Update....

I haven't written much lately because there hasn't been anything terribly exciting to share. It's the end of the semester which means papers and finals (and the late nights and diet cokes that come with it). Officially I will finish up on Friday the 22nd. And between now and then I have to finish 2 papers, take 2 in-class exams, do a take-home exam, and write a journal response paper. I'm 85-90% done with both papers, so it's time to start focusing energy on the 2 in-class finals.

The papers have been really interesting. In the one for my Group Dynamics class I watched the movie Crash and am writing about how the character interactions give insight to the Intergroup dynamics of Americans and Non-Americans in post 9-11 culture in the US. Really the paper is about the theory of Intergroup Dynamics which says that members of groups interact in a way that represents the power, authority, and boundaries of the larger group. Somehow I feel that I didn't explain that clearly... Hopefully it makes more sense to my professor.

In my second paper, for the class Organizational Psychology, I chose to write about the theory of organizational socialization. I focus the paper on the 10 weeks of training for Peace Corps Thailand. Does it surprise anyone that I have a lot of suggestions for improvement?

So that's my life these days. I did get to do that 15 mile run last weekend. And it has not gone unnoticed that today is exactly 4 months from the Boston Marathon. Gotta get crackin! In other news I registered for classes for next semester, including a marketing class at the business school.

Can't believe I have one semester under my belt already!

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Bought my ticket to Thailand!!! It's official: March 9th-March 26th I'll be in the land of smiles. It sounds like a long time, right? That's because I'm taking a week of classes off so I can be there when group 117 finishes up.

I hope to spend a week in my town of Uthai Thani, and a week celebrating with everyone in Bangkok and at least a couple days in the blue waters at Ko Chang. Fun in the sun will be much needed after a few months in the NY cold.

12 hour time difference

I just spend the last 3 hours on the phone with Thailand. Whoa holy
phone bill! Thank goodness for good calling cards. About 50 of my closest friends are all at a conference together. I expected to call one person and get the phone passed around to 20 people all partying in the same room. That's usually how night time at these confrences go. Instead I called 5 people, all of whom were already chillin in bed. It was a great treat to have long talks with each of them and one even said the confrence was not the same without me. How nice. 40% of me wishes I were there with all those friends. But 60% is still grateful for the daily hot showers and supermarket down the street.

They had a big dinner tonight which included a slide show of pictures from the last 2 years. Apparently Chiquita was well represented. Liesbeth said she put a bunch of picts in, including these from Pattaya in July.

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