opinion

i would like opinions. if you don't feel like getting philosophical, a simple yes or no will suffice (even though i would prefer an explanation). do you agree with the saying: 'it is not what happens to you that matters, but how you take it.' a more popular way to put it is: "life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."


i will give $100 to anybody who can solve this equation for my corporate finance class:

1000 = 45 {[1/(y/2)] X [1-(1/((1+y/2)^20))]} + [1000/(1+(y/2)^20)]

***btw, i guess and checked the answer, i would like somebody to solve it algebraically


a few things from church on sunday:

--fear is really just the absence of faith

--salvation may be free, but it is not cheap

--ecclesiastes 3: our time is God's

--philippians 4:19: and my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus



top five reasons why i like my job this week (as opposed to last week when i almost quit):

--william sings to me in chinese.. apparently the only english word he knows how to say (but i don't think he knows what it means) is "kick, kick, kick", of which he says while laughing hysterically

--i had ZERO screamers/cryers... finally

--i still haven't been puked on

-- it is eighty-something degrees outside, so i don't feel quite so mad at having to wear a swimsuit


--the boss who i am upset at for making me work when i was sick and had a doctor's note telling me not to work wasn't there (hmmm... maybe she got sick?!)



picture of the post, simply because it makes me smile:

it has been one of THOSE kind of weeks

i know it is only wednesday, but i'm ready for this week to be over.

did i mention how much i don't like cold?

now that the weather is frigid i'm not quite enjoying the half mile walk to class. however, when i got home i had these waiting for me:
what are these exactly? only the greatest slippers EVER!! they are called happy toes and they have rice/lavender insert thingies in the bottom that heat up in the microwave and keep your feet nice and toasty. i definitely recommend them.

i'm not sure what to think...

okay, it is a well known fact that utd's mascot temoc is ridiculous. yes, his name is comet spelled backward and yes he is goofy looking. yes, other teams make fun of us and yes we wish we would change him.
however, utd is taking it one step further. instead of simply discussing changing the mascot, they are taking a vote on whether or not to change the whole nickname. they have narrowed it down to four choices. **drum role please** 1. stay the comets 2. coyotes 3. red hawks 4. knights
a couple words on the choices. first, some girl suggested red hawks because they live around here and are loyal (something like that). i guarantee she has never played sports in her life. secondly, no the knights is not the fighting knights of old, it is the chess piece. however descriptive it may be, having a chess piece as your mascot is just as ridiculous as having a flaming sperm.
in short, i don't really know how i feel about this whole thing. i have been at utd for what seems like forever and have come to embrace the nerdiness that comets imply. besides the fact that i don't think the other choices are any better than what we already have. so, in short, changing temoc is good but let's not go crazy.

church and random

here are a couple things from church on sunday that i really liked:

The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer
...AND Lazarus was dead!
NOW, WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE?!

Have You No Scar?by Amy Carmichael

Jesus speaks to us:
Have you no scar? No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear you sung as mighty in the land.
I hear them hail your bright ascendant star.
Have you no scar?Have you no wound?

Yet, I was wounded by the archers, spent, leaned me against the tree to die,and rent --
by ravenous beasts that encompassed meI swooned.
Have you no wound?
No wound? No scar?

Yes, as the master shall the servant be,
and pierced are the feet that follow Me, but yours are whole.
Can he have followed far -- who has no wound? No scar?
Can she have followed far -- who has no wound? No scar?

Romans 1:17
“The righteous shall live by faith”

Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your might.”

now, story time...
since my internet is complete crap and i am taking an online course, i decided that i really need something more reliable. and, since i formerly got two tv channels but currently don't even get those i decided i would get cable tv to go with it. i called time warner and got it all set up and then called dad to confirm if what i did was right. he told me that time warner offered a much cheaper cable that the lady hadn't told me about. so, i called them back to switch my service. here is the gist of my conversation:

Amanda: "i just set up internet and cable television and would like to switch from the standard package to the basic."

sales lady: "but that only has twenty channels. you would have no espn, no lifetime, no mtv, no food network (and so on, she kept listing what i wouldn't have"

Amanda: "that is fine, i'll switch"

sales lady: "are you sure you only want twenty channels as opposed to eighty?"

Amanda: "yes ma'am. i used to get two channels and currently don't get any. twenty channels will be plenty."

sales lady: "you do still want the cable box?"

Amanda: "do i need the cable box?"

sales lady: "if you want eighty channels you need the cable box."

Amanda: "then i don't want the cable box"

sales lady: "okay, well, when you find out that twenty channels isn't enough, call us back and we'll switch you to eighty."

**typed out, this doesn't sound as rude as the lady really was. i don't need eighty channels (technically i don't need twenty, but whatever) and i didn't appreciate her attitude. i almost told her how rude i thought she was, but i didn't**

yellow highlighters are worthless

why would someone even make a highlighter that you can't see? if you are going to highlight in yellow, you might as well not highlight.

and the craziness has begun...

well, at least this semester should be interesting. while i only have one class that will be difficult, the other two are time consuming. however, i do think i will enjoy them. the first week of school is always busy with preparing, setting a schedule, and such so i've felt a little overwhelmed this week. add on an opening week program and more time at emlers means i've been kind of out of my mind this week. it doesn't help that i got a couple new books that i would rather read than my school crap. hopefully this weekend will be a time for me to catch up on some stuff and get things settled down.

on a postive note, i found out that if i get the internship at cooper ventures it will count toward school credit. since i would much rather get paid than sit in a classroom i am excited.

happy friday!