It always confounds me that while I am someone who loves to write and am supposedly good enough to be switching to a career where I get to do more of it -- I absolutely hate writing papers. Ugh. I budgeted all of today to write this ten-page paper for History of Economic Thought, and even though it should be relatively easy because he wants us to ( Read more... )

Ooh, I get to cover the Download Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre for The Spartan Daily this Saturday! Beck, Muse, the Shins, Coheed & Cambria, and a bunch of bands I've never heard of (I am so out of it -- I thought Sean Hayes was the guy who played Jack on Will & Grace?).

Oh, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Which means I'll probably get to hear "Maps ( Read more... )

When it rains, it pours. Et tu, Formula One?

(note, Monza spoilers below)

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As I mentioned, one of my classes today, International Political Economy, is in danger of being canceled due to having only nine people there, when the typical cut-off is 16. So I went to two other ones I was considering. The first was an Anthropology course in Global Cultures, but that one was full. The second was International Economics, and it ( Read more... )

Erika and I just came back from seeing Wally Schnalle play a free outdoor concert at Santana Row as part of the Summer Jazz Series (organized by the same folks who do the Jazz Festival). Erika likes jazz, but can't stand the crowds and heat of the jazz festival (which is why she's not going to Burning Man). I'd seen them a couple of times before at ( Read more... )

It's my last free day. Tomorrow, classes will start ( Read more... )

Gawd, summer was more grueling than I expected. Finally, I'll have some free time again -- at least for a few days until I go to New York to visit my sister, Alvina, and attend the weeklong seminar on Austrian economics, but that should be fun, too. I love New York (hey, big Mets fan, although the Giants are cool as well). I especially love that ( Read more... )

Got the acceptance e-mail today into the Master's in Applied Economics program at San Jose State (conditional upon me taking Macroeconomics and getting at least a B).

Sure, I wasn't exactly sweating about this. Professor Ortega (the department chair) pretty much indicated I'd be accepted long before I applied. And if, for some bizarre reason, I ( Read more... )

For summer school, I'm taking Psychology 135 (Cognition) and Sociology 101 (Social Theory). There's a bit of a story behind why I'm taking Cognition, but that'll have to wait for later (yes, I know I have such a backlog). As for Social Theory, I had actually wanted to take it back in the spring, but Erika highly recommended I wait until Mitra Rokni ( Read more... )

Well, my grades were posted. Not quite what I was hoping for, but I'll sure as hell take it: one B, 2 A's, and 2 A+'s. The B was in Public Policy. The A+'s were in Privatization and the lower-division Social Problems class. And yes, I passed Anthro Senior Seminar. I'm actually quite happy. No, really. I was worried I'd screwed myself when I added ( Read more... )