Fall is here!

I haven't posted on here for a while. Oops. I made it through the hurricane that was midterms. Now I'm just in the "eye of the storm" waiting for finals to hit me. They seem so far away, but I am 3 weeks away from a final paper being due (aka my first day of finals). And the cold has set in. Goodbye 80 degree days. See you in April (maybe). Time to say hello to my jackets.  I'm in that "I don't know what to wear!" crisis because I can't wear my summer clothes anymore and I need to dig out my fashionable fall outfits.

Speaking of outfits/clothes, I am making a logo for (and eventually a website) for my good friend Kristian's styling company! I'm really excited about it. It's for recent grads and young professionals who need help building their wardrobe. I know I need to get rid of the clothes that make me look in high school. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm 21 years old now and the clothes I wore when I was 18 should be retired. Man I feel old.

Life is good at OSI as well. I'm just about done updating & "sprucing" the Accounting Club's website and I am almost done with DePaul's Dance Marathon, DemonTHON's site. Just waiting for some content from them.  While working on their site I also learned what  "favicon" is. It's the little icon that appears next to your site title in a tab; like the blue F for Facebook or the little bus for CTA Bus  tracker. I was pretty excited when I figured out how to implement that. It's so easy!

Even though I'm in Chi, I'm still a Cardinals fan, so I'll end this post with Go Cards!

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Well, I know what I don't want to do after I graduate

On Wednesday I was lucky to attend a presentation at CDM by Google. Going in, I wasn't really sure what it was about, but when Google's in town no CDM student wants to miss it. Plus I heard there was going to be free food & Google usually gives away free stuff ;-)

Turns out the presentation was about their IT Resident Program (ITRP). The ITRP takes the best graduates in IT, CS, IS, etc. where they train at Google's headquarters in Mountain Valley, CA. They learn how to troubleshoot for Windows, Mac, and Linux (!! I've always wanted to get my hands on a Linux system and play around with it). After the first 6 months or so, they basically go to any Google office in the WORLD. Google is on every continent except for Antarctica.

The moment their presentation was over, I realized that I don't want to go into tech-support. Even if the job was at Google, I wouldn't be happy. I like making websites, not dealing with "technical difficulties." At my job now I'm sort of the first response if something isn't working in the office. Sometimes it's something easy like the printer not being plugged in (the harder part was finding the plug!). Other times it's a more complex issue that's above my skills, such as a laptop not logging in to the network. Luckily the University has a whole tech team that I can call and they can come fix it. I give anyone in tech-support major props because I couldn't do that 9-5, Monday-Friday. So next time you call IT, be nice to them :)

Anyone else getting ready for Halloween? I'm working on my costume this weekend :-)

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Midterms, Pep Band, and Life

How did I get so busy??? Weeks 1-4 were fine and then week 5 hit like a hurricane. Midterms! Papers! Tons of reading! Yay college!
I've been at my new job (web developer for OSI) for over a month now and things are going well. I'm well on my way with a website I've started from scratch. They like what I've been doing so far so that makes me feel good. Even thought it makes my days longer (and sometimes more stressful), I'm learning a lot and work with some great people.
I had pep band rehearsal today. We've got some new songs which is fun. I found out I'll be playing at the women's games which I'm really excited about. They play on campus and are phenominal. I'm looking forward to when they go to the NCAA tournament again in March! the first 2 rounds are actually played at All State Arena (Rosemont, IL) so that'll be convenient.
I'm going home next weekend. I'm kind of ready for a break from the city.

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