tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59058812009-02-21T03:20:05.454-05:00OverheardFormerly a random, haphazard, in no means definitive guide to finding your way around the craziness of b-school life at MIT Sloan. Currently a forum for 2004 sloanies to stay in touch.mssnoreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1161018828654528352006-10-16T12:59:00.000-04:002006-10-16T13:13:48.670-04:00Autumn is the season for kids as three 2004 Sloanies sent in announcements for new additions to their family:Linnea Lily Shay was born Sept 25 in London at 9:19 am to Mark and Anna Shay. She weighed in at 3,420 grams (0.539 stones). She is pictured here with her brother Leo and Sister Ella.A girl was also the happy news for Kim and Manny Picciola. Sofia Francesca Louise Picciola arrived on Septmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1139376836977142142006-02-08T00:28:00.000-05:002006-02-08T00:34:45.096-05:00BOSTON GATHERINGIf you find yourself in Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 8, please do head over to Middlesex Lounge right by the Miracle of Science in Central Square. At around 7 pm, a bunch of 04's will be drinking and catching up. (and hopefully, dropping a few one-liners for some blog content!).See you there!mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1137998832536971862006-01-23T01:44:00.000-05:002006-01-23T01:57:59.246-05:00Our congratulations to Evan Richman and his new bride, Julie! The next in the long line of sloan romances that ended up at the altar. You can read their wedding announcement here.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1137998591733014362006-01-23T01:40:00.000-05:002006-01-23T01:44:00.700-05:00Some people have strong opinions"Can I have a La Bamba margarita?""Brad, you do know that drink is going to be pink."-two male sloanies at a dinner in Cambridgemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1118355296098987472005-06-09T18:04:00.000-04:002005-06-09T18:14:56.103-04:00Knowing when you've won"I just want to be able to get to the point where I can say 'fuck you' to the company.""Yes, I would say that I am truly successful in my chosen career if I have the ability to say 'fuck off' with no restraint."-paraphrasing an HBS grad and Sloanie on their definition of career successSomeone's talking about OP again"Wow, all my b-school buddies talk about when we get mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1115226468678792692005-05-04T12:56:00.000-04:002005-05-04T13:07:49.113-04:00REUNION TIME. As you've probably noticed from all the emails you've been getting, reunion is fast approaching. If reliving the glory days of partying and networking is for you, then head on over to the old campus from June 2-5, 2005.And because I love you guys so, I've included the registration link here:MIT Sloan reunion siteGOOD LUCK RAHUL, WE'LL MISS YOU. Our favorite tall Rahul (or drunk mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1111635419924918262005-03-23T22:34:00.000-05:002005-03-23T22:36:59.926-05:00Congratulations to Marcus and Anisha, proud parents of MayaVarma-Wilson. The lovely young lady (and future heartbreaker with those stellar genes) was born April 20 at 12:23 a.m. Maya weighed 8 lbs and 1oz. and was 20.5 in long.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1105033517356742322005-01-06T13:42:00.000-05:002005-01-06T12:52:19.490-05:00WELCOME SMERA! Vishant and Anshika have a new baby girl. Pictures of the little angel and her proud parents can be viewed here. Congratulations, folks. Vishant, if she can shake her shoulders as well as you do, watch out Bollywood! mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1105033358799930422005-01-06T13:38:00.000-05:002005-01-06T12:42:38.800-05:00On the movie Troy "Nothing beats Brad Pitt in a very short skirt." "Except for Lucas in his tighty whities." -Boris responding to Natalie's appreciation of Brad Pitt over thanksgiving All you need is a wingman "Why didn't you go up and talk to her? You are way cuter than that guy she's talking to now." "Because I'm gutless." -Two sloanies at a bar on the edge of downtown mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1098983595728580292004-10-28T13:01:00.000-04:002004-10-28T13:17:51.626-04:00Ladies and gentlemen, winner of the 2004 WORLD SERIES....THE BOSTON RED SOX! Words and pictures from our media friends: The Boston Globe. YES! ESPN. Red Sox Nation Rejoice. The Sports Guy. It's all about the destination, I mean destiny. Soxaholix. Champagne, church bells and cartoons. More blog madness. The 28 year old guy beside me at the bar was buying rounds of Irish car bombs and crying mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1098376485959783722004-10-21T13:22:00.000-04:002004-10-21T17:04:55.570-04:00GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depends on whether you park your car out by Fenway), most of us have since left Boston before this grand event. I was stuck to the television for the past couple of days, as I'm sure you were too. Suddenly found myself hanging out in sports bars and only agreeing to go out to dinner if there was a TV involved. Bill and Lance, our mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1096038458938915862004-09-24T11:04:00.000-04:002004-09-24T11:07:38.940-04:00SATURDAY DRINKS IN NYC. If you happen to be in NYC on Saturday, Sept. 25 and have time to spare, do drop by Nublu on Ave. C past 9:30 pm for some birthday drinks. Yes, I'm turning another year older and it isn't going to be a pretty sight. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1094853852153594082004-09-10T18:01:00.000-04:002004-09-10T18:04:49.803-04:00ON THE ROAD AGAIN "What's sad is that I've figured out it would be cheaper to rent some storage space and live in a hotel than to keep my apartment in Boston, given the number of times I've actually slept in my bed." -D. Kuo on the familiar perils of the consulting life mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1094186493239666202004-09-03T01:32:00.000-04:002004-09-03T00:41:33.240-04:00Hey, here we are (Rob Byrne and Rahul Mehta) in Manhatten baby, supporting that bastion of intellectual endeavor, GWB, here at the convention. Just thought we should post something to get things started. We just deleted a lot of politically motivated prose that would have alienated a few folks (such as Anil) so we decided discretion to be the better part of valor. We also don't want the FBI Caribbean04http://www.blogger.com/profile/14542560849799998406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1093465163623751222004-08-25T15:58:00.000-04:002004-09-03T02:20:07.733-04:00THE FUTURE OF SLOANBLOG After some consideration and discussion with various parties (ok, maybe just Rob Byrne), we here at OVERHEARD have decided to keep the blog going, for as long as the Man over at Blogger and Google continue to keep the service free. Of course, given the gadzillions they raked in with the IPO, damn right they should keep it free. So now, apart from being a forum for variousmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1093463884535539102004-08-25T15:53:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:20:42.390-04:00And just when you thought all that drinking in b-school was a bit much Researchers at University College London say otherwise. Which brings me to another quote (or to be more accurate, paraphrase) from our friend Mr. Kechley. "After business school, I thought I should get my drinking habits to somewhere more reasonable. So drinks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - three out of the seven days a mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1093035149161774512004-08-20T16:50:00.000-04:002004-08-20T16:52:29.160-04:00Ideas, ideas, ideas. It's been a couple of months since graduation and this space has been dormant for a while. Am not sure if we should end the blog as we speak, or use this as a space for people to post on from time to time (as a way to keep up on our class from 2004). Any ideas are welcome. Send them all to michelle@sloan.mit.edu In the meantime, welcome to the working world people! mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334765660782792004-06-04T03:36:00.000-04:002004-06-04T06:37:14.980-04:00HAPPY GRADUATION !!!! - Bloody Mary's at Lance's before assembly and then get ready for six hours of hell before we finally get that $110K piece of paper. Tonight, head over to 33 Stanhope street and party like a rock star to say happy birthday to Nhat-so and Boris.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334532555116462004-06-04T03:34:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:07.416-04:00POST-PARTY PIZZA "It might be late, but I still got eyes." -DLee complimenting the ladies, 3 a.m. at Hi-Fi in Central Square mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334184606642362004-06-04T03:27:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:18.833-04:00OVERHEARD AFTER THE BVI "So, no vacation romances for you?" "There weren't any skippers left." -female Sloanie in the presence of several other female Sloanies who might have perhaps contributed to the last fact mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334044926639602004-06-04T03:21:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:29.443-04:00OVERHEARD AT THE BVI "We're going to put you in the dinghy, then slingshot you around the boat, just like in Armageddon." "Isn't that a bit high risk?" "We have no choice." -Dave Gordon and DLee contemplating moves for passenger transfer while sailing five knots "Then I thought, 'I think it's time to stop laughing now.'" -The Trini stallion explaining at what point their boat figured out that a mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084948265492329282004-05-19T02:21:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:44.476-04:00Two more weeks till graduation "Love's a bit of a game, isn't it?" -a suddenly sentimental second year sloanie at 1:30 am after the Armani cafe "I have to admit, you are pretty skilled at the racially offensive remarks." "Don't forget, he's also good at offending on gender." "Ok, to be frank, you're skilled on all levels of offensiveness." "Hey, let's just say I'm an equal opportunity offender."mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084615176359830402004-05-15T05:58:00.000-04:002004-05-15T05:59:36.360-04:00Wherever you go, it's all the same “So 33 is like frat guys in black pants instead of frat guys in blue jeans?” -Mr. Musto at the aforementioned establishmentmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084574302190346432004-05-14T18:34:00.000-04:002004-05-14T18:38:22.190-04:0033 TONIGHT. Just in case you've recovered from the massively successful texan-style barbecue at the Sloanfest in Kresge this afternoon, there is much partying going on at 33 in Boston, 10 pm tonight. See you there!mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084574045157364072004-05-14T18:30:00.000-04:002004-05-14T18:34:05.156-04:00"In-Bed" Rules for Fortune Cookies apply "Ask a friend to join you on your next voyage, in bed." -Elaine's fortune cookie fortune, 1:21am Friday morning, Chinatown "A new voyage will fill your life with untold memories, in bed." -Michael's fortune cookie fortune, 1:22am Friday morning, Chinatown Club 141 quotes "All the girls are staring at my boobs." "That's ok, all the guys are too." -mssnoreply@blogger.com