Thursday, November 6, 2008

PhD Here I Come

I'm very ambitious.   I get really excited about people who are doing great things in life and I want to do the same. And I think that I really could do it if I tried.  But usually, I dont want to do that same thing, I just want to be that ambitious.  But the road to that final conclusion is always a bit bumpy.

I wanted to be Michael Phelps earlier this summer, so I swam 50 lengths in my apartment complex pool.  Once.

So yesterday, I was very emotional about Barack winning. I'm totally excited about it.  In fact, as you may have guessed, I have lots to say about it, but I have not had time to process it all yet, and I'm trying a new thing called "think before you speak". Or in this case, write.  So more on Barack later.

But anyway, yesterday I got really excited about Barack Obama and change and politics.


I get really excited about people who are doing great things in life and I want to do the same. And I think that I really could do it if I tried.  But usually, I dont want to do that same thing, I just want to be that ambitious.  But the road to that final conclusion is always a bit bumpy.  This is what happened last night at my house:


Cy: "Hey Bon.  What are you doing?"
Me: "Oh just looking at PhD Programs online."
Cy: "That's great!"
Me: "Yeah.  I think I might change my focus.  I'm going to get a PhD in Political Science."
Cy: "[smiling] Oh really?  I think that you can get whatever you want, but I dont think that you want to get a PhD in Political Science."
Me: "You are mean."
Twenty minutes later...
Me: "Thanks for saying that. I don't really want a whole PhD in Political Science.  I would rather just go to cnn.com"
I'm ridiculous.  Good thing I have people to keep me grounded

3 comments:

Kristina P. said...

PhD? You're fancy!

kim said...

Hello! First of all, I just need to tell you, I LOVE your Mom. She is my rock at Valor. I'm not sure I would have survived my first few months there without her. I'm sure you know this, and it's kinda funny, because I love my own Mom that much too--but I don't work with her...I have also loved scrolling through your blog--you are an amazing writer! Your post about life and death reminded me so much of one I wrote, http://thysaisheng.blogspot.com/2007/12/life-and-death.html
You are capturing life so well! Keep it up! And know that even though we are sucking the life (and wisdom, and laughs, and truth, etc.) out of your Mom, we are trying to love her as best we can, too:)

Heather of the EO said...

You could totally get a PhD in political science if you wanted. You're a smart lady.

But yeah. You might want to choose something else. :)