Junk Drawer 12/17/08
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 1:20 AM PST
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Few things I'll ramble on about here, absolutely nothing Blazers related...
Finished my first semester of college with a 3.8 GPA, oddly I feel a little unsatisfied with that number. Almost disappointed.
Being a night person has downsides when you are stuck at home and mysteriously lurking out at night raises suspicion from the parental units, thus I am left to pick at internet acquaintances to find conversation, such is life.
Now I see how life spreads people apart, dichotomizing them into the successful and the failures; some people are still content to slavishly waste away their life in community college, and it seems shocking.
I've been listening to The Clash (self titled album) a lot recently, it makes me feel good. I feel like that band stood for the rebellion, and just dissidence in general, whatever personal of societal form that may be. It's like no matter, what it is, even if I don't know what to do about, that very idea that I recognize something as wrong, something that I should purposely disengage myself from gives a lot of meaning to the otherwise random and seemingly meaningless human interaction. Creating a self narrative like that has proven to be pretty useful.
On music I feel like 2008 has been a sort of down year for music overall, not a lot that was amazing. I think my favorite so far has been an album by can'tsayitonblazersedge Buttons called Street Horsings. Movie-wise, it felt the same as well, although all the big releases are just about to come out. I need to see Doubt, The Wrestler, and Milk. Frost Nixon was good, and Batman although it was a superhero flick, was legit, just ask JJ Reddick he's seen it 10 times.
Oh and I might blog on my own. Well probably not, but I've been working on a layout.
Oh and one more thing, I started watching Dexter, that one show on Showtime, it's great. I would highly recommend it.
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scandelous!
you wont even be AWAKE tomorrow!
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
by BlazerFan1 on Dec 17, 2008 1:22 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nah I'll be up by like 10 or 11
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 1:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Then when do you go to sleep?
When I’m up “all night”, I can’t get up before noon. Usually I see light around 2pm.
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
by Quik_Baller on Dec 17, 2008 3:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
congrats on your GPA
that’s a darn good first semester GPA. My first semester GPA in college was around 3.3 and I still ended up getting into my grad school of choice. Incidentally, my first semester was also my lowest GPA semester in college.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 1:25 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I ended up with an MA too.
But my first trimester in college was worse. I was like, “You mean I have to READ this stuff? I don’t just show up and get a B for participating like High School?”. Ended CumLaude.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Dec 17, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
AAHHH! you like **** buttons!
+1 to you.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 17, 2008 1:26 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah great band
You like the new Of Montreal album?
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 1:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haven't got a chance to listen to it yet...
still getting caught up with hissing fauna, lol… right now im pretty much exclusively listening to sigur ros, explosions in the sky, and interpol. just in a weird funk right now i suppose…
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 17, 2008 1:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In a word it's different
it shifts a lot stylistically and tempo-wise even within individual songs. I really like it though, it’s really fresh when we’ve gotten a lot of rehashed Oughts indie this year. I think overall opinion is divided, some people find the shifting nature of the new album a negative. I don’t think it’s as good as Hissing Fauna just because it’s not as tightly constructed, Skeletal Lamping kind of sprawls out in different directions and not all of it really fits. But it’s definitely in its league quality wise in my opinion. Lyrically, I feel like it’s a lot more sexual lol
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 1:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
awesome description of an awesome band.
you the man. now i retire to the sack. hopefully more intelligent, music-related discussion will ensue tomorrow… good night.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 17, 2008 2:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How cool to see this on Blazersedge at 5 AM, a conversation about Street Horrrsing.
Though it is 10:30 AM now. I have yet to listen to Skeletal Lamping but Street Horrrsing was definitely one of the best last year. In response to the 2008 comment, mostly, I thought 2008 was a year where there were pretty clearly bad and good releases, and in genres across the board.
Anyone like Fleet Foxes or Bon Iver? I’ve been trapped by the snow (and not having a car, as a college student) and have been soothed by the above’s melodies.
Kwame and Darko - Grizz '07-'08. The rebuilding is complete.
by RecordTOs on Dec 17, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fleet Foxes ftw.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 17, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I listened to the Fleet Foxes album
Not my favorite, it sounded like Appalachian indie folk rock.
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is your signature a 120 Days reference?
Kwame and Darko - Grizz '07-'08. The rebuilding is complete.
by RecordTOs on Dec 17, 2008 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I need to update it actually.
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Man I didn't talk about Shoe Jihad guy
That’s too bad. I found that whole thing hilarious, too bad that dude got messed up in jail. I guess Iraq isn’t as much of a free society as Bush makes it out to be. Surprising. I thought that was an apropos way to end his presidency.
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 1:27 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Although I'm a minarchist, I think that the Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at President Bush ...
should’ve been more aware of the legal ramifications. Despite being a massive fan of civil disobedience, I understand that it’s only effective during the right circumstances. That also goes for someone martyring themselves, as the act of dying for some cause must bring about a substantial change; otherwise, it’s all for naught.
On the whole, every individual should weigh the pros and cons of any possible decision before making it.
by AK1984 on Dec 17, 2008 2:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
dude is facing some harsh stuff
would be surprise if they don’t hack off his arms or something …Iraquis don’t mess around…
on a side note, I am recovering nicely from my laugh strained abdominals and should be able to watch the shoe toss video again by the weekend…
Also — in the course of the history of Western Civilization, has a leader ever been this demoralized and humiliated? I think we reached a new level…
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 4:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think he got beat up
Al-Zeidi’s brother, Maitham, said he spoke with the reporter by telephone Tuesday and was told that he expected to be in court Wednesday morning.
Maitham al-Zeidi also said his brother sounded fit, despite claims by another brother that he had suffered a severe beating after being grabbed by Iraqi security at the Sunday press conference.
“Muntadhar has a broken leg, cracked ribs, some injuries under his eye, and his leg is also hurting him,” al-Zeidi’s brother Dhargham told The Associated Press. “He was taken to the hospital today around noon.”
Dhargham said his information came from a friend who works as a security guard in the Green Zone where the shoe-throwing incident took place.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf also denied reports that al-Zeidi had been badly injured.
“The rumors about al-Zeidi being injured or being hurt are baseless,” Khalaf told the AP. “You can check that when you see him in the criminal court tomorrow morning.”
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 4:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The best moive this year is ...
Real Time.
I can kind of relate to it, though.
by AK1984 on Dec 17, 2008 1:30 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm watching Hatari!
There is an orphan elephant named Timbo in the movie.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 3:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
dude -- getting Jersey in route today with any luck --
also my TNA connection is coming into town today, supposedly with your Foley pic in tow…
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 4:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My friend in Orl tells me rumors there
about a trade involving JJ rEddick for Grant Hill….Trade Drawer material…
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 4:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Marbury will shock people ;-)
“I’m not worried about that,” Marbury said. “All I got to do is get free. Once I get free, the team I’m going to go to a lot of people will be shocked. All the people who say nobody wants me on their team, I’m all different things, a cancer, that’s not what’s going on.”
Reportedly that team is not us phew but the Phoenix Suns. The Celtics and Dallas also showed some interest.
P.S.: This is not a trade, so I just file it as junk
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 7:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The reason the Suns want Marbury is because
they want to trade Nash to us and save money with a minimum contract for Starbury.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 9:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thats exactly
Right!
"Rudy’s flashy passes had the place whispering to each other like we were in junior high" ~BlazermaniacAndy
by courtsideerrandboy on Dec 17, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Man!
When’s it going to warm up out there. I like snow, but this is getting bad. More icy roads on the way. Starting to get cabin fever here. Glad we had a fun game to watch last night!
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Dec 17, 2008 7:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
i like "combat rock"
and dude, if you got a 4. this term, it’s only a matter of time till you get a B or something, might as well lower your expectations sooner, rather than later.
i had a 4. my first year at a university, but now it’s been tarnished, and i’m free!
by appel82 on Dec 17, 2008 9:01 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
A coworker just woke me up at my desk and I had my left hand down my pants
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 9:07 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nah
It is really really cold in the office. I was pulling a Bundy.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
a Ted Bundy… glad I don’t live on Oahu
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
according to Truehoop
Clay Bennett has been selected as the Oklahoman of the Year.
I’ll just let that breath a bit….
by usmcr3049 on Dec 17, 2008 9:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Timothy McVeigh deserves it more than Clay Bennett
well, maybe not, but it’s close.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I take it that you don’t know anyone who had their life torn apart by the Murrah Building bombing.
by Corvid on Dec 17, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just need to avoid every topic
that is in any way related to death… just doesn’t jive well with my humor.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well deserved, I don't know of anybody else who made news for Oklahoma this year
He just shouldn’t expect the same honor from the state of Washington
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
T. Boone Pickens
made the news by suggesting we build a trillion windmills… www.pickensplan.com or whatever it is.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And not even he made my personal news :)
In fact I would have trouble exactly locating OKC on a map without cities and not confusing it with Kansas or something.
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Been to Tulsa...
it was ok…got paid…whatever…they have a seaport which is rediculous…
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's easy
it’s right about Texas and has that panhandle thingy. Kansas is rectangular.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Clay Ben for Ok of the year?
ooy…..that’s bad
I think I can only add "The NBA, where caring for everybody but the fans happens". --amlmart1
by prezofdeath on Dec 17, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Deephan
Can you explain what you mean by this more?
Now I see how life spreads people apart, dichotomizing them into the successful and the failures; some people are still content to slavishly waste away their life in community college, and it seems shocking.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 9:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a kid who just finnished his first year of college
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 17, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
also of interest
not sure who is being referred to in this show toss at community colleges. Im familiar with the people who stay in college for the social life, most seem to be art or music majors (Im probly wrong.)
As someone who had to attend two years of Community College because I wasnt rich and my parents didnt pay my tuition, Im glad about the experience. At least I didnt turn into the elitist fraternity hob-nobbers many of my spoiled friends did.
Side note, Rick Adelman was coaching the men’s basketball team at Chemekata CC when I went, and I met him once after a racquetball game he had with my brother. Super nice guy, and great coach I still havent forgiven Paul Allen for letting go.
Some comments may not be 100% accurate
by bow4meow on Dec 17, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
show toss = Shoe toss
I should not type in the dark
Some comments may not be 100% accurate
by bow4meow on Dec 17, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
maybe that shoe insult will catch on in American culture now
I kind of like it.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did it feel like you were "slavishly" wasting away your life?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol
I have no problem with going to CC but I know a few people that are going there that have absolutely no motivation to do well enough to transfer. One of my friends is incredibly lazy, and it really bothers me, because he is an intelligent individual but seems to have no grounding in reality. He told me the other day he was only going to class on test days. Combined with the fact that he isn’t working either makes me really question where his life is heading.
It’s phrased awkwardly because it was 4am. :)
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
have you started drinking yet?
or still holding out until you turn 40?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 6:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I drink, just infrequently and I've never been drunk
Caught on Video
She moves along on a painted wind
The moon is on the rooftop
The street is like an ocean
But she always flays her arms when she's dancin so slow
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
On your 21st b-day, I dare you to get drunk
just so you know what it’s like, but you don’t have to do it again under my proposed dare.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 6:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard that Brandon
is going to be on Jim Rome’s radio show this morning sometime in the next hour. Anyone know anything?
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 17, 2008 9:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
B Roy is a Rome homer
It was funny when he and LMA went on right after we drafted them.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Update:
Rome said Brandon will be on in exactly half an hour. www.am570radio.com has the live stream (yes I know it is an LA site but it will be worth it for the interview).
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 17, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Roy on Rome
Next segment!
"Rudy’s flashy passes had the place whispering to each other like we were in junior high" ~BlazermaniacAndy
by courtsideerrandboy on Dec 17, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not quite related to Junk, but...
Was anyone watching the Knicks-Lakers game yesterday, and watching the sequence at the end where Nate Robinson was fouled to prevent a 3 (by him) to tie the game? I know we’ve been over why the Blazers don’t like to do that, but I think it oughta be tried. Really.
Kwame and Darko - Grizz '07-'08. The rebuilding is complete.
by RecordTOs on Dec 17, 2008 10:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think that the fear about fouling when up by 3
is that the player with realize that he is going to be fouled and then threw up a shot as the foul is coming to earn the third free throw.
Granted that would take some BBIQ to do, but I think that it what most coaches are afraid of.
by tingeyga on Dec 17, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That is why if a player was going to commit to the foul first strategy
They’re best off fouling right away on the inbounds. I think we could have gotten Turk as he ran behind the clump of players. Though that was a lucky, lucky shot.
I also felt like we didn’t do enough hack-a-Shaq this season against the evil Suns. Before long, we won’t need to hack-a-Shaq to dominate them, but for those losses, it would have been wise.
Kwame and Darko - Grizz '07-'08. The rebuilding is complete.
by RecordTOs on Dec 17, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Brandon is such a great interview
He is so candid and well spoken. We are so lucky he is our leader, on so many levels… I love you man!
"Rudy’s flashy passes had the place whispering to each other like we were in junior high" ~BlazermaniacAndy
by courtsideerrandboy on Dec 17, 2008 10:45 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Brandon notes:
On expectations: He said that they’ve talked to owners and management and they understand that they are still growing and are tempering expectations (not demanding playoffs) for this season. Brandon said that Nate and the players, however, feel that they have the talent and are growing enough that their goal is the playoffs this year, no question
On Greg: “We don’t need him running around trying to be Shaq just yet.” Basically he said he thinks Greg was down a little bit for awhile but he’s really just out there focusing on remembering plays and learning the system. He’s still a rookie.
On Rudy: “I find myself watching him out there alot.” He said he likes the gamer attitude Rudy and Sergio bring to the second unit, the excitement, the big plays.
Rome said he was “Good man, good leader, good player.”
Well said, sir. Also, apparently Brandon has his own line of leatherman? I want one for Christmas.
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 17, 2008 10:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
They made the leatherman for his All-Star campaign
and they made the Ipod for his Rookie of the Year campaign… or visa versa.
Both were special edition products they sent to 100+ media members to promote him for those things.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They called it the iRoy
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 17, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dheepan, how efficient, pragmatic is a high GPA?
In the early ‘60s, one of my HS teammate/friends attended OSU on a Navy ROTC scholarship. A HS National Honor Society Student, he received a B in one of his early college classes, spoiling an otherwise perfect "Gentleman’s C" academic performance. From a working class family with conventional Eisenhower era values, he used the university setting more for social networking than study. After serving as an aircraft carrier pilot (Vietnam) he returned to college to become an attorney for wealthy, elderly people.
Can one devote excess energy/focus to elevating one’s statistics?
http://ask.metafilter.com/59145/Origins-of-the-gentlemans-c
by Caveowl on Dec 17, 2008 11:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The only people I know who get asked about their GPA after college
Are accountants, lawyers, and doctors. Athletes get asked about it while in school. As long as you get the degree, employers don’t care if it was done with a 2.5 or a 4.0.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
GPA can be important if graduate school is in your plans
Also I do think that employeer care a little bit about the difference between a 2.5 and a 4.0. The difference between a 3.0 and a 3.5, probably not but there does seem to me to be a huge difference in a 2.5 and a 4.0.
by tingeyga on Dec 17, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
GPA's nice but a good score on the admissions test is even better
your major or majors was, GPA, and what school you graduated from are important. But the admissions test is the only real way schools can measure you against other candidates.
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 17, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Grad School
As for the employer part, I I think they care if they ever thought to ask about it. Even your degree doesn’t matter. Excluding the folks I mentioned earlier, the only people besides them, that have jobs based on their degree do social work. Most employers care more about your experience.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on what grad school you're applying to as well
the major universities down in California who have MBA programs will scrutinize your work experience when you apply.
Law Schools could care less about that, it’s all about your LSAT score with them.
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 17, 2008 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My wive was an accountant
They used GPA as their first way to cut folks.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I really bummed it in HS, I actually failed art my last semester of senior year lol. It’s not really the number so much as I think I could have gotten better grades that bothers me. Especially since the only class I got a B+ in was the one where I missed some easy grades that docked me 4% points.
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Plus
Aren’t grades like proof that I actually learned something?
I would want to slavishly waste my life away. Hah hah.
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Should be wouldn't
Come Out, Come Down, Face Out, Be Gone
Break down, build up again
Here she comes with a hand to lend
Get out of bed just to dive into the night
Torn lips and I feel uptight
Come out, Come down
Fade out,
Be Gone
WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.
by Dheepan on Dec 17, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, you're not in community college
so you’re still doing OK on you Slavishness Scale, I guess…
Do you mean you want to get good grades so you can make more money eventually and not be a slave to society like 99% of people?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 6:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good grades are one part of it
And definitely not the least important one. But other things are important as well. For example, you might skip some really interesting but difficult courses fearing it could lower your GPA a bit. That wouldn’t be wise. Some universities have grade non-disclosure policies to prevent that. But even if your school doesn’t or you choose to disclose your grades, solid masters programs and recruiters should recognize that.
Not event to speak of all the other extracurricular things that make the time great but could have a slight impact on your grades. You seem to do very well at your university with the effort you put in at the moment, so you might want to keep the other things in mind.
This from someone who has attended almost everything from a technical school that isn’t even really recognized in my home state, to a mediocre but interesting polytechnic and ivy league schools ;-)
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
let me take a stab
Goodyear Tire University,
Cal Poly San Louis Obispo
and Brown University School of Managment
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably less known, worse (a good friend of mine studied architecture there for a year and was happy with it) and more well-known. School systems are hardly comparable, so I have completed some studies that you would never find in an American high school and university and am lacking others. I would have made some things differently in retrospect since I didn’t really know about the quality and global reach of universities (much less rankings) when I graduated from high school with a very good comparable GPA, and there were no such things as school counselors to say “hey you should really do this or go there”. Then I wish some schools already had the loan forgiveness programs for undergraduates they have today, since my family isn’t exactly rich which excluded many programs that today might be open to me. So I have/had to make up for this via graduate and extension schools, which takes probably more time and effort that the other way, but I can also find benefits in the slower and less travelled road I took.
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wharton for the third one?
If Yes: Damn, you da man, man.
What unique high school studies are you talking about?
Have you ever read “A Road Less Traveled By”?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, finance is not my strong side but I do have a subscription to Knowledge@Wharton if that counts :)
Regarding high school, well first of all until recently it was 9 years (13 total incl. elementary), now that has been reformed and shortened. So you have a bit more time to go into details. I spent ca. one year during high school abroad at a US school, and e.g. had the impression that science courses were handled fairly different. At home I had courses in chemistry, physics, biology, and information technology (voluntary), while in the US I had the feeling that was often all mixed into one giant course :) Also all students had social studies in history, geography, political science all in separate courses. On the other hand there are less fractioned “advanced placement” courses than in the US, most years everybody is just in the same class no matter how well they are doing.
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 7:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Was it somewhere near a T-stop in Cambridge?
Sciences (biology, especially) and Social Sciences (econ) were my favorite classes in high school.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not Jscot (though I have no idea where he studied)
Ah, the other one. Yes, for a while. But not in a competitive admission program, which makes a lot of things more relaxed but is not necessarily to the detriment of the courses (and brings in some people with more experience). Still, they do have great undergraduate programs but that was out of my reach for the mentioned reasons.
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lol
Hey, I didn’t say near a bar in Glasgow…
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 7:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
College is so easy.
I miss it.
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 17, 2008 11:16 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Why is TP's head so pointy?
I didn’t notice it until anglemart1 posted that caricature. He seriously could do a coneheads skit and not have to wear a prosthetic head.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 11:30 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
does anyone rememeber Michael Jordan on SNL?
back when he had hair? .. Think he mighta done a conehead thing…really remember Zappa doing the Conehead skit…he has a song called Coneheads on the You Are What You Is collection …:-)
Back to work
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jordan didn't have hair then
And it was prolly 13 years after the last time the Coneheads were on SNL.
GEEZ GET YOUR SNL TIMELINE CORRECT.
Jordan was on in the early 90’s, I’d say 1992 or so, during the Phil Hartman/Dana Carvey/Mike Meyers years. The Coneheads were only during the 70s, when Danny Akroyd and Jane Curtin were in the cast. Maybe they did a conehead skit when making a special appearance I guess…
And hmm… the Coneheads movie possibly came out around the same time as Jordan’s SNL gig, so maybe they did a tie-in sketch…
Hmmm… nope, I don’t think so. I don’t remember it. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
I liked the monologue sketch where Jordan endorses douches and Jordan approved hardcore pornography.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Dec 17, 2008 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do remeber him doing the Curtis Smalley thing
….and doggone it people like you!"
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of Zappa
I think a quote from him may help out Dheepan, it goes something like,
“If you want to get laid, go to college, if you want to learn something go to the library.”
by appel82 on Dec 17, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Amlmart's caricarture
it looks like TP got hit with a golf ball on the forehead.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The better question is
Why isn’t YOUR head so pointy?
Porter’s wife is so white their kids came out Asian.
Mortimer
PS: I don’t really think the kids looked Asian, it just sounded funny in my head.
by Mortimer on Dec 17, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I double dog dare you to go over to Knickfan's FanPost and say you think the guy needs a drink to calm his nerves.
Actually, maybe I should be daring Bust a Bucket.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing happend to him
It’s just that the fanpost is a touchy subject and you’re on quite a streak right now.
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The subject of Knickfan's fanpost is Bill Bayno
Bayno is a recovering alchoholic, so to say he should have a drink to calm his nerves would be in bad taste were one to really make the joke (and since we’re just discussing the idea of the joke and not actually executing it, this is ok).
I think Bust a Bucket would rather wait till Bayno dies from a alchoholic related death, and THEN he’ll make a joke about it— ZING!
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Dec 17, 2008 12:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Mortimer and Tom
You both are the writer of many crude and offensive jokes and CLEARLY Bust is just trying to join your click and you aren’t letting him in. Blazersedge.com isn’t an internet version of Mean Girls , you guys should allow admission to the “say crazy funny and highly offensive things” clique to anyone that wants …
:)
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
by BlazerFan1 on Dec 17, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I left a little surprise for them in the Bayno thread
The mentee become the mentor… I’ve proven the tail can wag the dog!
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL I SAW THAT!
And literally laughed :)
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
by BlazerFan1 on Dec 17, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the clique aka The Legion of Gloom
Im surprised Mortimer and Tom don’t have their own Morning Sports show.
So I got thinking about the old Legion of Doom from the old Superfriends cartoon. ’Member? The one where the building could actually fly out of the swamp.
Its possible Lex Luthor (aka Mortimer) has turned the Bedge into his Hall of Gloom, and recruited Bizarro (aka TiHa) to bring in new members, such as Solomon Grundy (aka BustaBucket) and who knows who else they can coerce into their diabolical scheming world.
Some comments may not be 100% accurate
by bow4meow on Dec 17, 2008 5:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I already have tights on
ya know…fyi
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 17, 2008 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're all part of the clique
WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Captain Baron Mortimer Von St. Pierre of the Avenged Sword
by Mortimer on Dec 17, 2008 6:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes Master
I hear and I obey
Some comments may not be 100% accurate
by bow4meow on Dec 17, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to join that clique
they then took me out behind the internets and conducted a snipe hunt….then sent me to the hardware store to buy a left-handed adjustable wrench. I have decided to give them one more chance to be nice…right after I come back with the muffler bearings they asked for
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 17, 2008 5:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
was that a left handed monkey wrench
cause thats the last thing we need
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There is no such thing asa left handed monkey wrench
do you think I am a fool???
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 17, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh those are lyrics from a grateful dead song
by LetsBlaze on Dec 17, 2008 8:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 17, 2008 8:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Paul Allen, #22!
Wealth lost in 2008: $2.6 Billion
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 17, 2008 11:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Brandon Roy has moved into the top 10 in the PER rating
He’s the #2 SG, behind Wade… and ahead of Kobe.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 12:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think I might use this resource for my zombie preparedness
http://www.readyforanything.org/
"There is a difference between having two guys banging down low and having two guys who can bang down low." - Blazin'
by tominhawaii on Dec 17, 2008 1:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Calling all Sophias....
I hate to be the one to cause you to sin, but I highly doubt you’ll be able to watch this interview with Nic without lusting.
I think I can only add "The NBA, where caring for everybody but the fans happens". --amlmart1
by prezofdeath on Dec 17, 2008 3:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Blazer fan in la
louisiana to be exact gotta love the fellas from 2000 away even though they come to visit 6 hours away in new orleans ill be there to greet everybody with my white B-roy jersey
by bleedrednblack on Dec 17, 2008 4:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Two tickets for tomorrow's game
if anyone is interested. the wife and i just decided we didn’t want to mess driving up there and back from salem with this weather. details here (2 Purple for $45) http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/tix/962058857.html
"It's like, 'Urrrrrrgh!'" Rodriguez says, his cupped hands turning into fists. "It is a good feeling. Good feeling."
by sergioFTW on Dec 17, 2008 4:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
fyi, tickets have sold.
"It's like, 'Urrrrrrgh!'" Rodriguez says, his cupped hands turning into fists. "It is a good feeling. Good feeling."
by sergioFTW on Dec 17, 2008 7:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL at the Jazz with the SEVEN point first quarter against the Nets.
they’re shooting 16% midway through the 2nd quarter.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 17, 2008 5:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
and they're only down 8
thanks to a 12 point 2nd quarter by New Jersey. The offensive efficiencies of both teams are insanely low in this game.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 5:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Okur appears to be doing his darndest to kill my fantasy team.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 5:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
0-7 with a turnover.
ouch. GO NETS!
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 17, 2008 5:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nets by 6 after 3
c’mon New Jersey, pull this one out!
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No help from Toronto tonight
they fall at home to Dallas. Grrr…..
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
:-)
At least Indiana helped and beat Golden State
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if Golden State ended up being an issue for the Blazers...
… then we are screwed.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Norsktroll
When, if ever, do you sleep?
When I stay up all night you’re on here. Then you’re on here all day. When do you sleep? Or don’t you?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 6:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I usually do sleep 6 to 7 hours during the week
I usually would sleep about right now, but I can’t at the moment so I will probably continue to work on a project for a while and watch some basketball on the side.
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 7:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Watching Hawks-Celtics right now
heck of a ballgame.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Joe Johnson misses a potential game tying FT with 2 sec left
wow.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
16 straight Boston wins
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nets by 1 vs Utah, 6 min left
c’mon Nets.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 6:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
maybe they'd like us to trade Steve Blake
he’s feel right at home
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 17, 2008 6:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Boston won another close one. Those guys are seriously striving for 70 wins
by Norsktroll on Dec 17, 2008 7:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure the NBA has ever seen...
… 3 teams as dominant as Bos, Cle and LA in the same season.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 9:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thinking....
1983… Dr. J and Philly, Bird and Boston, plus Magic and the Lakers?
I bet there are a few others out there. Especially before the modern era.
by Timmay! on Dec 17, 2008 9:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Impressive win by NOH over SAS
although they were certainly helped by the fact that the Spurs missed tons of wide open 3s. David West made two huge 3s (his 4th and 5th of the season) to put the Hornets over the top.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 9:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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