difficult during our planning process (which lasted maybe an hour and a half, prior to that we hadn't said anything about it at all), though it's not my fault that I don't think I should have to do all the work. The plan was for her to go get the pizza and wait for us back at her dorm, and I was supposed to follow Matthew to his house, get him, his TV, and his X-box (so we could watch DVDs), then go to Kroger and pick up pop, Blockbuster for movies, then head to UC to Liz's dorm. Then I would have had to help get the TV inside while Liz basically held doors for us. I don't think I'm being difficult when I agree reluctantly to do all that... but oh well. We didn't end up doing anything, and that was okay by me, since I was tired. But it didn't help out my feelings for her any... I've been a little peeved at her lately. She didn't treat Matt very well (different from Matthew... Matt's the 23-year-old that used to work at the library), which has been a bit of a sore spot for me. When a guy asks you out, you do not decide not to give him an actual answer for roughly 5 weeks, but hang out with him anyway. That only gives him time to get attached, which of course happened. Then he asked her if she was attracted to him at all, and she basically gave him the whole "I don't really want a boyfriend right now" thing. I don't know if it's just me, but I felt that was wrong on her part. If you don't want a boyfriend, say that when he asks you out! Don't wait until he starts to get attached! *sigh*
Anyway, I'm done rambling now... I have to actually do some work.