I found this on Lili’s blog, and in this entry, I showcase to the world just how sophomoric my college paper writing skills are. Funny: when I wrote this shit years ago, I thought I was brilliant and had the makings of an ambassador ambassadress (which, if you still don’t know, is an ambassador’s wife. Idiot). Looking/reading back, I cringe a little at how childish I sound…ed. Hindsight is 20/20, they say. And the sad thing is, that’s as good as a writer I can get.
But first, what I found at Lili’s blog, care of Careercruising.com— you answer a crapload of questions and based on your answers, the website gives you a list of your top 40 compatible career choices. I find it amusing that ‘marriage and family therapist’ is part of my results. And GARDENER. The closest career choice to what I actually took up in college (International Studies, majoring in International Politics. With some units in Development Studies because I was fickle like that) is ‘politician’, which comes in at #37. I must point out that I never aspired to be a politician (perhaps a politician’s wife, yes. Hell, ANYONE’S WIFE, for that matter, would do).
It’s a long list so I’ll just post the top 10. This is why, five years later, I am still kicking myself H.A.R.D. in the ass for not taking up Communication Arts:
1. Director of Photography
2. Website Designer
3. Desktop Publisher
4. Director
5. Coach
6. Artist
7. Special Effects Technician
8. Multimedia Developer
9. Casting Director
10. Animator
Bah.
Out of boredom, I searched my main Gmail account for some of my old college reflection/reaction papers (actual papers weren’t submitted to professors via email and I didn’t pick up the habit of backing up my stuff via the intarwebs until today. Sad, because I remember writing kickass papers on Post-Cold War International Security, the Rwanda Genocide, and New Constitutionalism. Of course, I thought them kickass back then and I bet that if I manage to unearth and re-read said papers [which are saved in my ancient Toshiba], I’m most likely to end up disowning myself).
Excerpts from two of the funnies (aka Papers I Wrote) I found:
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Read the rest of CAREER CRUISING AND LOOKING BACK. (987 words)
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