Can you believe that in the four years I have lived in my town there has been a library a 10-15 min walk away and I'VE NEVER BEEN??!?!?!?!?! Me, the bibliophile. I mean it's not the greatest library I have been in, but it's nice and has enough ro

This is my favorite Far Side cartoon. For those that aren't familiar with it, here it is. the usual disclaimer, this photo is copyrighted by Gary Larson and his FarSide croonies, so please don't sue. Ok, so things I am loving right now. My

America is a consuming nation. We consume merchandise by the plane, train and boatful and still we can't seem to get enough. We overspend our income, I believe $1.14 for every dollar we earn, just to fill our houses with more junk! Don't get me wr

I had to decompress from all the stress I put myself under so I took yesterday off. Reflecting back on it, my Duke application is ok. It's not the greatest but it's not the worst. Had I applied early admissions I could probably sneak in, but now I

but it sure feels like a Monday. My Duke application is due at 5pm today. I have all of my supplementary materials mailed off, but I am waiting for a final review of my essays. My first two essays are tight, but my #3 is only so so. I went to Cle

That I am done w/ my consortium applications. I was tired of staring at the essays and just hit the upload button. Now I have Duke's App due on Tues and then it's easy sailing for HBS. I didn't make it to my Sunday deadline and was here at 5pm m

hasn't changed much from the old. This year I did not make any resolutions. Any parts of my life, I am going to change. I won't use the new year as a crutch to say i can act so and so until january 1st. if you are going to change your life, chang

Wow, a lot has been going on, but I won't be writing about it today. I need to go back to using this blog as space to practice my writing. One reason why my essays are rusty is because I haven't been writing! However, as we begin the New Year pr