Mike Oren.com

I managed to get a first draft of chapters 1-3 of my thesis out to my program of study (POS) committee this weekend--meeting my deadline for the most part (I had given myself an end of January deadline for chapter 1, but that was delayed by 3 days as I focused on editing a journal paper). Sunday i did attend a Super Bowl party to see the last minute upset victory by the New York Giants (I think CareerBuilder.com had the best ad campaign for the second year in a row). Having received all of my W2s, I also went ahead and filed taxes this weekend--I finally broke the poverty line (and I'm on the low end of the national average income--not bad on grad student salary... although more than half of that was from my internship this summer).

Speaking of money/jobs, I've slowed down/stopped my job hunt for now as I work on finishing my thesis and concentrate on one particular opportunity that (to me) would be cooler than Google if I get it. I won't say which company it is, but I will say that the position is a game designer. It's totally my childhood dream job and even just going through the interview process is exciting to me. If I don't get that then I think my preference is staying for a PhD if the professor i want to work with still needs a research assistant.

On a final note... Today is Super Tuesday in the US and if you live in one of the many states holding primaries today--go VOTE (your vote actually counts in the primary this year and we've been seeing record turnouts in all states, so go make your choice for your party nominee be heard--both sides have a candidate that I would be happy voting for in the November election). With that, I leave you with the following video: