Tassel Flipped

Yesterday, I graduated from college which means I am now part of the real world.  When I had my diploma case in hand it still hadn't sunk in, but as I got home its been sinking in a bit.  Last night, I realized that I have very little to look forward to until I get a job.  This morning, I came to the lovely conclusion that technically, today is my first day of being unemployed, where I will technically be part of the statistic since I can no longer be considered a student.

Now that the all inspiring negatives are out of the way, I am finally done with college and I graduated with honors, so I am very happy about that.  I am home now where I can sleep in a comfortable bed and there is a dishwasher so I do not have to hand wash all my dishes.  Over the next week I will definitely be taking it easy, looking for jobs, unpacking, and just enjoying the fact that I will not have homework again for quite some time.

This weekend, my sister will be coming home for the summer, so we'll probably hang out a bit once she's home, but I'm going to enjoy my week as an only child, since I do not get those weeks that often.

Have a great day!

I Did It!

As the people that view my blog, you may have noticed that I have not been posting too frequently over the past few months.  While I did post an occasional post, I did not post as frequently as I would have wanted.  This is not because of boredom, but rather because I have been finishing up my last year of college.  However, college alone was not what was distracting me from posting, but in general, just being busy with meetings and being involved on campus.

Luckily thought, despite my involvement, I was still able to pull off a 4.0 one semester and I'm waiting on grades for this semester.  As of Tuesday night, I had completed my final presentation for my last class in my undergraduate career.

As of this Sunday I'll have graduated with a BS in Graphic Communications with an Emphasis in Website Design along with Minors in IT and Communication.  If my grades all go well I will also be graduating with honors (Cum Laude).

My current dilemma, however, is that I have applied to almost 50 jobs and I am still waiting on a majority of them to respond.  I feel confident that I will find a job because I have the skills to do many different jobs.  I can do web analytics, SEO, website design, and pretty decent graphic design, but I need the experience to make it happen.  I don't know if I can do web development because I've never had the opportunity to try it out and get my hands dirty in the code.

Unfortunately a resume just doesn't quite convey that quite as easily as saying it outright.  While a cover letter could, I don't really know how useful cover letters are.  I feel that a cover letter is just too fake and boastful and I don't feel that it conveys a true person.  Nevertheless, I continue to work on mine and make it as real as I can.

The entire job hunting experience though has definitely gotten me to be able to discuss my experiences and skills relatively well to recruiters.  I feel comfortable talking about what I did at each internship I've had and the thought process behind the work I've done.  I hope that sometime soon I'll get to use this experience, not just over the phone, but in an interview for a job.

We'll have to see where life takes me and take everything a day at a time.

Have a great day!

Spongebob PokePants

Well it has been a while since I've posted has it not?  I will have a post explaining why in the days to come, but for now, something different.

I woke up early today from a combination of not being able to sleep and a desire to make today different.  As a result, I woke up at about 6am and got ready for the day.  In doing so, I made myself some scrambled eggs and set myself off to find a job.  After about 2 hours of looking, I decided it was time to get back to posting while I can.  I looked in my links folder and I find that I only have one image saved. This one:

This is a fantastic picture, especially because I forgot about it entirely!  It is clever and nostalgic in so many ways.

I hope to get back to posting more frequently than I have because I really have missed it.  It is just so nice having the time to sit down, crank out some thoughts and just spend some time dwelling on your thoughts.

As I said, I'll have a more explanatory post coming out in the next few days, but until then..

Have a great day!

Need a Smile

I haven't posted in quite some time and I found this and I figured that it needed to be posted!  It is a bunch of gorilla puppets singing the hits of the Village People.  It made me laugh, and I hope it can at least make you crack a smile.

Have a great day!

Quick Post

Going through Dorkly before I go to work and I found this picture

I really have not read much Calvin and Hobbes, but this made me think back to my first time playing Pokemon Silver.  I picked Cyndaquill and after a while Typhlosion was the best pokemon on my team.

Good times, good times

Have a great day!