It never ceases to amaze me how things change over time. Here I am, over a year after I wrote my last blog and so much has changed. I originally thought I would graduate college last year - however a miscalculation on my part delayed it to this semester. Basically, I had counted on taking a few extra classes last summer but it turns out they were placed in the same time slot, making it impossible to graduate last December. Shame isn't it? While I was originally infuriated, the delay gave me a little more of an opportunity to prepare for job hunting and to finish strong academic wise. Plus I gained an extra semester among a group of admirable friends, including my apartment roommates, which I will definitely miss after this May.

I'm starting to apply for different engineering jobs - as for which company I'll end up working for, I have no clue. First comes the process of applying, and having some sort of quality that convinces a representative of the company to contact me. Then I have to further convince them of my worth, because oddly enough many companies aren't knowledgeable in what my degree is about. But eventually, somewhere, some connection will be made and I'll finally be out in the "real" world. Though arguments can be made saying that college is the "real" world, but it's more of a half real world.

I've loved college. It's definitely worthwhile in more than just getting a degree that'll form the basis of a career. Though I'm growing... bored of it. Like I said, I'm going to miss my fellow cohorts in typical college shenanigans (IE drinking, video games and long nights of borderline childish randomness) but I need that sense of accomplishment that comes with being 100% on your own, living off your own income. I still have a job as a bus driver for my university, but it's only a stepping stone and works perfect as a college job.

I remember a few years thinking back at how much I've changed, and matured over the course of the time that I've been visiting GameSpot. I used to use this blog to rant about unions, my everyday complaints on high school and college life... and even girl problems. How ridiculous is that? If I had the patience I would go through them and read them, and delete them. I just read a few of them and yikes... I complain too much.

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Now for the "tldr" version:

Graduating college was delayed to this semester, but I'm not too upset about it because I love my college friends. But I'm also getting tired of college because I want to be self supporting. And my old blogs make me cringe. Go figure... some of them were written almost 7 years ago.

The end.