Here's a cool article about Obama economic policy.
I had a funny night, yesterday. Besides losing an additional hour of sleep because of a daylight saving time induced time change, I went to the Biochemistry Formal. I was really not that pumped to go, as it promised to be a veritable nerd show. All in all, it was a lot of fun, thanks in large part to the copious quantities of free wine I was able to consume. I had good company at my table too, I guess.
Either way, I went in with low expectations and ended up having a really good. It was refreshing.
If you haven't checked out Ideas Worth Sharing, you are missing out in a huge way. I'm going to watch a few talks and get inspired before heading out.
I'm drinking coffee and reading news. Sunday mornings are great. My hangover is much more dull than I would have expected. Red wine is usually the worst news, today not so. I'm going to go to the library this afternoon and read "Atlas Shrugged" which I heard is a must-read.
I'm excited about the market this week. I'm generally feeling pretty excited about life. I've been thinking a lot about the next phase, while trying to enjoy my final time here. It's going to be sink or swim time pretty soon!
In other news, I learned now to link to websites. No more messy url shit, this is way slicker.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Victory, at Last
I finished a midterm today, it went pretty well. I'll admit I had trouble focusing on it, hence the hectic state I found myself an occupant of, in the days prior to now.
I HAVE A JOB!
Sorry if that's obnoxious or offensive but I am employed and my future is hopefully, somewhat secured! It made studying for an elective, in my last 4 weeks of university, something less of a priority. It's exactly the job I wanted.
I found that it existed on one of my daily combings of various job databases online and I was pretty stoked about the opportunity. It's a cool chance that will leverage my science knowledge and skills with the business savvy/drive that I think I might possess. It's a real challenge, I hope I have to test myself in a great environment. I'm ready to learn in new ways, and achieve new kinds of success. It's also in a far off country that will require me to learn a new language! I'm going to download the iphone application for said language now. Can you tell I've been writing "hella" cover letters lately?
Job hunting has been really frustrating and a veritable lesson in perseverance. If I'm going to get any further in life I'm going to have to start networking. Mostly I think I just need to put myself in a good environment and make friends.
I'm going to party this weekend, hopefully get a funny story or two. I haven't been paying attention to the stock market today because of all the crazy stuff that was happening. I've really tried to make it my full time job, now that I'm not going to school all that much. I've learned a lot in investing and the PPT has taught me a lot already, and I'm just learning how to use it. Now that I don't have to look for a job anymore I won't even feel guilty about doing it so much.
My best friend from my hometown is coming up to visit tonight as well. He has a court date tomorrow to fight a drinking in public ticket he was slapped with at Homecoming. Unjustly, of course.
I can't wait to get a new chair.
Still wondering what the PPT is?
http://www.ibankcoin.com/ppt_pitch.php
I HAVE A JOB!
Sorry if that's obnoxious or offensive but I am employed and my future is hopefully, somewhat secured! It made studying for an elective, in my last 4 weeks of university, something less of a priority. It's exactly the job I wanted.
I found that it existed on one of my daily combings of various job databases online and I was pretty stoked about the opportunity. It's a cool chance that will leverage my science knowledge and skills with the business savvy/drive that I think I might possess. It's a real challenge, I hope I have to test myself in a great environment. I'm ready to learn in new ways, and achieve new kinds of success. It's also in a far off country that will require me to learn a new language! I'm going to download the iphone application for said language now. Can you tell I've been writing "hella" cover letters lately?
Job hunting has been really frustrating and a veritable lesson in perseverance. If I'm going to get any further in life I'm going to have to start networking. Mostly I think I just need to put myself in a good environment and make friends.
I'm going to party this weekend, hopefully get a funny story or two. I haven't been paying attention to the stock market today because of all the crazy stuff that was happening. I've really tried to make it my full time job, now that I'm not going to school all that much. I've learned a lot in investing and the PPT has taught me a lot already, and I'm just learning how to use it. Now that I don't have to look for a job anymore I won't even feel guilty about doing it so much.
My best friend from my hometown is coming up to visit tonight as well. He has a court date tomorrow to fight a drinking in public ticket he was slapped with at Homecoming. Unjustly, of course.
I can't wait to get a new chair.
Still wondering what the PPT is?
http://www.ibankcoin.com/ppt_pitch.php
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Come Up
I've got a lot to do in the next couple days. I feel quite disconnected from information feeds, which I've been ignoring in the name of productivity.
By 4:30pm tomorrow I'll be in a much different head-space, and hopefully in the mood for some reflection and prose.
I want to blog about how awesome this website is later :
www.ted.com
I also stumbled across this http://passionweiss.com/2008/12/17/the-25-best-hip-hop-songs-of-2008/ which will keep you bumping with the best of 2008.
By 4:30pm tomorrow I'll be in a much different head-space, and hopefully in the mood for some reflection and prose.
I want to blog about how awesome this website is later :
www.ted.com
I also stumbled across this http://passionweiss.com/2008/12/17/the-25-best-hip-hop-songs-of-2008/ which will keep you bumping with the best of 2008.
The Importance of Flossing
It's one of those things you have to do every day. Or your teeth will suck.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Magic Monday Mornings
I'm having a great Monday morning. I'm going to roll to the library soon.
I'm starting to like the idea of starting my week Sunday night. It makes sense for me, I'll explain.
The stock market is pretty quiet over the weekend. Sunday night however, I can start getting ready for Monday morning, when the market opens. I like the stock market a lot so I usually find myself interested or even excited to start looking at charts again. It's also important to note that I don't ignore the stock markets on the weekend, just relative to the week.
This model of reality is deemed efficient for me at this time for another reason. I don't have class Monday morning. In fact I don't have class today until 2:30pm, bitches. This is rare for me, in fact an all time first. Just last semester my Monday morning was marked with an 8:30am class. The point is, I can now sleep in. I don't like sleeping that much to begin with so I use the term pretty liberally, meaning about 9:30am. By the time I get up, caffeinate, read the pre-market news and generally get my life together, the market has already been open for an hour! This would sound like a bad thing, to the naive market enthusiast. It's great for me, however. The first hour of the market is the dangerous one. Most of the time it doesn't even matter, chasing the trend just leads to knee jerk reactions and lost money. If I have an open [swing] trade, I have a plan for it. Ignoring the short term fluctuations by adjusting my schedule usually keeps me level headed and ready to take on the Monday.
I'm starting to like the idea of starting my week Sunday night. It makes sense for me, I'll explain.
The stock market is pretty quiet over the weekend. Sunday night however, I can start getting ready for Monday morning, when the market opens. I like the stock market a lot so I usually find myself interested or even excited to start looking at charts again. It's also important to note that I don't ignore the stock markets on the weekend, just relative to the week.
This model of reality is deemed efficient for me at this time for another reason. I don't have class Monday morning. In fact I don't have class today until 2:30pm, bitches. This is rare for me, in fact an all time first. Just last semester my Monday morning was marked with an 8:30am class. The point is, I can now sleep in. I don't like sleeping that much to begin with so I use the term pretty liberally, meaning about 9:30am. By the time I get up, caffeinate, read the pre-market news and generally get my life together, the market has already been open for an hour! This would sound like a bad thing, to the naive market enthusiast. It's great for me, however. The first hour of the market is the dangerous one. Most of the time it doesn't even matter, chasing the trend just leads to knee jerk reactions and lost money. If I have an open [swing] trade, I have a plan for it. Ignoring the short term fluctuations by adjusting my schedule usually keeps me level headed and ready to take on the Monday.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Important Issue of Blogging
When I decided that I would start a blog, there was the pertinent issue of a name. The one I settled on wasn't the first idea I had. There were a bunch of lame ass non-committed bloggers, wasting user and blog names both. Their blogs contain a single post from 2006, you know the sort. A failed, half-assed attempt at sharing their invaluable perspectives, no doubt.
I must commit, although I will try to refrain from espousing views simply for the purpose of espousing, or feeling important. I will always do my best to add value to your day. I will do my best to keep offering perspective and not let this project fall by the wayside.
If someone wants my blog name, they won't be able to have it. D'uh, I'm using it. Hopefully they will come across a vibrant and evolving corner of the blogosphere. I owe it to future bloggers to create something of value. I want to feel confident in my product. If someone were to want to start a blog with this name, they would at least see that it already existed and that it was more than one somewhat introspective post about a vague topic, never to be fully addressed.
Get ready for a fresh week!
I must commit, although I will try to refrain from espousing views simply for the purpose of espousing, or feeling important. I will always do my best to add value to your day. I will do my best to keep offering perspective and not let this project fall by the wayside.
If someone wants my blog name, they won't be able to have it. D'uh, I'm using it. Hopefully they will come across a vibrant and evolving corner of the blogosphere. I owe it to future bloggers to create something of value. I want to feel confident in my product. If someone were to want to start a blog with this name, they would at least see that it already existed and that it was more than one somewhat introspective post about a vague topic, never to be fully addressed.
Get ready for a fresh week!
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