Spring break, motorcycles, BDW ...
Term 4 has started on a crazy note. After 5 days in Florida and 2 days in DC during spring break, I was still in a relaxed, partying mood for the first week of school. 9 days into the term, I find myself desperately trying to catch up! I had meant to do a detailed post about some of our shehnanigans in Florida but in the interest of time, I'll just mention that the trip involved a lot of booze, cigars, bikes, speeding tickets, getting thrown out of bars and such. After 4 days of debauchery in Daytona Beach, we decided to top if off with some wholesome family style entertainment at Univesal Studios, Islands of Adventure. Nothing like getting on one of those roller coasters with a bad hangover and major sleep deprivation. All in all, a good trip! I got back to Durham and had to head to DC for an event with my internship company which was also fun (I love DC!).
So as you can well imagine, all thoughts of pre-assignments, coursepacks and readings were banished to deep, dark corners of my brain and I pretty much sleep walked through the first week of school, going out every night. It took a graded homework assignment in Competitive Analysis, that took me 6 hours to do, to jolt me back to reality. Now as I sit and take stock of the situation, things are interesting, to put it mildly. I'm not entirely sure how I was planning on taking 4 courses and getting by with no studying, but it's obvious that that's not going to happen. Time to hit the books! The good thing is that I'm actually interested in the courses I'm taking this term so it should be fun.
Somewhere along the way, the weather finally changed in Durham and it's become nice and warm. You know what that means? It means I get to fire up the motorcycle! Spent 3 hours cruising the streets of the triangle on Sunday. "Awesomeness"!
Finally, this weekend should be fun. It's Blue Devil Weekend and I have a bunch of activities lined up as I try to convince prospective students that the solution to all their problems and the path to all their dreams, goes through the halls of Fuqua. Should be fun. On that note, if anyone reading this blog has quesions about Duke or Durham or needs any assistance during BDW, they can contact me through the email address on the blog. Just another one of about 2000 offers of assistance you'll get once you land at Fuqua.
So as you can well imagine, all thoughts of pre-assignments, coursepacks and readings were banished to deep, dark corners of my brain and I pretty much sleep walked through the first week of school, going out every night. It took a graded homework assignment in Competitive Analysis, that took me 6 hours to do, to jolt me back to reality. Now as I sit and take stock of the situation, things are interesting, to put it mildly. I'm not entirely sure how I was planning on taking 4 courses and getting by with no studying, but it's obvious that that's not going to happen. Time to hit the books! The good thing is that I'm actually interested in the courses I'm taking this term so it should be fun.
Somewhere along the way, the weather finally changed in Durham and it's become nice and warm. You know what that means? It means I get to fire up the motorcycle! Spent 3 hours cruising the streets of the triangle on Sunday. "Awesomeness"!
Finally, this weekend should be fun. It's Blue Devil Weekend and I have a bunch of activities lined up as I try to convince prospective students that the solution to all their problems and the path to all their dreams, goes through the halls of Fuqua. Should be fun. On that note, if anyone reading this blog has quesions about Duke or Durham or needs any assistance during BDW, they can contact me through the email address on the blog. Just another one of about 2000 offers of assistance you'll get once you land at Fuqua.
posted by MJ at Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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