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DIB

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Last Saturday was EPIC.  Legend, Apprentice, and I got together for dinner at Din Tai Fung followed by boba at cha for tea.  Sounds pretty normal, right?  I thought so too.

But along the way, our lively conversation led us meandering down a path I never could have anticipated.  We talked about everything from starting a fraternity to winning watches at basketball games to more food, food, and food!  And somewhere in all that talk I decided to start making a list of all those things we had said “hey, we should do that” to.  The list?  Well, to find out, you’re going to have to follow the chronicles of our adventures on a new blog I’m creating.  (More to come when it’s ready.)

Here’s what you should know: we will follow a few simple principles in the pursuit of greatness.  We’ll make each activity a little bit more exciting because everything we do, we do it big!  We’ll live by the motto: “go BIG or go home” and we’ll set the bar high everywhere we go.  It starts with our attitude and shows in our wardrobe.  We’ll dress to impress, even if it’s to grab some fast food.  When you’re the best-dressed in a room, you’ll get noticed.  When there’s three of you having a blast as the best-dressed in the room, well – that should raise your bar, too.

Don’t be fooled, most of the things we do may not sound that amazing to you initially, but we’ll bring the flair and set the standard everywhere we go.  By the end of it all, you’ll be jealous you weren’t there with us.  I’m really excited for our plans and all the fun we’ll have.  Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to chronicle it all for you.  Then who knows, maybe you’ll be inspired to go out and have some fun of your own!

In honor of Doin’ It Big and the conversation about starting a fraternity, we have dubbed ourselves Delta Iota Beta and I am proud to be a brand new DIB.  Let the adventures begin!

Westwood Wizard

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screenshot of ucla homepage featuring tribute to the late john wooden

Screenshot of the UCLA homepage featuring a tribute to the late John Wooden. (Click for larger image, ucla.edu for original.)

I just learned that John Wooden died today, and what a sad moment that was.  After yesterday’s false alarm, I was hoping he’d get through this trial and make it to 100 and get that letter from the President!  How cool would that be?  But unfortunately, whatever ailed him got the better of him today and now I will never fulfill my dream of meeting him in person.  I suppose I still could, but not at the book signing I had imagined.

I wonder if part of it was because he’s lived a long, fulfilling life and he was ready to go.  Perhaps he just didn’t have the willpower to fight whatever put him in the hospital because he would be perfectly content dying now.  I think that was part of it.  Without a compelling reason to live, it’s very easy to let go.  Certainly he deserved to not have to struggle in an aging body.  After all, it seems the only thing he didn’t accomplish was being a centenarian!

It’s amazing that I can feel so sad that this man is gone.  I never met him and haven’t even read his books yet.  But there’s a deep-seeded respect that runs through every True Bruin, for he was a respectable man who led like no other in the short history of our school.  (Random thing I noted was that he’s 9 years older than UCLA.  Puts into perspective just how young our school is!)  The good thing is that I’m not sad in a bawling all over the place kind of way.  I’m sad in a “I missed out and it’s unfortunate the world has lost a great influencer” type of way.  A pensive, curious, questioning kind of way.

I wish I could have joined the hundreds of students who gathered at the Ronald Reagan Medical Center today, to pay tribute to this great legend.  May his legacy live on to inspire generations to come.  🙂

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