'Hot Fuzz' a different genre of foreign film - Life & Arts
So today's activities: work; greenbelt hike / bike; relax with brew and bbq; a good kickball game; and then the aforementioned movie.
Should be a fine friday. Oh - and thursday turned out great as well. I was able to visit my latest design - a large multi-staged wet pond / storm system that is under construction in conjunction with a elementary school. After that - service awards at the oasis on Lake Travis (it is amazing how different it looks post-fire). Finished the night with a great softball game - it went 11 innings (6 extra innings of tie ball with my team ending up loosing by 2 runs).
Machen Sie zu viel spass on diesen Freitag.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Mid-week ramblings
So work continues to keep me quite busy. I do enjoy the ability to focus on a task and grind it down to completeness without being interrupted; which is a rare thing as of late. But it seems this week has been a productive one for current work at least.
I continue to search for a transition into the financial realm; with varying degrees of progress. I have made several contacts in the banking committee, but do not have any solid local prospects. It seems everyone I speak with suggests starting with a major corporate bank and being trained at one of their financial centers. Were I to re-insert myself at the base of that ladder in Dallas/Houston, San Fran, Chicago, or NY; I would have to re-evaluate quite a few things. I am looking to get experience in the field rather than drastically change my life. But in this slow revelation I am considering that if drastic change is necessary, why not strive and create the ideal change? Such thinking leads me to possibilities such as the World Bank and organizations which I have actual interest in that would be of some benefit through my participation. I fear major change to a corporate bank would only serve to mortgage my life for 5 years while I accrue experience that allows me greater flexibility. I have noticed that the cultural question persists: how much effort should be made to make oneself happy in the idealistic future at the expense of current happiness and contentment?
Briefly sequining to the topic of the week: the Virginia Tech massacre. I finally was able to read detailed reports and then digest and briefly contemplate the event. Initially I abhor the sensationalized coverage of today's 24-hour news market and tend to ignore all ''shocking update'' type stories. But after finally reading the Washington Post's narrative [LINK] that focuses on the routines and lives that were interrupted, I have a great sense of sorrow. The Post's account brings the reality back to the story and allows me to relate to the scene; up until the shooter enters the room of course. The description of college life and people are striking, and the classrooms that were hit were of many courses that I took in college: advanced hydrology (my major); german (one of my minors). It saddens me to consider many good people; potential colleagues that most likely had similar interests and abilities as a younger me - now never to be realized; are now gone. And all this by the acts of one person; through an event that no one ever considers possible. So while many now will focus on how to prevent such evil acts, or who is to 'blame' for something so unfathomable; I urge you to visit the above link and scroll down to the full list of those that have left this earthly plain of existence. It is an odd sense of voyeuristic grief; but say a quick prayer and transition back to the drudge of regular life knowing that life is fragile and the unthinkable, while always possible, should never be focused on for too long. Hopefully some good will come of this; although I can think of nothing right now.
Apart from that, the week continues. I think I shall go for a relaxing lunch ride on 360 and enjoy this beautiful spring day.
Post work service awards at the Oasis restaurant should provide some great picture opportunities of which i'll link to tomorrow and then an evening softball game should provide the perfect way to round out the day.
I continue to search for a transition into the financial realm; with varying degrees of progress. I have made several contacts in the banking committee, but do not have any solid local prospects. It seems everyone I speak with suggests starting with a major corporate bank and being trained at one of their financial centers. Were I to re-insert myself at the base of that ladder in Dallas/Houston, San Fran, Chicago, or NY; I would have to re-evaluate quite a few things. I am looking to get experience in the field rather than drastically change my life. But in this slow revelation I am considering that if drastic change is necessary, why not strive and create the ideal change? Such thinking leads me to possibilities such as the World Bank and organizations which I have actual interest in that would be of some benefit through my participation. I fear major change to a corporate bank would only serve to mortgage my life for 5 years while I accrue experience that allows me greater flexibility. I have noticed that the cultural question persists: how much effort should be made to make oneself happy in the idealistic future at the expense of current happiness and contentment?
Briefly sequining to the topic of the week: the Virginia Tech massacre. I finally was able to read detailed reports and then digest and briefly contemplate the event. Initially I abhor the sensationalized coverage of today's 24-hour news market and tend to ignore all ''shocking update'' type stories. But after finally reading the Washington Post's narrative [LINK] that focuses on the routines and lives that were interrupted, I have a great sense of sorrow. The Post's account brings the reality back to the story and allows me to relate to the scene; up until the shooter enters the room of course. The description of college life and people are striking, and the classrooms that were hit were of many courses that I took in college: advanced hydrology (my major); german (one of my minors). It saddens me to consider many good people; potential colleagues that most likely had similar interests and abilities as a younger me - now never to be realized; are now gone. And all this by the acts of one person; through an event that no one ever considers possible. So while many now will focus on how to prevent such evil acts, or who is to 'blame' for something so unfathomable; I urge you to visit the above link and scroll down to the full list of those that have left this earthly plain of existence. It is an odd sense of voyeuristic grief; but say a quick prayer and transition back to the drudge of regular life knowing that life is fragile and the unthinkable, while always possible, should never be focused on for too long. Hopefully some good will come of this; although I can think of nothing right now.
Apart from that, the week continues. I think I shall go for a relaxing lunch ride on 360 and enjoy this beautiful spring day.
Post work service awards at the Oasis restaurant should provide some great picture opportunities of which i'll link to tomorrow and then an evening softball game should provide the perfect way to round out the day.
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