I have a degree
Posted by Gypsy on May 12, 2009
Well, technically it’s not in my hand yet or anything, but that’s just because it takes about a month for the school to get it from the printers and then send it to graduates. However, nine years and four months from when I first took a college course, I finally have a bachelor’s degree. The actual degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Development. I’d describe what that means, but it’s very yawn inducing.
You would think after working so long for this I’d finally take a short break to give my brain a rest, but that would just get boring. Unfortunately, with the economy the way it is, jobs are few and far between. Especially when you take into account that Andy and I will be moving in the fall once he completes recruiter school. So instead I’m going to enjoy catching up on some reading and relaxing for the next 10 days before I start school again. This time I’ll be working on my Master’s in Business Administration, though I will continue doing it in an online setting through the same school I’ve been attending.
You may now begin congratulating me for how awesome I am.
Or, you know, making fun of me for my ridiculously huge ego. Either way is cool with me.
One less thing to stress about
Posted by Gypsy on Oct 4, 2008
This morning I took the Law School Admission Test. Three and a half hours of testing and now my brain is slightly fried. But at least it’s over. I’ve decided that if I score at least a 170 (out of 180) then I’ll start applying to law schools. Anything less and I register to take the Graduate Record Examination and start considering a master’s program rather than law school. Scores will be out in three weeks, so keep fingers crossed.
Seriously. Keep them crossed for the next three weeks. Aaaannnndddd…… GO!
And what post-standardized test celebration would be complete without the ritualistic burning of the study aids.
Look what I did!!!!
Posted by Gypsy on Jul 21, 2008
I got a 3.82 out of 4 last semester, putting me on the Dean’s List. :D
Pissed at TSA?
Posted by Gypsy on Mar 11, 2008
Well now there is a place to go to complain to someone other than your friends or random people on the Internet. Ok, well you are still complaining to random people on the Internet, but now some of those people include the Transportation Security Administration itself. Today I discovered that back in January, the TSA started it’s own site for people to comment on all the bullshit they’ve been put through while engaging in air travel. We all have horror stories about airport security, but now someone who might be able to do something it is listening. The TSA blog discusses a multitude of topics in relation to airport security, including why some things are done and further explanation on various rules and policies among other things. Even better, they publish nearly every comment made regardless of the complaint. The only comments that get deleted are those that contain personal attacks, profanity, are off topic, threatening, involve long links (that mess up page formatting), are duplicate posts or contain sensitive information. Even better, there is a counter that tells you how many comments have been deleted to day (right now 125 since the site’s inception in January).
Anyone who knows me knows that I travel a lot (which is why this thing never gets updated like it should), so I have more than my fair share of horror stories. Maybe thanks to this blog and the people who comment on it, TSA can finally do something about the part they play in the nightmare of air travel.
Edit: So after reading further (just the posts from January so far, and most of the comments), it appears this blog is merely more government propaganda. The “writers” of the blog (all TSA employees) write in an extremely unprofessional manner, which appears to be in an effort to seem more “hip” but actually makes the TSA look ridiculous and unprofessional. Beyond that, a majority of the time questions in the comments go unanswered and when an attempt to answer them is made, it’s still not a real answer, just more propaganda. It’s really sad that in an effort to change public opinion to the positive, the TSA has managed to do quite the opposite. Granted, the site has only been up for a few months, but unless they actually take the complaints and suggestions mentioned in the comments and actually do something with them, then it would seem the government has succeeded in wasted even more of our tax dollars.
