Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Disappointed
So I just explained this whole thing to Nik so it's a bit tedious to have to write about it again but I feel like it's valuable blog material.
Basically, I've been feeling unusually down all day and I just recently figured out why. I got my offer from Merrill Lynch today...hurray...except no one is hurraying with me. So it's a little lonely out here cheering for myself. I can't expect people to care what's going on in my life I guess but the people I most expected to react positively didn't (except for Lei and Eugene).
Anyway. I got my offer today. I immediately text messaged Nik and Lei because I figured they should know first...since Nik is my boyfriend and I promised Lei I'd tell him when I heard from Merrill. I went to work excited to tell Anne because I knew she'd congratulate me...but she wasn't there. I called my dad and his reaction was pretty lame. I guess I can't expect all that much from my parents. Or I suppose he wasn't surprised that I got it; really all he cared about was the details of how much I'd be making and that did not satisfy him.
I talked to Nik about it online and he was giving me all these numbers about how the price of living in NYC is so much greater and that would devalue my offer blah blah blah. I knew that going into it. Basically, no ecstatic congratulations from the one person I definitely expected it from...
I wanted to tell one of my sisters because I thought maybe someone would post to the tridelt bboard with a little "snaps to Theresa for getting an offer from Merrill Lynch." I'm so silly. Well, I waited all night til I saw Helen and I told her. She was happy for me but I didn't get a post to the bboard. Oh well.
Earlier tonight I even called my brother (hoping he'd be more impressed given he's never had a job). No. I had to remind him that the offer I was given was more than he makes...but that doesn't matter I guess.
Basically, yeah...my offer from Merrill isn't that great. I don't even care the amount they're offering me because I wasn't going to take it in the first place. The point is I worked all summer and GOT an offer.
Congrats to me.
Basically, I've been feeling unusually down all day and I just recently figured out why. I got my offer from Merrill Lynch today...hurray...except no one is hurraying with me. So it's a little lonely out here cheering for myself. I can't expect people to care what's going on in my life I guess but the people I most expected to react positively didn't (except for Lei and Eugene).
Anyway. I got my offer today. I immediately text messaged Nik and Lei because I figured they should know first...since Nik is my boyfriend and I promised Lei I'd tell him when I heard from Merrill. I went to work excited to tell Anne because I knew she'd congratulate me...but she wasn't there. I called my dad and his reaction was pretty lame. I guess I can't expect all that much from my parents. Or I suppose he wasn't surprised that I got it; really all he cared about was the details of how much I'd be making and that did not satisfy him.
I talked to Nik about it online and he was giving me all these numbers about how the price of living in NYC is so much greater and that would devalue my offer blah blah blah. I knew that going into it. Basically, no ecstatic congratulations from the one person I definitely expected it from...
I wanted to tell one of my sisters because I thought maybe someone would post to the tridelt bboard with a little "snaps to Theresa for getting an offer from Merrill Lynch." I'm so silly. Well, I waited all night til I saw Helen and I told her. She was happy for me but I didn't get a post to the bboard. Oh well.
Earlier tonight I even called my brother (hoping he'd be more impressed given he's never had a job). No. I had to remind him that the offer I was given was more than he makes...but that doesn't matter I guess.
Basically, yeah...my offer from Merrill isn't that great. I don't even care the amount they're offering me because I wasn't going to take it in the first place. The point is I worked all summer and GOT an offer.
Congrats to me.
Monday, September 12, 2005
My first Being-a-Senior-Rules Moment
I just dropped a class because I don't feel like doing the homework.
Well, that's not completely true. That's what made me research whether or not I really needed to take the class, not what made me actually drop it. It turns out I don't really need the class since I'm not going to be able to get my minor in decision science (see entry below regarding being on waitlists as a senior). Oh well. I really need more me-time anyway. Even though me-time really only translates to tridelt time. ::sigh::
Well, that's not completely true. That's what made me research whether or not I really needed to take the class, not what made me actually drop it. It turns out I don't really need the class since I'm not going to be able to get my minor in decision science (see entry below regarding being on waitlists as a senior). Oh well. I really need more me-time anyway. Even though me-time really only translates to tridelt time. ::sigh::
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Another good weekend
So I'm going to be lame again and talk about the weekend I spent with Nik.
We went to the Strip Saturday morning and Nik helped me FMR shop. I bought the most awesome hat ever. Check it out:
Nik also got a cool #1 Pittsburgh foam finger. He likes it a lot.
There's also a cool new fudge place called Fudie Wudgie. I didn't think you could sustain a place where the productline is entirely fudge (and not located on the boardwalk at the beach)...but hey whatever.
I found out my man is a good dj. Yay! Too bad he didn't save me from the freshmen who were trying to hump me on the dancefloor.
Basically, good times.
We went to the Strip Saturday morning and Nik helped me FMR shop. I bought the most awesome hat ever. Check it out:
Nik also got a cool #1 Pittsburgh foam finger. He likes it a lot.
There's also a cool new fudge place called Fudie Wudgie. I didn't think you could sustain a place where the productline is entirely fudge (and not located on the boardwalk at the beach)...but hey whatever.
I found out my man is a good dj. Yay! Too bad he didn't save me from the freshmen who were trying to hump me on the dancefloor.
Basically, good times.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Being in love....
So now is actually a really bad time to post but I feel compelled. Nik and I had a long conversation tonight that I didn't particularly enjoy. Basically he thinks that every guy I know is trying to hit on me and that I don't value our relationship enough to defend it against them. I argue that he is crazy and that guys aren't trying to hit on me so there's no reason to need to defend our relationship.
Also, my IS project team was kinda stressing me out because we hadn't completed a few of the parts of the milestone report that's due tomorrow and I was not happy at the prospect of having to write it myself.
Anyway, back to the main point. Right now Helen is on the phone with Danny and they do not sound like a happy couple (sorry Helen). Maybe it's just that she's bogged down with work...but I've seen this before. I feel like Helen and Danny aren't in love anymore...they're just in a relationship. While relationships are lovely and all being in love and in a relationship is even better. I am in love with Nik. I admit that I do question whether or not this in love feeling can last. I hope so.
I feel bad that Nik is so accommodating of me sometimes. He was really really tired but I made him stay on the phone because I wasn't happy with our conversation. I'd rather end our nights on a lovey-dovey note than an annoyed an exasperated one. He is good to me.
Also, my IS project team was kinda stressing me out because we hadn't completed a few of the parts of the milestone report that's due tomorrow and I was not happy at the prospect of having to write it myself.
Anyway, back to the main point. Right now Helen is on the phone with Danny and they do not sound like a happy couple (sorry Helen). Maybe it's just that she's bogged down with work...but I've seen this before. I feel like Helen and Danny aren't in love anymore...they're just in a relationship. While relationships are lovely and all being in love and in a relationship is even better. I am in love with Nik. I admit that I do question whether or not this in love feeling can last. I hope so.
I feel bad that Nik is so accommodating of me sometimes. He was really really tired but I made him stay on the phone because I wasn't happy with our conversation. I'd rather end our nights on a lovey-dovey note than an annoyed an exasperated one. He is good to me.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
CMU is like a boyfriend...
...most of the time I really love it but sometimes it doesn't make any sense. I look at my schedule and I have no idea why I'm taking half the classes I'm taking. I know it all made sense at one point and time...but it doesn't now. I can't believe I'm waitlisted for classes I'm required to take. What's the point of being a senior if there are no privileges associated with it? ;}
Anyway, other than that things are going really well. There was no gradually getting back into the swing of things. Monday alone I had 9 meetings. Ha.
So I was thinking of changing my email signature to more fully capture why I might be sending an email. Here is what it would look like:
--
Theresa Sobczak
Information Systems/Human-Computer Interaction 2006
Delta Delta Delta - Vice President of Administration
Greek Council - Vice President
Circle K - Vice President
Rho Lambda - Service and Philanthropy Co-Chairman
Dance Marathon - Catering Chairman
I feel like it's a bit much. I'm not really down with putting every little thing I do in...I feel like it's just showing off.
Now, on a different subject, my boyfriend is not like CMU. Whereas CMU likes abusing me Nik does not. I wish I could go hang out in DC or something. I miss KASMOD too. I also miss Baskin Robbins.
Anyway, other than that things are going really well. There was no gradually getting back into the swing of things. Monday alone I had 9 meetings. Ha.
So I was thinking of changing my email signature to more fully capture why I might be sending an email. Here is what it would look like:
--
Theresa Sobczak
Information Systems/Human-Computer Interaction 2006
Delta Delta Delta - Vice President of Administration
Greek Council - Vice President
Circle K - Vice President
Rho Lambda - Service and Philanthropy Co-Chairman
Dance Marathon - Catering Chairman
I feel like it's a bit much. I'm not really down with putting every little thing I do in...I feel like it's just showing off.
Now, on a different subject, my boyfriend is not like CMU. Whereas CMU likes abusing me Nik does not. I wish I could go hang out in DC or something. I miss KASMOD too. I also miss Baskin Robbins.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
I had lunch with a friend today. We talked a lot about our relationships. While we did talk about a lot, there are a couple of things that stand out in my mind: One year isn't long enough and I attract weak personalities. He and I argued a bit over each of them. I don't think I actually attract or am attracted to weak personalities. His reasoning was that I have a very strong personality and I am attracted to guys I can control. I definitely disagree with that view. While I do have a strong personality I like to think that I don't let it overtake my partner. For example, I hate making the decision on what restaurant to go to. But if we go to a restaurant that I would not necessarily have chosen if I were eating alone, I'll tease about it. My friend says that teasing about the choice is pretty much asserting my view and discouraging my boyfriend from making decisions not based on what I want. Interesting theory. I hope it's not true. I would rather have someone to debate with than a man with no opinions.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Bad girlfriend
I am a bad girlfriend. Nik is at work right now - his first day. I didn't talk to him at all last night, not even to say goodnight. I know he's excitedly nervous and I wasn't even there to support him or wish him good luck. I feel very guilty. Just last week I got upset with him for not being more considerate about something that was important to me and went and did the same thing. I had forgotten my cell phone in Reinaldo's room and I was not in the state of mind to go get it at the end of the night. The first thing I thought about when I woke up this morning was Nik and his being at work. I think if Nik is having a good day everything will be ok...but if he's having a bad day I think he'll be upset with me. No matter what I hope he's having a good day because I love him and I want everything to be perfect.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Appreciation
I appreciate Nik for pretending like he can't build Ikea furniture so I can build it for him. I'm also glad we went out for Japanese food (which I think he enjoyed more than I did) and for buying yummy yummy hand-packed Rainbow Sherbet from Baskin Robbins.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
6...
As of yesterday (the 4th) Nik and I have been dating for 6 months. It seems so long and so short at the same time...
Friday, July 29, 2005
Resume revisions...
I hate my resume. I feel so lame when I look at it. I guess I have some good stuff on it but I always feel like I'm not good enough.
Anyway, I love Nik. He makes me feel good about myself. He loves me but I would never show him my crappily formatted resume.
Anyway, I love Nik. He makes me feel good about myself. He loves me but I would never show him my crappily formatted resume.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
The Bus Entry
The Bus Entry
I’m on my way back to NYC from Philly. This was a travel-packed weekend, much like the weekend two weekends from now will be. On Saturday I left Chinatown headed toward Washington, D.C. Once there, I ran into Inyoung on the street and she lead me to the corner where Nik was waiting outside the Metro station. I’m glad I got to see Inyoung. She won’t be back in school this year but she is going back to Korea soon. She’s a sweet girl and it’s quite possible I will never see her again. Then again, I think I said that to myself last time I said bye to her too and look what happened.
Nik and I have concluded that DC is the most confusing place to drive in ever. I don’t get it. I think I just need to look at a map and take it in because driving around in it made no sense. The letter/number/state system doesn’t make sense to me. Grids make sense to me. Nik was crazy for having told me to go park his car while he took the ikea bed upstairs. He’s lucky I ever made it back…but I can’t say the same about me finding a parking space.
We got up way too early in the morning to get another bus from DC Chinatown to Philly Chinatown. That was a very interesting bus experience. I (again) am lucky to have gotten a seat on that bus. Not only did I not have my ticket (but I did have an email to show the confirmation number on my cell phone, thank goodness), but the bus was overpacked and everyone refused to give up their seats, even if they didn’t have tickets. There was a lot of back and forth in Chinese and I had to ask the guy behind me what was going on. Then the bus lady was yelling at this family of Mexican people to get off the bus because other people have already paid. They refused saying they would pay and they got here before everyone who was standing in the aisle, myself included. Eventually the bus lady demanded $60 for each ticket in order for them to stay on the bus. They refused and continued to insist that they deserved their seat. Eventually some stuff happened in Spanish and some woman mediated and 3 members of the family got off the bus and the father person stayed on due to some emergency in NYC. I got one of the seats they gave up.
I don’t know about this incoming freshmen class. They were a little off at today’s On the Road event in Philly. Normally these first-years and their parents are full of those typical college questions, but these weren’t. Frankly, this group was full of weirdos – unicycle girls and guys who lock themselves in their rooms to play whatever those weirdos play – in the making. Thanks a lot, admissions counselors.
I miss Nik.
Speaking of the rest of my life, I’ve recently come up with a few life goals that I suppose I should start working toward.
1) Learn to play guitar
2) Live/work in Europe and/or some other foreign country for a period in my life
3) Live for something greater than money
I’m on my way back to NYC from Philly. This was a travel-packed weekend, much like the weekend two weekends from now will be. On Saturday I left Chinatown headed toward Washington, D.C. Once there, I ran into Inyoung on the street and she lead me to the corner where Nik was waiting outside the Metro station. I’m glad I got to see Inyoung. She won’t be back in school this year but she is going back to Korea soon. She’s a sweet girl and it’s quite possible I will never see her again. Then again, I think I said that to myself last time I said bye to her too and look what happened.
Nik and I have concluded that DC is the most confusing place to drive in ever. I don’t get it. I think I just need to look at a map and take it in because driving around in it made no sense. The letter/number/state system doesn’t make sense to me. Grids make sense to me. Nik was crazy for having told me to go park his car while he took the ikea bed upstairs. He’s lucky I ever made it back…but I can’t say the same about me finding a parking space.
We got up way too early in the morning to get another bus from DC Chinatown to Philly Chinatown. That was a very interesting bus experience. I (again) am lucky to have gotten a seat on that bus. Not only did I not have my ticket (but I did have an email to show the confirmation number on my cell phone, thank goodness), but the bus was overpacked and everyone refused to give up their seats, even if they didn’t have tickets. There was a lot of back and forth in Chinese and I had to ask the guy behind me what was going on. Then the bus lady was yelling at this family of Mexican people to get off the bus because other people have already paid. They refused saying they would pay and they got here before everyone who was standing in the aisle, myself included. Eventually the bus lady demanded $60 for each ticket in order for them to stay on the bus. They refused and continued to insist that they deserved their seat. Eventually some stuff happened in Spanish and some woman mediated and 3 members of the family got off the bus and the father person stayed on due to some emergency in NYC. I got one of the seats they gave up.
I don’t know about this incoming freshmen class. They were a little off at today’s On the Road event in Philly. Normally these first-years and their parents are full of those typical college questions, but these weren’t. Frankly, this group was full of weirdos – unicycle girls and guys who lock themselves in their rooms to play whatever those weirdos play – in the making. Thanks a lot, admissions counselors.
I miss Nik.
Speaking of the rest of my life, I’ve recently come up with a few life goals that I suppose I should start working toward.
1) Learn to play guitar
2) Live/work in Europe and/or some other foreign country for a period in my life
3) Live for something greater than money
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Dream job out of college...
This is what I want to do!!!!!!!!! (From Google Jobs)
Usability Analyst
Positions available in Mountain View, CA and New York, NY.
Help us find out about our users! Google is looking for Usability Analysts at all levels, to design and conduct user research studies throughout the product cycle. You will use a range of methods, working closely with UI designers and product teams to define new products, assess the usability of prototypes, and influence the future direction of existing products.
You will have the opportunity to work on products of all types: web sites like Google search and AdWords, web applications like Gmail and Google Maps, client applications like Picasa and Keyhole, and mobile services like Google SMS.
Usability Analyst
Positions available in Mountain View, CA and New York, NY.
Help us find out about our users! Google is looking for Usability Analysts at all levels, to design and conduct user research studies throughout the product cycle. You will use a range of methods, working closely with UI designers and product teams to define new products, assess the usability of prototypes, and influence the future direction of existing products.
You will have the opportunity to work on products of all types: web sites like Google search and AdWords, web applications like Gmail and Google Maps, client applications like Picasa and Keyhole, and mobile services like Google SMS.
Surprise!
In case anyone needs to find me...
I don't think I'm going to take the apartment I looked at today. It was in a great neighborhood and I would love to live in that area sometime in my life but there was no internet or air conditioning - I was sweating like crazy just standing around and talking to the chick.
Basically, I'm not going to work an extra week at Merrill. The money would be nice but I have too much other stuff going on to do that. Besides, I realized that I need a vacation at some point.
Instead, I will spend the second week of August being all housewifey and helping Nik move into his new place. I look forward to it a lot.
Things I still need to do:
FMR planning
Dance Marathon planning
Greek Council planning
Circle K report
Buy Jess a wedding gift
Buy a plane ticket to Jess's wedding (waiting for more finalized plans to take care of that one)
Pay my parents $1000
Pay off my credit card
Read Harry Potter
Guess which one of the items on that list will get done first.
Anyway, this past weekend I had a very good time in Pittsburgh. Nik picked me up way way early in the morning and I felt bad for making him come get me. Actually, when i got off the bus I he wasn't waiting for me so I was half hoping he wasn't there so I could take a cab or something to his house and not bother him (though I'd give him a hard time about it later). It turns out he was just waiting for me outside so no Pittsburgh cab rides for me. Nik and I had several delicious meals at the Cheesecake Factory and Ginza. Nik ate Korean food for me...I was so proud...too bad I could've done a better job preparing our meal. Seriously...I'm not even 100% Korean and I would've made much yummier Korean food. I didn't get to see Nik's mom or grandma this time because I had to stay home and write part of my summer analyst research paper for ML. i saw McCue and I told him about the joys of writing a paper about software methodologies and the software development process at Merrill Lynch could be improved using methodologies.
I'm sleepy. Bed time.
I don't think I'm going to take the apartment I looked at today. It was in a great neighborhood and I would love to live in that area sometime in my life but there was no internet or air conditioning - I was sweating like crazy just standing around and talking to the chick.
Basically, I'm not going to work an extra week at Merrill. The money would be nice but I have too much other stuff going on to do that. Besides, I realized that I need a vacation at some point.
Instead, I will spend the second week of August being all housewifey and helping Nik move into his new place. I look forward to it a lot.
Things I still need to do:
FMR planning
Dance Marathon planning
Greek Council planning
Circle K report
Buy Jess a wedding gift
Buy a plane ticket to Jess's wedding (waiting for more finalized plans to take care of that one)
Pay my parents $1000
Pay off my credit card
Read Harry Potter
Guess which one of the items on that list will get done first.
Anyway, this past weekend I had a very good time in Pittsburgh. Nik picked me up way way early in the morning and I felt bad for making him come get me. Actually, when i got off the bus I he wasn't waiting for me so I was half hoping he wasn't there so I could take a cab or something to his house and not bother him (though I'd give him a hard time about it later). It turns out he was just waiting for me outside so no Pittsburgh cab rides for me. Nik and I had several delicious meals at the Cheesecake Factory and Ginza. Nik ate Korean food for me...I was so proud...too bad I could've done a better job preparing our meal. Seriously...I'm not even 100% Korean and I would've made much yummier Korean food. I didn't get to see Nik's mom or grandma this time because I had to stay home and write part of my summer analyst research paper for ML. i saw McCue and I told him about the joys of writing a paper about software methodologies and the software development process at Merrill Lynch could be improved using methodologies.
I'm sleepy. Bed time.
Monday, July 11, 2005
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