I work at State Farm now

So, I think this is my third week at State Farm. It's pretty cool so far. Everyone in the actuarial department is obviously a little bit nerdy, but it's worth it when you get to hear a good math joke that only actuaries would understand and/or think is funny.

I've been playing Viewtiful Joe 2 too much, and now I have a headache. I just don't have the video game skills I used to have.

My funny sister

Em: Can you check your e-mail?
Scott: I just checked it like 2 minutes ago.
Em: Well check it again, i just sent you something.
Scott: I don't have any new e-mails, can you send it again?
Em: No.

High-Fivin' a Grizzly Bear

So, the last couple weeks have been busy. All good things though.

My new job is pretty great. All my co-workers seem nice and my boss seems like a pretty cool guy. It's really laid back and we're only supposed to work about seven and a half hours a day. We get to pick what hours we want to work, so I get to go home at 3:45 every day.

On top of that, we get to take an hour during work each day to study for actuarial exams which, in turn, if we pass, we get a big raise. And, it turns out, I might already have credit for some of the CAS actuarial exams (it's the VEE courses, for those of you familiar). Once I do the paper work for that, my boss said I'll get a raise for that. So, I might get a raise in just a couple weeks.

So far, it all seems pretty nice. I would definately recommend doing well in college and getting a nice job, so far it's worth it. The best part, though, is that we get to sit around and talk about math all day. Honestly, what more could you ask for?

As cool as the new job is, however, it's still not as cool as High-Fivin' a Grizzly bear.

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New Guy

This new guy's been hanging outside my apartment building for the past couple days. He's pretty cool once you get to know him.

I really like "King Kong". I'd recommend it. For anyone that wants to know how to fight three T-Rexes at once while saving a girl, this movie is the movie for you.

My life depends on your

My life depends on your freshness.

Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, was great. I'd recommend it.

Three new movies

Rent has a pretty touching ending. Chicken little is goofy. Pride and Prejudice has lots of dancing and people getting married. For those of you looking for a goofy movie with a touching ending about people dancing and getting married, no one movie has it all. You're going to have to see all three.

Masked gunmen capture Iraqi city

But in the past fortnight more than 200 Iraqis, mostly civilians, have been killed in suicide blasts and car bombings (www.theaustralian.news.com.au)

Pizza

I ordered a pizza ... mainly because I wanted something to eat for breakfast tomorrow.

It's been awhile.

A lot of great things have happened lately, but sometimes great things are hard to write about. Whether you want to call me lucky or blessed, I have much more than I deserve. I'd call it blessed and I owe my thanks to God.

I don't think I've written religiously on this blog before, but if you'll bear with me while I share something, we'll be back to movie reviews for Rent and Narnia in no time.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink?

When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]?

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

Go Potter

I always think its funny the way movie titles are abbreviated on ticket stubs. This one was "H.P. Goblet." It was a good movie. I didn't know what was going on some of the time, but I'd recommend it. It seemed like everyone was falling in love during that movie. ... Well, I'm off to bed, it's 3am.

Nintendo

Wow! That's small.

Show a little concern

I think we should all boycott sony for awhile because of the root kits. You know, a good old fanshioned boycotting. It's really simple and probably involves less work than you might think. You don't even really have to do anything, you just have to stop doing buying sony stuff.

I would suggest not buying anything until after the PS3 comes out. If first day sales of PS3 are really low, and second day sales are higher, I think they'll recognize what's going on.

Make your boycotting forefathers proud.

Another Great One

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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

For those of you who like Dakota Fanning and Horses, Dreamer is the must-see movie of the year.

Most of you have probably already seen Seabiscuit, and if this movie satisfied all your horse movie related needs, you can probably pass on Dreamer. However, if Seabuscuit left you wanting more in the way of horse related cinematography, Dreamer is definately the answer you've been looking for.

Same goes for Dakota Fanning fans and War of the Worlds. If War of the Worlds left your glass of Dakota Fanning related cravings half empty, then Dreamer is just the kind of movie that can fill the other half of your Dakota Fanning cup right to the brim.

Good movie. I'd recommend it.

Nintendo

I like this picture. He looks like a guy that knows what's going on. I've always been a big nintendo fan. I'm reading an article now. It's at IGN.com, a really great website.

The new Nintendo revolution should be a lot of fun. I'm really excited. ... I should have waited until I finished reading the article before I started writing a blog about it. ... I'll be right back.

Ok, I read it. It's good. I'd recommend the article. I like the part where it says, "Nintendo Revolution is decidedly not running in this race. Not because we can't afford the entry fee. But because we don't want the prize."

They really are looking for a pretty big change. I think it'll be a good change. I think there will be a lot of new games out there. Some will be a hit, others will be a miss, but overall all, it's times like this that I just like to sit back and watch technology amaze me.

Test 2

Cool, now I can take a picture with my phone and post it on my blog.