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Hey there. I hope all of you had a happy holiday and have fun things plannedfor this weekend’s New Year’s celebrations. After getting back from Brazil, I had a pretty low-key Christmas with my family and enjoyed spending the entire day eating, relaxing, and doing nothing past that. It’s so great to not have to worry about getting up for classes or for work.

Although I don’t have to do any school work, I’m still spreading myself too thin during this winter break. Going to school 3000 miles away from here makes it difficult to keep in touch with my… Read the rest

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Whew, this has been a long 8 days in Brazil so far and, now that I’ve only got today and tomorrow left, I’m feeling too worn out to do anything but chill. The past 3 days here in Bahia with two of my roomies has been a mixture of relaxation, great conversations, and straight-up comedy….the last part is especially due to my man CG. He’s a youngin’ (24 yrs old) who loves to go out so he can mack and kick it, which would normally be fine in the US, but down here in Salvador, it isn’t so easy because… Read the rest

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I’m writing this entry from a hotel room in Salvador, Bahia and I’m currently in the middle of this vacation. So far, the trip has been a good one overall, but it didn’t exactly meet up to all of my expectations. I wish i could have written an entry earlier than this, but it’s been hard to find time and an available internet connection that I can use long enough to throw some text into this blog. Fortunately, I’ve been writing a journal of my comings and goings to share with my GF when I get back to the US,… Read the rest

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What’s up, y’all. As I sit here typing, I am on the verge of passing out from exhaustion because it’s been such a long quarter. Fortunately, it is now officially over because I just emailed my last final paper to my “History of African-American Education” professor. It feels good to be done, but I have to kick myself because I cut it way too close on my assignments for the end of the Fall quarter. As I said in my last entry, I had a ton of things due in the final week and a half of the quarter and … Read the rest

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What’s up, y’all. I just had McKinsey ATL’s sell weekend this past weekend and I loved kickin’ it with those people. They did it up SO BIG for us and got me really excited about starting work there next Fall. That’s right…I’m signed, sealed, and delivered. I gave them my accepted offer letter on Friday morning during the presentations session and it’s official: your boy will be working at McKinsey. Unfortunately, I have to turn down two really good offers, but, in the end, I decided that McKinsey was the best place for me to start out my career given … Read the rest

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