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Name: neener
School: USC Marshall School of Business
Status: Employed...finally
E-mail: Click here!
Reason for blogging: I'm incredibly self-absorbed. |
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I'm listening to...
::"Stay Beautiful," The Last Goodnight
::"Spaceman," The Killers
::"Green Light," John Legend
::"Superstar," Lupe Fiasco
I'm watching...
::24
::The Office
I'm reading...
::Taiwan, A Political History, by Denny Roy
::The Devil and Miss Prym, by Paulo Coehlo
I've just seen...
::Slumdog Millionaire
::I Love You, Man
::The Reader
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It's Like Being in a Cult As an aside...On Friday, I went to a Graduate Women in Business (GWIB) get-together at a place called Beauty Bar Los Angeles. The place is essentially a bar with a feminine twist: they offer manicures, henna tattoos, and tarot card readings. Many women in my class were there, getting their martinis and manicures. Unfortunately, since I don't do anything daintily, my manicured nails are already looking a bit bedraggled.
Back to what I was saying about being in a cult. Yesterday I attended a Marshall tailgate party for the USC vs. BYU football game. The students had been boasting that the Marshall tailgate parties are the best at the school, and after going, I would have to concur. It was the biggest tailgate I saw on campus today, and there is plenty of food, beer, and music. There were tons of people there, from current Marshall students, to alumni, to even undergraduates. I was amazed by the sheer number of people dressed in USC colors that were swarming about campus, and even more amazed by the number of babies dressed in USC gear. I'm telling you, they are brainwashed from an early age. I met an alumnus who proudly told me that his kids hadn't "missed a single home game since they were two months old!" I'm telling you...the fanaticism of USC people is scary. Coming from a liberal arts college that is in Division III (by the way, we are tops in our Division), I must say that going to a football game at a Division I school is very, very different. At Williams, the marching band wore matching jackets and consisted of maybe 40 or so people. No one cared if they performed or not. At USC, the band is gynormous, and they have fancy uniforms. They perform twice on campus before heading to the stadium, and people actually gather and wait for them to arrive. It's like watching an episode of The X-Files when a bunch of abductees gather together to await the arrival of a UFO (except the USC people have a lot more fun than the abductees). When they finally arrive at their designated performance areas, people cheer and bounce to the beat and sing along (they know every word of the "Fight On" song) and do the whole "finger forming a V" waving thing. It was a little disturbing. And yet, it was fun at the same time.
I am, by nature, quite laidback and not into the whole cheering, "rah rah" thing, which is very big at my school. Lately I have been forced to be spirit-y and "go team!" and although I feel a bit dumb doing that, I've also come to think that it is a little fun to let yourself go and just scream at the top of your lungs for your school/team/whatever. Am I adapting, or am I slowly being sucked into the cult that is USC?
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When I learn a new word, I'll put it here so you can learn too!
EBITAS (noun):
Abbreviation for "Earnings Before Income Tax, Amortization, and SGARA." Next week, find out what SGARA is.
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