Monday, October 03, 2005

Commercial 2 - Done!

I passed my Commercial 2 checkride on friday, which is good news although I would have liked to do better. There are always 2 parts to a checkride, the oral exam and the flying exam. I know, I know, everyone makes jokes at the oral exam. Anyways, the oral part was mostly a joke were we sat there reading some weird legal definitions from part 1 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The flying part was worse. I had never flown with, or even really talked to the instructor I was doing this with. I didn't understand a lot of what he was asking and he mumbled a lot. All that on top of my anxiety and bad decision making and you have one lousy checkride. Still managed to pass and I guess that's all that matters. I hate commercial manuevers. Now I'm flying the retractable landing gear Cessna 172's for Commercial 3 for about a month until my Commercial 3 checkride where I will become a commercial pilot and can be paid to fly.

After that, on friday we went to see Serenity. It was just Rick and Alison and me. It was a really good movie, but they killed some characters I liked. I was hoping another tv network would pick it up, but I don't know if I want to see any more without them. He didn't even need to die. There was no point. But I guess there never is...

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Graduation?!

I turned in my application for Spring 06 Graduation in may. With any luck, I can finish everything by then and get accepted for the continental express internship during the summer. From there I need to get hired as a flight instructor in august/fall 06 and build my time until I get hired by Continental Express. It's scary that I'm coming to the end of this and will have to actually make money with this flying stuff. I've been wanting to take a digital camera up with me sometime to take pictures, but I'm far to lazy and have soo much work to do in the air that I really wouldn't get time to get good pictures anyway.

The National Intercollegate Flying Association Regional Tournament is coming up soon, during the week of October 10th, so I will not be around. I made the landings team so I am le happy. We meet every night until 10:30 and it's really wearing me out. If we do well enough, we'll go to the national competition and this schedule will never get better.

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Serenity

The movie Serenity comes out on September 30th.  It’s based off the show Firefly which aired on Fox back in 2002/03, and was cancelled faster than you can say well…“Firefly”.  The 30th is a Friday and I want to go see it with everybody, like we did for Hitchhikers and stuff.  Firefly is an awesome show that unfortunately got extremely fucked in the ass by fox.  I have the feeling that to best understand and like the movie, you will need to see at least the first hour long pilot episode to the series, aptly named “Serenity”.  That’s the episode where they set up all the characters and I know it’ll be rushed in the movie.  I want everyone to really appreciate the movie because I think it’s such a good series and I want to share it with everybody.  So clear your schedules now, because on the 30th we are going to go see some good shit.  Heh

Monday, September 05, 2005

Introduction

Hello, my name is Mike.  I have a really long and weird last name because both my parents have Ph.d.‘s and neither wanted to change their last name, so when I was born I got both.  I have one brother and I’m currently a Senior at Kent State University majoring in Flight Technology.  I just got my instrument rating a month and a half ago so I can fly in bad weather.  I belong to several clubs on campus.  I am the vice president of the anime club, the training manager for the KSU Precision Flight Team, and a member of the Flying club.  I am taking 12 credit hours this semester and working over 20 hours a week at Resnet.  I have two flight periods a day, which means I fly for 3 hours every weekday.  With the flight team and class, I often fly for over 6 hours every weekend as well.  I got my technician amateur radio license this summer and want to be a part of the radio club at Akron U. to be with my friends in the U. or Akron, but my schedule does not often allow it.  I wake up at 7:00am every day to be in class by 7:45, and Resnet closes at 9pm.  Every day I’m not at Resnet I’m at the Flight team practices until 10:30pm Then it’s time for homework and club emails and stuff.  I don’t like to party and drink alcohol because alcohol split my family apart.  I don’t think I am above anyone, and I don’t care when other people drink, it’s just me personal choice.  It’s not any one person that makes my life hectic, it’s completely my fault.  There are so many interesting things in this world that I want to be a part of.  The college world may not be for everyone, but it is where I thrive. 

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Webcomic

Yash, you've never told anyone what exactly it was that made you hate bob, so in no way does that mean that I, or anyone else has to hate him. I've also been telling you to stop drinking since the 10th grade, but you never listen to me. All of a sudden some girl comes along and you decide to change just for her? It sounds like you don't need me as any type of factor in that decision. I'm tired of you blaming me for not hanging out with you when you don't call in like 6 months either and all of a sudden it's my fault? Recently after that I can't hang out a few times when you ask about 15 minutes in advance? I'm sorry, It's not like I hate you or not want to be with you but you can't ask 15 minutes in advance. My life is more busy than I know what to do with. I would love to see you and rick and jo and will and tim and tim and dan and bob and nate and everyone more, but I have a lot of crap to do. Just give me a little notice and I always try to do my best. And I'm never going to start taking you seriously until you stop signing offline everytime you respond to me. I guess these are just lost words....