Yes, I Can Float

I am never leaving Austin.

I spent a good portion of the morning and afternoon today, on a particularly beautiful day in the always-lovely Austin, jet skiing (ok, we were on waverunners, whatever) on Lake Travis. Four of us, including myself, two business school friends and one of their brothers made the drive up RR 620 to the lake to reignite our love of all things watersporty. It was fantastic. I wish we could have taken pictures.

I can't imagine doing this at any other school besides Texas (except maybe if I were a Pepperdine MBA). No other city I've lived in offers these types of attractions at a reasonable price, simply amazing. This weekend's Preview Weekend needs to include a day cruise on the lake in what could be a deal-closer for those prespective students looking to be sold on UT and on Austin.

Anyway, I'm planning on doing this again pretty soon (think: within the next 2 to 3 weekends). It's pretty cheap ($65 per hour) and there is always a ton of fun to be had.

Ok, that's it.

My New Kicks

The Puma Future Cat Low's

The Weekend

I haven't written anything of great importance on here in a while....and I'm not changing that here. As I sit here sipping nasty red wine (I'm gonna get my $6 worth, dammit) and jamming out to the newly-discovered Chillout Album (by the way this compilation is fucking incredible), I have decided to reflect on the weekend that was.

The big event I looked forward to last week was the Black & White party. This thing was so big that I went and bought clothes for it (Chris hardly ever buys himself new clothes - more on this later). This party (at Cuba Libre) was as great as advertised. Good drinks, good music, good company. Yea, we got trashed (Jaegermeister, you're my only friend) and went to Spill and other places for a bit before eventually turning it in). So that was Friday.

I woke up Saturday with the type of hangover that makes me want to stop drinking for life. So I decided right then that I was not going out Saturday night. Fortunately, I had gotten Subway for dinner on Friday and had 6 inches of meatball sub goodness to help fight the headache. Then I went to the mall and, for the second time in a week, bought aparrel for myself (unprecedented, I know). In a move that I will openly admit was a complete copy from my friend Beau, I got a pair of bright white Puma kicks. I will only be sport these on select nights.

Saturday night was pretty much exactly as planned. I didn't go out. Just drank some wine and chilled.

Today, for the most part, has been a typical Sunday. I got up at noon, did some homework, and watched tv. Florida and Georgetown advanced to the Final Four to join Ohio State and UCLA in the fight for the national championship of college basketball.

Ok, I have to do a negotiations assignment for tomorrow.

Stay up y'all.

Driving Away The Snakes

St. Patrick's Day was simply awesome. I'll write more later, but I think I should start wearing outrageous shirts like these more often...

Caribbean Summer

I am thinking of taking a trip to St. Thomas or St. Lucia either in June or August 25th through 28th (school starts on the 29th). Think about this and let me know if it something you may be interested in.

That's it for now.

John Legend (and a little DeAngelo) Gets You Laid

I'm blabbering away as I wait for DM to call me, so I want to mention a few things:

1. I got an intership offer with a Houston-based investment management firm. But I declined it. So, I will be at a Kansas City-based investment management firm. Hey, it's only the summer, not permament. And no, I am not crazy. Ultimately, the KC-based firm would allow me to intern on 3 different funds, whereas I would work on just one at the Houston-based firm. I'm not sold on living in KC (actually I don't think I'll like it much), but I feel the opportunity there provides more professional development potential than my other option.

2. If you're a guy and you bring a girl home, throw on some John Legend (or DeAngelo - How Does It Feel when you get back to your (optimally, her) place. You're gonna score. Do not question this. I'm batting 1.000 with this mix. :-)

3. I predict Florida will repeat as champions of the collegiate basketball world. I predict they will defeat Texas A&M 73-67 on April 2nd in Atlanta.

4. I hope all of you are enjoying your spring break.

The Old Guy

Yea, I never thought it would come to this. I am officially the old guy. And I realized this tonight during a meeting with some extremely smart and talented undergrads.

So, most of you know I'm on the Investment Fund. Well, there's an undergrad version of this deal called FAP. We mentor the FAPs. So tonight we met a few of them. I'm impressed. They're all very cool, easy to get along with, and fun to be around. I was drinking beer because Chris drinks beer. But some of them couldn't, and then it hit me - I'm the old MBA student, the person who, when I was an undergrad, I thought was older and way lame.

Somehow, I'm comfortable with this. I also realized how out of the social scene I am. I can't remember the last time I stayed out all night (till the sun started rising) partying. A couple people were doing a city-wide IHOP tour (literally going to 9 of the 10 Austin-area IHOP restaurants in what will probably end up in an overcrowded hot tub party at 5am - the only way I know how to do it), and I kick myself for not thinking about something like that when I was underage.

Anyhow, I'm definitely looking forward to working with them. I'm privileged to have this opportunity.

However, I'm not so old that I don't have the facebook. So maybe I can be cool. Hah.

Internship update: I have an offer from an investment management firm based in Kansas City. My final round with an investment management firm based in Houston is on Friday. This is going to be a tough decision to make if I get this second offer (my third offer is a corporate finance position with a Las Vegas-based gaming company).

Health Pellets, 2007 edition

If this post had a newspaper headline, it would read something like "Spill stock plunges as Chris takes break from alcohol, dirty drunks."

A couple of years ago I had the revelation that it made sense to stop drinking for a period of time each year. Not only would I save a ton of money, but also I would wake up with substantially fewer hangovers, improve my decision making as it relates to potential encounters with females, and enable me to focus on getting in shape.

2007 will be the third campaign of this sort, and it started yesterday. As was the case in the previous two years, people have already started to question the motivation, if I'm crazy, etc. So it began last night when, for the most recent Think-n-Drink (TnD), I started the campaign with 7 Club sodas with lime, and quickly realized that it's going to be a long month.

But, it's not without cause, and I'll probably end up drinking on special occasions (like tonight for Mara's bday). I'm going to Vegas in 6 weeks, and I am really making the push to get into top shape for that trip. That is a side reason for my choosing to underweight booze in March.

Of course, this will be hard, and some have asked why I didn't do this in February (the shortest month). It's just that every once in a while, I like to reaffirm my ability to meet strict personal goals. A lot of people couldn't do it. I can. Ok, thats it.

I'm in town for the next two weeks and will be bored out of my mind, so I'm looking to go out as much as possible.

Vegas trip with my b-school buddies: 49 days away.