However I do think it is funny and the girl who “sings” it is hot.

Sorry for the recent lack of meaningful updates; I have been terribly busy.

-I just got a communications/public relations internship *I think*. I’ll know for sure on Wednesday!

-I am in the middle of trying to write a paper which will be my ticket to graduate school I hope.

-We are in the rush of trying to close out the quarter at work and with any luck, the whole team is going to be recognized for our huge improvements and successes. But, we are also scrambling to get ready for our yearly audit and right now that is killing me. I will be so relieved when and if we pass. I’m thinking it’s going to be next week. I will be going on vacation after we pass. 

-I have so much reading to do this summer for my English courses. I loathe modern English literature; yet I am taking two modern English literature courses this quarter. The result though is well worth the strife: graduation with a double major in 340 some odd days. The extra year it took to do so.. well.. consider it payback for graduating high school a year early I guess.

I’ll try and get back to this site on Wednesday night.

Whew. I can relax for a day or two. Then it’s back to research. I am trying to get published this summer; so we’ll see how that goes.

So much work. So little time. So busy. At least I am going running everyday. SO much work. I will be relieved after we get audited and pass. Then I will go on vacation.

Hi all,

This week went by way too fast. We are already well into the first week of May; the sun sets past 8p.m.; and the class of 2008 at UW graduates in little over a month–which means the countdown to my own graduation begins very shortly. I can’t believe either of these three things. The year is going by so fast. I start my new job (still with the bank) on Tuesday. I am so grateful and thankful for the opportunity, as it was completely unexpected and I will do a great job.

It was a rare yet beautiful day in Seattle today. All is going well, but I have lots of homework to do. Papers to write; museums to visit; research to do; and a midterm to take tomorrow–though I think I am pretty set for a 4.0 on that one. I am starting to turn a new page in the discipline of my life. Tomorrow I plan to start running at 5a.m.; make my own breakfast and lunch; get into shape. We’ll see how it works.

If I hadn’t told you already, I am learning Chinese and I am pleased with the progress I am making. It is not nearly as inaccessible a language as once I thought, but I still think that Romance languages, owing to their Latin alphabet, are far superior–logically speaking–to the ideogram-based Asian languages.

I’m pretty bummed the Rockets lost YET ANOTHER playoff series after making the second-longest winning streak in the history of the NBA. They were simply out-played, badly matched, and badly seeded. The Rockets had a real good shot at the #1 seed this year and that was their own doing in not getting it.

A lot of school work this week. A mid-term next Monday. A lot of changes at work.

I don’t normally post these viral video sort-of things, but this was so hilarious I just had to share it with you:

It took place at the River Oaks Kroger.

According to the HBJ, Texan hybrid auto sales were up 37% over 2006, which garnered the Lone Star State fourth place among the top states for hybrid auto sales at 4.9% of the total market. California continues to lead the nation with 26% of the nation’s hybrid sales occurring there. Leading Texas also were Florida at 5.5% and New York at 5%. Just behind Texas, Washington state came in at number five.

The Rockets won their first game in their first round post-season series against the Utah Jazz. While the game went tit-for-tat most of the second half, Houston built a small lead in the closing minute of the game, leading by as much as 93-86 in the final two minutes of the game. The Jazz kept it close though; narrowly missing out on the win with a few last second throws. Tracy McGrady had 27 points for the night.

Just a quick midweek update. Finally my grades for the winter quarter are set and done and I am most pleased and thankful to say that my quarterly GPA for Winter quarter was a 3.65. Now, if only I can duplicate that success for the remaining four quarters, and achieve phenomenal scores on my GMAT/GRE–then I will be set for graduate school. And in case you didn’t get my slightly subtle hint with the four quarters remark, pending successful completion of all my classes, I will be FINALLY graduating in June of 2009. Mark your calendars; the day is set. You are cordially invited. What I will graduate in? Still up to the gods. Lately, I’ve taken a fondness for Apollo. So maybe he will shoot some arrows into the right people and things will pan out the way I am hoping.

As far as graduate schools go, Professor Laird has stated that she and I will begin discussing what options are available to me and what directions I may want to explore soon. She is such a great professor; it would be awesome to do graduate studies under her. This quarter I am truly having a blast going hands-on (well almost) with the Roman art from the Louvre. Oh that I could only show pictures of those amazing objects I am researching now. Getting back to graduate school for a moment: the short list currently includes Rice University, Notre Dame, and the University of Texas.

So work continues well, school is busy and hectic as usual–THREE papers due this week–and the prospects of saving up some money to take a much needed vacation home in a few months seem good. Or maybe the parents can help with that–since I know you read this…

It feels so good to be a freaking SENIOR! The end.

More pictures from my brief trip home last week. My sister and I went to town square to check on its progress. still a lot of construction. I’ve always lamented how my entire life–at times–it has felt like Houston is one big, endless construction site.

Stephen F. Austin, President of the Republic of Texas, saving a drowning horse?

Since my sister put a Nazi-esque picture of me on her website, I don’t feel bad about putting this picture of her on mine.

Row after row of fat suburbans dining. Trust me; the close up would have been too scary. (Note: if you are in this picture and offended by my caption, take no harm, laugh it off, and get on a diet!)

If you squint your eyes really hard, you can almost believe the ground is actually hilly and that the low-lying clouds are actually snow-capped mountains. really hard.

Moving on up: First Colony Mall, when I was last there, is really starting to upscale towards those $100k/yr-own-a-4/2.5-with-two-car-garage-types that think they’re rich but don’t know what wealth is. Still doesn’t hold a candle to the Galleria.

That is all.