I'll be a Dumb Boy--for now.

In San Fran beginning Thursday; back in Syracuse on Monday evening.

Just be a Dumb Boy--for now. That's what my cousin told me today, and I'm going to take her advice. As I wrote last time, I'm definitely narcissistic--everyone in my family is. I'm grateful for who I am, how I got here and what I'll be. I'll concentrate on school and my career and nothing else--for now.


This all reminds me of a song from Avenue Q (a really really really great Broadway show that I saw): For Now [listen to the song or buy it on iTunes]. The song talks about how everything in life is only temporary: life, love, work... sex, George Bush, my hair. It's probably one of my favorite songs in Avenue Q--actually, they all are. [Aside: Avenue Q is coming to Vegas, beginning Labor Day!]

Anyway, things have been really tough this past week with school. I never anticipated spending so much time on school--well, at least wanting to. I've been hanging out a lot in "The Bullpen," talking with professors, catching up with classmates, sleeping (I go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 6am now). It's all quite a change for me.

One big thing that I realized this week is that I'm not as smart as I thought I was--I didn't waive out of Introduction to Statistics, like I wanted to. Yea, so it isn't a big deal: I'll just drop Human Resources Management and take Stat. But, it really sucked because I wanted to take HR Management, well sort'a. Regardless, it's a sort'a blow to my narcissist self. At least this forced me to really think about the courses I'm taking.

I guess there are some new possibilities. One of the things I really want to do is travel (for a quick 4-5 days) to take an interesting course (in NYC or London)... I guess I could also turn my MPA into a pseudo-Master of Finance by taking some courses at School of Management.

Oh well... What more can you do? [You'll notice the changes in the sidebar: NYC and London added to the travels and updated schedule.] At least I have classes Monday-Wednesday now, which means that I have 4-day (sometimes 5-day) weekends!!!


I hate that it's raining here in Syracuse and that I can't figure out the damn bus schedule. I always walk from school back home; I've only caught the bus once. But it really sucked since I was wearing my favorite Puma shoes [pictured above] and my feet got all soaked because of the rain (and since I wasn't wearing socks--eww). Well, at least it isn't snowing.

Folks in the Bay, I'll be there from Thursday through Monday, so let's party with Cheryl... G, Chel, Rem, Ursh, Angeli, Dee, Mace, Eis, Isa: you have no excuses!

Anyway, it's 11p, and I'm finally home. It's past my bed time, and I feel like I've found my niche: school and my career... The next year will be devoted to learning as much as I can and finding a job (by December). Relationship stuffs are always confusing for me, especially when the person you like lives far away, which happens all too often. Similar to all of my cousins, I'm single and not seeing anyone, and I'm going to be a "Dumb Boy"--does this mean I can fly to NYC to watch Avenue Q again!?? Argh, if life were only easier... Only for now. ::sigh::