Will Ferrell Visit

Today I was working at the Walmart Home Office and Will Ferrell makes an unannounced visit. It's one of the perks of working there. Occasionally you'll run into folks that make you do a doubletake. He was just wandering the halls looking around at stuff.

We just walked up to him and ask for a picture and he said sure.  He seems to be a very nice normal guy, unlike the wild characters he plays.  That was pretty much the excitement for the day.

I better get to studying for that Accounting final.

I'm Back

Wow, it's been a long time.  I apologize for my absence.  The past few weeks have been kinda crazy.  I'll start with a quick run down of what I can recall.

Chris Gardner (The Pursuit of Happiness) was great.  I thoroughly enjoyed and found him very inspiring.  He literally struggled through homelessness to get to success.  I would say he took the path less traveled.  I'm not sure I would take his path, but his experience shows that hard work and determination go a long way.

After that nice event, it seemed like a pile of work buried me.  I had two papers due for ECON this past Monday, an Accounting project also due on Monday, a Leadership final also on Monday, and a Consumer Research presentation today (Tuesday).  On top of that we had to scramble to put together a business plan for an idea that we have only had for about two and a half weeks.  We had a business plan competition this past Sunday for $1,000 in travel funds and the good news is we won.  I've embedded our presentation lead-in video below.





I finally have a little breathing room.  I have an Accounting final on Saturday and an Econ final on Monday.  I also have a Consumer Research paper due Friday and a business plan critique due on Monday.  That's plenty to keep me busy, but not buried.

Aside from school, I also need to get some Christmas shopping done.  This may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also the most busy.

In other news, the Razorback football team is going to the Sugar Bowl, this is their first ever BCS appearance.  They'll be playing the Ohio State Buckeyes.  Here's a question for you, How do you smash an Ohio State Buckeye?  With a Mallett.  I know that was a bit corny, I blame it on lack of sleep.

I'm going to relax now for a little bit before I start studying again.  Hopefully it won't be too long til my next post.

Life's Good

The semester is winding down, Thanksgiving is next week, and I've registered for my final classes.  Final classes for now.  Someday I may get my PhD.  Who knows.  Everything is pretty good right now.  I'm busy, but I don't feel stressed or overextended.  I know this time last year the MBA students were really concerned about jobs.  I feel like the economy is recovering and most, if not all, of our class should have offers prior to graduation.  I know there are still many problems with the economy, but I'm generally an optimistic person.  


As far as plans for this week and the coming weekend, I'll be going to the Chris Gardner (The Pursuit of Happiness) Thursday evening and probably headed to Fort Smith this weekend.  I've got to get everything together for Thanksgiving.  I usually cook so I need to figure out what dishes will be on the menu this year.  I like to get a little creative with this.  I will post some pics of course. 


I suppose I should start working on my Econ papers.  So until next time keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

Catching Up

So this past week has been a little hectic, but I'm catching up.  We had an accounting test on Wednesday.  I think that went pretty well.  We also had to submit our HR Plan presentations for Leadership.  I've been scrambling of late trying to get all the loose ends tied up for our Entrepreneurship product.  Hopefully we can finalize that soon.

So what's left to do?  As mentioned before, we need to start putting together a business plan for our Entrepreneurship project.  We'll be competing in a couple weeks with other teams in our class for an extra $1,000 in travel money.  We'll need that to go to various competitions.  I have a couple papers to do for Econ, which shouldn't be too bad.  I really enjoy that class (Emerging Markets) so I don't mind the papers so much.  We have a presentation next Monday for Leadership, that would be our HR Plan presentation.  Our final test for Consumer Research is coming up in a couple weeks too.  We also have to disseminate a survey and analyze the resulting data and then present it.  I think that's about all I have left to do for this semester, besides finals.

Overall, this semester has been pretty good so far.  It seems like this semester was much simpler than last Spring.  I think this is because I wasn't used to the whole school thing yet.  It takes a lil bit to get re-acclimated with the whole going to class, homework, and studying process.  Now that I'm back in the groove of things it's time to readjust.  I have a couple classes in the Spring and then it'll be back to work.  I like change though.  It keeps life interesting.

A Week Behind

So this post is about a week behind, but better late than never right?  So last weekend was Halloween.  It was a good weekend.  The festivities started at work on Friday.  This is how the Walmart Home Office does trick-or-treating.

Then we had a pumpkin carving get together Friday night.

 

Saturday night we went to a Halloween party.

And that was pretty much that weekend.  Good times.

My Life in Pictures

As promised, here are some pictures of some of the happenings of late.  Some are sort of random, but interesting nonetheless.  I'll start from most recent and work backwards.  A picture is worth a thousand words, so this may be a very long post.  Bear with me.

 Snoop Dogg Concert

Waiting in line to get into the Snoop Dogg concert

Arkansas vs. Ole Miss

 

Teamwork

 

Random rainbow on the way to class

Arkansas vs. Alabama

So that's what I've been up to lately.  There's so much more to getting your MBA than sitting in the classroom.  Remember the experience is what you make of it, and you should make the most of it.

Lunch and Learn for Prospective MBA Students

We are hosting an MBA Campus Visit Day on Monday, November 1. This is event is for prospective MBA students. Jeff Murray has agreed to do the lunch and learn and it will be 11:00-12:30, location to be determined. His topic will more than likely be ethnography, although he is thinking about another option as well. 

In other news, I went to the Snoop Dogg concert this past weekend at Barnhill Arena, the leaves are changing colors, and the Razorback football team is winning again.  I will provide a more thorough update later including some pictures.