Hey - I just commented on your icon on the vegrecipes community. Then I took a better look at your user name and instantly thought of an icon a friend of mine has that you might like. http://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=corporalyoyu The one right below George Bush eating a kitten seems perfect for you. :P I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you stole it if you're interested - she steals icons from random people all the time. ;)
Is it alright if I add you? I'm another clinical psych person from applyingtograd (although I'm currently putzing around in a Master's program I don't particularly like, and applying for PhDs in the fall), and like reading about other psych people. I don't honestly update my journal all that often, but I'm always intending to more...
Unfortunately I don't really update my journal either. I used to post some foodie pictures but I've been too busy to keep up with anything.
For applications, I made bearsarecrazy.wordpress.com but that journal ended with the same fate as just about every other one that I've started :) I used it more as a motivational tool during applications. Even though no one really read it, in my mind it was still public accountability!
Good luck with your PhD applications in the fall. I might be applying again with you if my UoF interview doesn't go as planned (it's my only one - gulp!). What kind of research are you interested in?
Good luck with your U of F interview! If it's a good fit, one is all you need!
I actually applied last year to a large number of schools, got four interviews, and was rejected. However, I really didn't do anywhere *near* enough research going in to the process and did a really terrible job of choosing my schools (as in I got to an interview and the student asked me why I wanted to work in Dr. X's lab and I had no idea he did primarily biopsych, because I had been interested in one side article he had written and not bothered to find out about his primary research). When I reapply next year only two or three of my previous tries will be on the list, and only one of them is where I had an interview. Even though I'm not too thrilled with where I am now, I'm glad that I have the opportunity to look again and do it right this time, to make sure that the place I eventually end up is a really good fit.
I've bounced around a lot in research interests, but what I'm really aiming for now is related to long-term consequences of child maltreatment. My thesis is probably going to be based on a really awesome longitudinal data set collected by a professor which has detailed information about childhood abuse and neglect history, adult diagnosis of PTSD, adult experience of trauma, and all kinds of other outcome measures. I'm also interested in some semi-related stuff along the lines of effective parenting, and victimization and coping in the severely mentally ill.
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Just thought I'd let you know. :D
It might just be me getting old, but I cannot get over all of the cat/dog captioned pictures on the net - they make me crack up every time!
Unfortunately I don't really update my journal either. I used to post some foodie pictures but I've been too busy to keep up with anything.
For applications, I made bearsarecrazy.wordpress.com but that journal ended with the same fate as just about every other one that I've started :) I used it more as a motivational tool during applications. Even though no one really read it, in my mind it was still public accountability!
Good luck with your PhD applications in the fall. I might be applying again with you if my UoF interview doesn't go as planned (it's my only one - gulp!). What kind of research are you interested in?
I actually applied last year to a large number of schools, got four interviews, and was rejected. However, I really didn't do anywhere *near* enough research going in to the process and did a really terrible job of choosing my schools (as in I got to an interview and the student asked me why I wanted to work in Dr. X's lab and I had no idea he did primarily biopsych, because I had been interested in one side article he had written and not bothered to find out about his primary research). When I reapply next year only two or three of my previous tries will be on the list, and only one of them is where I had an interview. Even though I'm not too thrilled with where I am now, I'm glad that I have the opportunity to look again and do it right this time, to make sure that the place I eventually end up is a really good fit.
I've bounced around a lot in research interests, but what I'm really aiming for now is related to long-term consequences of child maltreatment. My thesis is probably going to be based on a really awesome longitudinal data set collected by a professor which has detailed information about childhood abuse and neglect history, adult diagnosis of PTSD, adult experience of trauma, and all kinds of other outcome measures. I'm also interested in some semi-related stuff along the lines of effective parenting, and victimization and coping in the severely mentally ill.