reading, papers, and oral presentations
hmm... i'm really tired.
drained.
graduate school is incredibly difficult. all the reading and the writing. and i'm not even working part time. i can't wait until that happens.
last week, i was sitting at a coffee bean by an edwards multiplex and i wanted to go see a movie. i had a lot of reading to do, and not to mention an oral presentation i have to write up for tonight's class.
anyway, so i was sitting at the coffee bean on thursday, thinking that i should finish watching hero. but then i just couldn't do it. i kept thinking how guilty i would feel if i went to see a movie and not do any studying. it's that whole karma thing.
so friday, i decided to try it again. this time i wanted to go see the first daughter or whatever it was called with katie holmes. i drove by the theatre that it was showing and almost made it into the parking structure. but nope, i went to coffee bean again and read.
i'm getting to know some people from my classes. one of my professors knows my name, which is nice. sometimes i feel that my classes are challenging, which is good. and other times, i feel like pulling all my hair out and banging my head against the wall.
i ran 10 miles on saturday. my knees are a bit sore from it. along the way, i accidentally farted, which wasn't too great for the three girls running behind me. it was embarrassing, but not as bad as i figured it would be. all i thought was, i can't wait to tell tony and reyna. we'll have a laugh and all will be good again.
of course, in hindsight, the ice-cream on friday night wasn't a very good idea.
on sunday, i went with deidra to a bbq hosted by one of her professors. it was a very beautiful house with a nice backyard overlooking the rose bowl. we stayed for about 2 hours, and i got to meet some of her cohorts. seems like a nice bunch.
i have an oral presentation next week. luckily it's a group facilitation assignment, so it's not just me who'll be talking in class. there are several second year students in the class, who are a bit intimidating. one of them, a jennifer l. scares the bejeezus out of me. but tonight, she said i did a good job on my pillar and that the article i chose was really interesting. go figure.
my foundations professor, the one who knows my name, tells us to write everyday. no matter what it is. so maybe i should blog more. but then sometimes i'm just too lazy to do that. with all the reading i have, it's so tiresome. i don't know how some people retain what they read. i have ADD. i can't concentrate on what i read. luckily, i make notes on the margins of the pages.
i linked some of the people coming back from holiday in japan on the right. japan was really fun. thanks shawn for showing me a great time.
last tuesday, i actually participated in a PASA network event. it was a lunch meeting with several of the professors in the school of education. it was a bit strange for me since i'm the least-involved person ever. but i decided that i should at least do something since i'm paying an obscene amount of money for this. so i went and got some pretty good information on ph.d. and ed.d. am i really thinking of getting a doctorate? as if this isn't bad enough?
then on wednesday, i met my mentors of the PASA program, scott and caitlan. i found out that caitlan lives in south pas behind the blockbusters. she reminds me of my friend andrea for some reason, except that caitlan is white and andrea's not.
speaking of andrea. i was going to bed one night and couldn't sleep. so i got up and turned on the tv. i was flipping the channels when i stopped at mtv and saw there was an episode of boiling point on. so i watching it and who came on after several minutes? ANDREA. i swear to god it was her. apparently, she was on a date from hell and no, she didn't win the $100.
so back to my mentors. this other women who was in at the lunch meeting was also pretty helpful. funny story. so i bought the textbook we needed for student development from the usc bookstore. when i got it home, i discovered that there was a spiderman bookmark for some kid's birthday party. i was like, "what the fuck?" so this women, named cindy, was telling us about her kids and showing us a picture of them. she mentioned how in the picture, her kids were sitting next to a background with spiderman. so i asked her if she made some bookmarks with spiderman on it. at first she said no, but then she said, wait, i did. so i said, yeah, i saw one in the student development book. and she started laughing. actually we all started laughing. it was so random. i picked up the book with the bookmark that she returned earlier.
i should really get some sleep.
drained.
graduate school is incredibly difficult. all the reading and the writing. and i'm not even working part time. i can't wait until that happens.
last week, i was sitting at a coffee bean by an edwards multiplex and i wanted to go see a movie. i had a lot of reading to do, and not to mention an oral presentation i have to write up for tonight's class.
anyway, so i was sitting at the coffee bean on thursday, thinking that i should finish watching hero. but then i just couldn't do it. i kept thinking how guilty i would feel if i went to see a movie and not do any studying. it's that whole karma thing.
so friday, i decided to try it again. this time i wanted to go see the first daughter or whatever it was called with katie holmes. i drove by the theatre that it was showing and almost made it into the parking structure. but nope, i went to coffee bean again and read.
i'm getting to know some people from my classes. one of my professors knows my name, which is nice. sometimes i feel that my classes are challenging, which is good. and other times, i feel like pulling all my hair out and banging my head against the wall.
i ran 10 miles on saturday. my knees are a bit sore from it. along the way, i accidentally farted, which wasn't too great for the three girls running behind me. it was embarrassing, but not as bad as i figured it would be. all i thought was, i can't wait to tell tony and reyna. we'll have a laugh and all will be good again.
of course, in hindsight, the ice-cream on friday night wasn't a very good idea.
on sunday, i went with deidra to a bbq hosted by one of her professors. it was a very beautiful house with a nice backyard overlooking the rose bowl. we stayed for about 2 hours, and i got to meet some of her cohorts. seems like a nice bunch.
i have an oral presentation next week. luckily it's a group facilitation assignment, so it's not just me who'll be talking in class. there are several second year students in the class, who are a bit intimidating. one of them, a jennifer l. scares the bejeezus out of me. but tonight, she said i did a good job on my pillar and that the article i chose was really interesting. go figure.
my foundations professor, the one who knows my name, tells us to write everyday. no matter what it is. so maybe i should blog more. but then sometimes i'm just too lazy to do that. with all the reading i have, it's so tiresome. i don't know how some people retain what they read. i have ADD. i can't concentrate on what i read. luckily, i make notes on the margins of the pages.
i linked some of the people coming back from holiday in japan on the right. japan was really fun. thanks shawn for showing me a great time.
last tuesday, i actually participated in a PASA network event. it was a lunch meeting with several of the professors in the school of education. it was a bit strange for me since i'm the least-involved person ever. but i decided that i should at least do something since i'm paying an obscene amount of money for this. so i went and got some pretty good information on ph.d. and ed.d. am i really thinking of getting a doctorate? as if this isn't bad enough?
then on wednesday, i met my mentors of the PASA program, scott and caitlan. i found out that caitlan lives in south pas behind the blockbusters. she reminds me of my friend andrea for some reason, except that caitlan is white and andrea's not.
speaking of andrea. i was going to bed one night and couldn't sleep. so i got up and turned on the tv. i was flipping the channels when i stopped at mtv and saw there was an episode of boiling point on. so i watching it and who came on after several minutes? ANDREA. i swear to god it was her. apparently, she was on a date from hell and no, she didn't win the $100.
so back to my mentors. this other women who was in at the lunch meeting was also pretty helpful. funny story. so i bought the textbook we needed for student development from the usc bookstore. when i got it home, i discovered that there was a spiderman bookmark for some kid's birthday party. i was like, "what the fuck?" so this women, named cindy, was telling us about her kids and showing us a picture of them. she mentioned how in the picture, her kids were sitting next to a background with spiderman. so i asked her if she made some bookmarks with spiderman on it. at first she said no, but then she said, wait, i did. so i said, yeah, i saw one in the student development book. and she started laughing. actually we all started laughing. it was so random. i picked up the book with the bookmark that she returned earlier.
i should really get some sleep.
