So apparently, yes if you do bet a geography major it won't snow you will lose.

Then you will be forced to walk around in it, with your stupid boot cast.

I failed so much.

So for Will's birthday I decided to make him...a Kirby cake! I found this blog from an army mom in Korea (Meagan in Korea)




Will loved the cake...and so did the other seven hungry college students we took to the birthday dinner!

So apparently when Rachael got hurt on Saturday at Taekwondo, this was the cosmos looking for blood. I called Rachael on Sunday to see how she was doing and joked around with her about it, but I offered to bring her stew (she didn't realize I was offering to bring it to her until yesterday or she would have happily accepted). Then last night, yep, karma strikes! I was doing a jumping side kick (really nice height by the way!) and when I came down to land, I landed on my ankle and rolled it over. There was a crack, and now my ankle is swollen up to the size of a softball on the outside and a tennis ball on the inside.

So I thought maybe I am lucky and twisted it...BWAHAHAHA! Yeah, no. See, I woke up this morning and it hurts to move my freaking toes. Also it hurts to lift it, to do anything except sit there hurts. Of course, this is good though. I am trying to think positively, you know why? George Washington will be sending me a response soon, and thus this bad karma can only equal future good karma, right? Please tell me I am right?

On another side side note, Ms. Lee's birthday party was fun. She really enjoyed my Kahlua cake, so this made me feel good. Will has been freaking out all morning (he thinks it's broken, or fractured). I finally got him to go back to bed so I can head to class. Though the worse thing is I had almost no sleep last night. Yes, it just hurts sitting there.

Karma, please deliver some good news with regards to graduate school!

EDIT: For some reason, I felt this icon was just more appropriate.

Write a poem by putting your itunes/mp3 player/whatever you listen to music on on shuffle and writing down the first line from the first 20 songs that pop up. Use the first line from the 21st song as a title.

I See Your Dirty Face Hide Behind Your Collar

No sir, Well I don't want to be the blame not anymore
We Belong Together
City's breaking down on a camel's back
Lately, I've been thinking about the past
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when

How could I decide what's right?
So you drop me
I've got the measles she's got the mumps
Hey There Delilah what's it like in New York City?
I swapped my innocence for pride

Don't you come to me with all your color-coded quotes
Your in my arms
There's a weakness
Seems like just yesterday
It ain't no joke

I'm fifteen for a moment
Breaking my back just to know your name
Your a part-time lover and a full-time friend
What you sees not what you get
I'm walking on clouds now and the sky is falling on down


I feel like this is so full of angst. ( Playlist )

Graduate School Applications are around the bend now...so a reminder to self.

George Washington- Jan 15th
University of Delaware- February 1st
North Carolina State University February 1st (for funding)
Purdue University- February 15th
West Virginia University- March 1st (but turning this in sooner)
American University? (still undecided)

Yes those are the schools. If I don't get into any of them, I have no idea what I am going to do. Hopefully someone will hire me. GRE second go is at the end of the month...wish me luck?

***EDIT!!!*** Major important edit. I e-mailed my Calc II professor asking for a recommendation for graduate school a week ago and had yet to hear anything from him. I was worried he was thinking I was a terrible student (because I got a B, but this is Calc II people! It's the hardest Calc supposedly). Today he e-mail me saying that he would be happy to and to just tell him which schools! YES!!! This will look awesome having math professors for an Econ major! *dances*

This just in! All the hard work for Calc 2 paid off! I GOT A B!!!!

*has been dancing around the help desk for ten minutes!*

Alright, here is the attack plan friends:

Linear test on Monday. Study tonight thru the weekend. Cheat Sheet=Thank you sweet merciful God!

Paper for Theatre: If I get this in on Monday, then I get a bonus 20 pts. If I get it in on Friday a Bonus 10 pts.

Linear Final-Dec. 16th 8-10:15 AM
Must get a 85 or better on this final....no excuses.

Theatre Final-Dec. 18th 10:45-1:15
Work on some sort of presentational way to discuss your paper.

Calculus 2 Final-Dec. 19th 10:45-1:15
Plan of massive action. This is my D-Day. Normandy here I come!
- Comprehensive Final
- Look at his older tests
- Look at all your tests and quizzes
- Homeworks!
- Light a few candles, pray, go to church, confess your sins
- More prayer, perhaps invest in those beads...
- Did we mention a lot of lucky rabbit's feet, four leaf clovers, wishbones,
add your token of good fortune here.
- Afterwards, cry. Just let it all out. Then look up times for this class
next semester.

Okay, now to finish work. Go to class, eat, sleep and study. Wish me luck everyone! (Neev if this doesn't succeed I get to dig my hole and die first, k?)

Since I have a six hour drive ahead of me tomorrow, I am asking my friends to recommend some music for the drive! I.E. Make me a play list of at least your top 10 favorite songs, and I will create play lists on my iPod for this crazy ride up and back. All together I need about 12 hours of music to keep me sane, but I can settle for six. So happy recommendations! (I promise an awesome gift for those that comment!)

So to be fair, Kim is chasing me and Linda has a mysterious past. Okay I can accept this.

Yes friends I have voted. At 7 AM I was at the polls casting my vote.

And Kim, yes it was awesome the Redskins lost last night. It even made me happier that they lost to the Steelers.

That is all! Oh and wish us luck on Thursday in Baltimore!

*slams head into desk repeatedly while typing this*

Why-did-you-fail? Stupid-GREs-stupid stupid stupid.

I hate you ETS. I loathe the person that came up with that math section so much right now. Oh no the essay part was great, I could do that. Your math section was a joke though, and now I have to take it again!

*commences slamming head into desk again. If you don't hear from me for a few days, it might be best to call someone.*

PS-Asked labtech to make sure to turn my face out of the pool of blood in case I pass out. He said he would get a stick. This works.

F YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.


Opening Credits:
Enchanted Suite (not kidding!) -Enchanted Soundtrack

Waking Up:
White Reflection -Two-Mix

First Day at School:
All I Want Is You -Barry Louis Polisar (Juno Soundtrack)

Falling in Love:
Mamma Mia -Abba (Wow...how...appropriate?)

Fight Song:
Frozen -Within Temptation

Breaking Up:
Suddenly I See -KT Tunstall

Prom:
Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) -Trans Siberian Orchestra )(I don't know about Prom, but this would kick ass other wise!)

Life is Good:
Wizards in Wonderland -Trans Siberian Orchestra (I seriously have more than this...but it is a rather uplifting song!)

Mental Breakdown:
Castle on a Cloud -Les Miserables Soundtrack (....maybe?)

Driving:
Golden Wing -An Cafe (Truth-I do listen to this song when I am driving. Its def. on my iPod).

Flashback:
Therapy -Finger Eleven (I could see this...the opening is definitely like one of those songs I could see someone either tripping out, or flashback)

Getting Back Together:
Viva La Vida -Coldplay (....)

Wedding:
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) -Lost Prophets (News to me.)

Paying the Dues:
Where is the Love? -Black Eyed Peas (Okay, I died from laughter when this came on for this).

Night Before War:
The Set Up (You Need This) -Reel Big Fish (OH Hell Yeah!)

Final Battle:
Bombs over Baghdad -OutKast (....Really? iTunes? Come on...you couldn't pick something better?)

Moment of Triumph:
Keep Holding On -Avril Lavigne (I don't admit I have this song often, but this seems like the night before the battle?)

Death Scene:
Cheer Up -Reel Big Fish ("I've got a funny feeling, we're all born to lose.")

Funeral Song:
Firefight -Jimmy Eat World (Alright, this might need to be played at my funeral. Here that future offspring! Play this!)

End Credits:
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables -Les Miserables Soundtrack (...And this is when everyone does care who did what and just leaves the theater. I at least thought my movie would be a comedy!)

Alright guys, I got my proposal approved from the Dean yesterday to begin work on the Podcast for Perdue school. Basically it will almost be a round table discussion with professors from the school ranging from Economics to Accounting, and Finance to Marketing. We will discuss the current economy, the outlook for students, and how this may affect everyone overall. Also, trying to answer questions people may have in regards to some of the stuff they hear on the news and might not understand.

So this is a call for questions! I need a good bank of questions from which to draw from for the show, and we would like to interject questions from students/community/alumni/students in general. You need not be an SU student to ask, but we do ask you give your first name and last initial.

My final draft of proposal goes before the Dean before the end of the month for approval, and I would like to have at least two scripts to hand him. (The scripts have questions that will be asked so the professors can accomadate their answers accordingly). Thank you!

I have decided to document my journey in martial arts and myself in another journal. If anyone cares to read it, look for awakenedsparrow

Make fun of me later for the name. Just enjoy it if you wi

This was probably one of the most amazing things I have read in awhile. RUN FOR IT!

So SU graduates on Saturday.....You guys know what you must do.


One more year.....One more year......

But three finals down, one to go. Wish me luck!

Yep, posting...why because I actually have a few minutes to kill. The semester is crazy, I feel worn out some days-so if I look like I am going to attack, don't take it to heart. I am just tired and stressed recently.

Currently sitting here trying to create my one page of formulas I get for International Midterm tomorrow. Bah, can't think-tired. In other news, I am working on making an econ blog for economics society currently. Who knows how that will go, but hopefully well. I like to think I am going to leave something here for future generations.

Will has been really stressed with grad school this year, and it makes me worry. If he is having trouble with grad school, I wonder how I will do with it. Speaking of grad school, my professor has already dropped my name to University of Tennessee, and they take a lot of SU grads. I hope I will be meeting the grad school coordinator during NCUR. Speaking of grad school, I have almost a finalized list:

So these are some of the schools I am considering applying to for Grad School. I will be taking my  GREs soon, and on top of this I will have two published papers in Economics by Christmas. Yes there will be pictures of the Journals I promise. Two more semesters and I will finally have my bachelor's degree!!! THANK GOODNESS!!! I think its been forever since I started this path. Alright off to bed, then up to finish some studying. Good night friends!