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[Nov. 29th, 2006|11:16 pm] |
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finals are approaching and every class I have has like eight million things to complete before finals approach. SO I was stressed in the beginning of the week but now I am working ahead on the things I have due for next week so I do not feel the same as I did at the beginning of this week. Thanksgiving break is supposed to be relaxing but I can never relax because I think about all the things I have to get done when I get back. the Turkey was great though and I got drunk with my parents for the first time, which made it one of the only holidays in ahwile that I have enjoyed with them. so overall it was a decent few days. I belive that I mentioned earlier that I am planning on declaring communications as my major, I have a meeting with a career advisor next wednesday and I am really interested to what she has to say about my choices and if I am making the right desicions with my career choice. I really get nervous iwth public speaking and this is my weakness for the most part, when I am able to get really comfortable with the people I am around its simple for me to just speak my mind but that takes a while. So I really hope with taking the classes I need to beocm a comm major It will force me to have to public speak comfortabley in front of a large crowd without turning bright red and fumbling my words. I feel like I have somewhat of a split personality, some people I know think I am this really outgoing loud person and others think im an introverte. It is possibly because I am a gemini..lol. yes I like to blame astrology for my personality traits. I am sure that a lot of people can agree with me when I say it is about time the semseter comes to an end. I need the month break sooo bad, I am burning out as wee speak haha. but I am trying to keep my head above water and get all of my final projects and test completed on time and doen successfully. we will see how I do this semseter! I need to bring that GPA back up! |
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[Nov. 6th, 2006|01:49 am] |
It was an extremely stressful week BUT I had an awesome weekend so I am so glad the stress was releaved. haha. Ginny and I went to Virginia Beach for thursday and friday night for out friends Birthday. And we just had a great time exploring VA beacg abd just making fools of our selfs.We had an awesome photo shoot while down there PS.
"the grudge"
"cousin it"
at the beach!
"these are the days of our lives"
buns of steal!
"do you think a perm LOOKS THIS GOOD"
black guy from star trek.
SO that was a mini glimpse of the weekend. I just thought words could not explain. haha. Asssided from this weekend I have been meaning to talk to my counselor because I want to plan out my schedule next semester and possibly declare my major as Communications with a minor in Public Relations, or possibly Media. hMMmmmm. I am GLAD to say that I am excited aobut this major oppsed to the other one I have chosen in the past. only with the exception of the language aspect. I Suck so bad at forgien languages. I barely made it through high school language classes, granted I did take french which was some what harder in my opinion. In my Universtiy 200 class we took the MBTI test, which stands for Myers Briggs the name of the person who created it I think. Its basically anotherone of those test you take that examines your personality traits and what you might be good at or enjoy for a career. According to mine I am a ENFP type of person. These letters mean: E- extraversion, N- intuition, F- feeling, P- perceiving. It basically says you are one person or the other for each category. I am going to list of some of the descriptions of a type of person that would get a ENFP. Curious, creative,imaganiative,energetic,enthusiastic, spontaneous, keenly perceptive of people and the world atround them,appreciative of affirmation from others; readily express appriciation and give support to others, likely to value harmany and goodwill, likely to make decisions based on personal values and empathy with others, usually seen by others as personable, perceptive, persuasive and versatile. That is about it for my "Myers-Briggs Type indacater". Well see what my new chosen major will lead me too now. |
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[Oct. 23rd, 2006|09:54 pm] |
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Well my schedule has been hetic lately, thanksgiving is going to be awesome. I am literally going to sit at my parents house and consume as much food as possible, and then sleep for 2 days straight. Just to catch up on all the crazyness. I am not going to lie though, if I was bored it would be 10 times worse. Anywho, I need to bring my geology grade up, surprisingly I am doing pretty well this semester except for the damn class. I NEED to bring my Gpa up haha so yah I am going to make a plan of studying extra hard for my geology ROCK class. I did not have much time to explore a new major this week as intensly as I would hav eliked to. I actually changed my mind once again and think I am going to attempt majoring in Communications with a concentration in Public relations, and then just minoring in Tourism. They wanted me to take stats 250 to major in Tourism, and I took a stats class this summer that mason would not except as stats only for math 110 and I was not about to re take a stats class. I actually like math and that class was hell. I can not afford any other low grades in my classes after last year. I want to be able to study abroad in australia my senior year for a semester and you need a 2.5 to do so. I am just going to talk about my life becuase I have nothing much more to say about majors. My gramma is being moved into an old people home in Wisconsin. It is sad but she is 89 years old and been going strong for ahwile, so I suppose its time for her to just take it easy her last few years. Itsjust sad because my nice grandparents are about to die and the asshole ones are young and healthy. Ironic how the world works huh. I am excited my ex boyfriend is coming out to visit me for a weekend (that is a complicated story/relationship) haha I will not get into it. Ginny and I are going to be Wayne and Garth for Halloween most likely, if we ever get around to getting or making our costumes. procrastanation is what we do best. I am going to run for a position in my sorority, Pledge mom, thats like the person who helps the new girls get situated. I most likely will not get the job because everyone wants it so it will probably end up be a popularity contest. Lame! but oh well I really want to get more involved with my chapter some how, even if it is a small position. This is a random fact, I have alwasy thought my older brother was this big over achiever and he has like 3 different careers and has been successful in all of them. Well he told me last weekend that his freshman year of college he did so bad they kicked him out and he had to go to a community college for a whole semester and get straight A's and then write the Dean a letter to get back in. I was amazed with this story, it gives me hope at succeding in life. haha my grades werent that bad but its nice to know my brother was not perfect at everything, everyone screws up in life. |
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[Oct. 18th, 2006|09:41 pm] |
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I decided that this week that I wanted to explore the into the world of Pet Land. I have never really thought of becoming a veterinarian or working with animals as a full time deal. But I know ginners is an animal freak and works at Pet land so I felt this is my oppurtunity to dive into that area. So I hung around her work for like four hours on Saturday afternoon and helped her with all the things that she does around the store. I know its not what a Vet would do but It is the closets I could do at the moment, and it is a lot closer than I usually am with animals. I helped pull dogs out of their cages and I actually got to bathe one before I left. I helped her sell and bunny rabbit also. That probably was my favorite part because for some reason I think bunnys are the greatest thing alive, aside from big fat furry cats. I love cat attitude. anyways that aside the point of becoming a veterinarian I just thought I'd throw that in. Unfortunately I do not think my day at Pet Land is an accurate example of what it would really be like to work as a veternarian. I do not think I would enjoy the medical part of it to be honest. Not only the Death but seeing sick animals on a daily basis does not appealing to me. Looking back on my life I hated bringing my cat to the Vet, he would like moan and spit the entire ride there as If I was torturing him. So I do not really want to be that person your pet hates to see once a year or however often. But hey working in a Pet Store is not that bad aside from the fact you have to clean up the animal excess. AND Gin's work does not harm animals like some other pets stores. There are always protesters outside her work claiming they kill off their animals and they are actually so caring. There is one the is really sick and people take turns taking it home at night to make sure it is watched and cared for and I just think that is great. Anywhooo aside form the Pet exploration my first week of work at World Market has been going great. I think my Boss is my favorite out of all that Ive had from my last 5 crappy part time jobs. haha. It is weird but I enjoy sticking up new holiday stands and organizing them for hours, so it is not torture just yet. My Brother came to visit me for an hour this weekend. This may not seem like much but he is 30 and never takes time to visit me, so It was nice that he found time in his busy life to stop by as he was driving through the area :) I feel like this semester is flying by because I have such a hetic schedule. I really do like being busy though, even though half the time I wish I could sleep. I dread boredom, and last year I was sleeping like all day all the time and just never did much. So this is good I am just sad that college is just going to pass by so fast and be over like that. Oh well thats life I suppose. LIVE for each daY! haha I just thought I'd be corny and throw that in there! ok Im out! |
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[Oct. 10th, 2006|06:47 pm] |
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hellllooo! well this weekend I had my first day at my new part-time job. I do not believe that is career worthy haha but it will do now for the cash flow that I need. I am working at the World Market next to fair lakes mall. I am a cashier/person who stocks. I make 9 an hour which is not bad for a cashier I think. If you have not been there you should go this store it is awesome. It sells foods, wines, jewelry, furniture, decorations, from all different countries around the world. I for see myself spending all of my pay checks there. Anywho I also went tot he job fair last week, not both days just one thursday. Hence why Gin and I were late to class :) Well I got to talk to a few different organizations, unfortunately there were quite a few government and engineering groups there and that is just NOT my field. I would probably do more harm to the engineering world than good if they had me as an intern. But with the few that interested me I was glad to find out that they had internships during the school year. I want to be able to go back to San Diego in the summer so I do not want to have an intern out in VA all summer long. I also found that the few I liked said I would be able to get jobs in the future out on the west coast also. So I am not just limited to VA. who knows in a few years I may just want to stay out here but right now I am still in my loving San Diego mode. We took the Strong Interest Inventory test in my University 200 class a couple weeks ago and we just got back the results for it. I was told that I am mostly a Social, Realistic, and Enterprising type of person. My interests are focused in health care services, protective services, and social services. Sooo I am guessing their saying that I am a people person? haha yeah well I do like to interact with others and rather kill myself then sit at a desk job all day long. The top career choice they put for me (as lame as it may sound) was Park and recreation manager! The sad part is I could totally see myself doing that job. So I can not even laugh about the outcome of my test. If it had said I was going to become a Bio Engineer I would have gaged. So for now I have decided to stick with my job at the world Market for the rest of the semester, But I am thinking of looking into some internships for the next semester if at all possible. I know most do not pay but I would really need on that does because that is probably the only reason that is keeping me from getting an internship. Oh well I like to take life one step at a time and will just find out whats in store for me next semester when it comes closer! |
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[Oct. 1st, 2006|05:49 pm] |
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Last week I attended this informational meeting about a service project trip that you can take that goes to various different countries. The only other Countries that I have actually been to are Canada and Mexico, so I really want to expand my horizons. This trip is a month long. the first 2 weeks are the volunteer part, where you either work with the people in the area or the environment surrounding them. The second 2 weeks is the adventure aspect. Where depending which country that you go to you get to do various adventure tasks. I personally want to go to New Zealand! The is black water rafting, which i had not even heard of until this meeting. I just think it would be an awesome way to help out other people and have a good time at the same time. It is an expensive trip, which is the only down side, but we were told that most people that go are able to pay for through Tax deductible donations. So I am going to try and get as much as possible and apply for random scholarships here and there, haa. we will see how that works out. This trip is definitely feeding into my desire to travel as much as I can in my life. I have traveled tons around the county because my father is in the military, but it usually amazing places like North Carolina! haha NOT! So yeah I would like to experience the different cultures that there are all over the country. I was the Human Relations Commissioner in HIgh School and I got to plan the annual multi-cultural fair that we had every year. That just sparked my interest even more, I just have always wanted to travel. My Best friend from home is Persian, and I always celebrate her random holidays like the Persian new year and such. We plan to take a trip to Iran so I can meet her family and friends from her home, but we are waiting until we have more stable jobs and money to do so. Anyways I have really been leaning into the idea of the major Tourism and Events Management here at mason. I have been really thinking about it, because it is kind of a broad type of major in the sense that I could get a job with it anywhere in the country. I actually am pretty good at organizing and got a feel of what it is like to plan events from that multi cultural fair I had to plan in High School. It is actually a lot of work, but you feel so accomplished in the end. Its like a painting you spend freakin HOURS on. haha. Yeah so I plan on exploring other majors, but I am very interested on this one. This week I am attending the job fair! I am actually excited to go because I feel like I am finally understanding what I want to get accomplished and do with my life. |
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[Sep. 27th, 2006|12:07 am] |
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WOW this week has been NON stop! starting saturday when the vehicle in which i drive breaks down in ASHBURN. that was so lame. I have been careless and basically money less. School overload with that. haha but besides that I am overall in a jolly mood tonight. I am really enjoying the Bird to bird book to be quite honest. At first I started to read it and was like ew a book about writing, but it is actually really well written. Its really funny and it reminds me of the type of books where the authors basically talk about their lives and make fun of it. Like, let me think for an example, kind of like David Sedaris or Chuck Chlosterman, their more making fun of things but they talk about the exact real life things that bother or are humorous and relate to real people. The author of Bird By Bird basically makes fun of her writing and the actual problems that occur with everyone when their writing. So you know your not the only on who sits in front of your computer staring blankly at your screen for 10 mins and then get up to make food instead of writing! That is exactly what I did last week for the creative wiritng paper. I was really excited to write it surprisingly. Im not going to lie but my favorite part of our classes are the readings assigned and then discussing them and their meanings the next day. But hence the name "creative Writing" class I knew I would be writing, haha. But yeah I seriously thought it would be so easy to bust out a fictional story that was interesting but I seriousl started to write and was like ehh this sounds so dumb. I started it out like "on a long snowy walk the flakes in the air fell down." and then thought uhh I do not know much about snow growing up in san diego and probably not be able to write much about it. haha. so I ended up getting up and just making a pot of coffee. Eventually I got in a groove and it was pretty easy to bust out a decent story. I really hope that taking this class will improve my writing skills more. I am sure it will because I know the past classes we have done great exercises that have already started to help me along. I am pretty sure I am not going to become an English major but I will always enjoy a good story and would love to be able to put a good one down on paper and do it successfully if I can. |
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[Sep. 17th, 2006|09:28 pm] |
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well! this week has been soo exhausting! This may sound stupid but we had our sorority recruitment this weekend and it was like all day every day of standing and talking to random girls I have never meet before. Mentally and physically tiring. haha. anywhooo It is all over and I still had time to finish all of my english homework :) Actually while talking to girls this weekend one of the main questions that came up was "What is your major" go figure. Nice conversation starter, but I felt lame because with most of the freshman I have no clue what it is I really want to do with my life. For some reason that really bothers my father, I wonder why. haha Aside from my usual topic I had to tell you this story that I read about when I signed online today. When I opend my internet explorer there is usually this news page that is show cases hot articles and what not. And I saw this article about these 2 twin girls who are spokes girls for white supremacy! how sad is that! I like couldn't belive it. they have this band and they have this web site and they think it is totally ok to just sing and preach about saving the white race and not mixing it up. I seriously do no realize half the time that there are people like that out there. F*ed up in the brian. I'm really not sure why I shared that thought but I just thought someone else should read this article it really is sad how these girls parents feed that crap into their minds. Anyways back to my life track. Well from taking this art class this semester I have come to find that I NEVER want to become an art major. Way too demanding and time consuming for me. I really just like to paint and do other mixed media for fun more than on a demanded time schedule. Well and I hear AVT majors basically live in the Fine Arts building because of how time consuming it is. I am very glad for them but it is really not as big of a passion for me to do so. Also a lot of teachers like you to paint their exact way, water colors, oil, etc. Whatever they choose is basically the only "right" way to paint. I have always been told that art work is whatever you would like to make it. So not that I do not like oil paints but I would rather not be confided to one way and told its the only way. So I have cancelled that major out of my life. Well and that I am not that good haha. It would be pretty great to be an interior designer also. I know we don't have that major, but I've come to find that most people do not end up in a career that has much to do with what their major was. I love that fact! It relieves so much stress off ones shoulders. I really think it should be something that everyone is told more often. A lot of students come to college thinking they have to have this major picked out and are overwhelmed because they are picking their life long career. Which unless your becoming a doctor or nurse It really does not matter. OK well I have ramble enough for the evening. BYE! :) |
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[Sep. 11th, 2006|01:42 pm] |
Personal Statement
I am a sophomore this year at George Mason and have found myself still undecided yet again this year. I do understand though that it is all right to be unsure, because most likely I will be changing my mind a few times throughout the next few years. Last you I came to Mason under the impression that I wanted to be an athletic training major. I ended up not enjoying that as much as I thought I would and also found out that the job opportunity and options were extremely slim once I would graduate from Mason. So with that I was left with no clue on what I wanted to study, and just signed up for the undergraduate classes that I needed for the following semester. I keep finding out that no matter what interest me I am unsure whether or not that is something I am really interested in or if it seems easier for me to accomplish. I would not say I’m a lazy person but I do get intimidated easily when something looks too difficult. My reasons for choosing this class are most obvious considering I have no clue what I’m planning on doing in my life. I hope this class will at least point me in a good direction. I really enjoy leadership type of classes that get me to think outside the box on life and such. I’ve always dreamed of becoming a doctor, as far out as that seems in my lack of motivation to study as much as a normal person would have too to become one. I know that television is not very realistic to compare to, but I have always loved the show ER and thought that it must be so exhilarating to save someone’s life. I have accepted for the most part that I would have had to try a lot harder than I did in high school and last semester to get better grades to be able to pursue a career in being a doctor. I feel the reason why I am so indecisive about what I want to do is because I get bored with one thing if I do it too long. In high school I loved sports and being active, but I would also love to be involved with things such as student government and planning certain events on campus. So for me to just point out just one thing that I lose complete track of time doing is so hard. I really enjoy reading, and if I get into a book it is almost impossible for me to put it down. I will bring the book out with me at night just in case I get bored, as nerdy as that may sound. On the other hand if I started a pick up game of lacrosse I could play until my legs hurt. I would have to say the instructor that I liked the best throughout my life was my eight-grade math teacher. Not only was he a great math teacher and loved his students, he actually took the time to get to know you. He created a huge program where he took students back packing. I started to go on the trips and I just have the best experiences where I learned a lot of things about myself and how to look at the world around me. So he started off as my math teacher but ended up teaching everyone and myself a lot more than just math. Speaking of people who have changed my life, my hero would have to be my older brother Eric. He is thirty years old and an aviator for the Navy. He was a lot like me while growing up and worked very hard for where he is today and I can only hope to be half the person he is. He is ten years older than me but we can talk to each other about anything, he can be my friend and my role model. One of my most important learning experiences has come from playing on my high school field hockey team. It probably has made me the person that I am today by how influential it was on my life. You learn so many values playing on a sport team and learn to share and care for other teammates who will always be there for you. My coach was always hard on me but still I could go and just have a normal conversation with her. When I’d have issues with my mom at home I could always talk to my coach and take my aggression out in a positive way on the field. Some things I have always wanted to try but never had the chance too was to get involved with some sort of charity organization in a foreign country. I have yet to get involved with something such as building homes for the poor or helping aids victims and would love to get the chance to try and make an ounce of a difference. My definition of success is trying your best, and never giving up no matter if you fail. It’s the effort and care that you put into some thing and that is what really matters to me. The values I hold most dear are honestly, care, never quit, try your best, and always attempt something you think you can’t accomplish because you just might be able to do it.
I thought my personal statement could add to how I veiw different professions and my look towards the professional world. |
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[Sep. 4th, 2006|11:00 pm] |
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I was in a meeting today for my sorority and we were passing around a sheet of paper where we were supposed to sign our names, grades, and what we were majoring in and what not. I realized while signing it that out of the entire room I was the only one who seemed to not have a major or any idea of what I wanted to do with my life. haha. Currently I am taking University 200, which is a class that apparently from what I have been told is to help you choose your major. I wanted to theme my journal entries this semester to me exploring and discussing the different majors I contemplate and why and what I find out about such things. Does that make sense at all? Like I understand that many people are thirty and still are unsure what they want to do our become, and I'm not guaranteeing that I'm going to figure that out myself within the semester but I would like to think aloud about it through my journals. I do enjoy this live journal dealio though, Ive never actually written in a journal in my life so this is pretty new to me. Also tonight I need to write a Personal statement for that Univ 200 class, so Im guessing there is going to be a lot of self contemplating about myself this semester. haha. I'm not complaining because I hope this relieves some sort of stress off my back, I'm a little intimidated with my workload this semester. It's not that I'm taking really hard classes or anything its just I have this painting class that seems really intense and I'm like ahh I paint for fun, not for teacher critiquing. SOO I'm guessing I won't be a art major haha. Thinking about it stresses me out, ok well I'm going to write that personal statement now. |
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