I've been a little preoccupied the last few weeks with minor thoughts like what am I going to do with my life, am I wasting my time doing what I'm doing, etc etc. Normal stuff for a 23 year old right? There seem to be two front runners in the career question: teaching and psychology (family therapist, clinical psychologist - I've not exactly narrowed that one down). So, I have applied to become a tutor with inner city kids in school and after school, I should be able to get a taste of the Philadelphia school situation who someone told me yesterday is like 'prison' and work out if that is the way to go. I am also slowly getting up the bottle to contact a psychology professor at Penn to ask if I can work in her lab for a few months - she works on the theory that genes have very little to do with the kind of adults we become - instead the people we become is determined by the kind of parental care we had as young children - for me the stuff is really fascinating.
Other than those massive life thoughts, things here have been ticking along very nicely. Here's a quick run down of things that have happened:
brent and I built bookcase, which now has pride of place in our sitting room - complete with books and everything. We are EXTREMELY proud of this - I keep finding myself looking over at it and smiling. And just for the record, I did all the hard work, when the drill was being used Brent was involved in the building but the minute the sand paper and wood stain came out he disappeared to 'build the barbecue'. It's November.
I visited Satan's..oh sorry..George W's house. We went to stay with Brent's college friends who live near D.C and have babies, big houses and dogs. Pretty much another universe than the one we are living in right now. For example I had a two hour conversation with the mothers about the birthing experience, warts and all. Not that it wasn't interesting, I would just have rather been playing pool with the boys. We do still want the dog part though - and to all of you who are against our great dane idea just look...
Still against it?...yes we know the poos will be huge
George W place looked just like it does on the TV, crazy eh. I have stopped reading the papers over here because it's abundantly clear that this country is truly out of control, and the crazy religious right is completely to blame. Abortion - how can anyone even consider making abortion illegal and what I'd love to know is are the pro-lifers going to bring up the innocent lives they are so concerned to save? No didn't think so. 40 million people over her do not have health insurance. Everyone can bash the NHS but at least everyone can go and get the health care they need (after a lengthy wait). People in New Orleans died because George W mates in FEMA couldn't even organism a horse show and a war continues to kill innocent people because Bush and his buddies wanted to put democracy in the Middle East, good luck with that, or was it maybe for the oil? All in all I'm not loving what's going on in my new country!
Erection man made another appearance at my art class. The penis was very evident this time- much more so than before, maybe it was shy last time!
We went to a haunted prison on Halloween. For the weeks leading up to Halloween, the big aboandoned Quaker jail in the middle of town is taken over by a bunch of actors that dress up as lunatic prisoners and psychotic guards and ghosts and ghouls and other scary stuff and jump out at you as you walk around. It was very cool, it's has been voted 9th best haunted house in the US and deserves it. You have to sign a waiver at the beginning saying that the building is a ruin and you won't sue them if some of it lands on your head. Throughout the whole thing, I was a mess, scared out of my little wits and I nearly ripped Brent's hand off. The worst bit was right out the beginning when one of them came up behind me and hissed in my ear....not cool.
There is quite a bit of other stuff but I don't want to give everything away at once. In a couple of weeks we are having our 2nd wedding reception for all the US folks that couldn't make it to the first one. I get to wear my dress again and my Mum is coming over. Very excited but I promise to write again before that all happens.
Love you all Jem xxxx
Feeling: excited to see my Mum
Listening to: our gurgling heating pipes
1 comment:
Ooh, the psychology stuff sounds interesting. Have you read Freakonomics? There's a lot in there to do with upbringing and how that determines our outcome as individuals.
Everything sounds so exciting. Except the dog idea. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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