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Byron

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About Me

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My Interests

Cal football, Seattle sports teams, Broadway shows (Wicked is the best show I've seen...don't sleep on it!), home improvement projects, hoopin', golfing, bowling, eating out

I'd like to meet:

Jeff Tedford and Bill Clinton

Music:

A Tribe Called Quest, whatever's playing on Alice 97.3 in the Bay and 98.7 in LA, The Fray, John Mayer, Michael Buble, Kanye, U2, anything other than country (although Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, and Faith Hill are ok in my book!)

Movies:

Blades of Glory, Crash, Shawshank Redemption, Coach Carter (Rich-what? Richmond!), Talladega Nights, Wedding Crashers, Ladies Man, Old School, Forrest Gump, I Am Sam, Dumb & Dumber, Coming to America (In de face! In de face!)

Television:

24, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol, everything on MTV except for that Sweet Sixteen crap.

Books:

Yes, I can read.

My Blog

Challenge for Charity (C4C) weekend

This past weekend I took a road trip up to Stanford for the Challenge for Charity weekend.  For those of you unfamiliar with this event, it's a sporting contest hosted by the Stanford GSB.  ...
Posted by Byron on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:29:00 PST

Overheard at the Hawaiian BBQ...

So, I was getting lunch last week at Ono Hawaiian BBQ on Westwood Blvd. after one of my finals.  I tell the lady that I want the BBQ chicken / shrimp combo.  The lady asks me, "Are you Ediso...
Posted by Byron on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:01:00 PST

Big W

What a crazy game today.  The Bears had to come from behind but we found a way to beat the Huskies in OT 31-24.  We were expected to blow 'em out, but we came out flat and to their credit&nb...
Posted by Byron on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:17:00 PST

I passed!

Oh yeah!  I just found out today that I passed the third and final level of the CFA exam!  Time to burn those CFA books!  Thanks to everyone who supported me throughout the entire CFA p...
Posted by Byron on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:53:00 PST

Last day...

Friday was my last day of work at Prudential Capital Group.  It's been over 4 years since I started out as an analyst after graduating from Cal, and I can't believe it is finally over. ...
Posted by Byron on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:14:00 PST

Back to normal

Yesterday, I took the CFA Level III exam (the last level of the CFA program).  Hopefully, this will be the last time I take one of those frickin' tests.  I've been studying for that thing si...
Posted by Byron on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:43:00 PST

Headed to LA

It's official.  After months and months of torturing myself with studying for the GMAT and writing all of those annoying application essays, I'm headed down I-5 to LA.  I was just accep...
Posted by Byron on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:14:00 PST