If there is one word that will strike fear and excitement into the heart of a student it is "Finals"! Yes indeed..... and everyone knows it's true. All semester long we fight through homework and papers and reading and no sleep and stress and .... and .... and.... every other god forsaken activity that we are put through as students. Then on top of it all, just when were ready for it all to end..... we have "FINALS"! That on word invokes joy and happiness and RELIEF from all the above that was previously stated, but then we realize how much more work and stress and sleepless nights and reading and every other god forsaken activity that we have to do in order to prepare for the dreaded "FINALS", and on top of all that... there is the added stress of knowing that this one FINAL, will make or brake you..... ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!
So yeah... that is my state of mind and being at this moment. It is still a little ways off, but this hideous creature known as "Finals" is lurking around the corner, waiting and watching. But Hey... drown it out and enjoy the events that take place before finals.... like homework, reading, sleepless nights..... oh crap.... what kind of life do we live? LOL. but just imagine that some thing as dreaded as finals still produces: pleasure, excitement, relief, and accomplishment!
Yeah that's right!!! It's all worth it in the end!!!!!
Late,
Wilde
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Country Music and the Black Death.... Huh? Sounds good to me!
Well hello there folks, How the hell are ya doin'? It's good to be in your local bar again...... LOL.... Yeah, so if ya can't tell I'm listening to some country music.... Hank III to be exact. If you want some music that crosses genres check him out... but I'll warn ya... It is not for the faint of heart!
Ok.... so onto this weeks activities...... Hmmmmm. Well, today we had our broadcast from Dr. Mueller! Man you want to talk about an amazing lecture! It really was awesome! The only thing that could have been better is if prospective students were there. Yeah, no one showed up other than myself and the USU Price staff that was working. I know Blanding was also hooked up to the feed but I don't know if they had anyone attend or not. Even though this event did not go as well as i planned there is some good that came from it, and I really believe that this will be a great recruitment strategy. The best thing about doing something like this, which has not been done before, you learn what should have be done differently. After talking with Brad we are going to work closely with the the CEU Professors, some of them mentioned that they would be willing to bring their entire class to a lecture like this, but it wasn't possible this time because I set the date and time before I spoke with them...... Yeah.. it was a stupid move on my part, but hind site is always 20/20.
Anyway.... tomorrow is our semester activity. So far it looks like this could be the best attended activity in Price in the last couple of years. As of noon today we had 30 students sign up for the USU Price Movie Night! Hopefully we will have a good turn out. I will be sure to let everyone know.... So the moral of this weeks blog is, work closely with professors, offer free movie tickets, and go check out HANK III!!!
Late,
Wilde
Ok.... so onto this weeks activities...... Hmmmmm. Well, today we had our broadcast from Dr. Mueller! Man you want to talk about an amazing lecture! It really was awesome! The only thing that could have been better is if prospective students were there. Yeah, no one showed up other than myself and the USU Price staff that was working. I know Blanding was also hooked up to the feed but I don't know if they had anyone attend or not. Even though this event did not go as well as i planned there is some good that came from it, and I really believe that this will be a great recruitment strategy. The best thing about doing something like this, which has not been done before, you learn what should have be done differently. After talking with Brad we are going to work closely with the the CEU Professors, some of them mentioned that they would be willing to bring their entire class to a lecture like this, but it wasn't possible this time because I set the date and time before I spoke with them...... Yeah.. it was a stupid move on my part, but hind site is always 20/20.
Anyway.... tomorrow is our semester activity. So far it looks like this could be the best attended activity in Price in the last couple of years. As of noon today we had 30 students sign up for the USU Price Movie Night! Hopefully we will have a good turn out. I will be sure to let everyone know.... So the moral of this weeks blog is, work closely with professors, offer free movie tickets, and go check out HANK III!!!
Late,
Wilde
Friday, October 30, 2009
Halloween has become just another day.....
Greetings all,
Well it is sad to say, but Halloween has become just another day to me..... This is majorly disappointing, because Halloween has been my favorite holiday forever. I guess a part of me has died as I am so busy to participate in the activities that correspond with this ghoulish and festive event. Yes, between work and school and student rep responsibilities I do not have the time to practice the horrific events of the weekend. So everybody.... take note... because you have witnessed the death of a part of my life that I have enjoyed since I could ever remember......
Onto other events. I had some major success and failures over the last two weeks... Last Wed. I had great success with recruitment at the Aggie Ice cream event... This weeks event did not prove to be so successful. Of course the weather resembled that of Christmas instead of Halloween, and many of the students that came for Ice Cream were "repeats" from the previous week. I would have like to photographed event but my camera went the way of the dinosaur and died, and at the moment I can not afford another one..... So, needless to say... I served a lot of ice cream, ice cream that was solid as rock, if you don't believe me check out my blisters some time.
But I'm taking a different approach this next month.... Starting with a broadcast from Dr. Mueller. If any of you have had an opportunity to take a class from him you will know how much work is involved in one of his classes, but you will also know how great of an instructor he is, so needless to say, I'm excited about his lecture for CEU's students... Hopefully some interested History majors will show up as he is lecturing about the Black Death!!!
Well I'll be sure to let you know how everything works this week... Enjoy Halloween, if you can, and try to survive the events of the semester!
Later,
Wilde
Well it is sad to say, but Halloween has become just another day to me..... This is majorly disappointing, because Halloween has been my favorite holiday forever. I guess a part of me has died as I am so busy to participate in the activities that correspond with this ghoulish and festive event. Yes, between work and school and student rep responsibilities I do not have the time to practice the horrific events of the weekend. So everybody.... take note... because you have witnessed the death of a part of my life that I have enjoyed since I could ever remember......
Onto other events. I had some major success and failures over the last two weeks... Last Wed. I had great success with recruitment at the Aggie Ice cream event... This weeks event did not prove to be so successful. Of course the weather resembled that of Christmas instead of Halloween, and many of the students that came for Ice Cream were "repeats" from the previous week. I would have like to photographed event but my camera went the way of the dinosaur and died, and at the moment I can not afford another one..... So, needless to say... I served a lot of ice cream, ice cream that was solid as rock, if you don't believe me check out my blisters some time.
But I'm taking a different approach this next month.... Starting with a broadcast from Dr. Mueller. If any of you have had an opportunity to take a class from him you will know how much work is involved in one of his classes, but you will also know how great of an instructor he is, so needless to say, I'm excited about his lecture for CEU's students... Hopefully some interested History majors will show up as he is lecturing about the Black Death!!!
Well I'll be sure to let you know how everything works this week... Enjoy Halloween, if you can, and try to survive the events of the semester!
Later,
Wilde
Friday, October 23, 2009
FREE AGGIE ICE CREAM!!!
It is absolutely amazing what happens on a schools campus when you put up flyer for FREE AGGIE ICE CREAM!!!!!
So on Wednesday I set up shop on the CEU campus with Free Aggie Ice Cream! I could not believe the turn out! I had students backed up for what seemed like forever! But of course there was a catch! If the students wanted ice cream they had to answer one question for me. That question was "what are you studying"? This turned out to be a great recruitment activity! I served over 250 students ice cream, but out of those 25o students 15 showed genuine interest in USU Price! So the effort was totally worth it! But it came at a price, of course. The price was my hands! Yes after scooping ice cream for 3 straight hours (that is not an exaggeration) I got some major blisters!!!! But I should have expected that... after all my parents own a Baskin Robbins for the majority of my life.... working there during High school I had blisters all the time. I guess i was out of shape because I haven't scoop that much ice cream since 1999. At that time my hands were calloused so it didn't affect me..... but 10 years off my hands took a beating!!! But it was well worth it!
I will be on campus next Wednesday as well... USU Price will grow!!!! I promise you that!
Well in other news... I am doing really good in Fantasy football. My rankings are 1st, 1st and 3rd!
The problem is I'm in third in the money league!!! But as long as I make the play offs i have a chance to win!
So..... I hope to have a camera for next weeks ice cream event... then i can post some pics of the CHAOS that comes with free ice cream.......
Well, I'm out for the week!
See ya later,
Wilde
So on Wednesday I set up shop on the CEU campus with Free Aggie Ice Cream! I could not believe the turn out! I had students backed up for what seemed like forever! But of course there was a catch! If the students wanted ice cream they had to answer one question for me. That question was "what are you studying"? This turned out to be a great recruitment activity! I served over 250 students ice cream, but out of those 25o students 15 showed genuine interest in USU Price! So the effort was totally worth it! But it came at a price, of course. The price was my hands! Yes after scooping ice cream for 3 straight hours (that is not an exaggeration) I got some major blisters!!!! But I should have expected that... after all my parents own a Baskin Robbins for the majority of my life.... working there during High school I had blisters all the time. I guess i was out of shape because I haven't scoop that much ice cream since 1999. At that time my hands were calloused so it didn't affect me..... but 10 years off my hands took a beating!!! But it was well worth it!
I will be on campus next Wednesday as well... USU Price will grow!!!! I promise you that!
Well in other news... I am doing really good in Fantasy football. My rankings are 1st, 1st and 3rd!
The problem is I'm in third in the money league!!! But as long as I make the play offs i have a chance to win!
So..... I hope to have a camera for next weeks ice cream event... then i can post some pics of the CHAOS that comes with free ice cream.......
Well, I'm out for the week!
See ya later,
Wilde
Friday, October 16, 2009
I have been awake for over 48 hours straight!
Well how goes it my three followers? I have to say that the last couple of days have been hell, probally do to the fact that I have had no sleep! This all began at my usual wake up time of 3:00 am wednesday morning. I was supposed to work four hours that day, 4:00 to 8:00 a.m. That way I figured I could come home and get some reading done for my Greek History Class, the I could write my paper on thrusday and have it submitted by 8:00 pm. Well that change because I got called up Nine Mile Canyon to go work on a truck. The bad thing about this? Well, it takes a good 3 and a half hours one way to get to the location! So that blew my idea of only working 4 hours away. So working an 11 hour shift I was completly behind schedule. So I went to class wednesday night and got home from class around 8:00 pm. (total time awake = 17 hours)
So getting home I had to finish my reading so I could have some substance for my paper. Which was due at midnight on thursday. The reading took me 5 hours, the time on the clock is now 1:00 am. So im now faced with the question. Is 2 and half hours of sleep really worth it? I decided: no. Boy what a mistake! So instead of sleeping I start getting some other homework done for British Lit, and then head off to work, thinking that I can put in my 8 hours and get home to start my paper. This actually happened, but it was boarish 8 hours. I got to the shop and was informed that a truck was waiting for in Moab! Lucky me. Not that big of problem, other than the fact that it has now been 24 hours without any sleep! So I get back from moab at 10:30, and have another truck waiting for a set of drives. So I bust ass and get them done so I can get off in time. After all, I have a six page paper due that night at 11:59. The problem is that my wife, a CEU student, is on spring break! Sounds good huh!? No, since i began college I have developed strange writing rituals. One of these rituals is that I can be the only one in the house! Plus, I have a meeting with Brad at 2:00. So I try starting on my paper, which failed miserably, so I give up for the time being and head off to my meeting with Brad. After the meeting, now 3:00 pm (total time without sleep = 35 hours). I come home, knowing that I have a max of 9 hours to get my paper done. I tell my wife that she is forbidden to enter my office and make the least amount of noise possible, and I get to work! By this point in time I have drank 6 Rock Stars to keep going. Needless to say, I got the paper hacked out and submitted at 11:47 pm. Yeah i got it done! But now im faced with the fact that I have to be back to work in 4 hours. That is enough time right? Wrong, Im so wired from energy drinks and coffee that I can't sleep. so once again I start homework for other class. I found that reading was useless, even thought I was wide awake, but my brain was tired that it retained nothing. So I took a couple quizes for Young Adult Lit. Then I played on the net until it was time for work. Arriving at work (48 hours without sleep now!) I find that I have nothing to do! The truck I was supposed to work on got sent out of state. Sounds good right? Wrong! When you have gone 48 hours with sleep you need things to keep you going, otherwise you want to pass out! So Friday, today, I got off work at noon, came home and went shopping with my wife, by the way, WALMART SUCKS AT 1:00 PM AND YOURE TIRED AS HELL! anyway I survive that mini adventure, come home unload Groceries, and get ready to take my parents out to dinner for my dads birthday. 5:00 pm (57 hours now) we drive to East Carbon for dinner, eat and come home. If you ever find yourself in East Carbon stop and eat at the Pik-N-Shovel. Absolulty amazing! So that brings us to now. Me typeing my blog! 8:22. 60 hours have passed, and im fading fast. And the only thing I have to think about is I have to be back to work at 4:00 tomorrow morning. So 6 hours 6 or so hours is what i get if I go to bed now. Which im doing. Im not spell checking this, or proof reading it. hopefully it makes sense, I don't know if my math adds up, and at this point i don't care. So later. excuse my bluntness......
So getting home I had to finish my reading so I could have some substance for my paper. Which was due at midnight on thursday. The reading took me 5 hours, the time on the clock is now 1:00 am. So im now faced with the question. Is 2 and half hours of sleep really worth it? I decided: no. Boy what a mistake! So instead of sleeping I start getting some other homework done for British Lit, and then head off to work, thinking that I can put in my 8 hours and get home to start my paper. This actually happened, but it was boarish 8 hours. I got to the shop and was informed that a truck was waiting for in Moab! Lucky me. Not that big of problem, other than the fact that it has now been 24 hours without any sleep! So I get back from moab at 10:30, and have another truck waiting for a set of drives. So I bust ass and get them done so I can get off in time. After all, I have a six page paper due that night at 11:59. The problem is that my wife, a CEU student, is on spring break! Sounds good huh!? No, since i began college I have developed strange writing rituals. One of these rituals is that I can be the only one in the house! Plus, I have a meeting with Brad at 2:00. So I try starting on my paper, which failed miserably, so I give up for the time being and head off to my meeting with Brad. After the meeting, now 3:00 pm (total time without sleep = 35 hours). I come home, knowing that I have a max of 9 hours to get my paper done. I tell my wife that she is forbidden to enter my office and make the least amount of noise possible, and I get to work! By this point in time I have drank 6 Rock Stars to keep going. Needless to say, I got the paper hacked out and submitted at 11:47 pm. Yeah i got it done! But now im faced with the fact that I have to be back to work in 4 hours. That is enough time right? Wrong, Im so wired from energy drinks and coffee that I can't sleep. so once again I start homework for other class. I found that reading was useless, even thought I was wide awake, but my brain was tired that it retained nothing. So I took a couple quizes for Young Adult Lit. Then I played on the net until it was time for work. Arriving at work (48 hours without sleep now!) I find that I have nothing to do! The truck I was supposed to work on got sent out of state. Sounds good right? Wrong! When you have gone 48 hours with sleep you need things to keep you going, otherwise you want to pass out! So Friday, today, I got off work at noon, came home and went shopping with my wife, by the way, WALMART SUCKS AT 1:00 PM AND YOURE TIRED AS HELL! anyway I survive that mini adventure, come home unload Groceries, and get ready to take my parents out to dinner for my dads birthday. 5:00 pm (57 hours now) we drive to East Carbon for dinner, eat and come home. If you ever find yourself in East Carbon stop and eat at the Pik-N-Shovel. Absolulty amazing! So that brings us to now. Me typeing my blog! 8:22. 60 hours have passed, and im fading fast. And the only thing I have to think about is I have to be back to work at 4:00 tomorrow morning. So 6 hours 6 or so hours is what i get if I go to bed now. Which im doing. Im not spell checking this, or proof reading it. hopefully it makes sense, I don't know if my math adds up, and at this point i don't care. So later. excuse my bluntness......
Friday, October 9, 2009
Fall is in the air, and so is recruitment!
Hey how goes it everyone? Not to shabby here, I'm just really enjoying the fall weather, and getting ready for fall break! Yeah, i survived my first mid-terms and I'm glad they are over. Now I have to gear up for another set assessments and papers along with some recruitment at CEU! After fall break I will be attending some of the CEU activities for non-traditional students as a USU Representative. Of course I will be promoting USU Price to the students but I will also be providing Aggie Ice Cream! Oh yeah! That alone is enough to persuade anyone to come to USU Price! After that I too will be setting up shop in the JLCS where students can come and learn more about the opportunities they have at USU Price! I will also be setting up a student activity, hopefully a movie night! That will be taking place in late October early November! Well it is time to hit the grind stone again! Later everyone.
Wilde
Wilde
Friday, October 2, 2009
Be cautious!
I know that this is becoming a clique, but this has been another week for the books! What a week. For myself it was a short week, but a one that wasn't very pleasurable. One of the guys at work was diagnosed with the swine flu, or H1N1 or what ever it is called, and guess what!!!! Yeah that is right! I didn't get it.... Yet. But I did get sick. With the outbreak at work I was extremely worried, but I was glad to know that I came down with strep throat instead of the swine flu. Needless to say I was extremely worried so I skip a couple of classes and meetings to avoid getting anyone sick! I am feeling much better so far, so I'm gearing up for a regular week of work and school. Waking up at 4 am on a Saturday to go to work is hardly regular, but I'm sure I will get by, especially because this is the third week in a row of doing it, so it is almost routine.
So the sickness pretty much controlled my week this week. We had a tail gate party scheduled for the game this past week, but no one showed up, and with me being sick I called it, and went home and slept. But I am gearing up for some recruiting events combine with CEU. Hopefully I will have some success. All i Have to say is "another week has passed and i Survived, and it is now time to go to bed.
later
Wilde
So the sickness pretty much controlled my week this week. We had a tail gate party scheduled for the game this past week, but no one showed up, and with me being sick I called it, and went home and slept. But I am gearing up for some recruiting events combine with CEU. Hopefully I will have some success. All i Have to say is "another week has passed and i Survived, and it is now time to go to bed.
later
Wilde
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