The CCIE lab has officially invaded my psyche. Over the last week, I’ve dreamt about the CCIE lab twice. When I was learning a foreign language (first German, then French – both of which I suck at) I was told that it was a turning point when you started to dream in another language. Hopefully dreaming about the CCIE lab is a good harbinger, but my guess is that stress is finally kicking in and making my unconscious fuck with me.
Dream 1 – I have flown to San Jose and am in the midst of the lab. I’m doing well and am happy with my progress. We break for lunch. My wife and I go out to get something to eat. I completely forget about the lab and lose track of time. By the time I get back to the lab there is only about an hour left. I start to hammer away at the CLI but the clock keeps winding down.
Dream 2 – I take the CCIE lab and fail. I am relating how difficult this lab is to my family when my sister (the non-technical, neo-Luddite with a Literature degree) starts to brag about how she recently passed the lab. I am flabbergasted and ask to see proof. She shows me a certificate from Cisco with a CCIE number of 1. She says that she did so well on the lab that they gave her a special number. My head explodes. [Okay, the exploding head bit didn’t happen – but it should have.]
Sigmund Freud would tell me that the increase amount of time that I am spending on my studies coupled with the overwhelming nature of the exam is inducing these dreams. Either that or I want to bone my mom. Whichever. 🙂
If my brain thinks that I’m going to put up with these nightmares, it has another thing coming. I have two bottles of Maker’s Mark and a shitload of ice cubes as well as cable TV. A dozen or so ounces of whiskey and a couple hours of Reality TV will kill enough brain cells to show my brain that I mean business. 🙂
:)))
Don’t stress too much, have a break. I must study at BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and informatics) so i dont have too much time for CCIE learning right now. But, i am reading blogs, writing blogs, learning MPLS L3 VPN (becouse this is my Independent labouratory subject at the Uni)
I have a ready CCIE dynamips lab (IE Core WB) on my dualXeon, and i have plenty CCIE books.
But.. if we learn too much..
Ones a week i think we must drink alcohole 🙂 and listen to music..)
Bye,
Xcke
Comment by xcke — November 28, 2007 @ 7:01 pm |