Showing posts with label accomplishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accomplishment. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

GRE Update

Take that GRE. KAPOW!
FYI, I did finally study and subsequently take the GRE. It was a harrowing process, but in the end I got where I needed to be. I scored in the 94th percentile in verbal, in about the 50th percentile in Quantitative, and in the 92nd percentile in Analytical Writing. Luckily, I have no desire to be a scientist or mathematician so hopefully those scores will still get me into my program of choice.

I am somewhat embarrassed that I essentially failed at basic math, especially when you consider this score was over 100 points higher than my Quantitative score before. But let's focus on the positive! I know a lot of useless words. Hurray!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Look What I Can Do! home edition.

Today was a very productive day. I went to work, and once that was over and done with, I really got down to business. First up on the agenda: Put up some freakin decorations! I have a bad habit of not decorating my place, largely because I'm never convinced of how long I'm going to be somewhere and I: a. don't want to waste the effort and, b. don't want to falsely commit through my window dressing.

As part of my continued effort to live boldly, I decided to heck with it! I shall hang a picture! After all, I did already paint the room, I might as well put something else on the walls. Here's what happened:
It's probably way too much for my bedroom, and that potpurri on the shelf is the one I have to put on my balcony every night because its smell is too strong, so I ultimately will probably end up changing it BUT, just the mere feat of hanging those dang shelves straight made me feel pretty good, so I think I'll revel in that for a while. RUNON! (the painting is NOT mine. It's a print of 19th century Germanic Painter Caspar David Friedrich

After this triumphant endeavor with a screwdriver, I headed out to the trail on this unseasonably 70degree late-October day for some roller blading. Now, being a young single female has taught me to take certain precautions when I go adventuring. This is the message I left certain key individuals:



Click "Unabridged" to read the rest. Incentive: there is at least one moment where my pride is threatened and shame is escalated.