"I will possess your heart"

Having a 30 gig iPod consistently challenges me with difficult decisions...like do I remove songs by Deep Blue Something (of course I'm leaving Breakfast at Tiffany's) or Weezer's Green Album...neither have ever been played in iTunes, but I just like having the option for when the mood strikes.

I think I might give last year's Madden game a try on the old Wii tonight. Ah the luxury of a one week break from the old Kelley School of Business.

"Chant like an army"

Good catching up with you tonight, Phil.

"Talk of the town"

What if there were something other than light at the end of the tunnel? What if it was a door in the dark...maybe one that led to another tunnel...or something surprising? Or what if instead of a light, there was just a bed, so you could lie down and rest?

Tomorrow morning, I'll put Quantitative Analysis to bed and Saturday, I'll put Economics for Managers down too. Then I'll turn my attention to an integrated Accounting and Finance course. If there's one thing I didn't come out of the Falls School of Business with, it was a strong grounding in Finance. Maybe I'll take what is weak and springboard into a Masters of Science in Finance in 2012. (It's only 4 additional classes beyond my MBA, if I take certain electives.) It might be fun to be a CFO someday. I guess I'll shoot for an A or a B in this entry level course next quarter and go from there.

While I can't say I'm enjoying school all that much - which I think in part is a reflection of taking courses online - I am enjoying using more of my brain than I do in my day job and learning things outside of the norm. There is some useful stuff that I wouldn't have learned otherwise, and I'm only two courses in. So that's how I feel today.

Song of the Day: Skeleton Key - Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos

"I need some old times"

It's been a blogging hiatus of late...not by intention. I've been learning how to simulate scenarios and determine optimal solutions given constraints. While I did not really enjoy my statistics course as whole, I feel really clever knowing how to do a bunch of Excel stuff, that I have no intention of using in the future. But perhaps my career will surprise me. Or maybe I can optimize our savings or determine the risk of us getting in a car crash and needing money for a new car or something. All this knowledge and no place to apply it...maybe it'll be useful next quarter in Finance or Accounting.

So I just finished taking 1 of 3 finals. I think it went well. I predict a 95%ish, unless I really missed something. Still a humbling experience, as there was stuff the Lord just made work that didn't seem to be working previously. Thanks be to Him if I can get out of here with an A or a B, and therefore be refunded by the Company.

I've been on a huge Margot kick of late. Can't get At the Carnival out of my head. They have so many great songs. I wonder if/when I would have discovered them if it weren't for Parliament pointing us in the right direction?! I think they might be moving into my top 5 favorites. We'll see if the new album and new lineup next year matches their warranted high expectations.

Holidays are coming soon. Hip hip hooray. I'm tired.