I need you so much closer... [30 Jun 2009|11:15am] sordid_noctuary [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism ] I am getting bad at posting on this thing. It was a turbulent Summer A session for me. The combination of all my classes and work + internship was really intensive but I am grateful of all the information I gathered and am still gathering (I still have one class until mid-July) from my classes. It was a Latin America intensive summer and I think it'll get me ready for my future studies in the region. I know it's idealistic but I would just love to be an analyst in some sort of government agency or the U.N...hell I might even sacrifice my beliefs and work at some think-tank if it'll get me to where I need to go. It's been a tough summer without Bianca, but we're managing pretty well. We exchanged birthday gifts still and we get to meet each other in D.C. next week for the National Campus Progress Conference! It'll be the only time we'll see each other until we meet again at the Incubus concert on August 15th in Tampa. I'm grateful I get to see her at all. This distance has made both of us appreciate each other even more, and to be honest I don't know how good of a boyfriend I would have been these past 6 weeks with my constant freaking out about classes and such. I also went up to North Carolina on the 12th of June to see my brother's graduation and to help them move back down to Fort Lauderdale. It was a really stressful week with all of the moving and my mother's car breaking down and still having to get to the graduation, but luckily my mom made some really good friends up in Charlotte. I am so proud of my brother and I wish him the best and I just hope he knows he has family that care for him and only want him to succeed and be happy with his life. After the 13 hour drive down cramped up in the front seat of a moving truck we spent part of the day just hanging out with the family until we had to unload the whole damn thing the next day...that was 5 hours of hell...and lightning. After I got back I was subjected to final exams in 2 classes and a week of intensive studying. I think it was reflected in at least one of my classes as I ended up with a C+ in my Mesoamerican Archaeology class. It was really hard for me to get into this course because of how note intensive it was (80+ slide lectures every class!) and it was hard for me to get past some of the problems I have with archaeology and it's mixed but sad history with colonialism. The professor I had for Geography of Latin America (possibly the 2nd hardest class I've ever had at UCF: the first being Scopes and Methods of Political Science) also happens to be the Director of the Office of International Studies here at UCF and offered me a job in the office for the coming Fall semester assuming that they can afford it in their budget. I am so excited and really hope I get it. Bianca is helping me perfect my resume and so if I get this job I won't quit Knightstop because the free meals are just way too damn valuable! So, since two of my classes have ended I am now juggling studying for the GRE, preparing my thesis project, one online class, Knightstop, and dealing with this bullshit lawsuit over my fender bender 2 years ago. I'm going down to Fort Lauderdale this weekend for the 4th of July and to possibly handle some business over the suit. Here's to a more relaxed summer! 2 post

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