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3 . 3 1 . 0 4 Another week, another set of readings and the ever looming final papers and tests around the corner. So far I'm still in decent shape. I'm cautiously predicting a decent GPA for the final semester of my Master's career. Honestly anything that will push my cumulative average will be cool. I went and reserved my cap and gown today, I guess Public Affairs has a Teal trim hood. I get a color-coded hood now to go with my tassel. It seems like it was just the other day that me and Aki were hanging out in the Kohl center with a whole mess of other soon to be college grads clad in black. Time sure does fly. has it really been 3 years already? Probably pull a late nighter tonight, after getting some legs. 50 ct legs that is. I hear that they have a BW3 out in DC. Although I'm sure that its not quite the same. I've been banking on the fact that the District is a place saturated with very educated and mid-20s. Won't be having any short of things to do no doubt. Have to remind myself to stay focused from here on out. 3 . 2 9 . 0 4 Another letter, and the pool of schools dwindles. I wonder if this is the fate that was prescribed in my dreams. So far it looks like I'm set on heading out to DC, being that I am one step closer to what appears to be an ideal housing deal along the redline. In the city too, in a decent part of town, good price, furnished, sounds all good. Of course there will be some developments that could throw everything out of whack. Will have to wait and see. I have a strange feeling that the fates will tempt me to make some difficult decisions before the grad school gig is up. Its getting warm, and that means that I'll be having some trouble focusing and concentrating on my final assignments. With one of the waitlist schools I'll be pushing for as high of a GPA as possible coming out of Madison. Although this being the most competitive year for law applicants (like the last frickin 3 years), I'm not really expecting anyone to let me off their waitlist anytime soon. The lake has melted, and there are rodents and waterfowl running around campus. 3 . 2 6 . 0 4 A prospective student is in towne for the weekend, I met with her and her mother brifely today. Gave them some insights on the school, towne, and what not. I think I did an honest job about my experiences at Wisconsin over the collective 6 years that I have spent here. K came along for the ride, kind of an impromtu thing, I happened to be studying at Dunn bros when she called. Ended up hanging out with them for a couple hours. I think K had fun talking to them, being able to give some honest insight about her experiences as well. the more experiences the better, honestly. Kinda made me nostaligic. Coming up to Madison about 6 years ago I didn't really have the option of visiting the campus first, or talking to anyone. I kinda just went with the flow. seeing where I ended up, I know I made the right choice. I'm certain that the next coming weeks will seal my next step as well. 3 . 2 4 . 0 4 I'm spending a late night at College Library, AKA pickup joint for undergrads. Trying to crank out one of two papers that are due tomorrow, my post-midterm push before I'm in for the final stretch. After this week I'll be pretty freed up until May. Of course that means that I'll have to get some hard core research in during the month of April. So far I'm enjoying my last handful of assignments, at least they're on topics that I think I can dig reading about into the wee hours of the night. As of late I've actually been toying with the possibility of studying human behavior again. Not sure if that would mean a Phd in Psych of Soc, but who knows really. It really depends on whether or not I decide to pursue this law thing. Still waiting on those two DC schools, when I hear from both of them I'll be able to make some more concrete plans. Still looking at places to live in DC. I'm debating between a couple leads, I'm stuck on the fact that I would really much rather live in the city, but not being able to see the place in person makes me wonder if it would be worth playing it safer for the first year and going with a place that might be overkill poshfactorwise. I did well on my two midterms, which gives me a bit of a buffer towards the end of the semester. funny how once I think I've gotten the hang of grad school I'm out the door. Lets see how much of this will carry over to the next level. 3 . 2 0 . 0 4 SB has come and gone, I got some work done, but not nearly as much as I had originally planned. Its to be expected I suppose. I saw a bunch of good movies from 4-star, Days of Being Wild tops the list, it was very similar to Chungking Express. same Director too. Hero and Vertical Ray of Sunlight were also pretty good. Getting Any was slapstick, Kitano style. My watch that I got back in High School has one of hte buttons dented in, so I can't adjust the date on the digital display. This being a leap year, it says that I'm one day ahead. Go figure. Why do I still have the same watch from HS now that I'm just about finished from my Master's? I guess I'm a lot more chang than I had originally thought. Been following the big dance towards the final four, Wisconsin pulled off a crazy come from behind victory over Richmond, they were down 13 points in the second half and then hit a ton of 3-pointers to win by 12. I was actually down in Milwaukee earlier that morning interviewing a PD for my 871 class. Kinda wish I had tickets. Wisconsin has Pitt tomorrow to reach the sweet 16. Got another denial letter from law school, and one waitlist. 4 more to go, I hope that at least one of the DC schools will give me the nod. My time at La Follette is waning. Meanwhile I'm looking into housing options, I think I found a good place along the metro, although it still seems way too posh for my standards. I've been kidding with people lately, I might actually live in the suburbs for the first year and then move into a crammed apartment in the City once I can afford it. That seems a little backward than how I usually hear it is. Saw the Passion, wasn't that impressed. If anything at all, Gibson's bias came off the strongest. It was an overall depressing and bloody film. From what I remember from reading the bible, I don't recall Pilate as being such a just man, or any of the Romans having second thoughts about whipping Jesus. Or the devil character roaming the crowds looking invisible and evil. Oh and the fucking Crow coming out and ripping someone's eyes out at the cross. It was way bloody, and I can't believe why churches around the country are encouraging little kids to go and see it. They should be telling them to read the bible. But I guess it never hurts to scare the shit out of people once in a while. 3 . 1 5 . 0 4 Spring Break is here, and its time to get some work done. Well, not just yet anyway, I'm devoting today to getting my hobbit-hole at Merit in shape, doing some laundry, cleaning up. Also trying to manage my finances a bit to see how much I'll have to work with come May. If I get around to it I should probably try and go to the SERF for a while as well. Ah, and Financial Aid too. have to get that done too, hopefully by the end of the week. At least I know that one of my DC law schools is off my list now, one less set of forms to fill out. Got my tax return, after reading the fine print about tax credits and education credits I was able to get a good amount back this year. This is despite having the highest annual income ever. I suppose its always good to read the fine print. Maybe I should've went into accounting. Wisconsin made it to the big dance, as a 6th seed this year, after taking the big ten tourney by storm. They smoked Illinois last night and appear to be on a role. I might actually have to put them in the final 4 this year on my bracket. 3 . 7 . 0 4 Its March and Spring Break around the corner, good time to play catch up with work. Probably be taking it easy, taking advantage of the empty study haunts on State Street what not. There is a new coffee house, which has a pretty good environment for studying, my only complaint is that they used to have free wireless internet, but then discontinued it after about a week. I'm all about the free wi-fi. I got my first acceptance letter from Law school, so far it doesn't cement my relocation plans after I'm done with La Follette, but at least its good to know that I have options. hopefully the other 7 will be sending decisions soon, I'll need to start looking into housing options shortly. Of course, it would be nice to know what city I'm headed to. Have a midterm this week, a little bit of pressure as it is my last required class for my Master's, honestly if bad stuff happens, i could drop my entire course load and just focus on this one class. hopefully it won't have to come to that. Meanwhile I have my final paper topics lined up for my other courses, looking to do some analysis on criminal justice budget issues, program evaulation and regression analysis. Seems that I often return to my original topic of interest. |
