I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore…

It’s not a good sign when every evening, without fail, my attempts at study or homework sessions somehow morph into “me drumming my fingers on my laptop to whatever is playing on my iTunes” or “rocking out to my awesome air guitar” sessions within the first half hour…

I think I need a new ‘Study Music’ playlist.

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Now playing: REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight this Feeling
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Hope…

After the semi-lackluster start to this year’s World Series (no offense, Cliff Lee), I hope that over the rest of the series the Phillies and Yankees battle it out for six games in the most epic of epic-est World Series to ever have epic-ed, and that, in the decisive game seven, it will come down to the very. last. out. Alex Rodriguez will come to bat with the bases loaded, the Yankees down by two, and the game, the series, and the season on the line.

And, with the spotlight on him on the biggest stage, with the Yankee Stadium crowd cheering him on feverishly like madmen, believing in a notoriously un-clutch player in the singular situation that clutch was born for, with suspense mounting at a hysteric pace and hearts beating furiously as the pitch speeds toward home plate- A-Rod wins the game with an emphatic screaming line drive double off the wall… and as he slides in to second and gets mobbed by his teammates, he can finally say to himself, and to the rest of Amerca, nay, the world, that he has proven once and for all…

…that Charlie Manuel should have picked Pablo Sandoval to represent the NL All-Stars this year instead of picking his own stupid Phillies. Pablo would have gone 5 for 3 with a 6 run homer and made an unassisted quadruple play to clinch home field for the National League in that All-Star Game if he had played. I hope the Yankees win because of (and in front of) their home crowd; and when they do, I hope Manuel hangs his head in shame.

Screw that guy.

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Now playing: The Big Pink – Dominos
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I Heart Malcolm Gladwell.

If you had a single piece of advice to offer young journalists, what would it be?

“The issue is not writing. It’s what you write about. One of my favorite columnists is Jonathan Weil, who writes for Bloomberg. He broke the Enron story, and he broke it because he’s one of the very few mainstream journalists in America who really knows how to read a balance sheet. That means Jonathan Weil will always have a job, and will always be read, and will always have something interesting to say. He’s unique. Most accountants don’t write articles, and most journalists don’t know anything about accounting. Aspiring journalists should stop going to journalism programs and go to some other kind of grad school. If I was studying today, I would go get a master’s in statistics, and maybe do a bunch of accounting courses and then write from that perspective. I think that’s the way to survive. The role of the generalist is diminishing. Journalism has to get smarter.

-Malcolm Gladwell, TIME.com Q&A on 10/20/09

Botany class, here I come!

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Now playing: Duke Ellington – Rhapsody In Blue
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A writer, an apartment in NYC, three kids and a BMW,

My class notes from Tuesday:

Yeah, I totally played MASH for the first time since middle school with my discussion partner Miriam instead of learning what conflict perspectives are.

…and yeah, I totally cheated. After figuring out the system (in like, third grade), it was simply a matter of knowing where to place my prospects and picking the right lucky number so I can get what I want.

Hey, there’s nothing wrong with adjusting the odds a little to get my happy ending, right?

If only real life were so easy.

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Now playing: Zion I – Act Right
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I don’t know why this is even an issue.

Ninjas would dominate pirates.

The end.

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