What is it with girls telling the world how much they’ve eaten that day? Either girls think guys find it interesting or these girls just have absolutely nothing else to say and they just need to talk. I seriously wonder how many guys out there have to sit in their seats and bore away with the long lists that girls lay before them. Maybe, I’m the only one out there that ends up hearing this nonsense. Am I the only one??? Anyways, the following is an example of a list made by a girl that loves to talk about her diet. Let’s analyze:

(Notice how many times she eats cereal in a day)

Brunch:

salad: egg, olive, tomato, mushroom, cucumber, tofu, cauliflower, dry mushroom, Asian sesame dressing, spinach, mixed lettuce

4 cups of cereal: Lucky Charms, Honey-Nut Cheerios, regular Cheerios, Special K with strawberries

1 cup of coffee

Lunch:

raisin bread

3 more cups of cereal

Plate of salad: red peppers, tofu, and olives, lettuce,

3 sweet potatoes

2 raisin breads: toasted

3 Hershey kisses

3 pieces of cornbread

3 spoons of chocolate cake

Dinner?

Sandwich: whole wheat bread, honey mustard, lettuce tomato, turkey toasted

1 grapefruit

2 oranges

1 chai tea

milk with shredded oats cereal

more cereal: puffins, honey nut cheerios, lucky charms, life, special K,

..to understate how many cups of cereal she’s eaten, I would say about 10 cups. Now that’s still ALOT of cereal.

Dear Michelle,

Just Kidding. As much as I complain about your dang lists, I really do enjoy them. See ya =)

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As a child, there is no other person or thing that is stronger than your parents. I viewed my dad to be the strongest of all dads. I remember kids on the playground would quarrel over “whose dad could beat up whose.” It doesn’t matter if your parents were small and frail, but through the eyes of naivety your parents were invincible. Our parents were gods. As we grew, reality showed that our parents were no stronger than the man or woman next to them. Time passed and our parents became weak and mortal as all humans should be. Even still, I think a lot of times we forget that our parents are everyday average people like ourselves.

In college were always asking ourselves, what we want to do when we graduate. Once we’ve mapped out our lives, we spend so much time focusing on achieving our dreams; we forget how we even got here. Have you ever asked your parents their dreams? What were your parents’ “dream occupation” before they devoted their lives to becoming a full-time guardian?

We forget that are parents had dreams and goals of their own. My mom once told me that she dreamed of becoming a nurse. An occupation she can be proud of, helping those in need.  …can anyone guess what she does today? My parents are owners of a small dry cleaners. Sun up to sun down, six days a week, they work diligently to support me and my sister. I see my parents breaking sweat for a job they don’t even want to do and it tears me up inside.

Every day, I look around my dorm and I notice the “north face” jackets hanging from my door knob, or the 22″ HD T.V. sitting across my bed, and I think, “Life’s alright.”I don’t think life is good, but life is alright. Even more absurd is that, I believe having all these possessions are normal, when I should be thanking my parents for all the blessings I have in my life. Something I always need to remember is that my parents have given up their dreams, so I can achieve mine. The caliber of my future success rides more heavily than my first impression. If I fail, I not only fail myself, but my parents. If I succeed, I create something of myself and liberate my parents from their burden of possible regret from giving up their dreams.

More than feeling the pressure, I just want to say…

Thanks Mom & Dad,

Your hardwork and sacrifice is something I won’t ever truly understand.

-Daniel.

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“Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.” -Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904)

When I was younger my parents would always tell me, you’re only going to go as far as your willing to. No one is there to help you reach anywhere, and success follows according to your own doings. Every now and then, I hear someone say, “It’s all about connections.” If that really is the case, then success is defined by our opportunities of luck presented in life. Maybe, the real answer is a combination of both theories; determination and luck, joint together.

Whichever the answer is, I’ve concluded that at the end of our lives we’re going to realize that everything we have, or don’t have is because of ourselves. You can skim through the long list of friends you have on facebook and say some of them will be there for you no matter what life throws at you. But, for how long will they “have your back?” and how far are they willing to go out of their way? At some point, the great bond the two of you share reaches a peak, a dead end, where a situation presents itself and that person can no longer be there for you. Truly, we are all alone in this world. We are alone together.

People freely use the term “best friends forever” or say that “were not like other people, we’re going to last.” Even when you think two people are bonded by the seal of history and experiences, we come to realize that any and all relationships are fragile. Time goes on to prove that friends disappear, loved ones pass away, and lovers break-up. Think about the important people of your life, and ask “how much time do I have left with this person?” The grandfather clock ticks away and before you know it, that person is gone.

As I write this entry, I could only think of one bond that can never be broken. Possibly the only unbreakable bond is the bond of God and the believer. However, that relationship seems like a one-way street. The believer prays to God, speaks to God, and worships God, but God answers in ways that aren’t apparent to the believer, even impossible to understand.

Referring back to human to human connections, none is lasting. There are no groups, parties, races, or societies, only individuals. As individuals we decide what we do and who we become. What I’m really trying to say is that, maybe I have prioritized my life in all the wrong ways. Til now, I have invested so much time and energy into bonds that will most likely fade away. Perhaps, success can only be achieved by living for one’s self only. It’s a terrible way to view life, but it’s realistic.

So…I was on Youtube looking up videos of Obama and I saw a million signs of “Yes We Can” and ” I Want Change.” Which made me think, “Do I want change?”

As I reflect on the past few months, I felt there  have been so many changes in my life. I recently changed my major, the stability of friends are constantly being tested, financial security, and my future only becomes more unknown.(Apparently my thoughts of change are very selfish and has absolutely nothing to do with politics like I started out in this entry, but whatever.) A year from now, I’ll be graduating and trying to find work. Time moves at such a rapid speed, I find it hard to keep up.

Yes, “change is a part of life,” but sometimes I wonder if we’re the ones making life a lot more difficult than it needs to be. I used to be the one that would always want something extravagant in life and just “chilling” was not enough. Instead of doing the usual and lounging around at my friend, John’s house, I would want to “do something crazy” and go for a midnight 2 hour drive to Philly for some cheese-steaks. When I analyze my current situation, I’ve realized that maybe “chilling” was enough. When so many things are changing at once I find myself turning to the thing I find familiar. Maybe, that’s why people love going home so much. Benjamin button said, “It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.”

Ever since I came to college, whenever nostalgia hits, it hit hard. I always think how great life was back in the day, but I’ve learned things can never really go back to the beginning. Time is constantly moving and it’ll even leave us behind, so all we can do is progress forward.

To answer the question from the beginning…”Do I want change?”

I guess that’s relative to how good your life is at the moment. Nobody really wants change, but change is necessary. …Obama had it right all along…I want change. (once again nothing to do with politics)

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson

EXTRA EXTRA SPREAD THE NEWS!!! Limitless Nothing is back for your amusement. This time around, the blog isn’t going to have a set schedule. boo hoo =*(  …i know! However, for those of you who have a blog of your own, I’m sure you understand how difficult it is to post an entry daily. Even though I won’t post every day, I hope ya’ll will still check often; because we have a lot of fun ideas lined up and we wouldn’t want anyone to miss them. Once again, enjoy the reinstatement of LN and SMILE! =).

Be prepared…

… to laugh.

If you are a finance major, there is no way you are calm right now. Knowing what has happened the past few months you must be shaking with anxiety about the future. Let’s go back and review the events:

March 16th, 2008: Bear Stearns (one of the largest investment banks) is bought by JP Morgan Chase & Co. The deal was orchestrated by the government after Bear Stearns’ shares declined sharply, which lead to a lack of confidence in the company.

Why was it important? These were the first signs of economic turmoil following the first reports of the home mortgage crisis.

July 17th, 2008: The government seizes IndyMac Bank due to rising foreclosures and decreasing home prices.

Why was it important? This was the first government seizure of any publicly traded bank in America.

September 7th, 2008: The government takes over Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) in order to stabilize the downward spiraling housing market.

Why was it important? These 2 organizations own about half of the mortgages in the United States. A once publicly traded company was now in the hands of the U.S. government.

September 10th – September 14th, 2008: Lehman Brothers (another financial-services firm) goes up for sale after reporting $4 billion in losses. The government decides not to bail out Lehman Brothers. Due to this, Merrill Lynch & Co. decide to be bought out by Bank of America.

Why was it important? When one of the largest firms in financial services says it is up for sale, that is not a good sign. It was clearly a sign that they needed help from the outside but the U.S. government was unwilling to buy them out. This made the government’s stance unclear because they bought out IndyMac but not Lehman Brothers. Merrill Lynch also didn’t want to be in a position where they had to depend on the government to bail them out of problems because they were unsure of what action the government would take. That is why they decided to let another bank buy them out before they would have to declare bankruptcy or ask for help from the government.

September 15th, 2008: Lehman Brothers declare bankruptcy. This leads to people looking around to find the next failure waiting to happen. All fingers point at AIG due to their falling stock prices.

Why was it important? The government was unwilling to help Lehman Brothers and they were forced to declare bankruptcy. Many people lost their jobs, lost their investments, lost their money. Also, now that people had identified AIG as the next to fall, customers of AIG were now nervous about their securities.

September 16th, 2008: The government issues and $85 billion emergency loan to AIG in order to help the ailing company. Their argument for this was that the failure of AIG would lead to more problems in an already delicate market.

Why was it important? Once again, the government gives reasoning for their actions but fail to provide logical reasoning as to why AIG was helped but not Lehman Brothers. The government slowly starts taking over the financial sector in America.

September 25th, 2008: Washington Mutual is run out of business due to the large amount of bad debt in mortgages.

Why was it important? WaMu becomes the largest bank to fail in American history. People start to wonder whether their bank will go down or not. People always say that banks are “too big to fail,” but if a bank like WaMu can fail, who says that JP Morgan and Bank of American can’t?

September 29th, 2008: The House defeats the $700 billion legislature that would provide emergency funds. This leads to a 780 point drop in the Dow Jones for the day.

Why was it important? The Senate had approved of the bill, but the House would not let it pass. This meant that the crisis would stay just the way it is. Also, the Dow’s drop of 780 points is the most EVER in one day… EVER…

So what does this all mean for us? To put it into a few words, lots and lots of inflation, loss of confidence in our banking system and a difficult time finding jobs in financial markets.

All I can say is, if you are a senior finance major, better pick up something else. But the good news for people who are just starting their college careers in finance is that there will be a void when the financial markets do stabilize. And this should bring about lots of opportunities for people who graduate in a few years when they want to bring the economy back to the days of the early 2000′s.

Game 4 of the 2002 Conference Finals. Lakers vs. Kings, Kings leading by 2 with less than 10 seconds to go. If you are a Kings fan, there is only one person on the other team you don’t want shooting the last shot. It’s not the future MVP Kobe. It’s not even the unstoppable monster in the paint known as Shaq. Not Fisher nor George nor Rick Fox (who would want Rick Fox shooting the last shot of the game anyways? Maybe if you’re throwing the season away for high hopes in the lottery…). As the ball gets tipped out after Kobe and Shaq both miss their chance to be the hero, it takes a long hop right into the hands of the 6’10″ forward sitting at the top of the key. He releases the ball with a less than perfect form from behind the arc and at that moment, time slows down. The ball seems to be slowed down by the gaze of 19,000 pairs of eyes, fixated on the orange sphere that flies through the air at one end of the Staples Center. As the ball swishes through the net, Robert Horry becomes an instant legend.

This shot is just one of many that he will eventually have in his career. His ability to hit these types of shots and bring this intangible quality to whatever team he is playing for has allowed him to win 7 championship rings (1 more than Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar and Cousy, and the only player not part of the 1960′s Celtics to win that many rings) and make the playoffs every year of his 16 season career. He also holds the record for most playoff games played (surpassing Abdul-Jabbar in the 2008 playoffs), the most 3 pointers made in NBA Finals games (53, Jordan is 2nd with 42), and the most 3 pointers in a playoff game without missing (7 against the Utah Jazz in 1997). His season averages of 7.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 2.2 apg don’t scream Hall of Fame (HOF), but you cannot deny his ability to make other teams squirm with anxiety whenever he takes the court in a playoff game.

He is the epitome of clutch. When a game comes down to the final seconds, his blood turns into ice and he shoots every shot with a calm that most athletes could never have.

So is he HOF material? Is it really coincidence that he won 7 championships with 3 different teams? Did he just get lucky? I’m not saying that Robert Horry was THE reason why those teams won the championship, but I believe you cannot call it a coincidence either. The 1960s Celtics were just a dominant team that was playing in an era where no one was able to challenge them. To win that many championships in the league today while changing teams, where the draft and talent levels has leveled the playing field, is an incredible feat. I’m not arguing that he should be in the HOF next to Jordan, Russell and Chamberlain when he retires, but I think they should make a new wing for players like Horry. For admission into that part of the HOF, you must meet the following criteria:

1) Win at least 3 championships on 2 different teams (if you win 3 on one team or 2 on two teams, you’re not in yet)

2) Hit at least 3 game winning or game changing shots (not an exact science, but you’ll be able to tell that kind of shot by the number of hits on youtube)

3) Make it to the playoffs at least half of the season in your career (self-explanatory)

This would allow players like Posey or Fisher to make it to the hall of fame and become NBA legends, even though their regular season achievements may not warrant it. Although you need a good regular season to make the playoffs, postseason play separates the men from the boys. The people who have this extra gear in May and June deserve to be credited with their ability to step up in the playoffs.

My final point has to be that almost no other athlete has a song written strictly for him/her. Below is one of my favorite videos about Horry that shows the infamous shot I mentioned above as well as other highlights of his career.

I wasn’t sure what to write about for this blog entry, but once again, as always, Robert Horry saved the day (just watch the video and you’ll get it).

P.S. If they ever make a movie about his career, they HAVE to use Will Smith…

Have you ever had someone repeat the same joke over and over again? I mean, yea, the first time it’s like..”HAH!, good one,” but when a joke is repeated a little too much, it gets annoying. Seriously, did you see Matt Damon’s expression at the end? “F**K YOU!” I’m sure every one of you has a joke that is commonly used that just rattles your cage, presses your button, shivers your bones, whatever you want to call it…it just pisses you off. For myself, every time I hear this joke, I just have to stop and think…”Did he/she actually say it?” Literally, time stops and I’m frozen with shock about how terrible that line is.

This is that joke:

Don’t get me wrong, I love The Office and I love Steve Carrell. Honestly, Steve should be the only person ever to be allowed to say that line. I don’t think I go throughout the day without that infamous line popping out at least once. The worst part of people using that line is that most of the people that use it, don’t even watch the show!

Maybe I’m being a little too dramatic over the issue, and I just need to relax. A joke is just a joke, and how hard is it to ignore a simple line? …pretty hard…“That’s what she said!” …pitiful (shaking my head). Anyways, I guess what I’m trying to say, is not to take things so seriously and relax and smell the roses! For the people that overuse certain lines, well, you guys have more of an impact on continual flowing conversation than you guys think. So, next time your about to drop a lame line, step back and think…am I being funny or retardedly annoying? Even after that thought, you still want to say it; be my guest, just take things in moderation because nobody likes an unoriginal deadbeat. CHEESE! =)