Is it just me or is summer deliberately dragging its feet in getting here?
Okay, so things on the major explosion site are starting to stabilize. There's still tension but it's nowhere near as bad as it was a week and a half ago. So that's, well, better anyway. But I have a feeling that other areas of my life are going to reach boiling point pretty soon. But that's a whole other entry for a whole other day. But hopefully it won't be. Good news: I have a meeting with Brooker and Laughran tomorrow to go over my plans for my independent study next semester. I have the textbook readings (and some supplemental readings) all mapped out and ready to go. I'll figure out the nitty-gritty stuff with them tomorrow like papers and tests and all that good stuff. I'm going to bring along my contract minor form since now I have the final piece of the puzzle and can hopefully finish that whole thing off tomorrow. YAAAAYY!!! So that's good. I also have an interview next Thursday with a woman from the McAuley house (the battered women's shelter in Portland) for an internship next year!! I'm so excited. Problem is I have to show up in what Deacon called "Professional garb", that which I do not own. Not here, anyway, it's all in the back of my closet at home. And Deacon also recommended that I bring along a resume. Which I do not know how to write. Hmmm. I've been putting off my application to the Alaska Americorps site so that if I get this position in Portland, I'll be able to use that in my application. Smart, huh? Or maybe not so much. We'll see. I was thinking last night, when I start applying to graduate school (if I ever do at this point), UCDavis has a pretty good program. A lot of great feminists have come out of or teach at UCDavis. I couldn't possibly name any of them off, but that school comes up a lot. California though, I never really imagined myself there. My aunt lives in that town (the crazy one) and she's very familiar with that university since she tutors a lot of the students there. I worry she might be a little TOO excited about my considering it for grad school, so I think I'll hold off on asking her about it until I've thought about it some more. I did love California when I visited. Not sure if I could live there for two years, though. And URI's Women Studies program is still pretty darn good. But that's way way way in the future so I won't worry too much about it. I'll focus on my internship next year first. Or even more importantly, my finals next week. Shit.