Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Best Valentine's Day Present
Although I love all the typical expressions of love that can be shared on Valentine's Day, I am most happy this Valentine's Day that I will be reunited with my Valentine. I have officially accepted an engineering position at Kohler and will be starting my new job on March 10. Yippee!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Dartball
If I were still in Michigan, I would be bowling with Allison, James, and Rob in our church bowling league tonight. Rumor has it, that Michigan actually has the highest number of registered bowlers in the US. Taking that into consideration, I still expected to come across some bowlers here in Sheboygan. Well, at least in the people I have run into thus far, bowling isn't the popular "cult" sport here - it's dartball.
Dartball is scores like baseball, but plays like darts. You got 9 players on a team, and you throw darts at a board 25 feet away. Depending on where you hit the board, you score an out, strike, foul, ball, base hit, double, triple, or homerun.
A friend & coworker of mine, Ben, invited to come check out a dartball tournament held at one of the local Lutheran churches in the area. Personally, I was more impressed with how into the games that the players and fans (yes, fans) got into the games - jumping up and high-fiving people when someone got a base hit - than I was with the game itself. Ben was actually telling me about the guy that most likely will be "Rookie of the Year" this season, because his batting average is one of the top in the league. Rookie of the year? Batting average??? Amazing. They even had embroidered team shirts with the team's championship years captured on the sleeve.
Now I have to be careful with what I say here - the dartball cult is a passionate bunch, but I'm not sure it's quite for me. But who knows what will happen in the future. If this Lions fan can breakdown and cheer for the Packers, this bowler could possibly be a future dartball Rookie of the Year.
Dartball is scores like baseball, but plays like darts. You got 9 players on a team, and you throw darts at a board 25 feet away. Depending on where you hit the board, you score an out, strike, foul, ball, base hit, double, triple, or homerun.
A friend & coworker of mine, Ben, invited to come check out a dartball tournament held at one of the local Lutheran churches in the area. Personally, I was more impressed with how into the games that the players and fans (yes, fans) got into the games - jumping up and high-fiving people when someone got a base hit - than I was with the game itself. Ben was actually telling me about the guy that most likely will be "Rookie of the Year" this season, because his batting average is one of the top in the league. Rookie of the year? Batting average??? Amazing. They even had embroidered team shirts with the team's championship years captured on the sleeve.
Now I have to be careful with what I say here - the dartball cult is a passionate bunch, but I'm not sure it's quite for me. But who knows what will happen in the future. If this Lions fan can breakdown and cheer for the Packers, this bowler could possibly be a future dartball Rookie of the Year.
Friday, February 8, 2008
College Requirements > Education
Alright - I've been back in Wisconsin for 5 days or so, and I'm just about all caught up from my week of traveling last week. I got a load of laundry to do, but that's what this weekend is for. By the time I'm fully caught up, it will be about time to start packing for the next trip to... *drum roll* ...JAMAICA! I fly back to Michigan 2 weeks from tonight, and then fly to Jamaica on Sunday (We bought the tickets from Detroit to Montego Bay before the whole move happened). The first half of the week we'll be spending time with Allison's old roommate, Claire, who is stationed in Jamaica with the Peace Corps. The second half of the week will be spent as good 'ol tourists celebrating our friends wedding at an all inclusive resort. My diet has decided to take a sabbatical until I get back from Jamaica. :)
Speaking of sabbaticals, it's time to get to the inspiration behind the title of my post today. I am down to 8 final credits until I can graduate. So I'm currently making my plans for the remaining semesters this year for course load, courses, etc. One of my final classes that I need to take are one of the following:
Managing Information Systems
Accounting
Finanacial Management
Now, I have already taken Managerial Accounting at Oakland University as an 'elective'. And judging by the course descriptions, there is a lot of redundant information between Managerial Accounting and Accounting and Financial Management. Thus, the logical thing to do would be to take the information systems class, correct? Nope. The professor of this class is refusing to accept alternatives in the subject that I have identified. I took my case to my adviser, explaining that I would very much rather take a class where I'm going to learn something rather than a class that is only going to repeat what I have already learned in another class. But due to the professors and OU's inflexibility on the program requirements, I am forced to take Financial Management solely to check a box so I can graduate. I tried contacting the program chair, but have been ignored.
Truth be told, this will make my summer semester much easier for me, because I've already taken the class! But the point is that I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to stretch myself a little further and grow. Although I certainly can continue to do those things personally, but I thought the whole point of graduate school was to support students in their endeavors in continuing education. However, it appears that having a checklist and crossing it off has surpassed the original intent.
Oh well. If school tells me my checklist is more important than my education, then I will work on my checklist. I'll sharpen my pencil, mark off a pointless class that I have already taken, take one more step closer to graduation, and then take a nap on the beach.
Speaking of sabbaticals, it's time to get to the inspiration behind the title of my post today. I am down to 8 final credits until I can graduate. So I'm currently making my plans for the remaining semesters this year for course load, courses, etc. One of my final classes that I need to take are one of the following:
Managing Information Systems
Accounting
Finanacial Management
Now, I have already taken Managerial Accounting at Oakland University as an 'elective'. And judging by the course descriptions, there is a lot of redundant information between Managerial Accounting and Accounting and Financial Management. Thus, the logical thing to do would be to take the information systems class, correct? Nope. The professor of this class is refusing to accept alternatives in the subject that I have identified. I took my case to my adviser, explaining that I would very much rather take a class where I'm going to learn something rather than a class that is only going to repeat what I have already learned in another class. But due to the professors and OU's inflexibility on the program requirements, I am forced to take Financial Management solely to check a box so I can graduate. I tried contacting the program chair, but have been ignored.
Truth be told, this will make my summer semester much easier for me, because I've already taken the class! But the point is that I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to stretch myself a little further and grow. Although I certainly can continue to do those things personally, but I thought the whole point of graduate school was to support students in their endeavors in continuing education. However, it appears that having a checklist and crossing it off has surpassed the original intent.
Oh well. If school tells me my checklist is more important than my education, then I will work on my checklist. I'll sharpen my pencil, mark off a pointless class that I have already taken, take one more step closer to graduation, and then take a nap on the beach.
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