Georgia! Geooooorgia!

Wow what a crazy week it's been! I haven't been able to do the regular updates because I've been pretty busy with my visit here in Georgia. This has been by far one of the best holiday visits I've ever had. I got to visit my likely future law school (Georgia State) with my girlfriend and her mother. We somehow got lucky because as we were getting there, the admissions coordinator for my name group was covering for the secretary. After about 20 minutes of just talking with her, she volunteered to give us a tour of State herself. She seemed very interested in reviewing my application and potentially getting me a fee waiver. All in all that was a GREAT experience, everyone at that school is so nice and open. I also got to visit the World of Coke and taste Coke from all over the world (VERY fun!). To top it all off, I've been stuffed to my eyeballs with amazing southern food (Paula Deen ain't got nothin on these people!)

Barack Obama has picked the majority of his cabinet now and they aren't waiting for Bush to leave the White House before getting started on their work. Obama has promised to be focused on cutting wasteful spending, increasing government spending where it is needed by creating public works to give people jobs, and keeping people's expenses as low as possible. This sounds a lot like some New Deal Era stuff to me, and I personally think the country needs it right now (Wall-Street seems to agree).

Well that is all for now! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with their loved ones!

~David

I hate Tuesdays...

So I think I may just change the update days for this to Monday and Thursday, since on Tuesdays I am not at work and I get horribly distracted by classes and having fun as my only day off from here.

As promised (I know it's a week late, we can thank the guy who was supposed to post the vid for that) here is the Delta Tau Delta Presents 2008 video! Congrats on 2nd place guys, we know we really deserved first though ;)

So in political news, Al Qaeda's number 2, Zawahri called out President-Elect Obama today in a new and exciting video about doom and gloom! He compared Obama to Malcom X and while he holds Mr. X in the highest regard for his militant ways, he basically called Obama a "house-[explitive deleted]". He further went on to say that Obama is inheriting a legacy that is doomed and the entire Muslim world is set against him. (Wasn't he hailed as America's savior by most of the Muslim world just a few months ago?) Well, I am not over there so I cannot give an accurate account of how things really are, but when I get conflicting messages of public opinion, I tend to go with the more unbiased one and steer clear from the one that is threatening to kill each and every non-believer on a daily basis.

The quarter is about over and I am more than excited! I get to see my Becca in two days when I fly to Atlanta for Thanksgiving! She has something planned but keeps playing dumb when I ask her about it ;). I also managed to finish my personal statement last night so now I'm sending it out to various people for editing and review. Once that is over with I can hopefully get my applications out and join others in the tense waiting game for feedback from the admissions people at the various schools. The more I study law, the more exciting this subject gets. The intricacies and ways of arguing perspectives is virtually limitless and it allows for a lot of creative freedom. 

Well, that's all for now... kind of a boring week =\

~David

Ladies and Gentlemen of IFC... Hearing is Adjourned

What an exciting Wednesday night! So for starters, I had my IFC hearing last night in defense of our Fraternity for alleged rush infractions. My defense was simple because they were outside of the Due Process of the IFC by-laws. After about an hour of arguing with the IFC advisor and the Head of Student Life himself, they finally dropped the charges against us. Apparently, from what I'm told, we are the first Fraternity at UCR to ever get out of one of these hearings without some sort of sanction against us for an alleged rush infraction. Afterwards, as our president put it, "Savage, you earned this free pitcher!" 

Other than that, Sunday is my birthday! I turn the big dub-duece and hopefully I'll enjoy it more this year than last (I ended up having to foot the entire b-day dinner bill and my own alcohol for the night). So far it is looking to be though! I can't wait to see my family on Saturday to go to dinner, and I definitely cannot wait to see Quantum of Sollace tomorrow! Speaking of which... Here is a bit of fodder to entice you to theaters!

~David

Better late than never...

Yeah, I know... the post is a day late... at this point I dont think it matters too much. There arent thousands of readers demanding content on time yet ;) I was busy all day yesterday doing work and supporting my brothers at presents. Last night was a massive letdown as we have taken first place every year we have done it but one... this year was the second year we havent. We managed 2nd place, though the crowd seemed to be extremely angry that we didnt get first (School of Rock anyone?). Our dance was AMAZING though and I am really proud at what our pledges and a few actives have managed to do in only a couple of short weeks! Good job guys! I'll be posting the video of our dance as soon as it becomes available!

So apparently congress is trying to bail out the big 3 automotive industries in America now and Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. I just love waking up to great news like that in the mornings, puts a lot of confidence in the American economy! I am not too worried though. We faced FAR worse times in the 30s and my family at least managed to not die (which is basically everyone's fear at this point). Keep a chin up and keep on chugging! The times WILL change, I am not saying Obama will be the harbinger of said change, but we do not have a gung-ho warmonger in office for much longer. Our budgets, in theory, should be put back into check now that the biggest problem of incompetant leadership has been solved.

~David

Gobama 08!

So on Tuesday I proceeded to get quite drunk at the bar with a bunch of friends as we watched with great joy as Senator Barack Obama became President Barack Obama. If you didnt catch his monumentally epic acceptance speech, here is a link to it (note: I'm not posting it because I dont want this to become a political blog, though that would be awesome).

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Im at work pretty much most of today, kinda boring but oh well... The other half of my day is occupied by school. God is that a nightmare right now. I wont go into many details, but it looks like I'll be having to take 25 to 26 hours next quarter. That is roughly 6 classes, with 4 of them having discussions or labs. Hopefully I can figure out a way to make this schedule work with my job, I'm sure they will be accommodating, but it still is fairly stressful figuring this all out. But as my mom always says amid her rants about financial woes: "At the end of the day everything works out. When God shuts the door, he opens a window. It is just up to you to figure out how to climb through it." So I'll be spending the weekend figuring out how to trespass on God's house by climbing through his window!

On a side note, I have decided to update this blog bi-weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so look for updates then!

~David

Vote or Die!

I know the title is a bit harsh, but it conveys an important message: Vote. If we do not vote, the very principles this country was founded upon will be for naught. Whoever you vote for, make sure you vote because you want them as president, not because you don't want the other guy.

Earlier today my girlfriend showed me a great music video titled, "You Can Vote However You Like". It is a parody on the rap song "Whatever You Like" by T.I. and performed by a bunch of private school kids:



Work has been pretty relaxing today. Just fixing up a press release I wrote on Friday so that it has better flow and more simple language for average readers (what the hell am I going to college for if I have to dumb stuff down?). I'm also working on finding the best bids for a few billboard advertisements along the 15 freeway. The best part about working at O'Reilly is that I never do the same thing twice. Every project has room for creativity and they thoroughly encourage me to express myself in the work I do for them. Not many people find work like this, maybe I can run a law firm like this when I get out of grad school?

Tonight is Big Bro Revealing for our pledges. My little's name is Kyle and he has the reddest hair I have ever seen. I plan to nickname him Chucky from Rug Rats haha. I got him a Delt shot glass, some stickers, one of my favorite shirts from GSU and a fifth of Wild Turkey (our family line drink). I really hope he enjoys the festivities tonight! His pledging is going to be fun I think!

Anyways, that's all for now.. I better get back to fixing that press release before the boss sees me blogging away!

~David