Took my GRE exam today. Verbal: 660, Quantitative: 800. I have to wait 10-15 business days for my Analytical Writing portion to be scored. My 3.4 GPA isn't great, but since it's from UCLA, I hope it'll get weighted a little better in the applications. I'm confident my scores will get me in somewhere, but I think I'm on the bubble for my dream ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, a little less than a month from today is the anniversary of when my maternal grandmother passed away from brain cancer. She was a big part of my life growing up, especially when my family fell on hard times during my parent's separation and divorce, and she was the keystone of our family for all the years she was ( Read more... )

Story #1: Conspicuously absent from Gen. Petraeus's Congressional appearance was this man, who has as early as four and a half months ago, referred to Petraeus as "an ass-kissing, little chickenshit," adding on "I hate people like that." Who is this critic with the chutzpah to criticize the Bush-sainted Petraeus? It's his BOSS!! CENTCOM ( Read more... )

100 NCAA Titles!!

Thank you Water Polo!! Now it's time to celebrate!!

Thirty total steals, and a 13 point victory topped off with a delicious dunk to close it out.

Goodbye Kansas, hello FINAL FOUR!@!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

So in light of the recent North Korea nuclear tests, my Russian Poli Sci professor went on to discuss North Korea's role as a rogue state in the international order. I now present you some of his most memorable quotes ( Read more... )

God damn, it's hot up here in Nor Cal. The temperature hit 101 degrees, and my car doesn't have air conditioning. Still, the 2-85 A/C works just beautifully, especially when you're blasting rock and roll to all the convertibles on the freeway ( Read more... )

With UConn and Villanova both missing out on the Final Four, if UCLA beats LSU I will have won every single bracket I'm in. That's well over $300.00 for a measely $20.00 investment.

I love my school.

FINAL FOUR BITCHES!!

FINAL FOUR BITCHES!!!

FINAL FOUR BITHCES!!!!

WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111oneleven

So when I got on the plane last night, we were down by 17 to Gonzaga. We were playing horribly, and as my dad told me later "I would have bet a million dollars that UCLA would not pull off a comeback." Needless to say, my reaction upon landing and checking the score in the sports bar was...

HOLY CHRIST!!!So I've spent all of today pulling ( Read more... )