14.5 down, 1.5 to go

As much as I love the life and schedule of a college student, sometimes I wonder how much longer I can handle school work. For the last week I have been stressed about a due date and how I am going to finish a project that is due by Tuesday. My heart rate has literally been beating twice as fast as normal since last Thursday and today is Sunday. This is why I grew up saying I didn't want to go to college and why I am thankful that school is temporary. I have 14.5 years down and 1.5 to go. I'm almost there.

I try to remind myself of the bigger things in life and remember that this life is only temporary anyway, but it doesn't change the fact that I have loads of work to do before the end of the semester. Right now I am at one of those points where I am ready to get out of school and move on to greater things. I love my friends and the community here but man school is not for me. It never has been. However, I know God has a plan for my life and that is what keeps me going.

-Ned

Lying on your Resume

Currently in the process of finding a second internship, the topic of my resume is freshly on my mind. It is the real deal to read articles like this and the first thing it made me think about was to look back over my resume to MAKE SURE no dates were stretched or anything like that. I am surprised how many people it says lie on their resume. I just assume that employers will find out one way or another and nothing good can come out of lying on a resume.

Immediately after reading this article, I read the article on how to present time off from the work force on a resume. I am curious about this because I do not want to go straight from college into an office and I would like to spend a year or so traveling and working odd jobs. I have often thought about how this will be received by potential employers when they see my resume. Both of the articles were helpful in preparing an effective resume.

Maybe its wierd, but I find the job hunt almost thrilling. It reminds me of a game of texas hold 'em. You can't change the cards you have (the experience on your resume) but you have to put your game face on and be confident. You have to convince employers that you have the best hand (are the man for the job) even if another person has better cards. I like pursuing internships because there is not the pressure of having to support yourself but you still get to experience it.

-Ned

Events Business

Our business is to organize events on second life. We will go around to event locations such as skate parks, golf courses, race tracks and other activity places and talk to the owners to get their permission and cooperation. Then we will advertise by putting up posters in popular places, the place of the event, and other places where people who enjoy the sport would be. For example, if we organize a skate contest, we would advertise it at other skate parks as well. We could get sponsors from second life businesses or real businesses who might donate prizes or just have their name displayed.

We would make money off of sponsors paying to advertise and participants paying an entry fee to the event. Our events might include skate contests, golf tournaments, car races, mountain bike or dirt bike races, and other sports. There is potential for us to organize events for any sport. To attract participants, the winners would receive prizes. The more I think about it, I think this has potential in or out of second life.

-Ned