Sunday, June 12, 2005

Life After School
Well, that's it, I guess. heh I've been out of school for nearly a month already (very hard to believe, since summer feels like it's barely started), and graduation was just over a week ago. I'm finally done with high school, and have reached a point of education in my life where some people stop after completing. This is just the beginning for me, of course, though. :p When the summer is done, I will be starting at UMBC, a 4 year university located in Baltimore, about an hour from where I live now. I will be living on campus, however, because I feel that that is really the best way to fully appreciate what college has to offer.

A lot of people have asked me what I will be studying at UMBC, but at this point, I really have no idea. Not only is my major undecided so far, but Course Selection Day isn't until later this month, and I'll probably have to alter my courses accordingly once my AP scores from Calculus, Psychology, Studio Art, and Computer Science are released in July. I'm honestly open to just about anything in terms of courses. There were obviously strong and weak points as far as high school subjects go, but I'd like to believe that at the level taught in college, my choices have far less limitations. I think that I plan to take my basic courses first that I need for graduation anyway, and sort of narrow down what I feel most confident in.

I know a few things that I'd like to study, anyway. Like Japan, for example. I understand how cliche it must sound for me as an anime fan to say that I want to learn Japanese, and about the culture and everything, but I really do think that both would be pretty interesting. Just as difficult, yeah, and I never exactly did that great at learning Spanish, but at least with this I'd have the motivation, because of how pathetically involved my life is with Japanese anime, video games, movies, and whatever else. Other than that, I've found that I enjoy Psychology based on what I learned this year, and that I can't stand complicated mathematics.

My summer so far really hasn't been too exciting to talk about, I'd say. Mainly I've just been staying up late, sleeping in late, hanging out with friends, etc. To me, the summer still hasn't completely sunk in, and is still waiting to shed itself of immediate excitements and events. Once it has, I might start looking for a job, something that I feel I can do without, but will no doubt bring in plenty of useful money when I would normally be doing nothing anyway. Somewhere that would have the most relaxed hours would be best.

I got an iPod the other day. It's one of the 20 gig regular ones, and it's definitely as cool as everyone makes it out to be. I already had the money from various graduation cards, and it's so much more convenient than lugging around a CD player (mine doesn't even work anymore) plus however many CDs, especially keeping in space issues once I go off to college. I only have around 2 and a half gigs on it so far, so sure, I could have gotten the 6 GB mini in theory, but I think that at some point I'll have to start deleting music to make room. For $50 more, I could invest in a much longer term device, so why not? I was already getting a $30 discount for being a student, which is awesome.

Now that I'm out of high school, I also have to think about my promise to myself not to get involved with relationships until I graduate. And now.. I'm out, but I'm still in a strange state. I mean, there's so much time to be looking and thinking about it, but I'll still be moving at the end of the summer, and I'm not looking for a seasonal fling, if you know what I mean. And then there's this one girl.. but this probably isn't the place to go into all that. Besides, whenever I start to fall for someone, it always ends in disappointment, so I might as well not try anything drastic quite yet. I just want to figure out why it always happens like this; maybe I'm only attracted to girls who are way out of my league? Or because I'm not a good judge of signs or hints? Oh well, the thing that's always worked for me in the past is just ignoring this relationship crap altogether. I just don't want to get into the habit of continuing to do this, because a part of me really wants to actually try it.

Alright, that's it for now, back to hibernating. :p

Annie: Yeah, my soccer team wasn't too great. It wasn't the worst, though. Maybe somewhere in the middle of the league. The tests sucked, and we still haven't had many chats.
Shin: In time, you'll realize how much better Family Guy is. I feel this is just a phase.. :/
Sen: Wow, I never thought about it like that. Tell me more.
Japan: I like to take my time with updates.
Mimmi: Yay, the avatar changed!
Lea: I'm grateful that you're posting, at least. :p
Roxeh: I'd say I'm alright at soccer. I know I'm better than a bunch of kids on the school team, but I just don't have much of a commitment.
Gotex: Be sure to cherish this moment as well. ;)
iluvsasuk: You silly kids and your drugs. :)
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