dog walkers

dog walkers are the bane of my existence tonight, dear readers. not LEAST because i am not a dog person. if you know me well, you know this. but because of ridiculous questions like this:

Of the 24 people walking their dogs in Golden Gate Park, 25% are not on the phone. If the dog walkers are outnumbered 4 to 1 by people not walking dogs, and if one fourth of the people in Golden Gate Park are on the phone, how many people in Golden Gate Park are on the phone but not walking dogs?


try it. go on, see if you can figure it out.

i am going to guess my cousin sara, who MAJORED IN MATH is quite possibly the only one who will get this. i'll reveal the answer in the comments section.

THESE are the kinds of questions i will be forced to answer in a 4 hour exam on tuesday afternoon. if you could all please say a few prayers, or send a few vibes, or think a few good thoughts for me on tuesday, i'd be grateful. i have the GRE at 12:30pm where i'll have to answer 2 essay questions (45 minutes each) 1 verbal section (30 minutes) and 1 math section (45 minutes). urgh urgh urgh.

how can my knowing the answer to that question about dog walkers make a difference in whether i will one day be a good counselor and student at marquette. i have NO idea. standardized testing makes me angry sometimes.

in any case, i'm sitting in a pub trying to study, on my third blueberry beer, so the vocab section is beginning to slur .... but the blueberries sure are nice. did i say slur, i meant blur.

bring on the grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrE