Choose your quotes wisely

As you may have read, there has been a Graduate Student strike going on at NYU for a few weeks now, and regardless of how you feel about it, it has provided great spots of entertainment. I am an economics major, a department here that is less than sympathetic to unions as a matter of principle--economists don't like the impact unions have on market clearing wages--and especially at a college. Interestingly, at a school thought to be as liberal as NYU is, the politics department here is largely against the union, and is one of the most apolitical groups of people you'll ever see. I understand the union, but don't totally agree with it. One thing all can agree on is the sheer absurdity of the picket signs. Outside of Bobst Library, there was one girl holding a sign that read as follows:

Don't you wish your TA was tough like me?
Don't you wish your TA was an employee?

Once your labor protest is reduced to glibly reconstituting lyrics from a group called "The Pussycat Dolls", you might as well fold. You've lost the chance to be taken seriously.

Test of a Man

This week, I have midterms in three of my classes. When you only take four classes, this is both alarming and rage-inducing. I've spent most of this weekend avoiding work and thinking about innovative ways to avoid work in equal measure. I'm also planning my classes for next semester, which I will spend studying in London at the appropriately titled University of London. I am very excited as some of my classes will be taught by faculty members of the London School of Economics, and will probably include the casual use of words like "bloody" and Cockney rhyming slang.

I just wanted to brag about going to London.

music: Vivali "Concerto per due Flauti"
I listen to classical music when I study because it makes me feel very erudite and composed, like a guy in a Lexus commerical, which always seem to feature violin based classical music.