Month: July 2010

  • Open the Pod Bay Door You Dumb Motherf –

    This is how it stands: I have studied for ten straight hours today with one goal in mind: Get a score of 90 on the Options chapter exam. I’ve been getting 80 the last three passes, including the one I just finished, even though I pointed at the screen and muttered, “81, you bastard.” “80!”…

  • Creative Writing

    Every time I get a question wrong on these practice tests, I make myself a wee note card (size of a business card), and I rephrase the question I missed, and give the correct answer on the other side. Like so: “Q: Hey, that question about REITs and developers, did that CHANGE since the last…

  • Why I Am Up At 2:47 am

    Why? I took a practice final. And I got a 72%. This is Not Good. They say scores in the 80s are what you need to pass. Gary comforted me that I had taken the test from 10:30pm to 12:30am, and I would be fresher on Wednesday. So I lay in bed from 12:30 to…

  • A Thought I Just Thought

    “You know what’s interesting? Federal economics.” I just thought that thought. When the Fed and how they jack with the discount rate in order to jack with the prime rate in order to tweak the economy is the most interesting thing you have encountered today, you know you have sunk to a new low. However,…

  • I Am A Learning Machine. Or an Animal.

    I’m not going to put on a bra until next Wednesday morning when I go for the test. I think I’ll shower … Sunday and Wednesday. I’m having cravings like a pregnant woman and Gary, the sweetie, is obliging me. He went out last night for cheese hot dogs. After today’s chocolate popcorn and Fritos…