My brain doesn't want to cooperate at the moment. While I should be studying for the 4 midterm exams I have in the first 3 days of this coming week, I can't stop doing research for jobs and going down the rabbit hole that is the internet. I think it's because I overdid it this week with no sleep and lots of activities (and Starbucks DoubleShots) and now just want to do nothing. As another form of procrastination before I start my only take-home midterm, I give you an update on life (or at least the last week).
Working backwards, here are some highlights:
Working backwards, here are some highlights:
- Last night I went to this really interesting opening night for a joint venture between Ci3 and Game Changer Chicago Design Lab called Play as Inquiry. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but it ended up being a really fun night of playing games and solving puzzles with strangers. I'm still not sure what the event had to do with Ci3's mission, but the event was really effective at getting people to do weird things in order to get to a solution.
- Earlier that evening, I went to a celebration for Harry Davis and his 50 year tenure at Booth. He created the leadership class which is the single required course for all Booth students, which was a fabulous class. I'm hoping to take his strategy lab course in the Spring if I'm not participating in the New Venture Challenge. At the event, I met an alumna who was interested in design and ended up as a product manager. It's always fun to meet someone with similar interests since design is not a very common path for Booth grads.
- Wednesday evening was really busy. I met up with some former colleagues who are still working on the Chicago project I left in May. They brought along a couple of the clients who ended up talking shop the entire time, but I left with a promise of future drinks with fewer people. Either way, it was good to get a brief catch up with people outside of my little bubble.
- After drinks, I went to some second-years' apartment for dinner. The Graduate Business Council is trying to facilitate interactions between first- and second-years since there aren't that many opportunities for interaction outside of recruiting help. It was great to meet new people and see an awesome apartment in the more southern Loop
- And lastly, FARBZ WAS IN TOWN ALL LAST WEEKEND! It was so fun to spend the weekend doing a mix of touristy and quintessential b-school things with her. We wandered a lot, drank a lot of Intelligentsia, went to the zoo, ate a lot of Chicago food (Giordano's, Wildberry, Big Star, Eggy's - she now understands the obesity problem in America...), and partied like grad students.
Alright, ready to get to work on this midterm...
