Entries have been scarce round about these parts, and I blame myself. I am in the end stages of writing my masters thesis, and other things have fallen by the wayside. Like you, Pop5.

Today I got my hair cut by a boy, for the first time ever. I was kind of intimidated, because a) hair cuts usually intimidate me. I don't have a good relationship with my hair; and b) I figured that this boy was bound to be either straight or gay, and both were scary options. If he was straight, I would be uncomfortable looking so crappy in front of him, at close range. And if he were gay, he would probably be very hip and fashionable, and therefore (I felt) all the more likely to look down on me for NOT being hip and fashionable. As it turned out, he was gay (I'm pretty sure), and hip, and fashionable, but he didn't seem too disdainful. He did end up giving me a haircut that is too hip and fashionable for me, however. Knowing me, it will only take me days until I ruin it.

I also went to my orientation for my doctoral program last Thursday, and I am now wondering why they accepted me. The programs are small - there were only 10 people there from mine, and that is just the ones who were accepted, not the ones that actually choose to attend. But everyone had a lot more background and experience than me. I've never even taken an education, psychology, or sociology class before. I have only worked in education for four years, and not at a very important position. I mean, I know my GRE scores and grades are good, and I definitely think I can do it, but am I wondering what made them think so.

Also, this weekend, Mike and I went back to see the Stick. We left early in the morning, and got there by 8am, but we didn't stay long. The Stick was "being a brat," as Mike put it, staying in his tree the whole time. We took some pictures, but we were too tired to stay.

I also liked these ones of Mei Xiang, the Stick's mom.