Now that I actually have time to sit back and muse on September 2009 gone-by (since this last round of prelims, cases, events, etc., were not friendly), I have to bring up Bo Burnham. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine got me a ticket to go see the 19-year old (wtf!) comedian [...]
Now that the National Football League is back in full swing, I’m back to my usual habits of chronic procrastination on Sundays, foregoing the academic grind by choosing pigskin and grotesque tackles instead. For me, the football season always signifies that the fall has really started, and it lets the rest of my “beginning [...]
The recent H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak is giving a whole new meaning to the start-of-school jitters. I swear within the past few days, I must’ve gotten a solid 20 e-mails telling me to wash my hands, not to smooch sneezing people, etc. etc. (which by the way, I hope would go without saying), and the [...]
Ok: every once in a while I come across something that really ruffles my feathers. Most of the time it has to do with someone wearing something that looks really studid, a massive line at the Appel salad bar, or some dimwit letting their cell phone blast Beyonce in the middle of a class. But [...]
Last week, I was saddened to see that Binghamton, NY — just about a 10-minute drive from my hometown in Vestal — was the topic of national news broadcasts across the country for a hostage shooting where 13 people were killed. On Friday, I was casually scouring through some messages in my GMail account when [...]
Well, spring break is finally here. Definitely didn’t come quick enough between weekly 5-hour statistics assignments, mind-numbing finance problem sets, and a ginormous marketing group project (oh … and pledging!), so I’m glad to get away for a week and catch some zzzzzz’s back at my home base in Vestal, NY.
Over spring break, I still [...]
Okay, now it feels like Ithaca. It’s been hovering around -200 degrees for the past week now, and it’s even starting to take a toll on my body. I can never remember this happening to me before, but as soon as this mini-ice-age graced the Cornell campus, my face and hands have shriveled up into [...]
When the water starts boiling, it is foolish to turn off the heat. -Nelson Mandela
Today marks the inauguration of our nation’s first African-American president.
I remember discussing this day in my high school history classes — rumors of an African-American candidate, how long before such a day would come, and if our country was strong enough [...]
So I’ve had quite a while now to lounge and relax in recovery from this past semester; the rest was very necessary, and I still can’t get off the shnide of sleeping for a modest 11 hours a day. Motivation and productivity definitely take a back seat over my winter breaks.
Reflecting back, I think that [...]
I am finally done with the semester! Just finished up my last final today — the last of 4 finals in the past 4 days. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to a nice nap and a long day (and maybe entire winter break) of solid zzzzzz’s.
Finals just tear you down it seems like; as [...]