oh hey there

Its been a while since I posted so i figured i would again. Don't really have too much to new in my life. Just school and school and more school. I have decided to become a vegetarian. I have like 2 pieces of chicken in my freezer and once theyre gone, no more meat for me! Its actually not as hard as i thought it would be with the whole no gluten thing too. I found some good gluten free pastas, and most of the gluten free stuff you can get is made for health nuts so its vegetarian anyway. I think going out to eat will be next to impossible (ill be that person that goes out and orders a salad and nothing else), but i dont really go out to eat much anyway. So thats the newest semi-interesting thing going on in my life...probably the only interesting thing going on in my life lol.
How is everyone else doing?

Hey, Remember Me? Yeah, me neither

Hi loves-

Just a check in cause it's been awhile. I'm in Denton, TX in graduate school... Congrats to everyone else it looks like we've really moved on post-ND.

I don't really know what else to say, but I miss you guys. Need a place to stay near Dallas? Lemme know!

Random/latest/most interesting/disturbing news

For Panamanian Mardi Gras in February, I went to this archipielago on the other side of the country, and I stayed at a hostel, and met the owner who was a really nice American lady that lived in there. A month after our stay she went missing.

This past week or two, the INTERPOL uncovered a ditch in her neighbor's house, with the bodies of a bunch of land owners and families, including the nice lady that we met. Apparently the neighbor and his wife are a couple of Americans with fake Dutch passports, also serial killers. They got caught not long ago when the fled to Nicaragua (Hi Belma!). So I basically stayed right next to serial killers and their dead bodies ditch for Mardi Gras.  

It's all over the news here because serial killers here are very very rare (unless you count dictators). Other than that my life is pretty much the same.

When you're on Wikipedia, you know you've made it big.

I was just randomly clicking on links on Wikipedia and ended up on this page. I saw something that looked familiar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football
Go down to the "Game day traditions" section and look at the picture of the team raising their helmets. You can click on it to make it bigger. Recognize anyone? Haha.

Speak of the (Blue) Devil, I may have a future!

Yes I know this blog has been pretty dormant recently. I just want to post this here so that I can just say "Read the blog!" instead of retelling over and over. In simple terms:

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke!!!

Yeah, I was just accepted to Duke University's Master of Engineering Management Program, starting this fall.

To be honest, I was getting a little discouraged about my future prospects. I've gone back to painting houses again just to earn some cash. If this didn't work out, I really wouldn't have had any backup plans. Screw Plan B, I would have been on Plan F, as in "F my life!".

The program can be completed in a year, but I'm thinking of doing in in a year and a half so that I can get an internship next summer (a program requirement) and so I can meet with career recruiters next fall.

Best part about this, I'll be only about 2.5 hours away from Reed in Richmond, so you all need to come visit us at some point.

Decision, Made

Hey guys, so I wanted to let you guys know that I've made my decision to attend Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, VA. Not that I had much choice, since I'm still on the waitlist for the other schools I interviewed for, but I'm really excited because I also got into the MD/PhD program there, which definitely makes it my top choice. So this summer I'll be starting the 7-8 year program (2 years med school, 3-4 years for PhD, then last 2 years of med school). So I'll be moving down literally the week after school gets out (I'm currently a long term sub teaching high school chemistry if you hadn't heard). I'll update you guys on my address when I get one. This program will probably hinder my ability to visit people, but feel free to visit the awesome east coast whenever you want and crash at my place.
Oh, PS, I finally did a compilation of my so called "poetry" I wrote in college, so you guys can check it out if you want...http://reed-ontheotherside.blogspot.com
Looking forward to seeing anyone who will be at ND this weekend, and hope I can catch up with everyone else eventually!
Peace!
-Reed

Blue/Gold game

I can't wait to be reunited with you fantastic people and pretend we're back in college. One week!!