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Dear Blog,

5 May, 2008 at 6:51 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , ,

It’s that time of year again. Finals, sorta. Well, final papers. I have a take-home final in one of my econ classes due today, but after that I have 4 papers to write (as you probably know). Thus, I will have to take a break from writing in here. For now, I need to devote all of my writing efforts to Colombia’s economy, Brazilian inequality, Hate Crime Legislation and Guatemala’s inequality and economic development. It won’t be fun and I will miss writing in here. Hopefully I’ll be alive in a couple of weeks to talk about it.

Love,

Deva

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I’ve lost my mind

30 April, 2008 at 12:00 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , ,

As if losing my mind and completely obliterating my short term memory isn’t enough, tonight I’m stuck with these ridiculous articles for my international development economics class tomorrow night:

Basically, at this point I want to rip my eyes out. Here’s why:

What on earth do those equations mean?! I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.

I turned the page of the article and found another one:

I couldn’t even fit the entire equation into the picture - that’s how bad it is. WHY? I don’t even know what I’m reading anymore and it’s driving me crazy. I really hope it doesn’t get any worse.

***Side note: I understand that the preceding paragraphs have explanations on what each variable means, but there’s no way I’d be able to remember it all. I don’t have the brain space for that. I also don’t have time to flip back and forth through pages of meaningless words.

The best part about this is that I have to tell the class what I’ve learned from these articles. I guess I’m okay with telling people I learned absolutely nothing from these articles and that those equations don’t have any significance in my life. At this point in the semester, I don’t care what people think of me.

I just want to graduate (23 days).

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how did it go?

14 April, 2008 at 6:39 pm · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged ,

Well, my presentation went okay. A few things actually worked in my favor:

- I had something to lean against, which minimized the rocking

- I remembered to look at my notes; however, I skipped a lot of things I wrote on them

- I didn’t ramble

People asked questions, which shows that people cared enough to listen (yay), but I didn’t have many answers. Oh well. It’s done.

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my 2nd to last school presentation - ever

14 April, 2008 at 1:58 pm · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged ,

Usually, me and presentations don’t get along.

(not-so) Luckily for me, I have to present my powerpoint on Colombia’s economy this afternoon for my international economic policy class.

I never get nervous until the moment I start talking. Then things start going sour…
1. I start talking with my hands.

2. My voice shakes - a lot. I mean, a lot.

3. If I have papers or note cards in my hands, I NEVER look at them. I have no idea why, especially since I took the time to write out notes to prevent #2 from happening. Rather than read the papers, I roll them up and wave them around as I talk with my hands.

4. I ramble. God knows why. Everything I need to say is either on the slide or in my rolled up papers, but I find a way to talk about the most obscure stuff.

5. I rock. As in, I’m incapable of standing still while I talk. I understand it’s very distracting, but I can’t help it - especially when I don’t have anything to lean up against.

On that note, good luck to me. I need to go first (only 2 of us are presenting today) for my own sanity. Then I need to get rid of this insanity before my final presentation on May 15th.

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adios March, hello April

31 March, 2008 at 12:17 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , ,

I’m SO glad March is just about over. I bet you can figure out why…

ONE MORE FULL CALENDAR MONTH OF SCHOOL LEFT.

As you can tell, I’m actually obsessed with finishing school.  I’ve been going to school since September 1989, and I think it’s time to call it quits. I’m too burned out at this point to even consider getting a Ph.D - just thinking about more schooling makes me want to crawl into a hole and die.

So, what’s next for me post-May 23rd? Well, I’m moving back to the city of my birth, New York City. My dad and I left NYC in 1993 and I’ve missed the city ever since. But hey, you only live once, right? I’m just a broke, unemployed Master’s degree candidate looking to live her life to its fullest (and find a decent job in NYC).

Anyway, March was somewhat eventful:

1. my dad came home from his 6 month job in Iraq

2. I took a trip to the Star City of the South for 5 days to visit the coolest person I know (and her mom)

3. I turned in 2 papers and took 2 midterms No, that doesn’t count.

4. Murky Capitol Hill officially closed and I became officially unemployed for the first time since November 2003

Okay, so perhaps March wasn’t even somewhat eventful - but what did actually happen was a pretty big deal. April will be more eventful - not that I’m really looking forward to all of it; but 30 days of uneventful-ness is really lame. No one wants that.

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Dear Blog,

26 March, 2008 at 12:08 am · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged , , ,

I haven’t forgotten about you, I swear. I know I made the pact that I would try to write about somewhat interesting things on a regular basis, but something has come up… I have a ginormous midterm tomorrow in my international development economics class. And God only knows what I’m actually being tested on.

Basically, I’ve been studying my brains out for the past few days and seriously neglecting you. I’m really sorry. I’ve been neglecting other things too, like food and sleep and applying for jobs, if it makes you feel any better. After tomorrow at 9:30pm, I will be a better person, I promise.

Love,

Deva

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(really) extreme senioritis

19 March, 2008 at 1:44 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , , , ,

I can’t possibly be the only person in my school (the School of Public Policy) who is going through this right now…

I have zero motivation. Zero. I don’t want to do a single thing for my classes. I just don’t care anymore. I don’t want to read. I don’t want to write these stupid memos. I’m sick and tired of learning about development economics, economic policy, development challenges and the rest of that development insanity. As a matter of fact, I don’t even want to go to class anymore. Class is lame.

I’m so over this grad school thing. Graduation is in 65 days.

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