A friend has been running this trivia site based on a still from a movie.  It’s a pretty fun and pretty difficult as well.  I’ve been having fun with this so far.  As a self proclaimed cinephile…you should check it out.

Name the Film

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I love what the world is coming to.  It’s absolutely fantastic.  Ultimately everyone whom has recently gotten out of school and not been able to find a job in the market that we currently reside in, has thought of it, but who acts upon these impulses?  I really thought this was a joke when I started reading this quote…

As Thompson sees it, any reasonable employer would pounce on an applicant with her academic credentials, which include a 2.7 grade-point average and a solid attendance record. But Monroe’s career-services department has put forth insufficient effort to help her secure employment, she claims.

What bothers me is the sense of entitlement.  I myself have been through this in the 4 years I’ve been out of school, and found one universal truth.  That truth is, no matter what kind of job you try to enter, the only real preparation you can have is to put forth an effort into yourself.

My college experience taught me that they will only take part of the way (a very small part) and you have to put together the rest of it.  Only until I started pushing myself did I start to learn.  When I did that, I felt like I was far ahead of many of the students I spent college with.

I think its funny that someone has the gall to think that the college actually owes them something.  They offer the possibility of a job, the idea of the dream, but its a dream nonetheless. Undoubtedly I think schools get paid far too much for what they bring to the table, I think they owe it to their students to put their best effort into preparing them for the future, and pushing them as far as possible, which a lot of times I felt I was not challenged enough.  I felt as though the programs I was put through were not even close to preparation for the future, it was in fact what I learned on my own by challenging myself that turns out to be the most useful.

As much as I begrudgingly don’t want to be on the side of the school I feel like she’s majorly in the wrong here.

This has been on my mind for a while, I’ve just been…busy lazy.  Since my last post, Billy Mays died, which was quite tragic.  As well as wacko jacko (which strangely doesn’t affect my life quite so much as Billy Mays)  but in tribute, I caught wind of this pantone swatch book..

Enjoy.

In case anyone hadn’t seen it, Cameron Frye’s, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, home (from the movie) is for sale.  This thing is so cool, I love the architectural styling.  Its such a basic design, but it makes for something that is just so far more interesting than the thousands of colonial styled homes we have here in New England.   For a cool 2.3 Million you can own it, and I’m sure you could haggle them down to 2.2 if you get prequalified for the loan.  I’m pretty sure the GT California is not for sale.  Absolutely love the movie, as well as this cool home.

The Highland Park, Illinois home was designed by architects A. James Speyer and David Haid and built in 1953. It features four bedrooms and a living room that cantilevers over a ravine. (Without a Ferrari destroyed on the bottom)

I got this post from Grain Edit; which also showcased some favorite styled architecture from mid century modernist styling, check out their post.

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Oh man does this ad fail.  Face it, you can’t sexify pregnancy.  Its not that it is unsexy, its just that its not attractive unless she’s your wife, or the mother of your child.  Either way, I am really wondering what google ads is thinking putting this on my screen.  What did it read in my cache that makes it think I would consider buying this?  FMYLIFE.