I have that bubble, that stupid bubble that will stay with me forever. That one tattoo that she said she was going to get, and I thought it was a dumb idea. I look at it everyday and it doesn’t measure up to how I end up feeling around this time of year. It’s hard to believe that it will be three years.
Happy birthday, Katy.
How did I miss the James McAvoy bandwagon last summer? Now I must catch up on his movies.
I’m going to have a busy summer, and I don’t know if I’ll like it one bit:
Mondays – research lab, GRE course in the evenings
Tuesdays – work, TA and grade for AsianAm
Wednesdays – work
Thursdays – work, TA and grade for AsianAm
Fridays – volunteer (some days) for the county
Plus I’ll have to fit in time to study for the GRE and for data analysis/paper writing. I’d REALLY like to have most Fridays off, and then the whole weekend if possible. This is going to blow. How am I supposed to have the best summer ever (with the beach, LA, museums, day trips, and copious amounts of alcohol) before I move home?? OMG.
/whine
I need to remind myself to never play poker ever again. At least for a long, long time.
MAN.
Yesterday felt like today, and today feels like Wednesday. Today is considerably better, though. I drove back from Long Beach in a pretty good mood. Dr. H somehow manages to reaffirm my abilities and my excitement for future prospects whenever I speak with her. Two hours went by like it was half an hour. I have to say that I feel pretty lucky to have the mentors that I do. I feel awesome for having done what I have in the past several months. Or what I’ve done in the past year, even.
Naturally, Dr. H wants me to look into counseling psych. They’re all pushing me into the “dark side,” whether it be clinical psych, counseling psych, sociology, whatever. I have decided what I want in grad school, though: the ability to do research and improve those skills, work with policy programming and/or evaluation catering to disadvantaged groups*, clinical training (still a bit iffy on this point, though.. is it what i definitely want to do, and if so how much service will I provide and to which populations?), and most importantly, apply theory into practice. I’ve expressed before that I like to dabble in various arenas. Suffice it to say, a social welfare program is beginning to look very attractive to me. I may have bought the GRE psychology subject test book for nothing… However! more research needs to be done in the meantime.
I’m a huge nerd when it comes to planning the future; I probably get more excited than I should.. I have my whole next year planned out! (tentatively)
I just had a nice talk with Albert. I’m going to miss living here. And in completely unrelated news, Bear is the most helpful when it comes to getting rid of spiders.
*I’ve discovered that psychology may not be a very good fit for me because it is more person-oriented. I’d like to explore how society influences pathology, etc. etc.
