OwenBloggers: Sharran Srivatsaa

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Mod 3 is over... it was a doozy.

It was definitely the most challenging Mod, hands down... but it also had some of the most interesting classes. I don't know why I was compelled to take so many tough classes, but Mod 4 is going to be a lot smoother of a ride. I learned a tremendous amount this past mod, but spending tons of time at school lends itself to eating out... so here is my Top 5 list for the day:

Top 5 Burgers near Owen:

 

1. Five Guys
2. Cheese Burger Charley's
3. Corner Pub (its a patty melt, but I guess that counts)
4. TGI Fridays
5. RAND Hall on the Vanderbilt campus

Now please, Wendy's and McDonalds might be vying for Spot #5 but they are going to have to start serving some jello shots along with their burgers if they want to move up the list.

I am going to sleep for a few days!

Timeout Samba

I am sorry, I am swamped... it looks like people who email me tend to read my blog... so for those who emailed or called me and have not heard back... I am sorry. I will get back to you after 2/27 when this mod gets over. It is kinda scary to be a second year MBA student, with a job and all the reasons in world to be checked out, but still be the last one to leave the building at 3am. I am sick and tired of this "personal excellence" standard... but there is nothing much I can do about it right now.

Back soon... More blogging in Mod 4!

2am Tornado Tuesday

The weather is almost perfect. Well, at least in between the storms. Many parts of Tennessee are under a tornado watch. The Vanderbilt tornado sirens have been blaring all night. A tornado supposedly came pretty close to the Vanderbilt campus a couple of hours ago, and one more is headed this way tonight. My phone has been buzzing with concerned calls, emails, and text messages from around the country. I am normally an optimist when it comes to natural disasters, but I must admit that I am a little uneasy right now. I have not watched "Live TV" (you stop doing that when you have TiVo) in almost two years. And while I surfed through the channels to get to a news station, I remembered why I stopped watching the idiot box. I browsed through about 35 channels until I gave up... there was not one show worth watching. Not one show that would drown out the sirens. Not one show that would calm my exhausted nerves. We have access so much content, yet I can't find one show to distract me. Great... Family Guy just ended too. At least I can blog to stay sane and force myself to believe that I am the farthest thing from exhausted.

This has been a particularly challenging Mod. I am fighting to stay afloat... I partly have my portfolio of classes to blame. I am quite sure that there are very few second year MBA students with jobs in hand taking a load like me. (Yes Colleen, I wish I would read my own blog entries sometimes!) Isaac and I are putting in 110% effort this mod and it always seems like we have more to do. All I want is one day... one day in the middle of the week, like tomorrow, to just rest and catch up. Yes I know there is no such thing, but I am not looking to do anything miraculous because it is just not possible with all things that need to get done... but it would be nice to be able to get back on the bus instead of holding on for dear life... Indian style.

These tornados have already done a lot of damage. They have no samba rhythm...

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