Well, today I participated in the great UBC tradition, Storm the Wall. Unfortunately, I ended up soaked, freezing, and covered in mud and bark mulch. Of course, since it is Vancouver, I was expecting the wet and cold part. The mulch was a surprise.
The best part was definitely the wall. You get a real sense of accomplishment looking at that mammoth. I really recommend doing Storm the Wall… once. If you live on campus, though, you have nothing to fear since you can look forward to a hot shower instead of uncomfortable classes and bus rides.
In other news, I also learned how to take my bike on a bus. I watched some random guy yesterday to see how it was done. He made it look so easy: rack down with left hand, lift bike in with right hand, and pull up hook over wheel with left again.
Apparently, this process is not as simple as it seems. I’ll leave it at that.
Month: March 2009
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Jobs, jobs, jobs.
So, I have begun the great summer job hunt. This is similar to the Easter egg hunt but way less fun. Both involve ingesting copious amounts of chocolate though.
I have to say, searching for employment right now is one of the most depressing things I have ever done. Is there anyone out there who actually needs a new employee? Or at least, is there anyone out there who needs an employee without a degree and who can only speak one language?
Apparently not.
Ah well, if I don’t find one, here are my options for next year.
1. Don’t go to school. (Ya right, so not going to happen)
2. Discover a way to obtain nourishment from tree bark and rocks. (well, that would actually make me filthy rich and solve my employment problem…)
3. Make clothing from curtains like in the Sound of Music.
4. Win the lottery (This is my favorite option. The only catch it that I would need money to buy the tickets.)
or
5. Get hopelessly in debt. (Not an attractive option)
So, basically, I need a job. Anyone heard about anything?
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Facebook Addiction
I just wrote a paper called “The Eight Deadly Sins: Pride, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Lust, and Facebook.” In it, I talked about a lot of the concerns people have about Facebook and health, and then tried to shut them all down because I love Facebook and I don’t think it is really going to cause ADD and cancer or strokes or any of the millions of other things it is accused of.
There is one big problem with it though, privacy. It really sucks, but even if you really restrict your privacy settings, many people who you don’t want to see it still can. So here are some things I try to make sure to do (or not do) on Facebook.
1. Don’t put up anything you wouldn’t want you boss to see. I know, this sounds stupidly obvious, but it’s amazing how many people put up some truly unflattering pictures/other content.
2. Don’t friend you boss, this is just ackward unless you are actually friends in real life (which is also pretty ackward). Even if you have not friended him or her, your boss/potential boss can probably see it anyway (see #1), but at least he or she isn’t getting a news feed of your drunken exploits (if you don’t pay attention to #1)
3. Use the “report photo” option if whoever posted the unflattering picture of you refuses to take it down, don’t just think you have to live with it.
4. Every once in a while, go through and clean out your friends list. A good rule of thumb is: get rid of someone if you cant picture their face or remember where you know him or her from. It is pathetic how many of these people are on my friends list right now. clean out time.
5. Don’t put your year of birth on Facebook. While it might not matter now, it’s going to look real suspicious if you remove it a bit down the road…
So, here ends my preachy lecture on Facebook. Anyone else have any Facebook rules?