New Year 2009: Half-hearted resolutions, etc.

I graduated from BYU. Alumni, that’s me.
I hold a Bachelor of Science degree
(capitalization = looks more impressive)
in
Clinical and Developmental Psychology
w/ a minor in Business Management.
I sold back my books, and old textbooks I had been hoarding away, and all that’s left is to order my cap and gown and walk in April. Under [...]

Wealth Management

Between homework and class, here’s what I’ve been thinking about today…

I found out a few days ago that I will become financially on my own in January. No more ‘Parent Life Scholarship’ to pay for everything. Although I will receive a few subsidies, for the most part I will be on my own. Therefore I [...]

Should I Double Major??

What do you think?
Background
So I will take the LSAT (again) and apply to law schools in October then be ready to graduate in December. However, there’s a chance that I will only be accepted to my ’safety net’/plan B law schools… when I get to that bridge– March or so– maybe I’ll be ok with [...]

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

My first book review is posted on my “Books” page (the green tab at the top of the blog). Enjoy!

Invictus

“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever Gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of Circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of Chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet [...]

Chaos /Creation/Cosmos: Warrior God subdues the Leviathan

When the Anointed One willingly gave his life nailed to a tree, his followers did not yet comprehend the nature of his mission. Touched deeply by the sacrifice of the Son, authors, scholars, and writers for centuries to follow depicted the crucifixion from many emotional and theological viewpoints. Among the earliest Anglo-Saxon poems to depict [...]

Be a Secular and Spiritual Scholar: Inspiration for the Intellectual Growth of Zion

Prologue:
From time to time I get a comment from someone who reads these blogs and tells me what they think, and it means a lot to me. It means a lot A) that someone out there is reading this … and B) that they find it interesting. I don’t expect people to always agree with [...]

My Mental Illness: Nebuchadnezzar

To me I was a perfectly rational, caring, polite and harmless person. But I was in a psychiatric facility. Most of the time I ‘behaved’ quite well. I never caused problems, never was aggressive to any of the staff or other patients, I even said yes ma’am or no sir. But sometimes, [...]