Fistibop Day

aka Boxing Day, for all you gents.

I find the entire concept of the day to be hilarious. Waiting an entire year, people are willing to camp out hours early to save maybe 30% on an outdated product. Would the opportunity cost of having the item be worth it? Depends on the person, I guess. Maybe I'm thinking this way because I'm not willing to go out this time. I don't have anything to buy. And I hate crowds of people. And I hate people. And I hate people driving like idiots on the road.

I wonder how long this day of fistibopping can last, especially with the 'economic crisis'. Sure, Black Friday this year had a decent (profitable) turnout, but we've all had a little more time to digest this inevitable economic collapse. I can't really imagine next year's to be really busy. The reason why this year's will be successful is because people have this pent-up rage the entire year to wait until Fistibop Day to splurge their money all over the register. It'll be the last insane buy they will do. Anyway, I hope you all had a good hunt and bought what you wanted.

I'm leaving on January 1st. I will be going alone, and I will take 3 days to drive for a total of 21 hours towards Fort McMurray. This should be good assuming no delays or accidents. If I do die, well.

The Interview

was a huge success, apparently.
I gauge this on the fact that I was hired for the position. Though the details haven't come yet, (they were late with the HR, so the contract is coming on Monday), I do know some things.

1) 8 months total. 4 at one mine, 4 at the other.
2) Alberta.
3) Pay is pretty good, considering rent is free. (paid by company)

I'm gonna be missing for some time.
Have fun, guys.

Officially done

Today, I had my final final. It feels great to be relieved of this burden. I can relax now, and do what I want when I want. I don't really want to think about school anymore, mostly because thinking about it won't change anything. What's done is done.

Curiously, I received a phone call from the Engineering Co-op office today about an interview with the company Syncrude for a job in the Oil Sands. Strange because I never sent in a resume. They sent it in for me. Even more strange is that I've left the Co-op program for ~8 months now, with no contact with them. The interview is at 8am. This means that I should have had it by the time this is done.

It is a little bit early for me, but I guess that's fine. I don't really care if I work during this upcoming semester or not. Not going to screw up this interview on purpose either.