ridiculousness

I had to buy a business analyst calculator for my finance class...the prof said it would cost 29.99 at the MOST ... nope i paid a lovely 42 bucks for it- a little puny piece of plastic. We use it to calculate interest rates and payment periods and how much we'd need to save if we wanted to buy a 150,000 Ferrari when we turn 30. First of all, no one SAVES to buy a Ferrari. you just BUY it. and how many Ferrari's are there in the midwest? none. SOUTH DAKOTA? none. man I'm really on my soap box now. I think it's stupid- and I even like tedious math problems that involve money (ok, i love them). I could have put that 42 bucks in the bank for the two years I will be in college- at 3% interest that's $44.56 - $2.56 more than I have now. If I kept that in the bank until my 50th birthday, that's $101.95. All calculations were done on that way too expensive calculator. Ok so maybe it is handy.

smart

i am watching runaway jury right now. it is soooo good! one of my favorites. john grisham is such a great author. the way he designs the plot is amazing. granted the movie makes the story more real but to come up with something so intricate, especially involving the legal system, is awesome. it's so crazy how the lawyers in the movie think they can control everything - from the jury selection to people's attitudes about them, like spilling mustard on their tie to make them look 'simple.' i would love to come up with a story half as creative as that!

internet!

finally! our farmhouse has internet after a month of living here. sooo that means i have a little time to blog once in awhile.

basically, we are in the 4th week of school. craziness! can't believe it. classes are going decently. life gets slightly stressful sometimes, but i LOVE not having class on fridays. tuesday night business finance from 6-9 sucks, but it's good because it causes me to focus all at once.

enough about school. boring! writing for the volante...is fun. stressful, but fun. newswriting is different but better than the opinion column. i just don't have many campus connections so it's hard to find people to interview.

yeah i should do some homework. all for now.