Paris Je t'aime

C'est vrai, Paris je t'aime.  I also saw this movie this past Sunday.  For those that don't know it's a collection of 18 5 min films shot by 18 different directors.  One for each of the districts of paris (there actually should be 20 films, but at the last minute two films didn't make it).  It was an interesting movie.  Some films were very distinctive, some where banal.  Some took a traditional look at romantic love and some stretched the boundaries of what love encompasses.  For those that like an artsy bend to their movies, I would recommend it.

Once again I am sitting in an airport due to airport delays because of the storms.  I knew it was going to happen when I woke up this morning and saw the rain clouds gathering overhead.  After awhile you just know that your flight is going to be more and more delayed.  I got bumped to another flight, but I'm hoping I won't miss my connection.  Air travel in this country is going to undergo a major business model shift and soon.  With crowded planes, an outdated system and business travelers getting more and more fed up, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw soon the introduction of all business flights to and from major cities within in the US similar to what's going on across the atlantic.  The average vacationer expects a lot for their $200 ticket.  I also wonder about people who just don't follow the news.  Airline delays have been in the papers for months because they are only getting worse.  The FAA is outdated, planes are crowded adn security lines take forever.  I've developed a Zen-like approach and never get mad.  Everything is out of my control and people yell and complain to the staff.  I smile and ask them about their day and usually I get put on first class if their is space.

So things I'm digging right now include this hilarious Mountain Dew commercial (make sure you click on TV Ad, chase) and facebook.  I am a complete facebook addict.  I joined last week and am up to almost 70 friends but always want more  If you know me and are reading this, add me to your friends.  I love to read status updates and it definitely helps me keep track of birthdays and the like.  Facebook has also reminded me of how random and weird my life is.  Sometimes I just have to laugh at the randomness of it all.  I love my life and luckily it has been entertaining. 

So I keep talking to current b-school students and incoming first years and I am so jealous!!! B-school was such an awesome time and I'm jealous of all the good times they are having or are going to have.  all the late nights, all the networks.  man oh man that's fun stuff.  I want to go back although I can't say that I dont' miss having a paycheck.  But just the comraderie and the learning.  It's a great time.

So this past weekend I was thinking about the difference between confidence and arrogance.  At what point does confidence become arrogance, or is arrogance not an extension of confidence, but a manifestation of people's insecurities?  How can you tell the difference or is it situational.  Do you appear confident to some people and arrogant to others?  Do people have enough awareness of themselves to know when they are just being arrogant and when they are confident?  Do we know how to exude confidence without imposing our will on everyone around them?

Questions for thought