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I really wish I had done this blog on Tumblr.



I love Tumblr.  I LOVE IT.

It is seriously, like, its own little world in there.
My Tumblr dash has sooooooo much awesome stuff on it... I was looking at one of my fellow Honors blogger's Tumblr and I got super jealous because she posted a picture of Tangled and I was like,
OMG I HAVE TO REBLOG HER. But then I remembered that I wasn't on my Tumblr. =(

But it's all good. Like I said, Tumblr is its own world. I have a problem mixing worlds.



Have I mentioned I love Tumblr?

STEM, and not the plant kind, either...

Dr. Calhoun talked to us about STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math careers. He gave us astonishing statistics about how few of these jobs are taken. What a surprise; it seemed to me that EVERYONE in my graduating class wanted a job involving one (or all) of these fields of study. (Needless to say, several of my friends went off to big schools to major in engineering or medicine. Hello math and science geeks! But that's ok, I still love them. ;D)
Getting back on track, I am a FRENCH MAJOR. I can say that, "No, I'm not going into a STEM career because I suck at math." I am DEAD SET against a field in science (booooring), math (ugh), engineering (that's physics and crap, right?) and technology (I don't mind that too much, except I couldn't fix a computer in a million years)... or at least I was. Seeing that there are such few graduates in these fields and readily available jobs (with good pay, Dr. Calhoun greatly emphasized) miiiiight just make me more interested in a STEM-related occupation. Math's not so bad; I mean, all it comes down to is adding and subtracting, right? (Just go with me here, this is my self-motivation speech.) And with my affinity for roller coasters, I could come up with some pretty sweet designs. But, oh, j'adore le Français... und Deutsch... y claro el Español!
In the end, I guess STEM careers are tough yet rewarding. I'm more of a language major, though.

What a trip!

Geez, I seriously need to catch up on this blogging thing, but I have pretty much zilch time for the computer now. I have too many things to do!

Anyway, Memphis was fun! The food was pretty good (those COOKIES, yummm), Beale Street was... Whoa. It was interesting, and I bought my Elvis shirt there! Oh, and my purse. The Brooks Art Museum was so cool! I seriously wish we had had more time to see everything and really appreciate it all. And the zoo! Aw, I loved it! The pandas are so adorable!

Transfiguration

It's been a while since hearing the last speaker, so I don't quite remember what he said. I do remember that he talked about college. He told us of his own experience and how it changed his life. Dr. Thornell said he expected us to discover ourselves while at UNA, to branch out and see what's out there. Seriously great advice; I'll have to take advantage of it ;)



Btw Audrey had me thinking of Harry Potter, hence the title of this entry

I believe I shall start with the Steve Jobs article...

Steve Jobs is an inspiring man. I mean, to drop out of college and still be one of the most successful people on this modern-day Earth (before him we had the great Einstein; though... what did he really invent besides the nuclear bomb?)... what an accomplishment.
Being somewhat of a writer myself, I want to commend Jobs first of all for writing such an amazing speech. He made it interesting; he chose words that would appeal to a large crowd (that is to say, WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND IT); he really pumped out a phenomenal speech. "The first story is about connecting the dots."
Man. I had thought it would be a really boring read, seeing as speeches tend to have that negative connotation about them, but as soon as he started talking about how he was adopted by non-lawyer/college graduate parents... AND THEN he dropped out! After all that spiel from his biological mom about how she wanted him to go to a college-educated family, assuming that he himself would receive the same education... but hey, it worked out pretty well for him. I mean, without his calligraphy class, guess what we wouldn't have? FOOOONNNNTTTTSSSS. Oh, and let's not forget Apple. And, um, those things we're on all day... iPods? iPhones? iPads? I don't know about you, but I am so glad college didn't work out for Jobs.
His other stories about NeXT and his pancreatic cancer were just as enlightening as his college one.  What a life... I hope I have an opportunity like Jobs did to work in what I want, like even, and do well.




ANYWAYS, I've rambled enough. Late-ah.