Full Circle

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Sometimes there are those moments when you realize that you are getting older. Today was one of those for me. When I grew up my dad had this HP financial calculator (he still has it today), that was so fancy. The main reason I thought that, was I couldn't understand how to use the damn thing. I thought that my Dad was so cool because he could use it. My dad probably doesn't know this, but I used to sneak it and try to figure out how to use it. I was fascinated with it as a little kid. Well now I have become my Dad. I am starting my Global finance class on Monday, and I went a bought a financial calculator.(of course I had to buy an HP) When I opened it up and started pressing the buttons, I was immediately taken back 20 years. The buttons feel exactly the same as my Dad's calculator, so you can imagine how happy I am about that.(that was the thing I remembered most about his calculator) Sometimes it surprises me how much like my Dad I become everyday.

Moore School of Business

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

What you are looking at there is my new Home. That's right I spend about all of my life there lately. That is the Fancis Hipp building where the business school is located. So far B-School has been awesome. I am having so many great experiences, and I have met so many great people. This week I finished up my Global Strategic Management class, and my Globalization and Ethics class. My current schedule is Global Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, International Management, and Decision Analysis (stats). I know that most everybody reading this will think this is boring but I love it. Even though I am studying till about 11 every night, I am loving it. All of my classmates have such amazing experiences, and it makes class so interesting everyday. 

South Carolina has been great so far. The heat is a little much at times, but so far I love everything about living in the South. Plus the BBQ here is great. And for a guy that loves BBQ as much as me, that is a plus. 

Study Break

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I took a study break, to make Delilah giggle. In true fashion as soon as Michelle pulled the camera out Delilah was done giggling. We captured at least one giggle at least.

Life of a B-School Daddy

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Yep I took that picture from the camera on my laptop while I was studying for my Quiz in Globalization and Corporate Leadership tomorrow. B-School is awesome, I am learning so much and making a lot of friends. My day usually starts around 8 when I have my first class. My first class is 2 hours, and then my next class is at 10:30 until 12:30. I usually stay at school and study for a bit, or I have instruction from the school about internships, job search or interviewing. I am loving every minute of it. The school has been so gracious to me. Unfortunately because of the demands on my time Delilah usually falls asleep in my arms while I am studying.

Hey there Delilah

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Forgive me for I have sinned

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Today is a sad, sad day for "My Precious" (Macbook). The man finally made me install windows on my macbook. It still amazes me that people don't want to switch over to a much more stable, and fast world, like the one that is provided by apple. The reason that I had to install windows on my macbook is that Excel is seriously gimped for macs, they don't allow macros or add-ins, or regression analysis. So for my decision analysis class I had to install windows. The good news is that it was free, and I know you are all thinking that I stole it, but HA, it didn't. The school has an alliance with microsoft to give us windows for free. Here is an interesting side note though. I have never seen windows run as stable and fast as it does on my macbook. So chalk another one up for the Mac camp. As for the first week of school, all that I can say right now is that I am extremely tired, but absolutely loving every minute of it. Stay tuned for a more in depth look at a first year MBA students life.

Nerdiest Sunday Afternoon Ever!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

This afternoon, I did something that I thought I wouldn't be doing ever again, and that is stepping back into the World of Warcraft (I had a brief one week stint in "The World" back in May, but it was just too addicting at the time). This afternoon, Michelle and Delilah went to sleep for about 2 and a half hours, and I was incredibly bored. I didn't want to nap because I knew that if I did I would not be able to sleep, and with school starting tomorrow I think that would be a bad idea. Earlier in the afternoon I watched some videos of people making their characters in "The World" dance, and I thought man I bet I could play on a 10-day trial for a while. So I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed nerding it up for an afternoon. But I figured hey after tomorrow I am going to be in hell for the next 6 months so why not?