…to get a taxi in Harlem. I was in the city today for an internship fair, which turned out to be pretty informative. Afterwards, I was just looking forward to relaxing. I got out of the fair with 20 minutes to get from W120th street to E125th st. But despite me desperately flailing my hands on multiple street corners, no taxi stopped for me. I missed the train, walked to the train station (which is farther than it seems), and destroyed my heels due to walking in dress shoes. On the upside, I stopped at a Subway on the way to the train station and got a delicious turkey sandwich!
Archive for September, 2010
Sometimes, I get amused by things that I never imagined I’d be amused by. Tonight, this happened. I was walking out to the car from the restaurant we ate in, and I noticed that the streetside parking meters looked different. I took a closer look and it turns out that all the old meters were replaced with digital meters that you can pay for with coins and your credit card. How convenient! You just key in the number of hours you want to be there, swipe your credit card, and leave. I love it. Really, let’s face it. Who carries around a bunch of coins anymore? I’m lucky if I can find a few quarters in my little change compartment in the car. Running a credit card through the meter is much easier. Nice!
I’m going to a Yankees game tomorrow night! I scored some really cheap tix and the seats are not on the top row of the stadium. These seats are worth at least $50 more than I paid. Stubhub comes through! Hopefully, I’ll get to see CC Sabathia win his 20th game in a season for the first time in his career. 
I could write a novel on this, but here are a few tips for all of you that want to get rid of all your money! Woo hoo!
First, sign up for a conference on the west coast of Canada when you live on the east coast in the USA. Then pay those people extra to go to 3 hour workshops in which you receive no extra credit towards anything because that privilege is reserved for professionals.
Second, book a flight to get to said conference. Bonus tip: if you wait longer to make up your mind, you will spend more!
Third, reserve a hotel. Sleeping indoors is much pricier than sleeping outdoors. Take it from me, the expert. 
That’s it for this edition of how to go broke, but have no fear faithful readers. It is pretty much guaranteed that I can provide you with more helpful tips for how to lose all your money! Have a nice weekend.
School is old news. I’d much rather be at work doing things that are directly helping patients than taking classes or working on my dissertation. This week marked the start of my 4th year of graduate school. Needless to say, I have some major senioritis. Being there sorta feels like going through the motions. Being at my externship comes with a different set of feelings. Even if I have to go in to work early, sit at a computer all day, and type reports or score data or whatever, I know that I’m at least making palpable progress. It’s a quicker goal to attain than finishing school, that’s for sure. But alas, I will complete one more year of classes and hopefully put myself in a position to be working full time next year and finally getting some $$$ for my efforts. That day cannot come soon enough!
I recently started reading a book that is enjoyable so far. It’s one of those books where it changes character POV’s each chapter. I like books that do that because the story comes together from many different angles. The main plot is that a senator has an affair and his family has to deal with the aftermath. Shocker, right? Lol.
Oh, one more thing. Last week, I used this computer program to score a projective test that I gave to a patient I worked with, and this program rocks my world! Not only did it calculate all the variables and indices for me, but it also spouted out a whole essay worth of test interpretations in prose. Without this program, it would have taken me hours to score the test and even more hours to come up with interpretations based on every individual score. What an asset!
I think I finally found a good title for this page. I feel like if I’m going to keep up with writing, I have to start at the top and that’s where the title is located. Musings is probably not the most original title ever, but I think it’s appropriate because if I can make my posts someone longer than a tweet or facebook update, then my writing can be considered “food for thought” for any given topic. As always, we’ll see how it goes. There must be a good reason I keep trying this over and over again. Glutton for punishment? Maybe, but I’d just like to think I’m optimistic about keeping something going.
So my musing for the day is “do one thing at a time.” We all lead such busy lives and are always on the go, but if you want to do things well, focus your attention on one task at a time. Consider it a list instead of a pile. Perspective is key. I often have to remind myself of this fact and this is the kind of thing that allows me to do my job.
P.S. Samsung just announced their new Android based tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Should be an interesting holiday season as everyone tries to compete with the iPad. Stay tuned folks!
