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hm. might move to tumblr for good. playing w/ it first to see.

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Hey guys!

been doin' a lot of thinking lately, and a lot of stressing, and I think it's almost time to be done with school, or at least to slow down.

I checked with my advisors and my major requirements for both Psych and American Studies are finished. I just need a few more classes to finish the unit requirement. I could potentially finish that this summer and avoid enrolling next year at all.

The only thing I was planning on doing with next year was writing an honors thesis for each of my majors. Intense, eh? I still might do that, but I was thinking that if I want to finish early, perhaps I can find an American Studies professor to supervise my research over the summer. In that case, I would forego the Psych thesis. Depending how my research assistantship goes this quarter and next, I might still want to do the Psychology thesis also, which would mean that I would be in school next year. buuut... perhaps I'll do that and just stick to the bare minimum in terms of units. The only thing about that is that I'd feel like I was wasting a year's tuition.

Hmmm. Right now, I'm thinking I want to do the American Studies thesis for sure, and perhaps to avoid killing myself trying to get it done quickly, I'll give myself 'til the end of Fall or Winter quarter. I really don't want to wait 'til Spring to graduate. Another year seems like too much. Traditionally, you do the American Studies thesis Winter and Spring quarters of your senior year, so I'd have to pull some strings to make this happen, but I really want it to.

Anyway, no matter what I decide to do, I'll be living in Davis next year, applying for grad school in England for the following year most likely.

For a second there, I was considering going into the Peace Corps for two years. That was an exciting thought =)

procrastinating. Sarah's meme is wildly entertaining. didn't watch the superbowl. have to write a stupid paper. you'd think that writing about death and food would be fun, but it's just overwhelming. oh well. gotta come up with some kinda organization or i'm never gonna finish this. being very stream-of-consciousness right now. thanks for bearing with me. how are you all? i'm sleepy, and my bathrobe is soft. not so good for staying awake. maybe i need to go get something to drink, but i'm pretty sure i don't have anything since i haven't been to the store in a while. i'd go now but i have to write this paper. c'est la vie. did i spell that right?

I just looked at my last post, which linked to a particularly poignant post by lloyd, which mentioned me at the Arcade Fire concert; It made my heart hurt again. THEN, as I just typed that, "Ocean of Noise" started to play (my iPod is on shuffle). What the crap?! Divine sign, anyone?! Haha. Now, to decide whether or not I believe in that stuff...

Anyway, that's not why I'm posting. I'm posting to announce that I had a dream in which Kass IMed me. Hehe. What a fabulous dream =)

Oh, and to announce that I'm going to apply to the University of Nottingham and King's College London for am MA in American studies. Whee!