Santa Clarans
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For those of you who keep track, graduation was great. More details later, but after finishing a five page paper that I was given an extension on– that’s what you get when you’re in an internship class and the professor is intrigued by you– I think the pictures will speak more than the words I am willing to write here.

So click on that picture to the left and head on over to my Flickr. In the mean time, I am officially moving to Boston in September with my best friend and his friend. They plan to find an apartment this week… I would say it’s quite the risky decision on my part and it will be the first time I’m not the one who has to find the place to live.

That’s all for now, folks. Graduation and post-graduation plans. Now I’ve got 6 weeks of personality psych and religion class to finish before I’m done. Time flies when you’re having fun.

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Apparently up-and-coming artist Charlotte Sometimes doesn’t use new guitars right away. I was supposed to shoot her using the new Gibson acoustic she just received, but instead she started things off with a Taylor and switched to an Epiphone. Not to mention the girl, who was an opener at Bimbo’s 365 Club on a Tuesday night pulled a diva move in the middle of her set to switch guitars because the Taylor didn’t sound right. Actually, for all I know having walked in when she was almost done, she already went through the Gibson.

Needless to say I got lost in SF as per usual. Thank goodness for an aunt who lives there– and getting lost closer to her place than the club. I got to the club, took about 75 pictures and then rolled out. The end. For a reason that’s to be determined… editors pull that crap sometimes.

Two finals and an essay… oh yeah, and 80 pages of bar reviews to edit for work. How would that make you feel?

I can’t decide if I want to party and drink when I’m done this week or roll up in a ball and sleep.

Finals Week
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It’s summertime outside. People are sitting by the pool and having barbecues– I know, I can smell them. And I can smell the Banana Boat smeared onto freckled arms while kids suck the watermelon off a rind with the juice running down their faces. The sun through the window is so bright it hurts my eyes and yet I can take them off the beautiful blue sky outside my window.

Snap out of it. Pay attention to your work. Get it finished so you can get out of here. I tell myself a million times and alas, no such luck. My working memory isn’t being consolidated into my long term memory and the notes that are so scribbly from when I was dozing off in class are nearly impossible to understand. Would it really be so bad if I just half-assed studying and just pulled for the ‘C’ to pass the class? Yeah, probably.

My favorite– and I mean that in a biting way, guess that means I didn’t do well in my anal phase of development– subject in psychology is memory. When you study memory in psychology it reinforces the idea that “rote memorization” is not the right way to study. I’ll make sure to put that on my flash cards when I get around to making them. Rote memorization? Not an effective way to study. Hope that’s a question on the test.

Graduation, or more specifically the Santa Clara University Commencement Ceremony in which I will be walking is this Saturday. After that I have two classes for six weeks to prove to… the university?… that I am capable of being a psychology major with an English minor. Then I have an announcement to make a notion official, and yeah, I could probably just “announce” it right now. But what fun would that be? It’s so much more appropriate to announce it later and finally have an answer to my post-graduation plans.

Here’s a fun fact: Certain types of eczema can be caused by stress, including one that shows up on the sides of fingers and toes as deep blisters. You should see my pinkie finger, it looks like a mine field!

I don’t know which I’m more excited for right now: a final Wednesday night followed by one 12 hours later Thursday morning, or my parents (both sets) being around Friday and Saturday. Perhaps I’ll fast-forward Wednesday-Saturday.

Happy finals season!