Three months

Well, it's been three months. A lot has happened: I've graduated, I've moved, I've gotten one (possibly a second) job in retail, and I'm sitting around the house a lot with little to do outside of cooking and cleaning.

I have trouble reconciling all the self-help messages I'm faced with every day, all the signals that say "Now is the time to do something. This is your sign to make that major change in your life!" without feeling that I should be doing something safe and secure. I'm trying the safe and secure gambit now, and it doesn't seem to be helping that much. I'm hoping for a better job come September, but there's nothing secure promising that, either. Apparently the market tightens up when all the new grads come out of school, one life's little unfortunate coincidences, year after year.

So there we have it. A fresh-faced graduate with experience ready to go out in the world. With very little holding me down, this is when I'm supposed to take chances. With a pile of student debt, it's hard to take those chances; one would wait for s secure, well-paying job. I decided to wait, and thus far it has not gotten me far.

At least all this free time gives me time to cook. And read (which can now be called "obtaining product knowledge".)

So, Owen, what's new?

Let's see.
I wrote up a paper of my work for class and submitted it. Last thing I ever have to do as an undergrad!

Had a job interview Tuesday, still waiting to see how it worked.

Booked a flight, I'm heading to Ottawa early June. Cue "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Farewell to Nova Scotia"

In just over a week, returning home for my graduation ceremony.

And, for whatever reason, I've been reading this cute comic: Catharsis. It's not superb writing, and the guest comics are a little...eh. But it's still cute. What can I say?

Oh, the people on the bus I ride with are throwing me a going-away party.

And I'm cooking dinner for the boss on Sunday.

Look what it's DOING here!

I woke up this morning to the radio host: "For weather, expect rain, freezing rain, and wet snow this afternoon."

That wet snow is still going on.

Does EVERYTHING need a comment board

The folks at Penny Arcade have come up with a law/theory that I think is quite true.
Bleeped out, it's "John Gabriel's Great Internet F***w*d Theory."
Essentially, Normal Person + Audience + Anonymity = Total F***w*d. Seeing comments on Youtube, IMDB, most message boards, you get the idea.

Comment boards are the new hot thing for a lot of sites. CBC.ca added one fairly recently, and as a result brought the average IQ of the site down several points. It, as well, gets lowered to a lot of name-calling and pointless never-ending debates about the seal hunt and Paul McCartney. Is it necessary? No. Really, it isn't. I doubt there's somebody who looks at the comment board, and says "Oh, they really don't like this. We better change it."
That being said, there was a fire in Halifax yesterday morning on Spring Garden Road. The comments are mediocre, sympathetic at best, except for this lovely one:

there was a lot of manly gear downtown this morning
and many manly men doing manly things
not to mention the womanly women doing manly things womanly
and there were lots of lights, too!
oh, all the flashing lights!!!

Your comments, please? (Ignore the possible irony)

On Mountain Dew and Science posters

Last time I drank Mountain Dew was just before they rebranded it as Dew Fuel, an energy drink. I used to really like it, not for any particular reason, just because.
I just bought a bottle of it here (Not that many fancy energy drinks up here). Just regular old Mountain Dew (sans caffeine) in a glass bottle.

Blegh!

More those around Acadia who are interested in what I've done for the past four months, head down to the co-op office. Just inside the library, down the stairs, and through the door. My poster detailing my work should be up there. If not, let me know and I'll see if they can put it up. They may also be good-natured if you ask them as well.

I'll see about getting it up on this site.

Spring is here!

I went into the Superstore today for a snack. Hoping to avoid the oft-luring bakery, I hit the produce section.

Oh, what do I see? Artichokes! Roots! Mushrooms! Fresh herbs! Endives! Plantains! Chilies!

Oh sweet and wonderful, SPRING IS HERE! Let the feasting begin!

I'm cooking supper for my boss on Saturday night. Seeing all this fresh produce, as well as the latest issue of Saveur, halted me. I may have to investigate the planned dinner, and incorporate some of these fresh ingredients.

When I started this blog, I thought I'd write about what I'm feeling and my thoughts on certain aspects. I never thought I'd be writing so much about my faith.

I find that when I'm away from a lot of my Christian friends my faith can take a beating, and I tend to examine my beliefs more thoroughly.

This past week has strengthened many of my beliefs, both traditionally Christian as well as some more liberal points of view. Despite this, I still feel like I have taken a beating. I am aware that opening myself up on the web means opening myself up for attacks, as well as those near and dear to me.

I'm not intending for a break, but for a little while I'll be talking about biology, my work, my interests. This is just to change things up for a bit, and I hope that discussion will start again on other topics. I link to a lot of sites in my posts, and I hope that you guys find them interesting and are going out and exploring some more. For Example: 10 impossibilities conquered by Science. (Nothing controversial. I promise. Really!) and The Art of the Title Sequence