Casino Royale

Just saw the newest Bond movie, and I loved it. I recommend that everyone see this film immediately. Even my girlfriend liked it, she goes on and on about how hot Daniel Craig was, how rugged he was, etc. Some people have complained that the movie was too long (150 min or so), but I didn't feel that it dragged at all.

Lazy Sunday Brunch

This is what the GF whipped up for brunch yesterday. In case you can't see it, there is a mimosa, brie and jam on toast, potatoes with cheese, and these patties made with chicken, apples, celery and an egg on top.

Absolutely delicious!! The taste of the brie worked really well with the jam, and I have no idea how she thought of mixing those ingredients for those patties. I love breakfast with her in the morning. She says she appreciates the challenge of trying to come up with something based only on the ingredients that we have in our fridge and cupboards. Usually, the results are similar to what she created above.

Time and Opportunity

I've decided that the problem is not that you never have enough time, it's that your opportunities/responsibilities never follow a schedule. All of us, if we are honest, can remember the huge amounts of time we have wasted; sleeping, reading, TV, surfing the internet, etc., when we felt we had nothing to do.

Then suddenly, everything has to be done at once. For example, other then a few homework assignments, the school load was not that bad for the entire 10 weeks of the quarter. I also sent out resumes to numerous companies looking for work. No homework, no responses to the resumes.

Now, these last two weeks, there has been a group presentation, a final paper, two homework assignments, a job fair, an interview, and soon a meeting with a former CEO to discuss what do I really want to do with my life, since he knows a lot of people and likes me he wants to help. And I almost forgot dance lessons, a finance forum at school, a training lesson at the CME, 3 dinners with various friends and relatives you don't want to lose touch with, and a charity party.

If this had been spread out evenly over the last 10 weeks, it wouldn't have been a problem. But they weren't, they all came these last two weeks. I know, you think "You could have been studying for the finals, and working on the project, the entire time, since you knew they were coming." Well yeah, but who really does that?

I'm not really complaining or feeling sorry for myself, this happens to everyone, but it does get me thinking when I hear people complain they never have enough time. We all probably have enough time, it's the events of our life that never seem to happen when it's convenient for us.