Dammit all to hell
Apr. 7th, 2004 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fredericksIt takes me forever to write up entries. Forever. I'd just spent twenty minutes writing about my time in the shop this morning when the window suddenly disappeared. Damn this laptop to hell. Or Jersey. Whichever.
ANYway, today's been eh. Finally received my welcome notice from Samaritans, informing me I've officially been recruited. And, get this, they gave me a reading list AND a writing assignment. It was so refreshing; it's like I'm back in school. The books are (of course) suicide and depression-based, although there are a few eyebrow-raisers (Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle? huh?). I feel like I read the Rogers book during one course or another (On Becoming a Person), but eh. *grin* I think I might have mentioned during my interview how I loathed Rogerians and their constant head-nodding/repeating without trying to sound like they're repeating type of psychotherapy. I should have figured that The Samaritans would be huge followers of his school of thought. I think I'll tackle Wurtzel's Prozac Nation and the Rogers first. Should be fun.
I got a notice from Brown the other day about my impending graduation. Or, rather, graduation ceremony. Technically I graduated on the day Wincze passed me for the Projects course. But I ended up walking that May just because everyone else in my class was and my folks were all psyched (*sigh*). Although, to be more technical, my class graduated the year before. The few people I knew I'd met through UFS interaction. But, eh. I'm trying to decide whether I should go up in May (just for the departmental portion, where they'd call my name and this time hand me my diploma) or whether I should have them mail it down to me. Jo said she'd accompany me, but I'd feel so out-of-place walking among all those total strangers. And seeing Brown again would definitely wig me out.
I seem fairly gung-ho on going to Hunter during the summer and starting on my nursing requirements. I have to tackle all the stuff I avoided at Brown: microbiology, Orgo (::shudder::), anatomy and physiology, and possibly immunology and a health specific (math-laden) statistics course. My aunt (the nurse) is quite supportive of me now (which is totally comforting, especially when my mother gets started) and mentioned that I should really look into the accelerated BS/MS programs out there. The monetary contributions are daunting (she says, after owing Brown her first- and second-born children), but I guess it'll be worth it. And I can (hopefully) get a job out right out of the gate. *sigh* We'll see.
ANYway, today's been eh. Finally received my welcome notice from Samaritans, informing me I've officially been recruited. And, get this, they gave me a reading list AND a writing assignment. It was so refreshing; it's like I'm back in school. The books are (of course) suicide and depression-based, although there are a few eyebrow-raisers (Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle? huh?). I feel like I read the Rogers book during one course or another (On Becoming a Person), but eh. *grin* I think I might have mentioned during my interview how I loathed Rogerians and their constant head-nodding/repeating without trying to sound like they're repeating type of psychotherapy. I should have figured that The Samaritans would be huge followers of his school of thought. I think I'll tackle Wurtzel's Prozac Nation and the Rogers first. Should be fun.
I got a notice from Brown the other day about my impending graduation. Or, rather, graduation ceremony. Technically I graduated on the day Wincze passed me for the Projects course. But I ended up walking that May just because everyone else in my class was and my folks were all psyched (*sigh*). Although, to be more technical, my class graduated the year before. The few people I knew I'd met through UFS interaction. But, eh. I'm trying to decide whether I should go up in May (just for the departmental portion, where they'd call my name and this time hand me my diploma) or whether I should have them mail it down to me. Jo said she'd accompany me, but I'd feel so out-of-place walking among all those total strangers. And seeing Brown again would definitely wig me out.
I seem fairly gung-ho on going to Hunter during the summer and starting on my nursing requirements. I have to tackle all the stuff I avoided at Brown: microbiology, Orgo (::shudder::), anatomy and physiology, and possibly immunology and a health specific (math-laden) statistics course. My aunt (the nurse) is quite supportive of me now (which is totally comforting, especially when my mother gets started) and mentioned that I should really look into the accelerated BS/MS programs out there. The monetary contributions are daunting (she says, after owing Brown her first- and second-born children), but I guess it'll be worth it. And I can (hopefully) get a job out right out of the gate. *sigh* We'll see.
