Mac vs PC - Rap Remix

This is kind of stupid and yet kinda funny. I'll give them a B for effort. The best part starts around 2:31, where they break into a modem-line sample. These guys put in a lot of work for the production, there are some many background dancers and small details in the video.

Things aren't looking good (Job Market Sucks!)

I got rejected by that job in NYC because they wanted someone with more of a Computer Science background. Awesome - actually I kind of expected that. The more rejections I get, the thicker my skin gets. I remember the first time I got rejected from a job I was really keen about. As I read the denial email I got butterflies in my stomach and my immediate emotional outburst was a mixture of anger, frustration, and sadness. This time around I just read the email really quickly, grinned a little bit, responded with a nice "Thanks for your time..." email and that was it.

There wasn't any negative emotion. I am starting to become very stoic. I guess I'm also starting to realize how bad the economic environment is right now for a fresh college grad. I went to a Job Fair today in NYC and the line to get in and registered spun around the whole block. I waited for 45 minutes in the line and it still grew longer. Eventually I just gave up and left. Most of those in the line with me were experienced and I knew that the probability of me getting with companies at the career fair over them was very slim. Instead, I walked to a bunch of recruiters and headhunters in the city and created accounts with them.

I have a few more leads that I'm waiting to hear back from. Right now I don't know what to expect. I'm still applying to jobs and now I've started reaching out to alumni and contacts. As much as it sucks not having a full time with good pay and benefits, I'm thoroughly enjoying my free time trading, reading, playing basketball, and enjoying life as much as possible.

I'm lucky I have a family to support me right now, no mortgage payments, and no extravagant debt of any type. I pray for those who have recently lost their jobs and are dealing with some serious financial issues. I also pray that Obama wins this election and turns this country around. It will take more than 4 years but I have a lot of faith in Obama-Biden.

With that being said,

SOMACOMA OFFICIALLY ENDORSES OBAMA-BIDEN IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS! DO YOUR PART - GET OUT THERE AND VOTE! (UNLESS IT'S FOR MCCAIN!)

BPOnline Resume Scam

If you get an email from xxxx@BPOnline.com then it is scam. I received this in my inbox tonight and several red flags went off immediately.

First when I tried to go to a bponline.com domain it was some bullshit fake ad template. Second, the letter tells you to email a "HRrecruiter" using a gmail account. Yea, that makes a lot of fucking sense, fucking assholes. Third, it lists almost every available corporate career and some mysterious third round draft type recruiting cycle.

Whoever sent this is probably trying to collect resumes from college kids and sell them on the internet. That's a cool idea but what pisses me off is how sloppy and shitty these scams are done. But I'd still bet they will get a good amount of responses.

Subject:British Petroleum JOB OFFER!!!

Sent By

"BRITISH PETROLEUM JOB OFFER"

On:

September 20, 2008 5:58 AM

To:undisclosed-recipients:;Reply To:bprecruitdesk08@gmail.com

British Petroleum Company wishes to announce to the general public
about its 3rd Quota Recruitment excise which is currently going on now.

Short Listed Vancies:Consultant
Human Resources Officer
Marketing.
Account Executive.
Chief Accountants.
Engineering Managers Maintenance.
All Managerial positions.
Cost Engineer/ Sr Quantity surveyor
All Engineering positions
Chief Engineers.
Management and Project Management.
General Manager/Manager Engineering.
Project Manager, Exploration of Oil and gas fields.
Medical Officers.
Medical Consultants/Specialist.
Mining Consultants.
Engineering consultants
Financial Consultants.
Petroleum Geologist.
Welding and heavy fabrication.
Professional Executive Secretary.
Human Resources, Administration.
Medical Practioners
Data Processing officer

ETC.This vacancies are to fill up the offices of our newly opened branches
in the UK Resourceful applicant with qualified Grad/Result
should forward all qualification to the office of the Human Resources
Officer for Screening.

Stated Below is the full details to the HRD:Officer:Mr Allen Parker.
Email: bprecruitdesk08@gmail.com Do contact the department with an update of
your resume. Qualified
Applicant will be invited to London for their interview after
screening.

Regards,
HR Department.

My New Hobby

Since I've been spending a lot of time at home during the day I picked up a new hobby: Aquariums and fish keeping. I got a 10 gallon tank off of craigslist for $10. The lady who sold it included everything: the light fixture, in tank filter with pump, some flake fish food, a siphon, a in tank heater, an air pump, an air stone, and some filter refills. I just bought some new gravel, a new 14W T8 Light, and a couple of fish. I'll post some pics of my setup soon. Having an aquarium is such a calming experience, especially the trickling sound of the water coming in through the filter.

I'm waiting to hear back from Hess on the 19th. I have a phone interview tomorrow with VMware which should be interesting and I am also waiting to hear back from Panasonic EWC group. After the recent bankruptcy of Lehman brothers I am starting to fear a total infrastructure collapse. I read George Soros' "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets" and everything he said seems to be coming true. Anyone who wants to understand what the overlying problems in our current financial markets should read this book: The New Paradigm For Financial Markets.

I'm keeping myself busy studying for GMATs, which I will take the last week of October (tentatively). I'm also doing a lot of trading, there are a lot of opportunities in the current markets, which contain dramatic market shifts. I made 32% for the month of September, with real money (GASP!) for once. I'm pretty proud of the performance and I'm learning a great deal from my trading log. However, there is always room for improvement. My goal is to attain consistent earnings of 30% every month until the end of the year.

I'm currently reading Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager and The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street by John Steele Gordon.

Funniest Fucking Video of 2008

Is what I will title this post until I find something funnier. Here's the synopsis. It's an Indian reality show where the the female co host curses out one of the contestant after he starts acting smart. She then decides to ice the cake and slaps the guy, immediately this dude slaps her back hard as hell. All hell breaks loose.

The male co host grabs the contestant and starts kicking his ass. Majority of the cast grabs this retard and starts slapping him. The best part of the video is that you can hear the female co host talking in the background while the other dudes are beating the retard. The retard starts to cry, while being cursed at in hindi, and that's what makes this The funniest video of 2008 (as of September 6th, 2008).

Thanks to RP for this video.