Ok, so I failed MISERABLY at keeping my blog updated while in England. That should serve as a testament to how much I was enjoying myself. I really didn't have the time or motivation to sit down and rehash adventures while more awaited.
That said, I'm home now-- have been for two months. I'm back at Smith and once again finding myself equally loving and hating it. I'm thrilled that it's my last semester, but I'm graduating in January into a horrific economy with a B.A. in English from a school whose main association is "lesbian". Although Smith has been ranked, usually, right within/outside the top ten best lib arts colleges in the country, it's been kind of thumbing its metaphorical nose at newsweek ratings/other ratings which rely heavily on SAT scores...Smith kind of ignores SAT scores at this point and now we're slipping...i understand where they're coming from, but to an everyday person who googles smith and finds it slipping in rank? that doesn't help my job prospects. THANKS AGAIN, CAROL CHRIST!
at least we've got 'prestige', whatever that means anymore. and good housing!
and overall, we're 13th for being happy with our overall experience. i wonder what it's like to be MORE miserable than a Smithie. wow.
i hope this holds when i go to job interviews! otherwise, lots of money wasted (not that i didn't take anything out of being here).
Anyway, I looked at a few law schools this weekend. UVA, Georgetown, and American were all great but I decided I'll definitely be taking a year off or more after all is said and done.
Options for the year off? I'd like to think I'm going to travel the globe and save the earth with Julia Rhinelander (who is leaving for New Zealand in a week-- JEALOUS), but I'll probably just sit in Easthampton and rot like the economy.
Ok. So prospects aren't that bad. I could always work at the Registry of Deeds, picking up my old job for about 28k a year (not too great, but at least it's money). I'm looking at local law firm options and since I've done two legal internships (not in the strict sense of the phrase), hopefully that will help. I'm in talks with a superior court judge for an internship now, so keep your fingers crossed for me...
Or I could travel. Hey, I can dream. I really want to go back to Oxford-- and I want Izzy to come with me!--but I also really want to go to Spain to see Mareva (& Julia if she's there), I'd love to go to Amsterdam, because we missed it when we were in England. Paris to see Jess, perhaps? Great American road trip to visit all my friends who are sprawled out around this country? Senegal to volunteer with Julia? I've always wanted to go to India. Ooh, and Chile. Voy a practicar mi espanol. I'd love to go to the west coast of ireland, too-- didn't make it there, we just ended up staying in Dublin. Internship at Kew Gardens? Internship at the Bodleian? Who knows. Who wants to give me money for travel?
In the meantime, I can only wonder, in the words of Azure Ray's 'Displaced', "am i making something worthwhile out of this place? am i making something worthwhile out of this chase?"...I hope the massive piles of money I've given Smith will return to me tenfold. Or, at very least, I hope I end up happy.
I guess it's all in what I make of it. At least I'm not socially inept like half of this school!
Peace kiddos. I'm off to read some shakespeare.
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