School, WoW, and FMP
I can't believe it's almost been a month since I started this thing... it seems like the last few weeks have just been a blur. Anyway, school is going well... I got invited to join a scholastic fraternity (not what you'd think). But here's the major problem:
They want me to give up Friday nights.
*SIGH*
This, of course, would limit my participation in Friday Nights @ Pfizer (see first post), which makes me sad. However, I can't ignore the professional opportunities that this would open up for me. I've already made some good connections at SDSU in a month's time, and I can't help but think that the networking offered by this group would give me an invaluable resource when I start working in the field... it's not what you know, it's who you know.
On other fronts, I've been totally absorbed into the World of Warcraft community. It's a great source of entertainment, if not completely pernicious in its programming to keep you playing for hours at a time to accomplish any significant goal. I'm still enjoying it with a lower mid-level character (lv 24/60). It's very much like Diablo II in many ways... except for the membership fee. One of the nice things about D2 was the ability to play it over a LAN... WoW is only available online. In many ways, it's not unlike MUDs of old, and I am reminded of the good old days when I played the Unforgiven MUD with high school buddies. Good times.
The last new hurdle that I see in front of me is the joy of learning FileMaker Pro from the ground up. I am familiar with the peripheral use of it (I use it every week to create purchase orders), but now I'm being asked to solve our company's problems relating to updating the price lists from about 20 vendors. This involves all sort of fun and exciting scripts, portals, and other terminology that I'm still trying to retain. As if I wasn't trying to cram enough in my brain this semester with 16 units... of course, I feel bad when I hear people say they're taking 23 units, and I think 16 plus a FT job is rough.
More as it develops...
They want me to give up Friday nights.
*SIGH*
This, of course, would limit my participation in Friday Nights @ Pfizer (see first post), which makes me sad. However, I can't ignore the professional opportunities that this would open up for me. I've already made some good connections at SDSU in a month's time, and I can't help but think that the networking offered by this group would give me an invaluable resource when I start working in the field... it's not what you know, it's who you know.
On other fronts, I've been totally absorbed into the World of Warcraft community. It's a great source of entertainment, if not completely pernicious in its programming to keep you playing for hours at a time to accomplish any significant goal. I'm still enjoying it with a lower mid-level character (lv 24/60). It's very much like Diablo II in many ways... except for the membership fee. One of the nice things about D2 was the ability to play it over a LAN... WoW is only available online. In many ways, it's not unlike MUDs of old, and I am reminded of the good old days when I played the Unforgiven MUD with high school buddies. Good times.
The last new hurdle that I see in front of me is the joy of learning FileMaker Pro from the ground up. I am familiar with the peripheral use of it (I use it every week to create purchase orders), but now I'm being asked to solve our company's problems relating to updating the price lists from about 20 vendors. This involves all sort of fun and exciting scripts, portals, and other terminology that I'm still trying to retain. As if I wasn't trying to cram enough in my brain this semester with 16 units... of course, I feel bad when I hear people say they're taking 23 units, and I think 16 plus a FT job is rough.
More as it develops...
posted by CaptMDKirk @ 7:18 AM
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