Wednesday, May 24, 2006

my new job...

This is a link to the new company I will be working for. I will be a Success Coach. When I first applied, I was not sure what to expect from this company because their site and lingo is very corporate feeling. However, the two people I interviewed with were very personable and knew a lot about student development and issues of college students. I got the opportunity (ha!) to do some role-playing in the interviews (including feedback from them) that showed me the values they hold and goals they have. My interview was a lot like the interviewing we did at Whitworth for Resident Assistants, which says a lot about how important hiring good people is to them.

So you can check out the site to get info if you'd like. Basically, I will be working with a ton (like 70 or 80) first year students at one specific school. We'll have regular conversations in which we'll discuss their lives, how they are doing in classes, socially, emotionally, etc. and I'll be helping them with time management and basically helping them to succeed. It's the stuff I loved doing as a Resident Director. I don't know exactly what this will look like because it's all done over the phone from a call center they are developing in Portland. Interesting, huh? Phone one-on-ones. And it works...check out the web site for the impact they've had on schools.

InsideTrack : Company Background

Just wanted to post this until I get a chance to send an e-mail out. Wanted to keep you updated. :)

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

um...

...I got a new job. yeah, didn't think it would happen. but it did. someone who had no connection to any of my friends or colleagues or my previous schools actually recognized my education and abilities and hired me. and offered me more money than i'm making now. what? there is hope in this world.

shhhhh....i don't tell my boss until tomorrow morning. i'll post more details after that terribly difficult conversation. i have to give them less than 2 weeks notice, which is legal in oregon, i guess. i could legally call tomorrow morning and say i'm done, never coming back....but i am not that type of person, so i will instead have a conversation that will give me ulcers.

gotta go make a game-plan.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

FREAKED

hahahahahahahahahaha! This is funny. A tribute? Isn't that for people like Johnny Cash? Of course, I'll probably buy it. And you should, too. True dcTalk fans would.

FREAKED_The_Official_Jesus_Freak_Tribute_Project

Thursday, May 18, 2006

For American Idol Fans

Check this out. It's very very funny. I don't enjoy playing Pacman, my game of choice is Frogger, but it's still worth a look. :)

Taylor Hicks PacMan

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Favorite Memories of the Past Month

*Cinetopia.  Because once in a blue moon, it's good to go to a posh leather-recliner filled movie theater.

*driving in the snow with my parents to see Mt. St. Helens...and then not being able to see it because snow on the mountain = clouds that hide it from view

*Easter Sunday at Imago Dei

*playing lots of board games with my parents.  I love games.

*discovering downtown Vancouver and the riverfront in Vancouver

*deciding I want to buy a condo...near the Vancouver riverfront, of course!

*lunch with my brother on the Columbia River, 10 feet from the water, watching the sailboats

*pizza and a movie at Kennedy School.  It was my first time ordering pizza while watching a movie there...way fun.

*seeing John Butler Trio at the Crystal Ballroom

*getting trapped in the immigration protest...and driving across the protest line because I had to get back to our office.  Trippy.  And, in Portland, DANGEROUS.

*wine tasting at Daniel Hill Vineyard.  Effing funny to see the wine go to our heads and cause us to eat our dainty picnic food as though we were high.

*getting sick.  ok, not a favorite, but I did get a nasty cold in the midst of the fun memories

*White Trash Ladies Get-Away Weekend Reunion to Renton, WA

*Saturday evening with my friend Denise in Bellevue, WA. We can talk for hours and not get bored or run out of things to talk about.

And now my most anticipated event: a free weekend, all to myself, in a few days.  I need to sleep and get rid of my nasty cold.