Spring Break + Snow = Sadness

I'm not sure how often I'll be making the subject lines of these posts mathematical equations, but it seems to be working for me...

I got back from Washington D.C. on Saturday. Great trip. I love D.C. When I was a junior in college, I drove there with a buddy of mine just because we really wanted to go to happy hour. That's how much I love D.C.

The trip was great. We got to meet with some UNC alumni who work up there to try to find some good job prospects. It worked out really well for me and I'd like to say thanks to all of those people who met with me. There are lots of cool media-related jobs in places I never really thought to look. So, even though the economy isn't looking so hot, I'm liking the prospects for when I graduate. I also got to make a trip to H&M, which is my favorite store, which made the trip an overall success.

Bad side: it snowed. My friends went to Florida for spring break, I walked to a meeting at the Sirius/XM studio building with snowflakes falling on my head. Sweet.

Other bad side: What kind of airport bar doesn't have ESPN?! We got to the airport to head back to NC during the Carolina-Florida State game. The only friggin bar in D.C. National airport has ESPN2, but not ESPN. So, one of the guys on the trip who's fortunate enough to own an iPhone kept having to give us score updates from his iSports app. Then we had to beg the pilots to give us updates during the flight. That was how we found out Carolina lost.

Mid-terms = Sadness

Yeah so I would have put up some more updates over the last couple of weeks, but they've been a tough go. The middle of the semester is always pretty busy, but this has been the worst. Some of you may remember how in the old blog I resolved to rededicate myself to school and other commitments I had. Well, I managed to keep the one about school at least. I've seriously put more effort into this semester than ever before in my life.

One would expect that that would mean mid-terms would have been a little easier. Well, not really. Three mid-terms today. I only studied for one because it was so damn hard to study for I didn't have time for much else. Behavioral decision theory. The most interesting class I've ever taken... and it's totally wiping the floor with me. But, three exams up, three down. Sounds great, right? Yeah, well now I have a research proposal to finish, which should take, ooooohhh... seven hours or so. Sweet. I love mid-terms...

There is some good news here though. I've actually been saving the news until I knew for sure. First, I was selected for this spring break trip to D.C. with the school to meet some alumni who work up there. Not a huge deal, but at least I'll actually get to go somewhere for spring break this year. And it'll help with the whole networking aspect of finding a job next year.


The real good news... you ready? You sure?

is...

that I was also selected for an internship...


in China this summer! Sweet, huh? In the midst of my three mid-term exams today - during one of them, actually - I had an interview with the selection committee for this internship. It's actually sponsored by the school. Well, they just called me about a half-hour ago to let me know I got it. There's gonna be another person going with me, but I'm not really sure just who yet. We'll be working for the China Internet Information Center (www.china.org.cn).

So, now I'm not so upset about the fact that I didn't do all that well on my exams in my estimation.

Time to get back to work. Talk soon... zài jiàn!