Sunday, January 14, 2007

5 Things You Didn't Know About Me.

Or may have, but forgot.

1) I have a commercial driver's license. While attending A&M, I was a student bus driver for the campus. I was also a trainer for the student driver corps, which included 400+ drivers. I worked there for ~3.5 years.

2) I proposed to my wife while on a spring break trip to Europe. We were in Paris and I popped the question on top of the Eiffel tower. Tom Cruise copied me. So, suck it Cruise. :)

3) While in High School I was dead-set on attending the Univerity of Texas (to be in the band). However, at the last minute, one of my friends said he would only go to college if I went to A&M with him. So, I did, and I joined the corps of cadets and was in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band for one semester as a bass player. I ended up quitting after the Nokia Sugar bowl in 1998 due to my grades. If I didn't leave the band, I wouldn't have graduated. I'm 100% sure of that.

4) I have a network policy named after me at my old high school. I figure that's enough details. :-)

5) I wear a size 16 shoe, but I never played basket-ball. In fact, I'm pretty awful at it. I'm just a tall white boy who can't jump or play ball. I did, however, play football (middle line-backer/nose guard/corner back) while in middle school. Likewise, I was played soccer for 3 years and was a soccer referee for 2 years while in High School.

Red Card! You are ejected from my blog.

New Year, New Title

I was recently called into my boss' office and was told that I was being promoted to Sr. Programmer/Analyst, effective immediately. I was very surprised.

So, I now have a little more responsibility at work and have gained the respect of my co-workes. I've only been at my job for 8 months, so getting a promotion to the Sr. level (which is the highest at my job), really took me by surprise. Especially since I'm the youngest and newest programmer at my job.

So, yay me and stuff. It is definitely a great way to start off the new year. Now it's performance appraisal time. Woo-Hoo.