I am in love with life, more than words can describe. Even though it is 1:09am, even though I have three midterms beginning in the next 12 hours, all that is on my mind is how lucky I am as a person. It's been a long time since I had an urge to sit down and write something, and right now I feel that. So, Pigovian theory and welfare economics ( Read more... )

I am going to wake up one day in July and think, "what the hell happened to me?" Sometimes I have a hard time fathom exactly 10 years ago, I was preparing to move across the globe. Now I am doing it again. I have a hard time being okay that my semester in London was nearly two years ago. My summer in London was almost a year ago. My life is turning ( Read more... )

I can't believe how much time has passed since the last time I wrote. So much is occurring in my life everyday, and I am failing to capture those wonderful moments ( Read more... )

12:40am and I still need to accomplish the following: two page report on the outlook of the US trade deficit, the dollar, the economy, blah blah blah. (If I know the outlook, why would I still be at SLU? duh.) French. Econometrics (I love me a null hypothesis *rolls eyes* though I do get an odd thrill when I figure it out. It's like calculus. Ask ( Read more... )

I am taking the GRE in one week, and today I experienced the level of anxieties that hasn’t existed since last year. It was scary. I could felt myself falling in that slippery slope, reverting back to the old ways. Only 7 days away from my test, and my scores are abysmal. After each practice test, I fall into to a deep state of discouragement and ( Read more... )

I’m in dire need of some beauty sleep, but also in dire need of personal reflection. So much occurred over this past week. I am growing so rapidly; so fast that I can barely keep up ( Read more... )

Life is all kinds of crazy yet again. Today is the last day of January. How quickly time has passed. 1/12 of the year is over… strange. I have continue to occupied myself with obligations of all sorts and thoroughly enjoying each task. I do wish I have more time to catch up on reading, catch up on sleep, and have more reflection time to write ( Read more... )

This weekend, Sherry and I attended the symphony. For just $10, we were able to see the world-renown pianist, Mitsuko Uchida playing the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, op. 58. First half of the concert was full of 20th century modern music that I don’t so much care for, but when Beethoven is one of my favorite composers and I was instantly ( Read more... )

I am exhausted, but very happy ( Read more... )

First day of class. Last semester of my collegiate career. This will be a challenging one, but I am ready. After these past four lackluster weeks, I am ready to put some brain cells to use. For the first time since sophomore year, I had an 8am course. Law and Economics is the class, and the professor dived right into the material discussion legal ( Read more... )