I’ve been trying to torture my data for some time now, with very little success, so I think I’m going to have to give up and try to just write my paper as it is. Whatever.

In the meanwhile, let’s talk about interracial couples, because apparently, that’s what everyone is talking about these days. My hero Nicholas Kristof wrote a piece on it today, and my childhood friend Dave wrote a piece about it Friday, so it must be a sign, right?

Maybe I’m just so surrounded by crazy men with Asian fetishes that I don’t even think about it much anymore. But apparently, there are still a number of people who are upset by trends of interracial dating, including Dave. Kristof quote a statistic that says 40% of Americans have dated members of another race. And to avoid the “Does race really exist?” argument, let me just say that, amongst members of our generation, I hope that figure is a bit higher.

Because honestly, why limit your chances at happiness?

Listening to:

Version 2.0 – Garbage
01 – Temptation Waits

After working for 4+ straight hours on the Macro problem set, stopping only for a Haagen Dazs dulce de leche break, I thought I’d goof off for a bit and read my one true love: The Economist. So here’s your excerpt of the day…

New Yorkers had a hunch, but now it is official: the US Census Bureau has declared New York the nation’s worst city for commuters. According to the bureau, commuters spend over 100 hours a year getting to work — the equivalent of about two weeks of holiday.

Isn’t that uplifting? Hey, but if you’re in i-banking, it’s only one week, so that makes it better, somehow? I mean, it makes my 20 minute commute to class every morning (from on campus, mind you) seem so much better. Everything’s relative, right?