Saturday, February 27, 2010

Onward bound

Even though I can no longer keep a captive audience by recounting trips to Macdonalds in Australia, I have decided to keep the blog going. Something about writing drives me forward and keeps me sharp. You can expect random thoughts, important event summaries, and the typical Andrew nonsense hopefully at least once a week from here on out.

  • Let's talk shutter island. Greatest movie ever or worst movie ever. I still cannot decide, but I think it really pushed the border of innovative and ridiculous. While a restless South Carolina crowd didn't think much of it, I think I did. For now.
  • Andrew Update: What's currently new on my iPod. John Mayer, Train, and Third Eye Blind. All three have new CDs out, I've never really liked John Mayer but he's bringing some noise, and you gotta like Train. Why can't you be-by third eye blind is getting it done also. School-I'm writing a paper about economic institutional development during the glorious revolution, and I'm conducting F-tests around the clock. I recently took a one week hiatus from facebook, and I'm thinking about deactivating my account-probably will never happen. I am now a huge Brandon Jennings fan. He's a flashy PG with a flat top what's not to love. MSU basketball is really, really, really pissing me off.
  • Things I miss about Australia: The people, the ocean, the muffins from bond cafe, the weather, not having class on thursday, and having a gym in my building. Things I don't miss about Australia: My roommate, the food from bond cafe or the bra, Robert Wrathal's macro economics course.
  • The Olympics are really making me want to play hockey. Team USA hockey is awesome, they are young and physical; they beat people and take names end of story. Chung Suang, the chinese aerialist, has the most swag out of any olympian I've ever seen. The fragmented thoughts continue...Great Olympic sports: Any skiing or snowboarding, men's hockey, biathlon, any sort of cross country skiing, and luge/bobsled. Terrible Olympic sports: Speed skating & Figure Skating (includes the super elton john game of ice dancing).
  • The Charles Barkley 5 dollar box that rocks commercial is great, the nationwide I need a blue phone commercial is retarded.

Adios.