a personal update:
I haven't posted to livejournal in awhile. I guess I just haven't really been in a writing/critiquing mood lately. Hopefully that'll change again now that the spring semester has ended and I have the summer off.

But first, some updates on my life (for anyone who might both be reading and interested):

* My intended Ph.D. program has changed. I was originally intending on going into an Experimental Psychology program. However, despite having gone and met with some of the faculty at UofL (the chair, a couple of the professors), I was informed by the chair of the Experimental section that it was impossible for Manny to be my mentor because he was not affiliated with the department. I of course was very upset to hear this and had wondered why nobody else in the Psychology department had seemed to know this. So I emailed Manny and we talked; he didn't really have any ideas at the time. So, very disappointed, I began searching around the UofL website. I finally found a program I could do with which he was affiliated: Anatomy Science and Neurobiology (ASNB). As I gather, it's basically all the anatomy and physiology of early medschool minus the treatment focus. Which means for the past few weeks I've been trying to acquaint myself with the idea of cutting up dead people. But to me, the work is the most important, the particular degree is somewhat inconsequential. And in the Neurosciences, people from very diverse backgrounds can end up doing the same research (MD's versus Psychologists) whereas that's not always the case in other fields. ASNB is a more competitive program to get into, so there's going to be stiffer competition for seats. But I think I've got a good chance.

* I'm still working at WashU. My practicum has been extended till the end of the fall semester (December). Right now I'm basically just doing data crunching.

* I'm studying for the GREs (general) which I plan on taking in early August.

* I've gotten back into poetry a bit-- as you may be able to tell by a few of my poems I've put up on this journal and then have later subsequently removed, hehe.

* I'm still trying to finish off a large art project. It started off in a colored pencil medium but I've now moved it into Photoshop to put it all together. In the end, it'll be 5 ft. x 4 ft.

* I'm still working on the TASEA (adult autism questionnaire). It's now in its second stage of design and I'm hoping to have it ready for the pilot to apply for IRB this summer.

* I'll be graduating with my BA in Psychology this December. I don't walk though until the following May. And with that in mind, I've been thinking about who to invite to my graduation. I've asked a couple people who've all said yes: my mother (duh), my godmother and her husband, Manny, and my friend Amanda who I work with at WashU-- if she's still in town that is because she may be starting her internship next spring which means she may not even be in St. Louis.

* I've really gotten into Yoga. I now do it every day, usually in the evenings. I often follow that up with cardio. I've made a decision to improve my health more via exercise and also to cut food portions. It's working out well so far and I'm feeling better. Despite that I have problems with low blood sugar, the exercise does wonders at keeping that from happening.

* I'm probably going to be visiting Louisville again this summer (July) to go apartment hunting. It will also be my first roadtrip alone. I'm planning on purchasing a good number of CD's to keep me entertained.

* For the spring, when I've graduated and have little to do between then and the time I move, I'm considering maybe taking a math course, since I'll need more math for graduate school.

Hmmm... I think that's about it. That's my life right about now.