don't want to go to sleep though i am tired. loving the songs that pandora is playing for me on my edward sharpe & the magnificent zeros station.
fresh feeling, the eels
home, edward sharpe & the magnificent zeros
two weeks (radio mix), grizzly bear
dream a little dream of me, the mamas and the papas
vinca rosea (instrumental), mf doom
basic space, the xx
40 day dream, edward sharpe & the magnificent zeros
black & blue, miike snow
heartbreaker, mstrcrft
ghostwriter, rjd2
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
good advice
i came across this blog post, 10 ways i sabotaged my success and how to avoid my mistakes, and though the author was writing about entrepreneurship, his advice can be applied to just about anything. reading through his list, i know i'm guilty of just about all the mistakes he's made himself (particularly concentrating on too many things at once).
Saturday, July 07, 2012
time standing still
that's what june felt like and now july is feeling that way, too. i can't help but think that i should use this time to really think about what i should be doing next.
what now?
i went out with one of my friends yesterday. we got to talking and i told her about my plans for grad school. as we talked she would stop to tell me that i don't sound passionate about my career aspirations. i told her that that's because i have no previous experience working in international development. that i don't know where my place is in this. how does one become passionate about something you've never done before? i remember she wasn't passionate about going into teaching either when she first started. (i had asked her then if she's always wanted to teach. she said, no). anyhow, she then suggested i try the peace corps to get my feet wet to see if this is something i really want to do. i told her 2 years is too much for me. i could do 6 months, maybe 1 year. she then suggested i go for 6 months or however long i could stay and then if it's not for me then i can leave. otherwise, i know it would give me that experience and it may answer the questions that i have right now.
throwing peace corps into the mix now makes me more confused about what my next step should be. it isn't a bad idea. it makes a lot of sense but it will push me back another 2 or 3 years. sigh.
throwing peace corps into the mix now makes me more confused about what my next step should be. it isn't a bad idea. it makes a lot of sense but it will push me back another 2 or 3 years. sigh.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
a new chapter
today i went to barnes & noble and bought a book on the g.r.e. test prep. as i was flipping through each book i couldn't help but feel like, "wow. this is it. i am going to grad school. this is the next big chapter of my life." exciting. first though i have to take the g.r.e.
i have continued to do research on schools. i came across this awesome european program for humanitarian aid that involves 7 universities around the world. the program itself is only 16 months long. there are 4 semesters or quarters, i think. the first week of the program the students take off to the university of warsaw for an intensive program. they then return to do the first semester at their home university. the first semester is the same at all participating universities. the second semester you apply to another school and study there. you then come back to the home university for your third semester, however, you can also go to another university, if you wish. during the summer you go do research abroad supervised by professors. the last semester you work on your theses. the school i'm looking at is the university college of dublin. tuition is less than american schools but after i added in the price of this special program plus the graduate diploma (which i will need to get before admission to the masters program) plus cost of living for three years, it's just as expensive as its american counterparts. another thing i don't understand yet is that each semester, you take around 6 classes?! i wonder if the classes are as intensive as the classes in american universities.
although it seems like i have already determined my course of study, i haven't. international development or humanitarian studies? some schools offer humanitarian studies as almost a minor, there are a few classes regarding this study. other schools don't offer humanitarian studies at all. sigh.
i have continued to do research on schools. i came across this awesome european program for humanitarian aid that involves 7 universities around the world. the program itself is only 16 months long. there are 4 semesters or quarters, i think. the first week of the program the students take off to the university of warsaw for an intensive program. they then return to do the first semester at their home university. the first semester is the same at all participating universities. the second semester you apply to another school and study there. you then come back to the home university for your third semester, however, you can also go to another university, if you wish. during the summer you go do research abroad supervised by professors. the last semester you work on your theses. the school i'm looking at is the university college of dublin. tuition is less than american schools but after i added in the price of this special program plus the graduate diploma (which i will need to get before admission to the masters program) plus cost of living for three years, it's just as expensive as its american counterparts. another thing i don't understand yet is that each semester, you take around 6 classes?! i wonder if the classes are as intensive as the classes in american universities.
although it seems like i have already determined my course of study, i haven't. international development or humanitarian studies? some schools offer humanitarian studies as almost a minor, there are a few classes regarding this study. other schools don't offer humanitarian studies at all. sigh.
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