Woo!
by kavakristin
I passed my qualifying exam last Wednesday, and to celebrate months of studying and focusing on my research, I took a trip to LA/San Diego. It’s funny, and kind of appropriate for this trip, I guess, that I intentionally made no firm plans. I just had a car, and a couple of places to sleep, and the desire not to plan out anything structured. I guess after all the rigor of studying at the office all day everyday, I just wanted to improvise a little holiday.
Sorry this post isn’t any longer – I’m actually still in LA and just had the most delicious hamburger EVER (at Father’s Office). I will see you all in class tomorrow, though, and hopefully without the deer in the headlights look I’m sure I had since the start of the quarter. Doesn’t mean that I’ll jump out for scene work, though – I’m still a super introvert! 🙂 (http://jerrybrito.org/post/6114304704/top-ten-myths-about-introverts , but myth number 9 does not necessarily apply to me – I’m definitely a thrill seeker.)
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I was just talking to Lindsay the other day about the dichotomy of introversion and extroversion or thrill-seeking, connection-seeking tendency that exists in people. Its hard to just classify oneself into one slot. Congratulations on the milestone!
congratulations! Woooooo!!
So glad you got to take some time off.
As a psychologist, I have been very influenced by social psychology and the finding that “who you are” varies so much based on your context and company. I’m an introvert too, but in improv class it’s easier to be (act) extroverted… perhaps we should say we “feel” introverted in some situations, and “feel” (rather than “are”) extroverted in others. This is much less limiting!