Guten Tag
Whoa, havent been here in a long time. I dont even have time to be here right now...I keep procrastinating doing this 20 page paper...and then have another one to do after it.
I guess ill do the quick and dirty summary, so whe I look back after aa few years I can see what was going on in my life during this time.
Roy and broke up...he kissed another girl and even though it may seem like a minor infidelity it was an infidelty none the less. We still talk everyday and I still love him, but I believe everything happens for a reason. I am officially going to Egypt in the spring. Finally. :-)
And then ill be going back officially, in the summer for the field school I applied through the Unversity of Hawaii-Manoa. We will be excavating and mapping the elite precints of Graeco-Roman inhabitants in the Delta. So its two hours from Cairo, but I happy to be exploring more of Egypt. My arabic should really pick up while Im over there. Can't wait.
So ive been applying to grad schools, thanks god for my adivsor, without him I would be worlds lost. I didnt know it was so much more involved in grad school. Anyways Im applying to
University of Chicago
Universeity of Michigan
University of Toronto
Berkeley
University of Memphis
Santa Barbara
UCLA
NYU
UPENN
I would like to get into any of them, but my top choices are Toronto, Chicago and UPenn. Most of these schools are like the ivy league schools for Ancient Mediterranean societies. O yeh i should probaly ive changed my focus from Egyptology to Ancient Mediterranean. Naturally, one had to have a specific region in which they really concentrate on, and that of course is still Egypt for me, but I would like to focus on the cross cultural exchanges between Greece and Egypt during the Late Kingdom and Ptolemaic era and how ths hybrid art in funerary contexts reflects the overall socio-economic influence.
Im very excited to start my career. Im going to a conference in Boston this weekend to I can shmooze with some people from these schools. Im very nervous...Im going by myself, but I want to do this so I can prove to my Professor/Advisor that this is what I really want. I do feel he doubted my readiness for grad school, but now I think he sees how determined I am despite my timid personality.
I have a lot of things around the corner....My GRE test, Grad applications to finish and hand in, Egypt for the semester, Egypt for the summer, My 21st birthday and grad school! (If i get in) If i dont then i will be continuing my education through a Continuing Education Program in one of England's programs, to learn the necessary elements to make me a better canididate for next year. I dont give up so easily ;-)
I was also asked out on a date for the first time. Being in a four year relationship I never did really have the opportunity to being asked out. I was so caught of gaurd I said yes, even though I didnt want to. Luckily for me we had conflicting schedules so I dont think its going to happen. I have a hard time rejecting people....I feel bad.
I also am in love. Yes, in love, but theres nothing I can do about. Because well, hes my professor. I cant never stop thinking about him. Hes my Greek Archaeology Professor and I try to do so wel in his class, I didnt do so hot on the midterm but he gave the class extra credit opportunites so my final grade for the midterm (because of the extra credit) ended up being 101. :-) Just to show him I am a determined person. But I do love him, i think its beginnging to be a problem. I know I love him because i get so nervous when im in his class and he calls of the names for attendance, and because whenever our eyes lock butterflies shoot trhoughout my body. I wrote him an email, not expressing my love, but asking a question about the extra credit and he wrote back on how apperciative I was on how I formated my email. (Which i read over 10 times to insure it was perfect.) He said that I was polite, to the point and used proper greetings. :-) Im sure im reading to much into this, but why would he send me such an email? Professors dont do that. Im sure its nothing, but i like to thnk we have a little flirtatious thing going on, even though we dont. ha.
But i also hate him ( which is how i know i really like him) because he keeps giving me scores like 14/15 or 9/10. And on the paper it says good job and there are check marks! Why tease me, just give me the extra point! And he said at the begninng of the year, Im an easy grader if i feel like you have the right idea or the concept i will give you full points. I thnk hes doing it on purpose...maybe he wants me to ask him in private...
what am I saying, the man is married! and she teaches here at umass, but still i cant help but feel there is a certain connection....
Well i should probably do this paper. Its going to be the paper i send to grad schools, so yeh...its got to be good.
Tchuss fur jetzt mein Freundin
-S
I guess ill do the quick and dirty summary, so whe I look back after aa few years I can see what was going on in my life during this time.
Roy and broke up...he kissed another girl and even though it may seem like a minor infidelity it was an infidelty none the less. We still talk everyday and I still love him, but I believe everything happens for a reason. I am officially going to Egypt in the spring. Finally. :-)
And then ill be going back officially, in the summer for the field school I applied through the Unversity of Hawaii-Manoa. We will be excavating and mapping the elite precints of Graeco-Roman inhabitants in the Delta. So its two hours from Cairo, but I happy to be exploring more of Egypt. My arabic should really pick up while Im over there. Can't wait.
So ive been applying to grad schools, thanks god for my adivsor, without him I would be worlds lost. I didnt know it was so much more involved in grad school. Anyways Im applying to
University of Chicago
Universeity of Michigan
University of Toronto
Berkeley
University of Memphis
Santa Barbara
UCLA
NYU
UPENN
I would like to get into any of them, but my top choices are Toronto, Chicago and UPenn. Most of these schools are like the ivy league schools for Ancient Mediterranean societies. O yeh i should probaly ive changed my focus from Egyptology to Ancient Mediterranean. Naturally, one had to have a specific region in which they really concentrate on, and that of course is still Egypt for me, but I would like to focus on the cross cultural exchanges between Greece and Egypt during the Late Kingdom and Ptolemaic era and how ths hybrid art in funerary contexts reflects the overall socio-economic influence.
Im very excited to start my career. Im going to a conference in Boston this weekend to I can shmooze with some people from these schools. Im very nervous...Im going by myself, but I want to do this so I can prove to my Professor/Advisor that this is what I really want. I do feel he doubted my readiness for grad school, but now I think he sees how determined I am despite my timid personality.
I have a lot of things around the corner....My GRE test, Grad applications to finish and hand in, Egypt for the semester, Egypt for the summer, My 21st birthday and grad school! (If i get in) If i dont then i will be continuing my education through a Continuing Education Program in one of England's programs, to learn the necessary elements to make me a better canididate for next year. I dont give up so easily ;-)
I was also asked out on a date for the first time. Being in a four year relationship I never did really have the opportunity to being asked out. I was so caught of gaurd I said yes, even though I didnt want to. Luckily for me we had conflicting schedules so I dont think its going to happen. I have a hard time rejecting people....I feel bad.
I also am in love. Yes, in love, but theres nothing I can do about. Because well, hes my professor. I cant never stop thinking about him. Hes my Greek Archaeology Professor and I try to do so wel in his class, I didnt do so hot on the midterm but he gave the class extra credit opportunites so my final grade for the midterm (because of the extra credit) ended up being 101. :-) Just to show him I am a determined person. But I do love him, i think its beginnging to be a problem. I know I love him because i get so nervous when im in his class and he calls of the names for attendance, and because whenever our eyes lock butterflies shoot trhoughout my body. I wrote him an email, not expressing my love, but asking a question about the extra credit and he wrote back on how apperciative I was on how I formated my email. (Which i read over 10 times to insure it was perfect.) He said that I was polite, to the point and used proper greetings. :-) Im sure im reading to much into this, but why would he send me such an email? Professors dont do that. Im sure its nothing, but i like to thnk we have a little flirtatious thing going on, even though we dont. ha.
But i also hate him ( which is how i know i really like him) because he keeps giving me scores like 14/15 or 9/10. And on the paper it says good job and there are check marks! Why tease me, just give me the extra point! And he said at the begninng of the year, Im an easy grader if i feel like you have the right idea or the concept i will give you full points. I thnk hes doing it on purpose...maybe he wants me to ask him in private...
what am I saying, the man is married! and she teaches here at umass, but still i cant help but feel there is a certain connection....
Well i should probably do this paper. Its going to be the paper i send to grad schools, so yeh...its got to be good.
Tchuss fur jetzt mein Freundin
-S