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Name: neener
School: USC Marshall School of Business
Status: Employed...finally
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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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Oh, the Carnage I haven't posted for a while because this past week was all about studying for the microeconomics midterm. I wasn't worried about the test so much as I was worried about the people who were studying nonstop. Why? Because of the accursed curve. I knew that these people were going to mess up the curve, thus forcing people like me, who "kind of" know the material, to get bad grades. (A helpful tip: If you get an economics text like mine, which is fairly unreadable, but the text comes with a study guide with exercises and problem sets, try using the study guide as your primary text and your textbook as the supplementary text, i.e., use the textbook if the study guide glosses over a concept.) After many failed attempts to wade through the text, I decided to go another route. I decided that I was going to take one for the team. I would be the martyr. I would do so poorly on the test that my fellow classmates would get a better grade. I am such a considerate classmate.
When the test actually came around, it was hard. The equations I had hurriedly memorized started to get muddled in my mind, and I found myself pressed for time as I tried to answer "definition" questions that were very tricky in terms of how the questions were worded. It didn't help that I had gotten very little sleep the night before.
After the test, everyone left the exam room complaining (which made me feel better). We had 4 hours before our next class, so what did we do? Some of us headed over to Margarita Jones, a local bar/restaurant, and another group headed over to the bar at the Radisson Hotel. Anyone who has read previous posts on this page should not be surprised. Alcohol plays a very large role in the MBA experience. I should mention that I did do my accounting homework BEFORE I headed over to Margarita Jones (pat myself on the back).
After accounting class, I headed home. When I got home, it was around 5:30 PM, and I decided to take a nap. I was awakened by the phone ringing, and when I looked at my alarm clock, it read, "7:45." The first thought that ran through my head was, "Oh no! I'm late for class! But why am I so tired? I don't think I can do this!" It took a while for me to register that it was 7:45 PM on the same day. If that isn't sad, pathetic, and indicative of how school has taken over my life, I don't know what is.
Today I had to help my brother move in to his dorm room at UC Riverside (UCR). It meant getting up at 6:00 AM, which is something I don't do on Saturdays. I haven't been around so many non-Marshall people in a while. I discovered the following things while at UCR:
1. A lot of people are retarded (so many inefficient people!).
2. Asian people are taking over the world (2 Asians for every non-Asian).
3. Young Asian girls tend to dress like skanks (I wanted to say to one girl, "Um, I think you forgot your clothes today. But you do have nice underwear.").
4. UCR has a pizza vending machine (they didn't have things like that in MY day).
5. UCR gives their students Microfridges (You know, those microwave/refrigerator combos that are the only appliances allowed in dorms. All the other schools I've been to made their students pay for theirs).
It was quite the educational experience. After heading back home, I conked out and slept from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM. It felt soooo good.
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EBITAS (noun):
Abbreviation for "Earnings Before Income Tax, Amortization, and SGARA." Next week, find out what SGARA is.
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