//  THIS METHOD IS CALLED WHEN I CLICK THE SUBMIT BUTTON
            $scope.handleSubmit = function() {
            	alert($scope.currentUser); // WHY DON'T I HAVE CURRENTUSER HERE?
            	sObj = { "sobjectType": "TargetX_SRMb__Application__c", "TargetX_SRMb__Contact__c": $scope.currentUser.ContactId };
            	angular.forEach($scope.fields, function (f,k) {
            		sObj[f.field_api] = f.value;
            	});
            	sObj.Deadline__c = $scope.deadline;
            	sObject.upsert(sObj, {}, function (results, event) {
                  if(event.status){
                    angular.forEach(results, function(result, i){
                      console.log(result);
                    });

                  }else{
                    alert(event.message);
                  }


            	});
            }

            $scope.init = function () {
            	$scope.calculateOptions();
            	sObject.query("SELECT Id, ContactId FROM User WHERE Id = '{!$User.Id}'", {escape : false}, function(result, event) {
        			$scope.currentUser = result;
        			console.log($scope.currentUser); // THIS LOG SHOWS THAT THE OBJECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED
        		});

            }

            $scope.init();