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I heard Bill Clinton speak, he shook my hand over a crowd of students in front of me!
I get to vote for a black man or female for my next democratic nominee for the presidency tomorrow!
I heard Kanye West (Stronger) at least twice today!
I don't have a million midterms this week like everyone else!
I got my passport!
I am leaving the country for my spring break! Spontaneous!
My tax return will more than compensate for my plane ticket!

It will be a good week! With a good week to come!

Feeling like Katrina with no F.E.M.A; like Martin with no Gina
Like a flight with no visa--first class with the seat back, I still see ya

In my past, you on the other side of the glass of my memory's museum
I'm just saying,
Hey Mona Lisa, come home! You know you can't Rome without Caesar.

Wall Street falls, home construction slows, mortgage writing is down, manufacturing slows, unemployment is up (highest level since November 2005*, omgz!!1). I mean, you can say "business cycle", "fluctuation" and "robust consumer spending" all you want, and as much as I would like to think the stock market is just a fidgety mass of chihuahuas wetting their pants every time the NASDAQ takes a dive, I really think there's some substance to this fear of the country going into a recession. Of course, up until this point as more companies ready the releases of their fourth quarter earnings, and analysts get the chance to come back from their vacations in warm places and take the look back on what really happened at Christmas, I really think the "deflation/stagflation" had been the elephant in the room no one really wanted to talk about. Then again, everything in the economy is on a timelag anyways. And I am ready to just push onwards and just ignore this whole pessimistic outlook, continue buying the clothes I want to buy and dispose my disposable income in ways I find suitable...
However, it's hard to ignore the increasing cries of recession, and downward economy, when A) barely anyone wants to rent our apartment house, B) my father is out of a job, and C) all the stocks I'm watching at work turn red, along with the DOW Jones down about a hundred points. Strike that--250 points.
Needless to say, whatever state the economy is in right now (housing market is definitely soft, no doubt there) I think the entire country will just bide its time until elections next fall, and then a surge of optimism with flow through and revamp everyone once again--just in time for Christmas and Black Friday once more. Of course, this is dependent on whether tax cuts from President Bush will serve as any impact at all, be that short-term or long-term (I'm gonna say short-term). And THEN, if the economy continues to suffer, it is easily blameable on the new president. If it is Obama, analysts will say it's because he's green (and I'm not talking about environmentally-friendly here, folks), and if it's Hillary, it'll be because she's a woman. Ahh, c'est la vie. He or she will be under a lot of pressure, to say the least, because the economy might (probably won't) bounce back immediately anyways. It will also depend on whether the Fed decides to mix things up a bit, and change the interest rates at all between now and November. That will remain to be seen.
Either way, I suggest not whining about your favorite show being ousted when the State of the Union address is broadcasted on Jan. 28th, and just watch it--that'll be when the President tries to tell us the economy is awesome and we still love our troops, boy and girls!



* AP, Sat. Jan. 5 2008

WOOOOOOOOooooooo!

The lowest grade I got this semester,
out of the SIX classes I was taking...

is an A
MINUS!

Anyone familiar with Dilbert?

Dogbert,

I'm becoming a little concerned about how my wife and I are raising our 3-year-old. Whenever one of us makes a suggestion to him regarding an activity, he refuses to do it and within a few minutes presents the suggestion as one of his own ideas. I think we may be raising him to be a manager. What are we doing wrong?

John

Dear Toilet,

I wouldn't worry. From what you described, the kid actually performs activities, albeit after claiming them to be his idea. An actual manager would convince other people to do those activities for him. Your son is merely a liar, and that bodes well for a career in marketing.

Sincerely,

Dogbert

You know you go to Bryant when:

- You have laptop parties the first week as a freshman
- Students tell you they are a Psychology or English major and you raise an eyebrow
- You've had at least one classroom for two different classes
- South or Salmo--the eternal question
- You start avoiding walking under ladders, arbors, overhangs...archways in general
- You know eight Laurens, ten Ryans, and at least three people with variations of the name "Kate"
- Your blood alcohol level is higher than your GPA
- Your tuition goes primarily towards grounds upkeep, flatscreen tvs, six ESPN channels, and three HBO channels
- While at school, you have been kicked off of the internet more than 8375959832 times
- You have stood outside freezing in your pajamas due to the wayward fire alarm between the hours of 1 and 5 in the morning
- You sometimes check the DPS log for someone you know
- You have a facebook picture with your mouth at the bottom of the luge
- You know no one REALLY makes it Around the World
- You see three girls with black puffy jackets with fur on the hoods, jeans, and Ugg boots, walking next to each other
- The tanning joint is likely the most successful business plan
- You have the ability to order pizza delivered straight to your dormroom door at 2am on a Saturday night, but deep down you know it won't come for another two hours
- Your umbrella breaks because of the wind
- Your campus has a problem with geese and berries
- You might as well study in the dining hall on a Tuesday night, because there's nowhere to sit in the library
- All your classes are in one building
- You are in love with Marge
- You know people who count how many tacos they ate on Taco Thursday
- You've eaten a meal with the President
- Suddenly blonde hair became a dominant genetic trait
- Stark divisions exist between fans of Yankees and Red Sox, and whether you pop or do not pop your collar
- You know that the majority of the viewing audience of the OC is on your campus
- Your RAs aren't that strict
- You're wondering where your Accounting textbook is, so you can go get an eighth of the price you paid for it at the bookstore
- You hate Bentley...purely competitively, of course
- You hate Bentley because you were accepted and it cost more to go there than here
- You know most Communication majors are really liberal arts students that ended up at the wrong school
- Orientation food owns
- Academic Advising is the primary cause of nervous breakdowns on campus each semester
- You can't get a job because you're a Management major...just like everybody else
- You're afraid to sit on furniture in the study lounge
- You're in a facebook group obsessed with looks: hot people, popped collars, ugly people, etc.
- Brunch is the most important meal of the day on weekends
- You have slept through brunch and been fuckin pissed
- You never get your mail
- You delete 90% of your emails without reading them, and that's why your car was towed from 16 lot and you don't know why
- No matter how much an event may suck, if it's advertised: FREE JUNCTION--you're there
- In terms of attire, the words "formal" and "casual" are usually preceded by "business"
- You're now thinking about your complete suit you keep on campus, with substitutions of dress shirts, ties, khakis, skirts, or heels

Alllrighty, that's enough for now--back to studying for Macroeconomics with Bates! Feel free to comment with any more ^_~

So, I ask you. Which cut do you like most? I'm not crazy about bangs, because I feel like they would drive me nuts hanging in my eyes.

As Diddy says: Vote or Die!

When they pass the basket, folks contribute to...you put in for Mama, she'll put out for you!
Chicago is this weekend. So far I hear my little chickadees Ashlee and Kristin are attending, and the Christopher Miller, AND Michelle Wonderful Hetu, and Miss Courtneh Desorcy said she was heading up as well. All with possible guests. Not necessarily all on the same night.
Come and visit Bryant for a good show, I'm tellin ya! Our Amos is a TALENTED sweetheart, no lie. Tickets are $10 general admission.

I can't find the poem or story I'm supposed to be reading, so inevitably I'll come across something that DOES spark my interest. Like this little number...

What Lips My Lips Have Kissed

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.

      --Edna St. Vincent Millay (1922)

K so does anyone know where the Colossus is?

"Ugh I'm thirty! Do you KNOW what that is in gay years?" ~Jack MacFarland

"It was weird!"
"This is not weird, Grace, gay Republicans--are weird!" ~Grace Adler & Will Truman

"Karen maybe you should talk to your shrink about this."
"My shrink?? Honey, I only go to him for refills!" ~Grace Adler & Karen Walker

I suck because I only hang out with people who do everything at the wrong times. Don't you know the world revolves around me? Don't you know you can't put things off until they keep me out too late, and likewise they can't be too early, when I'll be working??
GOSH.