It is official (until they decide to change my destination at the last minute!)....I am going to PERTH, AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More details later. Too excited now to sit still long enough to type!
Becca
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Motivation
So, I watched Invictus a couple weeks ago (maybe four or so...who knows?) and I really enjoyed it. And I am not a poem fan. The most excited I get about poems is when they mention excercise, running, or the other things such as that. Love poems? Not my style. I also try to avoid the ones that are incredibly angsty in their delivery. My favorite poems, however, refer to the indomitability of the human spirit. Poems that challenge the reader to 'take the road less traveled' or to war against the inner man. So I looked up the poem the movie referred to, and loved it. I'd like to share it with you.
Invictus by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
And though I may not completely agree with some of its sentiments, I do think I would like the menace of the years to find me still unafraid. :) And with God, I'm pretty sure this will be the case.
Thanks for letting me share.
Becca
Invictus by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
And though I may not completely agree with some of its sentiments, I do think I would like the menace of the years to find me still unafraid. :) And with God, I'm pretty sure this will be the case.
Thanks for letting me share.
Becca
Friday, January 8, 2010
Starting off 2010 with Counting
I decided (with the encouragement of a very nice G'ma) to begin typing a little bit each day again. In preparation for my future job, I have decided to type a bit as often as I remember in order to get in the habit of it before my life truly becomes crazy again.
Goal 1 : To actually remember to type.
Goal 2 : Avoid inane rambling as much as possible.
To quote Inigo Montoya, "I will explain. No. That will take too long. I will sum up." :)
My life has become, it seems, a series of numbers:
5 months since my internship ended and my most adorable younger brother got married.
4 months since I recieved my initial offer from Schlumberger (International/Mobile!!! Drilling and Measurements!!)
3 months since I pulled both groin muscles, alternately, while training/running a half marathon.
2 months since I was told, "We'll call you when we find out what country you'll be in"
1 day since I found out I cannot take Kung Fu this semester due to a class I am taking, and that my right groin muscle is still messed up.
2 weeks until I can (HOPEFULLY!) run again.
3 Months until the Brew-to-Brew
4 Months until I turn 23.
5 months until I graduate, my best friend gets married, and I pack for a world much bigger than the one I am used to.
6 months : Working for SLB! Somewhere...
It seems as if I spend my time counting back from or towards a goal, date, adventure, or dream. It's not a bad life, actually. I don't even have any difficult classes for my last semester (well, compared to Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics, that is). I am most looking forward to Fantasy and Fable. I get to read Tolkien for it. Never has a class assignment been more anticipated!
6 days until my first day of the last semester of my college career. I am excited about all the "lasts" that I will have. However, to be honest, I already feel just a bit nostalgic for the ongoing experiences my grad school friends will have. But only a very very small amount of nostalgia...I love the fact that there are so many more "firsts" that I will get to experience!!
8 hours until I have to be awake again. Probably time to go to sleep. I get grouchy when I am tired. :)
The Enthusiastic Engineer
Goal 1 : To actually remember to type.
Goal 2 : Avoid inane rambling as much as possible.
To quote Inigo Montoya, "I will explain. No. That will take too long. I will sum up." :)
My life has become, it seems, a series of numbers:
5 months since my internship ended and my most adorable younger brother got married.
4 months since I recieved my initial offer from Schlumberger (International/Mobile!!! Drilling and Measurements!!)
3 months since I pulled both groin muscles, alternately, while training/running a half marathon.
2 months since I was told, "We'll call you when we find out what country you'll be in"
1 day since I found out I cannot take Kung Fu this semester due to a class I am taking, and that my right groin muscle is still messed up.
2 weeks until I can (HOPEFULLY!) run again.
3 Months until the Brew-to-Brew
4 Months until I turn 23.
5 months until I graduate, my best friend gets married, and I pack for a world much bigger than the one I am used to.
6 months : Working for SLB! Somewhere...
It seems as if I spend my time counting back from or towards a goal, date, adventure, or dream. It's not a bad life, actually. I don't even have any difficult classes for my last semester (well, compared to Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics, that is). I am most looking forward to Fantasy and Fable. I get to read Tolkien for it. Never has a class assignment been more anticipated!
6 days until my first day of the last semester of my college career. I am excited about all the "lasts" that I will have. However, to be honest, I already feel just a bit nostalgic for the ongoing experiences my grad school friends will have. But only a very very small amount of nostalgia...I love the fact that there are so many more "firsts" that I will get to experience!!
8 hours until I have to be awake again. Probably time to go to sleep. I get grouchy when I am tired. :)
The Enthusiastic Engineer
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