Tuesday night I saw Good Night and Good Luck. at the Palace Theatre in the Eastwood Neighborhood of Syracuse, in what would be the first of a two-night tour of old-school Syracusan theaters. The Palace reopened this year after a half-million dollar renovation. It’s a pretty cool place… It even has a café. About 25…
Author: Kai
Ripped Off, Cut Off, Drove Off
Remember last week I wrote about that store, Steve and Barry’s, that was selling everything in its store, including winter coats, jeans, and polo shirts, for $9.95 or less (see entry)? Well, Friday I returned to the Carousel Center. It turns out that instead of ending the sale and raising prices to somewhat “normal” levels,…
One Last Look
Today is the last full day I have to study for my last exam, which is for my “International Organizations” class. It, just like all my other final exams this semester, isn’t a true final. It is simply a third test… It’s only on the material covered since the prior test. That makes things somewhat…
Regular Discouragment
I took some time off today to watch Morgan Spurlock’s Supersize Me, something I like to do regularly when I think I’m eating too much fast food. It is pretty effective. As a college student, I stereotypically eat unhealthy most of the time. A good 90 percent of my meals are consumed at Kimmel Food…
Ultra-Capitalism Strikes Again
As if the $20 DVD players at Wal-Mart weren’t enough, now Syracuse is home to a Steve & Barry’s University Sportswear. Today, while at the Carousel Center for various little things, I gave into one of the many signs throughout the mall promoting the new Steve & Barry’s on the commons level. It claimed everything…
Mostly Done
Well, I got through last week, which means I am now nearly done with the semester. On Thursday I finally took the dreaded economics test, after studying at least eight hours for it. I easily answered almost every question, which made it all worthwhile. Unfortunately my previous results in that class weren’t that great, so…
Teaching Myself
Thirty-six hours from now I’ll be taking the exam I dread most this semester, my last economic exam. Words cannot express how much I hate economics. Don’t get me wrong, there are subjects I find less interesting or more difficult, but I’m not taking any of those this semester. Once 3:20 arrives on Thursday, I…
Nearing the End
I can’t believe another semester is nearly over again, but I’m kind of glad. “Nearly over” is almost an exaggeration, because even though there are only somewhere around two weeks left, there’s a ton of work/studying left to do. Last night we had the first significant snowfall here in Syracuse. It still wasn’t a ton,…
I Know You Missed Me
Yeah… I sort of haven’t posted in over a month. But here’s an update: Halloween weekend was pretty fun Last weekend I hung out in Rochester with Lauren… It was fun Last weekend some idiot scratched up my car’s bumper during the night, causing $300 of damage. I’ve been thinking about my future a lot….
When Roughly Translated…
I’m about to go take my German midterm. The greatest challenge will be sitting in one of those cheap school-like chair/desk things for 80 minutes, because my rib pain is back. That’s right, after a two month absence it’s back to torture me. Some of my classes are in rooms with nice cushioned chairs, but…