Abridged life updates... All the cool kids are doing it!
So, just like everyone else, I'm insanely happy Obama won. Of course I wish prop 8 hadn't passed, but I have faith in Cali's supreme court. The Counterpoints fall concert was last night, I had a MASSIVE party in my apartment and somehow University Police did NOT show up! Woo! We went through three 30-racks and could have drunk a 4th. Bad math on my part as for how much booze to buy for three guest a cappella groups as well as ourselves...
Classes are ok, I can't wait for Biochem to be over (it's not actually that terrible, I'm capable of doing well, but it's getting so difficult to motivate myself in that class - case in point the lab writeup I should be doing right now) but I'm loving Genomics. I'm planning to do something with the Genomics I'm learning for my Master's next year. I'm totally burnt out on photo - I can't make myself shoot, I can't make myself print, all I enjoy is the photoshopping and even that is very formulaic and zombie-like at this point. Next semester I'm TAing an advanced digital class instead of taking photo, and I think that'll be a lot better for me, and more useful since I'm probably going to end up teaching (even if it's biology and not photography.) I'm also researching Ph. D. programs, which is scary but thrilling, and way more time-consuming than I thought it'd be.
I wish I had more time to post, and keep in better contact with all you guys. Or to do anything, really. I'm so engrossed in Counterpoints and completing my pilot study for my Master's research and being in charge of STIR that I'm left with so little free time that I barely get to sleep most weeks. It's weird, I keep telling myself "next year will be better" but that's never actually panned out... I guess this time next year might actually be different, since I won't be allowed to be in charge of STIR or Counterpoints (woo being a grad student!), and I'll only be functionally taking one or two classes a semester, although of course there is the small task of completing a Master's thesis. The hilarious thing is, that doesn't actually sound that hard at this point.
Classes are ok, I can't wait for Biochem to be over (it's not actually that terrible, I'm capable of doing well, but it's getting so difficult to motivate myself in that class - case in point the lab writeup I should be doing right now) but I'm loving Genomics. I'm planning to do something with the Genomics I'm learning for my Master's next year. I'm totally burnt out on photo - I can't make myself shoot, I can't make myself print, all I enjoy is the photoshopping and even that is very formulaic and zombie-like at this point. Next semester I'm TAing an advanced digital class instead of taking photo, and I think that'll be a lot better for me, and more useful since I'm probably going to end up teaching (even if it's biology and not photography.) I'm also researching Ph. D. programs, which is scary but thrilling, and way more time-consuming than I thought it'd be.
I wish I had more time to post, and keep in better contact with all you guys. Or to do anything, really. I'm so engrossed in Counterpoints and completing my pilot study for my Master's research and being in charge of STIR that I'm left with so little free time that I barely get to sleep most weeks. It's weird, I keep telling myself "next year will be better" but that's never actually panned out... I guess this time next year might actually be different, since I won't be allowed to be in charge of STIR or Counterpoints (woo being a grad student!), and I'll only be functionally taking one or two classes a semester, although of course there is the small task of completing a Master's thesis. The hilarious thing is, that doesn't actually sound that hard at this point.