Apropos of Nothing

The Big Chill is a charity race held on the College Ave campus of Rutgers in New Brunswick every December. Every racer (this year there were over 3,700 racers!) must bring a toy for a child. The sponsorship of the race also donated thousands of dollars to the families of underprivileged children. It is the 2nd biggest race in NJ even after 5 short years of being established. The race was a 5k that went from college ave through the campus, to the local park and back. The weather was very appropriate at 27 degrees with a wind chill of 17 (The Big Chill!). Oh yeah, and it was at 9am. Nice and early! My team registered just under 20 runners, and must of them ran better times than I. Your truly, ran 5 Kilometers or 3.2 miles in 24:36 mins. That's a rough average of just under 8mins a mile. The timing was not the most accurate considering it took a few minutes to move over 3,000 runners out of my way, so I could get a move on! I feel my time would have been closer to 23mins, but...

Wow! Where is my senior year of College going? It didn't hit 'till I attended my last fall semester class of my undergraduate college career today (I say undergraduate with the option, however rare and unlikely, that future schooling is a possibility). The "real world" is knocking at my door and in six months I'll have to answer it or I may get my door kicked in. As my Fall semester comes to a close (and the realization of my college life is soon to be over hits me like a Mac truck) my mind can't help but wonder about the present and my future. Of course, I have no idea what the future holds, but that doesn't mean that its out of my control. So, what have I done to control my own fate? Not as much as I would have hoped. I recently attended a resume/interview workshop where I learned some great pointers about the hiring process. Fortunately, I already know a great deal from being an interviewer on the hiring team from my current job. I know what looks...