Concerning Hobbits

Hobbits, or in this case me, has been attending school at the Ministry of Moral Order (MMO) also known as Grand Valley State University, in my home state of Michigan for what would seem like many thousands of years.

My course of study is in the dark art of Information Technology. Those who choose to study under the banner of the great Paul Leidig, dean of our school, spend countless hours in class learning the subtitle techniques required to bend the minds of the executives to our will so that we will receive more than our fare share of funding for the coming fiscal year. Likewise it is our duty to Sheppard and mobilize the legions of developers under our command to wage holy war against the ever creeping scope of the project. And in the immortal words of the great Professor of Database Administration, Dr. George Nezlek, "The Data Are!".

Nearing the end of my tenure at school, I was tasked with a quest. The quarter beloved, half despised, and the rest confused journey into the sunset. You know of what i speak, those of you who attend university at this very moment. Yes, I mean the one thing that could make or break your love for your chosen field of study. The Internship!

As luck would have it, my best friend from high school had found steady employment at a security company down in Key West, Florida. To my delight it was no more than a year ago this month that he informed me that his company was looking for someone of my schooling to come to work for them. Score, i thought to myself! With little to no work i had snagged a sweet internship.

The months went by and i came down for an "interview" in December for six days to meet the employees and to check out the town. Key West for those who are unfamiliar is a small island no larger than a few square miles at the end of the Florida Keys. It is roughly ninety miles from Cuba and 130 some odd miles to Miami, yeah i thought that it was funny too.

The "interview" was painless and sounded more like a job interview rather than an interview for an interns position. And soon i was back on the plane and headed back to the mid-west. The days continued to fly by as winter gave way to spring and the semester came to a close. With my finals complete i packed up my car and prepared for the adventure before my adventure. You see, I decided to drive the 1800+ miles to Key west in my 1993 Dodge Intrepid. That was probably my first mistake.