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Author Topic: Re: Whatever, Let's Have A Goddamn Blog Thread, But Try And Keep It Reasonable, pt B  (Read 71840 times)

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I still haven't found what I'm looking for out if I got accepted into the Honour's class for this year. I've spent the last four years studying psychology with the intention of getting my phD by the time I'm 35 and working as a sex and relationship therapist. In these four years it never really occurred to me that I might not realise this dream. I'm pretty sure if I had gotten in I would know by now and I have just realised that I don't have a plan B.

So guys, help me figure out what my backup plan is? I have no idea what I would want to do if I can't do what I wanted to.

Hey Jimmy, I'm pretty sure most Unis let you know either way on your Honours application. Universities are terribly bureaucratic however, and can take a while to do most things. For example, I know that this year's PhD students in our school haven't received their confirmation stuff yet just because one person in the Science faculty office is still on holidays. I'd give them a call and see what's going on.

I did ask my housemate what you could do with a non-honours psych degree, and she said you could get counselor-type jobs. She finished her honours last year sometime, and has been working in a job that involves the rehabilitation of people with mental disorders (or something like that), and she said her current workplace hire people with psych degrees (without honours).

It's also possible to do honours at a different university to the one you did your undergraduate study at. I don't really know much about this, but it might be something to look into, perhaps the selection criteria varies between unis. 

Some universities also offer alternative means of entry into post-graduate studies if you don't get into honours. Some unis call these "Higher Degree Qualifying Programs", and they're basically a graduate diploma/certificate-type course that you take, and if you do well enough you can be considered for masters/honours etc. I think UNSW has this option for psych.
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Jodie all of my time off requests got accepted, so we are clear for epic hangouts in Fargo/on the road/Camp Edith/Chicagocon. whooooooo
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So, after my flight was cancelled from JFK to Edinburgh I managed to get a flight from JFK to Paris to Edinburgh a day later. I nearly didn't get onto that flight because Delta (after cancelling the flight) had not rearranged my ticket properly.

So what should have been a simple no stops flight to Edinburgh turned into one of the more stressing periods of the last year.

But now I'm safely in Edinburgh with all my luggage, grateful for the simplicity of Paris CDG and Edinburgh airport. I got to sit next to my ladyfriend because of some nice stranger (who later on in the flight picked a fight with an other guy). I haven't slept yet, and I'm told my eyes are extremely red. We've cleaned the flat's kitchen (which was filthy!) and made the living room so much more comfortable. Plus, now that I got a laptop for christmas (!!!) I can go sit in the lounge while I'm browsing the tubes, and not be a miser sitting in my own room stuck to a crappy desktop.

But seriously. Fuck Delta. They were also extremely rude to us when we arrived at JFK, basically shoving us onto Air France as their problem.

PS. We got the super special security treatment where they shoot air at you in a large metal box.
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I started my first day back in school today and spent 300 bucks on books.  Seriously why do people screw students over on the cost of books.  I also am going to an interview in a couple of hours to fill out paperwork for my job.  It will be good.

In an unrelated note, i think i just saw slick's picture on 4chan, i am not proud of the fact that i frequent there, but the cooking board is interesting sometimes.
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I finally told my parents about my plans to go overseas and visit the internets in like 6 months or so.

Youuuu should visit me in Alaska. Do iiiiit
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Jodie is going to come hang with me in Fargo for a weekend, then we are off to Fort Wayne for Camp Edith, then to Chicagocon. Sorry Patrick!
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Guys, my shoulder is all weird and achy. It feels like the shoulder blade isn't in totally the right place and it hurts to move it around much. Earlier I couldn't even write or hold anything in my hand, I just had to leave my arm in exactly the right position or I yelled a lot and cried a bit. Now it's a bit better but I'm not sure what is up with it.

Hmm interesting things? There are none. I went to see Mamma Mia! again with a friend and it was AWESOME. Even people who don't like it should go. But I think I've already mentioned that in this here thread. I just wanted to bitch about my arm really.
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There's this really handy "other thing" I'm going to write as a footnote to my abstract that I can probably explore these issues in. I think I'll call it my "dissertation."

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Guys fuck Essex I am too good for Essex. They clearly said no because I am too smart for them god dammit. Fuckin' Essex.

Oh yeah I got my first rejection from a university today.
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It is a horrible, horrible place. I've been pointed in that direction for my MA, but god knows I would not survive it.
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You're just a shining example to us all.
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There's this really handy "other thing" I'm going to write as a footnote to my abstract that I can probably explore these issues in. I think I'll call it my "dissertation."

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(Jens don't take it personally he is just not ready for the responsibility)
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There's this really handy "other thing" I'm going to write as a footnote to my abstract that I can probably explore these issues in. I think I'll call it my "dissertation."

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Tommy if you kill yourself can I have all your shit?
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sorry, i already called it.
i was just going to eat his cat though. i don't think i could eat a whole cat so i guess we could split it.
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Will it heighten my senses of hearing and balance and make my movements more fluid and catlike if I do?

This is where I put an obvious joke about Tommy's being the first pussy I ever eat.
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Fuckkk I am trying to pick between 2 film schools and I can't, they are both awesome it's just one's a larger school and only takes a year and one's a smaller school and takes 2.
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I think smaller schools are better because they allow you to make close connections with a greater amount of people in a shorter period of time.  That could be very useful in film, which I understand is fairly community-oriented in particular. Have you been accepted to both?

Dear plug dead,

I tried to dye my hair blue but it came out more of a greenish-blue color.  My life is full of hardship.
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Also, you probably have a better chance of getting to work on your own projects in a smaller program.
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"Hey Brittany, how was your weekend?"

Oh, you know, the usual...

Also there was a chick fight going on behind me as I was taking that picture, complete with hair pulling.
(PS that is a local band that is playing and a bunch of dudes decided they wanted to ROKK too. Topless! They are playing "American Girl")
(PPS After looking at this picture for a while, I think I can guess that the reason I say I love chubby hairy dudes is because that's all there is around here. HMM)
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What about orgasmic chemistry.

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I think smaller schools are better because they allow you to make close connections with a greater amount of people in a shorter period of time.  That could be very useful in film, which I understand is fairly community-oriented in particular. Have you been accepted to both?

Dear plug dead,

I tried to dye my hair blue but it came out more of a greenish-blue color.  My life is full of hardship.

Yeah I've been accepted in to both, that's true about smaller schools, but on the other hand a larger school means there's more people to actually meet, so I can find a group I really work well with and enjoy.
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I found out some stuff about the smaller school that makes me kinda want to go there. We get 24 hour 7 day a week access to the campus with our own security card, also they apparently want me as a student so much that they're holding one of the 24 positions for me, so I think I'm going with that one.
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Do you mean you get 24 hour access to the studios?  If so, it's a stupid easy choice and I urge you to not let your life pass you by
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Yep, we can go in and use their stuff anytime and borrow whatever we need.
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This reminds me.  I need to actually write out a screenplay instead of jotting down a few scenes and forgetting about it.
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So, blog thread, really;

After the best semester in grades I've ever had in my academic career, I need to keep the burn on (academically speaking) so I can beat all of my peers, become the best, and succeed at life.  Catching them all would be good too.
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Somebody stole my thongs. I don't know why, thongs cost like $10 and mine were pretty dirty.

Due to this, I had to walk the 5 or 6 km home from the beach bare footed in scorching heat. I have cuts on my feet from glass and rocks, burnt skin, and little bits of melted tar stuck to my feet. I don't think I'll be walking too much over the next few days.
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So I was reading that and the entire time I was thinking "What the hell do thongs have to do with feet, and why would someone steal dirty ones in the first place."
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Maybe we should have a list stickied at the top of the forum of words that mean radically different things in different countries, so that we don't have to keep having this conversation every time.

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JESUS WORE THONGS, HE DID NOT WEAR FLIP FLOPS.  I AM GOING TO CALL THEM SOMETHING LATIN SO THAT IT SOUNDS INDISPUTABLE

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Oh, and so it shall be!
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In my experience, the thong vs. flip-flop thing has as much to do with age gaps as it does regions. My mother and grandparents are still more likely to say thongs than flip flops, and frankly, I can't imagine any of them having a conversation about thong underwear to begin with, so it's not like they ever really had to worry much about potential confusion. 

On a related note, I remember when I volunteered at the nursing home and overheard a few old men talking about all the rubbers they went through over the years and their favorite brands. Turns out they meant waders.
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I like listening to the really old people talking about how great the leather thongs they had when they were younger were. And the stories about how they would go hunting rabbits with them.
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I am considering moving out of The House The Internet Built into my own little flat.
Dang rental applications are hard work, especially when you have no money at all.
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So, blog thread, really;

After the best semester in grades I've ever had in my academic career, I need to keep the burn on (academically speaking) so I can beat all of my peers, become the best, and succeed at life.  Catching them all would be good too.

Man, I got to "become the best" and instantly clicked "quote" and while isolating that one bit to follow it up with "...the very best? Like no one ever was?" I realized you had already beaten me to it. Damn you.
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I fell of my skateboard on the way to work. I rolled with the fall so I didn't get all cut up, I was also falling on dirt and grass, but of course, there just had to be someone else right there as I fell. This is how life works.
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sometimes when stuff like that happens to me i wonder if it is a higher power's way of telling me i am no longer needed on the planet
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So there's this manuscript for a novel that I've been working on for the last few years (though it went on hiatus for a while around the time of the Australian federal election in 2007, for REASONS), and now after having taken it apart into its constituent pieces and worked on them over and over for numerous drafts I'm finally at the stage of putting the whole thing back together again and seeing if it all works. And oh fuck this putting it back together is such a headache why is it taking so long to figure out where all the bits go it's such a hassle why did I ever take it apart in the first place grraaaaaAAAAAARGH.

Hopefully it will all be finished in the next month or two, at which point I'll start trying to find a publisher. (For the new kids, if it gets published it will be my second novel and third book. Sorry, I just like saying that!)
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Dera blog thread,

I torrented a bunch of shit on Vuze when I had the bright idea of torrenting GarageBand. I mean, my CD drive is broken anyway so I can't install my completely legit copy, so why not? And I can just transfer the finished song files to my PC in a .zip folder to burn them when I'm finally finished with that album that I've been trying to make for 3 years.

In other news, I really love having my own computer again. I can do whatever I want with it.

Love,
Me!
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This is where I put an obvious joke about Tommy's being the first pussy I ever eat.

Dude really

if you are not a virgin but you have never given oral pleasure to a lady then that makes you a bit of a bastard in my opinion
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and if you are a virgin then I guess I am telling you to endeavour to eat vagina as often as possible because it is pretty cool.
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Also,

JESUS WORE THONGS

Didn't he wear sandals? I mean, except for when he went to the beach, obviously
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It's not like his feet got wet when he went to the beach anyway. He could wear whatever he wants.
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Hey blog thread!

I got my car fixed yesterday!  My serpentine belt has been making AWFUL noises for months now, and I finally went to the shop.... $70 poorer, but my car sounds normal again!  This is so exciting!!

-Rae
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Congratulations on your fixed car. Booo to the cost however.

Dear Blog thread

Have discovered that all of I Claudius is avaliable on youtube, I am enjoying it immensly, especially when John Hurt turns up as Caligula. Also, I am revising for my Ancient Greek and Imperial German Exam's and wondering if anyone would like to ask questions? I realise this may be a daft question as it is unlikely to carry any manner of interest to everyone, but helps my working.
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Girls are confusing! I have no idea how to handle making friends with girls.
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The first step in making friends with a girl is to stop thinking of her as "a girl" and start thinking of her as "an individual human being with whom I can interact socially because I, too, am an individual human being".

What I am trying to say is that if you just want to be friends with somebody then gender is irrelevant.
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Just be polite, say hello nicely, don't be too creepy and don't stare at them like they are a delicious ham sandwhich after 12 weeks without food and you should be fine. You know, the same way you do with everyone else.

Also, unless you are making "friends" for political reasons, be yourself. There is nothing worse than becoming a mask around certain people.
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Today I am going to get some big scary needles, because my iron and B12 are low.
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Are you thinking what I'm thinking, B12?

Time to insert a large metal rod into her flesh!
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