NYC

I headed to NY for a fun end to Spring break (I had to take a few days to catch up on classes and finish a sheep & goat exam (which took approximately forever). I was staying with some buddies from Firm’s summer program and got to see another friend from undergrad. I was also intending to do some apartment shopping but that got nixed due to a change in Firm’s plans for me. Ugh, but more on that later. I did manage to get convinced to buy some fun earrings, guess I have to go out to wear them now.

Quote of the Post:
There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angles.
-Neil Simon

Reliving Undergrad

Two weekends ago Liz came to visit and we relived college – we walked campus for three hours with our pups, ate late night Hot Truck, saw Cornell Hockey cream RPI (Go Big Red), ate great Wegman’s Pasta, saw old cheesy movies and basically had a great time. We even got to celebrate her 30th – yeah to 30 and fab (borrowed from my other lovely, Jenan, who is doing her 30th year in style). Yep, I’m finally old enough to relive the good ol’ days.

Quote of the Post:
This is my house. I live here, Beanie. I'm 30 years old. None of us are enrolled in the college.
-Mitch Martin in Old School

Dragon Day

It’s one of my favorite Cornell traditions. For those who don’t know – the 1st year architecture students build a large Dragon and parade it through campus surrounded by architecture students in all sorts of crazy outfits (my favorite this year was a faun who I later found out was arrested, go figure) with the engineers attempting to stop it with a Phoenix before it all ends on the Art Quad with the 5th year architecture students lighting the Dragon into a large bonfire – except this year, thanks to changes in NY open fire law, the Dragon couldn’t be burned. So sad. They did light a bonfire but it wasn’t the same without the dragon going up in flames.

Quote of the Post:
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
-J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit

Agreeing with a Republican

I never thought it would happen but a recent column in The Cornell Daily Sun captured my anger and position on where stimulus money should and shouldn't be spent. All that and it was written by a Republican. Well, enjoy the article and here is hoping for a better tomorrow.

Quote of the Post:
The worst generation enjoyed all of the fruits and plenty of the labor, hardship and sacrifice of those that came before.... Despite that privilege, they’ve indulged this nation in social values that should make us all cringe: a greedy pursuit of unlimited individual financial accumulation, mocking of collective rights and responsibilities, militarism over intellectualism, and war in the name of democracy. To that worst generation, I ask: please stop squandering our future.
- Matthew Ricchiazzi, The Cornell Daily Sun

Depression II and the Dark Ages

I feel like I'm either in the dark ages or the 1930s and neither one is particularly appealing. It's appeared for a number of weeks at least that this is a true depression rather then a recession. I wonder if a renaming is in order. You know how the Great War got renamed WWI when we (we as in humanity) were stupid enough to have a second one? Well here we managed to debt ourselves into a possibly even worse depression the the original. Guess we don't learn very well.

Well, as to what really inspired this early morning rant. My quote of the post was the NY Times quote of the day. It actually made me sit back with my jaw hanging. I know there are men that still think that way but wow, really? A public official not only said that but implemented such a program. Our welfare system looks so modern and supportive now. And I'd like to point out, relating back to the first topic, exactly how many female CEOs have you seen coming for stimulus money and have to come back again because they spent it on bonuses? None, really? Yeah, me too. Must be becuase they are so fiscally irresponsible. Anyway, love to all and have a great day.

Oh, wait. One last question. Is the US paying for this great new welfare system in Baghdad? Yes would be my guess, but I'll have to look into that.

Quote of the Post:
If we give the money to the widows, they will spend it unwisely because they are uneducated and they don’t know about budgeting. But if we find her a husband, there will be a person in charge of her and her children for the rest of their lives.
- Mazin al-Shihan, director of a city agency in Baghdad, on his plan to pay men to marry Iraqi war widows

Speed Dating

So I tried out a whole new world last night, speed dating. I had more dates in an hour and half then I've had in the last year! 25 in total I think, bit overwhelming by the end but I had a good time. Went with a couple of friends. It was hosted by the grad program but half the girls were from the vet school; yep, we are male deprived. Haven't heard if I matched with anyone, but it was a good time either way.

I also managed to somehow break the "," on my keyboard. It won't fully depress and I have to press it hard at a specific angle to get it to work at all. I never realized how often I use commas until now.

Quote of the Post:
Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
- Schoolhouse Rock!

Testing the iTouch

I am trying out a new toy, which I hope will let me keep in touch and even blog while I travel Australia. This program should allow for picture uploads soon. If not guess I'll change to blogpress but it costs a lot more. I spent all night shopping for fun applications but now I am out of time to try them. Ces't la vie. Guess there is always tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]