May 04, 2005 20:45
So, yeah. Haven't updated in a while. Mostly because not a whole lot has been happening. Well, okay, maybe not entirely true, but in the realm of things that I want to share with the lj world at large, not too much has happened. My days lately have consisted of waking up, talking to Crystal, going to work, coming home, and falling asleep. Incredibly exciting, eh? What is really exciting, though, is the fact that in 7 days, 22 hours, and 45 minutes, Crystal is going to be here and in another 4 or 5 days after that, we're going to head out of Tacoma, off into the great unknown that is life in Kentucky. Actually, I guess that's some news that I really haven't put up here (though I've talked to pretty much all of you about it in the past several weeks). I'm moving to Kentucky, for an unknown period of time, most likely longer than a year and potentially as long as two, depending on what happens on the grad school front. And speaking of that front, I've gotten responses from all five of the schools that I ended up applying to, all of which were rejections. So, at this point, it's all about a re-evaluation of things: do I really want to pursue the whole doctorate in clinical neuropsych thing? Am I even cut out for grad school, with my strong lack of interest in research and my 3.2 GPA and moderately okay GRE scores? What do I do instead? Teach? Work at Trader Joe's? Find some mystery other option that hasn't occurred to me and devote my whole life to that? I really think getting out of Tacoma is going to help, since it'll help settle me a bit more (I won't have the lingering college effects, I won't have to deal with being 2000 miles from my girlfriend, I'll even potentially be a lot closer to internship possibilities if it comes to that). As much as I've loved this past year and all my housemates and my job and everything associated with being here, I really feel like getting out of here is a kick in the ass that I've needed for a while now. I've always been a big fan of living in my safe little box, leading my safe little routine of a life- it's refreshing to actually be impulsive for once. Admittedly, it's a well thought out and fairly responsible form of impulsivity, but for me, this is living on the edge.
However scary that edge may be, though, it's made far better by the knowledge that I'm going to be in the same place as the girl I love- something that has been gnawing at me for the past three months or so. Long distance relationships suck, pure and simple. Not that I would have done anything differently, because Crystal is an amazing girl and being in a relationship with her (no matter whether it's long distance or, as it will be shortly, very much up close) makes me incredibly happy, but that doesn't change the fact that I wish I'd spent the past 4 months with her in person rather than having to deal with cell phones and all the attendant difficulties. All that's going to change in just over a week, though, and I'm so ridiculously excited, I can't really put it into words. And hopefully she can stand having me around and we can keep things going for a long time to come.
And speaking of long distance relationships, I just found out that my sister has a new boyfriend (I think this one counts as her first, though I could be wrong and she may have been hiding guys from me for years). It just makes me so proud, seeing my little sister all grown up and going out into the world... *sniff* Plus, that's another upside to being in Kentucky- if this guy or any other one does anything to hurt her, going out there to break his kneecaps will be much easier and cheaper than flying from Tacoma. Hmmm.... beyond that, not a whole lot else to say. Saw Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and was incredibly disappointed (way too Hollywood-ified, especially because they actually tried to add some semblance of a plot to things, not to mention the fact that it made such a big deal of it's Britishness in a really annoying *wink wink* sort of way (and not the funny Monty Python sort of *wink wink*, if you know what I mean)). Just watched Hotel Rwanda, thought it was amazing, despite it making me feel incredibly guilty for being a white Westerner (though, being 12 years old when it was all happening, it's not like I could have done much). Am about halfway through I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb and am loving it- I highly recommend it, especially if you like John Irving's writing, despite it being an Oprah book. And yeah, that's about it. Sleep calls now, so off I go. Look for another fascinating installment of my monthly series, "The Thrilling Adventures of a Boring Homebody and Borderline Workaholic", due out sometime around the first of next month.