Monday, September 18, 2006

Updating the schedule

Having received an interview invitation from good ol' Mizzou, and having scheduled my interview with NYU while rescheduling with OSU, here is an update of the travel schedule:

Sept 21 - Tool concert in Columbus
Sept 26 - University of Chicago (Pritzker) interview
Sept 29 - University of Pittsburgh interview
Oct 3 - St. Louis University interview
Oct 7 - friends' wedding in Columbus
Oct 13 - University of Pennsylvania interview
Oct 16 - New York University interview
Oct 30 - University of Missouri interview
Nov 1 - Ohio State University interview

Interviews that I have not yet scheduled but have been invited to: Vanderbilt University

Schools that have put me "on hold": University of California - San Diego

Applications I've yet to finish: Duke University, Emory University, University of Washington

In other news, don't get into a discussion of immigration policy in a class titled "Cultural Diversity in American Film." It will inevitably be the most uninformed debate in which you'll ever participate.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Wisdom from a Shaved Head

A thought crossed my mind recently. Yes, just one. After shaving my head this past May, I have yet to be around too many other individuals with shaved heads. However, I believe it is for the better: if too many shaved heads are seen together, people begin to suspect them to be unsavory characters. A shaved head becomes a Skinhead, with all the connotations that come with it. Remember this nugget.

Also, I hope everyone is tuning in to VH1 tonight at 10pm Eastern for Flavor of Love. This should prove to be an earth-shaking episode, with New York having re-entered the competition for Flav's heart. Last week, when the infamous New York was placed in charge of the house and was to help Flav with that episode's elimination, I found myself repeating uncontrollably, "Oh my gosh, she's such a crazy bitch!" My mouth is certainly one of the cleaner mouths you'll encounter (excluding those of dogs, who have supremely clean mouths), but the woman's irrational knee-jerk antics propelled the utterance instinctively from my tongue. Watch, and you will be convinced of this. Yeahhhh boyyyyyyyy!

Currently listening to: "Chinese Translation" by M. Ward
Previous activity: Researching Mexico's immigration policy
Next thing on the agenda: More research until Flavor of Love

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Toy of the Century

How many times have you found yourself clinching your fist, yelling to the skies, "If only I had a flying screaming monkey that I could slingshot at will!" This all-too-common dilemma has finally been rectified. I just purchased a fleet of five slingshot flying screaming monkeys. I'm quite excited about this purchase, whose selling point was obviously:
As an added bonus, every time you shoot him, he lets out two loud monkey calls. We don't know why he does this, he just does.
Now, naturally, slingshotting five flying screaming monkeys myself would be a pretty tall order; cast out your assumption of a flying screaming monkey Napoleon complex on my part. A number of these are intended as gifts--amazing gifts sure to please. And, as was noted in a conversation with my friend Becky, how can a flying screaming monkey not live up to a 3.99 value?

I've been lazy and procrastinating all day, which means tomorrow must be especially productive. I'm hoping to both start and finish a paper for my North American Politics course as well as to finish my Vanderbilt secondary, so I can finally schedule my interview with them. As they're on rolling admissions, I should have done this long ago. Upon completion of this secondary, I will post excerpts from the autobiography it is requiring me to write.

Friday, September 15, 2006

The Real Story

As promised, here's a synopsis of the application process to date:

Sept 26 - University of Chicago (Pritzker) interview
Sept 29 - University of Pittsburgh interview
Oct 3 - St. Louis University interview
Oct 13 - University of Pennsylvania interview
Oct 16 - Ohio State University interview

Interviews that I have not yet scheduled but have been invited to: Vanderbilt University, New York University

Schools that have put me "on hold": University of California - San Diego

Applications I've yet to finish: Duke University, Emory University, University of Washington

Mind you, when I was beginning this process, I didn't really plan on hearing back from any schools until sometime in October, so having these interviews scheduled already certainly puts a smile on my face. The hard part, of course, is the travel time that will take me away from classes and coursework at Miami. From September 21st until October 4th, for example, I will only be back at Miami for one full day, due to traveling for interviews, visiting friends in random cities, and a concert. Needless to say, it'll make my current classes more challenging.

Currently listening to: "Sound of a Gun" by Audioslave
Previous activity: Hangin' out and eating
Next thing on the agenda: Picking up some IBC cream soda

Avast, me hearties!

Avast, me hearties! Let it not leave yer mind that September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Mark yer calendars, else ye be cast out as bilge rats!

In other news, the whole of Pearson Hall smelled like one giant fart on Thursday. This was highly unfortunate, as I had both neurophysiology lecture (8-9:15am) and lab (11am-2pm) in the building that day. I fear I may have departed the building smelling like fart myself. I don't know whose research lab is responsible, but darn them to heck!

Additionally, I am pleased to announce the following things: 1) Good progress is being made in the medical school application process; 2) I picked up new CDs from The Mars Volta, Audioslave, and Dream Theater; 3) I'm reverting back to nocturnalism, though it is likely to only be a Wednesday-Saturday affair weekly; 4) I'm updating! I offer my most profound apologies for my failure to do so in the past month. I lost sight of my mission.

More on each of these updates soon. I will be altering my blogger profile so my real name is no longer associated with it. With this done, I will be able to discuss more freely the application process and give an unedited update of how that's proceeding. 'Til then!

Currently listening to: "Day of the Baphomets" by The Mars Volta
Previous activity: Wasting an entire night's worth of time watching good movies and crappy TV
Next thing on the agenda: Eating, then public opinion & political behavior class