July 2009 Archives
My trip to Mississippi is only THREE days away!!! I’m pretty
excited and cannot wait to go! What I’m not excited about is the fact that I
have to get up WICKED early Saturday and Sunday morning. I have yet to pack… so
I should probably start that soon! When it comes to packing, I am the biggest
procrastinator I know. The day I had to move out of my dorm was the day I
STARTED packing to go back home! But besides all the packing and getting up
early (I have to be ready to go by 5AM!) I’m still very excited.
I’ve already worked 4 shifts at Best Buy, and I do enjoy it
A LOT more than I do Hollister. Since the job is more technology related, it
appeals to my interests; compared to folding clothes for hours at Hollister! A
good thing though, is I’ve been given hours that allow me to work both jobs, so
I might be able to retain both, and make more money. The first couple of shifts
I just stood around watching the other workers fixing computers, and only my
third shift did they let me begin to work on computers. Something I’ve noticed,
but kind of knew all along, is that most of the older generation really isn’t
that tech savvy. Some of the calls we get asking for basic troubleshooting just
make me laugh, and one woman even lugged in her whole computer asking for a
tutorial to turn the computer on! To a techno-freak myself, it’s just puzzling
and hilarious how technology illiterate some people are, but I guess the
technology age is just more appealing to the newer generations. The reason I
have to get up early on Saturday is for a GeekSquad meeting on Saturday at 7AM,
UGH!
In technology related news, I won’t go too in-depth with
this, but Windows 7 is on the fast track to release! If you pay attention to
Windows news, a new operating system is soon to be released by Microsoft
sometime in late 2010 called Windows 7. Windows Vista replaced Windows XP, but
since there has been a lot of negative feedback on Vista, Microsoft has decided
to release a new operating system. If you look around the Microsoft site, you
can get your hands on a free copy of Windows 7 and a free product key as well,
which I jumped on the opportunity, seeing as how it will probably retail for
hundreds of dollars when it releases! I’ve had the chance to test out the new
release for a couple days already, and so far I must say I like it better than
Vista. Much faster and less annoying without all the security warnings Vista
usually gave me. I personally think that it’s worth the upgrade once it
releases.
Screenshot
Another piece of software that I’m lucky enough to be a BETA
tester for is the new Microsoft Office 2010. The current version out on the
market is Office 2007, and my personal opinion is that the 2010 version is too
similar to the 2007 version. Not worth paying hundreds to upgrade when it
releases, but that just my opinion.
Screenshot
In new news, I’m currently in a competition to create
T-Shirts for a nutrition company called Nimbus Nutrition. It’s a fairly new
company that makes several different workout supplements and is looking for a
good T-Shirt design that they can sell. If I win I will get a couple of my
T-Shirts designed printed and sent to me for free as well as a couple of their
products for free! This is a gallery of the T-Shirts I’ve designed for them so
far
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm181/ezrafitch1990/Nimbus/
Hopefully I win!
My family came back from their 4th of July trip,
with many pictures, and I am jealous! It seems like they had a lot of fun at
Acadia, and I wish I could have gone! But now I guess I should start packing
for my own trip, so till next time, thanks for reading!
-Hai
I don’t know about other families, but when mine plans a
family trip, they usually do it without telling me. It has never really been a
problem with me finding out about trips a week or a couple days before, but now
that I have a couple jobs to keep up with, I need to find out weeks beforehand.
For July 4th weekend, my parents told me that the family is going up
to Acadia in Maine to go camping, but I just found out yesterday!
Unfortunately, since I didn’t find out with enough time to request time off of
work, I can’t go on this family trip. I really wish I could go on the trip, but
I just can’t ditch my jobs when I made obligations to be at work.
A trip I have plenty of notice to take time off for is the
Gulfport, MI trip. I didn’t realize how close the trip was until I got an email
today that it was only one week from this Sunday! I’m extremely excited for
this trip and absolutely cannot wait until the day comes! I have yet to pack
though, so I have to get on that ASAP. Another thing on my, “to do” list is to
look up new flight regulations. Last time I was on a plane was before airline
security got tight, so I gotta know the basic do’s and don’t’s to the whole
procedure.
I’ll try to update as much as I can in the next couple days!
So till next time, thanks for reading!
-Hai
