la snowbunny

Sept 13, 2008: For Halloween this year I’m thinking of being a snowbunny. Yes, a snowbunny. I just need a white shirt, skirt, boots, and… bunny ears! Cotton tail! I’m excited. It all started when I went to play badminton with my usual group of badminton friends and Kelly noticed I was wearing a pink PJ shirt and denim shorts and put me in the middle of the court, joking that I should continue looking cute so that way the guys on the other team would go easy on us (they did, but I think that was because they knew we were all beginners). Well, the bunny thing started when, as she was pushing me to center court, she was like: “no one wants to kill a bunny,” and later on I said that next time we play I should wear some bunny ears too. So now it’s a funny thing between us that someday I show up wearing bunny ears and the pink PJ shirt to be our team’s mascot. And then today, when I was waiting for my eye checkup, I thought that it would be fun to go as a bunny for Halloween, so… a snowbunny! Now that I have a costume in mind ahead of time (*cough* not last possible moment, like last year *cough*) I just need to search around these coming weeks and put my costume together. When I graduate I’m going to miss silly moments like these XD

graduation jitters

Wow, I found this saved as a draft from a long time ago. I finished it up just now.

July 12, 2008: This going to be my last year as an undergrad, and in less than 10 months I am going to head out into the “real world”. Several of my friends graduated in June, and they all say the same thing: “life after college sucks.” After talking with one of my friends on aim today about her plans for jobs, I’m even more nervous. She said that there’s really not many biochem. jobs that pay high enough for you to live on your own until you get a Masters, and all Masters programs want high GPAs. She didn’t get the high GPA she wanted so she’s going to earn a degree as a pharm. tech to support herself while she lives at home and studies hard for the GRE. All of this left me wondering what I am going to do after I graduate. So, my plans for this year are to…

1. Talk with an advisor about masters programs that will land me a decent job (can I fall back on a state university as a last resort? or do jobs not hire there?)
2. Study more seriously. That means cutting back on APhiO.
3. Go to a lot of career workshops. I should know what companies look for in applicants. Yay for the Career and Internship Center!
4. Look for an internship. I got involved in one last year, so that should help. And I’m working now, so that will look good on a resume.

If I follow my plan, I think I’ll at least be on some sort of career path like my friend. Who knew that college would be the easy part?