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complete.

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:03:49 -0500

it has been done..

I promised myself, 7 months ago that I would embark on this journey and never look back. It has had its ups and downs but I am utterly grateful for my fortune and blessings. I cannot believe that the culmination of my four years of college education has peaked to this exam and now that I have surpassed that milestone, I struggle to contrive what is behind the next corner. What challenge should I undertake next? How can I better prepare myself for tomorrow? Should I go back to school? Should I attempt another certification? I am at a loss of words and thoughts.. I cannot believe my situation. I made a plan, stuck with it, and made it through in the end. All in all, most importantly, sincerest thank you for the love and support that I do not deserve (you know who you are).

Now that I have a little more free time I guess its time to utilize this tumblr thing more.

once again..

I PASSED THE FRICKIN’ CPA EXAM!!!

I never realized how much I love Weezer.. currently I have this...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:55:29 -0400

I never realized how much I love Weezer.. currently I have this song stuck in my head and along with El Scorcho.

Although they have been around for what seems like an eternity… they will always somehow never cease to amaze me with they melodic rhythms and addictive choruses… Whatever happened to music for the sake of music? A medium of art that was supposed to be fun and substantial has turned into a ploy to make a quick buck on a few singles..

Goodness… I miss the 90’s (grunge rock, nirvana, the offspring, Y2K-phobia, surge soda, slim-jims, the mcrib, boxy automobiles [in my honest opinion, I still think the 1991 bmw 325i is the most stunning and most beautifully engineered vehicle that ever existed]). In the 90’s if you wanted a 100 calorie snack you went and ate carrot sticks. Nothing came pre-packaged, pre-proportioned, pre-rationed for the calorie counters. The 90’s were a time of AOL 3.0 and the stunningly fast AOL 4.0. If anyone can recall before tumblr, before my-face, before tweeting there were AOL profiles and hometown.aol.com. I still laugh secretly inside when I remember all the online avatars people would place on the hometown.

unfortunately… enough of my banter, who want’s to go to one of Weezer’s gigs?

VOTE NOW!!!

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:39:00 -0400

VOTE NOW!!!:

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tomorrow

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:35:00 -0400

Taking a brief break from studying…

I can’t help but wonder, why is it that no matter how much I prepare.. I still feel under-prepared, or even worse unprepared? I know I said it before in a prior post that this exam will not be easy but I wish I could have one more week, one more day, one more hour.. anything. However, at the same time I wish it was here and now, so I can get it all over with. Which do you prefer to tip-toe into a pool of cold water or to dive right in? I usually prefer to dive right in.. even when I used to swim on the team I would always dive right in because (in my mind) it is always worse to prolong the inevitable. Well here goes nothing… ? How come people say, “here goes nothing”… if they are attempting something should they be putting their everything into it? … odd

well enough of this dilly-dallying, back to studying.

voodoocity: Coldplay vs MGMT vs Daft Punk – Kids in...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:09:41 -0400

voodoocity:

Coldplay vs MGMT vs Daft Punk – Kids in Technicolour (Knights Remix)

YES!

good news everyone!

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:18:06 -0400

good news everyone!

1/4

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:30:00 -0400

“good news everyone!”

Haha if you know what i’m talking about you will probably be laughing a little inside as well.

So.. for the good news, I passed my first section of the cpa exam (God is good, all the time!). The bad news, I have another exam coming up soon.. too soon.. This has been quite an eventful August, a monster of an emotional roller coaster. There have been a quite a few distractions this month, too many to say the least. However, I will do my best until the exam date and I will persevere and not go down fighting.

The experience so far has reminded how thankful I should be for being blessed with such a supportive and wonderful family, a beautiful girlfriend, and a just the opportunity to take the exam. Although it has been depressing seeing summer going down the drain.. (spent about 12-16 hours a day studying, inside with the curtains shut) I pray and hope that it will all be worth it in the end. As one instructor said, “there is a relationship between your rate of passing and how miserable you are… the more miserable you are the more likely you are to pass.” Quite encouraging seeing how miserable I am. However, I must always think positively and stay on the bright side.

So enough with this diversion, I should get back to studying…

alicia keys & arturo sandoval

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:46:01 -0400

alicia keys & arturo sandoval

a gem

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:41:00 -0400

a gem

theautoinsider: His first lust object. [via]

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:12:42 -0400

theautoinsider:

His first lust object.

[via]

voodoocity: Eternal Summers - Pure Affection

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:29:19 -0400

voodoocity:

Eternal Summers - Pure Affection

“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:22:00 -0400

“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” - John F. Kennedy

As I am still studying for the CPA exam I thought I would take a break and put this up. This exam is rough, it is not easy, it is not a cake walk or a stroll through the park. It is discouraging, it is nerve-wracking, and yes it does keep me up at night. However, harder things have been done. I did not go through sixteen years of education to fail and give up. The aim is upward, the movement forward. I have heard it before “pass or fail, life goes on..” I will not fail, and I cannot fail. Press on, have faith, stay focused and remember “How bad do you want it?”

haha found this while taking a study break. hilarious.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:04:06 -0400

haha found this while taking a study break. hilarious.

The CPA exam: my 2 cents (so far)

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:46:00 -0400

hello.

So far my posts have been very brief to say the least. As I was studying I thought I should take some time (which is quite precious as of the moment) to introduce myself.

My name can be inferred from the address of this page. I am currently studying for the CPA exam. I am, following the advice of certain people, trying to be as efficient as possible while studying. Some say that you have to be miserable while you study for this exam, and that there is a positive relationship between how miserable you are and your rate of passing.. and I am moderately miserable, not terribly miserable. I have had some fun while studying and have taken breaks (some quite extensive), hence the emphasis on “efficient studying.”

My first exam is coming up in 2 weeks and a couple days.. and I am not tremendously overwhelmed, only slightly.. it makes me wonder if I am ready for this. I am studying through a cpa review program, and I have followed my study plan fairly well but I, ever always a skeptic, am a little worried about the curve balls that the exam might throw that which the material has not covered.

below is a recent conversation I had with a friend concerning the reviewing.

me: im on __ right now on my review

and its starting to stick

its like you know a lint roller

you go over once and you get some material

then you go over a gainand you get more

and then againthen you get more

theres no way you can pick up everything

but you do your best to pick up as much

J: lol nice analogy!

me: ..either that or you don’t buy black clothes or a dog that sheds

My best hopes are that reviewing constantly and slowly will help me soak up all this information and that I am able to recall it on the exam. Yes it is a little overwhelming, yes it requires a lot of dedication, yes it is tedious and pedantic, but as my lunchlady from fifth grade said “Life ain’t easy and nothing worth doing will ever be easy” so instead of finishing this post off properly, I will leave it on that..

absolutely stunning.

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:12:13 -0400

absolutely stunning.

come back home soon grace.

Sun, 30 May 2010 22:24:37 -0400

come back home soon grace.

extreme loop

Wed, 05 May 2010 09:25:03 -0400

extreme loop

great footage

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:51:00 -0400

great footage

OMG

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:13:00 -0400

OMG

ear-phoria.

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:34:00 -0400

ear-phoria.