bowling!

Posted on April 22, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

I kind of love it! Last night, a big group of us from school and my social planner’s world (yes, I have a social planner…it’s all about the network) combined forces and went bowling here in P-town. I don’t have the energy to try and write anything funny or clever about bowling. I just really love it. But I did take pictures (and allowed others to use my camera to take pictures). And these will help you all understand why I think graduate school is fantastic!

Emily’s about to make her move…ha ha ha!

Brian posing for a picture (I didn’t take all of these)

Rob (with lots of school peeps in the background)

Kristan and her darling sister, Shannan …could they be any more photogenic?

Annette (Emily’s roommate), Brian, and Brian (the stunt doubles…or so they call themselves)

Emily and me…post flipping our hair to pose

A bunch of peeps I know and love!

Ryan…a personal favorite

Oh, how I love having my picture taken.

I just love this picture of Emily…I think she might be starting a new fashion trend (or recreating one). Who doesn’t loved a good pegging job?

ETA: So, I didn’t actually post this until April 25. School is now over. I’m in Las Vegas having a great time with my niece and nephew…but it is starting to hit me that I won’t see most of these people until the end of August. Kind of sad.

a landslide victory

Posted on March 6, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

So…in case any of you were wondering, I won my election. I was running against Abstinence. (You could vote for Chloe or Abstain…I found that rather comical.) Anyway, I am now the Executive VP of Student Life. For the first time ever, I am participating in student government. I know some people think it’s kind of a joke, but seriously, I’m excited. A group of us ran together (unofficially) and we all won (uncontested), which is rad because we have a definite vision of what we want to accomplish. We realize that we aren’t going to change the world…or even the academics…but we are going to make a difference!

If you want to see with whom I’ll be working, here you go:

Mr. President – Oliver
VP of Academics – Mathew
VP of Finance – Kyle (well, either he doesn’t have a blog…or I’m not cool enough to know it exists))
VP of Communications – Thamina (oh, and Thamina was not uncontested…she actually won her election.)

student life delivered

Posted on March 4, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

So, I ran for an office in the MBA Association: Executive VP of Student Life. I’m running uncontested…so I’ll win. I’m not sure how I feel about that. But check out the fabulous posters Sarah made for me!

still alive…

Posted on February 27, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

I know, in terms of my blogging history, it’s not like I haven’t gone longer than this without posting. This is more about the sympathy. I haven’t been drowning in school work; I have been dying with a horrible flu since early Wednesday morning. I’m feeling a bit better, but food and I are still not on speaking terms.

The good news? I lost some weight this week. 😉 Oh, and my dreaded accounting class (I never wrote about this, but I really hated the class) is over. Guess how much fun it was to take a final on Wednesday after being up most of the night and still running a 101 F fever.

Okay, enough whining. I mean, I have gotten some really good sleep and I was actually able to watch The Office and 30 Rock, so it hasn’t been all bad.

warren buffett…the man

Posted on February 23, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

A candid shot…captured by one of my classmates.

Oh my gosh! I am going to do my best to describe what this experience was like, but there’s no way I will be able to do it justice. Somehow I got lucky enough to be able to go on this trip with about 20 other students from my school.

See that first row of seats in the picture? Yeah, that’s THE first row.

It was a Q&A with Warren Buffett at Berkshire-Hathaway. In searching the Internet (the source of all truth) I was unable to determine exactly who is the richest man on earth, but Buffett is definitely in the top three and I got to sit in a room with him for 2.5 hours listening to him answer a bunch of college kids’ questions, followed by lunch and individual pictures with all of us (six schools in total).

Warren and Julianne…I just wanted to show you his personality. So not full of himself.

So, I won’t bore you with all of the details, but let me just say, Warren Buffett is both brilliant and hilarious.

A few of my favorite tidbits:

In speaking about Wall Street, he joked about those who are currently there:

They couldn’t pull off the Manhattan Christmas Pageant this year because they couldn’t find any wise men.

He loves his Cherry Coke…he knows that Coke is better than Pepsi.

In speaking about failure:

Striking out occasionally is part of the game and it’s a lot more fun to play the game that wait on the side too scared to bat.

One of my favorites, in reference to how lucky he has been in his life:

I won what I call the Ovarian Lottery.

Seriously, he was one of the most humble people I’ve ever met, which is just incredible. Connie and I kept commenting on how he just reminded us of a grandfather. Sure, he’s loaded and brilliant, but other than that, he really is just a jolly old man.

Me and Connie in the big room at Berkshire where the Q&A was held.

However, he did have one moment where he, in a very understated way, showed that he knows just how good he is at what he does. Someone asked him about predicting the market and this is what he said:

I can’t and I like to think that because I can’t, no one else can.

All of my school peeps with Mr. Buffett

The number of stories he has locked away in his mind and the detail with which he can remember them is amazing. Amazing. I feel like I got a semester’s worth of education in 2.5 hours. And what’s fascinating is that I didn’t walk away from it thinking, “I want to be as rich as Warren Buffett.” I walked away from it thinking, “I want to be like him when I’m 78. I want to have stories to share and a life full of amazing experiences. I want to not have regrets.”

Really, I keep reading over my notes in awe, both of how brilliant he is and how lucky I was to be there and have had this experience.