http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:DivRank&section=today deviantART RSS for by:DivRank en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:25:13 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/17006751/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/17006751/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:59:09 PST
Im happy for my biting the bullet attitude. I hate to quit especially on life and doing so turned everything around. Unfortunately because of that bad beginning week I have a lot of work to do to maintain a good standing in school. My volunteer income tax went great and I gained some experience. This volunteer work will go towards my school requirements as well as my fraternity requirements. In the end it all adds up and I want to get this done ASAP.

One thing that drew my attention is Elle-The-Cat's journal entry which I cant complain will bring me great utility. She is offering free sketches to the first 10 people who reply to her as well as other criteria posted on her journal entry. They say the best things in life are free and I have to agree especially with my budget constraints after receiving bills from the university which need to be paid by the end of the month. In addition, I like the axiom in economics that more is preferred to than less. Im not fiending looking for free offers all the time but this will put me into brighter spirits especially from this week. Here is her journal entry:

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I typically prefer clothes and with fur for obvious reasons. Im not picky when it comes to poses or anything plus I like surprises of what anything looks like based on different people's drawing styles. These are the reference pictures.

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Well this weekend will be a study my butt off weekend. I will continue on doing just that.

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In addition, I went to a career fair today where tons of companies were looking for prospective employees. My first hit was the U.S. Census Bureau. I asked questions regarding the economy and how does the agency work with this info. Eventually we went into a discussion about mathematics and the Cobb-Douglas equation. I enlightened him about the fact that the Cobb-Douglas equation was set up by a Senator and Mathematician. Later I went to Microsoft where I was surrounded by IT and computer science people and I felt like the odd man out because I was a Finance major. The line was super long but I got there early so I waited for about 45 minutes. When I was up I spoke with the recruiter and had him lighten up because he was repeatedly interviewing IT and computer science majors. He told me about the finance positions available and he also told me that this isnt only for IT and computer science people. I was relieved and also happy because if I was the only business person it would be great in the selection process. He asked me questions about my recent work and studies where I told him about my courses such as Derivatives and its relevance especially in currency swaps. Honestly to me the interview was pretty short because it took 5 minutes. Either my resume was really detailed or I wasnt interesting. Time will tell. I then met with the FDIC and asked him about the effects of the defaults on the FDIC. After I went to Infosys and spoke with the recruiter and she gave me an overview of Infosys and then asked me who the CEO was and my anxiety had me forget and replied "The name escaped me but I know it starts with an M". It was Murthy and I realized it when I got back. She told me that she just got back from a trip to Bangalore where she went to the campus and went through some training. I hope I can land an internship soon cause Im running out of time and I have some eggs put in an internship with Time Inc. This internship is paid and its $700 a week. Its about analytical marketing and its up my alley cause of my experience. Now I can only wait and see what will happen.

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As far as life goes Im thinking about becoming a Resident Advisor next year so I can get free board. Also Im thinking about not going back to my residence hall Im living in this year because yet again the fire alarm went off at 2:30 in the morning. The good thing was I wasnt asleep but still it is cold out and from prior experience we were out there while it was snowing. So that was the last straw and Im going to see if I can live on campus for free as an RA. I have joined a pool tournament where I dont expect to win but at least plan to relax while playing. It would be sweet to win the thing but Im not the best pool player and I need to know exactly the rules of the game so as I could get a grip of what I can actually do. I can do a mean jump shot but my accuracy (based on getting the intended ball in) is roughly 70 percent. Also I have considered doing a promotional video contest for the school of management. My best friend so far seems interested in the idea but Im reserving judgement on whether he means it or not. Once I assemble my team I will continue with that project. For those who dont know my work check it out on youtube its called "Faint Remastered (Miles "Tails" Prower Tribute)". It has received positive reviews and has been my one hit wonder with many revisions (Remastered, in my opinion, was the best of the three despite you will see 2 on my account). To remedy this Im considering on making another AMV one Ive actually scrapped. After seeing kelessic's videos, Ive considered to have her to provide me feedback and opinions. Lets wait till I work on it first which will be some time from now (more than likely in the summer).

As far as work goes, Im looking for an internship and so far no luck. Its kinda like Im undergoing frictional unemployment but I do have a job at the university but the internship is more for experience towards what Im studying. Plus I wont be in school over the summer (for the first time). I was offered an opportunity but the internship was too far and was unpaid. My logic was if its far then maybe they can compensate for gas but if its really far they have to pay an incentive. I cant drive 60 miles from there to home without an incentive because this drive will affect my sanity and my wallet. Im currently working on my resume and so far its looking good. Ive made some great improvements from last year and this year if I get an internship maybe I can make it more appealling to Grad Schools. From the looks of it my love is going to this school definitely. I have a year till I graduate so I have plenty of time to prepare but I still need to get some things done such as the GMAT prep and possibly considering taking the Series 65 exam. Id like as much credentials under my belt as possible to be considered for a specific grad school. There is a career workshop later this Friday and I intend on going. Also I have an Investment Club Meeting along with a Beta Alpha Psi meeting which I must attend. So many activities going on yet Im still holding on. I always have to look forward to the weekend.

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Intro to Derivatives (Financial Derivatives not the one in Calculus)
Intermediate Microeconomics (Withdrew from the mathematical version too much that I swiched my B.S. to a B. A.)
Financial Planning
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Strategic Human Resource Management
Financial Econometrics

So far of these classes Im confident to have excellent marks in 4 of the 6 courses. As for the other two Im going to have to work hard to get my excellent marks. That means extra note taking, frequent visits to the professor's office, and buddying up with my friends which 2 are in the grad level of the course (one class mixes undergrad and grad students together). Overall Im very active in all of my courses and I hope it reflects the same way when I take the exams. I always build up anxiety and screw up here and there costing me an excellent grade. Last semester I expected worse but I did fairly well. Possibly luck was on my side.

Currently Im looking for internships and found several but havent heard a word from them. Its obvious the reason why it is difficult because Im searching mainly in the NYC area. My chances of getting one are very slim and if I do get one then I will be truly thankful. If I dont get an internship I will end up in Florida with a crappy job but hey I get money for it so whatever. I have also planned on going to my old summer internship job for the next semester so I can gain more experience with the firm and possibly get recommendations or maybe even a part time position when I graduate and plan to go to grad school. All of this is looking optimistically so I will take it with a grain of salt.

Last year was actually an okay year because I was given shitty situations and made the most of it to make it not suck. Its the old concept of when life hands you lemons make lemonade. Ive stuck to that and things looked pretty good. This year Im feeling the magic of potential on my side. Im doing all I can to do very well in school (despite Ive done fairly well overall) and want to take advantage of university life. Overall I cant wait for whats in store.

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I joined several activities and I think too many activities. I may have to tell some of them I cant do it anymore. Im going to stick with wrestling, lacrosse, golf, and my learning community. For golf Im the treasurer of the club and students can play golf for free at the course 2 miles off. As for my learning community I am a co-representative and have my first meeting fairly soon so more responsibility. Wrestling and lacrosse I dont have anything really said in stone but I hope they start something soon. I know wrestling does but I want some lacrosse in as well. Im going to have to tell the rest of the activities off so I can get some time to myself. I also have to get some work-study in.

My class schedule looks pretty sweet. Im a full time student. Also I have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off. The only bad thing is that Im taking one course thats not going to process in, what I think, any of the categories for the two majors. I applied to my other major but it's in another school so I applied to the other school. As long as I maintain a 3.0 GPA I should be able to do it. Honestly I dont care about the minimum I always go for the maximum. Im no 4.0 student but Im willing to try without the sucking up to teachers or whatever else those people do (no offense). I do things my way.

All and all living in a university is quite an experience. My meal plans keep me from starving to death and so does my love for ramen. I do my laundry pretty well. My room is clean for the most part (I cant say much for my roommate though). Im organized to an extent that I feel confident that I should be caught up by this week. Its getting pretty cold now I may need to get my sweaters ready to wear. All and all Im doing pretty good for myself. Unfortunately with all these responsibilites I rarely get a chance to myself. I will take occasional breaks from learning so not to fry my brain but it doesnt last very long in the weekdays. Maybe its just because Im not caught up yet but Ill see if I can do better. ]]> ~DivRank http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/9182566/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/9182566/ Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:15:47 PDT ~DivRank http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/8816472/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/8816472/ Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:28 PDT
I`ve been tagged by *Chibi-Cosmo

My 6 weird habits/things :

1. Im a neat freak so if I see something really dirty I go crazy till it is clean.
2. Im bug paranoid and if there is a bug that can fly in my room I wont rest until its dead.
3. When I play games I enjoy giving people pain to show how powerful I am. (in sporting events I would knock people to the ground)
4. Im a bit hypocritical. (I say that school is for nerds but I plan to be in school for a while)
5. Me and my close friends do wild things to one another such as pranks and even after all that we love each other like if we were gay or something. (My friends nor I are not gay we each have girlfriends)
6. When I dont shave I look about 18. When I do shave I look 16.

Six people I tag:
~Angel-Star727 ~sonyfxa36 ~Klonoa-Prower ~Metal Fox ~lilbluefoxie ~Fiona-Ann ]]> ~DivRank http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7548112/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7548112/ Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:16:04 PST
As for my workout I walked for 2 hours since I didnt do my morning walk on Saturday. Today I walked to the park and then walked a lap around but then it got hot as I walked on. It was colder in the morning and when the day heated up I took off my sweater and I walked to my cousin's house and put the sweater in their mailbox. I didnt want to go inside because also its my birthday today and I dont think I was supposed to go there yet. I then go back to the park jogging this time and ran for about a solid hour non stop. Right when I finish my jog my MP3 player batteries died. I also before leaving my house brought an extra battery so that when that happened Id replace it. I reach into my pocket and I find a hole in it and it turns out I lost the battery. Since I was cooling down I walked the park and looked for the battery. It turned out that it was a few feet shy from where I realized I lost the battery after walking around the park. The park wasnt that big so its not that big of a deal. After I picked up my sweater and walked home.

I was greeted by my mom when I got home and did some pushups. Another thing Im going to try to do as well is to work on my arms. I have sucky upper body strength. Its funny because I could do a hand stand and when I decide to fool around in my room I almost can immitate that thing Lara Croft does when she climbs ledges in style. You know the one that the guys like. I dont do the end part I only hold myself up and slowly keep it on a handstand. I like to make big deals out of my weakness so then someone can try to expose me to improve on it. Im starting to like the theme to Knuckles in Sonic Adventure 2. Some label it as rap but I think of it more as Jazz. I dont care about the part that may seem like rap I like the part especially with the instruments and vocals when they are singing.

Now to move on to the topic. Even though Im officially 20 I feel like this is the year like when I was 16. That year everything went my way up until I moved to this city... With high expectations for myself and optomism at my side I feel I can do anything rational. LOL. Im not God despite the DivRank name. Really I dont know what else there is to it. I mean theres always the saying what goes up must come down but Im planning to go up for a while. Maybe Ill go down when I get my vacation from school and after I get my notices from the Universities. I mean down as in party here and there but not too hard. Im not reckless when it comes to a downfall. I can settle for minor downfalls but not major. But this year I feel the magic. ]]> ~DivRank http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7530069/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7530069/ Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:05:26 PST
Academic wise. I have put the final phase to my attempt at going to Syracuse University in progress. I sent them an update on my transcripts. Its basically showing off your commitment in my opinion. I also registered for another class orignally it was 3 but now its 4 with 2 labs. The class I registered for I registered late so I missed the first class. Im trying to reach 2 of my professors so I can buy what I need from them while my Advance is still good. The best move I did so far is go to the department and send them a memo. I tried E-mail but one was successful while the other wasnt. Hopefully the memo will be the insurance.

Lets see what else is there... Well it was basically that other than a few chats and counsulting. OH! I was also planning ahead for if I did go to SU. I always call it "counting my chickens before they hatch" but I dunno I always add the possibility in the end. I mean even though I did everything I could to be accepted doesnt mean I will be accepted. Im only hoping and being optomistic. The plan for if I go to SU was to try to plan a surprise possibly month long visit to my uncles house and do stuff there. He lived not to far from me so I would also visit my old school and see whats going on there. I will try to make it a surprise and have one person know that Im coming mainly my cousin. Ill make it an even better surprise by walking to their house instead of having them pick me up. Sounds stupid I know but I like originality. Going through like 30 blocks with luggage. Im going to look like a fool. But I like walking and especially in my old neighborhood. Id say the only thing that would put a damper in that would be if I arrived at night. ... And this is why I call it counting my chickens before they hatch. I get to into it. >_<

Well tons to do and the time is still plentiful but also limited. Its as well short because I have the school commitments as well. Ill be able to tackle it easy peasy. O.o Im surprised I used that term. LOL. ]]> ~DivRank http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7512801/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7512801/ Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:59:49 PST ~DivRank http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7486108/ http://DivRank.deviantart.com/journal/7486108/ Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:27:03 PST
During the last week of last year I blacked out. It was weird because all I did for the morning was lay down on my bed. Heres the story. I was on the computer laying down on my bed when my mom opened the door to ask me a quick question. She closed the door but left is ajar and I hate that. So I got up and closed the door. When I did that I had a strange feeling that I was going to black out. I do black out here and there but they werent as serious as this one. I decided to lean on the door with my hand to keep me from losing my balance when I out of nowhere collapsed to the ground but not fully. On my way down I felt my head bang on the door and I was out cold for like a few seconds. When I came to I found myself on a knee.

Id say the reason this happened is because I have become less active ever since I moved. Ive become lazy and am loosing my old athletic self. In addition I made plans to try to go to a school and join sports over there but in my current state I cant do that. One I lost my physique. And Two I need to get more weight in me. For New Years I decided even the week when I blacked out that I am going to become more active. My New Years Resolution will basically be 3 things. The first would be to become more active meaning daily exercises. I started out the first two days with walking. I dont want to jump the gun so I will start off with walking. I have at least the first 3 weeks planned. The first week I will walk. The second and third week I will jog. To me jogging means running slow and even walking when I get tired. After that I will add some other exercises like crunches, push-ups, etc. I think I will be able to accomplish that as long as I just do it. My new MP3 player will help me with that. I went for a walk for two days now listening to the Wild Arms OST.

My second New Years Resolution would be to join a sport. My favorite is Lacrosse but Im open to football and wrestling as well. Ive done those in high school and it has yet to leave my liking. Im also open to other sports.

My third New Years Resolution would be to try to live on my own. This one applies if I go to the school I want to go to, namely Syracuse University. Ive applied there and basically am waiting for the moment of truth.

Overall Id say I have the feeling ever since 12 o'clock yesterday that this is going to be my year. This is going to be the real difference maker in my life. I have to make it the best though in order for it to be the best. Sunday I will be 20 but Im going to make that year be like me when I was 16 which was my best year. All and all its going to be the impact in my life. ]]> ~DivRank