October 26th, 2007
How to make fall break more work than real school: Finish all of your graduate school and grad financial aid applications. Done and Done. Okay, I admit, I watched all six episodes of Star Wars today. Since the band officers are not here, I’m not going to bother with the nerd bust. Our secret. Shhhhhh.
In the midst of my application blitz, here’s what we’ve got going so far…
Princeton University (EE) : Done
UC Berkeley (EECS) : Done
Purdue University (EECS) : Virtually finished
MIT (EECS) : Personal Statement pending
University of Notre Dame (EE) : Started
NSF Fellowship Grant : Mountain of essays pending
I thought I swore these things off four years ago. Alas, it would seem that life is one giant form. On a good note, I can now spew useless personal information at record speeds.
As it is now appropriately after midnight and therefore Friday, I’d like to say happy anniversary to Brittany. I cannot believe three years have gone by so quickly. You’re the best person I know and I love every minute I’m around you.
The squirrels! The squirrels!
I love you.
Oose over and out. Hopefully this post constitutes a much more honest effort on my part towards actually writing on a regular basis. It’s been a crazy fall so far and I’m sure at some point I’ll get to writing about all of the other things going down in the ‘Bend. Stories, thoughts, and shenanigans from the ladder are due in my next post.
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February 18th, 2007
This time I’m going with ‘Gridlock’, a slick little theme I found on digg about a week ago. I need to replace the title graphic at some point, but it may be a while before I get around to that.
Edit: The new logo is in place. Let’s call this a ‘working’ title for now.
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October 28th, 2006
It was good to have saturday off to relax and watch the Irish beat the crap out of Navy. During the 4th quarter we noticed that the yellow ‘first down’ line drawn on the screen was actually slightly crooked, making it looks as if the line on the Irish side of the field was slanted about a yard backwards. Being the insightful person I am, I suggested that Charlie Weis’ immense ‘presence’ had actually exacted a force on the line, bending it. It was this comment that subsequently lead to my coinage of the phrase seen above.
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September 3rd, 2006
Another season of Irish Football has begun.
I must congratulate the Irish on a hard-fought win yesterday. Those inclined to say that we barely won obviously did not watch the game. We fought through a slow start against a legitimately good football team coming off of many months of hard scouting and game preparation. They hit on the right weaknesses and forced us to adapt and play a great football game. I don’t know when outscoring an opponent 14-10 stopped counting as a victory. The pollsters hold it against us when the Irish beat the snot out of Navy, and simulateously congratulate others on an ‘amazing’ 50-point blowout of North Texas.
Check your attitude at the door. Go IRISH
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July 30th, 2006
I just got a new phone - it’s a Motorola SLVR. It’s about time I actually replaced my old unreliable V180 with this thing. The thing I appreciate the most about it is that the construction feels solid and comfortable, not cheap and plasticky like other phones I looked at before this one. Even the RAZR - I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s just me - feels strangely unsatisfactory these days.
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July 4th, 2006
I have to give major props to Erik for finding the K2 theme for wordpress. It is both professional-looking and easy on the eyes. Sorry alpha, but this is one case of shameless e-stalking that I simply can’t pass up.
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March 5th, 2006
Since I discovered that Xanga causes cancer and rectal bleeding, I’ve moved here. Erik was kind enough to set me up with some space, so I went for it. Musings (that nobody will read) to follow.
-B
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