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quadruplifyThis week wasn't too bad, despite the craziness. Bad news on the academic front: I bombed my second Enviro Econ problem set (though not nearly as bad as last time), and I don't have much confidence I did all that well in this week's midterm. And this is after I went to office hours. (Though it only counts 10% of our grade anyway, and it's not as if I haven't failed a midterm and still gotten a good grade for the class anyway.) Good news on the academic front: I got a good grade on my IEP paper, and my grades in stats and Japanese are slowly starting to improve. :D
On Thursday I, a few other students, and my IEP professor had lunch with another professor visiting from Monterey, talking about the school itself and the kinds of things one must do in order to get the career one wants in a certain field/part of the world. It was very interesting, but I also suddenly realized that the major I want is East Asian studies or international politics and economics if I ever want to have an environment-related career/job in which I can put my Japanese to good use. Or learning Chinese, because all the big environmental issues in east Asia are in China, and you would need to know both Chinese and Japanese in order to work with issues involving both countries. Or just go ahead and major in Japanese and then go into translation, either for literature or in the public sector somehow. Or just say to hell with it and major in something like history. Obviously, my environmental policy major/Japanese minor combo won't bar me from all that, but it doesn't make things easier. Anyway, I'm far enough along so that it would be really difficult to switch now. :( It was a very interesting discussion, even if I can't remember much of the details, lol XD
The schedule for the symposium has been finalized and is online! You can read all about it here. All we need to do now is advertising and we should be all set. :D
Finally got around to seeing Up tonight. I'll have to wait to give my opinions of it, since it's past 3 AM and I can't think all that well. :3
I got another care package this week, this time just some dry-erase markers because someone must've stole mine.
The radio show went well (I got a request! XD), yoga class went well, and capoeira class was all right but now I'm trying to decide whether to stop (since I'm not really enjoying it all that much) or continue (I need the exercise, and I don't have a replacement if I decide to quit). And this weekend I need to find a way to fit in a problem set and lots of reading between the farmer's market, a Latin "street festival," a screening of I've Loved You So Long, anime club, the Japanese club welcome event, capoeira class, and maybe a meeting of the gay rights organization. Lovely. ^_^;;
Finally, this week's song, "The Joy of D.H. Lawrence" by Erik Enocksson. Enjoy!!!
On Thursday I, a few other students, and my IEP professor had lunch with another professor visiting from Monterey, talking about the school itself and the kinds of things one must do in order to get the career one wants in a certain field/part of the world. It was very interesting, but I also suddenly realized that the major I want is East Asian studies or international politics and economics if I ever want to have an environment-related career/job in which I can put my Japanese to good use. Or learning Chinese, because all the big environmental issues in east Asia are in China, and you would need to know both Chinese and Japanese in order to work with issues involving both countries. Or just go ahead and major in Japanese and then go into translation, either for literature or in the public sector somehow. Or just say to hell with it and major in something like history. Obviously, my environmental policy major/Japanese minor combo won't bar me from all that, but it doesn't make things easier. Anyway, I'm far enough along so that it would be really difficult to switch now. :( It was a very interesting discussion, even if I can't remember much of the details, lol XD
The schedule for the symposium has been finalized and is online! You can read all about it here. All we need to do now is advertising and we should be all set. :D
Finally got around to seeing Up tonight. I'll have to wait to give my opinions of it, since it's past 3 AM and I can't think all that well. :3
I got another care package this week, this time just some dry-erase markers because someone must've stole mine.
The radio show went well (I got a request! XD), yoga class went well, and capoeira class was all right but now I'm trying to decide whether to stop (since I'm not really enjoying it all that much) or continue (I need the exercise, and I don't have a replacement if I decide to quit). And this weekend I need to find a way to fit in a problem set and lots of reading between the farmer's market, a Latin "street festival," a screening of I've Loved You So Long, anime club, the Japanese club welcome event, capoeira class, and maybe a meeting of the gay rights organization. Lovely. ^_^;;
Finally, this week's song, "The Joy of D.H. Lawrence" by Erik Enocksson. Enjoy!!!
