Ah, the sweet relief of finishing the last of the homework quizzes.
Now, I just need to stress out on the final exam.
sigh....
The class was fun and a part of me deep down (waaaayyyyy deep down) will miss all the work and bonding we did to get this semester done. The other part of me just likes the idea of sleeping.
Anyways, the last of my contributions to the weekly summary:
WBR> im a morning person too, so my brain is about to shut off
SHR > your brain is on a timer?
WBR> right, it turns into a pumpkin at midnight
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YOUR BRAIN ON TAX
WBR> I am not sure if this has happened to you, yet: We were at a bar on Saturday night to celebrate a friend's birthday. As I was drinking the margarita, I overheard someone said the word "character" and the first few things showed up in mind were: 1231, 1244, 1245, ltcg....
SHR> What exactly was in that margarita?
WBR> LOL, I had no idea what the bartender put in it, but it was a good margarita. Doubted that he took Dunbar's class before :)
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Away Message: I came, I saw, I taxed
Showing posts with label #64. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #64. Show all posts
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (4/5)
The weeks are coming down!
This was our last week of new material on corporation distributions (Just sounds fun, doesn't it?) and this week is review of the semester. A week off for Thanksgiving and then... finals!
I'll be spending a good amount of time trying to figure out what I'll be doing once these classes are over and another amount of time trying to survive til that time comes.
But until then, my contribution to the weekly summary:
SECOND CAREER FOR DUNBAR? THINK I WILL STICK WITH TAX.
MRY> maybe.... I get lonely in my cubical at work
ZWI> we still owe you the salon doors
MRY> lol! right! you do!
MRY> and the western music
ZWI> i didn't promise the latter
MRY> but they kinda go hand in hand
ZWI> no no - you charter somebody else for that
MRY> how can one go through saloon doors with out the bwah bwah dah
WEB > not me :)
ZWI> you can sing right?
WEB > only choral music
MRY> maybe we can get Dunbar to do it
WEB > that's a good idea
WEB > she can dance too :)
MRY> showgirl at the saloon. I like it
This was our last week of new material on corporation distributions (Just sounds fun, doesn't it?) and this week is review of the semester. A week off for Thanksgiving and then... finals!
I'll be spending a good amount of time trying to figure out what I'll be doing once these classes are over and another amount of time trying to survive til that time comes.
But until then, my contribution to the weekly summary:
SECOND CAREER FOR DUNBAR? THINK I WILL STICK WITH TAX.
MRY> maybe.... I get lonely in my cubical at work
ZWI> we still owe you the salon doors
MRY> lol! right! you do!
MRY> and the western music
ZWI> i didn't promise the latter
MRY> but they kinda go hand in hand
ZWI> no no - you charter somebody else for that
MRY> how can one go through saloon doors with out the bwah bwah dah
WEB > not me :)
ZWI> you can sing right?
WEB > only choral music
MRY> maybe we can get Dunbar to do it
WEB > that's a good idea
WEB > she can dance too :)
MRY> showgirl at the saloon. I like it
Sunday, November 9, 2008
64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (3/5)
A week of a lot of painful thinking and a stuffed up nose doesn't exactly encourage a sense of humor. I didn't think I had anything good enough to contribute to the weekly summary.
And, when I thought about it, I didn't care.
Completing a goal would have been nice, but I realized I had to concentrate on the school assignment and not on some goal on a list. In the end, it's not the finished goal that's important but what's learned in the attempt. (Cue the violin music)
On that note, I DID have several things mentioned on the summary so I'm good until the next week! There's even a mention of the bunny costume!
DUNBAR: I didn't put out a solution because I was worried that students would just look at what was done last year without thinking about it. This project requires a lot of painful thinking.
Student comment: And I agree with Prof. Dunbar. Thinking is painful.
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In the immortal words of Douglas Adams: "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
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LOVE THOSE AWAY MESSAGES:
Auto Response from Student" (7:43:09 PM): No matter what you may think, D- I am NOT going to wear a bunny costume while doing tax work
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SHR: I did manage to complete what I could of the quiz (coffee is the greatest invention on earth).
WBR: No problem, we did not discuss much. Yes, I agree with the coffee. I drink it twice as much during a semester, which may not be very good for health, but it keeps me going :)
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I'm a little spiny with the caffeine and cold medicine currently cycling through my system at the present moment to a point where I think this question has a personal vendetta against me. I'll have to look this over later to thoroughly understand this problem.
And, when I thought about it, I didn't care.
Completing a goal would have been nice, but I realized I had to concentrate on the school assignment and not on some goal on a list. In the end, it's not the finished goal that's important but what's learned in the attempt. (Cue the violin music)
On that note, I DID have several things mentioned on the summary so I'm good until the next week! There's even a mention of the bunny costume!
DUNBAR: I didn't put out a solution because I was worried that students would just look at what was done last year without thinking about it. This project requires a lot of painful thinking.
Student comment: And I agree with Prof. Dunbar. Thinking is painful.
*******
In the immortal words of Douglas Adams: "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
*******
LOVE THOSE AWAY MESSAGES:
Auto Response from Student" (7:43:09 PM): No matter what you may think, D- I am NOT going to wear a bunny costume while doing tax work
*******
SHR: I did manage to complete what I could of the quiz (coffee is the greatest invention on earth).
WBR: No problem, we did not discuss much. Yes, I agree with the coffee. I drink it twice as much during a semester, which may not be very good for health, but it keeps me going :)
*******
I'm a little spiny with the caffeine and cold medicine currently cycling through my system at the present moment to a point where I think this question has a personal vendetta against me. I'll have to look this over later to thoroughly understand this problem.
Friday, October 31, 2008
64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (2/5)
Partnerships are hard.
And I don't mean the romantical union between two people (though that in itself is a hardship that many people have to endure. Like sand in socks or eating yellow cake).
I mean doing tax for business partnerships. Ack! If it wasn't for this need to "graduate", I'd be running for the hills right now.
So this week was a balance of trying to be amusing and trying NOT to sound dumb. The dumbness overcame and I was stuck with the professor trying to explain to me the BASICS of selling assets and receiving gains. This is stuff learned back in grade school! Needless to say, I spent a good time banging my head against the table, and banging my head against the wall, and against the laptop...
Headache is sure to come. I'd need to kill it with beer.
As for the weekly summary, it just popped up about an hour ago and disappointment was close. I was going through the list thinking I wasn't going to be on this week and then there goes my 101 list!! And then... right at the end-
And the best belly laugh of the week:
A student had the following away message:
***In the corner for giving a bad answer…***
DUNBAR (9:53:34 PM): You can come out of the corner now. All is forgiven.
SHR (9:54:14 PM): phew! I was getting hungry
SHR(9:54:26 PM): and I missed work
SHR(9:54:33 PM): ............. yeah..
SHR(9:56:20 PM): and you can explain to my boss why I had to stay in the corner all day cause my professor forgot about me!
DUNBAR (9:56:50 PM): can you hear me laughing?
SHR(9:57:23 PM): wait... one sec....
SHR(9:57:29 PM): yes! I think I can!
DUNBAR: sounds scary
SHR(9:57:48 PM): lol
She was saving the best for last!
Yes! I still got it!
And I don't mean the romantical union between two people (though that in itself is a hardship that many people have to endure. Like sand in socks or eating yellow cake).
I mean doing tax for business partnerships. Ack! If it wasn't for this need to "graduate", I'd be running for the hills right now.
So this week was a balance of trying to be amusing and trying NOT to sound dumb. The dumbness overcame and I was stuck with the professor trying to explain to me the BASICS of selling assets and receiving gains. This is stuff learned back in grade school! Needless to say, I spent a good time banging my head against the table, and banging my head against the wall, and against the laptop...
Headache is sure to come. I'd need to kill it with beer.
As for the weekly summary, it just popped up about an hour ago and disappointment was close. I was going through the list thinking I wasn't going to be on this week and then there goes my 101 list!! And then... right at the end-
And the best belly laugh of the week:
A student had the following away message:
***In the corner for giving a bad answer…***
DUNBAR (9:53:34 PM): You can come out of the corner now. All is forgiven.
SHR (9:54:14 PM): phew! I was getting hungry
SHR(9:54:26 PM): and I missed work
SHR(9:54:33 PM): ............. yeah..
SHR(9:56:20 PM): and you can explain to my boss why I had to stay in the corner all day cause my professor forgot about me!
DUNBAR (9:56:50 PM): can you hear me laughing?
SHR(9:57:23 PM): wait... one sec....
SHR(9:57:29 PM): yes! I think I can!
DUNBAR: sounds scary
SHR(9:57:48 PM): lol
She was saving the best for last!
Yes! I still got it!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (1/5)
BTW, for the people that don't know, my MSA (Masters of Science in Accounting) program at the University of Connecticut is all on-line. All these interactions consist of AIMs, discussion boards, and chat rooms. All our learning material for this tax class are on an on-line "course portal." Some people that I've talked to about the program can't really imagine what it would be like to take all on-line courses but, after two years of doing this, I've gotten use to it. Now I have a hard time sitting in an actual classroom. Go figure.
This wasn't really my best week. On Sunday, I failed my midterm in my tax class which affected my mood for the rest of the week. I'll still be able to pull a "B" for the class but not without being really serious about my schoolwork for the rest of the semester. Also, someone from my group left the class and so we're short one person help with the homework.
But I sill managed to make Prof. Dunbar laugh. Here's what she added to her weekly summary:
WEB> it's fall & windy out...
MYA> it is! very cold too
WEB> yep
MYA> I want to burn furniture
WEB> why?
MYA> to stay warm
MYA> or aspiring arsonist
WEB> lucky you can't burn the tax class material
MYA> you choose
MYA> the laptop I suppose
WEB> the material will still be on the portal :)
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WEB> btw, have you taken a look at the project?
MYA> is it up?
WEB> yep
MYA> then no
WEB> looks pretty scary
MYA> must be Dunbar's sick way of celebrating halloween
WEB> lol...
This wasn't really my best week. On Sunday, I failed my midterm in my tax class which affected my mood for the rest of the week. I'll still be able to pull a "B" for the class but not without being really serious about my schoolwork for the rest of the semester. Also, someone from my group left the class and so we're short one person help with the homework.
But I sill managed to make Prof. Dunbar laugh. Here's what she added to her weekly summary:
WEB> it's fall & windy out...
MYA> it is! very cold too
WEB> yep
MYA> I want to burn furniture
WEB> why?
MYA> to stay warm
MYA> or aspiring arsonist
WEB> lucky you can't burn the tax class material
MYA> you choose
MYA> the laptop I suppose
WEB> the material will still be on the portal :)
*******
WEB> btw, have you taken a look at the project?
MYA> is it up?
WEB> yep
MYA> then no
WEB> looks pretty scary
MYA> must be Dunbar's sick way of celebrating halloween
WEB> lol...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
64. Be on Dunbar's 'weekly summary' for the rest of the semester - In Progress
Some people might have some questions on the items on my list. Some people are making me want toast. I just went shopping too. No bread. Drat.
So there are going to be some random posts on the list and the progress I'm making with them. First up- the weekly summary.
Tax is tough. It requires work and, well, who wants to work? But this is the best class in the MSA program since Prof Dunbar makes the class interesting. One of the things she does every week is post the jokes and funny quirks that people say in discussion boards and chat rooms.As you may know, I can be funny (no laughing, I can be!).
Here's what she's posted so far (can you guess which one I am?):
MRY > blah, brain's full
WEB> I don't know about you, but everytime I am about to do the quiz, I feel like I'm about to enter a very dark cave and won't be able to get out until hours later
MRY > get some rope and go spelunking
GREAT AWAY MESSAGE
“Taxing work is being done.”
MRY > I'm good with same time, same place
MRY > different wine bottle
WEB> haha.. what's your favorite wine?
MRY > whatever's on tap
SHR> WBR has a different answer for 11.2
SCL > Ops, you are right
WBR > i seem to be the target tonight :)
SCL > We'll be gentle : )
WBR > thanks... :)
SHR> someone as to be. You were nice enough to finish on time...
SHR> lol
WBR > you guys are always...
SHR> ?
WBR > always nice i meant
SHR> right...
WBR: Btw, this is only C-corp. Wait till we get to the partnership project... Dunbar saves the hardest for last.
Dunbar: shhhhhhhhhhhh, you are scaring them! Partnerships are the messiest - I agree.
WBR: Yes, it is. My husband and mother in-law are attorneys so they took partnership tax classes in law school. Both of them wished me luck on that part of tax :) I'm scared too... it's going to be a loooong Halloween. The good thing is that there are other students who are going through them with me and we (group 8) have each other. We'll go through the haunted house together :)
SHR: ::whimper:: I'm scared...
Dunbar: SHR, I doubt that you have ever been scared of anything in your life! ;-)
SHR: sure I'm scared of stuff! Things like spiders, tax, my genes when my dad is trying to be funny, the number eight (makes my accounting job difficult), the list goes on.
Dunbar: Did you get your sense of humor from your dad? ;-)
SHR: Sense of humor? I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm a completely serious person.
>Bed sounds like a good idea. Up there with sliced bread and duct tape.
So there are going to be some random posts on the list and the progress I'm making with them. First up- the weekly summary.
Tax is tough. It requires work and, well, who wants to work? But this is the best class in the MSA program since Prof Dunbar makes the class interesting. One of the things she does every week is post the jokes and funny quirks that people say in discussion boards and chat rooms.As you may know, I can be funny (no laughing, I can be!).
Here's what she's posted so far (can you guess which one I am?):
MRY > blah, brain's full
WEB> I don't know about you, but everytime I am about to do the quiz, I feel like I'm about to enter a very dark cave and won't be able to get out until hours later
MRY > get some rope and go spelunking
GREAT AWAY MESSAGE
“Taxing work is being done.”
MRY > I'm good with same time, same place
MRY > different wine bottle
WEB> haha.. what's your favorite wine?
MRY > whatever's on tap
SHR> WBR has a different answer for 11.2
SCL > Ops, you are right
WBR > i seem to be the target tonight :)
SCL > We'll be gentle : )
WBR > thanks... :)
SHR> someone as to be. You were nice enough to finish on time...
SHR> lol
WBR > you guys are always...
SHR> ?
WBR > always nice i meant
SHR> right...
WBR: Btw, this is only C-corp. Wait till we get to the partnership project... Dunbar saves the hardest for last.
Dunbar: shhhhhhhhhhhh, you are scaring them! Partnerships are the messiest - I agree.
WBR: Yes, it is. My husband and mother in-law are attorneys so they took partnership tax classes in law school. Both of them wished me luck on that part of tax :) I'm scared too... it's going to be a loooong Halloween. The good thing is that there are other students who are going through them with me and we (group 8) have each other. We'll go through the haunted house together :)
SHR: ::whimper:: I'm scared...
Dunbar: SHR, I doubt that you have ever been scared of anything in your life! ;-)
SHR: sure I'm scared of stuff! Things like spiders, tax, my genes when my dad is trying to be funny, the number eight (makes my accounting job difficult), the list goes on.
Dunbar: Did you get your sense of humor from your dad? ;-)
SHR: Sense of humor? I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm a completely serious person.
>Bed sounds like a good idea. Up there with sliced bread and duct tape.
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