Cooking is fun for me, and a bit therapeutic. It really does combine this science of artistic nature into one activity. The artistic nature really seem a bit self-explainitory. You are improvising somewhat and going with instinct (assuming you are adventurous) and you hopefully in the end have a dish which is quite literally, a feast for the senses. Now the science of cooking spikes my curiosity as well because I enjoy really digging into not just WHY adding olive oil to one dish makes it taste better, but the science of WHY it makes it taste better. Is it a consistency issue? Does the emulsification help to enhance flavor? Is it merely a flavor enhancer? Sometimes these answers come merely by wondering, and then being observant, but sometimes I'll do a bit of quick research to really figure out why doing something a certain way, or certain order, or adding this or that ingredient produce the desired result (or sometimes, an undesired result.)
Tonight, I made a soup that I've made before. I always try and take a twist or two on my previous attempts just to see what works well and doesn't. Tonight was a Sweet Corn Crab Bisque. I was able to do it with relatively low effort and I am pleased with how it came out. It's quite rich, but I should be able to freeze a bit of this and enjoy it for a while. Tonight, it's been nice to enjoy with a bit of glass-bottled Coca-Cola, and some relaxation.
In relation to the above topics, I have to add that I love Trader Joes. It's one of those stores, that if you have money, you almost always end up buying at least one thing more than you intended to when you walked in the front door. Today was no different, and I was being adventurous looking over the selections. The cold and rainy day only hightend my desire to get out of the house and find something interesting.
It's been a busy last few months in my life. I have reduced my posting frequency because I have been on the hunt for a job. A real to life job. A grown-up person job.
And success! My search has culminated in the result of a job with the largest health care services provider, the McKesson Corporation. I am doing IT infrastructure sales work for them, as an "Associate Technology Engineer". The job should be interesting and challenging and I am really energized to push ahead into my career. I just completed my first week and started my 2nd and it's been an interesting adjustment from my lifestyle beforehand. I'm no fool, clearly an 8-to-5 job is going to be vastly different to that of a college student, but even my days working full time in the office as Director of IT at the radio station differed from this more traditional office style. I cannot say it's a bad thing though, it's something I've known was coming for a long time now, and it really is exciting to experience a new environment and routine. I know that I'm very adaptive, and that I can adjust to the changing needs, I'm just very curious to see how I interact with these new challenges.
KC returns on Thursday, and I'm ecstatic. I haven't seen him in person since August so we are both excited. I won't have much time with him since he leaves Friday with his family to spend the Christmas holiday in South Dakota with his Grandmother and other relatives. But, he will return for good after Christmas and we will spend a great deal of time together then no doubt.
My life has changed a great deal over these last few weeks and really, this year. I think I will have to reflect more on that as this year comes to a close.
Well there’s a fair share going on lately. The job search is fully underway. Although, “job search” is misleading since almost anyone can get a “job”. It would be more accurate to say that I’m on a career search. We had a career fair here at Georgia Tech on Monday and Tuesday, and I had the chance to meet and talk with several companies about interesting prospects. I was able to distribute quite a few resumes and gain some real insight. I’m hopeful about many of the possibilities, as well as leaving open the opportunity to pursue my MBA down the road.
Outside of the career-search, it’s been fun to have college football back on again. Last Saturday marked our first home game at Georgia Tech, and it was a impressive victory. This weekend will bring another big game, and a night one at that against Boston College. It should be lots of fun.
Missing KC as usual, but we stay in good contact, so that’s been very helpful. We talk fairly often despite the time difference and distance involved, so thankfully technology has made the distance seem closer. Nevertheless, I’ll be happy when he’s back.
Well I came home after a hard day at work and found that our townhouse and been broken into and burglarized. They had busted through the window in my bedroom and ransacked my room looking for valuables. They stole $133 in cash tip-money, and my newer 80gig iPod and my older 20gig iPod. They then went upstairs and ransacked some more stealing my roommate Nick's laptop, camcorder and digital camera as well as his removable hard drive. The boldly just walked out the backdoor after they were finished. I called the Atlanta Police and after a lengthy wait, they arrived and took a report. It's unlikely that we'll ever seen any of it again. They had someone come out and dust for prints too.
Meh... It really sucks. It makes you feel both angry, and violated. All I can do is secure the house even more and try to prevent it from happening again. In the mean time, I'll have to work doubly hard to catch up on GMAT study time that I lost cleaning up and running errands to try and re-secure the house... as well as the expenses incurred for it, and the valuables lost.
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