A Procrastinator’s Musings

This is funny on so many different levels!

The Original MacBook Air Ad

The Parody Lenovo Thinkpad X300 Ad

Quotes from the video comments…

Commenter 1: The guys behind that should volunteer their service to a certain number of political campaigns.

Commenter 2: And pull Hillary Clinton out of a envelope?

Commenter 3: Then you could shove her back in with Bill attached.

I take every chance I get to mock the overly used “awwww!” But this made even me say, “awwww”…

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Credit: Calvin and Hobbes.

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Credit: Dilbert.

I took this personality survey and below is the description it produced for me. Personally, I think it’s scary how accurate this thing is.

You are forceful, direct, driven, and adventurous. You place significant importance on your ability to solve complex, abstract challenges through analysis and mental effort. You value intellectual independence above all. You are willing to consider new information and differing points of view only when you think it strategically advantageous to do so.

You enjoy being around people who are as highly motivated as you are, but you also like to spend time with people who recognize and need your natural leadership ability. However, you may become frustrated when people do not display a minimal amount of competence in their areas of responsibility. You enjoy a good debate or intellectual discussion, and you are often able to come up with novel solutions for complex problems. Participating in group activities does energize you, but you may contribute the most by working autonomously.

You like to establish goals and then motivate people to work towards them with you. You believe that power is earned through superior leadership and competence. You like to work as part of a group with people you identify as experts in their respective fields. You always think of ways to improve things, people, processes, and outcomes. You pursue new ideas with great enthusiasm. However, you are easily bored once the idea is in place and the job becomes one of administration only or involves mundane tasks. You always have a new thought on the subject at hand and a willingness to tell others what it is. This sometimes manifests itself as a tendency to change your mind repeatedly, sometimes to a fault.

You are at your best when you are able to think out loud. You are a broadly curious, innovative, autonomous thinker and an energetic, enterprising, and voracious learner. You enjoy fitting broadly defined ideas into larger patterns and theories. You do not like to conform to society’s norms but may emphasize the importance of doing so to others, especially as a means of realizing your own goals and ambitions.

You are most likely to be found in career fields that are adventurous and intellectual. You will be most satisfied and productive when you are involved in work that emphasizes your leadership ability and creative vision for the future. You are interested in jobs that allow you to continually develop your base of knowledge, exercise your imagination and maintain autonomy.

Any thoughts/comments?

I just realized a couple of days ago that I never updated my college status after The Rejection Day. Well, for all those of you who didn’t already know: Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Yale, and Georgetown could find no place for me.

So the final decision is…

UC Berkeley. Yep, I’m gonna be a Bear at Cal this fall.

Unless…

You might have noticed on name conspicuously missing from the above list: Columbia. I’m wait-listed. If, by some miracle, they choose to offer me admission (which I will find out about some time between May 15 and July 1), I will grab the opportunity with both hands. But I don’t have high expectations. We shall see.

That wraps up the most significant decision of my life so far. Sorta.

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Credit: The New Yorker.

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Credit: Calvin and Hobbes.

Okay so the title is intentionally controversial. Forgive me.

I ran into this article today, titled “5 Reasons to Dislike Pre-Med Students.” After I finished, the only thing I could think of was how perfect it was to describe our peers in high school. I’m pasting it verbatim below. Only difference – I’m re-titling it to “5 Reasons to Hate Grademongers.”

5. They haggle with their teachers for extra points.
As a teaching assistant, I would have been rich if my pre-med students gave me a dime every time they nagged me for partial credit on questions that they had gotten completely wrong.
4. They use questionable tactics to get good grades.
Some of them may turn to study drugs like adderall, dexedrine, provigil, and ritalin. Others will beg upperclassmen for copies of old exams, which give them an unfair advantage over their classmates.
3. They horde leadership positions and then run organizations into the ground.
To pad their résumés, they run for the presidency of science clubs and volunteer organizations, and then fail to fulfill their responsibilities because they are too busy studying.
2. They game the system to get good grades.
By strategically dropping any class that is not going well and carefully picking courses taught by the easiest professors they ensure themselves a good grade point average.
1. They are not motivated by curiosity.
If they ask a question in class, it’s often to find out what will be on an upcoming exam. Some of them volunteer to work in a lab on real research projects, but they don’t give it their all because they have no passion for scientific inquiry — it’s just another line on their résumés.

Source: Wired Magazine.

P.S. Yes, I know I’m elitist. I also think that I’m right.

This is so cool!

Is this supposed to make me feel better?