All is complete but nothing is finished

It has been awhile and I apologize. School has finally commenced for another semester, but only a few more weeks until it picks back up. I did fairly well, much better than I expected myself to do.

Depression & Related Disorders = A; that was a given. This professor's classes are the easiest. It is sad that I won't be able to take anymore of his classes.
Psychology of Gender = C; My own fault for this grade in that I didn't do a majority of the out of class assignments however the course load for this 300 level was beyond what is required for most 400 level courses. But I did well on the tests, group projects and the paper that I was able to pull through with a passing and that's all I really want.
Psychology of Aging = C; The first of my final grades to be released. I've had this professor just about every semester I've attended Flagler and while I know the layout of her classes, they are still difficult. But I did make a perfect 100 on the term paper I submitted which shocked me to pieces and you won't find me complaining. I'll be sad I won't be taking anymore of her courses as well but I'll still see her around as she is my academic advisor.
Substance Abuse = B; This grade perhaps surprised me the most. I was almost confident to come out with either a C or a D. In fact I had prepared for the worst, as with for another class, in that I didn't do very well on the tests. Granted there were chances for extra credit and take home quizzes but I wouldn't think that would be enough to bring my grade to a B.
Experimental Psychology = C; Perhaps my greatest accomplishment. I was prepared for failure and still am. I check my grades online constantly, convinced they'll go and change it on me. I feel like I learned nothing in this course with the exception of the reinforcement that I'm horrible in this professor's courses. Ugh. Nevertheless it is finally over and I couldn't be happier.

And I'm finished with my Psychology Major! For my final semester in the upcoming Spring I'll be adding on a Sociology Minor which is only 18 credits. I'm currently debating on whether to take all 6 courses or take 5 Soc, 1 Eng, walk in the Spring and finish the one leftover class for the summer. I really would like to take the English course, and I might because I need a 120 credits to graduate. Currently I have 100, 6 courses will leave me with 3 more credit hours to go, so I may need to take the summer course anyway.

Christmas Eve is my final day of work before I travel home for the short holiday break. I've temporarily moved up in the retail pottery world from 2-day part-timer to 5-day 40 hr/wk full-time position. The recent full-time hiree was fired over the Thanksgiving holiday bringing our employee count from five to four; two FT and two PT. I started working more hours during the last two weeks of school to not only pick up hours but to help out where I could. I enjoy it especially for the paycheck at the end of every 2-weeks. And I really enjoy the people I work with, especially Nicholas. I told my mom that I need to work with gay men more often, they're really enjoyable people, well all the ones I've met with only exception. Josh is a rather unpleasant gay. I'm not sure he even enjoys his orientation.

P.s. I make amends to continue writing here more often.

Listening: Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious) by Teriyaki Boyz from the Fast & the Furious:Tokyo Drift soundtrack
Expressing: Physically spent, I need time to recuperate

The beginning of the end

I met with Brueske, my academic advisor today to go over my schedule for the upcoming spring semester. After the winter break I will have completed the requirements for my Psychology major and for my last few credits I'll be picking up a Sociology minor. At the beginning of the semester I thought I was going to be a 2009 fall graduate, but now it looks like I could walk this spring and finish in the summer. I'm also going to start requesting information from Graduate schools. There is some nice schools up in the Chicago area but I'm not sure I want to be that far away from home. I found a school in the Atlanta area...maybe then I can stay with Mimi and get fat from all her good Italian cooking. No word yet on the internship, but it still looks like its a go for the upcoming summer.

The Super Human Psyche

This is Part One out of Five of a History Channel special which aired after the premiere of The Dark Knight. A wonderful look into the life of Bruce Wayne, Batman, Villains and the everyday man.
In a way I think I have an idea of an area I would like to pursue in Psychology. In a way it sounds too broad as in the way psychology is broad and vague, like I'm going to study everything in the subject. Rather than Cognitive Psychology, Human Factors, or Substance Abuse. I want to study people. Not that I like most stereotypical people to begin with but they do intrigue me. There are those I can't stand, i.e.; the typical high maintenance girl or the low brain cell count teenage boy, those in which I can tolerate and those I find myself intrigued by. I will delve into this in my next post since I really need to concentrate on some homework for my Psychology of Gender class. Until then ...

I feel like Carrie Bradshaw of ‘Sex and the City’ now that I officially have an online blog. I am not too fond of the show but have and do not mind watching it in passing on nights the roommates and I play a random game of monopoly or working on a puzzle. The only difference between Carrie’s character and I is that for the most part I will not be writing about sex or my “late night escapades of promiscuous sex.”
I’m a Psychology major at Flagler College in historic Saint Augustine, Florida – which to clarify is located on the Northeast coast of Florida. For some reason people think it is on the West coast of the state, or was that my hometown? Not that it matters, both are located on the East side. Like I mentioned, I am a Psychology major and this blog will for the most part dedicated to that aspect as I try to figure out what I want to aspire as in the field. I have found that in college it is a growing commonality that many students while knowing the field of study they want to pursue are unsure what they want to do specifically. I have found this especially true with psychology students; at least the ones I have met who wish to do something other than counseling and therapy, which I guess is part of my lovely dilemma. I find the psychology field fascinating, some areas more so than others are, and I would like to focus on something as equally fascinating. At least it is good to know that I am not the only student who has this problem. One of my former roommates, a Psychology major and Flagler Alumni, also did not know what she wanted to do career wise. We both could not tell you what we wanted to be but we could tell you what we did not want to be, which was clinician work, therapy or counseling. These three areas are what the common layperson knows psychology to be.
This is a good example of why I am not fond of disclosing my major to folks who ask. Once acknowledge they assume at least three certain aspects of my future profession. These are the three I have found to be the most common response. a) They have to watch what they say all of a sudden because I am psychoanalyzing them; b) they will get a discount in their therapy sessions once I establish a practice; and c) I can see and diagnose all the problems they have based on a few chance encounters lasting less that ten minutes. It frustrates me at times because there are other areas of psychology than counseling and therapy. In time, I hope to figure them out.
As for my former roommate, she is currently looking into graduate schools in Central Florida and the field of Industrial Organizational, or IO Psychology. Therefore, I wish her the best of luck. For my current plans, I am looking at a possible internship at the University of Miami; thus the reasoning behind this blog. The inspiration also so came from a few previous psychology classes in where we were required to keep journals to record our reactions and thoughts about the subjects being studies. It was a good way to watch the mind progress and grow as the course carried on. I hope to accomplish that as I progress through the rest of my undergraduate studies, internships and graduate studies, and even further into my career.
Enjoy!