Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Uncertainty


Today I had another one of those "What will I do with my life?" days. I still feel as if I have so much potential and I could do anything that I decided to do. Well not anything(I still remember my two day "Could I be a doctor?" thing).

Lyric of the Day:
"Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...
Away..."
-Creed:"Don't Stop Dancing"

Random Story of The Day:
Talking with my roomie and his gf before dinner.

Him: Any strong girly drink is made with vodka.
Me: To get girls drunk, make vodka drinks. Good to know.
His GF: I'm never letting you meet my hot, available friends
Me: That's fine, I'll settle for moderately attractive.
She glares at me disaprovingly
Me: Actually, nevermind. I don't think I have time to date this semester, maybe next semester?
Note to Future Self: Sometimes you think you like candy corn, but the aftertaste is something you can't accept.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Valentines Day


So 1/2 my apartment is part of a couple, meaning that for V-day it was me and my roomie. Too bad he decided to go home for his little sister's birthday :P

With no one else in the apartment I spent the first half of the day not doing much. I actually watched the part of How I Met Your Mother where Ted meets Victoria. That, not surprisingly made me slightly depressed.

Things turned around when I got a call from my friend. I had asked her roommate if they wanted to hang out Saturday(seeing as we were all single with nothing to do), so she asked if I wanted to come over and have dinner. We ended up having dinner, watching a movie and watching Demetri Martin's new show. So apparently all is well that ends well :D

Lyric of the Day:
"You've slipped away like a fistful of sand
You are gone, you are gone, you are gone"
-The Bravery: "Fistful of Sand"

Random Story of The Day: Playing telephone charades, we went from "I just died in your arms tonight" to "Happy girl beats man with lollipop under the sun". That game is awesome :D
Note to Future Self: Model the market as a system with mass. Momentum changes everything.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Surprises


The past week kind of sucked. I had assignments in my classes that really battered the idealistic side of me. In management we looked at the strategy of helping to improve poor neighborhoods for the purpose of exploiting the people there as consumers. My finance class essentially outlined the need for class disparities across the world, emphasizing that having low factors of production(low wage labor) helps to drive economies. With all these things on my mind all I could to was play Pokemon and bask in my powerlessness.(I thought being able to use that world was pretty sweet :P)

Then on Saturday I went over to visit one of my friends who I hadn't seen in a while. Catching up and being distracted by the things that were important in my life made me feel better.

That night as I walked into my apartment I was greeted by more than twenty of my friends charging out of the bedrooms yelling "Surprise!". It turns out my friends had decided that my birthday being in winter break meant that my party should happen when we got back to school. After a great night of lasertag, Rock Band, charades, Bang, and copious amounts of smash brothers, I remembered how awesome humanity was, and the privileges of the life I live.

Sunday I went to BC and watched the Superbowl. My friend is a hardcore Steelers fan, but since they beat the Ravens everyone at his college was supporting the Cardinals. After a full sixty minutes of football we had the Steelers as Superbowl champions and Mike Tomlin as the youngest coach to ever win the Superbowl.

Lyric of the Day:
"You were a child,
crawlin' on your knees toward it.
Makin' mama so proud,
but your voice is too loud."
-MGMT:"Kids"

Random Story of The Day:
My roomates and I play Wii Tennis while pretending to be Roddick, Federer, and Nadal :P

Note to Future Self: For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. Those who peer into the darkness often are overlooking the light. Balance is key.