A monumental day for me. I finally got my grad school application together and in the mail. I've spent the last couple of weeks getting people to write reccomendations, and just wrestling with the application itself. I'm applying to only one program currently, the Masters in theater at Villanova. I'm hopeful - I have good references, my GPA is at a point that I'm happy with, and the GRE scores were decent.
If I'm rejected, then I still want to pursue a Masters, and would really like to get into Residence Life somewhere to do it. I could really see myself being a Resident Director (or a Graduate Assistant, or whatever they call it at whatever institution would take me.) In that case, I'd probably broaden my field to something like English or even possibly continuing in Communication. I'm not 100% sure on how this all works to become a RD, but from what I hear, the deadlines are still very much in the future by a month or so.
Today was also just a fantastic day in general, just because I told myself that it was going to be a fantastic day. There's this mailing list that I'm on, "Ripples," that grew out of a motivational speaker that La Salle hosted recently. This week's email said something about practicing smiling. I gave it a try...it's amazing what a positive mental attitude can have on an otherwise boring day. It just became a really, really, really good day through everything - classes, meetings, and just randomly meeting people as the day went through.
Also from the email was this quote:
Every time you smile at someone,
it is an action of love, a gift to that person,
a beautiful thing.
-Mother Teresa
The rest of the week seems like it'll be pretty decent. It's all heavily weighted towards community development though, which will drive me insane - Tuesday - duty at 6pm, In-service at 9:15PM. Wednesday - duty at 6PM, RSA Meeting at 9:15, staff meeting at 10PM. Thursday, duty at 9.
This coupled with Tech Week.
But I keep telling myself that it's going to be a good week. And you know what? It will be.
Face it, you're still a nobody. If I can't get people to believe in me, how the hell are you ever going to get into grad school with your grades? I know everything, and I know that you failed Film as Art. FILM AS ART! No one fails that! Not even the girl majoring in philosophy who will wind up teaching philosophy, or doing drugs on a street corner. You suck. I still love you though. I kind of have to.
Posted by: Jesus on February 11, 2004 09:09 PMHe's got you there.
Posted by: The Holy Spirit on February 11, 2004 09:10 PMOk, canary.
Posted by: Captain Seafarer on February 12, 2004 01:58 PMMy chicken is much better than my music. Stay away from Paul Newman's salad dressing!
Posted by: KR Roasters on February 13, 2004 11:27 AM