July 31, 2014

Julian Robertson himself

Today I met with the man who is financially responsible for my entire college experience: Julian Robertson himself. I was a little nervous because I felt vaguely like I needed to somehow demonstrate to him in those 30 minutes that I was worthy of the scholarship, but it was actually a very fun conversation. He asked me how the program could be improved. I said by building and strengthening the alumni network — which has been a priority for the program staff for about a year already. I’m actually looking forward to helping with those efforts when I get back to school, by applying for the Robertson Alumni Council and potentially helping with an alumni newsletter.

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July 28, 2014

Stories

Today after work, I waited in line for two hours and paid $8 so that I could hear random people share their stories at a story-telling event. It was just like stand-up comedy, but storytelling instead of comedy. People put their names in a hat for the chance to tell a short personal story onstage. Ten people spoke in all. They told serious stories: about about relationships in their lives or about learning to accepting themselves — and funny stories: about a childhood prank, or a boob job. Most of the stories were serious with streaks of humor, like a sad story told by an Australian who regretted moving to NYC. They were all riveting and absolutely worth hearing.

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July 27, 2014

the not-quite-daily not-quite-grind

As I mentioned before, my free time in the last few weeks has been pretty dominated by my online class. The final exam was this past Thursday, the final paper was due the Friday before, and the midterm was the week before that. I am so glad to be free of that!

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