I frequently tell people that "I burned out in high school."  Which sounds a lot worse than it is.  In reality, I worked very very hard to get very good grades.  Nearly perfect grades.  And my grades got me to college.  And in college I took a breath. For me, course grades are letters.  Significant,…

A perfect example of targeted marketing gone bad: Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased Newlyweds – Nick & Jessica – The Complete Second and Third Seasons also purchased Mariah Carey: Definition of a Diva on DVD. For this reason, you might like to know that Mariah Carey: Definition of a Diva…

Slightly fascinated by valet.  The concept of it.  The convenience.  The fact that you do not pronounce the "t". I valet my car at the bottom of my building each time I intern.  Which to be honest makes no sense because they pay more for me to park than they do for my time.  Regardless,…

Dad got a new job at St. Paul Travelers!  Closer to home, more money, better situation for everyone.  And they are headquartered in St. Paul, MN.  Double the fun. I created a survey on surveymonkey.com.  Trying to determine what GREEK FEMALES think about masculinity and fraternity boys.  Data collection is fun.  Not going to lie. …

Came to the realization last week that I am out of shape.  A "knee injury" and numerous birthday celebrations kept me from running the past three months.  Am committed to start going to the gym again and doing cardio at least 4 times per week.  So far so good. Must admit that I am scared. …

Had minor victory this morning when my internal clock woke me at 4:21am and I REFUSED to get out of bed.  Managed to fall back asleep until a much more suitable hour, 5:51am. Read the paper and scoured the advertisements. Heard about this website: MyHeritage that scans a photo of your face and matches you…

Good times at Traddies last night. Because you get in, get drunk and get home by nine.  Because you see the most random collection of people.  Because Vern’s teacher was there last night.  Because I charged a pitcher of beer on discretionary.  Because Quarters is a fun drinking game.  Because it is all about the…

my Diet Coke with lime. my Jack {Daniels} with Diet Coke. my cereal with banana. my coffee with sugar-free hazelnut my food with pepper. my rice with soy sauce. my days one at a time. my life for granted. enJOY it.  drink it.  love it.  always. (4/7) Edited to add: this was a bit of…

<—Did this classified ad layout for ABA Journal at the internship today.  Pretty exciting to actually pull it together.  Feel like I am actually doing something. Internship-Boss-Man offered me a job if I want it next fall.  More hours.  Higher pay.  Legitimate workload.  Something to consider.  Nice to have options.

In Personal Selling this afternoon, we talked about time management.  About life management, actually.  The Professor did the rock, pebbles and sand demonstration: Take a jar. Pour in the sand.  No room for pebbles or rocks.  Empty jar, pour in pebbles, sand can fit, but not the rocks.  Start with the rocks.  Add some pebbles.…