I love the dream. You pretty much described Thands perfectly. Moving on Sept 5 for good. Just got back and I'm foodstamps again.

ill drop you a line soon for sure

Kmessaged the new digis. Ever feel up to it, gimme a call later this week or whenever. I'm gonna be out east soon.

Douglas Rushkoff is one of my heroes. I forgot about this piece. All about how trends are created/commodified/destro and capitalizing on the 150billion market of teens.
frontline: merchants of cool: synopsis | PBS

Nielsen's is doing some research on mapping the brain in accord to 'commodity consumption' and stimulation. ing scary, reminds me of a Phillip K Novel, Minority Report. Nielsen | NeuroFocus

that is def really cool stuff. totally along the lines of what i'm interested in studying, except I come from a quant background and would be applying a lot of statistical analysis to the behavioral theory

Yeah, but it's due to a variety of reasons. April was my last month of TA/research duties. Went Philippines with father for 2 weeks, sta in LA for another week, back to Kansas City and Columbia Mo. Parents have a home in Columbia, however, I got a part time gig and all the friends are here in KC. Got a hook up hotel wise, so it works out.

Have not been sleeping since May, or since I returned cause of this, fake sabbatical . I'm gonna be swamped Sept. when sem starts, and i'm getting my ass handed to me. Plus, I dunno, another adjustment to east coast, has me a little nervous.
If it doesn't get better gonna hit up dad for a one month of sonata.

You gotta ask yourself, is that something you would like to do. I think it's perfect for you.
Check this out. Have a friend that did some monkey/gopher work to help out in this piece. May intrigue you. I dug it.
frontline: the persuaders | PBS

are you on a totally different sleep sched? that's what was giving me probs; trying to shift by 5 hrs. finally adjusted in about 2-3 weeks but it was hell.

on another note, heavily leaning towards phd now, in marketing

Yeah, I dunno either. Oklahoma is the only one who can give a run for the money. I remember 07-08, it was arguable that the big 12 > SEC.
Things are changing quicker and quicker. Yeah it kinda blows.

new names for the conference:

the mack 10
steers and queers
texas hold'em



sad to see nebraska leave because i don't want texas to play in a weak ass football conference. Winning out definitely won't guarantee a championship bid anymore =/ not really sure what the solution is