OH-Eight!

Can you believe it?

2008...

Let's make it a good one.

2008 Resolutions:
1. Create new years resolutions

Frustration.

It has been over a week and a half since my last final, but still I have no idea what this semester's hard work and effort has amounted to. I have been checking my transcript twice, sometimes even three times a day and this is what I see:


That's right, only ONE of my FIVE grades have been posted. The grade and GPA have been blurred out for confidentiality. But seriously, I'm getting to the point that I don't care what grade I get, I just want my grades.

Anyone else frustrated too?

Merry Christmas!

Most families make holiday Christmas Cards with family photos, but the Lee family is not like most families. So, from my family to yours... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Lee Family Christmas Card

i love little kids.

So for a very long time my brother and I begged our parents for a younger sister. But once we were in high school we realized the effort was futile.

Tonight my mom's cousin's family came over to stay the night with their 3 children. Two boys ages 12 and 9 and a little girl age 4. And the little girl is absolutely ADORABLE. Her name is Crystal and she says the cutest things. Tonight we spent half an hour making Spongebob Christmas cards and I taught her how to write "Merry Christmas."

Now I've decided that when I have kids I want to have at least one baby girl. I can't wait to have kids, but I guess I have to figure out that whole wife part first. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to that day there are many little Lees running around.

the power of music

There's something really powerful about music.

Music has a way of transporting us to a different time, a different place. It let's us rock out and dance when we're happy and it let's us simply let go when we're sad or heartbroken. Music is powerful because it tugs at our heartstrings and moves us.

Today I was watching VH1's Top 100 90's songs and it brought me back to my grade school days. I can still remember the very first CD I bought, "Crazy Sexy Cool" by TLC. I bought it for and listened to only one track "Waterfall." I'm not ashamed to admit that I still like this song, it's just good.




Another great song of the nineties and my childhood was, "Changes" by 2Pac. 2Pac may be gone but this song will never die. This was one of the very first songs that I tried to memorize all the lyrics to, the second being "My Heart will Go On" by Celine Dion, another timeless classic. Which brings us to one of my all-time favorites, "All My Life" by K-Ci and Jojo.

Afterthought: Does anyone else remember this song? "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground. It was my favorite song in 5th grade. Don't ask me why.

got rice?

I want to share with you about a great website I've heard about called: freerice.com It's an amazing website where you can play a free vocabulary game and help people at the same time!



Here's how it works: the website will give you a word and you have to match the correct definition to the word. If you match correctly then 20 grains of rice will be donated through the United Nations to fight World Hunger. The more you get right, the harder it gets.

Free rice embodies all that is good in this world: having fun, learning, and helping others. My vocabulary level was about a 41... try to beat that (and feed some people in the process)!

Last Lecture on Life

As I walk through libraries and study rooms during finals period, honestly at least 50% of the time people are watching something on YouTube or chatting on Gmail. I figured that if you're going to take a study break to watch something, you might as well watch something meaningful.

My mom sent me this video clip. It's the final lecture from, Randy Pausch, a computer science professor from Carnegie Mellon. But he's not retiring... he's dying from cancer. He only has a couple of months left so he gives one final lecture on life. It's a bit long, but it's amazing to hear his story and the lessons that he shares. It certainly puts things in perspective.

Finals Studiers 101.

In my long-lived academic career I have encountered many different types of studiers: the good, the bad, and the distracting. I figured with finals right around the corner I would give a primer for what type of studiers you might want to lookout for as you seek an optimal studying environment. Perhaps, for some of you, this will be an eye-opening post which will finally explain why no one will study with you. But generally speaking, I feel like everyone has their tendencies and can identify with one (or more of these characteristics). Here they are:

the Hermit – more likely than not you have never seen one of these studiers before because they spend their time holed up on the some obscure floor of vp in the stacks. They believe that any interaction with people might inhibit their studies.

Mr/Ms. Popular – these are the people that seem to know EVERYONE. So when you’re studying with them they have a visitor every minute and feel the necessity to talk with each of them for long periods of time.

Hardcore studier – this is the person who some would say are TOO hardcore. They get agitated by your every breath, until suddenly they leave with no explanation.

the Sleeper – some people go to the library to study. Others have the remarkable ability to fall asleep every time. These studiers aren’t so bad, unless they snore.

ADHD studier – these are the people you can often find smiling at their computer. If you think they’re studying… they aren’t. Rather than typing their papers they’re chatting with their friends, rather than looking through lecture slides they’re watching the latest episode of Heroes.

Inconsiderate Jerk – this is the person that has absolutely no regard for the people around them. They answer their phones and carry out full conversations in the library. They blast their techno music through the headphones for everyone to hear. They bring the worst smelling Wawa hoagie and eat it loudly for everyone to hear.

These are just a handful that I can think of off the top of my head, there are more to come. Please feel free to let me know if you think I missed one.

a war has begun.

This morning I awoke from my peaceful slumber to find toilet paper... EVERYWHERE.

While at first I thought that this was the product of a hall-mate's drunken escapade, soon I found a photo from the '09 ladies:

Apparently last night during their girl's sleep over they decided that it would be a good idea to go to all the '09 brothers' rooms at the break of dawn and wreak havoc. From what I understand it was called "Operation B."

Well, the girls made have won the battle but this is just the beginning of the war. Justice will be served.

"When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers," Proverbs 21:15

the amazing gRACE!

Every year we plan a special event for the Freshman class and this year we'll be competing in The Amazing gRACE!



The Amazing gRACE
12/8/07
3pm @ Meyerson

Overflow - "by grace"

This is the piece that Overflow (GCC's dance ministry) did for the PennSori Concert last week. Story follows the lives of three different people: the bad person, the good person and the Christian person. Although they all sin and fall short of God, it is only by grace that the Christian is saved.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9