- A moderate amount of sleep. This one should be easily attainable. Great success.
- Finish Final Fantasy XII. Failed.
- Play Guitar Hero on the surround sound. Failed.
- Annoy my father. Again, this should be easily attainable. Great Success.
- Read at least one page of Wicked, with the hopes of finishing the book. This one may be tough. 10 pages, so great success.
- Annoy my stepmother. Another easy task. Great success.
- See one of my roommates from Loyola, Kevin. Not only would I get to see him and hang out, but I can get a pair of sneakers I left there over the summer. Great success.
- Bust open my saxophone. It's been collecting dust since I'm not playing at Virginia Tech.
- Find a way to watch the VT/UVA game if it's not on national TV. Great success!
- Exercise. I don't know if this will be easy or hard yet. Got sick, so failure.
- Study something that pertains to statistics. This one may be very difficult. Does thinking about it count? That's your call.
11.26.2007
Let's Check The Scorecard
Let's see how well I succeeded in my list from last blog. Comments are in bold
11.15.2007
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
So this is my first winter in the mountains, and the climate decided to give me a nice warm welcome with some flurries and lots of wind. According to some students, people have been knocked down by the wind, so it seems like the best strategy is to stay indoors and to avoid wind tunnels. Let's see how that works out.
Yesterday, I cooked dinner for one of my neighbors because she turned 22 today. There was gnocchi (Italian dumplings) with roma tomatoes, kalimata olives, and smoked mozzarella. For dessert, I made Italian cheesecake, which is cheesecake with ricotta cheese instead of cream cheese. Both of those things came out wonderfully, so it was a good night. The interesting part was that I woke up around 2:30AM with everything on. I didn't even know I went to sleep. The good part of waking up then was that I got to seize the chance of moving my car from the parking meters into a good spot in front of my building. If you live or have seen Blacksburg, you know how horrendous parking is. For the Loyola folks, parking at the FAC was better than this situation.
Tomorrow's going to be an awesome day because it's the last day of classes before Thanksgiving break. I'm going to NY for the break, but I'm not going to be doing much. I want to spend the first couple of days not thinking about grad school, but that will probably fail. And then I'll get myself ready for an exam that I have when I come back. It's the 3rd of 3 long-winded exams. I've averaged 2 hours and 37 minutes on the first two exams, so I'm expecting the third one to be a long one as well. The good news is that I feel like I'm grasping more and more of the material as time passes, and it showed when I did better on the second exam than the first. Ok, I'm done with geek talk.
Saturday's going to be interesting because there's a football game because I've noticed that a lot of people are leaving town tomorrow or Saturday morning. Will the stadium be filled with 60,000+ screaming fans? I hope so. The only game that matters now is next Saturday at Virginia (grrrrrr). At least my mom will enjoy Saturday's game because she wants to annoy her neighbor, who's a big University of Miami fan.
Since the break's coming very soon, here's some goals that would be nice to accomplish. And if I forget, I can come back to this post to check. I'll take any suggestions for adding to the list.
Good fight; good night.
Yesterday, I cooked dinner for one of my neighbors because she turned 22 today. There was gnocchi (Italian dumplings) with roma tomatoes, kalimata olives, and smoked mozzarella. For dessert, I made Italian cheesecake, which is cheesecake with ricotta cheese instead of cream cheese. Both of those things came out wonderfully, so it was a good night. The interesting part was that I woke up around 2:30AM with everything on. I didn't even know I went to sleep. The good part of waking up then was that I got to seize the chance of moving my car from the parking meters into a good spot in front of my building. If you live or have seen Blacksburg, you know how horrendous parking is. For the Loyola folks, parking at the FAC was better than this situation.
Tomorrow's going to be an awesome day because it's the last day of classes before Thanksgiving break. I'm going to NY for the break, but I'm not going to be doing much. I want to spend the first couple of days not thinking about grad school, but that will probably fail. And then I'll get myself ready for an exam that I have when I come back. It's the 3rd of 3 long-winded exams. I've averaged 2 hours and 37 minutes on the first two exams, so I'm expecting the third one to be a long one as well. The good news is that I feel like I'm grasping more and more of the material as time passes, and it showed when I did better on the second exam than the first. Ok, I'm done with geek talk.
Saturday's going to be interesting because there's a football game because I've noticed that a lot of people are leaving town tomorrow or Saturday morning. Will the stadium be filled with 60,000+ screaming fans? I hope so. The only game that matters now is next Saturday at Virginia (grrrrrr). At least my mom will enjoy Saturday's game because she wants to annoy her neighbor, who's a big University of Miami fan.
Since the break's coming very soon, here's some goals that would be nice to accomplish. And if I forget, I can come back to this post to check. I'll take any suggestions for adding to the list.
- A moderate amount of sleep. This one should be easily attainable.
- Finish Final Fantasy XII.
- Play Guitar Hero on the surround sound.
- Annoy my father. Again, this should be easily attainable.
- Read at least one page of Wicked, with the hopes of finishing the book. This one may be tough.
- Annoy my stepmother. Another easy task.
- See one of my roommates from Loyola, Kevin. Not only would I get to see him and hang out, but I can get a pair of sneakers I left there over the summer.
- Bust open my saxophone. It's been collecting dust since I'm not playing at Virginia Tech.
- Find a way to watch the VT/UVA game if it's not on national TV.
- Exercise. I don't know if this will be easy or hard yet.
- Study something that pertains to statistics. This one may be very difficult.
Good fight; good night.
11.13.2007
New Stuff And A Realization
So today I went to Old Navy because I've been wanting a pair of corduroys for the longest time, and I realized something in the dressing room that's been very depressing and frustrating. All the work I put into losing the weight over the last two years seems to have disappeared completely. The difference between the time I put on the weight sophomore year of college and now is that I've been eating more fruits and vegetables and less crap, yet I still manage to put on the weight. Again, I find myself going with the Jon Celso system of learning where I have to do something stupid to learn a lesson.
After arguing (with some listening) with my girlfriend, I've managed to commit to myself and my readers that I'm going to get back on track starting now. I'm going to track what I eat, Weight Watchers style, and finding a new workout plan. I've been going to the gym on occasion at VT, but I need to find a more consistent schedule that I can execute, regardless of how much homework I encounter. And this is something the I will be doing, not wishing that I was going this.
I also needed some new footwear because my boots have soles on the bottom, and my sneakers have paper-thin soles, along with a hole on the side of my right sneaker. Now I'm ready to hike and exercise with dry, warm feet.
On another note, I want to let everyone know that I had an awesome weekend with my lady. We went to the VT/Florida State game on Saturday, and we were happy that we held out in the freezing cold after the 20-point fourth quarter. The next day, we hung around campus and spent some time with James, a fellow first-year student, and his wife. I believe that this was the first time that two married (or close to married) couples hung out, but note that I don't have much of a long-term memory. Because Monday was a federal holiday, I got to spend another day with the most wonderful woman in the world. We returned Evan Almighty to Blockbuster, which we both felt was a very good movie, and we had lunch at Gillies, the vegetarian restaurant in Blacksburg. They make a mean quesadilla and a meaner vegetarian chili. Unfortunately, my lady had to leave me, so she could go to work on Tuesday, an idea that I thought was silly. And after she left, I had a very difficult time sleeping because the bed contained one, not two this time. Even after watching a crappy movie, Dead Man on Campus, I still could not fall asleep. I only got four hours of sleep after falling asleep at 5 AM, but I made it through the day strong.
Tomorrow, I get to present a group project for SAS class, the final assignment and the final class. I am very psyched because I am sick and tired of going to a class that I learned almost nothing in. And the other two days before Thanksgiving break seem to be very easygoing. I'm ready to go home and see my parents, although they're probably ashamed that I've put on more weight since I last saw them. The break poses as a great opportunity to get myself back on track because I'm still transitioning between undergraduate and graduate studies. Many a time I doubt myself that I'll even get my Masters degree because I doubt my abilities sometimes, especially when I hit a speed hump every now and then in the form of a difficult exam or a strenuous homework assignment.
Hopefully, I have brought everyone in internetland up to speed on what I have been up to. Perhaps the next email will discuss some success, whether it be on the scale or on the transcript. Auf wiedersehen.
After arguing (with some listening) with my girlfriend, I've managed to commit to myself and my readers that I'm going to get back on track starting now. I'm going to track what I eat, Weight Watchers style, and finding a new workout plan. I've been going to the gym on occasion at VT, but I need to find a more consistent schedule that I can execute, regardless of how much homework I encounter. And this is something the I will be doing, not wishing that I was going this.
I also needed some new footwear because my boots have soles on the bottom, and my sneakers have paper-thin soles, along with a hole on the side of my right sneaker. Now I'm ready to hike and exercise with dry, warm feet.
On another note, I want to let everyone know that I had an awesome weekend with my lady. We went to the VT/Florida State game on Saturday, and we were happy that we held out in the freezing cold after the 20-point fourth quarter. The next day, we hung around campus and spent some time with James, a fellow first-year student, and his wife. I believe that this was the first time that two married (or close to married) couples hung out, but note that I don't have much of a long-term memory. Because Monday was a federal holiday, I got to spend another day with the most wonderful woman in the world. We returned Evan Almighty to Blockbuster, which we both felt was a very good movie, and we had lunch at Gillies, the vegetarian restaurant in Blacksburg. They make a mean quesadilla and a meaner vegetarian chili. Unfortunately, my lady had to leave me, so she could go to work on Tuesday, an idea that I thought was silly. And after she left, I had a very difficult time sleeping because the bed contained one, not two this time. Even after watching a crappy movie, Dead Man on Campus, I still could not fall asleep. I only got four hours of sleep after falling asleep at 5 AM, but I made it through the day strong.
Tomorrow, I get to present a group project for SAS class, the final assignment and the final class. I am very psyched because I am sick and tired of going to a class that I learned almost nothing in. And the other two days before Thanksgiving break seem to be very easygoing. I'm ready to go home and see my parents, although they're probably ashamed that I've put on more weight since I last saw them. The break poses as a great opportunity to get myself back on track because I'm still transitioning between undergraduate and graduate studies. Many a time I doubt myself that I'll even get my Masters degree because I doubt my abilities sometimes, especially when I hit a speed hump every now and then in the form of a difficult exam or a strenuous homework assignment.
Hopefully, I have brought everyone in internetland up to speed on what I have been up to. Perhaps the next email will discuss some success, whether it be on the scale or on the transcript. Auf wiedersehen.
11.09.2007
One More Week Before Thanksgiving!!!
First off, Happy Friday to everyone. My 12th week of classes has been a pretty good one for the most part. I had an exam in Regression & ANOVA yesterday, and the exam was so long that we had to move to another classroom to finish it! Two hours of frustration, and I came out of it feeling good about myself. I'm excited for my lady to come down this weekend, so we can enjoy the football game together, as well as hanging out around Blacksburg.
Also, I feel good that I'm one guitar battle away from beating Guitar Hero III on hard after getting the game on Monday. And I'm excited to play Guitar Hero with my lady this weekend because I have two guitars now. I'm also exited to plug my PS2 into the surround system at home when I come up to NY next Sunday.
Tonight kicks off the first basketball game for the men's squad against Elon. I'm looking forward to seeing some potentially good games against Maryland, Duke, Boston College, Georgia Tech, GW, and may others. But I'll note that rivals.com has Loyola ranked more than 50 places higher than VT this season. However, the ACC is much harder than the MAAC. And football's still going on right now. Florida State's looking to spoil our chances at making the ACC championship after they spoiled BC's hopes of making the BCS championship last week.
Now I must go and drop off some cookies at a friend's place and pick up season 1 of The Muppet Show from another friend of mine. I apologize for talking about sports so much, but it's exciting!!! I promise that next post won't be as sporty as this one, and if I lie, please send official letters of complaint to me.
Also, I feel good that I'm one guitar battle away from beating Guitar Hero III on hard after getting the game on Monday. And I'm excited to play Guitar Hero with my lady this weekend because I have two guitars now. I'm also exited to plug my PS2 into the surround system at home when I come up to NY next Sunday.
Tonight kicks off the first basketball game for the men's squad against Elon. I'm looking forward to seeing some potentially good games against Maryland, Duke, Boston College, Georgia Tech, GW, and may others. But I'll note that rivals.com has Loyola ranked more than 50 places higher than VT this season. However, the ACC is much harder than the MAAC. And football's still going on right now. Florida State's looking to spoil our chances at making the ACC championship after they spoiled BC's hopes of making the BCS championship last week.
Now I must go and drop off some cookies at a friend's place and pick up season 1 of The Muppet Show from another friend of mine. I apologize for talking about sports so much, but it's exciting!!! I promise that next post won't be as sporty as this one, and if I lie, please send official letters of complaint to me.
11.07.2007
First Quick Post
Hello, world! This is my latest attempt at sharing my experiences and thoughts with all of my friends. The reason I started this is because I got tired of posting the same (or close to the same) story on everyone's Facebook wall. So if anyone's interested in what I'm up to, they can check the blog.
I'm not going to say much right now because I want to leave my office, grab some food, and relax in my room before starting to study for my Regression & ANOVA exam tomorrow morning.
I'm not going to say much right now because I want to leave my office, grab some food, and relax in my room before starting to study for my Regression & ANOVA exam tomorrow morning.
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