So I've been playing rotisserie, or fantasy baseball since I was about 9 or 10 years old. I honestly don't remember the exact year but I know it's been a while. This past weekend we had our draft at 9am Saturday morning and I woke up around 6:45 to have breakfast and get my mind set. But this is about the story of tradition.
In all honesty, this post could be on tradition, on baseball, on jobs, on a lot of things because draft day reminds me of them all. It's a tradition since I first joined the league as a true youngster, not even teenager, that the night before every draft I go to Applebees for dinner, then the morning of the draft I go to Dennys for breakfast around 7:30 before drafting at 9. No matter what, that's my plan. One year, I woke up around 8, didn't have time to eat, or anyone to eat with, but I still went to Dennys. I walked in, took a sniff of all the breakfast food, seconds later, walked out. I'm weird thinking, and draft day truly brings out my "inner nerd" but I stick to tradition. It's not the food I eat before the draft, it's not the fact that I love Dennys, it's that ever since I can remember I've gone to Dennys on draft day, and I don't plan on ending tradition any time soon.
Another tradition for baseball season, I always get my fantasy baseball magazine on Valentines Day from my dad. That tradition, originally, had some more reason to it. In grade school and high school when I played, I generally had nothing better to do so I started studying for the draft a month and a half ahead of time right around Valentines day. I'd make my rankings, my projections, etc. So, that's why I'd get the magazine. This year however, I didn't start studying until the week before. I still got the magazine on V-Day but never really touched it until a month later. Next year, I'll get the magazine on V-Day again, hopefully. I like tradition, what can I say.
Monday, April 4, 2011
In Today's job
I need to find a full-time job. That's the dilemma currently taking over my life. However, when I look at the job I have now, I'm very bi-polar. The pros and cons list split right down the middle.
Heading the pros side, is the experience and money factor. I can't afford to take care of a dog (or a girlfriend for that matter, not calling the girl a dog but she uses just as much of my money) without the job. Working early in the morning it doesn't exactly interfere with any of my plans during the day although having to go to bed early interferes with wanting to go out at night. And going back to the experience factor, in the long run it should hopefully be a very good place to start off my career in television (but if it doesn't lead to a job in television, then the cons list takes the lead).
With a secondary pro, I enjoy talking to some of the people I work with. Good people, fun atmosphere generally and I've made some good friends. However, the people also go along the lines of the cons list as well.
The cons list really only has two. The 4am wake up is brutal. Some weeks it's not too bad, but this week for example, this Monday morning was terrible. Along with that, there's one person that I just can't quite stand. It's one of those people that have to get the last words in, no matter the circumstance. That's about as much detail as I can give but those people just irritate me. Then again, I'm kind of opinionated I suppose you could say.
Heading the pros side, is the experience and money factor. I can't afford to take care of a dog (or a girlfriend for that matter, not calling the girl a dog but she uses just as much of my money) without the job. Working early in the morning it doesn't exactly interfere with any of my plans during the day although having to go to bed early interferes with wanting to go out at night. And going back to the experience factor, in the long run it should hopefully be a very good place to start off my career in television (but if it doesn't lead to a job in television, then the cons list takes the lead).
With a secondary pro, I enjoy talking to some of the people I work with. Good people, fun atmosphere generally and I've made some good friends. However, the people also go along the lines of the cons list as well.
The cons list really only has two. The 4am wake up is brutal. Some weeks it's not too bad, but this week for example, this Monday morning was terrible. Along with that, there's one person that I just can't quite stand. It's one of those people that have to get the last words in, no matter the circumstance. That's about as much detail as I can give but those people just irritate me. Then again, I'm kind of opinionated I suppose you could say.
On preparing for the world
It's a month until graduation, a month until the real world, and I still couldn't be less prepared. You know how throughout your college career, freshman and sophomore year sometimes in a students junior year, everyone says you have plenty of time to figure things out. "Don't worry, you can change majors, you have plenty of time to figure out what you want to do."
Well... you know when they don't say that? As a senior in college with one month left of school. No, as a senior in college with a month before graduation, usually it's more like, "You best get your shit figured out. You have a month and then the summer to find a job or back home you come."
Okay, perhaps those aren't exact quotes but still, I basically have 4 months to find a full time job and for some reason it has rapidly approached with no brakes on board. All throughout college, after I stayed for the summer in Columbia, I said I'm never moving back home, I'm out for good. Yet, it's looking like I'm moving back home. I've completely dropped the ball on the job search. I took the week off of school work for spring break. I figured if I had to work my entire spring break, I'm at least getting the week off from school even if I can't go on vacation. But, now, it's back to work, back to school (Billy Madison just popped in my head), and most importantly, back to full throttle on the job search.
STL and parent's house in august is not an option. Plus this 4am wake up call is really beginning to be a pain.
Well... you know when they don't say that? As a senior in college with one month left of school. No, as a senior in college with a month before graduation, usually it's more like, "You best get your shit figured out. You have a month and then the summer to find a job or back home you come."
Okay, perhaps those aren't exact quotes but still, I basically have 4 months to find a full time job and for some reason it has rapidly approached with no brakes on board. All throughout college, after I stayed for the summer in Columbia, I said I'm never moving back home, I'm out for good. Yet, it's looking like I'm moving back home. I've completely dropped the ball on the job search. I took the week off of school work for spring break. I figured if I had to work my entire spring break, I'm at least getting the week off from school even if I can't go on vacation. But, now, it's back to work, back to school (Billy Madison just popped in my head), and most importantly, back to full throttle on the job search.
STL and parent's house in august is not an option. Plus this 4am wake up call is really beginning to be a pain.
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