Last Night

Last Night Last Night get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in the afternoon, so I wanted to go out after and celebrate. (I am so confused about the name of 14.41. I have heard it at different times called Public Policy, Public Finance, and Public Economics. Funny story: Student: Im taking 14.41 this term Professor: Oh, is that PF? Student: No, Im taking it on grades, not pass/fail. Professor: I mean Public Finance) Here is a possibly-staged photograph of me while Im studying for my finals. I love very few things (pomegranates? double-sided printing?) as much as I love Triscuits, but sleep is one of them. Okay Im losing focus already. Anyway, my point is that I had an economics exam, so I wanted to do something fun for the night. Because my fun included three friends who are also economics majors, I didnt exactly escape the world of my major, but thats okay. We went to the CambridgeSide Galleria for dinner Interesting facts: Tina 07 will be interning for John Kerry this IAP Mitra 07 writes a blog (!) for the admissions office Debbie 06 spent the first half of sophomore year studying abroad in Spain Veena 06 is former captain of the varsity womens crew team We challenged Debbie 06 to tie a cherry stem into a knot using her tongue. Then we paid the bill, left the restaurant, and walked around the mall for a bit. 20 minutes later, Debbie triumphantly announced that she had done it. NICE. One of our stops included CVS, where a certain someone bought shampoo and a certain other person bought a giant Hersheys Kiss for her boyfriend. I wanted a really small piece of candy, but did not need an entire bag, so I purchased one of those overpriced truffles (pictured below) for 33 cents. When I gave the cashier my quarter and dime, I realized that I didnt need the extra two pennies, so I told her to keep the change. WELL my econ major friends (I knew I shouldnt have hung out with them!) hassled me so much for giving up those two pennies, since its (apparently) irrational, non-profit-maximizing behavior and I am creating a market inefficiency. Since each person (groan alert) gave me an earful of her two cents, I feel much wealthier now. THANKS, GUYS. The culprit. After dinner, I hopped on the bus and went to the movie theater where Sam and some other friends had patiently waited in line and saved me a good seat. (How dare they call me inefficient? Honestly.) We saw Brokeback Mountain, which was simply wonderful. Michelle Williamss acting was phenomenal. Youve come a long way, Jennifer Lindley. (Well, so has Joey Potter, but thats a whole separate story.) (Does anyone get these references? Anyone?) It surprisingly wasnt that cold outside, so we decided to take the bus back to campus, where we unintentionally danced around in black ice before getting back to our dorm. (In case you dont know the origins of the story in Brokeback Mountain: its based on a short story of the same name by E. Annie Proulx. Last January, I wrote about some books I had recently read, including Proulxs The Shipping News.)