Ugh.

I got drunk and made a Myspace profile. Click.

UPDATE: Nevermind. Shit got creepy in under 24 hours. Account cancelled. Fuck that.

A little story of sacrifice

I skipped UT's basketball game where we totally blew chunks against LSU. Not because I thought it'd be the end of the road, but I couldn't miss an important date - on a Saturday evening - with the library. I was one of the few who trudged over to that library, despite the wonderful social opportunities of a basketball game day Saturday in Austin, because I had just that much to get done. The work went by slowly and painfully - I had slept 10.5 hours, but I still wasn't a well-slept person. The whole time, I had to force myself to work, and I consistently asked myself, "Is it worth this to get into Harvard Law?" My answer was an unswerving, steady, authoritative yes.

And that scared me.

Was it worth a fourth hour of work sans-break? Yes. Was it worth forcing myself to stop reading when I stopped comprehending 20 pages before? Yes. Was it OK to skip the basketball game, my first social opportunity all year with all 3 of my roommates at once? Yeah. Exactly where does this committment stop? Is it worth sacrificing my whole social life? My spare time to chill, read for fun, and do posts like this? Do I have to drop the girl I'm dating? Ultimately, if it comes down to it, would it be worth sacrificing the next 9 months of my college experience to get into Harvard?

This is where I start finding out.

More adventures with Japanese people

This weekend, I played Iron Chef.

And I went to Karaoke.

Both were new experiences for me, but I had always wanted to try both. Who better, then, to try this out with than JA? Both happened in the same night, I met still more interesting people, and for a bunch of people who I haven't hung out with that much, I really felt comfortable and included. This may have been the best social decision I made all year. Some advice on both:

Iron Chef: Don't make your ingredient canned tuna. Seriously. And whatever you do, don't let contestants follow the recipes on the back of the can. Ew.

Karaoke: You are required by unwritten law to bring along someone who's down with Japanese hip-hop, because it's freakin' cool to hear over a mega-echo'd karaoke microphone.

Road trip anyone?

BMW started a site called TheUltimateDrives.com, where they post some suggested scenic road trip routes that throw in a few curves. Thankfully, they have a route that starts in Austin, bends through the hill country, and ends in San Antonio (but adding up to 260 miles, wow). This link to the route should work. Who wants to do a fun run after the semester's over?