Spring break

Well... it's just about official... I'm Boston-bound. Columbia opted against giving my life an interesting plot twist, instead going with the obvious rejection. How boring. I guess NYU still has a slight glimmer of a possibility, but I'm about 99% sure that I'll reject their offer of a waitlist spot.

So the question becomes: Tufts or BU? I’m fairly sure about choosing the former, but a little visiting never hurt anyone. Hopefully I’ll have a decision made at the end of the week.

My spring break is goin’ down a little somethin’ like this:

Saturday: Woke up at five AM, did five debates, went 2-2 with one tie. Came home and slept a lot.

Yesterday: Read some Conrad, watched lots of ESPN Classic (it was Red Sox day… it was awesome), played four hours of poker. Was down about $6 after the first 3:50, but the last ten minutes were insane.

Got all my money in with the best hand, only to watch Ben catch a miracle five, followed by the river making one my redraws, a heart. $38 pot goes my way. Ben moves all-in on the next hand about ten seconds later, I look down and see an ace and a queen, and call before bothering to see my next two cards. The flop comes AQ4 with two spades, Zach pushes for $14 more, I call with my two pair, and the money in both pots, the main pot and Zach’s side pot, totals about sixty bucks. I’m probably scarred for life with the memory of Zach’s voice screaming “SPADE!” but whatever. Even if I lost a ton of money on one river card, it was still a hell of a lot of fun watching… $61 I think? … all won in one pot.

Today: Sleeping, reading, writing this, downloading some music, packing, and when I get around to it, doing some job hunting.

Tomorrow: Flying to Beantown!

Wednesday: BU Day.

Thursday: Tufts Day.

Friday: Flying home, and getting to visit the historic Philadelphia International Airport for the first time. Exciting!

Saturday, Sunday, probably Monday morning knowing me: Homework, and lots of it.

I really should focus on school for the next month. Throwing away my college chances by getting admissions rescinded over terrible chem or English semesters would suck. Doing a bit of work would be wise.

The good news on that front is that Tufts’ final report only asks for a transcript. So they won’t see my third-nine-weeks grades… only the final ones for this year. Time to go do some chem problems and read some more Heart of Darkness!