THE END!

I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE!

As a chapter closes, another begins

So, I have a TON of research to do for my interviews tomorrow so this is going to be short but I wanted to commemorate a couple events:
1. I finished the last paper of my college career tonight. It was a weird feeling hitting save and knowing that was it, but it also brought a huge wave of relief and excitement
2. Tomorrow is my first post college interviews. I have two interviews with Edelman in Seattle which is my dream company. I'm being interviewed for its Tech team and the Xbox platform team. So, none the less, as I am not a gamer, I've spent the past two days doing a lot of primary and secondary research. I've been researching the company, xbox, the tech team's companies, played Xbox for the first time last night (I'm really bad at Guitar Hero) and took a guy I know who's big into games out for a drink tonight and had him teach me the ins and outs. I hope it goes well because I want to work for the company so bad, you have no idea.
3. I am tired beyond belief. I think the 4.5 years of kicking my own ass and doing as much as will humanly fit in with my schedule has finally caught up with me and all I can say is I'm exhausted. The sad thing is, I'm so used to 5-6 hours of sleep a night that it doesn't even phase me. I couldn't tell you the last time I slept in. Even though school will be over after tomorrow I've still got so much to do. I do, however, intend to give myself a couple days without an alarm and let myself recover.
4. It's a weird feeling being done with school. I've looked forward to it for so long and now that it's here I don't know what to do with myself. A big chapter of my life has ended and I can say that I'm really excited for whatever comes next but I'm also very stressed out and a little scared. I'm not good at taking risks. I like to have a plan and know where I'm going and right now I don't have that. I know it'll work out so I'm not worried but it is still a bit overwhelming.

So here's to the future and what's to come! I'm off to bed so I can get up early tomorrow and learn more about Edelman, Xbox, and the tech team. Wish me luck!

Free time? What's that?

So sorry for that lapse in blogging there, I forgot my password! As you can tell, I figured it out. With that aside, I haven't had much time for blogging anyway. I have 9 days of actual class left (plus weekends and thanksgiving break) and in that time I have to finish a 30 marketing plan, create a powerpoint for that and then give the presentation, write a final paper for my capstone, create the final book for my strategic management class, create a powerpoint for that and present there too. Oh, then add in I'm going to drive 5 hours to my mother's house in order to fly to Indy and back for Thanksgiving, then drive 5 hours home. Oh, and then I still don't have a job and probably won't for a while and I have no idea where to go or what to do. Can you tell I'm a bit of a mess?

I've just got so much going on and I'm not doing a good job with dealing with stress. Like clockwork, for the last two weeks I've been waking up at 3 am, wide awake, ready to get going on stuff. I can eventually coax myself back to sleep but it's getting frustrating. I'm exhausted, can't get rid of my cold, and just want everything to work out.

This is a bit of a rant and I'm sorry but I'm frustrated. It doesn't help that my group members "are over" our projects and don't want to have meetings to get everything done. This time last year, I went on a trip to Portland, OR for my advertising competition class, and came back to face this same thing; two presenations back to back, to huge papers, and the added stress of finding out while I was gone my dog had died (something I've been meaning to blog about; another time). I'm not good with dealing with painful things and I since I had so much else going on, I didn't deal with my dog dying. I still really haven't. I think that's where part of my stress is coming from because it's going to be the exact same situation after I come back from Indy.

I have to go to work but the plan for the night:
-work
-go kick my ass at the gym to relieve some stress
-apply to at least one more job tonight
-work on my papers
-sleep (?)

I know I'll get there because I always do, but it's just one of those times where I feel like I have a lot of climbing to do to get to the top...here I go...

Finally, Microsoft!

So I'm making a new resume. I decided after a lot of feedback that I didn't like the old one. I'm working with my strategy professor on this one so I'm getting a way different perspective. I'm hoping to have my application stuff all in to my dream company sometime this week. Keep your fingers crossed!

Also, I just want to congratulate Microsoft for finally responding to Apple's commericials. I love the Apple commericals; I think they're hilarious but I've just been in awe of how long it's taken Microsoft to get something, anything, out there to advertise. Finally, I feel validated.



I actually thought it does a good job. It's subtle enough to not be direct throw down but if you've paid attention to advertising you know it's in response to what Apple says and it at least trys to get away from the stuffy image that Apple portrays. But still, Apple's commericals make me laugh...



Plus, I love the Mac guy!

Internship happenings

So I'm interning at a marketing company in town called Marketplace Media with a woman named Linda and her daughter Megan. It's been a great experience so far and the company is awesome. Here's a little update on something Megan's been doing...

MTV Coverage!

I'm so crazy busy right now that I really don't have much drive or time to be updating this a ton. I'm sorry about that. I'll try to be better. Once I find a job and get through the next two weeks of school I'll try to update way more frequently!

My resume is D-O-N-E. DONE. Now, onto the cover letters...

Clarification On My Freak Out Session

So, here's my problem. I like to plan and be in control of my life. This fact, mixed with my Type A personality, is making me a frustrated wreck. I don't like not knowing what I'm doing and I will just tell you, I don't know. I don't know how to effectively job hunt. I don't know how to make myself feel sane. I don't know how to plan for the next few months. I don't know about anything in my life at this point and it's driving me mad. I want to be in Denver with a job by early January. I'll even take a job in Seattle. I just need to make something happen or I need to learn to let it go and stop stressing. Considering I haven't been able to do that in the 22 years of my existence, I wish myself luck.

Goal for tomorrow: have my resume DONE!
Goal for Friday: have it sent to the people who said they would send it to people they know