Banter

With nearly a third of November gone and only my third or forth post of the month, it's safe to say that this whole NoBloMo is bust. Oh well, there's always the puppy cam (as recently mentioned on Monday night's countdown as an alternative to obsessing over the Obama's new pooch).

I'm reading a new book: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. Tres interestante. It's been a little slow though, as I only read on my way to work (usually 35 minutes from door to door) and discussing the domestication of acorns can make a sleepy person even sleepier. 

The big event happens this weekend. Red Bull New York play the Columbus Crew for the MSL cup. I'm pumped. Going to the preeminent soccer pub in the city to watch. Should be a good time. RBNY are the underdogs, but I think they've got a few tricks up their sleeve and are peaking at just the right time. The game is on ABC so check it out.

More exciting stuff coming up for the Thanksgiving holiday. Stay tuned.

you ask the lady at Duane Reade where the bag balm is located and they have no idea what you’re talking about.

You also know you’re from the country when you try to start to explain what bag balm is and then give up three words into the first sentence and just ask where the aloe and other anti-itching creams are located.

for the time being…

Do you ever feel guilty when you know you should be doing something (eg All Important Task A) but are instead dedicating your time to different task (eg Lesser of Importance Task B). And while B may have merit, be worth while, and virtuous through and though, it can also be distracting and take away from the quality of Task A.

Let me put this into a concrete example. I have always had a hard time reading books for pleasure during the academic year.  I begin to feel guilty though when I’m reading such hits as Into Thin Air, A Pig in Provence, and Fooled by Randomness instead of Fixed Income or Investment and Security Analysis homework. When you’re in the moment, why allow such distractions to take you away from what you’re suppose to be completely focused on? I’m not saying that Air, Provence, or Randomness are distractions in their own right, but when read in the middle of assignments discussing floating and inverted floating tranches of an asset backed security, it can be a chore to keep everything straight.

The same follows for blogging. While I do enjoy blogging and do find great merit in it, I would rather spend the time that it takes me to write and edit a post on more pertinent things like writing an email to someone I just had coffee with or edit and reedit my paper on business ethics.

Do you understand what I mean? It’s not that I don’t like reading books or blogging for pleasure. I genuinely feel bad completing these B tasks while there are many A tasks out there. However, now that I’ve graduated and am around for a bit, I have more time for the B-type of stuff. So watch out. I’ll be around.

Sporadic posts.

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I’ve been busy, ya see?? Midterms. Work. Humping through the last part of the winter. Using the Knicks and Yankees as distractions.

I’m home now. For spring break too. You might ask yourself: "Self, why did he go home for spring break?" Some might think that I’m home to celebrate St. Patty’s Day or that the Cabo life wasn’t for me. In truth, I had my wisdom teeth out this morning. Apparently I had a pretty quick recovery. I was walking around the house by noon. Restless and craving real food, I could go for a bacon cheddar cheese burger right now!

Currently I’m watching Gangs of New York. It seems as if people allude to this movie daily. I figured I better see what they’re talking about. And what better time than when you’re just lounging around doing nothing?

Back to the movie.

More soon.

Some light reading for the weekend. (gotta love midterms)

This is why I’m hot (#27!). (I love it when your degree appreciates in value even though you’ve done absolutely nothing)

Not now chief, I’m in the f*cking zone!(old, I know, but it still makes me laugh)

Putting aside my Red Bull in favor of …. (Kenyans!)

So I didn’t post yesterday. Sue me. It was a marathon. Up early and into the city for work at 8. Off at 5 and off to class at 630. Class until 9. I was exhausted and didn’t feel like talking about much of anything.

I’m kinda down right now. Nothing in particular getting me down, it’s just those small little things that continually pile up. The weather. The annoying cough that won’t go away not matter how much medicine you take. The start of the semester. Bleh. I just had such a nice, relaxing vacation and I continually wonder why I left.

The pristine mountains. The beautiful vistas.

I guess I wouldn’t enjoy home as much if I didn’t have anything to compare it to and put it into context. Being away for a year and a half made me miss the small corner of the world I call home.

But I’m back in the Bronx now. Already, I can tell that I am going to have one of my most challenging semesters academically, which excites me. I’m taking classes that interest me and that are relevant. None of this BS liberal arts stuff were I talk about what makes me feel warm inside.

I guess I’ll be in an emo mode for the next couple of posts. Sorry about that. I’ve just got to work through this. I always seem to. See you tomorrow (Maybe not. In the city again for work and then whatever Friday night activities arise).

One of my bosses told me today that even though I was a lowly intern, that I should speak up and express my opinion and preference because "A head that doesn’t talk is just cabbage."