Playoffs? What you Talking About? Playoffs?

So there are no NBA games being played today. OMG this is so depressing. For the past month, I have revolved my schedule around the NBA playoffs. So, basically my summer schedule goes like this:

1 pm: wake up
1:30 pm: eat brunch
2 – 7 pm: watch tv shows or play ps3
7 – 8 pm: eat dinner
8 – 12:30: watch the game (if it’s an Eastern Conference game), else I’ll be on the laptop til 10 for the Western Conference game
12:30 – 3am: computer.

As you can see, I am a total scrub. I know that I promised to my parents that I would study MCATs every day, but it’s really difficult to study at home and I’m too lazy to actually drive to a Barnes & Noble or to the library to study. Honestly though, I try to squeeze in an hour or two of studying in (TRY being the key word).

So…… for tonight, what’s the plan. Well I guess I should hit the books for a little bit to get my parents off my back, but I’ll probably end up watching some shows. I’ve started to watch 30 Rock, Dexter, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Just last night, I watched a whole season of Philadelphia, it’s sooooooo addicting lol. What a great way to be productive!


This skit was an intro to the series, but they remade it in the series, and it turns out SO much better!

How Many Techies Does it Take to Change a Light bulb?

I don’t know, but it took me about 5 minutes to change the one in my bathroom today. My aunt and uncle came from Korea today so I figured that it would be somewhat inconvenient for them to take a shower with no lights. I have probably already made myself look really dumb right now, but in my defense, my dad was telling me the completely wrong instructions. The light unit in the shower area is one of those lights that have a plastic cover over it, kind of like the ones at school. My dad was telling me to yank the whole unit out, like YANK with full force. Well, it wouldn’t budge past a certain point and the dry wall on the ceiling was starting to crumble so I knew that this was wrong. Calmly, I go up to the unit and simply remove the covering and put in the new bulb. I would consider this a fail, but my bathroom now has light. The end justifies the means.

I am...

I woke up today only to find myself with a big day ahead of me. As most college students would relate with me, my clothes were all over my room, yes like a hurricane went through my room and affected only my clothes. So being the responsible person that I am, I did my laundry, and sorted out my clothes and cleaned out my room.

After that, my mom called me and asked me to clean the main hallway of my house because my aunt and uncle are flying in from Korea on Thursday. So I went downstairs and sorted out all the papers, mail, and other random stuff. I’m good right? Wrong.

My dad left his phone at home. So now I’m his personal secretary and answering service for his office. Good thing only two calls came in while I was one duty because I missed half of them.

But the definite highlight of my day was heading to the CRC (the gym at Georgia Tech). No, I did not go there to work out or play ball, but I went there to play the best game on the planet right now: Monopoly Deal. Screw that World of Warcraft and Modern Warfare 2 crap. True entertainment lies in Monopoly Deal. This game is the revolutionized version of Monopoly, but unlike the original, this game only uses cards and lasts about 15 minutes. And yes, it is very addicting. You should play! I highly recommend it.


So I would like to re-introduce myself. I am Matthew Lee: son, brother, student, maid, secretary, and entrepreneur.

And so it Begins (Part two)

So I just finished my spring semester at Tech and I am enjoying the freedom of no classes, and no expectations. Or so I thought. The minute I came back home, my parents come up to me and ask me how my finals were. Nothing out of the ordinary. But the next thing they say completely took me off guard: "So you can start studying for MCATs 4-6 hours a day until you go to Korea." Next thing I know, they haul my butt into the car and take me to Barnes & Noble to buy me an MCAT book. And you know how much it cost? $99. I could have bought a new pair of basketball shoes......

And so right now, I am at a White Windmill Bakery by myself being a complete loner and reading a book and wasting my summer away. Oh well, I kind of brought this upon myself: this was the only thing I could do to escape the confinements of home and I said that would study MCATs so I could be sent to Korea. I guess we will see if Korea is worth my suffering.

And so it Begins! (Part one)

Hi and welcome to my personal blog. Here you will be able to access random thoughts, past experiences, and hopefully my future. Let me take some time to introduce myself: my name is Matthew Lee and I just finished my third year at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I have (or had) a sports blog, but have failed to keep up with it because of the increased demands of my academic life. I named this blog “The Odd One Out” because this is how I feel at home every day: my personality, motivation, and perspective contrast those of the rest of my family. I am going to try and update this regularly (once a week) and these are going to be short and sweet as I will try to entertain you with my soothing words, some photos, and a couple of videos on Youtube that I stumble across. Please, take some time out of your day and enjoy my entertainment!