An architect.
A novelist.
A princess living on a boat.
A war-time journalist.
A philosopher.
A helicopter pilot.
Owner of many shoes.
On a weighty political panel.
A professor at university.
An ex-pat living in France (who shops with Coquette).
An economic/international politics theoretician.
A fashion designer.
A field worker for the UN.
So I’m going back to school in order to decide what in the hell I want to do. Another Masters, another degree or a PhD?
I’ve had this snippet of ::get a 5 year plan:: rolling around in my little head for some time now. There’s not much else going on in there, anyway (except recently when I purchased three pairs of shoes, two pairs of pants, two tank tops and a shirt in the course of two hours from five different stores), and so I figured I would get started on something. That ‘something’ turned out to be school.
I love “Campus” in its great Platonic essence. It makes me comfortable and it excites me and challenges me and makes me walk faster and smile to myself and wave at random strangers while I trip because that’s just inevitable. Tonight ON CAMPUS, I start my first class in which we discuss:
Globalization in its political, economic, social and cultural dimensions. The relationships between globalization and politics; new roles of the Nation-state, international organizations & social movements.
I bought a shiny new book to write in and even a new pen. I also bought the two books for our assigned readings, and I’ve already read them because I’m weird that way. It took everything out of me not to buy sweat pants and a t-shirt, a hoodie and a matching baseball cap that were covered with “University of Ottawa” emblems. I’m not even really certain why I was so drawn to these items, or giggling like a psycho while I ran my hands over the ‘U’ and the ‘O’, but I was. And there were cameras, I’m certain. I’m sure I was talking to myself too.
I’ve decided that I will simply paint a large U on my right cheek and a big O on my left cheek. This will help me make friends ON CAMPUS. I’m also going to start wearing a lot of huge sweaters as a shout out to Felicity and in an attempt to find my own personal Ben Whispers Covington.
I CAN’T WAIT TO HANG OUT IN THE LIBRARY ON CAMPUS!
11 Comments:
Blogger yasmine said…
hahaha DUDE this post made me giggle all the way through. I seriously gotta stop by more often.
I miss being ON CAMPUS, too, mon. Good luck on the first class, YOU BIG NERD! I hope you continue loving CAMPUS – and your studies – this much all the way through. =)
Tue May 02, 12:36:00 PM
Blogger Lisa said…
a big O on your butt, eh?
I miss my days at good ol’ U of T. They weren’t fun enough that I thought about a tatoo, but they were fun nonetheless.
…especially when engineering or dental students hosted a pub night. ![]()
Ultimate nerdy confession: Back to school is my favorite time of year. I want to wear pleated plaid skirts and spend the day sharpening pencils.
Tue May 02, 01:21:00 PM
Blogger Uzi said…
I had thoughts abt that too before I got my most recent job offer. There is a campus of Georgetown university here in qatar, and they are offering Georgetown’s world famous foreigns Affairs Studies program here.. I was like what? No way! i want to go back to school now! I would kick ass in that program..especially seeing some of the others that are getting in.
But the, whoosh ..all my dreams went out the door when this human resources guy walked in with a grin on his face and the offer of a company car with my contract. I was like.. hmm.. girls on campus.. or girl from campuses in my car? You get the idea…
needless to say, Georgetown is gone from my mind.. and in place of it are dreams of high ehnd parites at the Ritz Carlton. Call me fickle. I’ll proclaim myself guilty too.
re: you post, go for it girl. Go get urself some more edumacation.
what university are u thinking about?
Tue May 02, 04:36:00 PM
Blogger Ella the Spy said…
By cricket, am *I* unaccomplished. A SECOND Masters? So impressed (and really much more self-conscious about posting my usual pedestrian comments now!)
Those are all tremendous goals. Reading your entries, especially the political ones, and just that confident smile on your face in the pic–it all makes me incredibly sure you’ll achieve them.
Have fun on campus…I miss those days!
Wed May 03, 02:15:00 AM
Blogger ♥ m said…
I’m not a big fan of the 5-year-plans. I had no idea people actually made them! For reals, yo! They were asking me about mine when I was interviewing the other day.
“So where do you see yourself in 5 years? What’s your 5-year-plan?”
What?! I’m lucky if I can make it through the week, people!
There is a certain magic to being ON CAMPUS, which probably explains alot about professors. ![]()
Thu May 04, 01:54:00 PM
Blogger Uzi said…
32 days left till the World Cup.
*does the happy uzi dance*
Sun May 07, 05:43:00 PM
Blogger just a girl said…
Kittens,
I’m not ignoring you > am a little out of sorts as
I had one girlfriend visiting from Florida and another from Montreal. The former left yesterday and the later today; I will get around to responding tomorrow, inshallah.
Thank you for all of your well wishes!!!! I’ll be back tomorrow…
xoxo
m
Tue May 09, 12:25:00 AM
Anonymous Neil said…
Just double-checking the priorites in your 5-year plan…
Owner of many shoes comes before
a professor at university, right?
(most professors wear crappy shoes, anyway)
came from coquette –
Tue May 09, 10:10:00 PM
Blogger just a girl said…
HELLO! I have 1.5 hours before this day is over and so this means that I will have kept my promise of yesterday (to respond today!). Phew. Talk about tight deadlines.
Ok. Ya Yasmine…
Wait. You mean that you haven’t already made One Female Canuck your Home Page?
I’ll forgive you this once (and expect you to lie to me in the future).
I DO DO DO love my studies and being ON CAMPUS. And you’re so right > I am a TOTAL NERD! I love it. It’s weird. If I could, I’d eat books just so I could get the information tht much faster. NERD! YAY!
My Lisa Pizza Pie
Heh. I’d not even thought about those cheeks, you dirty monkey.
U of T, eh? OISE rocks. Your football team sucks.
And as you would say >> Mleh.
Engineering students are crazy the world over; they must be some kind of oppressed in their curriculum and so take it out during their pub nights.
Re tattoos >> thought of it. Almost did it. Ultimately decided against it. Would’ve placed it where only God could’ve seen it.
OH MY GOD. I LOVE SHARPENING PENCILS. You’ve just given me an idea for a blog entry >> I shall title it: Weird Things I do That Make Me Happy…or some variation there of.
Az-Oozi
Georgetown University has a most excellent mascot. I say go for it.
To this part of your post, I say WORD >> “I was like what? No way!”
What kind of car did you get you big ol Kanye? Have you picked up many girls from campus? When you do > Give them my blog addy, I can use the exposure
And the university I am enrolled in at the moment is University of Ottawa (have linked to it in my post). I wouldn’t mind heading over to Montreal, though…eventually.
ESPY!
Again, you’re so sweet to me. God. I think I’ve got a crunch on you ![]()
Thank you thank you thank you. And right back at you for your exquisite talent and kindest words always at the ready.
♥ belle michelle,
The 5 year plan has made me lose sleep. I hate it and I fear it…and so ultimately, that means I have to grab it by its nose and own it.
Professors are all weird. It’s definitely a symptom of being ON CAMPUS.
UZI FUTBOL HOOLIGAN
29 days + 72 minutes.
Yay!
Hi Neil!
Welcome to my little space, thank you for dropping in!
As per priorities…yes: Shoes first! Hurrah for shoes. And re Profs…they also wear terrible shirts and have an affinity for strange bed head. I love them. When they’re ON CAMPUS
Hope you keep coming back!
xoxoxo to all,
maha
Tue May 09, 10:54:00 PM
Anonymous Maria Calvo said…
Congratulations! When are you going to start telling your stories from ON CAMPUS?
maria
Thu May 11, 02:38:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said…
CONGRATUALATIONS MAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How is school?
T
Fri May 19, 07:47:00 PM