I just took my senior portrait photos today. Oh man. I don't think they turned out well. I'm just hoping the cap and gown photos did so that I can buy copies for my family. Good portrait photos don't come easy for me because I have a hard time smiling when I'm told how where to place my chin or how far I need to tilt my head. It's too unnatural. But taking the pictures today made me realize how close I am to graduation. Wow. It's pretty crazy how fast time flew since high school graduation (photo on the left). I guess I'm feeling the same way a lot of us graduating seniors feel right now: it's going to be bittersweet. I want it to be over, but I also don't want it to end. There are so many things I like about being a college student (besides getting half off on Amazon Prime memberships and not having to pay monthly fees for a bank account). It's the fact that I feel like I'm taken care of. I'm independent, but still dependent in some way. As a college student, your day varies. You'll have long 10 hour days, but 3 hours of it would be classes, 4 hours of work, 3 hours of club/organization commitments, and maybe a few hours of volunteering. I like the fact that we're not just stuck doing one thing every day. I know it's going to be like that after college. That's one of the things I'm not looking forward to. I mean there are positives to post-graduation...it's weird but I can't really think of any right now, only because at this point, I don't have anything planned for post-grad-hood. I have friends who have applied to grad school so that they can continue being a student right after receiving their bachelors. There are friends who are doing Teach for America exactly one week after graduation. I have friends who know that they are taking a year off but will be applying to grad school the next fall season. Me? I don't plan on applying to grad school anytime soon nor do I have any nonprofit org commitments. There's just so much mystery in my life right now and it's okay...for now, but when June nears, I'll probably scramble in a panic to find a job. Ideally, I'd want to get a full-time job at UCI, but at this point, my life could go in any direction.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Post-Grad
I just took my senior portrait photos today. Oh man. I don't think they turned out well. I'm just hoping the cap and gown photos did so that I can buy copies for my family. Good portrait photos don't come easy for me because I have a hard time smiling when I'm told how where to place my chin or how far I need to tilt my head. It's too unnatural. But taking the pictures today made me realize how close I am to graduation. Wow. It's pretty crazy how fast time flew since high school graduation (photo on the left). I guess I'm feeling the same way a lot of us graduating seniors feel right now: it's going to be bittersweet. I want it to be over, but I also don't want it to end. There are so many things I like about being a college student (besides getting half off on Amazon Prime memberships and not having to pay monthly fees for a bank account). It's the fact that I feel like I'm taken care of. I'm independent, but still dependent in some way. As a college student, your day varies. You'll have long 10 hour days, but 3 hours of it would be classes, 4 hours of work, 3 hours of club/organization commitments, and maybe a few hours of volunteering. I like the fact that we're not just stuck doing one thing every day. I know it's going to be like that after college. That's one of the things I'm not looking forward to. I mean there are positives to post-graduation...it's weird but I can't really think of any right now, only because at this point, I don't have anything planned for post-grad-hood. I have friends who have applied to grad school so that they can continue being a student right after receiving their bachelors. There are friends who are doing Teach for America exactly one week after graduation. I have friends who know that they are taking a year off but will be applying to grad school the next fall season. Me? I don't plan on applying to grad school anytime soon nor do I have any nonprofit org commitments. There's just so much mystery in my life right now and it's okay...for now, but when June nears, I'll probably scramble in a panic to find a job. Ideally, I'd want to get a full-time job at UCI, but at this point, my life could go in any direction.
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