3 degrees of separation
3 degrees of separation lies between my real major and what this test tells me (thanks to Tammy!). When I was a little kid I wanted to be a psychologist – how did I know the difference between that and a psychiatrist at a tender age is beyond me. I think I was enamored by the fact I could have a Dr. in front of my name without having to touch or cut open any people. Ahh, even squeamish back then.
I'm a great listener (aren't I honey? I know R.'s reading this and laughing). I'm just fascinated by what makes people tick, which is probably why I scored so high on the psych/socio aspect of things.
However, please explain how a klutzy white girl gets #3 for dance? The rare times I do aerobics classes, I am always the person going in the opposite direction. Watch out for the bumble girl.
I was never into science. I hated that they made us dissect animals at school. Started with the ever elusive frogs to (gross) fetal pigs and graduated to cats. Disgustingly traumatic for a teenager. Again, being visual, I was really good at memorizing the chemistry symbols, but not good at understanding what they did.
As far as math, the only math I ever understood was geometry because it's visual. I loooooved geometry and all the tools I could use - protractors, compasses, triangles. Math meets art. It's why I love to quilt so much. A lot of principles of geometry are needed to complete a quilt. When I met this quilt artist in person, looking at her work up close took me to a new realm of quilting called kaleidoscope quilting. Being a Brooklyn artsy type, she showed me that you can be cool and quilt. (I was getting worried I'd have to start wearing these with matching turtlenecks to fit in). So, I'm attempting, in fits and starts to make a small scale kaleidoscope right now.
English was a challenge, I loved reading, but the writing was very difficult. I never found my groove. Remember those questions on the SATs: If x is to x then b is to b? Something like that. I loved those. Also, remember having to fragment sentences into family-tree like snakey lines? Loved that too...visual again. In my business I dabble in marketing copywriting, which has helped expand my new found love of writing. That and writing in this blog.
My dream is to write and publish a novel loosely based on a circumstance that connected the lands where my Mom and Dad are from (Italy and Ireland, respectively) The inspiration came from a short documentary written and directed by (then Army soldier) John Huston during WWII in the tiny Italian mountain town my Mom grew up in. The intention of the film was to depict how the US tried to take over Italy in 1943. But for me watching the documentary was painful. Everyone woman in the film looked like the women in my family. The ironic twist is during this time Huston's extended family were busy tending their farm in Ireland. Guess who's farm their property bordered? My Dad's family's! How fantastic is that? Right now there's a germ of a novel there that needs to be put to paper, between that and quilting I could keep myself quite busy during this evil wait...
I'm a great listener (aren't I honey? I know R.'s reading this and laughing). I'm just fascinated by what makes people tick, which is probably why I scored so high on the psych/socio aspect of things.
However, please explain how a klutzy white girl gets #3 for dance? The rare times I do aerobics classes, I am always the person going in the opposite direction. Watch out for the bumble girl.
You scored as Psychology. You should be a Psychology major!
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I was never into science. I hated that they made us dissect animals at school. Started with the ever elusive frogs to (gross) fetal pigs and graduated to cats. Disgustingly traumatic for a teenager. Again, being visual, I was really good at memorizing the chemistry symbols, but not good at understanding what they did.
As far as math, the only math I ever understood was geometry because it's visual. I loooooved geometry and all the tools I could use - protractors, compasses, triangles. Math meets art. It's why I love to quilt so much. A lot of principles of geometry are needed to complete a quilt. When I met this quilt artist in person, looking at her work up close took me to a new realm of quilting called kaleidoscope quilting. Being a Brooklyn artsy type, she showed me that you can be cool and quilt. (I was getting worried I'd have to start wearing these with matching turtlenecks to fit in). So, I'm attempting, in fits and starts to make a small scale kaleidoscope right now.
English was a challenge, I loved reading, but the writing was very difficult. I never found my groove. Remember those questions on the SATs: If x is to x then b is to b? Something like that. I loved those. Also, remember having to fragment sentences into family-tree like snakey lines? Loved that too...visual again. In my business I dabble in marketing copywriting, which has helped expand my new found love of writing. That and writing in this blog.
My dream is to write and publish a novel loosely based on a circumstance that connected the lands where my Mom and Dad are from (Italy and Ireland, respectively) The inspiration came from a short documentary written and directed by (then Army soldier) John Huston during WWII in the tiny Italian mountain town my Mom grew up in. The intention of the film was to depict how the US tried to take over Italy in 1943. But for me watching the documentary was painful. Everyone woman in the film looked like the women in my family. The ironic twist is during this time Huston's extended family were busy tending their farm in Ireland. Guess who's farm their property bordered? My Dad's family's! How fantastic is that? Right now there's a germ of a novel there that needs to be put to paper, between that and quilting I could keep myself quite busy during this evil wait...
posted by kikalee at 6:02 PM
1 Comments:
You should go for it! I read a novel once that traced a family from Ireland back several generations and loved it.
I, too, dream of writing one day. Part of me wants to write a novel...part of me wants to write about economic issues for lay people. My New Year's Resolution was to start a journal again. First entry...all I did was bitch!
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