Holidays are over.
So I suddenly feel like there are three thousand things I should have been doing over my vacation, and DIDN'T do. This kind of sucks. I shall list them, because maybe by listing them the list will seem smaller than it currently feels. Plus I'd rather babble to the immense universe of the internet (and all of you reading this within it) than actually do anything at this point. That'll change soon, because I can't afford to *not* do this stuff.
First off, my prof for my lit review clearly forgot about me. How do I know this? Because basically she said "I honestly forgot about you". I feel like I'm partly responsible for this having not been obnoxious and in her face, but I really didn't think that, after a bunch of emails back and forth and actually going to meet with her in person for half an hour to an hour, that I was really all that forgettable. Alas. It doesn't really matter at this point, except that now I know in order to make an impression on her (this is the prof I want to do a masters with...or so I thought, because who knows, maybe she's not a nice person?) I will have to go beyond what I would want someone to do in making an impression on me. To that end I need to volunteer with her and this is ultimately the whole point at the moment: in order to volunteer I have to take WHMIS and another human blood handling and safety type of course. Two separate courses, both of which severely conflict with my hardest course of the semester, which is Medical embryology. My dad offered a solution there, however: I can, if U of G deems it acceptable, take the WHMIS course at his work. As to the other, my friends will just have to help me out, because I can't *not* take the course. It's simply not an option.
On the topic of the lit review, however, I need to do some reading so I sound intelligent when I settle on my topic later this week. I plan on doing something on the nutraceutical benefits of chocolate, or maybe cocoa butter.
I also need to come up with a list of ten references which I intend to use when I do my experiential learning course in musical performance in the summer. This is a completely foreign concept to me, and an absolutely ludicrous formality. I mean, how am I supposed to say what references I intend to use without really getting into the project? I'm definitely one of these people that prefers to fly by the seat of my pants here, and find a reference to say what I have decided to say. Maybe that's bad, I don't know. My prof already has some ideas so I need to fill in the blanks so it doesn't look like I'm just relying on her to do my work for me.
I also have a piano lesson Tuesday which means I should practice piano, because clearly (HA!) I have been playing my ass off for the duration of the holidays. Truth be told, I actually was SO sick of playing piano for hours a day, as I was prior to my jury, that I haven't played much at all. And when I have played, I have played classical music, for the precise reason that it is NOT JAZZ. I like jazz, don't get me wrong. But after the amount of work I put in, I was eager for the mindless technical challenge of classical music, and I have avoided everything that doesn't fit that criteria. Must change that now, however.
I also have to continually do more research on post grad stuff (I've already been doing a lot, so this isn't something I've been procrastinating), because application deadlines usually fall at the first of February or thereabouts. The tricky part here is that Guelph is where I want to be, and I'm a little panicked that my prof FORGOT about me, who made it very clear at the time that I wanted to do a masters in nutriceuticals. I think it's definitely time to find more nutriceutical profs, at Guelph since most other universities don't seem to talk about nutriceuticals in any significant context (if I'm wrong here PLEASE correct me). I think I'll have to look out of province too, say at UBC. That wouldn't be so bad I guess. BC is gorgeous, my friend Mike might be there, my friend Josh might even be there eventually, and karate is there. Plus, like I said, BC is gorgeous.
I guess that's about it. But those feel like big things somehow. It can be done. It will have to be done. But I think my holiday is definitely over. Need to get cracking!!!
First off, my prof for my lit review clearly forgot about me. How do I know this? Because basically she said "I honestly forgot about you". I feel like I'm partly responsible for this having not been obnoxious and in her face, but I really didn't think that, after a bunch of emails back and forth and actually going to meet with her in person for half an hour to an hour, that I was really all that forgettable. Alas. It doesn't really matter at this point, except that now I know in order to make an impression on her (this is the prof I want to do a masters with...or so I thought, because who knows, maybe she's not a nice person?) I will have to go beyond what I would want someone to do in making an impression on me. To that end I need to volunteer with her and this is ultimately the whole point at the moment: in order to volunteer I have to take WHMIS and another human blood handling and safety type of course. Two separate courses, both of which severely conflict with my hardest course of the semester, which is Medical embryology. My dad offered a solution there, however: I can, if U of G deems it acceptable, take the WHMIS course at his work. As to the other, my friends will just have to help me out, because I can't *not* take the course. It's simply not an option.
On the topic of the lit review, however, I need to do some reading so I sound intelligent when I settle on my topic later this week. I plan on doing something on the nutraceutical benefits of chocolate, or maybe cocoa butter.
I also need to come up with a list of ten references which I intend to use when I do my experiential learning course in musical performance in the summer. This is a completely foreign concept to me, and an absolutely ludicrous formality. I mean, how am I supposed to say what references I intend to use without really getting into the project? I'm definitely one of these people that prefers to fly by the seat of my pants here, and find a reference to say what I have decided to say. Maybe that's bad, I don't know. My prof already has some ideas so I need to fill in the blanks so it doesn't look like I'm just relying on her to do my work for me.
I also have a piano lesson Tuesday which means I should practice piano, because clearly (HA!) I have been playing my ass off for the duration of the holidays. Truth be told, I actually was SO sick of playing piano for hours a day, as I was prior to my jury, that I haven't played much at all. And when I have played, I have played classical music, for the precise reason that it is NOT JAZZ. I like jazz, don't get me wrong. But after the amount of work I put in, I was eager for the mindless technical challenge of classical music, and I have avoided everything that doesn't fit that criteria. Must change that now, however.
I also have to continually do more research on post grad stuff (I've already been doing a lot, so this isn't something I've been procrastinating), because application deadlines usually fall at the first of February or thereabouts. The tricky part here is that Guelph is where I want to be, and I'm a little panicked that my prof FORGOT about me, who made it very clear at the time that I wanted to do a masters in nutriceuticals. I think it's definitely time to find more nutriceutical profs, at Guelph since most other universities don't seem to talk about nutriceuticals in any significant context (if I'm wrong here PLEASE correct me). I think I'll have to look out of province too, say at UBC. That wouldn't be so bad I guess. BC is gorgeous, my friend Mike might be there, my friend Josh might even be there eventually, and karate is there. Plus, like I said, BC is gorgeous.
I guess that's about it. But those feel like big things somehow. It can be done. It will have to be done. But I think my holiday is definitely over. Need to get cracking!!!