thursday

today has been a good day.
after staying up till ridiculous hours working on the second of three OC paper
i got up, went to a meeting
got to the DH, had an AMAZING wrap i made myself (spinach tortilla, layer of guac, one slice swiss cheese, four strips of fake looking bacon, at least half a tomato (sliced), a handful of baby spinach, all topped with bbq sauce, wrapped up tight and grilled)
went over the paper again
met up with brian to talk about the philosophical elements of paper, ended up having a nice conversation/fight
met up with ginna to talk about the grammatical elements of the paper, ended up looking at pictures/being silly
dropped off paper after refraining to drip blood all over it from my paper cutted finger
talked to mom, thought about gingerbread men
enjoyed greg making lasagna for ginna and myselfj
invited more people over and had a few rounds of progressive gin, aka: The Best Card Game EVER
good was really good, enjoyed baked goods ginna's mom sent over as her advent calendar
then most people left
ginna stayed with me as a i baked six lbs of cookies (thats a long story - basically i guilted my friend teddy into buying cookie dough to benefit operation smile, but with the condition that i bake them for him. so i am, he just stopped by actually, and praised my skills ... meanwhile i have to fend off all these lost freshmen who come wandering into the kitchen in search of fresh cookies, explaining that they arent really mine to give away ... they all look confused)
and now im baking cookies, writing this, but really studying plato

and its snowing outside, and there are white lights everywhere and poinsettias on the table
and the bells on the door outside keep ringing as people step in and out

like transmission

i was incredibly out of it at the library today
aftereffects of the GRE leaving me really tired combined with donating what looked like alot of blood equals a really sore arm on a dizzy esther

however, i did come up with the idea to classify things i want to do, and if i were to do them, how i would go about it (these are not ordered)

counseling: IPS for master's in gen psch and then PsyD in clinical, end up somewhere in the seattle area talking to people

law: tulane for JD, focusing on who knows what but right now corporate law (end up working for catholic charities or non-profit of some sort), or maritime (because it sounds fun and international)

education: pick up math classes somewhere in NW while working, apply somewhere for masters in education, teach high-school math at a preppy private school to pay off loans, then bounce around the world indefinitel

business: ND (one of the better two year MBA programs for non-business majors), and either take over fish place or some non-profit

medicine: pick up the sciences somewhere, then try to get into UW or OHSU if looking for an MD; OR look into a masters in public health from tulane, from a management standpoint or somesuch, and try to get with the red cross or something

philosophy: the new oxford program for a MS in ancient and medieval, focus on greek and consq Plato, come back to ND and be Sayre's protege while getting PhD, then find somewhere to hole up and devote life to theatetus and parmenidies

random: IPS for masters in gen psych, pick up classes in some language, work for the state department, become diplomat

random#2: IPS for psych, work as a professional negotiator/go to liaison type

life: go back to sydney, live in a hostel while working under the table and pay off loans, move to manchester, work as an undertaker, and figure out life



... thoughts?