Despite the fact that I have no leisure time whatsoever taking four classes, being cohort president, and currently in the midst of corporate recruiting, I’ve decided to stop putting off one of my goals and start this MBA blog. The added bonus....it seems I'm the first Class of 2008 Chicago GSB blogger on the League of MBA Bloggers website!

So where should I start? I guess with a funny story…So I’m sitting in the Apple corporate presentation last night and the recruiter is talking about the future of iPods, digital music, the powerbook line, and all of the coolest products in the universe when he opens the floor up for questions. So my buddy (a really awesome guy I met on our random walk trip) raises his hand and asks “So, does Dell…?” and the entire classroom erupts in laughter…I myself was rolling on the floor laughing. The recruiter from Apple was a good sport and just shrugged it off. But man that was funny as hell.

Speaking of good laughs… I recently got tired of the generic ring tones on my Motorola RAZR cell phone and decided to download a new one. After trudging through all the generic crap Cingular offers, I finally found a cool ring tone. Get this...The Dukes of Hazard Theme song! I mean, is there anything cooler?? Anyway, I was in a lunch and learn today where a consulting firm was presenting the challenges of selling music through a traditional medium (CDs) when digital downloads are becoming so popular when all of a sudden I hear “Just the good ole boys…" I was horrifed! x All of a sudden the entire classroom (including the presenter) is staring in my direction as I’m frantically digging in my pocket to turn this evil device (but awesome ring tone) off. I did succeed, but not until the song was halfway done and my face crimson.

An insight I’d like to include before signing off on today. So I was lucky enough to get into Prof McGill’s Marketing Strategy class, which by the way is amazing and worth every point I spent bidding on it. On Tuesday we discussed the HBS Colgate-Palmolive case study about the toothbrush market (fascinating stuff I know), and a good question came up. A student asks “Why would you expect a person to only buy Colgate toothbrushes when I never buy the same kind of toothbrush myself? Now, this would seem like a good question, but the always-insightful Anne McGill replies, “well you’re in your 20’s, you change your mind a lot. Just wait until you’re 30 and look at the clothes you wearing. That’s your style. Twenty years later, when you’re 50 you’ll be wearing the exact same style. You’re locked in. Locked in at 30.” Her words might seem sad, maybe even tragic, but I think there’s some truth to them. But God I hope I’m not the poor schmuck who’s wearing tapered acid wash jeans, a weave belt, and polo shirt to a cocktail party when I’m 50.

By the way, we're in the midst of filming our cohort film, which is coming along great. I acted in one of the scenes tonight, which amazingly was really fun. Well maybe it was so fun because the Friday LPF (Liquidity Preference Function) was going on tonight and I would not have been such a good actor had I not downed four beers before starting. Maybe hollywood is in my future after all!