Happy Friday!!!

Almost there. It’s just a little over two weeks until Thanksgiving (and, therefore, pumpkin pie) and really once Thanksgiving hits the semester is done. I mean there are a few tests and whatnot but it’s pretty much just done.

               1) I still have to finish my Community Development research paper. Upside, I’m 17 pages into a 25 page assignment. It’s downhill from here.

               2) All the pieces of the business plan are done or near done. It’s all about the editing and refining at this point, which will take the rest of the school-year but step 1 is almost done.

               3) I have a couple of tests and presentations left in all my other classes but those are doable.

              

On the extracurricular activities front:

               1) we had an etiquette dinner at Ella’s, so that we all knew what fork to use when. Is it just me or when you know you’re supposed be acting gracious the first thing you want to do is tell the dirtiest joke you can think of?[1]

               2) Halloween was fun. My friend Lauren had a party in a little wooded area just outside Fayetteville.  It was cool but as we drove up to it everyone kept repeating “This is how horror movies start”. Luckily, no horror movie. Just a bonfire and a band and some really cool costumes.

               3) They’re repaving the main road near my house.  It takes 30-40 minutes to get anywhere, more if it’s rush hour, less if it’s night time. Someday Siri will be able to do my homework for me while I’m in traffic.

Plan for next week: Finishing my Community Development paper and the business plan rough draft; advanced excel workshop and studying for my accounting and investment theory tests (Monday the 14^th and Thursday the 17^th respectively.)

analogy of the week: Getting your homework done means you get to party; therefore, studying is fighting for your party rights.[2]

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[1] What exactly you say or do could be different. Maybe you need to pick your nose or belch the alphabet but the sentiment of wanting to do something completely ungracious when your sole purpose is to be gracious.  

[2] I know this isn’t exactly an analogy but it’s still metaphorical so it counts. 

T-minus 6 Weeks

Correction: Before I start my current post I need to make a correction to my previous post. My sister pointed out that my comment about seeing Rangers Stadium could mislead people into believing I had never seen it before. I have seen it before. In 2001, we drove by it on a family trip.[1]

Hello all! Sorry this is later than my usual Thursday rant but I was too busy with my NEW job. Yup! I finally got that job and I’m pretty excited. I’m working for a sustainability software and consulting firm, which is just starting its US branch. It’s a bit like working for a startup/small business because, well, it kind of is. I probably won’t have anything big or exciting to tell you about it because I’m just trying to catch up and understand the industry and our product right now.

Anyway, in other news, it’s Halloween this week and that means I get to dress up like someone cooler than myself.[2] I’m going as Lana Kane—from the TV show Archer.(See right.) Mainly, I’m just looking forward to getting a night away from the homework and group projects that have piled up on me.

Speaking of homework, there are only 6 weeks left of class and then a couple of finals. I am both super-stressed and elated at this thought. Super-stressed because I have SO much to finish in 6 weeks and elated because it will all be done in 6 weeks. Then I will get a few weeks off from class (hopefully not from work) before the craziness that will be my final semester. I’m already starting to make a non-business reading list for Christmas Break. I’ll make it a widget on the side and you guys can give suggestions.

Here are the highlights from this past week:

1) I had lunch last Friday with a potential student and a current Ph.D. student. This is part of being an MBA program ambassador and luckily it involves free lunches at Ella’s. Dessert is required.

2) I slept most of last weekend. I think I did some homework but most of what I remember is a really glorious 2-hour nap on Sunday.

3) I started work on Tuesday. I forgot how comfortable black slacks are compared to skinny jeans.[3]

4) My Cardinals won the World Series. Now my Razorbacks and Chiefs have to keep up the winning.

Analogy of the week: (talking about interview skills) it’s like that opposite day episode of Seinfeld, as long as I do/say the opposite of whatever’s in my head then I’m good. If I say what I’m actually thinking then I just put my foot in my mouth.

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[1] Better, Joni?

[2] Most days I’m just dressing up as a cooler version of myself.

[3] There are no alternatives to skinny jeans. Don’t even think about suggesting any.