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So, Friday was my last day at Lockheed. It was a good day - a good week, actually, but anyway - my bosses (Pat DiNovo and Faris Sousou) took Ben, Farzan and me out for lunch and invited almost the entire floor. In fact, Karen Vanderburgh, Gary Howe, Greg Garcia, Dave Fassett, Chuck Kryzak, John Foppes and Bart Terrary all came. Pat paid (thanks Pat) and everyone presented us with some gifts. We got MEADS mousepads, MEADS coffee cups and a personalized little MEADS SR Radar Poster mounted on foam core. Pretty cool. After lunch and one more job (two people had already read through our 57 page manual and had questions…) we were escorted out by security after turning in our badges. Never felt so homeless in my life - I had turned in the keys to my apartment that morning and was now not able to get into the OTHER place I lived these last six months. I just got in my car and drove back to Rochester.

Now that I’ve been back in Rochester for a few days, I’m SO ready to go back to classes. I got a lot of stuff done on Saturday, but having nothing to do today was absolutely horrible…I was bored out of my mind. I looked up some stuff on cameras…I shoveled the driveway/cleaned the garage with my Dad…I watched some football and an episode of Intervention…basically, I sat on my @$$ and did nothing. I can’t wait to have things to do again. My first class tomorrow is at 1PM and I can’t wait (Tennis). I can’t forget to bring a towel…

To be honest, I’ve got very few real goals in life. I’ve accomplished some already, like ‘eat a s’more that is still on fire,’ or ‘beat up an Indian kid,’ (thanks for helping with that one, Zach :D). There are others, however, that I’ve not yet fulfilled and I still hunger for. I’m still waiting to, ‘Be part of an effort to save a beached whale,’ ‘have a game room with a kick-ass pool table’, and ‘play saxophone in a band with the muppet drummer,’ for example. I am, however, on track to fulfilling one of my biggest, and arguably most expensive, life goals: attend all four Grand Slams.
For some reason in this last week I’ve become serious about attending the French Open tennis tournament in Paris. I don’t know exactly why, but I am. Maybe it’s because I’ve never really traveled before while all my friend are globe-trotting (Alison = France, Toni = Africa / Isreal, Elise and Laura = Spain, Marie = Nigeria, Willa = Scotland, etc. etc…), or maybe it’s for some other reason, but I really want to go. I’m young, have the money, it’s perfect timing (Finals @ RIT end on May 23rd and the tournament starts on May 25th; not to mention that I could get back in time to start a co-op over the summer) and I may even have a free stay (although if it doesn’t work out, it’d still be pretty cool). I think that Joe is up for going with me, assuming the hotel has WIFI connectivity :D. He’ll need some convincing to stay the entire two weeks of the tournament, but I think it could happen. Anyway, I know this entry isn’t crazy long or anything, but it is getting late and I need to update my resume before Thursday. Cya

Alright, so, it’s already kinda late, but I thought that I should make a little blog article tonight. The subject tonight will be one of coolest people that I’ve met here in Syracuse - Charles Kryzak. Chuck is one of the hardware leads on the project that I work on up here at Lockheed. I feel embarrassingly short on facts about him at the moment but I do know that he received his Bachelors (and I believe, Masters degree) in Physics from the University at Buffalo in 1975 and he went on to receive his PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985. To be honest, I don’t know where he originally worked in industry, I don’t believe it was Lockheed Martin, but in any effect, he made his way to Lockheed. From listening to him talk I know he’s worked on countless projects and I’ve found that he even has some patents to his name.
Basically, I like Chuck. He represents a lot of what I think I want to be like when I get to that point in my career - if it is at all technical, he knows what he is talking about. He “…might be a bit of a cocky bastard” - his words, not mine - but he can back it up. He seems to have done it all and has had real experience with a lot of different aspects of technology. He’s also got his little quirks which are pretty cool too. There is no such thing as a short talk with Chuck. I once asked him a yes or no question about a transceiver I was looking at - I had the answer in less than 10 seconds - twenty minutes later he had to go to a meeting so he had to cut the talk on the politics of engineering short Awesome. I don’t know if it is just experience that has got him to where he is today or if he’s done something extra…plenty of people have been in the workforce as long as him, but it seems that he is a step above where they are. Maybe it’s his passion for the job - he knows so much of so many different facets of engineering. He’ll get into random conversations with people right outside his door on topics that those people are having trouble with and he’ll present solutions they never even heard of! He did that twice in the time that I was sitting with him last week! In the short time that I’ve known him, he has really become a kind of role model for me - a goal to which I can strive to be. I should really schedule another meeting with him soon… Anyway, it’s late…later than I planned to go to bed anyway. I apologize to Chuck for not doing him anywhere NEAR justice in this article, but I tried. Hopefully I was able to convey my respect and admiration of him and his work and for his lessons that I don’t think he even knows he is teaching me. Thanks Chuck

It was just before 9:00 tonight when I got one of those feelings. You know those feelings. The ones you get right in the center of your chest that mean you’ve got to do something. It’s not a heavy feeling but its got weight at the same time. It feels purposeful, like it knows exactly what it is saying - too bad you don’t….yet. You’ll find out soon enough. Tonight my gut was telling me that I had to go for a walk. I guess I had to oblige…I told my roommate I’d be out, put on some jeans, slipped into my sandals with my work socks on, threw my Lockheed Hoodie over my head and put on The Fray as I walked outside.

I always enjoy going for walks. It gives me time to catch up with myself, or at least my music. It’s a great way to just slow down, relax and get some thinking done. I’ve been on enough of these types of walks to know that you can’t actively try to figure out what you’re trying to tell yourself; you won’t figure it out and you’ll just get frustrated. You’ve just got to go with the flow, listen to the music, slow down a bit and let your mind clear. Don’t dwell on your thoughts, let them pass through - you’ll get to it eventually.

If you’ll allow me to break the narrative for a second…the astute reader may have noticed that the topic of this blog is people, not “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy.” I assure you that this has not escaped me, I’ll get there.

Anyway, I started walking down towards Lockheed. I started to, as my friend Ben calls it, “actively listen” to my music. That’s where you put almost all your concentration into really listening to your music. When it’s good music, you can find a lot of good stuff in there. The Fray’s ‘How to Save a Life’ is good music. I wasn’t so much listening to the words as I was the music itself. It seemed to bring me back to all that had gone on this summer in Syracuse. I started to think about all the fun I had hanging out with the other interns - the parties, the beach days, the barbecues, the games, the laughs, The Dinosaur. And then it hit me. This entire summer was great, there is no doubt about that, but there were three people that really stood out to make it that way: Doug Robl, who I talked with last Monday, Willa Lin, who I emailed just last night, and, HOLY CRAP, Nick! I haven’t talked with Nick since he left over a month ago! Of all three of them, I arguably spent the most time hanging out with him. We worked on the same project, worked in the same Quad, were always on the same team for Ultimate Frisbee or Basketball or Pool (we usually won, too) and I hadn’t even sent him an email! In this day and age of instant communication and social networking there really is no excuse. Just because I’m anti-social (some people would argue that) and don’t have an IM client other than googleTalk and I don’t have a Facebook or MySpace profile doesn’t give me the right to completely ignore 1/3 of what made my summer great. So I called him up.

Nick’s doing good, for those who want to know. We talked for about 20 minutes before he had to get back to doing his Thermodynamics homework. Mech-E’s have it bad, especially at Virginia Tech. The stuff he did over the summer, however, is making at least one of his classes easier. The same kind of work he did at Lockheed, the little ‘rules of thumb’ he learned from people and techniques are all making their way into his class…I wonder if I’ll be able to say that when I get back… It was nice to actually catch up with him. I don’t think of myself as a person who ‘keeps in touch’ with a lot of people. Time seems to go by so quickly that by the time I remember, they’ve gone on and I feel I’ve missed too much. I guess I’m going to start doing that now though; keep in touch with people. I’ve started to do so with Doug, Willa and now Nick, and I like it. I now know that keeping up with friends and knowing that they’re doing well feels good. I can’t help but smile when I get an email back from Willa or get a phone call from Doug. I guess now I can consciously add Nick to that list…

So, I finally went home for the first time in about 7, maybe 8, weeks and got to see everyone…for about 15 minutes. Thursday was, of course, the Nickel Creek / Fiona Apple concert at the Harro East Ballroom so I left work early to drive home. I still ended up getting home later than I imagined and was hardly able to sit down and have dinner with everyone before Ben and his family came to pick me up. The lasagna was great, by the way :D. Mom braved the drizzle to run out and hug me and before I could see anyone else, Pete asked me to be a groomsman at the wedding (I accepted). Megan was outside and Joe was on the couch (complete w/ laptop). A few minutes later Dad came back from roller-blading and we sat down to eat. 10 minutes later I was on my way to the concert.

The concert itself…it was a little disappointing. I think because I was really looking forward to seeing Nickel Creek…not Nickel Creek playing Fiona Apple songs…I thought she’d be opening, not be more than half the act. But anyway, after over three hours of music, Ben invited Alison, her boyfriend Doug and I over to his house for a bonfire thing. I got home around 1:30 and fell asleep.

I still had to go to work the next morning (this morning…Friday morning) so I got up early, showered, (woke up Steve to say “hi” and “bye” for 5 seconds) and took off. Of course, with my car luck these days, my muffler fell off about 100 feet from the thruway… Now, I’m not the most goal oriented person…but I did set a goal for this morning. That goal was to get to work by 9AM…once I heard the demonic screeching of metal-on-gravel at 30 MPH, though, I thought…how about before 2?

So I pulled over, called AAA and waited. About 20 minutes later, and in the middle of a Tennis Magazine article, I was interrupted by two crazy people knocking on my window. Those crazy people, as they turned out to be, were Megan and Pete who just happened to be leaving on their way to visit Kim and Randy in New Hampshire. They, being awesome, hung out with me until the tow truck guy came about 40 minutes later. Megan got some pictures - I’ll post some when I get them. Just pictures of my muffler and me being a regular grease monkey when I was asked to hold it up so the guy could wire it up. By the way, now that I have officially held a muffler while it was reattached, I am a certified car guru - you should come to me with all of your car needs.

The TTG (TowTruck Guy for those of you who don’t like acronyms) said that a nut and bolt had just rusted through and we all decided that I should get it fixed before driving 70 miles to work. Megan, Pete and I parted ways and I found my way to Monroe Muffler on Rt 31. I can’t say enough about them - I was in and out in 10 minutes and all I had to do was tip the guy. It was a $5 job but I tipped him $10 because I was actually going to be back on the road before 9AM! I got back on the road and made it to work before 11.

All in all, everything worked out. In fact, I’m happy it happened because not only did I gain an extensive knowledge of automobiles and their workings, I got to spend more time with Megan and Pete. It was definitely a fun experience. Let’s not forget to thank Lockheed Martin for their flex-time too - total lifesaver. Well, let’s hope that the next time I blog, it doesn’t involve my driver’s side door falling off while driving up a mountain. Cya.

Well, since today was the last day of Final Presentations I thought it would be fitting to put up a picture of all of us. It’s been a great summer so far and I owe it all to these people for making it so. Thanks guys

Lockheed Martin Interns - 2007

Ryan Backus, Doug Robl, Rachel Lambert (HRLDP), David Graham, Ben McGee, Ninoshka Singh, Myself, Shangliang Jiang, Keri Vanderwarker, Steve Oroho, Krista Adamitis, Michael Rizzolo, Laurie Martinez, Ryan Cummiskey, Natasha Singh, Nicholas Bird, Bennett Hillenbrand, Andrew Grant, Alex Chen, Steve Mossey, Samantha Sacks, Brad Argentine, Zane Salim, Willa Lin, Colin Taylor, Patrick McSweeney.

This last stint in Syracuse is the longest I have been away from home. I haven’t been home in a month and besides a concert coming up on a Thursday, I’m not planning on coming home for another few weeks. It hasn’t been that bad, although the last few days have resulted in the only time I have ever experienced home sickness. It hasn’t been extremely bad and it hasn’t been for more than a just a few passing moments, but randomly while driving or walking alone to some place, I would just kinda wish that I could be home and see everybody. It’s not like I’m ever extremely far from home (Syracuse is only 80 minutes away…) and it’s not like I haven’t talked to them (I’ve talked with all of my family in the last two weeks, either IM or phone) and even more, it’s not like I haven’t seen them (Joe came up with Chad and Ben just this weekend)…I wonder what is bringing it on…

HEY! I want to give a big shout-out to Megan and Pete. I’m sure everyone already knows already, but they’re getting married and they’ve set a date of October 11th, 2008. I personally think it is a great date because the month of October, among other things, is National Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month, National Auto Battery Safety Month, National Dinosaur Month and National Sarcasm Awareness Month. (See Megan, I wasn’t saying October was a great month just because my birthday is in October…it’s because I knew it was National Sarcasm Awareness Month…) ALso, Joe has graciously allowed them some real estate on the web (which is increasingly hard to come by…the internet is almost full :D) at www.bogojoker.com/wedding. Let’s all remember that we should visit that site because I made the central picture.

Also, breaking news on my end, I lost my alcohol virginity. It wasn’t like, random or anything (it was actually planned for about two weeks) but still… Ben, Joe and Chad came up this last weekend and Ben brought with him his Dad’s beer of the month selections. He had like 30 different types of beer and he held a tasting to see what kinds Joe and I would like. We had about 9 or 10 different types and most weren’t bad. We started with some Abbey Ales, moved to a Stouts, a Pilsener, a Wheat Beer, one called Hop Devil, another called Magic Hat and more. I actually enjoyed the Stouts and the Wheat Beers. They aren’t bad. The Wheat is certainly the most flavorful and, interestingly enough, the least alcoholic. On Saturday we tried a few of the hard ciders, which I’ve got to say, are pretty not-so-bad. They almost don’t even taste like alcohol even though they’re about 10%! So yea, we didn’t get wasted or anything but I did have some alcohol to drink.

Also, tomorrow I’ll be giving my summer presentation for Lockheed Martin. It’s the final presentation for most people but a mid-term presentation for me. My goal is to be in the top 3 presentations but with what has gone on so far…I know that to do that I’ve got to be passionate about this summer in my presentation but that is easier said than done. Alan Shore says that you just have to be able to “fake [sincerity].” Well, if it is only for 12 minutes maximum…I can fake interest in anything; that includes my job. In reality, it’s not that bad BUT compared to the other people’s jobs, it kinda pales in comparison. I’ll have to focus on what I really did enjoy this summer - the people, both interns and my bosses. The task was kind of plain, but the people were extraordinary.

Before I sign off for now, guess whose breaks brakes went out while he, Joe, Chad and Ben were all in the car? You guessed it, mine! It was on Saturday - we had just eaten some breakfast at a great little place called Julie’s Diner (we’ve eaten there every time they’ve come up) and I get into the street and try to slow down…and it kinda isn’t happening. My foot went straight to the floor. At first I thought, maybe I’m in neutral and I’ve got my foot on the accelerator…but the engine wasn’t revving and I had just taken my foot OFF the accelerator. I actually had to look down to make sure I was pushing the pedal on the left. As soon as I realized, I pulled into a KFC parking lot and called AAA. The place I took it to was literally 2 buildings over but it had to be towed because it was across the street. It eventually cost $267 bucks but I got it back that night. One brake line had gone and the other was just about to. We were kinda lucky that we didn’t get hurt. I actually used the time waiting for AAA to call some people that I hadn’t talked to in a while. I hadn’t called my friend from RIT, Zach, in about a month so I talked with him a bit.

Also, I finished the seventh Harry Potter book on Friday after work. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s amazing. I can totally understand how it sold 8.3 million copies in 24 hours. The entire series, all seven books, have sold over 335 million copies worldwide - how crazy is that? I won’t say more if you are reading it / going to read it but yea, it’s awesome.

I’m about to go to bed now, but before I go I think I’ll just mention that I think I’ll have more time to keep up with this when everybody leaves in the next few weeks. It’s definitely a sad time for me - seeing so many new friends go but at least I’ll be able to blog a bit more and start to read again. Ever since I started hanging out with the other interns, besides Harry Potter, I don’t think I’ve read more than 100 pages of anything and I wanted to finish 8 books this summer. I’ll blog again eventually, g’night.

So, for all you reader out there, this is not only my second true attempt at blogging but also my second attempt at writing it. I spent quite a while writing earlier when my i-nets decided to shut down and I lost everything (I believe because I didn’t title the article…) So, I guess, I have learned a lesson. Because it is getting late and I haven’t written in a while I think I will just separate my adventures by day and write little blurbs about them.

Saturday July 7th - Ben and I spent most of the day with some friends, Willa Lin and Shang Jiang. We went to B&N for a few hours checking out books and whatnot. We went to Onondaga Lake Park where Willa rollerbladed and us guys played Frisbee. After another hour or so we decided to call up another friend, Doug Robl, and head on over to our place. It was a great time - everyone brought something to eat and we ended up having a great home-cooked meal. Willa made salad, Shang made rice-a-roni, Doug made brownies, Ben had marinated some steak and I cleaned up / set the table. After dinner we had the brownies with ice cream while watching The Princess Bride. Since I’ve been here, it was the night that I most felt at home. It was a lot of fun.

Sunday July 8th - WHOO! WIMBLEDON FINAL! I definitely got up at 9AM to watch all 3 hours and 40-some minutes of it. If you didn’t already know, Federer won his fifth straight, tying the Open Era record held by Bjorn Borg but he sure as hell had to work for it. Rafa, the genius he is, brought Fed to his only 5 setter at The Championships in 6 years! Rafa had even broken Roger more times than Roger broke him but in the end, Federer was too good. Definitely one for the ages though - I was glued to the TV for almost 4 hours. ALSO, I cannot forget to mention, the incomparable Megan and Pete came to visit me! They called me up while I was doing my laundry and said, “What exit do we get off? We’re getting in the car.” I’ve got to say that I was extremely surprised and happy. We went out to eat at Ruby Tuesday’s at the biggest mall in CNY. We had a lot of fun, but I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize. I really did appreciate you guys coming up and seeing me - I didn’t mean to be so spiteful :(, you guys are awesome and I’m sorry if I was mean to you…

Wednesday July 11th - Samantha Sacks hosted a Poker night for our latest “Obscure Intern Sports Night.” I must say, first, that her house is B-E-A-utiful. Her basement alone had the following: a guest bedroom, bathroom complete w/ shower, ’shop-ish’ area w/ fridge, gym w/ free weights and machines, pool table, ping-pong, darts, couches and TV, another storage room and enough room for two tables of Poker…awesome. Anyway, on to the Poker…I’ve got to say, I’m not complaining, but I’ve got this thing…whenever I play Poker for money…I kinda…ya know, win. IT’S AWESOME. My table had 8 people. I alone took out 5 of them: Steve Oroho, Ben, Trevor, Katherine and Mike Rizzolo. I took out Steve, a finance intern from St. Bonaventure, with a pair of twos I made on the flop - he had an ace high. “Who, with that much money in the pot, stays in with a pair of twos?!??” I got Ben and Trevor (cool kid - works in my area - he is a good friend with Andrew Grant) at the same time with the best hand of my LIFE. I flopped two pair, turn’d a full house and river’d a four of a kind of fours!! Trevor had a full house at the end and Ben had a pretty good pocket pair - I can’t blame them for staying in. Katherine, who is Bennett Hillenbrand’s girlfriend, was my biggest competition. She knows how to play. She, over several hands, kept bullying me. “All in,” she’d say, knowing that I was too much of a wimp to call her. Finally I did, with pocket twos. I got lucky with a two on the river and overcame kings with ace kicker. Mike was only two hands from defeat and me being $30 richer :D. Awesome.

Friday July 13th: A bunch of us, including Samantha, Nick Bird, Mike, Willa, Shang, Doug, Zane Salim and myself went to go see Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix. It was definitely the consensus of everyone that the movie ruled. Without a doubt, the best of all the movies. I personally enjoyed how Sam, who was very forceful telling us to turn off our phones, neglected to turn hers off. Not only did it ring during the movie, she also managed to somehow lose it in the most obscure corner of her purse as to let it ring for a full 2 minutes (her caller wasn’t going to give up hope). After the movie we all went to Mike/Zane/Alex Chen’s place to hang out until about midnight. Man vs. Wild, Napolean Dynomite, The Maxtrix: Reloaded - it was totally ‘Midas.’

Saturday July 14th: Samantha hosted another party at her place - a BBQ. That was a lot of fun. I think almost everyone came; even our HRLDP Rachel Lambert came. Cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, basketball (You know I’m awesome, Nick!), 8-ball against Ben and Katie (it’s your fault Nick!), a bonfire with S’Mores (I ate one that was still on fire), great conversation, beer pong that was a little too serious (Laurie…it’s not the NCAA…you don’t have to throw a beer can at Zane…) and who can forget Ping-pong. Zane is friggin’ awesome. He was keeping up with me and he had a couple of beers in him! We’ll have another match in the near future.

Sunday July 15th: Ride for the Rescue! That is the name of the Bike Race for which Doug, Natasha and Ninoshka and Kyra Singh, Sam, Brad, Willa, Mike and I volunteered. Bikers got to pick trails from 5, 20, 40, 62 and 100 miles to ride and raise money for the Rescue Mission. As a group we set up, ran and took down the water stop at mile 30. For 6 hours we got to talk with the bikers, hang out and have fun. Brad and I even had the opportunity to meet a man whose tire had blown out and he refused to stop. “You take my bike and fix it up. I don’t want to lose mileage, so until you get back I’m gonna run it,” he said. He ran 7 miles before we got it back to him. To make things even more amazing, he had a prosthetic arm!

Well, it’s late now…past my bedtime that’s for sure. I hope I don’t wait this long to blog again - this is a lot of stuff to put down and not too much detail. Anyway, I’ll have some more stuff to put up in the next week. I’m going to a baseball game with everyone tomorrow, bowling on Wednesday, a two-man play featuring our very own Bennett Hillenbrand and his girlfriend on Friday, the blue’s fest / winery touring / the last Harry Potter book this weekend. I’ll be busy but I’ll share it with you if you’ll read. Good night.

So yea, work…Lockheed isn’t bad but it certainly isn’t what I was expecting / looking forward to. One of the biggest reasons I chose Lockheed was because they’re such a big, well-known, well-funded, constantly-working-on-crazy-projects kinda place where I wouldn’t get lost in the fray and have nothing to do…well, I was wrong. First let me say that I understand that it wasn’t really their fault…things happen - my project manager was changed a week before I got to Syracuse and my replacement had no idea she had interns (two of us; myself and Willa Lin from UCBerkley) until day 3 when she first met us. From the first time I spoke with her and introduced myself I knew that she didn’t want anything to do with Willa or myself…it was disappointing to say the least. For about 2 weeks Willa and I were led on by her and our buddies [people from Lockheed assigned to help all new interns] - “we know it is slow going…just hold on…these things take time…you’ll get some work tomorrow…” After those two weeks were up I was sick of it. I had NOTHING to do. Literally it had gotten to the point where my manager and my buddy didn’t even check up on me to make sure I was doing busy work! I emailed the head of the interns / ELDPs [basically a 3 year full-time work / classes at Lockheed + MS degree program] and told him, almost flat out, that I needed to be transfered and I wasn’t taking no for an answer. Long story short I got placed into my new project after a month of doing nothing…I tried my best to keep busy. I know that no one was checking in on me but I needed to do something - I ended up reading one and a half books on radar, a MATLAB textbook for beginners and was making my way through some of the 25 or so 800-page in-depth MATLAB manuals that are online. I am now a self-taught MATLAB expert [not really, but pretty damn close].
Anyway, I was really excited about getting an actual placement where I could finally get some work done but truth be told…it isn’t that great. I’m working the same project that my roommate is on - which is fortunate because we’re both here for 6 months now - but it isn’t exciting at all. It seems to me to be akin to data entry. There’s no challenge. I’ve told my bosses that I want to be challenged; that I want to be doing something that is technical; something useful. What we’re doing seems to be the work that needs to be done but no one wants to do so hell, let the interns do it. I wouldn’t be as disappointed if others were in the same predicament but most of them aren’t. For example, another intern, Nick Bird, great guy from VTech, is in the same area that I am and he is designing lightning rods and their attachments. Willa, the girl that was in my shoes as well, she was transfered and she got a job designing / testing / simulating microwave circuit boards. Why couldn’t I get that? I want to go into RF, why couldn’t I get that job? It seems like everyone else is extremely busy and learning but a select few of the interns…
But besides work, everything is great. Living on my own is great. I love it. I get to do what I want, when I want. I’ve learned a lot - including the fact that I’m a lot more responsible than my mother has told me I was for the last 20 years, :). My roommate is cool too. We get along well and there aren’t that many things that he does that annoy me. There are probably more things that I do that annoy him. The other interns are great too. There are about 25 of us total and we get together several times a week just to hang out, party, do random stuff, ya know, whatever. Wednesday nights have been deemed “obscure sports night.” Each Wednesday we do something different. So far we’ve been bowling, mini-golfing, played pool, I think we’re doing poker this week. I’m extremely happy that I have done this and I know it’s been a great experience so far…I just hope that as my time goes on here I get as much on the job experience as I get life experience.